The Providence Asylum

The Providence Asylum is located in a fairly isolated part of Port Regal, near a cliff overlooking the ocean. It was originally the estate of the Phillips family, one of Freedom's founding families. Mr. Howard Phillips, the patriarch at the time, willed the estate to Dr. Reginald Carter to establish an asylum for the mentally ill upon his death in 1908.
Dr. Carter set up the asylum and served as its director for twenty years, until he disappeared under mysterious (and still unexplained) circumstances in 1929. The Board of Trustees hired a new director and the asylum has continued to operate to this day. Facilities at the Providence Asylum have been greatly updated since its establishment, in spite of the Fin de Siècle décor of the exterior of the buildings. In the late ‘90s, the Asylum’s Board of Trustees approved a proposal to begin treating mentally ill superhumans at the facility. Asylum director Dr. Ashley Ellis is devoted to the idea of treatment and rehabilitation for these patients and is an outspoken advocate for their rights, in spite of having been faced with more than one escapee or incident at the facility.

Characters in Location

• Dr. Ashley Ellis