Werewolf History

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Native Period (pre-1776)

The entire peninsula was originally the territory of a Yelamu pack of Predator Kings called the Mist-Walkers, an extension of the Mountain Kings pack in the Santa Clara Mountains and part of a larger confederacy of Pure in the Bay Area centered on the powerful locus on Mount Diablo.

Spanish Period (1776-1822)

The arrival of the Spanish also brought a small pack of Storm Lords who settled near to the new Mission and named themselves Caballeros de los Dolores, after the lake there. They fought an uphill battle against the Pure, outnumbered and surrounded, but managed to survive mostly by helping take part in the decimation and enslavement of the local indigenous population.

Mexican Period (1822-1847)

The Mexican War of Independence cut the Mission pack off from its allies and resources, but the damage done to the Pure wolf-blooded in the area had taken their toll on the Predator Kings. In retaliation, they began to abduct members of the Aguirre family for breeding purposes. The fighting between both sides almost led to the extinction of both packs but for the onset of the Gold Rush in 1847.

Barbary Coast (1847-1906)

The Gold Rush brought two new wolf-blooded families and their packs to the newly minted city: the MacLellans, Scottish Ivory Claws with money who settled on the fashionable Nob Hill; the Phelans, poor Irish Iron Masters who claimed territory in the rough and tumble Barbary Coast; and the Jin, Chinese Bone Shadows who established themselves in the rapidly forming Chinatown. The three packs fought viciously for control of the heart of the new city, Pure and Forsaken alike, and also managed to establish themselves through their kin as financial powers. The MacLellans bought up vast swaths of real estate in the heart of the city, the Phelans took up banking and made a fortune off of prospectors, and the Jin established close ties to the Six Companies. Towards the end of the century, the Phelan family split with a contingent moving out to the Great Sand Waste in order to use the new park as a foothold to taking the territory from the Pure. Bloody conflict continued until the Predator Kings decided to end the whole matter by waking the spirit of earthquakes that slumbers beneath the city.

Reconstruction (1906-1950)

The Great Earthquake of 1906 and the resultant fire razed the city, killing several Uratha either directly or through the spiritual turmoil that accompanied it. When the dust settled, the MacLellans and Phelans both tried to use their influence to push the Jin out of Chinatown, but the powerful spirit of that community assisted them and the efforts were for naught. However, the newly reborn spirit of the city established a strong alliance with the Phelans, blaming the MacLellans for the destruction of the city and being soured on the Jin by their alliance with its rival, Chinatown. During the rebuilding, the Fire-Touched backed Church of the Lighthouse established itself throughout the city, using charity and welfare to insinuate itself into the mortal population below the radar of the resident packs.

