Seattle History: -1900s to 2000+

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(The timeline is included in multiple posts)

Previous to the 1900's

1852
Mortal Affairs

David “Doc” Maynard arrives. He is credited with naming Seattle after his friend Chief Sealth. Arthur Denny leads Doc, Henry Yesler and Mercer to what would later become Seattle.
King County incorporated.

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1853
Mortal Affairs
Henry Yesler opens the first sawmill in the Puget Sound region.

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1855
Mortal Affairs
The Point Elliot Treaty cedes the majority of the Native American land in Western Washington to the U.S. government.

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1856
Mortal Affairs
The Battle of Seattle is fought.

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1860
Mortal Affairs
Military Road from Fort Vancouver to Seattle is completed.

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1861
Mortal Affairs
Washington Territorial University (later the University of Washington) established.

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1861
Mortal Affairs
The Seattle Gazette, Seattle first newspaper, is founded. Later if becomes the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

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1869
Mortal Affairs
Seattle Public Library opens
Seattle Incorporates.

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1873
Mortal Affairs
Tacoma chosen as terminus of the transcontinental railroad

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1878
Mortal Affairs
Seattle’s first hospital, Providence Hospital, opens

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1879
Mortal Affairs
Seattle’s first theater, Squire’s Opera House, opens

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1889
Mortal Affairs
The Bon Marché opens
The Great Seattle Fire blackens and levels 25 blocks in downtown Seattle

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1890
Mortal Affairs
First transcontinental train arrives in Seattle on January 7th.
Kindred Affairs
Events
DawnOSeanassy becomes de facto Prince of the Seattle domain. Seattle is a domain Independent from the affairs of Camarilla or Sabbat.
Arrivals
DawnOSeanassy (Toreador) arrives

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1898
Mortal Affairs
Seattle College (later Seattle University) opens.

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1899
Mortal Affairs
The city of Seattle buys Guy Phinney’s Woodland Park estate and menagerie, which later becomes Woodland Park Zoo

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1901
Mortal Affairs
Wallin & Nordstrom shoe store (later the Nordstrom retail giant) opens.

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1903
Mortal Affairs
The inaugural performance of the Seattle Symphony is held.

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1905
Mortal Affairs
Seattle Car Manufacturing (later PACCAR) incorporates.

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1906
Mortal Affairs
King Street Station opens.

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1907
Mortal Affairs
Seattle’s Children’s Hospital opens.
Pike Place Market opens.
American Messenger (later United Parcel Service) founded.

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1910
Mortal Affairs
Washington State grants women the right to vote.

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1911
Mortal Affairs
Port of Seattle established.
Union Station opens.
Seattle’s mayor is recalled for his attempts to legalize gambling and prostitution.

Kindred Affairs

Arrivals
OwainWellesley (Ventrue) arrives
LilahOrabel (Toreador) arrives
PiersonPrice (Toreador) arrives
Gascon (Brujah) arrives

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1913
Mortal Affairs
The first automobile ferry crosses Lake Washington.

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1914
Mortal Affairs
The Cornish School, specializing in the arts, is founded.
The Smith Tower opens.
Kindred Affairs
Events
GaslightLounge founded

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1917
Mortal Affairs
Lake Washington Ship Canal, including the Hiram Chittenden Locks, is completed, connecting Shilshole Bay, Lake Union and Lake Washington. Boeing Airplane founded.
Kindred Affairs
Events
GaslightLounge becomes Elysium

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1918
Mortal Affairs
Flu epidemic strikes Seattle.

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1919
Mortal Affairs
The flu epidemic finally subsides having slain 1,600.
Eddie Bauer opens.

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1920
Mortal Affairs
Nation’s first sanitary landfill is established on Queen Anne Hill.

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1922
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
AntonMeikel (Brujah) arrives

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1924
Mortal Affairs
Olympic Hotel opens.
Kindred Affairs
Events
Although he does not seek the position, AntonMeikel assumes the role of Sherriff at DawnOSeanassy’s request. Knowing that more kindred will come to her city, she begins to dictate the power structure to be.

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1926
Mortal Affairs
KOMO-AM radio station goes on the air.
Bertha Landes becomes mayor of Seattle, the first woman mayor of a major U.S. city.
Kindred Affairs
Departures
Gascon disappears

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1927
Mortal Affairs
Boeing creates United Air Lines.

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1928
Mortal Affairs
Seattle’s new electric street-lighting system becomes reality.
Boeing Field opens.
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
RobarSulot (Nosferatu) arrives
Departures
PiersonPrice disappears

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1929
Kindred Affairs
Events
GaslightLounge closed
Arrivals
Beowulf (Toreador) arrives

Departures
OwainWellesley slain (LilahOrabel)
LilahOrabel slain (AntonMeikel)

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1930
Mortal Affairs
The Denny Regrade, a project leveling Denny Hill, is completed.
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
DouglasFir (assamite) arrives

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1932
Mortal Affairs
Aurora Bridge, first major highway bridge in Seattle area, opens.
Kindred Affairs
Events
DawnOSeanassy contracts DouglasFir to be her personal bodyguard
Arrivals
JonathonSmith (Tremere) arrives
Marcus (Gangrel) arrives
Veronique Sutherland-Smith (Brujah) arrives

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1933
Mortal Affairs
Seattle Art Museum opens in Volunteer Park.
Kindred Affairs
Events
Noting the rise of the Kindred populace, Dawnoseanassy calls the first official meeting of the Seattle court:

Being the only Ventrue within the city of Seattle, CelesteMcFleur demands she be allowed to represent her clan’s interests as Primogen. This request is granted.

