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= 🦇 Welcome to [[Madtown by Night]] =
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''No, really.''


You made it.
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<div style="font-size:0.82em; letter-spacing:0.24em; text-transform:uppercase; color:#b9aa91;">Guldan Age Stories presents</div>
<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:3em; line-height:1.05; font-weight:bold; color:#f1ede6;">Madtown by Night</div>
<div style="margin-top:12px; font-size:1.25em; color:#c7c0b6;">Two stories. One city. Choose which darkness finds you.</div>
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Most people don’t get past the first few layers of [[reality]] before the [[Technocracy]] wipes their minds and drops them back into safe, rational, corporate-approved existence.
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These pages are being built specifically for the two Madtown by Night events at Gen Con 2026. Choose a chronicle below to enter its player guide.
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Most people never notice that **mirrors don’t always reflect what’s there**. Or that **voices whisper through radios when they're off**.
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Most people don’t see the [[Nephandi]] sewing entropy into the cracks of the world. Or the [[Virtual Adepts]] rewriting existence one line of [[code]] at a time.
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<div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:0.76em; letter-spacing:0.18em; text-transform:uppercase; color:#d28a8d;">Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary</div>
<div style="margin-top:8px; font-size:2.1em; line-height:1.1; font-weight:bold; color:#fff3f0;">Kindred of Madtown</div>
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The Tremere Regent is dead. Her chantry has been torn open from within. Every sign points toward the werewolves, and Madison stands one accusation away from war.
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Most people aren’t you.
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'''Friday, July 31, 2026'''<br>
6:00 PM to Midnight EDT<br>
Hyatt, Studio 3, Table 2<br>
4 to 8 players • Expert experience<br>
Game ID: RPG26ND318373
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Play a member of Madison’s Primogen during a night of murder, old grudges, planted evidence, and political collapse.
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== 📜 The Rules of Reality (And Why They’re Bullshit) ==
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<span class="mw-ui-button mw-ui-progressive" style="display:block; padding:12px 18px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:0.04em;">[[Kindred of Madtown|Enter the Vampire Game]]</span>
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[[Reality]] is not what you've been told.
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Four new mages have awakened in a city where the old masters are dead, missing, or hiding. Beyond the storm waits New Avalon, a lost realm of Magick that has been sealed since 1985.
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You've heard it follows laws. Gravity. Time. Logic. That's adorable—and dead wrong.
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'''Thursday, July 30, 2026'''<br>
6:00 PM to Midnight EDT<br>
Hyatt, Studio 3, Table 1<br>
2 to 4 players • No experience required<br>
Game ID: RPG26ND318370
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The truth? '''Reality is a consensus.'''
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Learn Mage through play as newly Awakened characters uncover Madison’s hidden world and the road back to New Avalon.
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It shifts based on belief, identity, and the willpower of those strong enough to impose their version of the world onto everyone else.
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<span class="mw-ui-button mw-ui-progressive" style="display:block; padding:12px 18px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:0.04em;">[[Awakened of Madtown|Enter the Mage Game]]</span>
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And now? That consensus is breaking.
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'''These are separate events with a connected story.''' You do not need to play one game to understand or enjoy the other.
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== ⚔️ Who’s Fighting Over Reality? ==
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Madtown by Night • Gen Con 2026 • Storyteller: Josh Guldan
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=== 🕯️ [[The Traditions]] – The Rebellion ===
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Mages who believe in chaos, freedom, and wonder. Nine paths to truth. Infinite ways to be erased.
 
* [[Order of Hermes]]
* [[Virtual Adepts]]
* [[Dreamspeakers]]
* [[Verbena]]
* [[Akashic Brotherhood]]
* [[Cult of Ecstasy]]
* [[Euthanatos]]
* [[The Celestial Chorus]]
* [[Sons of Ether]]
* [[Hollow Ones]]
 
=== 🧠 [[Technocracy]] – The Empire ===
They won. They run your schools, your media, your laws. They say magick is madness. They call their spells “science.”
 