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 ''See also:'' [[San Francisco History]], [[Vampire History]], [[Mage History]], [[Spirit History]]
 == Native Period (pre-1776) ==
-A single Yelamu pack known as the ''[[Mist Walkers]]'' patrolled the peninsula while Pure dominated the rest of the bay.
+The entire peninsula was originally the territory of a Yelamu pack of Predator Kings called the Mist-Walkers, an extension of the Mountain Kings pack in the Santa Clara Mountains and part of a larger confederacy of Pure in the Bay Area centered on the powerful locus on Mount Diablo.
 == Spanish Period (1776-1822) ==
-The ''[[Mist Walkers]]'' fought the Spanish incursion into their territory, driving off any Hispanic Uratha who came or underwent First Change. They were taken in by Predator Kings on the north side of the bay called the ''[[Lords of the Hills]]'' and further south called the ''[[Skinners]]''. Meanwhile, the Pure of the South Bay were challenged by a pack of Mexican Storm Lords called ''Lobos Negros'' who came with the Mission.
+The arrival of the Spanish also brought a small pack of Storm Lords who settled near to the new Mission and named themselves ''Caballeros de los Dolores'', after the lake there. They fought an uphill battle against the Pure, outnumbered and surrounded, but managed to survive mostly by helping take part in the decimation and enslavement of the local indigenous population.
 == Mexican Period (1822-1847) ==
-During this period, the ''[[Mist Walkers]]'' developed a schism between pure-blood Natives and mixed-blood Uratha that almost led to an all-out war before a respected Elodath of the former sect convinced his fellows that the latter represented survival and the course of the future. Hostilities continued and several dissenters defected to the Pure who were still struggling against the incursion at Mt. Diablo, but eventually the rift was healed and the pack was able to concentrate on continued policing of the new spirits of despair, bigotry, and sadness spawned by the colonization.
+The Mexican War of Independence cut the Mission pack off from its allies and resources, but the damage done to the Pure wolf-blooded in the area had taken their toll on the Predator Kings. In retaliation, they began to abduct members of the [[Aguirres|Aguirre]] family for breeding purposes. The fighting between both sides almost led to the extinction of both packs but for the onset of the Gold Rush in 1847.
 == Barbary Coast (1847-1906) ==
-All remaining differences were forgotten in the chaos of the Gold Rush and the years that followed. The ''[[Mist Walkers]]'' desparately tried to keep up with the new spirits and loci appearing every day assisted by new arrivals the ''Brotherhood of the Golden Mountain'' (Chinese Iron Masters) and the ''Get of Fenris'' (German Blood Talons). Disease spirits ran rampant while spirits of greed, gold, and violence moved back and forth across the Gauntlet unimpeded. The raging fires gave birth to a powerful spirit which allied with a newly formed Pure pack of Russian descent called the ''[[Servants of the Great Fire]]''. A second Pure pack formed around the old Spanish Mission of Irish Ivory Talons calling itself the ''[[Sons of Remus]]''. Even a pack of Australian Bale Hounds called the ''Sydney Ducks'' claimed territory at one point in a particularly wounded part of the new city. For years, the Forsaken and Pure warred amidst the wreckage of a ravaged Shadow San Francisco. The chaos peaked in 1868 with four major earthquakes, a smallpox outbreak, meteor showers, and massive fog throughout September.
+The Gold Rush brought two new wolf-blooded families and their packs to the newly minted city: the [[MacLellans]], Scottish Ivory Claws with money who settled on the fashionable Nob Hill; the [[Phelans]], poor Irish Iron Masters who claimed territory in the rough and tumble Barbary Coast; and the [[Jin]], Chinese Bone Shadows who established themselves in the rapidly forming Chinatown. The three packs fought viciously for control of the heart of the new city, Pure and Forsaken alike, and also managed to establish themselves through their kin as financial powers. The MacLellans bought up vast swaths of real estate in the heart of the city, the Phelans took up banking and made a fortune off of prospectors, and the Jin established close ties to the Six Companies. Towards the end of the century, the Phelan family split with a contingent moving out to the Great Sand Waste in order to use the new park as a foothold to taking the territory from the Pure. Bloody conflict continued until the Predator Kings decided to end the whole matter by waking the spirit of earthquakes that slumbers beneath the city.
-===Territory===
-* ''Mist Walkers'' - West San Francisco
-* ''Brotherhood of the Golden Mountain'' - Chinatown
-* ''Get of Fenris'' - Mission District
-* ''Servants of the Great Fire'' - Barbary Coast
-* ''Skinners'' - South of San Francisco
-* ''Sons of Remus'' - Mission District
-* ''Sydney Ducks'' - Sydney-Town
 == Reconstruction (1906-1950) ==
