During vanilla WoW back in 2005 a small little guild called Knights of the Owl was formed by Opalline, Skurg, Jerierex and Chainy (Chainy no longer with us). At this time, a lot of the guild bonds we have were set in motion. People who are some of the most known with the current guild such as Talarra (rogue not druid), and Tiney joined Knights.

In 2006 Knights of the Owl Guild-merged with Rights of Ascension to join the established 40 man raids. At this stage as a whole, we gained a lot of raid experience. However the tight social aspects were missing from back when it was a small guild. RoA rolled with a rocky foundation all the way through the rest of initial WoW and survived a month into Burning Crusade. At the time, RoA was the largest Guild on Silvermoon with over 700 toons and over 250 unique accounts as members.

About a month after BC was released and the raids reduced to 25 from 40, a big fracture occured at RoA. The guild broke itself into Made (A raid guild that split from RoA), RoA (very crippled form), Eclipse Reborn (small group of friends), and Paragon. The goal for Paragon was to redesign the structure of Rights of Ascension and bring a lot more guild involvement and liveliness back. A month after it was formed, Paragon split into S E R E N I T Y, Taboo, and Sanitarium.

Sanitarium in itself has been around since 2007. It is a casual social guild that has an integrated raid group. Raiding is on a more casual basis. A lot of the initial members from Knights of the Owl are still in the Guild. Sanitarium has formed various Raid Alliances to assist with filling in Raids, while maintaining a casual environment. Past Alliances have included : Excalibur, Eclipse reborn, Deadmines on Farm, and Tsubasa Chronical. Present, active Raid Alliances include Sol Polaris and Seizwei Clone. Since formation, there has been one major restructuring of Sanitarium that occured in Nov 2008.

Our 25 man raid group heads out 2 times a week Friday, and Saturday and includes participation by our Raid Alliance members. Our focus is no longer 10 man Raids; however we will at time to time take a run for gold and alt gear. Our main goal is to tackle progression content while maintaining the social aspects of our Guild.