1998 (WOD)

Events

 * The 39th official meeting of the Camarilla's Inner Circle. Gangrel Justicar Xaviar utters a single sentence before the Inner Circle, and leaves &mdash; taking the Gangrel with him.
 * The Garou of Russia hunt and destroy many of the agents of Baba Yaga, noticing that her structure and allies seem to be disappearing. Baba Yaga is destroyed by persons unknown to the Garou. The Shadow Curtain crashes down, reuniting the Russian werewolves with the rest of the Garou Nation.
 * In Tanzania Kisasi of the Ajaba manages to convince Kucha Ekundu Red Talons to aid her people in battle against Black Tooth.
 * In late 1998 Bennu becomes the first Silent Strider to contact ancestors since the Diaspora.
 * Magadon, Incorporated's market share is at 22.5%, making it one of the three largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. With its recent takeover of Aesop Research Company and the upcoming merger Autumn Health Management Systems, Magadon may be the dominant health care provider by the end of the next decade.
 * Nightshade passes on and Charlotte Quay takes the Seat of Life on the Horizon Council.
 * In the summer, the Seer is discovered in the Digital Web.
 * A terrible War in Heaven culminates with the destruction of Concordia and the death of many Tradition Archmages, including the famous Porthos Fitz-Empress. Tradition leadership staggers as most of their mages and council members are killed.

January

 * Gabriel Van der Linden and his pack of fellow Cyber Dogs return from a journey to Belgium sporting impossibly complex cybernetics. This begins a significant increase in Cyber Dog numbers as Glass Walkers joined this revolutionary group.

June

 * June 2: The Shigalu Monastery falls in a vicious and unexpected attack by forces of the Wyrm.
 * June 18: Ozymandias Cody gets a call from Zydeco Jones. Petrus is gone; he stepped through a portal to Crete and never arrived. She claims this happened three days after Doissetep fell. She tried to use the car in the usual way, jumping it through the Gauntlet, but it nearly killed her.

July

 * In mid-July the Jackal Fever sweeps through urban Egypt, killing many of its poor. The disease also – peculiarly enough – afflicts Garou, though not fatally. The Ratkin are also afflicted, although their illness follows a cyclic pattern with weeks of normalcy, unlike the constant suffering of the Garou.