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kbrizzle:
So I’ve been thinking a bit about how large, world changing events seem to happen around the end of every millennium in the DV (give or take 50-75 years) - these events invariably establish a new supernatural world order.

Here are some of the events I can see & am curious if you guys can come up with any more events that happened around the end of any millennium that helped create a new supernatural world order. I also wonder how many of these events are linked.

2nd Millennium A.D
The current case files are playing out the large, world changing events that will influence the DV for the next few centuries. No doubt there will be more:

* Mab created a series of Accords & got every significant power in the DV to sign on & agree to a common set of rules & laws
* The Black & Red Courts of Vampires have been driven to near extinction
* The Fomor have risen again to directly influence mortal events
* There are only 2 Dragons left (& I suspect Ferrovax won’t last the BAT)
* Harry the Starborn is running around & is the warden of Demonreach
1st Millennium A.D

* The Fae take over guardianship of the Gates from the Norse - the era of Odin & the Aesir/ Jotun etc ends
* The entire Fae leadership is shaken up - there is a new Mother Summer, Summer/ Winter Queens as well as Ladies
* The Red King usurps the position of the original Kukulkan after feeding on it, making the Ramps players
* The White Council is headquartered in Constantinople since the Byzantine Empire is all that remains of Rome
* A Starborn (Rashid?) was active
0 A.D

* Jesus was born/ died - left behind a new religion as well as a bunch of extremely powerful artifacts, amongst other things
* The Coins & the Swords were created
* Merlin was likely around & created the Laws of Magic
* The Greeks were in charge of the Outer Gates likely using Roman masks/ mantles
* A Starborn (Merlin?) was active
1000 B.C

* White Court of Vampires is likely created
* Ancient Greek civilization was born
* Total WAG but Egyptian gods were likely guardians at the Gates
2000 BC

* Red Court of vampires is created
* New world religions like Judaism & Hinduism are born
* Total WAG but the Sumerians are likely guardians at the Gates

g33k:
Some interesting notions!  I like the outline, though I differ in a few specifics...  I'd bump the Red King & LoON ascension back a cycle, or even two (for example); I'd pull the Egyptian gods up to the 0AD, and get rid of the Greeks -- they're too "familiar" and hum-drum for the Romans of 0AD.

But really, that's just "stylistic" changes -- your basic premise is really good!

kbrizzle:
@g33k

Thanks! So the reason I put the Ramp ascension into major players around 1000 AD is because that’s when the Mayan civilization was at it’s peak & I imagine that Kukulkan was the Red King’s most powerful mask. The Reds were definitely players before then too (having been around for 3000 years at that point), but entrenching themselves into the Mayan mythology is likely what catapaulted them to serious power.

So we know the Greeks were in charge of the Gates at some point prior to the Norse, & given what we know about mantles/ masks, it seems likely that Hades just took on the mask of Pluto Ares to Mars etc to become more palatable to the larger Roman Empire.

Hmm so the Egypt had been ruled by the Greeks (Ptolemaic dynasty) for a few centuries prior to 0 AD, not sure if there was much of an Egyptian religion left at that point.

exartiem:
I would posit that Jesus was also a Starborn.  Born, literally, under the Star of Bethlehem; had control over demons; returned from the dead, etc...

kbrizzle:
@exartiem
I like that idea although I think Jesus in the DV was a god

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