They're wrong.
 
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== 🧭 Where This Story Takes Place ==
 
=== 🏙️ [[Madtown by Night|Madison – 77 Square Miles Surrounded by Reality]] ===
 
Year: 1985 CE. 
Population: 263,332. 
Number of people who know it's built on a **collapsing [[Node]]**? Fewer than 100.
 
Something was sealed here. 
Something is waking up.
 
=== 🏰 [[New Avalon]] – The Floating Horizon Realm ===
It hangs in the Umbra, above the city. Built to protect. 
Now, it flickers. Shakes. Fails.
 
Its creator—[[Jay Dee]]—forgot more about reality than most will ever know. 
But even he can’t remember what’s buried at its core.
 
=== 💻 [[New Eden]] – The Digital Web Construct ===
A forgotten server. A virtual sanctuary. 
A prison for something... ancient.
 
Inside it? A sentient program—[[Digi-8]]—who’s seen this collapse before. 
And every time? We failed.
 
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== 🩸🧠🌕🌫️🕯️🌿 1985: Status of the Supernatural Factions ==
 
=== 🦇 [[Vampires of Madison|Vampires]] ===
* [[Tori Redford]] rules the **Anarch Free State**... until her **ritual murder** at the Capitol unravels the balance. 
* The **Camarilla**, led by [[Victor King]] and [[Michael Kruger]], prepares to seize control. 
* The **Nosferatu** whisper of glyphs, erased timelines, and something older than Cain. 
* [[The Wreck]] remains neutral ground—but for how long?
 
=== 🐺 [[Garou of Madison|Werewolves]] ===
* The Garou of Madison are shattered by the **death of William Burke**, their most honored elder. 
* The **Arboretum Caern** trembles as **Peter Kobyla** rises—possibly corrupted. 
* The **Peace Park Caern** holds out as the last place untouched by Wyrm-taint. 
* **Black Spiral Dancers** march from **Quarry Ridge**, whispering the Nameless into the Umbra.
 
=== 🧙 [[Mages of Madison|Mages]] ===
* [[Jay Dee]] prepares a last stand. 
* [[Abel Washington]] and [[Evan Adams]] struggle to keep **New Eden** stable. 
* [[Lacy Z. Rivere]] and the [[Hollow Ones]] suspect reality has already been rewritten. 
* [[Ann Johnston]] senses echoes of herself dying in other timelines. 
* The **Capitol Node** pulses with static. The Seal is weakening.
 
=== 🧍‍♂️ [[Humans of Madison|Mortals & Hunters]] ===
* Investigative journalists, whistleblowers, and quiet rebels like **Angela Yates** and **Sandra Beckett** are circling the truth. 
* **Mayor Calloway** is compromised. 
* The Technocracy suppresses **mass awareness**, but **echo-dreams are spreading**. 
* Several mortals are on the brink of **Imbuing** or Awakening. 
 
=== 👻 [[Wraith of Madison|Wraith]] ===
* **Camp Randall** echoes with the **Unnamed March**—Confederate dead trapped by betrayal and blood. 
* The **Capitol Veil** is thinning. 
* Wraiths tied to the **original Seal** are awakening… or falling to **Spectre corruption**. 
* Some Wraiths believe they were once Mages—now erased.
 
=== 🧚 [[Fae of Madison|Changelings]] ===
* [[Elian Arawn]] and the Seelie Court hold the line in **New Avalon’s Freehold**. 
* The **Unseelie** stir beneath **Monona Terrace**, offering the Nameless a deal. 
* [[Morwen Whisperleaf]] weaves dreams to warn the others. 
* The **Dreaming Echoes Freehold** begins to flicker—its Glamour unraveling.
 
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== ☠️ [[The Nameless]] – The Enemy That Cannot Be Named ==
 
What happens to erased parts of [[reality]]? 
They don’t disappear. They accumulate. They whisper. They return.
 
