History of Riverside
OK guys, I know this is in the IC section, but use your common sense here. If you arrived from France in 1950, the chances of you knowing the names of the Sabbat packs that ran here in the 1600's is pretty slim.
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The Early Years
The earliest inhabitants of Riverside were Native American Indians. A good portion of Riverside county was home to bands of Cahuilla. It is unknown when the first of them were embraced, but they have always been against the Sabbat.
The Spanish and the Sabbat
In 1622, a Tzimisce nomadic pack called "los diablos" makes Riverside its home territory.
In 1776 the first mission was established in California by Jesuit priests. Soon missions dot the coast line. The territory that will become Riverside is too far inland to be directly affected. Mission life was harsh, and many coastal Native American Indians fled inland, bringing news of Spanish. They brought with them stories of the dead returning and walking with these invaders. It is debated as to wether these tales are a mingling of the story of Sir Francis Drakes landing on the northern coast of California with the invasion of the Spanish from the south. Some say that there was no way for word to travel that fast, and claim that there must have been fair skinned Conquistidors from Northern Spain with the Missionaries in what was then known as "Alta California". Some skirmishes occurred when the Spanish chased those who "ran away to perform the devils sabbats with those beastial Indians" into Cahuilla territory, however there is very little evidence as to the number or location.
1755: Lasombra nomadic pack called "crazy boyz" and Tzimisce "los diablos" fight each other for mission lands.
1757: Franciscans replaces the Jesuits.
1759:los diablos are forced to leave the Riverside area.
1781: The Spanish government establishes the settlement of Los Angeles.
1789: Juan de LaTorres a Lasombra arrives to take control of the mission lands and the Sabbat pack crazy boyz,in Riverside by order of the Archbishop of Mexico City.
The arrival of the Camarilla and the Struggle for Riverside
1804:Edward Louis Framsworth a Nosferatu elder arrives from St. Louis
1820:Samuel Johnson a Gangrel arrives in the Riverside area.
1822: Samuel and Juan first come into conflict over mission lands.
1844:Secularization of the mission lands begins by the Governor of California.
1846: Mexican-American War
1847:California becomes a territory of the United States.
1847:Juan de LaTorres and the crazy boyz disappear.
1870:Don Sebastion declares himself Prince of Los Angeles
1877:Edward declares himself Prince of Riverside.
1842:Samuel is killed by Edward.
1943:Jeremy MacNeil a Brujah Anarch arrives in Los Angeles.
1943:Zoot-Suit Riots
1944:Anarch attack Los Angeles elders.
1945:Prince Edward is killed by Gangrel Anarch.
1965:Sabbat attack Los Angeles Anarch Free State and are defeated.
1971:Kindred arrive in the Riverside area in greater numbers.
1990:Sabbat packs, Da Red Knights, los diablos (beta), los compos, Head Hunters, and The Freaks attack and take over the Riverside area.
1998:A few Kindred in Los Angeles form a coterie called The Fellowship of the Blood.
1999:Fellowship of the Blood attacks the Riverside Sabbat and drives them away.
1999:Feb. 14 Fellowship declares in favor of the Camerilla.
1999:Mar. 05 Primogen council forms: Brujah, Gangrel, Nosferatu, and Malkavian.