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Dystopia Rising Northern California

A post-apocalyptic zombie survival horror LARP

The Local History of Sinn & Conn Valley

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Major Events Timeline

 
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Fall of Gold
Fall of Gold

The explosions resounded ominously, echoing through the valleys. Ethereum Point has been obliterated. The mines, on the land and under the sea, lie in ruins. The tremors reverberated as all the gold mine shafts caved in and crumbled... Many courageously sacrificed their infection to bring down the houses that once stood tall. The valley is now eerily silent. Change looms in the air, casting a shadow as a new sky ascends over the desolate landscape.

Swamp Raiders Resurge

Swamp raiders are kicked out of the area around Ethereum Point, but resurge with a vengeance. Ethereum Point under major threat.

Return to Ethereum Pointe

Locals return to Ethereum Pointe, to find a slew of radiation problems caused by a mutant burrower tunneling from the irradiated ruins of Stanfjord.

Ethereum Pointe Repaired
Ethereum Pointe Repaired

Repairs on Ethereum Pointe are completed as raiders smoke out the temporary mountainous trade meet location.

The Lost Legion
The Lost Legion

The Lost Legion, zed of the Children Abbadon, menaces the trade meet, concluding with a community-lead grave dive to remove the imprint of the Lost Legion from the Gravemind.

Railroad Project Launches
Railroad Project Launches

Competing railway projects by iWays and the Sinclairs are launched, and harried by local religious group Trains Without Tracks.

Mining Labor Strike
Mining Labor Strike

Labor disputes between workers and House Jobbes funded Sinn & Conn Mining Company erupt with shutdown of the mine. Disputes eventually conclude in favor of the workers.

Trade Meets Relocated
Trade Meets Relocated

Trade meets move to the mountains near Ethereum Pointe as much of the RDI provided town infrastructure was damaged during the conflict around the Tower in Shadow.

Threat: Archon
Threat: Archon

An Archon, The Hush, menaces Ethereum Pointe.

Outstretched Claw Destroyed
Outstretched Claw Destroyed

The Outstretched Claw is destroyed via ritual lead by S&, discovering an Abyssal Rift.

Stewards of the Claw Fractured
Stewards of the Claw Fractured

The Stewards of the Claw are fractured after their leadership is faced with the reality of the purpose of the claw, and realizes that their sacrifices were unnecessary.

War on the Tower in Shadow
War on the Tower in Shadow

Order of the Crucible overtakes RDI, and storms the Tower in Shadow. H.Kay, having infiltrated the Order of the Crucible, foils their attempt to seize the Outstretched Claw.

Nightmare Raiders
Nightmare Raiders

Nightmares escalate, leaving the region low on resources. Nightmare Raiders discovered as the source.

Order of the Crucible
Order of the Crucible

Aberrant hunting Fallow Hopes (Order of the Crucible) infiltrates RDI, causing erosion of the organization from within.

Attack on the Claw
Attack on the Claw

Local Unborn, Ra’zer, attacks the claw on a diplomatic mission to the Stewards of the Claw, causing them to close their doors.

Nightmares Eminate
Nightmares Eminate

Waves of horrible nightmares affect the region. This combined with sabotage against the Pureblood Houses causes them to withdraw their fight to control the Tower in Shadow.

Stewards of the Claw Revealed
Stewards of the Claw Revealed

Discovery a community of Sempre Morts (Stewards of the Claw) who worship ancient tech (the Outstretched Claw) originally intended to keep the infection out during the fall. The residents are believed to be the original caretakers of the oldcester facility. This group has been sacrificing psions to the claw to feed it.

Pureblood Propaganda War
Pureblood Propaganda War

Houses Musk, Zucc, and Jobbs start a propaganda war to seize control of the RDI dig site.

Leviathan Menaces
Leviathan Menaces

Sea creature known as Leviathan, along with raiders living in the ship graveyard on its back menaces town accompanied by toxic black fog.

Tower in Shadow Uncovered
Tower in Shadow Uncovered

Tower in Shadow is revealed by the RDI dig. It is an old-world tech facility of unknown function that produces an anti-psionic field.

Ethereum Pointe Founded
Ethereum Pointe Founded

Ethereum Pointe established as site of trade meets.

Parasitic Bad Brain Runs Rampant
Parasitic Bad Brain Runs Rampant

Parasitic Bad Brain worm epidemic spreads throughout the valley, eventually cured by SCV citizens destroying the mother worm, and the cult dedicated to spreading her spawn.

Civic Society Established
Civic Society Established

Self-governance structure, the Ethereum Pointe Civic Society is established.

RDI Dig Begins
RDI Dig Begins

Rayne Drop Initiative (RDI) of Hive Digitarians contract with SCV to provide trade town infrastructure in exchange for assistance in a dig to reclaim old tech from under Old Kilns town.

SCV Flourishes
SCV Flourishes

SCV flourishes into a safe, secure, prosperous city. Trade meets move outside of town to protect the population, and to expand SCV’s economic reach.

SCV Rebels
SCV Rebels

SCV citizens rebel against, and overthrow the Children of Abbadon in a bloody war.

Stanfjord Destroyed
Stanfjord Destroyed

Stanfjord is destroyed by a nuclear blast.

Trade Established
Trade Established

Trade is established: Stanfjord academics trade Bayweed for Lithium, Homesteaders trade agricultural products for Rustwood Shards, Crimson Wood Cell trades Bloody Tooth Fungus, local Saltwise trade with Bayweed.

CoA Takes Control
CoA Takes Control

Lord Shivver, leader of Children of Abbadon, seizes control of SCV through a bloody rebellion / military coup, permanently executing dissenters. No Nation of Accensor was spared.

Founding
Founding

Jedidiah Connor, and Markus Sinclair arrive with the Ash Riders lead by Ripsaw to found and develop the town of Sinn and Conn Valley.

 
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