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500c (oWOD)

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[edit] Events

  • 500 - 550: The Akashic Brotherhood constructs several monasteries throughout the East to help enlighten the common people. The most famous, the Shaolin, soon gains great reputation.[1]
  • Around 500 AD, settlers from Ireland found Dalriada. Fianna capture two Caerns just prior to the initial landings.[2]
  • During this century Arturus the Bear-King rules in Britain.[3]
  • Career of philosopher Lao Tzu.[4]
  • Cleisthenes revolutionalizes Athenian democratic government.[5]
  • By this time, Chinese writing, political thought, and Buddhism have all been introduced to Japan.[6]
  • Buddhism and Hinduism are in a philosophical clash for followers.[7]
  • The Malleus Nefandorum first appears in a half-dozen cities along the Mediterranean coast.[8]
  • Classical period of Guatemalan Mayan city-states begins. Some of the “gods” to whom blood was given may have been vampires. Other city-states revere Balam Bastet.[9]
  • A Stargazer sees The Cow, a Gorgon, in India, and worships it as a god. [10]

[edit] References

  1. MTSC: Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade Rulebook, p. 52
  2. WTA: Tribebook: Fianna Revised, p. 35
  3. WTA: Breedbook: Gurahl, p. 122
  4. MTA: Technocracy: Iteration X, p. 19
  5. MTA: Horizon: Stronghold of Hope, p. 79
  6. MTA: Dragons of the East, p. 17
  7. MTA: Tradition Book: Cult of Ecstasy, p. 21
  8. MTA: The Book of Madness Revised, p. 40
  9. WTA: A World of Rage, p. 27
  10. WTA: Book of the Wyld, p. 70


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