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1200 BC (Approximately)
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The Fianna fight the Fomori Wars for possession of the British Isle
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1800 BC (Approximately)
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The Silent Striders are driven from Egypt by the curse of a power servant of the Wyrm
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200 (Approximately)
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The White Howlers fall to the Wyrm; those that don't become Black Spiral Dancers are slain by their corrupt brethren
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600 (Approximately)
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A massive Umbral fire heralds the beginning of the Dark Ages
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1521
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The death scream of the last werebat echoes across the Penumbra of the America's; The Shadow Lords renounce war against the
Fera of South America
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1589
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The Croatan sacrifice themselves to banish the Eater-Of-Souls from the physical world
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1673
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Fort Cataraqui (later to be called Fort Frontenac) established in the greater downtown (Old City) core
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1687
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War between Iroquois and the French; Silver Fangs attempt to take unprotected Caerns from the Wendigo and Uktena. Warders
of Men attempt to settle differences with the aid of the Children of Gaia, only to bow to the might of the Fangs
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1689
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Fort Frontenac destroyed by Iroquois, and subsequently abandoned; Wendigo, after years of bitterness and rage, destroy the
Fangs' Fort with bitter wind and might of claw. The Fangs retain their composure and retreat; Warders and Children of Gaia
continue to attempt to heal the rift
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1695
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Peace settled between the French and Iroquois, but lasted only temporarily; as the previous Fangs return home, new Fangs and
try with the French to take over lands from the Wendigo, Uktena and Iroquois
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1700
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Once again, peace between the French and Iroquois
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1758
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Fort Frontenac fell to Lt. Colonel John Bradstreet during the battle between the French and British; Tribes are once again
separated as Silver Fangs and Warders fight on both sides, English and French
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1763
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French ceded control of North America to the British, also known as the Treaty of Paris; House Austere Howl in England regain
their grasp as they grow larger in size
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1780s
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Steam engines make their first true factories possible, marking the beginning of the Industrial Revolution
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1784
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A small group of settlers from the American Revolutionary War camped at Cataraqui, forming the community that would later
become Kingston
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1791
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Constitutional Act creates Upper and Lower Canada (which later were to become Ontario and Quebec)
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1791
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Lower Canada Protectorate is formed, establishing itself from the much older Great Shield Protectorate
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1812
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War of 1812 broke out. Martello Tower was built to protect the Royal Navy Dockyards and controlled the entrance to the St.
Lawrence River thirty-four years later
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1826
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Rideau Canal completed, making it possible for ships to travel from Kingston to Montreal without having to travel along the
St. Lawrence River
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1830
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Fort Henry was rebuilt out of stone, making it more durable and compatible for the harsh weather
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1830s
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A powerful Bane is released from its bonds in the American West; it fuses with a similarly mighty Weaver-spirit to become
the spiritual menace known as the 'Storm Eater'. Roughly at the same time, the Warder Tribe adopts the name 'Iron Riders'
in sept after sept.
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1841
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Kingston became the first capital of Canada, when it was known as the 'Province of Canada'
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1844
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Only three years later, the capital was moved from Kingston to Montreal
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1847
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The Great Potato Famine strikes Ireland, spreading Typhus to children and the elderly alike. Droves of families of immigrants
flock to the New World in search for aid
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1848
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The Caern of the Limestone King enters Slumber after the Garou populace fall victim to famine and disease with most of the
Kin from Typhus and a mysterious Wyrm-ridden pestilence. The Great Shield Protectorate is one Caern less
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1849
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A riot in Montreal burned the parliament buildings, switching the capital over to Toronto, where it would switch seats from
there and Montreal every four years
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1850s
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Vampires begin migrating into the American West in numbers. Human population begins to expode in the West.
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1859
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Capital of Canada remained in Quebec
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1865
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Ottawa finally captures and retains the honour of becoming the final resting place of the Capital of Canada
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1871
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After the culmination of most of the Eastern Provinces to the federation, British Columbia joined on condition that a railway
was linked to the colony, west of the Rocky Mountains, to the rest of the federation
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1885
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The railway was finished to join British Columbia to the rest of the federation. Along the way, a huge deposit of silver,
copper and nickel were found and harvested by settlers, opening up to development in the early 1900's; The Iron Riders assist
in this creation, capitalizing on the silver and nickel deposits along the way
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1890
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Thirteen mighty Garou, one from each tribe, not including the Bunyip, sacrifice themselves in the Rite of Still Skies to seal
the 'Storm Eater' once more.
