Timeline

Centuries of ambition written in blood and ash.

Late 11th c.

Order of Hermes schism

Tremere faction breaks from the Order of Hermes, pursuing immortality.

12th c.

The Embrace

Ritual experiments lead to vampiric transformation.

15th–17th c.

Consolidation of the Pyramid

Chantries founded; regency structure formalized.

1999

The Week of Nightmares

Global upheavals strain thaumaturgical networks.

2018

Vienna Cataclysm

Destruction of the Vienna Chantry and shattering of the Pyramid.

Modern nights

Rise of Houses

Houses (e.g., Carna) and new structures challenge the old order.