CLL Timeline

1620

Tyrian arrives (N)

1627

Augustus arrives (Main)

1628

Benjamin Murphy arrives (B)

1629

Cybil arrives (N)

1629

Murphy clashes with Toreador Winslow (B)

1630

Weiss arrives, (Main, B)

1630

Eight Kindred in city (Main,B)

1638

Tyrian killed by a murder of Corax (N)

1641

Moran arrives (G)

1644

Malkavians attempt to assassinate Cybil, fails miserably (N)

1672

Moran Embraces Cholena (G)

1672

Pumonica Kinfolk murdered, Bastet attack as European Garou intervene (B)

1672

Jacob-Sings-of-Glory, Fianna scout (B)

1673

Cholena destroyed by Moran & Pierre (G)

1680

Van Dyne Twins arrive (G)

1682

Brujah Alexander Brown murdered (G)

1682

Michael Van Dyne killed by Weiss (G)

1695

Augustus & Turner begin building theaters (Main)

1701

Jan Van Dyne disappears (G)

1702

First Mage War begins, lasts seven days (Main, B)

1704

Elizabeth Wellington (Ventrue Archon) arrives (Main, All)

1704

Elders begin their plot against Augustus (Main, All)

1704

Xmas,Augustus slain by contracted Assamite (Main)

1704

Charles becomes second Prince (Main, All)

1705

ThunderSpirit tries to avenge burning of village (Main)

1706

The Shades arrive from Lisbon (N)

1706

Order of Reason (NWO) attacks Charles' haven (N)

1774

Rebecca killed by the Fianna (G)

1774

Walsh's troops (G)

1776

American Revolution

1792

Nathaniel Cooke is Embraced by Cybil, the Wretched is born (N)

1795

The Wretched joins the Sabbat (N)

1897

Second Mage War begins (Main)

1899

Second Mage War ends (Main)

1900

Black Spirals & Sabbat formerly begin their takeover (Main)

1900

Several Garou slain in the Night of Tears (Main)

1901

Hannibal Embraced by Valerius (Main, G)

1901

Walter Upshaw Embraced by Lucy (Main)

1922

Charles takes over Atlantic City (Main)

1923

Abigail Warton joins the Dead Souls pack (G)

1923

City falls to Sabbat & BSD; Charles executed by Lucy (Main)

1923

Lucy made Archbishop of the Sabbat (Main)

1924

Nosferatu destroyed by Grandmother Elias & the Sabbat, North Carolina

1927

BSD create the Black Heart Hive beneath the city (Main)

1945

Jaws-of-Fury organizes Garou resistance (Main)

1950

Malcolm & his pack murder seminary students (Main)

1952

Downpour, the story of Samuel (N)

1959

Lucy murdered by Assamite antitribu (Main)

1960

Sabbat civil war breaks out among city's packs (Main)

1968

Kindred & Garou meeting at Sept of the Whispering Winds (All)

1968

Only three Sabbat packs left in city (Main)

1968

Black Heart Hive attacked & destroyed (Main, G)

1968

The Wretched reportedly destroyed by the Garou (N)

1969

Lucien becomes third Prince (Main)

1970

Philadelphia declared an independent city (All)

1970

Abigail slain by Alistair (G)

1989

Alistair Embraces Eveline (G)

1990

Emergence of the Monsters (N)

1995

Poconos caern destroyed by BSD & Sabbat (Main)

1995

PCs arrive

1996

Skirmish between HIT marks & Garou (Main)

1996

Toreador Civil War (All)

1996

Tremere Justicar Schreckt arrives, civil war ended days later (G, B, N)

1996

Alistair slain, apparently by a Lupine

1996

Tremere Primogen Alexandria is assassinated at Independence Hall

ALL = All histories B= Brujah G=Gangrel N=Nosferatu

the beginning of the end

part one

12/31/1996

Despite the largest blizzard in decades, hundreds take to the streets to celebrate New Year's Eve

12/31/1996

As darkness descends, The Wretched aka Nathaniel unleashes four Sabbat packs upon the city. Their targets include the Tremere chantry & Petr's club, the Realm of Chaos. Blending with the crowds, they incite fights in clubs & "urge" mortals to start fires. The blazes resident Kindred from their havens & into the arms of the murderous Sabbat

1/1/1997

In the early morning hours, police & fire squads struggle to keep up with emergency calls from the "rioting"

1/2/1997

The Brujah take to the streets led by Weiss. Fighting valiantly, the Rabble take heavy losses.

1/2/1997

Trevor convenes the Primogen, minus Weiss. The Nosferatu, Toreador, Ventrue & Malkavians declare the Tremere to be Prince, pending Camarilla approval. Justicar Schreckt dispatched to the area by the Inner Circle.

1/3/1997

The Gangrel, including Evan, join the Brujah. Both clans reject Trevor's authority & his offers of assistance.

1/3/1997

Sabbat pack the Eternal Razors wreck havoc in Delaware, as well as cutting off escape routes from Philadelphia.

1/4/1997

Schreckt arrives in Delaware; quickly & quietly disposes of the Eternal Razors

1/5/1997

Malkavian Primogen Acid Queen & the Count are captured by the Dogs of War. They are drawn & quartered, their elder blood drained into vats for the hungry Sabbat.

1/5/1997

Before leaving for Philadelphia, the Justicar & Archons are ambushed by a single assailant (believed to be the Assamite Fatima, although this has not been substantiated). Four Archons are slain & Schreckt is left in torpor. Survivors retreat with their fallen leader.

1/9/1997

Malkavian antitribu Ariel unleashes a storm of Dementation, driving the remaing Lunatics into a murderous rage, slaying several Toreador.

1/12/1997

Evan meets with the Ragman, leader of Philadelphia's Bone Gnawers Garou. According to the werewolf, the Garou can no longer side with the Kindred, as one of the number is "strong with the Wyrm." This ends a legendary pact between the two sides.

1/13/1997

Despite several pleas by nominal prince Trevor, the Camarilla refuse to send aid to the embattled Kindred of Philadelphia until Schreckt awakens from his torpor.

1/18/1997

The Nosferatu Alan Shoemaker reappears after several months, muttering strange things about the Old Thing in the Ground. Marty Carter rushes the Nosferatu to safety before his fallen clanmates can capture him.

1/20/1997

Snow White, formerly Malkavian of Philadelphia, jojns the Sabbat & leads the Dogs of War to Barrabas' haven. The pack diablerizes the elder Ventrue as well as several ancilla of the clan.

1/24/1997

The Ventrue Kincaid returns to Baltimore, seeking the aid of his estranged clan.

1/29/1997

Darrin Wolf, one of the few remaining "untainted" Malkavians, emerges from hiding with the Toreador Emerald. Together they join Weiss & Evan against the Sabbat.