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Chronicles of Darkness: 1500s

World of Darkness: 1500s

The 16th century in the World of Darkness.

Events[]

  • Hernando de Soto arrives in American southwest, subjugating and conquering natives. Native shifters harry Spaniards.[3]
  • Bear dancing begins in the areas of India and Pakistan, degrading the sacred dances of the Gurahl by tormenting their bear kinfolk. Gurahl stop performing ritual dancing, considering it to be profaned.[5]
  • Second War of Rage begins in the New World. Old World Nagah immigrate to the Americas and find Nagah already there, to their surprise. Zuzeka forms.[6]
  • Conquistadors conquer the Americas. Wyrm influenced conquistadors plunder gold of South American empires, as this symbolized the corruption of the purity of the Americas.[7] One of the conquistadors eventually becomes Lord Steel, the Duke of Hate, Maeljin of Abhorra, Urge-Wyrm of Hatred.[8]
  • The Artificers' work in optics is very important to physics in this century.[9]
  • This century sees the rise of many great artist-engineers.[9]
  • An astronomer and associate of Kepler named Faustmann develops the Perpetual Motion Procedure, using it to set in motion a mechanical model of the solar system.[12]
  • Two rival German Adytums, one Catholic and one Lutheran, engage in constant strife over denominational policy. When hearing of a threat posed by the Order of Reason, the two Adytums joined forces long enough to deal with the threat, and then resumed their fighting.[13]
  • Letitia the Venerated creates the Quietsong Effect to try to bring her master, Hasan Naraswami, out of Quiet.[15]
  • Senex studies in Great Zimbabwe. By the time the city falls, he is an accomplished sorcerer.[17]
  • Tamerlane's Mughal descendants encourage religious tolerance.[19]
  • Giorgio Vasari associates the Gothic art movement with the Visigoths and accuses them of having destroyed the Classic movement. This is the first known negative connotation of "Gothic".[23]
  • Zhun Liao is considered one of China's foremost creators of Wonders. Between now and the 19th century, she creates the Inestimably Lovely Plum Blossom Dream Fan of Madam Zhun Liao.[25]

Early 1500s[]

  • A rogue physician and alchemist, Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus V, catches the fancy of a Solificati cabal.[28]

Mid-1500s[]

  • The Ceilican tribe is erroneously believed to be exterminated. Prior to this, the Bastet had been prosperous for 4000 years. Many Ceilican flee Europe for North America, where they will interbreed with native cats (cougars mostly), all the while pretending to be extinct.[31]

Late 1500s[]

References[]


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