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1895
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The Iron Riders begin referring to themselves at moots as the 'Glass Walkers'
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1903
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Fred LaRose threw his hammer at what he thought was fox's eyes and discovered the richest silver vein in the world, at Cobalt
in northern Ontario
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1906
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The water power of Niagara Falls was harnessed with the launch of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission, which evolved into
Ontario Hydro, which evolved into Ontario Power Generation, one of the world's largest power utilities
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1911 - 1913
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One million people immigrated to Canada, most settling in Ontario
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1914
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WWI began
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1917
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At 9:05 on the 6th December 1917, a munitions ship exploded in Halifax harbour, (Nova Scotia, Canada). This explosion was
so vast that it killed over 2,000 people and completely flattened two square kilometres of northern Halifax. This was the
greatest explosion of the Great War, and the largest man-made explosion until the dropping of the bomb at Hiroshima in 1945
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1918
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An influenza epidemic killed thousands in Canada, approximately 20 million world wide. Most Garou believe this to be Wyrm-tainted,
others to believe it is man-made. Years later it would be determined that it was, indeed, a natural phenomenon
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1929
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The Great Depression hit and effected the world over
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1937
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The European Garou of Australia, tricked by the Black Spiral Dancers, exterminate the Bunyip in the War of Tears
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1939
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Though the Great Depression ended, WWII began. One million Canadians would fight, 42 000 would lose their lives
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1948
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The two major Protectorates in Ontario combine to create the Royal Unity Protectorate. These two become Domains under the
leadership of one Lord
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1950
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Magnus the Torch, Fianna Ahroun and Ambassador of the Great Lakes Domain, challenges the Lady of the Lower Canada Protectorate,
Yvette Devries, a Silver Fang Ahroun. Losing in honourable combat, her Protectorate becomes a Domain within the borders of
the Royal Unity Protectorate, thus expanding the ever-growing influence of the much larger Protectorate
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1951
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Lord Vidor Velvet Glove, Silver Fang Ahroun and Grand Elder of the Royal Unity Protectorate, dies in combat with his pack
while defending the Sept of the Seven Islands in Sept Iles, Quebec. Lord Rafael Peltier, Silver Fang Ahroun, seizes praxis
and maintains control and re-names the lands to the Tri-Powers Protectorate
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1954
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Canada's first subway system opened in Toronto. Glass Walkers rejoice
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1945 - 1958
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The population increased 40 per cent, thanks to a "baby boom" and postwar immigration of more than 100,000 people
per year through the 1950s
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1959
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St. Lawrence Seaway was completed, allowing shipping from the Atlantic Ocean to the uppermost reaches of Lake Superior
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1961
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Immigrants accounted for one in five Ontarians
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1965
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U.S. - Canada Autopact boosted Ontario’s biggest manufacturing industry
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1968
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Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, or Highway 401, opened. It stretched 800 kilometres across southern Ontario and would soon become
Canada's busiest highway
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1985
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A wind spirit grows with power, insane by the Wyld, and rips apart Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and southern Canada, killing
88 and injuring more than a thousand. Those with Ancestors remember something similar a long time ago, and are able to tame
the spirit, cleansing its Wyld-taint
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1986
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A large company, rumoured to be named 'Pentex', moves into Brazil, beginning operations to cull the rainforest for all they
can get from it. Werewolves from around the world respond, igniting the War of the Amazon
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1987
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A wind spirit grows with power, insane by the Wyld, and rips apart Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and southern Canada, killing
88 and injuring more than a thousand. Those with Ancestors remember something similar a long time ago, and are able to tame
the spirit, cleansing its Wyld-taint
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1989
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N.A.F.T.A. (North American Free Trade Agreement) was signed between United States and Canada (Mexico joined later), and ends
some opportunities and opens up others for businesses. Major powers of the tribes are caught between choices; Silver Fang
and Glass Walkers encourage others, whereas the Furies, Children of Gaia and Fianna disagree with the decisions
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1989
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The 'Exon Valdez' disaster, coupled with the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, is cited as proof that the Third Sign of the Prophecy
of the Pheonix has come to pass
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1990
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After fifteen years of deliberation and red tape, CFB Kingston is granted a multi-million dollar grant to increase its land-mass,
making it Canada's second largest Canadian Forces Base
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1990
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The ancient Baba Yaga awakens in Russia
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1991
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The Sept just north of North Bay (Sept of the Silver Snow) falls to the Wyrm, only weeks before the Dark Winds Caern of North
Bay falls to treachery
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1992
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Baba Yaga erects the "Shadow Curtain", a powerful Umbral barrier that closes off Russia from the rest of the world
(spiritually speaking at least)
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1998
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Eastern Ontario and South Western Quebec, as well as Northern New York were rocked by the largest snow storm to reach those
particular areas in decades. Contrary to popular belief, the Ice Storm was a natural phenomenon, most Garou attributing it
to the Wyld's chaotic nature
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1998
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The Russian Garou slay the Zmei Gregornous; concurrently, Baba Yaga is rumoured to be destroyed by persons unknown. The Shadow
Curtain continues its solidification around Russia, but is now somewhat weakened, reuniting the Russian Garou with the rest
of the Garou Nation, albeit sporadically
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1999
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The Red Star, Antihelios, appears in the Umbral skies. A cub is born to two metis parents; the birth is heralded as one of
the final signs of the Apocalypse. King Albrecht leads a crusade against the Seventh Generation, crushing its leadership.