VeroniqueSutherland-Smith convinces AntonMeikel that he does not need to represent the clan as well as protect the city, allowing her to claim the Brujah Primogenship for herself.

JonathonSmith petitions for representation within the Seattle court for clan Tremere. Dawnoseanassy grants his request. JonathonSmith becomes the ClanTremere primogen.

In a move to counter the growing influence of the other kindred and to ensure she has some allies in place, DawnOSeanassy appoints Beowulf as the Toreador primogen.

RobarSulot demands to be the recognized primogen and representative for clan Nosferatu within the Seattle court despite being the only member. For her own reasons, DawnOSeanassy allows this.

DawnOSeanassy declares the SuzalloLibrary on the University of Washington campus to be Elysium.

JonathonSmith establishes the first TremereChantry in the Seattle domain.
Arrivals
Arianne (Toreador) arrives
CelesteMcFleur (Ventrue) arrives

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1934
Mortal Affairs
Washington Park Arboretum established.
International Longshoreman’s Association wins recognition in Seattle after a violent waterfront strike.

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1935
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
OdinTemper (Nosferatu) arrives

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1936
Kindred Affairs
Events
Marcus named as Seneschal of the Seattle domain
Onyx proclaims Tacoma as an independent domain from Seattle. She rules her new Camarilla domain harshly.
Arrivals
Onyx (Toreador) arrives

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1938
Mortal Affairs
The Ivar’s Acres of Clams seafood eatery empire is established.
Kindred Affairs
Departures
Beowulf disappears

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1939
Mortal Affairs
What will become Recreational Equipment Incorporated (REI) is established.

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1940
Mortal Affairs
Lake Washington Floating Bridge opens.
Kindred Affairs
Events
Arianne, not wanting to settle for a lesser position, lays claim to Everett, proclaiming it to be a Camarilla domain. She has little difficulty doing such as she is the only kindred there at the time.
Andric & Co settle in the developing Issaquah area.
Andric is made Primogen of the Toreador clan
Arrivals
Andric and party arrives
Helena (Gangrel) arrives
JulianLateran arrives
MartineThibadeux (toreador) arrives

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1941
Kindred Affairs
Events
DawnOSeanassy and DouglasFir have a falling out. He is released from his contract and removed from the court.

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1942
Mortal Affairs
More than 12,000 Japanese Americans of King County are relocated to internment camps for the duration of World War II.

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1943
Kindred Affairs
Events
The few kindred of Tacoma rise up against Onyx. They dethrone her and proclaim Tacoma to be Anarch territory.
Arrivals
DonavonHayes (Toreador) embraced by (Arianne)
Departures
Onyx slain (Anarchs)

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1944
Kindred Affairs
Events
TremereChantry burned to the ground with a loss of the entire occult library. All Tremere ghouls die in the fire, but JonathonSmith survives unscathed as he was not present. Publicly, the event is blamed on an incendiary device transported by a balloon.
Arrivals
GideonRoland (Tremere) arrives
Jackal (Assamite) arrives

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1945
Mortal Affairs
Group Health Cooperative formed.

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1946
Kindred Affairs
Events
Marcus creates an upheaval within the ranks when it is found that he slew Beowulf and caused the fire of the TremereChantry. He is forcibly destroyed, severely wounding many of the court. DawnOSeanassy steps down from the position of Prince of Seattle, naming Andric as her successor.
Andric appoints MartineThibadeux as Seneschal
DawnOSeanassy stays in court as the Toreador Primogen, and unofficial Keeper of the Elysium
Andric proclaims the Seattle domain as Camarilla.
Departures
Marcus slain (DawnOSeanassy)

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1947
Mortal Affairs
The KING broadcasting empire establishes itself with the purchase of its first station, KEVR-FM.
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
Lusk Arrives

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1948
Kindred Affairs
Events
Quarrel between JonathonSmith and GideonRoland leads to a rift between the Tremere and the construction of two separate chantries.

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1949
Mortal Affairs
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurs, lasting 20 seconds. Seven are killed and massive property damage is inflicted.
Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport opens.

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1950
Mortal Affairs
Northgate Mall opens.

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1951
Mortal Affairs
Events
Everett is taken by the Sabbat.
DonavonHayes turns on his sire and joins the Sabbat, allowing Jackal to bring the Toreador Prince of Everett down.
Arrivals
Chianna Arden Tayiss (Brujah) arrives
Departures
Arianne slain (Jackal)

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1953
Mortal Affairs
Alaskan Way Viaduct is completed.

Kindred Affairs
Events
KellStormguard wastes no time securing power for himself, claiming the right of Primogenship for the Gangrel clan.
Arrivals
KellStormguard (Gangrel) arrives
RubinaBloodmoon (Gangrel) arrives
Tyrell (Toreador) arrives
Largo (Nosferatu) visits
Larvae (Nosferatu) visits

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1954
Mortal Affairs
Dick’s Drive-In opens in Wallingford. The first successful passenger jet, the Boeing 707, takes its first flight.

Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
BranMacMourne (Ventrue) arrives
LenoreDuBois (Toreador) arrives
ReilyOShea (Malkavian) arrives
Teppoudama (Follower of Set) arrives

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1956
Kindred Affairs
Events
AntonMeikel passes on the role of Sheriff to KellStormguard, who continues to speak as the Gangrel Primogen. Veronique Sutherland-Smith arranges for Chianna Arden Tayiss to become the Brujah clan whip for fear that AntonMeikel may try to gain some office of power. Anton simply ignores the whole affair and continues to attend court as he desires.
Arrivals
JackGriffin (Toreador) arrives Kirsty (Toreador) arrives

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1957
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
RichardBloodheart (Tremere) arrives
Larvae arrives
Rorrick Gangrel arrives
Departures
Jackal leaves

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1958
Mortal Affairs
Metro established. Restricted to sewers and water cleanup at first, Metro is expanded to include mass transit in 1972. In 1992, Metro merges with King County.
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
MikeSanders (Brujah) arrives

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1960
Mortal Affairs
Researchers at the University of Washington perfect the kidney-dialysis process.
University of Washington Husky football team wins its first Rose Bowl.
Kindred Affairs
Power struggle between KellStormguard and VeroniqueSutherlandSmith begins
Rumors of Setite presence on the rise

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1961
Mortal Affairs
Wing Luke is elected to the Seattle City Council. He is the first Chinese American elected to a major public office in the United States.
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
BradleyGainsborough (Malkavian) arrives
ThomasGainsborough (Malkavian) arrives

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1962
Mortal Affairs
The World’s Fair opens in Seattle. With it comes the Space Needle, the Seattle Center, and the Monorail.
The head of the Teamster’s Union is convicted for tax evasion.
A violent windstorm ravages the region on Columbus Day, damaging 53,000 homes and killing seven in Washington. This is the most savage recorded windstorm in the history of the west coast.
Kindred Affairs
Events
AntonMeikel claims VashonIsland for himself. Largely he retires from the political scene though occasionally he attends court in Seattle.
Harpies begin pressing the point of a rumored violation of Elysium by Dougla Fir. Hearing that a bloodhunt has been called upon him, the Assamite barges into court with a small host of armed mortals. DouglasFir threatens the members of the court with death should anyone come after him then leaves. This provides more fuel for the harpies in nights to come, but no one tries to hunt DouglasFir.
Arrivals
CorrinDallyae (Gangrel) arrives
Fairchild (Tremere) arrives
RichardTrevethick (Nosferatu) visits
Departures
DouglasFir leaves

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1963
Mortal Affairs
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge Opens.

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1964
Kindred Affairs
Events
Tyrell assumes the role of Toreador Primogen after DawnOSeannasy gracefully steps down. Although she no longer bears official title, Dawn O’Seannasy continues to attend meetings of the court as whim strikes her.
Seattle Center named as Elysium.

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1965
Mortal Affairs
An earthquake registering between 6.5 and 7 on the Richter scale strikes the region, killing eight.
Kindred Affairs
The Nosferatu learn of a group of kindred known as the Athenaeum after a ghoul managed to spy part of one of its meetings by accident. The ghoul was left paraplegic and could only recall seeing unidentifiable figures in the darkness and the name “Athenaeum” branded in his mind.
Arrivals
NunzioGiovanni (Giovanni) arrives

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1966
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
SimonPhoenix (Brujah) arrives

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1967
Mortal Affairs
Interstate 5 is completed from Tacoma to Everett.
The Seattle Supersonics professional basketball team plays its first game.
Kindred Affairs
Events
The Toreador Primogen Tyrell is assassinated while leaving the Seattle Center Opera House. This marks the first time that blood is shed on Elysium ground. The killer is not found, though the Sheriff’s investigation reveals the culprit to be Sabbat. What the other Kindred don't know is that the act was in fact caused by the Sheriff, KellStormguard, in order to place his own ally, Lenore, in the seat of Primogen.
LenoreDuBois becomes Toreador Primogen in the wake of Tyrell’s assassination. Although Lenore takes the role of Primogen, the clan forces her to accept Kirsty as her whip.
Departures
Tyrell slain (KellStormguard)

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1968
Mortal Affairs
Voters approve funding to build the Kingdome, the Aquarium, youth centers, and high ways, but reject funding for mass-transit.
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
JohnMilliner (Giovanni) arrives
Rorrick (Gangrel) arrives
Departures
ChiannaArdenTayiss leaves
DonavonHayes leaves

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1969
Mortal Affairs
Boeing’s 747 commercial jet liner takes its first test flight.
The Seafirst Building is completed.
Seattle’s Chief of Police resigns amidst a gambling and corruption scandal.
Kindred Affairs
Events
The Toreador whip Kirsty disappears without a trace. Many within the city suspect LenoreDuBois had her slain as Lenore constantly spoke ill of her. JackGriffin replaces Kirsty as whip.

JackGriffin arranges for Kirsty to leave town before LenoreDebois can have KellStormguard kill her and frame him. He arranges circumstances to lead investigators to conclude that foul play was involved. The result places the blame of a suspected death upon LenoreDebois instead.
Arrivals
Reason (Brujah) arrives

Departures
Kirsty leaves

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1970
Mortal Affairs
Medic One begins.
About 100 Indian activists attempt to occupy the abandoned Fort Lawton. They "claimed" Fort Lawton under a provision in an 1865 treaty promising reversion of surplus military lands to the original owners. As a result of the protests, the Daybreak Star Center is formed in what becomes Discovery Park.
Pioneer Square is designated as Seattle’s first historic district.

