Gahara Pact – Founding Accord

1836 Gahara Pact – Founding Accord

Also known as: The First Accord of the Capitol Node, Pact of Teejop, The Unity of the Four Lakes

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Overview

The Gahara Pact is the supernatural founding accord of Madison, forged in 1836 as the city became the Wisconsin Territory capital. It created a balance of power and mutual nonaggression between the Garou (Werewolves), Mages, Fae, Kindred (Vampires), and Wraiths. The Pact established clear custodianship of key sites and bound the signatories to defend the Capitol Node from outside threats and each other’s excesses. While it echoes a legendary pact from 6000 BCE involving Lilith, Gaia, Lucifer, Malkiv, and Sol the Dreaming Dragon, these entities are not direct signatories of the 1836 accord; their influence endures only in myth and the words of Jay Dee.

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Site Stewardship and Supernatural Territories

Ownership and stewardship of Madison’s most powerful and contested places was divided as follows:

• The Arboretum & Peace Park: Sacred caerns and sanctuaries held by the Garou (Werewolves). These grounds are considered inviolate Garou territory; all others must request permission to enter or perform rituals.
• Dreaming Echoes Freehold: A faerie realm and anchor to the Dreaming, overseen by the local Fae. Only the Fae or those granted hospitality may pass freely.
• Capitol Building (The Capitol Node): Seat of magickal power, home of the main Node, and property of the Mages. Hermetics, Dreamspeakers, and other Traditions maintain and defend its resonance.
• Nightlife and Bar Districts: A cluster of bars, clubs, and gathering places, owned and managed by the Kindred (Vampires), notably including the Gangrel-run Zoo and The Wreck. These havens are declared neutral but remain under Kindred law and protection.
• The Zoo: Officially held by the Gangrel clan, serving as their haven and meeting place. Garou and Fae may visit by tradition, but only at the sufferance of the Kindred.
• The Shadowlands & Tempest (Madtown): The Wraiths claim dominion over all local Shadowlands and the tempestuous domain called Madtown. Some say Malkav himself aided Gahara in its creation, and Gahara rules there as Deathlord to this day.

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Founding Factions

• Garou: Wendigo, Children of Gaia, Bone Gnawers—guardians of the wild and caerns.
• Mages: Dreamspeakers, Verbena, Hermetics—keepers of the Node and occult knowledge, led by Jay Dee.
• Fae: Sidhe, Sluagh, Pooka—lords of the Dreaming Echoes Freehold and faerie rites.
• Kindred (Vampires): Not formal signatories in 1836 but quickly became key players; the Gangrel in particular are guardians of the Zoo.
• Wraiths: Claim the entire Shadowlands; Gahara rules the tempest domain of Madtown, rumored to be shaped in part by Malkav.
• Others: Spirits, ancient echoes, and primordial powers referenced in legend only.

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Terms of the Accord

• Mutual Nonaggression: No open warfare within the bounds of the Capitol Node and sacred sites.
• Sanctuary Recognition: Each faction’s sacred ground is declared neutral; trespass is a grave offense.
• Shared Defense: All signatories must unite against existential threats (Technocracy, Nephandi, Banes, or other invaders).
• Stewardship Oaths: Each site must have a living steward or spiritual echo who remembers and upholds the Pact. In 1985, only Jay Dee and the spirit of Gahara remain as living links.
• Shadowlands Dominion: Wraiths recognize the material world’s division but claim absolute rule in the deadlands; the living may only enter at great peril and with proper ritual.

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Primordial Origins

• 6000 BCE Pact: Legends say the first Pact was forged in the mists of prehistory, witnessed by Lilith, Gaia, Lucifer, Malkiv, and Sol the Dreaming Dragon. By 1836, these powers are invoked in ritual only. Jay Dee is said to “speak for them, or at least remember their names,” but their authority is not present in the Accord’s text.
• Malkav & Gahara in the Shadowlands: Some Wraiths claim Malkav and Gahara shaped Madtown in the Tempest, and that Gahara’s word is still law there.

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Legacy

• The Gahara Pact shapes supernatural relations in Madison for generations, reaffirmed in times of crisis and tested whenever the city’s balance tips.
• In 1985, the murders of Prince Tori Redford and Elder William Burke and the growing influence of the Nameless threaten the Pact’s very survival.
• The domains, stewardship, and rights laid out in 1836 remain the default pattern for all supernatural negotiations and conflicts in the city.

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See Also

• [Capitol Node]
• [Garou of Madison]
• [Mages of Madison]
• [Fae of Madison]
• [Vampires of Madison]
• [Wraiths and the Shadowlands]
• [Dreaming Echoes Freehold]
• [Zoo (Gangrel Domain)]
• [Madtown (Tempest)]

🔮 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

1883 – Baali Capitol Collapse

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

🗂️ See Also

Major Characters

Supernatural Factions of Madison

Capitol Node History

New Avalon (Horizon Realm)

Nameless – Entity File

Gahara Pact – Founding Accord