Camarilla/History

1128-1197

1128 Order of the Templars recognized by the pope.

1141 Geza II encourages Saxons to colonize Transylvania. The term Saxon is a generic name for German settlers, including peoples from Flanders, Luxemborg and Moselle.

1150 The Kingdom of Hungary grants Saxon peasants hereditary titles in exchange for financial obligations. In many cases, the political leader of a village is given the title Count and gets a larger parcel of land.The Szeklers an ethnically mixed Turkish race fight in the vanguard of Hungarian armies entering Transylvania. Later they become the nobility in the feudal system of eastern Hungary.

1174 Saladin in addition to becoming viser of Egypt becomes Sultan of all Muslim forces fighting against Christian Crusaders

1177 Baldwin IV defeats Saladin at Montgisard

1180 Saladin and Baldwin IV arrange a truce between them, Philip II becomes ruler of France, he rules until 1223, Alexius II Comnenus becomes Emperor of Byzantium, rules until 1183

1182 Philip II banishes Jews from France

1183 Adronicus becomes Emperor of Byzantium, rules until 1185

1185 Isaac II becomes Emperor of Byzantium, rules until 1195

1187 Saladin captures Jerusalem

1189 Richard the Lionhearted becomes King of England, rules until 1199 Third Crusade begins and ends in 1192

1190 The Order of German Hospitallers an offshoot of the Templars is founded. In 1198 the society is transformed into the Teutonic Order . Death of Frederick I, Frederick Barbarossa

1191 Richard the Lionhearted captures Jaffa, fashions a peace treaty with Saladin, captured on his way home by his enemy Duke Leopold of Austria, Pope Celestine III, rules until 1198

1193 Death of Saladin, Emperor Henry VI ransoms Richard the Lionhearted after Leopold turns him over. Ottokar I becomes ruler of Bohemia, he remains king until 1230 The death of Emperor Henry VI in Germany causes a civil war in the Holy Roman Empire

1194 Leszek the White become king of Poland, rules until 1198

1196 Emeric becomes King of Hungary, rules until 1204

1197 Emperor Kaloyan of Bulgaria, rules until 1207 (Several Cainites are summoned to Buda Pest by their sires and instructed to scout out the territory surrounding Tihuta Pass. By winter, a fortress is erected there.)

1370-1380

Vienna:

• Draven was created, and thrown with many other Gargoyles at the waves of Tzimisce war ghouls, Brujah dopplegangers, Assamite Assassins, and just about everything else that could be battering the Infant Tremere clan.

1880-1890

London:

• Lord Blackwell was embraced and presented to the court of London
• Lady Mellara was in London.

1940-1950

Rome:

• Lord Blackwell was in Italy searching through Rome for tomes concerning Necromancy and contact with the Shadowlands. His dealings lead him into conflict with a member of the Giovanni Clan where they fought during the liberation of the city. He was injured in the fight and rumors suggest that the Giovanni laid a curse upon him which sent him into Torpor.

2000-2010

New York:

• Lord Blackwell arrives, having awakened from his Torpor in England. He remains fairly distant from the court though occasionally assists the prince and his clan in retaining their holdings despite constant sabbat attacks.

New Orleans:

• Gargoyle Draven kills Regent Mikos Valois of Clan Tremere