The Beast Courts propose alliance with the entire Stargazer Tribe
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1999
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The Wyrm-Spoiler Pack of North Bay expands its numbers to a staggering 20 Garou, 10 Kinfolk contingent, making its totem,
Clashing Boom-Boom, one of the most feared and powerful pack totem a Child of Cockroach has ever seen
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1999
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Upon New Years Eve, the newly expanding Wyrm-Spoiler Pack stands ready in both the Umbra and the Real World against any virus
or spiritual attack that may hit the Digital Web, GWnet or other Technological-based Umbral sites. In the Real World, the
one pack left behind is subsequently destroyed in one fell swoop by a small armada of Black Spiral Dancers
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1999
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At the stroke of midnight, the Spiral Dancers cease their attacks and retreat. The rest of the Wyrm-Spoiler Pack find nothing
but the dead and a silhouetted Crinos before it disappears into the dark. Included in the dead is one of the founding members
of the Pack; A Rank 4 Bone Gnawer Metis by the name of Todd "Scratches-At-Fleas"
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2000
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The Stargzers formally secede from the Garou Nation. The Garou elders admit that the Sixth Sign of the Prophecy of the Phoenix
has come to pass, and that the Seventh is surely nigh
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2001
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September 11th becomes synonymous with 9/11. Silent Striders and Mediums for thousands of miles around are hit by a backlash
and praxis of Death. Some nearby Striders in the Umbra swear to have seen a large, dark-clad skeletal figure flying to New
York
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2002
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The Three Rings Caern in Cornwall, belonging to the Wendigo, falls to the Wyrm after only days of fierce battling
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2002
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After the Fall of the Three Rings Caern, both the Crystal Lake Caern and the Caern of the Sleeping Bear, each belonging to
the Red Talons and Wendigo, are displeased with the reactions of the other Septs. Later this same year, the Caern of the
Sleeping Bear leaves the Great Lakes Domain and, subsequently, the Tri-Powers Protectorate, creating their own domain and
closing off the doors to all other Tribes and Septs
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2002
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Late in the year, during a Grand Moot held north of Edmonton, the Seers of the Tri-Powers Protectorate (making up Toronto,
Ottawa and Granby) sense a power around the Thousands Island area
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2003
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During the Two-year anniversary of the WTC Event, St. Mary's Cathedral in Kingston, Ontario, collapses under its own weight.
17 people died, 20 were injured and an undetermined amount of relics and bodes from the catacombs were lost in this, what
the authorities say, a somewhat 'natural phenomenon', a modern day "sink-hole"
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2003
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The Amusement Park "King Arthur's Kingdom" was erected and celebrated a successful first year. Underneath the waters
of the Water Park, two packs of Kingston's Garou cleansed the area from a terrible Famine-Bane, resulting in the loss of one
Garou; William Spineweaver, a Galliard Uktena who gave his life so that the beast would perish
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2003
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Before the snow-fall of this year, delegates of the Tri-Powers Protectorate and the Northern Ice Protectorate begin talks
of amalgamating the two together, strengthening its borders
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2004
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Early in the year, Lord Aristotle, Grand Elder of the Tri-Powers Protectorate met with delegates of the Northern Ice Protectorate.
The Theurges and Ritemasters gathered and merged the two together in Spiritual unison. Lord Aristotle gathered the new Council
of Elders and all corresponding Spirits in the area, changing the name from the Tri-Powers to the Great Unity Protectorate
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2004
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Shortly after the creation of the Great Unity Protectorate, the Tears of the Steel Bawn Caern in Granby left the protective
dominion, and fading from all manners of Spiritual and physical contact
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