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.
🏛️ 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.
📅 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.
🧙♂️ 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 |
🧩 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.
🗝️ 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
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