1960s |
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World of Darkness: 1960s |
Events[]
- Law enforcement organizations begin their attempts to destroy or curb the Mafia, to little effect.[1]
- China's Xia dynasty is thought to be a myth until discoveries this decade find evidence of a Bronze Age culture in many cities.[3]
- The film Ocean's 11 is released. While not the greatest Las Vegas movie ever made, it makes Vegas sparkle like a jewel.[4]
- Intensive FBI investigations of mob operations in Las Vegas help flush out most of the gangsters and crooks from the casino and hotel business.[5]
- Clubfoot Razorneck of the Uktena is born.[6]
- Harold Hunt of the Glass Walkers, is born.[7]
- Disillusioned and falling into heroin addiction, famed Silent Strider Vik Stryker loses the wolf.[8]
- The Ratkin known as Danny "Diz" Walton goes through Infection sometime in this decade.[9]
- The humans of British Columbia begin to respond to environmental pressures and arguments Glass Walkers have been (secretly, of course) putting forth.[10]
- Career of protest singer Jenny "Songbird" Logan.[12]
- The Cult of Ecstasy's influence breaks free among the masses.[13][14]
- Inspired by last decade's "Karpov Umbrella Incident," similar "gadgets" become popular among New World Order agents, especially with the defection of a handful of Sons of Ether in the early years of the decade.[15]
- The Burning Bush Convent is founded when a group of Sisters witness the death of a Celestial Chorister who dies in a Paradox manifestation appearing as a column of fire.[16]
- Many new Arcanum Colonies and Chapter Houses spring up across Africa. The Chapter House in Lima, Peru is also established at this time.[17] The Arcanum also first takes an interest in the Middle Kingdom at this time.[18]
- Many "expatriate" satyrs, hidden in distant Horizon Realms by the Cult of Ecstasy, return home.[19]
- The Fifth World Tribe comes into full bloom.[20]
- The FBI Special Affairs Division's investigations of paranormal activities this decade may have uncovered some mage-related information.[23]
- Miriam Dunsany begins her career as a performance artist.[24]
- A movement to rid Horizon of the segregation of mages and acolytes arises, but older mages who own the buildings where the segregation takes place refuse to concede.[25]
- Writers like Harlan Ellison, Philip K. Dick, and Anthony Burgess lay the groundwork for the cyberpunk revolution.[26]
- As it comes out of hiding, the membership of the Ancient Order of the Aeon Rites begins to grow for the first time in decades.[27][28]
- Etherite Professor Digby invents the Kaleidoscopic Reconnaissance Environment Mission Suit for the British Secret Service.[30]
- An occult group dedicated to end-time prophecies, the Deathbird's Cry, is founded.[31]
- The Cult of Ecstasy refers to this decade as "the Great Awakening."[32]
- The "Aquarian Elite" shamanistic group arises among the Cult of Ecstasy.[33]
- With the proliferation of Eastern mysticism and psychotropic drugs, the Children of Knowledge practise their magic more openly than ever before.[34]
- The Ascension War intensifies.[35]
- The Progenitors' Damage Control finds itself in the possession of a large amount of "ethically questionable" biological materials. As the Pogrom starts up, they're ordered to use it against the Traditions.[36]
- The Louisiana Technological Development Zone (or "LouZone") is started.[37]
- The Verbena begin to blossom with an increase in the general interest in the occult, magic, and "flower power."[38][39]