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1971
Mortal Affairs
Starbucks opens its first café.
Fifty Four Seattle area police are indicted on charges of bribery, but only two are convicted.
What becomes known as Bumbershoot, the annual music-and-arts festival at Seattle Center, celebrates its first event.
Voters save Pike Place Market from a corporate effort to replace it with offices, hotels, and parking garages.
A man, known only by the pseudonym Dan or D.B. Cooper, hijacks a Northwest Airlines flight from Portland to Seattle. After collecting a $200,000 ransom and four parachutes in Seattle, he orders the pilots to fly to Mexico. As the plane flies over Southwest Washington, he jumps out. About $5,800 of the money is found years later, but neither Cooper nor the rest of the money has been found.
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
EricBachman (Tremere) arrives

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1972
Mortal Affairs
Chicano activists occupy the Beacon Hill School, which becomes the site of El Centro de la Raza, a clearinghouse of services for the local Hispanic community.
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
JonathonDrake (Toreador) arrives
JosefSterling von Erfurt (Brujah) arrives
Departures
OdinTemper leaves

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1973
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
SirWilliam (Malkavian) arrives

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1975
Mortal Affairs
Micro-Soft (the hyphen was removed in 1976), the software giant, is founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1978, it moves from Albuquerque to Bellevue, bringing jobs and wealth to the Seattle area.
The Seattle Opera stages Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" for the first time. This performance gains world reknown acknowledgement as the greatest performance of the opera outside of Germany.

Kindred Affairs
Events
A trio of Toreador put together a theatrical presentation paying homage to the Asian art of shadow puppetry. During the second night of performance the show is interrupted as the Toreador are assaulted backstage. The theater is burned to the ground and of the three only CarlosSanchez survives. See PuppetShow.

Arrivals
Beliar (Toreador) arrives
CarlosSanchez (Toreador) arrives
JeanClaude (Toreador) arrives
Natale Melane Venturi (Toreador) arrives
Departures
JeanClaude slain (unknown, believed KOE, Setite, or Sabbat)
Beliar slain (unknown, believed KOE, Setite, or Sabbat)

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1976
Mortal Affairs
Seattle Seahawk professional American Football team plays its first game.
Seattle Weekly begins publication.
Kindred Affairs
Events
ErikBachman makes peace with the Anarchs, bringing them under his banner. With their support, he proclaims himself to be prince of Tacoma, an Independent domain.
SirWilliam assumes the long vacant position of Primogen of the Malkavian clan.
Arrivals
CharlesStJohn (Giovanni) arrives
ChastityStJohn (Giovanni) arrives

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1977
Mortal Affairs
Seattle Mariners professional baseball team plays its first game.
Seattle Aquarium opens.
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
Betty (Nosferatu) arrives
RichardTrevethick returns to Seattle
Departures
RichardBloodheart leaves

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1978
Mortal Affairs
A freighter strikes the West Seattle Bridge, putting the bridge out of commissions for seven years.
Seattle implements a busing program.
Kindred Affairs
Events
ErikBachman is kidnapped by the Jervais. He is freed from imprisonment in a garbage truck by KellStormguard, BranMacMourn, and RobarSulot. Although many of Jarvais’s childer (mostly named after the seven deadly sins) are caught and destroyed, the ringleader escapes with Robar’s fangs.
Arrivals
AlbrechtDeValkner (Brujah) arrives
Jarvais (Nosferatu) visits
SchurjaCastalbach (Ventrue) arrives

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1979
Mortal Affairs
The Seattle Supersonics with the NBA championship.
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
Porter (Gangrel) arrives
Boomer (Nosferatu) arrives

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1980
Kindred Affairs
Events
LenoreDuBois disappears amid rumors of her involvement with mortal wizards, a clear breach of the Masquerade. JackGriffin becomes the Toreador Primogen in her stead. Most kindred don't know that Lenore is taken by some group calling themselves "the Order of Hermes" for her involvement with her “husband” DennisThornton.

At JackGriffin’s request, JonathonDrake accepts the role of Whip for clan Toreador.
Arrivals
Alistair Willingham (aka AllisterWillingham) (Brujah) arrives
FarenStone (Tremere Rogue) arrives

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1981
Kindred Affairs
Events
The Followers of Set move openly against Andric. He and his seneschal MartineThibadeux are believed slain in the assassination attempt.
KellStormguard takes the Seattle Princedom with surprisingly little difficulty from the established kindred. He takes BranMacMourn as his seneschal. KellStormguard proclaims the Seattle domain as Independent.
Most kindred don't know that this is pretty much planned by the elders. They largely withdraw. Anton remains on Vashon Island, Julian remains on Mercer Island. We stayed put.
One of Kell Stormguard’s first acts as Prince is to demand all Primogen and elders submit to a thaumaturgical blood test. Julian Lateran is the only one to refuse, apart from our guy, who was hard to find. (OOC: damnit, what's his name?)
KellStormguard abolishes the previous inner court, appointing Rorrick to the position of Keeper of the Elysium, RubinaBloodmoon to the position of Scourge, and CorinDallyae to the position of Gangrel Primogen. KellStormguard does not appoint a sheriff, claiming that he will fulfill the role, which he does efficiently and brutally.
A high ranking Ventrue official (SarahVanCourt) visits the region, ruffling the feathers of many established kindred before being suddenly slain.
NunzioGiovanni joins the Sabbat, breaking the treaty between the Giovanni and the Camarilla and signing his own death warrant.
Arrivals
DeapriSeavous (Tremere) arrives
Nasim al’Rashid (Assamite) arrives
Vinnie (Gangrel) embraced (by Walker)
FreddyAlwood (Nosferatu) arrives
Departures
Andric disappears
MartineThibadeux slain (setites)
SarahVanCourt slain (unknown)

