Seattle Time Line

19th Century

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• November 13, 1851 Washington Coast: Arthur Denny settled Alki Point. Thunder witnesses this, but does not stop them.

• January 26, 1856 Seattle, Washington: The Battle of Seattle was fought between local Native Americans and settlers. The Indians were driven off by a naval bombardment. Thunder kills dozens of solders.

• November 4, 1861 Seattle, Washington: Washington Territorial University (Later the University of Washington) was founded.

• June 7, 1866 Seattle, Washington: Chief Sealth died.

• December 2, 1869 Seattle, Washington: Seattle was incorporated.

• February 6, 1886 Seattle, Washington: A mob attempted to physically “deport” 350 Chinese by forcing them to the docks. Soldiers and Sheriff deputies were forced to intervene.

• June 6, 1889 Seattle, Washington: The Great Seattle Fire destroyed 25 blocks of downtown. No one was killed. Several witnesses claim to have seen a “giant man covered with soot” laughing and walking into the fire.

• David Bagley claims control of Seattle when Thunder is knocked into torpor due to the fire.

• November 11, 1889 Olympia, Washington: Washington became the 42nd State.

• July 17, 1897 Seattle, Washington: The steamship Portland arrived in Seattle laden with gold. This sparked off the Klondike Gold Rush which began a period of prosperity and growth for the city.

20th Century

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1900s
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• August 17, 1907 Seattle, Washington: Pike Place Market opened.

1910s
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• November 8, 1910 Seattle, Washington: Washington State women were granted the right to vote.

• July 17, 1913 Seattle, Washington: The Seattle Potlatch Days Riot lasted several days and damaged a great deal of property and caused many injuries.

1930s
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• January 5, 1930 Klaus seizes praxis from David Bagley and formally brings Seattle into the Camarilla.

1940s
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• Early 40s Berlin, Germany: Gustov Strauss made a name and fortune for himself. He was feared and envied by his peers.

• April 21, 1942 Seattle, Washington: 12,000 Japanese from the Seattle area were interred for the duration of World War II.

• 1945 Buenos Aires, Argentina: Following the defeat of Germany, Gustov Strauss relocated to Argentina where his wealth and influence translate into quick power. He became a strong influencer of the Camarilla.

• January 29, 1949 Seattle, Washington: Three University of Washington professors were fired after being accused of being Communists.

• April 13, 1949 Seattle, Washington: A major 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Seattle, killing 7, and causing damage that would take years to repair.

1950s
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• 1953 Seattle, Washington: Gustov Strauss relocated to Seattle. Late in the year Gustov Strauss and Talia had a private meeting with Prince Klaus and somehow convinced him to surrender praxis to Strauss. The court was stunned. A vocal Brujah named Strike protested and was mentally neutered by Klaus. Anarchs, Independents, and others run lawless across Seattle.

• January 5, 1954 Seattle, Washington: Newly crowned Prince Gustov Strauss hosted a grand Twelfth Night party in honor of the Camarilla. Many notable guests from around the world were present.

• Late 1950s Portland, Oregon: The Anarchs dominated the city in the late 1950s.

• California: The Anarchs dominated the majority of the state during the late 1950s.

• Seattle, Washington: The Anarchs were driven from the city by Prince Gustov Strauss. Seattle would become the only Camarilla stronghold on the American west coast.

1960s
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• April 21, 1962 Seattle, Washington: The Seattle World’s Fair opens, leaving the iconic Space Needle as a symbol of the city.

• October 12, 1962 Seattle, Washington: The Columbus Day windstorm stuck Seattle. It was the most devastating storm to hit the west coast and damaged 53,000 homes. 7 people were killed in Washington and 35 in Oregon.

• June 3, 1964 Seattle, Washington: Jessica Wendell became Harpy and formed a fast friendship with Prince Gustov Strauss

• April 29, 1965 Seattle, Washington: A magnitude 6.5 – 7.0 earthquake killed 8 people from falling debris or heart attacks.

1970s
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• April 1971 Seattle, Washington: Starbucks opened its first coffee shop.

• July 9, 1972 Seattle, Washington: Ross Truesdale betrayed the city to the Anarchs, taking advantage of manipulated weaknesses to lower the city’s defenses. The plot is discovered by his lover, the Harpy Jessica Wendell. She and a cadre of ghouls and her unreleased childe Barron Kramer confronted the Anarchs during the first stages of the attack. Barron and her ghouls were quickly dispatched and Jessica was gravely wounded and near death. A passing drunk mortal named Harrison Franklin stepped in to defend her and held off the wounded Brujah with a tire iron long enough for the Prince’s forces to arrive and see the Anarchs off. Gustov modified Franklin’s mind to forget the incident and protect the Masquerade.