- Many young Verbena begin to openly recognize and identify with gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people.[40]
- Members of the Social Reconstructionists attempt to ally themselves with the Cult of Ecstasy, but fail.[41]
- Bernhardt Mueller works with Immanuel Velikovsky.[42]
- The Thomasons, a hippie family, move to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury area.[43]
Early 1960s[]
- Graham Daly's leadership of the Vancouver Glass Walkers comes to an end.[44]
- The Star Council is not very selective in its membership, allowing the radical fringe group the Thal'hun to join.[46][47]
Mid 1960s[]
- John Keel, witnessing a dark aspect of Pegasus, begins telling tales of the ominous "Mothman."[49]
Late 1960s[]
- Hollywood superstar Natalia Kross's career continues, but comes to an abrupt end in 1968.[50]
- Stefan Ewald of the Get of Fenris arrives in Canada from Denmark along with his family.[51]
- Pentex creates Shadowfiends to deal with social dissidents. [52]
- Late this decade, Iteration X calculates that a new programming centre is necessary.[53]
- Co-founder of Death Lord Games Peter Clarkston is born.[54]
- Malachai Ben-Yeshua turns to the Ars Potentiae, seeking to subvert by raw force that which finesse would no longer control.[55]
References[]
- ↑ MTAs: Destiny's Price, p. 36
- ↑ MTAs: Dragons of the East, p. 20
- ↑ MTAs: Dragons of the East, p. 10
- ↑ MTAs: The Fallen Tower: Las Vegas, p. 29
- ↑ MTAs: The Fallen Tower: Las Vegas, p. 101
- ↑ WTA: Rage Across the World Volume 3, p. 61
- ↑ WTA: Rage Across the World Volume 3, p. 49-50
- ↑ WTA: Tribebook: Silent Striders, p. 96
- ↑ WTA: Ratkin, p. 136
- ↑ WTA: Dark Alliance: Vancouver, p. 42
- ↑ WTA: Nagah, p. 35
- ↑ MTAs: Book of Shadows: Mage Players Guide, p. 140
- ↑ MTAs: Technocracy: Iteration X, p. 35
- ↑ MTAs: Tradition Book: Cult of Ecstasy, p. 30
- ↑ MTAs: Technocracy: New World Order, p. 52
- ↑ MTAs: Destiny's Price, p. 80
- ↑ MTAs: Halls of the Arcanum, p. 45
- ↑ MTAs: Dragons of the East, p. 100
- ↑ MTAs: Cult of Ecstasy Tradition Book, p. 35
- ↑ MTAs: Cult of Ecstasy Tradition Book, p. 36
- ↑ MTAs: Cult of Ecstasy Tradition Book, p. 57
- ↑ MTAs: Tradition Book: Cult of Ecstasy, p. 79
- ↑ MTAs: Mage: The Ascension Second Edition, p. 273
- ↑ MTAs: Horizon: Stronghold of Hope, p. 61
- ↑ MTAs: Book of Mirrors: The Mage Storytellers Guide, p. 137
- ↑ MTAs: World of Darkness: Sorcerer, p. 22
- ↑ MTAs: World of Darkness: Sorcerer, p. 25
- ↑ MTAs: World of Darkness: Sorcerer, p. 39
- ↑ MTAs: Technomancer's Toybox, p. 32
- ↑ MTAs: The Orphans Survival Guide, p. 47
- ↑ MTAs: The Orphans Survival Guide, p. 49
- ↑ MTAs: The Spirit Ways, p. 51
- ↑ MTAs: Mage Storytellers Companion, p. 22
- ↑ MTAs: Tradition Book: Celestial Chorus, p. 70
- ↑ MTAs: The Book of Madness Revised, p. 79
- ↑ MTAs: Convention Book: Iteration X, p. 30
- ↑ MTAs: Tradition Book: Verbena, p. 29
- ↑ MTAs: Tradition Book: Verbena, p. 82
- ↑ MTAs: Tradition Book: Verbena, p. 30
- ↑ MTAs: Tradition Book: Virtual Adepts, p. 46
- ↑ MTAs: Ascension, p. 130
- ↑ MTAs: Ascension, p. 152
- ↑ WTA: Dark Alliance: Vancouver, p. 61
- ↑ WTA: Ratkin, p. 135
- ↑ MTAs: Sorcerer Revised, p. 40
- ↑ MTAs: Ascension, p. 146
- ↑ MTAs: The Fallen Tower: Las Vegas, p. 46
- ↑ MTAs: The Infinite Tapestry, p. 80
- ↑ VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
- ↑ WTA: Dark Alliance: Vancouver, p. 60
- ↑ WTA: Freak Legion: A Players Guide to Fomori, p. 63
- ↑ MTAs: Technocracy: Iteration X, p. 70
- ↑ MTAs: The Fallen Tower: Las Vegas, p. 88
- ↑ MTAs: Tradition Book: Order of Hermes, p. 77
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