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1982
Mortal Affairs
The Green River killer’s first victim of forty-nine is found.
Seattle kicks off the microbrew craze with the selling of the first pint of Redhook Ale.
Kindred Affairs
Events
Archons come to town
KellStormguard proclaims the Seattle domain as Camarilla again
NunzioGiovanni’s death amidst rumors of his involvement with the Sabbat weakens the clan’s standing. When it is learned that he left a mountain of debt in his wake, the Giovanni name in the region is decimated.
The Camarilla structure within Portland, Oregon collapses into anarchy. Amidst the Anarchs, the Tremere chantry stands.
JanetSchreck replaces Robar as Nosferatu primogen.
Veronique Sutherland-Smith departs from the city without warning, leaving the seat of Brujah Primogen open. AntonMeikel calls a rant at which Gengis becomes the Brujah Primogen and JosefSterling von Erfurt becomes the Brujah Whip.
Arrivals
Gengis (Brujah) arrives
JanetSchreck (Nosferatu) arrives
LeonardBishop (Ventrue) arrives
LouieMichaels (Tremere) arrives
Departures
Betty slain (werewolves)
NunzioGiovanni slain (Sabbat)
JonathonSmith leaves
RobarSulot slain (Sabbat)
VeroniqueSutherlandSmith leaves
Vinnie slain (Sabbat)
Walker slain (Sabbat)

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1983
Mortal Affairs
Three Hong Kong immigrants enter the Wah Mee Club, a gambling parlor in Seattle's Chinatown International District, and kill 13 people, the worst mass murder in state history.
Joint operations between the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Seattle Times begins.
Costco opens.
Kindred Affairs
Events
Depravity nightclub, sponsored by BranMacMourn, opened and declared Elysium
Claiming she is involved in seditious acts, KellStormguard declares CelesteMcFleur’s unlife forfeit. She does not survive the week. We know that KellStormguard manufactured evidence against Celeste to give him some excuse to lawfully exercise the right of destruction. He lusted for the power of her blood, which he added to his own.
The Ventrue appoint LeonardBishop as their Primogen to replace the CelesteMcFleur after she is killed.
Evidence of infernalist activity surfaces
The Giovanni family, still reeling from the death of their Don, flees the city en masse after threats from the regime. We know that KellStormguard demanded tutelage in necromancy for continued favor by the Giovanni clan. The Giovanni response was simply to leave. KellStormguard’s more public finances suffered a blow soon after.
MercerIsland acknowledged as the private domain of JulianLateran
Arrivals
ArielLockheart (Gangrel) arrives (see ArielStormguard)
DieterHeinrich (Nosferatu) arrives
GavinEdwards (Brujah) arrives
LobosMuerte (Brujah) arrives (aka KellStormguard)
RoseHatter (Malkavian) arrives
RoseCarmichael (Ventrue) arrives
WessonCarmichael (Ventrue) arrives
Departures
CelesteMcFleur slain (and diablerized KellStormguard)
CharlesStJohn leaves
ChastityStJohn leaves
Fairchild slain (KellStormguard)
JohnMilliner leaves

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1984
Kindred Affairs
Events
ErikBachman disappears and the Tacoma chantry burns to the ground. There are no survivors and no evidence of arson or foul play. Officially it is written off as a space heater being too close to laundry. Rumors in kindred circles claim it to be the work of infernalits, BranMacMourne, KellStormguard, or the Followers of Set.
BranMacMourne becomes Prince of Tacoma and makes ReilyOShea his Sheriff.
RichardTrevethick becomes Seneschal of Seattle, primarily to investigate the Setite infestation
The rogue Tremere are brought to heel. FarenStone is staked and sent to the Tremere elders who pass judgment and slay him. EvelynWinter is tested for her potential worth to the clan. Found useful, she is allowed to continue her existence, but only once she is bound to the clan.
Arrivals
EvelynWinter (Tremere) embraced (FarenStone)
IsaacRushing (Ventrue) visits
MargaretRushing (Ventrue) visits
SimonTrelane (Tremere) arrives
TenjuHarisumo (Toreador) arrives
Departures
AlbrechtDeValkner disappears
FarenStone leaves
SchurjaCastalbach disappears

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1985
Mortal Affairs
The Columbia Center (Bank of America Tower) is completed. For a time it stands as the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.
Equinox Software Co. established
Kindred Affairs

Kell Stormguard again demands thaumaturgical blood tests, this time from the entire populace. Nearly half the city’s populace refuses.
DouglasFir begins to antagonize both the Prince and the street gang leader LobosMuerte. The MercerIsland Sanctuary is established.
Arrivals
AnnaOndrejcekova (Toreador) arrives
JanOndrejcekova (Brujah) arrives
AshwinSood? (Ventrue) arrives
DouglasFir (Assamite) returns

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1986
Kindred Affairs
Events
JonathonDrake steps down as whip for Clan Toreador. CarlosSanchez is named as his replacement.
A pack of Anarch diablerists are brought to heel by BranMacMourne and his cadre after they diablerize SirWilliam.
RoseHatter takes on the mantle of Primogen for the Malkavian clan after SirWilliam dies.
Equinox? is proclaimed Elysium and one of its buildings is opened to the Kindred populace. Kell Stormguard establishes offices for each of his court members within the building.
Arrivals
KatarinaShaw (Ventrue) arrives
KillerKlown (Malkavian) arrives
Vegas (Malkavian) arrives
Departures
JonathonDrake leaves
SirWilliam diablerized (anarchs)