• August 16, 1972 Seattle, Washington: Jessica Wendell claimed Harrison Franklin when the Prince granted her Right of Progeny to reward her for her defense of the city and to balance the debt owed by the death of Barron Kramer. She took Franklin as her ghoul until his substance abuse issues could be dealt with.

• November 18, 1972 Seattle, Washington: Harrison Franklin was embraced by the Harpy, Jessica Wendell

• August 19, 1974 Bremerton, Washington: Lydia Bartlett was embraced by a Brujah Anarch.

• April 4, 1975 Seattle, Washington: Microsoft was founded.

• July 4, 1976 Seattle, Washington: Rooster Brown sent posses into Seattle to patrol during the mortal bi-centennial celebration. Several Anarch and Sabbat raids were thwarted across the city. The Anarch Lydia Bartlett and Harrison Franklin were revealed to have some history together.

• June 1, 1979 Seattle, Washington: The Seattle Supersonics won the NBA championship.

1980s
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• March 15, 1984 Seattle, Washington: The Sabbat attacked the city with a large army. Although the assault was stopped, several notable Kindred were slain, including the Harpy, Jessica Wendell

1990s
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• July 20, 1990 Seattle, Washington: Seattle hosted the Goodwill Games

• November 20, 1990 Seattle, Washington: The Interstate 90 floating bridge sank into Lake Washington during a powerful storm.

• January 20, 1993 Seattle, Washington: The Inaugural Day Storm struck Seattle, causing tremendous damage. 750,000 homes were without power and 167 homes were destroyed. Six people were killed.

• January 5, 1996 Seattle, Washington: Prince Gustov Strauss hosted the annual Twelfth Night celebration. Throughout the night many unusual things happened the Kindred of the city.

• Nosferatu: No Nosferatu attended the ball, leading some to suspect betrayal.

• Malkavian: All the clan members in the city began to speak in unison.

• Toreador: All of the clan seemed oddly distracted, then their hands began to twitch. Simon overturned a casket of blood wine and began drawing on the walls. Others began to sing or recite poems. Harrison Franklin tore apart a number of his paintings which were on display for the ball and glued them back together, mixing the pieces together like scrambled jigsaw puzzles. He then went screaming into the night. Each Toreador created masterpieces of art, but in a frightening, almost manic, possessed manner.

• Brujah: The sheriff, a brutal Brujah named Rooster Brown, began to weep.

• Tremere: A Tremere named Talia began to bleed from the eyes. The Primogen tried to gloss over it, but Talia was quickly moved to the chantry. None of them were ever heard of again.

• Others: Many vampires, sensing danger, fled the city. They were the only ones to survive the night.

• Mortals: The mortals refer to that night at Devil's Night. It was the night that the Triad took over Seattle; the night they slaughtered most of the German and Russian mobsters and burned a portion of downtown.

• Cathayans: That was the night that the Cathayans invaded. They wiped out all opposition. It was said that the Puget Sound was trapped behind the Silk Curtain.

• November 29 – December 3, 1999 Seattle, Washington: Riots broke out across downtown Seattle as the World Trade Organization meets. Nearly 600 people were arrested.

21st Century

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2000s
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• February 27, 2001 Seattle, Washington: Riots again broke out in Seattle as Mardi Gras celebrations turned violent. One person was killed.

• February 28, 2001 Seattle, Washington: The magnitude 6.8 Nisqualli Earthquake struck Western Washington, causing more than a billion dollars in damages.

• May - August 2007 Seattle, Washington: The Archon Lexington was appointed War Lord by the Inner Council and gathered an army to lay siege against the Cathayans in Seattle. Dozens of cities lent warriors and used subtle means to strike at the Cathayans. Anarchs rallied to the cause, not wishing to fight both the Camarilla and the Eastern Vampires.

• August 17, 2007 Seattle, Washington: Archon Lexington led his army into Seattle only to find that the Cathayans disappeared. Their havens were empty. Their retainers were disorganized. The Camarilla retook the city without a fight.

• August 18, 2007 Seattle, Washington: Archon Lexington claimed control over the city by the authority of the Inner Circle. He decreed that there would be a gathering of the city in two weeks to report on any intelligence gathered about the Cathayans’ disappearance as well as to begin organizing a plan to settle and operate the city. Meanwhile war parties continued to patrol the city, keeping keen eyes out for Cathayan spies who might still be in the city, as well as protecting it from incursion by the Anarchs or Sabbat.

• September 1, 2007 Seattle, Washington: Emeric Belasco of Clan Tremere stunned the city by declaring Praxis. A Primogen Council was established and basic rules laid down. Prince Belasco declared that he intended to be an interim leader and would surrender his throne once the city was secure.

• September 15, 2007 Seattle, Washington: Harrison Franklin was made Harpy, taking up the title of his late Sire. Esteban Cortez was made Keeper of Elysium.