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. |