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1987
Kindred Affairs
Events
In an attempt to rebuild the “good” name of the Giovanni, the family sends three of its members to the region. Claudius WolfgangFaust is named the new Don of the Giovanni clan in the region.
A meeting of the Primogen is interrupted as word of a Brujah disturbance is brought forward. ReilyOShea and KellStormguard apprehended MikeSanders in a room coated with blood and black veins streaking his aura. The diablerist of SimonPhoenix was put to death before the Primogen of Seattle.
At a Malkavian clan meeting, GloriaTucker? removes her bid for primogenship at the last minute. She gives her support to Vegas, saying all who support her should support him. All Malkavians end up supporting Vegas as their Primogen, except RoseHatter. Vegas is named the new Malkavian primogen. Prince KellStormguard is impressed and frightened by the Malkavians.
Arrivals

AngeliqueMau? (Malkavian) arrives
Claudius WolfgangFaust (Giovanni) arrives
GloriaTucker? (Malkavian) arrives
Grath? (Gangrel) arrives
MiaGiovanni (Giovanni) arrives
MikeSanders (Brujah) returns
MrHat (Giovanni) arrives
Nutjob64? (Malkavian) arrives
RichardGilray? (Malkavian) arrives
StevenAshmead? (Tremere) embraced (GideonRoland)
Departures
MikeSanders slain (KellStormguard)
SimonPhoenix diablerized (MikeSanders)

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1988
Mortal Affairs
Metro bus tunnel is completed under downtown Seattle.
Washington State Trade and Convention Center is completed.
Kindred Affairs
Events
HuntClub?, a band of roving Kindred who hunt their own kind for sport, terrorizes the city.
JackGriffin abandons Seattle and the Toreador primogenship, weary of the constant assaults upon his character and reputation by the Prince who demanded no less than seven blood tests upon Jack in an effort to try and prove he was a Follower of Set. CarlosSanchez replaces him as Primogen for clan Toreador.
TenjuHarisumo becomes RichardTrevethick’s bodyguard in exchange for investigation into an unknown individual whom had assaulted his haven.
Opening performance of the opera Seratum, written by AnnaOndrejcekova, produced by JackGriffin, and directed by FrançoisDuBios?. The opening performance of the recounted myth of creation leaves a lingering hum in the minds of its audience. Later performances are not near as memorable as almost the entire original cast disappears. During or just after the performance, the Followers of Set manage to replace most of the Primogen of the city with duplicates. The Primogen are returned a month later. The show of force by the Setites is not forgotten or dismissed, and the Primogen are not fully trusted again.
Arrivals
AntonioFrim (Nosferatu) arrives
KarlKraus (Nosferatu) arrives
Departures
AngeliqueMau? disappears
AnnaOndrejcekova disappears
FrançoisDuBios? disappears
GloriaTucker? disappears
Nutjob64? disappears
JackGriffin leaves
JanOndrejcekova disappears
RichardGilray? disappears

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1989
Mortal Affairs
Ted Bundy confesses to eleven murders in Washington State.
Kindred Affairs
Events
Gengis takes over Kent and steps down as representative of the Brujah in Seattle. With little hinderance JosefSterling von Erfurt becomes the new Brujah Primogen, taking AllisterWillingham as his Whip.
GideonRoland’s chantry is burned to the ground by the city’s elders. I hear that Blood magicians, lead by GideonRoland of clan Tremere, are found to be performing child sacrifices in an attempt to summon a demonic presence. This activity is uncovered by DawnOSeannasy, and many of the domain’s elders descend to take care of the matter personally. As morning comes, not all who ventured forth return unscathed. Dawn leaves for Castile less than a month after.
Arrivals
CeciliaStMarie? (Toreador) arrives
[[Clarity] (Tremere) arrives
FatherPetrovich? (Tzimisce) visits
JaimeFallingwater? (Gangrel) embraced (KellStormguard)
Departures
DawnOSeannasy leaves
DouglasFir slain (GideonRoland)
GideonRoland slain (DawnOSeannasy)
LouieMichaels leaves
StevenAshmead? leaves

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1990
Mortal Affairs
The region hosts the Goodwill Games.
The Interstate 90 floating bridge sinks into the lake.
Kindred Affairs
Events
TheMasters?, a coterie of werewolf hunting vampires, arrives and is promptly chased off by KellStormguard. This heightens rumors that the Prince is working with the werewolves. The purpose of which, individuals can only guess at.
JanetShcreck? and FreddyAlwood step down from the positions of Primogen and Whip for clan Nosferatu. They are replaced by AntonioFrim and KarlKraus respectively.
For the third time in his reign KellStormguard demands thaumaturgical blood tests of the populace. Paranoia seems to grip him as he becomes convinced that Setites are impersonating all levels of this domain. Less than half the city acquiesces.
Reeling from the disgrace of being replaced as whip by a newcomer, AshwinSood? lashes out, hiring assassins to slay PhilipDavis?. Having realized his mistake, AshwinSood? flees the domain before authorities can catch up to him.
Grath? is staked and then auctioned off to the highest bidder by Vegas. EvelynWinter won him, and let him free.
Arrivals
Alexander (Assamite) arrives
Niles Ulyssess Thurmond Zbierajewski (Malkavian) arrives
PhilipDavis? (Ventrue) arrives
Departures
AshwinSood? leaves
Fairchild slain (KellStormguard)
FreddyAlwood leaves
PhilipDavis? slain (AshwinSood?)

