History of Adelaide Mage The Awakening CofD

Adelaide History Mage the Awakening CofD

The History recorded here is Specifically for the Adelaide Mage the Awakening 2nd Edition Game. Some information is Domain History. This will be Updated as the DSS is updated. Not all History here is IC knowledge, Not all History here is Correct.

1829-1850

1829: Charles Sturt leads his Expedition to South Australia from NSW, Is Attacked by Spirits and Saved by Local Aboriginal Thyrsus. Due to Quiescence, this is quickly forgotten.
1836: The Colony of South Australia is Founded
1836: Three Cabals of Mages come together to form the first Western Consilium of South Australia. Naming their first Hierarch ‘Yggdrasil’ in Celebration of Colonel Light’s Choice for the City of Adelaide.
1837: Consilium begins War with Native Aboriginal Mages in an attempt to subdue them.
1838: Consilium Surrender to the Native Aboriginal Mages, Draw up Original Lex Magica within South Australia to prevent such wars to continue between Western and Native Mages. Agree to create a Police between their own people.
1839: Colonel William Light Dies and is buried within Light’s Square. To honour his Memory current Hierarch Yggdrasil pulled the Lay-lines to create a highly Potent Hallow. It's heavily Warded against Spirits.
1840: Mages are able to freely perform Magic acts within the Royal Adelaide show for sleepers without the fear of Quiescence. This becomes Tradition within the Consilium.
1840: All 26 Survivors of the Shipwreck Maria Awaken and become Mad, they try to Eat the native Aboriginals up the Coorong. The Mad are killed by the Natives
1841: Construction of the old Adelaide Gaol Begins
1843: The Silver Ladder and the Free Council come together to Create the First Legislative Council building on North Terrace.
1848: The Savings Bank of South Australia begins trading from a room in Gawler Place, This begins the Metro Boom of the North City.
1850: The Mysterium find an old Relic in Gawler. The Relic is Lost months later.

1851-1900

1856: The South Australian Institute is founded, from there the Mysterium opened the State Library, State Museum and Art Gallery to hide their Relics in plain sight from those who wished to steal them. The Guardians set up a Railway and Telegraph line over the Layline between Adelaide and Port Adelaide to help with the Labyrinth.
1857: Adelaide Botanic Gardens opens at Today’s site in the Parklands off North Terrace, Thyrsus have a strong connection to this place. The Guardians further their Labyrinth with a railway between Adelaide and Gawler.
1858: The Mysterium opens a Telegraph line between Adelaide and Melbourne.
1859: First Convocation hall is opened as the Norwood Town Hall. This is the first town hall in South Australia.
1875: Norwood Convocation hall is Destroyed internally by an unknown. The mages consider it unsafe and abandoned it.
1876-1899: Guardians begin the Erasure of Native Mages to keep the Wheel Pure.
1900: The History From 1875 till 1900 was Lost by an unknown source. A Free Council Architect helps bring electricity to the City, Many of the Aboriginal Mages have vanished over these years.

1901-1950

1901: Adelaide became a state capital upon the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January. The Duke and Duchess of York visit.
1908: The Guardians set up the Outer Harbour Train line to help set the ley lines of the City.
1915: First Seers move into the City. They enforce Liquor bars closing at 6pm following a Referendum. Free Council begins building Prohibition bars all over the city.
1924: Obrimos Free Council and Silver Ladder begin broadcasting their own Radio Station soon after the first Radio Broadcasting begins
1925: Broadcasting is cancelled, the Free Council and Silver Ladder cannot find anyone to allow them to continue.
1926: Thanks to the Rise in Fishing The Metro Boom of Port Noarlunga Begins
1927: The Guardians lose control over the Railway service in Adelaide
1928: First Adamantine Arrow Cabal arrives in Adelaide
1931: Seers Remove beef from the Dole Ration. The Adamantine Arrow begin a Riot using Sleepers. This causes the Injury of 27 People and the deaths of 5.
1937: Aboriginal Sleepers awaken again in the city for the first time in decades, The Guardians of the time see this as a failure.
1938: The Adamantine Arrow is flooded with more Native members than any other Order. They are welcome with open arms after initiation.
1940: The Seers take more Government control within the City
1942: To Keep the Sleepers asleep the Seers begin Rationing Tea and Clothing as well as Banning Racesport and Bookmaking
1943: The Seers harden the Rationing further by Rationing Butter. Alcohol is Prohibited
1944: The Seers introduce the Rationing of Meat and Vegetables. Adelaide goes into a state of Panic over the overwhelming population and lack of food. Many people die of malnutrition
1944: Thyrsus Guardians bring a bunch of Fruit Flies from interstate to infect the Adelaide Orchards, ordering their destruction from the Sleeper Government in hopes to lure the Seers out. This succeeds but ends with their deaths.
1950: The Consilium comes together under the order of the Adamantine Arrow to remove the Seers from Power, Driving them from the City. The Second Version of the Lex Magica is written up to replace the first. It is burned in celebration. The City goes into a time of Peace as the Mages begin building Temples.

