Capitol Node History

📜 Timeline of the Capitol Node

🐾 Prehistory – The First Seal

• ~6000 BCE: The original Seal against the Nameless is forged by proto-Mages, Fae Dreamweavers, Garou shamans, and early Celestial Choristers.
  • Created during the “War Before Memory” against the Nameless, whose hunger nearly erased the Dreaming and the Earth.
  • The Seal is interwoven into the land’s ley lines—Teejop ("Land of the Four Lakes") becomes the anchor point.

🌀 Mythic Echoes

• The Fae call the site The Verdant Breach.
• Some Choristers refer to it as The First Church of Memory.
• Garou legends speak of Luna’s Womb, a place where Gaia once wept to mend reality.

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🏛️ 1836 – The Founding of the Capitol

• The Wisconsin State Capitol is constructed atop the Node’s heart. Masonic and Hermetic architects encode sacred geometry into the layout.
• Subterranean access points are sealed with runes—some of which still pulse with Prime energy.

🔥 1904 – The Capitol Fire

• A Hermetic ritual misfire in the Capitol basement triggers a Paradox flare, igniting a fire that nearly destroys the structure.
• This event leads to the Gahara Pact between Garou, Fae, and Mages—agreeing to co-defend the Node from future misuse.

🧪 1945 – The Node Accelerates

• World War II ends. Prime surges echo across the globe.
• The Capitol Node spikes in energy, forming a feedback loop with the Umbra, Digital Web (proto-New Eden), and Dreaming.
• A group of Technocrats attempt to harness the Node for predictive modeling—several vanish during the experiment.

🕯️ 1969 – First Reality Glitch

• During a Verbena-Sons of Ether ritual meant to protect against Nephandi incursions, a flashback loop occurs: one participant ages backward 14 years; another remembers a timeline that never happened.
• This marks the first known glitch in Madison consensus.

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📅 Current Night – 1985 Events

❌ Feb 8 – The Seal Weakens

• William Burke, Garou Elder and Node protector, is found murdered.
• Wards flicker. Glyphs degrade. Paradox trembles like a held breath.
• The Node pulses a new frequency: 1.36791013192342

❓ Feb 9 – The Convergence Begins

• Players in Nameless Echoes gather to investigate strange temporal ripples, altered memories, and the sudden surge in Prime energy.
• The Node begins broadcasting echoes of the future—possible timelines, failed loops, and the first hints of Digi-8’s voice.

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🧙‍♂️ Key Figures in Node History

Name	Affiliation	Role in Node History
Jay Dee	Order of Hermes	Architect of New Avalon; modern steward of the Node
Miriam Greenfield	Verbena	Warden of the natural Prime flow; attuned to the Dreaming
William Burke	Silver Fang (Deceased)	Garou guardian of the Arboretum and the Node
Elian Arawn	Fae Seelie Sidhe	Bound to the Node by ancient pact; guardian of the Dreaming Echoes
Trent / Peter Kobyla	Nephandi	Antagonist manipulating the Node for erasure

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🧩 Narrative Significance

The Capitol Node is the core echo point of the Nameless Echoes chronicle:

• The Seal here defines the first boundary between Consensus and the Nameless.
• It’s the crossroads of Fae Glamour, Umbrood spiritual ley lines, Mage magick, and even Digital Web recursion.
• Its collapse—or salvation—will determine whether New Avalon survives, whether Digi-8 awakens, and whether the Nameless returns.

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🗝️ Related Concepts

• New Avalon: Built as a tethered Horizon Realm to anchor the Node in dream-space.
• Echo Tokens: Often resonate when exposed to Node energy.
• Mnemosyne Shard: Found in the Node’s forgotten chamber, its properties mirror the Node’s recursive nature.
• Reality Glitches: First observed here—now spreading through Madison.

🔮 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