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1991
Mortal Affairs
Seattle Art Museum moves downtown. Seattle Asian Art Museum takes its place at Volunteer Park.
Kindred Affairs
Events
The Ventrue choose KatarinaShaw as their new Primogen after Sire KennethBishop? and his escort, AngelinaFaith?, are slain leaving the opera. Wesson “Buck” Carmichael (BuckCarmichael) is chosen as the Ventrue Whip.
Realizing that he has been neglecting aspects of domain governance, KellStormguard finally appoints another kindred to the position of Sheriff. Following his historical precedence, he appoints another Gangrel: Porter. JulianLateran finally confronts Kell over the atrocities he has committed both directly and through negligence. The conversation is surprisingly civil given Julian’s staunch ethics and Kell’s own ferocity. Kell admits that he has been negligent in his duties and swears to remedy the situation. Despite this, threats are exchanged should either step out of line in the future.
Porter is slain less than two months after being appointed to the position of sheriff under mysterious circumstances while investigating BranMacMourn. No kindred replaces Porter in the position of Sheriff.
CeciliaStMarie? is brought to trial by BranMacMourn for the deaths of AngelinaFaith? and LeonardBishop. During the trial CeciliaStMarie? reveals herself to be a Tzimisce infiltrator for the Sabbat as she assumes horrid form and debilitates several kindred before being brought down.
Arrivals
Dublin? O. Hooey (Brujah) arrives (Antonio Frim makes another identity for himself)
CarlyWard? (Tremere) arrives
JamesWard? (Tremere) arrives
Departures
AngelinaFaith? slain (CeciliaStMarie?)
CeciliaStMarie? slain (many kindred)
Grath? disappears
Porter slain (KOE)
LeonardBishop diablerized (Alexander)

[Webmonkey]

1992
Mortal Affairs
Equinox is destroyed by terrorist actions.
Kindred Affairs
Events
Gengis takes over Kent
Events with the Followers of Set come to a head. Bran MacMourn? is revealed to be Teppoudama. He had diablerized the Setite years earlier, but could not control the snake’s powerful soul. Teppoudama brainwashes Alexander and has him slay Rubina Bloodmoon and her ghouls.
Kell Stormguard tracks Teppoudama to his temple where the two elders slay each other. Before the remnants of the Followers of Set remove themselves from the city, they destroy Equinox financially and physically. During the conflict, Rorick is critically wounded and disappears in the wake of events.
Vegas tries to name himself Prince of Seattle but is slain by DieterHeinrich with an exploding cell phone. Niles Ulyssess Thurmond Zbierajewski is made Malkavian primogen with the backing of his elder, ThomasGainsborough.
Seizing upon the destruction of both his foes, Andric resurfaces from hiding, having faked his death years ago. He rapidly resumes control of Seattle with RichardTrevethick as his Seneschal. It is commonly believed that Andric and several supporting elders planned the entire affair.
In BranMacMourn’s absence, KillerKlown seizes the reigns of Tacoma.
Arrivals
MorganFireWolf? (Tremere) arrives
MarcusDeWinter? (Nosferatu) arrives
Reggie (Nosferatu) discovered
VictorMorton (Tremere) arrives
Departures
ArielLockheart leaves
BranMacMourn / Teppoudama slain (KellStormguard)
KellStormguard slain (BranMacMourn / Teppoudama)
Clarity? leaves
DieterHeinrich leaves
JaimeFallingwater? disappears
ReilyOShea suicides
Rorrick disappears
RubinaBloodmoon slain (Alexander)
Vegas slain (DieterHeinrich)

1993
Mortal Affairs
A storm ravages the Puget Sound area, leaving 750,000 homes and businesses without power and destroying 167 homes.
Kindred Affairs
Events
Blood disease ravages the city, for 2 months. Andric credited for its end.
The seneschal marshals a hunt coterie to track down SimonTrelane. The official reason is breach of the masquerade and assault and battery against other kindred. Storming his haven in Edmonds proves difficult due to multiple wards and some sort of summoned presence. JamesWards? is freed from within SimonTrelane’s haven. With the increased Sabbat activity in the area it is assumed they killed him.
SimonTrelane goes crazy under demonic influence and summons the great storm. Fortunately, its unusual nature is obscure by natural weather patterns.

Depravity? closes
Everett annexed into Seattle domain
Issaquah annexed into Seattle domain
Tacoma annexed into Seattle domain
KillerKlown’s unlife is nearly snuffed by Andric’s allies as his power base crumbles swiftly and violently. The Malkavian Prince flees to Australia to ensure his survival and contemplate his next move. Tacoma is annexed into Seattle domain.
Arrivals
LuciusPrem (Brujah) arrives
Departures
EvelynWinter slain (Sabbat)
Gengis leaves
KillerKlown leaves
Larvae leaves
RoseHatter slain (Julian Lateran)
SimonTrelane disappears

1994
Kindred Affairs
JanetSchreck disappears from the Nosferatu warrens. She is later found and returned by RichardTrevethick, AntonioFrim, and TenjuHarisumo.
Arrivals
Dr. DamienRockov? (Tzimisce) arrives
Garfield (Toreador) arrives

