1758- The British capture Fort Duquesne. General Forbes names Pittsburgh for William Pitt.
1761- Coal mining begins in Pittsburgh.
1787- The University of Pittsburgh is founded. The Order of Hermes and Clan Tremere take a simultaneous interest in the city.
1794- "Johnny Appleseed" makes his home in the city for 12 years. The Hermetics suspect him of being a "Marauder" but can prove nothing.
1803- Large Keelboat used in the Lewis & Clarke expedition is constructed here. A group called the "Void Seekers" are listed as contributing some key materials on some obscure documents.
1820- The Pennsylvania Turnpike opens.
1845- The fire of 1845 destroys most of the buildings in Pittsburgh and nearly 75% of the Kindred population. The cause of the massive conflagration is never found.
1852- The Pennsylvania railroad opens between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
1889- Schenly park opens to the public. The Garou claim the area as their own almost overnight. A node is known to exist somewhere inside the park but the increased Garou presence makes looking for it difficult for anyone.
1900- Sabbat influence in the area decreases significantly.
1905- The first motion picture house in the US opens in Pittsburgh, The Nickelodean. This is due in part to the influence on Thomas Edison a gentlemen's club called "The Sons of Ether" wields and the manipulations of the Toreador.
1920- KDKA, the first commercial radio station, starts broadcastiong.
1927- The Pittsburgh Symphony is established.
1936- "The Great Flood" destroys a large portion of downtown. Tremere experimentation is suspected as the cause by the Camarilla but nothing can be proven.
1938- Frank Lloyd Wright designs "Falling Water".
1953- Dr. Jonas Salk tests his Polio vaccine.
1955- The Pennsylvania College for Woman is renamed Chatam College.
1967- "Mr. Rodgers Neighberhood" airs on national TV. The Hermetics suspect him of being a "Nephandi" but can prove nothing.
1985- Pittsburgh is named "America's most livable city". The Sabbat of New York began plans to siege the city. They fail, but consider the resulting rise in violent crime to be a moral victory.
1999- The Gangrel formally leave the Camarilla for reasons unknown.
1999 (July)- "The Week of Nightmares", capitalizing on the chaos the Sabbat fairly unaffected by these events launch a seige on the city. They find not a single Camarilla vampire anywhere in the city. The Sword of Caine cautiously establishes themselves as the dominant faction in Pittsburgh.
2000- Garou are seen more frequently in the city (in places other than Schenly Park that is).
2000- The Assamites formally bid to fill the vacancy in the Camarilla left by the Gangrel defection, for reasons unknown.
2001- PNC park is unveiled. The Sabbat of Pittsburgh suspect the new stadium fiasco is the Camarilla's revenge for the takeing of the city.
2001 (Sept. 11th)- The largest and most successful terrorist attack on America is carried out by Islamic militants.
2002 (Summer, exact date unknown)- Rumors reach neighbering Sabbat cities and enclaves that Pittsburgh's vampires have gone missing. Scouting parties by both Camarilla, Sabbat and Independant interests find the city devoid of Kindred. Each group procedes to lay blame on the other and fighting for the city quickly begains anew. The Sabbat, lead by a Malkavian antitribu Bishop called Eloquence decimate the other vampires. Eloquence is proclaimed Archbishop of Pittsurgh. To date the dissapearence remains a mystery.
2004 (September)- Due to increseing pressure from the regions Cardinal, the reclusive Archbishop is forced to appoint a council of Bishops to aide in the administration of such a large area...
Now.
2004
Sept. 3rd- Makeing her first appearence in the city in a long time, the Archbishop called for an esbat at Heinz Chapel. While there she informed the packs, both old and new, that Bishops were to be selected from their ranks. This sparked a night of politicing, favor-currying, backstabbing, and jokying for position like noone would have admitted to expecting. By the end of the evening two Bishops were selected for the Archbishops inscrutable reasons, a horde of ghouls crafted to look like former Camarilla occupants of the city were killed, and almost everyone got to kill or maim something.
Sept. 10th- Hunters Rib Splitters got more than they bargained for while dealing with aparent tresspassers on their rural farm. They returned to the city torn up from a bloodly conflict with tales of the Living Dead. Needless to say stories of zombies in rural PA are not unheard of, at least in the annals of B-Movies so their fellows were skeptical, until irrefutable evidence was shown and analyzed by several Tzimisce. Speculation is running high about Giovanni incursions, ghostly vengence, or the end times being upon us. The 'Horsemen during all of this attempted to bag-and-tag a werewolf in downtown. An act that left them naked, humiliated, and sans car.
Sept. 17th- Rumors of zombie infestations and mysterious black vans continued to circulate among the Sabbat, with little to validate them. Several vampires, aparently "infected" by the zombies bite continue to worry, as the signs of infection continue to spread... Meanwhile Bishop Andromeda decided to hold a contest of sorts involving lots of violence and bloodshed. The basement of the Cathedral became a bloodsport arena, as the city was evacuated due to intense flooding in certain area's. Shorlty after participating in the fun and games, Templar Corvis Creed and his Bishop Ashton Raine were brought down by a SWAT team. They were then taken to the county Morgue at Mercy Hospital, but it would seem either met Final Death there or en route. Foul play is suspected by opportunistic Sabbat members or possibly Camarilla insurgents.
Sept. 24th- Desiring to find a cure for the mysterious "infection" that is slowly but surely ravageing their systems, Hunter's Rib Splitters attempted to find the source. Ending up with more questions than answers, they managed to find a clandestine military operation and take a few hostages. In the course of their impromptu stealth mission a bomb was detonated for unknown reasons resulting in the area being flash frozen with liquid nitorgen. The rest of the Sabbat ended up coming upon a small group of the living dead and dealing with them as best they could, total dismemberment. All the while the search for a new Bishop grows more complicated and the Archbishop grows less patient.