Abbey of Saint-Bertin

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Abbey of Saint-Bertin

The Abbey of Saint-Bertin was a Benedictine monastic abbey in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France established in the 7th century.

History

In the 880s, Eivor Varinsdottir hid Excalibur's pommel in the abbey while returning to Paris.

Beginning in 1942, during the Nazi occupation, the German Templar Seneschal and SS Sturmbannführer Heinz Müller ordered troops be deployed towards Pas-de-Calais in search of a Piece of Eden, while also having Professor Lèo Dubois kidnapped and taken to the monastery. In January 1943, a group of Assassins arrived at Saint-Omer, following intel retrieved from Müller's subordinate Obersturmführer Wilhelm Schmidt. At night, they successfully managed to pass the Nazis' roadblocks and Wehrmacht patrols that littered the town and eventually reached the abbey, finding it filled with Müller's SS troops.

Approaching the structure, they caught a glimpse of the kidnapped Dubois being escorted out of the monastery before a surprise ambush. The group managed to fight off the attackers and save Dubois, who informed them that Müller located a Shard of Eden hidden in the abbey, where he and his guards were now barricaded in. As German troops began to converge on the abbey, air raid sirens throughout Saint-Omer warned of a Royal Air Force attack on the outpost. The approaching planes bombed the abbey, trapping the Assassins in the rubble while allowing Müller to escape with the artifact.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game – Forging History