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1995
Mortal Affairs
Magnuson Park is formed when the U.S. Navy removes itself from Sand Point.
Pang warehouse catches fire. Four Seattle firefighters die containing it.
Kindred Affairs
Events
A Sabbat pack is found lairing in a regional warehouse. The building is burned down around them.
JosefSterling von Erfurt decides to leave the west, convincing himself that what he is searching for is not to be found here. With his departure, GavinEdwards steps to the plate as Brujah Primogen. AllisterWillingham remains whip.
Departures
JosefSterling leaves

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1996
Mortal Affairs
Sound Transit is approved by voters.
Kindred Affairs
Events
TheIrregulars, a coterie of new and old blood, arrives
DocMaynard’s bar is declared Elysium
An explosion rocks a Kindred Salon held downtown. No kindred are slain, but many are shaken and some wounded.
Arrivals
AaronFranklin (Caitiff) arrives
AlexRugger (Brujah) arrives
AshleyKarmichael? (Ventrue) arrives
CarryTen? (Brujah) arrives
Dion? (Brujah) arrives
Drake (Brujah) arrives
Kerril Doxon (Malkavian) arrives
Nigel (Tremere) arrives
JamesDevon? (Toreador) arrives
Departures
JamisonWard? leaves

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1997
Mortal Affairs
Voters approve a new stadium for the Seattle Seahawks.
Kindred Affairs
Events
Remnants of Sabbat in Everett stamped out by the PrinceAndric through TheIrregulars and the Nosferatu
Arrivals
JessiDaniels? (Gangrel) visits
Larvae (Nosferatu) returns
Departures
Alexander slain (CorinDallyae)
AshleyKarmichael? leaves
CorinDallyae slain (Nasim al’Rashid)
CarlyWard? disappears
DeapriSeavous retires to Marysville, establishing a chantry there
JamesDevon? leaves

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1998
Mortal Affairs
Benaroya Hall opens.
A Metro bus plunges 50 feet off the Aurora Bridge when passenger Silas Cool fatally shoots Metro driver Mark McLaughlin? and then fatally shoots himself. One other passenger is killed and 33 are injured.
Kindred Affairs
Events
Vancouver B.C. falls to the Sabbat. See VancouverAttack

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1999
Mortal Affairs
Safeco Field, the new home of the Seattle Mariners, opens.
World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle deteriorates into rioting. Almost 600 people are arrested.
Kindred Affairs
Events
The first public rift opens within TheIrregulars as three of their members leave town.
Departures
AlexRugger leaves
CarryTen? leaves
Dr. DamienRockov? disappears
Kerril Doxon leaves

[Webmonkey]

2000
Mortal Affairs
Experience Music Project opens
Kindred Affairs
Events
Drake begins to grab for more power after his success with the Sabbat. He begins spreading rumors and dissention. He leads TheIrregulars on an assault against the remnants of the FollowersOfSet, slaying not only the kindred, but their mortal slaves as well. Consequently stripped of status for violation of the Sixth Tradition. Drake tries to garner support from the Brujah to remove the Prince. Drake is summarily executed. TheIrregulars support the Prince in his actions.
As Andric declares the DesMoinesObservatory Elysium, Nigel is appointed as Keeper of Elysium to ensure the sanctity of all Elysium in the future.
Arrivals
JeanChristianDelamater? (Tremere) visits
BoydLUnhook? (Caitiff) arrives (AntonioFrim makes another identity for himself)
Departures
Drake slain by TenjuHarisumo
Nasim Al’Rashid leaves

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2001
Mortal Affairs
Marti Gras celebrations deteriorates into rioting. One person killed.
A magnitude 6. 8 earthquake rocks the region, causing over $1 billion in damage.
Boeing movies its corporate headquarters to Chicago.
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
DeroniWeston (Ventrue) arrives

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2002
Kindred Affairs
Arrivals
AlbrechtDeutsch (Tremere) arrives
AnthonyKeane (Malkavian) arrives

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2003
Kindred Affairs
Events
All kindred in the region mysteriously receive invitations to the grand re-opening of the GaslightLounge. Though physically the lounge has not changed since it closed, it now seems to bear supernatural properties that unsettle some guests. In honor of the former prince, DawnOSeannasy, PrinceAndric declares the reopened GaslightLounge to be the latest addition to the city’s Elysium.
Acting on rumors and a lust for power, several Brujah, led by the Sabbat named Reason, storm AntonMeikel’s VashonIsland haven. Only [Reason]] stumbles away from the burning wreck, babbling of strange magics and time warp dances, his aura streaked with lines of Diablerie. The prince wastes no time or effort and Reason is quickly found and put to death.
In the wake of Anton’s death the Gangrel petition the prince for a domain to at last call their own. With the prince’s permission, VashonIsland becomes the domain of the Gangrel.
Arrivals
ChristineDahl (Toreador) arrives
JoeBrujah (Brujah) arrives
NathanCole? (Tremere) arrives
Departures
AntonMeikel slain by Reason
Reason slain by PrinceAndric

[benime]

I would love to see this thread continue into 2004, at least. Here, let me help...

2004
Kindred Events
We get to fight a DEMON. I mean, wow! We kick his ass. Victor Morton, while looking like a pimp, hits like a sissy.
Other stuff happens, that is, while not as full of fire and explosions, quite cool and interesting and would fill many pages of a book.

Arrivals
DEMON (sissy-fighter) arrives and leaves (smack-a-ho)
People (you know, guy, and girl) come and go (as they please)

[Chilli]

Is it just me or are there a few people missing from that timeline?

Will this be updated in time?

[Deleted]

And there are the Nosferatu also See Tony Frim is on there all you Yunguns