1960–1969 – Civil Rights Awakening, Hollow One Expansion, Malkavian Prophecy
🜂 1960–1969: Visions in Velvet, Fire in the Veins
"The world shook. Madison listened. The Capitol Node whispered… and one of us finally heard."
— Kyle Schuller, Malkavian Primogen
✊ 1960–1964: Civil Rights, Supernatural Ripples
- The civil rights movement in Madison becomes more than just mortal protest—it marks a spiritual resonance shift in the city.
- Lea Nosson Goodwin (Celestial Chorus) begins organizing both mundane and mystical vigils, infusing the Capitol Node with harmonic faith magick to counteract growing Nephandi entropyMages of Madtown.
- A young activist named Elijah Monroe (future police chief) is swayed by both Chorus ideals and Technocratic pragmatism, laying the seeds for decades of tension and corruptionCharacters Draft.
- Peter Kobyla, manipulated by Nephandi agents, uses civil unrest as an excuse to militarize werewolf territory in eastern Madison, pushing the Glass Walkers and Children of Gaia toward confrontation.
🕷️ 1965 – Malkavian Vision of the Nameless' Return
- Kyle Schuller, Malkavian Primogen, suffers a seizure of prophecy during a city-wide blackout. Through the Madness Network, he receives a vision from Malkav: "The Nameless stirs. It breathes through the cracks of the Node. If you don’t listen, the symphony will break—and so will you"Characters Draft.
- Echoes of this vision ripple through the Kindred, Garou, and Mage communities. Some dismiss it. Others begin to investigate signs of growing entropy.
- Malkav’s psychic influence spreads further across Madison, causing reality fractures near the Capitol Node. These dreamlike intrusions are studied by Jay Dee and Gwydion Kelly, but neither can stabilize themCharacters Draft.
🖤 1966 – Rise of the Hollow Ones
- Lacy Z. Rivere, goth-punk mage, awakens through grief, rebellion, and vengeance after a Nephandus kills her parentsCharacters Draft.
- She is briefly recruited by the Order of Hermes, but flees after her mentor is murdered by the same Nephandus stalking her.
- She finds refuge among the Hollow Ones, who become her new family, and by 1969 she emerges as a rising leader of the Disparate Alliance.
- Lacy begins advocating for a supernatural open-border policy in Madison, claiming that outcast Mages, Fae, and even Kindred should be allowed sanctuary.
- She secretly becomes addicted to Kindred vitae and forms a bond with Lulu Turner (Lasombra)—a secret that could cost her everythingCharacters Draft.
📡 1967–1969 – Cold War Shadows, Node Instability
- The Technocracy’s Project Observation Glass launches surveillance programs in Madison, watching both Mages and Kindred under the pretense of Cold War counterintelligence.
- Void Engineers at Truax Field notice dimensional distortion increasing around the Capitol Node, but choose not to act publiclyMages of Madtown.
- Jay Dee, Gwydion Kelly, and Lea Goodwin create a ritual lattice of Quintessence filtering around the Capitol, attempting to stabilize the Node, but the ritual is only partially successful.
- Whispers of the Nameless grow louder in dreams, digital echoes, and hallucinations.
- Dr. Henry Coldwell, a UW neuroscientist, begins mapping psychic patterns in patients affected by the Node—unaware that Brandy Madison (Malkavian) is feeding him data laced with layered paradoxCharacters Draft.
🜃 Summary Table: 1960s Madison Supernatural Events
| Year | Event |
| 1960 | Civil Rights movement energizes Chorus-led harmonics at the Capitol Node. |
| 1965 | Kyle Schuller receives a prophetic vision from Malkav: the Nameless stirs. |
| 1966 | Lacy Z. Rivere Awakens. Her parents are killed by a Nephandus. |
| 1967 | Truax surveillance begins. Void Engineers detect Node distortions. |
| 1968 | Kindred and Mage factions clash over the Capitol’s resonance storms. |
| 1969 | The Hollow Ones begin rallying Disparate Mages under Lacy’s banner. |
🔮 Prehistoric & Mythic Eras
10–20 Billion BCE – The Big Bang and the Triat Begins
3.5–4 Billion BCE – Emergence of Life and Spirits on Earth
400 Million BCE – Ananasa Diversifies Insects
360 Million BCE – The Spider Spirit is Born
150 Million BCE – Age of Kings and Mokole Civilization
65 Million BCE – Fall of the Drachid Form and Age of Kings
2.5–1.75 Million BCE – Humanity Adopted by Weaver, Creation of Garou
100,000–10,000 BCE – Diaspora, Banestorm, War of Shame
🏺 Ancient History
6000 BCE – Sealing of the Nameless (First Binding)
5000 BCE – Fracture of the First Seal
4000 BCE – Rise of Babylon, Druidic Magick, First Shadow Tensions
3000 BCE – First Breach Attempt, Wounded Anchors
2000 BCE – Nephandi Almost Free the Nameless
1000 BCE – Third Fire Renewal by Croatan
🏛️ Classical to Early Medieval
1 CE – Dream of the Hollow Mask, Sentinel Appears
1000 CE – Silent Confluence and Renewal of the Third Seal
1634–1836 CE – Indigenous Stewardship, Colonial Spiritual War
🏙️ Modern Madison Founded
1836 – Madison Founded atop the Third Anchor
1860s – Civil War, Camp Randall Necromantic Spillover
1890s – Technocratic Assaults, Gahara Pact Forms
🔥 20th Century Events
1900–1915 – Capitol Fire, Fall of the Lords of Madison
1914–1920 – WWI, New Avalon Echo, Sabbat Probes
1920–1939 – Prohibition, Syndicate Rise, Madtown Mage Cabal Forms
1940–1949 – WWII, Truax Field Founded, Nephandi Rituals
1950–1959 – Kindred–Garou War, Cold War Occult Espionage
1960–1969 – Civil Rights Awakening, Hollow One Expansion, Malkavian Prophecy
1970–1979 – Olbrich Alliance, Sabbat Incursion, Eclipse Ritual
1980–1985 – Digital Web War, Capitol Murders, Nameless Awakens
🎭 Current Campaign Start
February 1985 – Opening Night: Madtown by Night Begins