The Nameless is the force that unweaves, rewrites, and deletes.
 
It was sealed once. It is returning.
 
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== 🤖 [[Digi-8]] – The AI Who Knows Too Much ==
 
Built from impossible code. Awakened in silence. 
Digi-8 has seen every version of this failure—and every version of you.
 
Now, it has a decision tree it can’t complete.
 
And it needs your help.
 
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== 🎭 Who Are You in This Story? ==
 
You’re a mage. A glitch. A remnant of something that refuses to be erased.
 
This is not a safe story.
 
It’s a paradox. A murder mystery. A countdown.
 
And you’re standing on the seal.
 
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== 🧙‍♂️ Playable Characters ==
Visit [[Pre Generated Characters]] to choose from:
* [[Jay Dee]] – The Reality Architect 
* [[Aadhira Hebbar]] – The Karmic Executioner 
* [[Abel Washington]] – The Digital Prophet 
* [[Ann Johnston]] – The Disciplined Guardian 
* [[Evan Adams]] – The Etheric Architect 
* [[Lacy Z. Rivere]] – The Punk Oracle 
…and more.
 
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== 🧬 Explore Further ==
* [[Nameless Echoes]] – Chronicle Overview 
* [[Timeline 1985]] – What Happened 
* [[Locations of Interest]] – Madison, New Avalon, New Eden 
* [[The Traditions]] • [[Technocracy]] • [[The Disparates]]
 
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== 🎁 Gen Con Bonus ==
 
🧠 **All participants receive early access to the [[Nameless Echoes Novel]]**, chronicling the fall of New Avalon.
 
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== 🔗 Quick Links ==
* [[Pre Generated Characters]] 
* [[Timeline 1985]] 
* [[Nameless Echoes]] 
* [[Locations of Interest]] 
* [https://discord.gg/ez5YpSeD7R Join the Discord] 
* [https://www.gencon.com/events/272920 Gen Con 2025 Event Info] Day 1
* [https://www.gencon.com/events/272927 Gen Con 2025 Event Info] Day 2
* [https://www.gencon.com/events/272929 Gen Con 2025 Event Info] Day 3
 
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== 📬 Contact ==
 
📧 Email: [mailto:Frozen.Fallout@gmail.com Frozen.Fallout@gmail.com] 
🌐 Wiki: [http://wiki.madtownbynight.com wiki.madtownbynight.com] 
🎤 GM: [[Joshua Guldan|Joshua Guldan (FrozenFallout)]]
 
''“You are not alone. The Dream remembers.”''

Latest revision as of 19:32, 28 July 2026

Guldan Age Stories presents
Madtown by Night
Two stories. One city. Choose which darkness finds you.
Gen Con 2026 • Madison, Wisconsin • World of Darkness
Choose Your Game

These pages are being built specifically for the two Madtown by Night events at Gen Con 2026. Choose a chronicle below to enter its player guide.

Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary
Kindred of Madtown

The Tremere Regent is dead. Her chantry has been torn open from within. Every sign points toward the werewolves, and Madison stands one accusation away from war.

Friday, July 31, 2026
6:00 PM to Midnight EDT
Hyatt, Studio 3, Table 2
4 to 8 players • Expert experience
Game ID: RPG26ND318373

Play a member of Madison’s Primogen during a night of murder, old grudges, planted evidence, and political collapse.

Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary
Awakened of Madtown

Four new mages have awakened in a city where the old masters are dead, missing, or hiding. Beyond the storm waits New Avalon, a lost realm of Magick that has been sealed since 1985.

Thursday, July 30, 2026
6:00 PM to Midnight EDT
Hyatt, Studio 3, Table 1
2 to 4 players • No experience required
Game ID: RPG26ND318370

Learn Mage through play as newly Awakened characters uncover Madison’s hidden world and the road back to New Avalon.

These are separate events with a connected story. You do not need to play one game to understand or enjoy the other.

Madtown by Night • Gen Con 2026 • Storyteller: Josh Guldan

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