A brief histoy of Detroit though the eyes of the Awakened.
- 1701 - Detroit founded.
- 1701 - Seers hiding among the initial trading post, send out a message when their divinations uncover something important near the newly born outpost. Several Hegemonic pylons make their way to the fledgling city. from canada over the next few years, tying themselves to the fledgling government., and searching for this discovery.
- 1759 - A Mysterium Acanthus Hierophant guided by prophetic dreams leads a break away portion of the Caucus sprung up near new york. The Hierophant rallies several Mysterium cabals, three Arrow cabals and both a Guardian and ladder cabal to her cause. All of which move into the area over the next two years and make plans.
- 1760 - The Black Archive, a Ur ruin is uncovered by magi of the hegemony.
- 1762 - Attempted rebellion against the Hierophant leading the expedition leads to destruction of one of the arrow and mysterium cabals involved. The Iron Oath is sworn, and empowered by the Acanthus magister herself, making all of the attached cabals subordinate to her own, the exact wording of the oath is unknown outside of the Cabals themselves and their inheritors. This forges the Proto-Consilium of Detroit’s future.
- 1763 - The newly formed Consilium of Iron uses Pontiac's Rebellion as a cover to launch a number of lightning fast attacks on seer holdings in Detroit before the Hegemonic’s even realize there is a war going on. The Morning War is over before it begins when the atlantean orders take the Black Archive under the city, barely a month after beginning their assault.. Most of the Hegemonic seers are put to sword and spell. Those that survive scatter to the winds, mostly across the border into Windsor. The future of the Awakened Orders looks bright.
- 1785 - Several mysterium willworkers go missing while exploring Belle island, their mostly eaten remains. show up on the dock front several days later. The island is shunned by most willworkers in the future.
- 1805 - June 11th a massive fire sweeps through Detroit, burning secrets and incinerating libraries. Almost every sanctum but the Mysterium’s black archive is lost. The furious surviving sorcerers descend upon the spirit choir that seemed to be the origin of the flames and destroy it utterly.
- 1812 - Willworkers of the Panopticon guide parts of the british invasion, directing them to Sanctums held by the Orders. In the guise of being enemies to the crown, the invaders sack these sanctums. The Eye’s slaves use these attacks as a way to secure what little the the diamond orders have rebuilt since the losses of the fire. The next year becomes a quiet dance of occult assassinations.
- 1813 - The British finally retreat from Detroit leaving the Panopticon without the bulk of the protection they’ve relied on. The war of the Eye begins in earnest as the Adamantine arrow cabals of the Iron oath rally others that have arrived and strike back in an attempt to reclaim what was lost.
- 1833 - The last of the Panopticon who haven’t fled the city is Killed during Detroit’s first race riot, The Blackburn riot.
- 1860 - A trend develops of solitaries and Apostate cabals begin drifting into the area, they hold little love for the Pentacle or Throne.
- 1863 - violence of the anti-draft and race riots, covers similar riots of a more magical nature from the most antagonistic of these apostate cabals.
- 1870 - Hate for the Pentacle orders finally boils over among the So called Nameless orders, the Nameless war begins as Elder nameless lead newly formed cabals against the Pentacle domination of Detroit/Windsor. As there are no clear territory lines the fighting is quick and brutal as both sides lash out at suspected enemies.
- 1885 - Hegemonic seers approach Windsor again, setting down sanctums and make an offer to the leaders among the nameless. All sides hold their breath as the Nameless cabals come to a decision.
- 1899 - The Great refusal, The nameless take a name the Free council siding with the Pentacle against the Seers of the throne and their newly formed Assembly of Windsor proceeds to force the Hegemonic incursion back out of the area, the assembly cabals mostly settle on the Windsor side of the river but a tentative peace springs up between the two factions for now.
- 1903 - Some members of the newly born free council get involved with Ford motor company as it opens its gates for the first time.
- 1943 - The gradual decline of relations between the assembly and concilium leads to fighting on both sides of the river.
- 1950 - Detroit's population reaches its height at 1.85 million.
- 1963 - Great March to Freedom.
- 1967 - On July 23, the 12th Street Riot, one of the worst riots in United States history, begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city (43 killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned). The Free council uses the riot as a cover to strike important pentacle targets, they also make an attempt at the Black Archive, looking to loot it for their lore houses, but are turned back by the mystagogue Hierarch of the time.
- 1980 - after over a decade of tense relations and border skirmishes, The consilium and Assembly finally settle down to talk. Peace comes, but it’s a tense one, liable to fall apart at any moment.
- 1992 - The Pretorian ministry moves in from deeper in canada, the Windsor assembly attempts to fight them off, even reforming into a Column. The ministry is led by a firebrand young Tetrarch and the Libertine’s lose the majority of engagements over the next few years.
- 1998 - The assembly of windsor has been utterly crushed and the Pretorians are fortifying Windsor. Their tetrarch takes the decommissioned Ford Essex engine plant as a Temple and their pylons spread over the region, often fortifying old Libertine sanctums to their ends.
- 2000 - Skirmishes across the river have become frequent but both sides have so far refused to make a serious push. The ranking arrow a willworkered named Adamas, among the Adamantine arrow cabals of the Iron oath makes a prophecy that as the consilium stands they will fall to the Pretorians in five years time if nothing changes. With this in mind He sends a call for help to nearby a citadel in the Cascades.
- 2002 - A number of cabals, both mixed and arrow answer the call, including an adamant sage who had been teaching at the citadel. The consilium takes on a war footing, the Sage takes leadership from the traditionally Mysterium hierarch. The three mysterium cabals of the Iron oath are not pleased with this but bow to necessity when their own prophecies reveal the same future as Adamas predicted. The new Hierarch declares a formal state of war.
- 2005 - The first major strike from the pretorians falls like a sword of damocles, Adamas prophecy is averted. While both sides take heavy casualties, the young tetrarch seems to have met her match with the old sage. At least in the art of war.
- 2007 - while both sides recover and plan for another major offensive, Willworkers in black fatigues armed with military grade equipment begin showing up on both sides of the river, killing and abducting willworkers from both factions. Whispers of who or what they might be spread like wildfire through both factions.
- 2009 - 2012- After the initial wave of violence both sides have settled down for the long haul. Infiltration, abduction and espionage are the order of the day. knowledge is power and both factions are trying to gather as much of it to themselves as they can.