1951-2000

1959: Free Council begin their first TV production to help bring Sleepers into the Awakened Society. The TV show is called “The Magic in Us All”
1965: Adelaide Begins building its Subway to connect both Noarlunga and Gawler via the CBD.
1967: Four children from the renowned Ashbury family disappear from Semaphore Beach without a trace. The whereabouts of Martha (9), Graham (7), Kenneth (10) and Nancy (6) are never determined. Police open up investigations but are unable to come up with any solid leads.
1971: Second wave of Seers enter the City, They have Fluoride added into the water and have their Thyrsus follow the Consilium mages to make their bodies Reject the substance violently. This causes the Death of many of the Consilium mages. The Consilium becomes heavily constricted of members. Within this Time 5 Mages attempt to overcome the Seers by building a Centered Temple in the Subway. The Seers take control of this power.
1977: The tenth anniversary of the Ashbury disappearances is a sombre day in the City of Adelaide. Unable to locate any leads over a ten year period, the South Australian Police Force is heavily criticised by the public. Police Commissioner Robert Lockley later resigns that year.
1980: The few members of the Consilium gather in a small cell of Cabals to take out the Second wave of Seers. They attack their homes with Fire which has devastating effects. Most of the Consilium passes leaving it with a short number of 9
1983: Retired Police Commissioner Robert Lockley is found dead in his home in Alberton. The case is officially ruled as a suicide. A memorial plaque is installed at the Port Adelaide Police Station - where he once served.
1985: The Guardians members falls to 1 as they fail to contain an Abyssal entity within the Temple.
1987: Most of the Free Council leave the City after a falling out with the Silver Ladder, leaving only 2 Members Remaining.
1993: Adelaide enters a technological Boom as funding from the Government pushes for everyone to be equipped with the future. This is a front to install more Poker Machines within the City
2000: All Public Transport operations are Handed over to Private Investors.

2001-Present

2001: A large boom of Awakenings happen within the City. Due to the lack of Consilium input, many of them continue their lives without knowing the do’s and don’ts of Awakened Society.
2003: A Terrible explosion happens on the Adelaide Freeway killing 31 People and Injuring 2 others.
2005: Explosions happen more frequently around the City, with the fear of 9/11 still well in tact the Police treat this as an act of terrorism on the City.
2006: Adelaide begins falling into an Economical Depression, Finding Jobs becomes harder and the rate of Suicide jumps immensely.
2010: Local environmentalist group ‘Cleaner and Greener’ launches a public protest against the Public Transport service, arguing for newer, safer and more environmentally friendly vehicles. Three days later, the protest ends unsuccessfully.
2011: The Lex Magica and all copies of it are stolen
2014: The Seers are thought to have Entered the City again, Consilium member Rose is Murdered. Bea takes the Position of Hierarch. Many other Consilium members fall to their Obsessions and are never heard of Again. Adelaide is taken control of by the Generations Cabal.
2015: Adelaide is Divided. Mages aren’t keeping in communication and all that's left of the Consilium is a Single Cabal and a few Nameless Mages.
2016: A massive storm front smashes Adelaide and South Australia. The state is crippled by power outages that affect the Metropolitan area for up to four days, with some parts of rural South Australia without power for up to 7 days. The State Emergency Service receives an influx of recruits and is able to quickly distribute sandbags throughout the state. The Adelaide Metropolitan Fire Service provides much-needed assistance - being praised for its quick response times and highly trained staff.
2017: The Consilium regathers under the Mysterium Hierarch. Many Mages whom have never met meet each-other. This is the Largest the Consilium has been for years.