-The war came to a head when the ''[[Servants of the Great Fire|Servants]]'' coordinating with the ''[[People of the Hills]]'' to rouse the [[Earth Dragon]]. During the aftermath of the resulting earthquake, the three Forsaken packs were decimated but the ''[[People of the Hills|People]]'' were driven back across the bay and the Fire-Touched were thought to be exterminated. In reality, the ''[[Servants of the Great Fire|Servants]]'' went underground, hiding amidst the wreckage and establishing hiding places in the newly rebuilt city. Meanwhile, the remaining Forsaken reformed the old ''[[Mist Walkers]]'' pack and agreed to put aside racial, cultural, and ideological differences to dedicate themselves to defending the city. Unfortunately, as time passed, ideological schisms split the pack with the dissenters calling themselves the ''[[Iron Dragons]]''.
+The Great Earthquake of 1906 and the resultant fire razed the city, killing several Uratha either directly or through the spiritual turmoil that accompanied it. When the dust settled, the MacLellans and Phelans both tried to use their influence to push the Jin out of Chinatown, but the powerful spirit of that community assisted them and the efforts were for naught. However, the newly reborn spirit of the city established a strong alliance with the Phelans, blaming the MacLellans for the destruction of the city and being soured on the Jin by their alliance with its rival, Chinatown. During the rebuilding, the Fire-Touched backed [[:Category:Church of the Lighthouse|Church of the Lighthouse]] established itself throughout the city, using charity and welfare to insinuate itself into the mortal population below the radar of the resident packs.
-===Territory===
-* ''Mist Walkers'' - West San Francisco
-* ''Iron Dragons'' - East San Francisco
-* ''Skinners'' - South of San Francisco
-* ''Sons of Remus'' - Mission District
-* ''Servants of the Great Fire'' - South of Market (hidden)
 == Counterculture (1950-1980) ==
-The period right after WWII was marked by fierce fighting between the two Forsaken packs and the Irish Pure in the Mission District as they tried to push their territory further north. Eventually, a new pack called the ''[[Caballeros Dolores]]'' was formed with the sole responsibility of resisting this encursion. They ended up going one better, driving the Pure out of the Mission and claiming it for themselves in the late 50s. The remains of the ''[[Sons of Remus]]'' retreated to the Sunset District, where several of their wolf-blooded kin had settled, and continued to fight their enemies to the east. The 60s brought new spirits associated with political and ideological turmoil as well as the resurgence of spirits dormant since the 1906 earthquake. It also brought another Ivory Talon pack, called the ''[[Street Lords]]'', founded by a gang member from Los Angeles in the increasingly violent Hunter's Point neighborhood. In the 70s, the ''[[Keepers of Alcatraz]]'' pack formed during the Indian occupation of the island in order to deal with its significant spiritual blight, marking its first years with the exposure and destruction of two Bale Hounds serving the dark spirits of the island.
-===Territory===
-* ''Mist Walkers'' - West San Francisco
-* ''Iron Dragons'' - East San Francisco
-* ''Keepers of Alcatraz'' - North San Francisco and Islands
-* ''Caballeros Dolores'' - Mission District
-* ''Skinners'' - Excelsior and Ingleside
-* ''Sons of Remus'' - Sunset
-* ''Street Lords'' - Hunter's Point
-* ''Servants of the Great Fire'' - South of Market (hidden)
 == Decline (1980-1990) ==
-The outbreak of AIDS led to a resurgence in the power of plague spirits as well as an infestation of Beshilu which the Pure used to their advantage, feeding power to the [[Earth Dragon]] which resulted in another major earthquake. This event revealed that the ''[[Servants of the Great Fire]]'' were continuing to plot the destruction of the city and the Forsaken. Conflict never escalated past small skirmishes with all of the other distractions. Eventually, the disease spirits are mostly contained but the Rat Host infestation is deep and, though a few major nests are destroyed, there are assumed to be more. In response to the outbreak, a new pack called the ''[[Rainbow Guard]]'' formed of homosexual members of the other four packs.
 == Dot-Com Boom (1990-2000) ==
-The rise of the internet led to a flood of strange new spirits which altered the landscape and political structure of the Shadow. The resultant economic boom also helped to take the pressure off of the city packs and they were able to shore up their boundaries and territories solidified into the form they are in today. Fighting between the Pure and Forsaken continued in the southern parts of the city, with the downtown packs failing to stop the ''[[Servants of the Great Fire]]'' from establishing territory near the heart of the city. The ''[[Rainbow Guard]]'' were able to roust the main Beshilu infestation, but too many escaped to make it a clean victory.
 == Present (post-2000) ==
-With the collapse of the Dot-Com Bubble and the rise of conservatism, the city has entered another period of decline and the Pure are beginning to become more active. With the lines drawn and numbers closely matched, it seems like an all-out war between Pure and Forsaken may soon be a reality for the first time in a century.

Werewolf History

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Contents

Native Period (pre-1776)

Spanish Period (1776-1822)

Mexican Period (1822-1847)

Barbary Coast (1847-1906)

Reconstruction (1906-1950)

Counterculture (1950-1980)

Decline (1980-1990)

Dot-Com Boom (1990-2000)

Present (post-2000)

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