Gate-of-Gods-Timeline

Pre-Chronicle

• May 14, 1896: Master Kang Lu receives a dream-vision of the mage he is to take as his apprentice, and discovers that he won't be born until the late 1900s. So, he prepares a set of scenarios, and a handful of clues to lead the young mage to view those scenarios post-cognitively.
• 1897: The Tri Ptitsy take over the Hotel Regina from Master Kang Lu.
• 1902: Master Kang Lu dies of old age. He is buried in a beautiful tomb in the Babylon Gardens Cemetery.
• 1904: The Columbia Consilium is founded, uniting the Awakened of Astoria, Warrenton and Seaside, OR, and Chinook and Ilwaco, WA, with Lady Alkanost of the Tri Ptitsy as the Hieararch.
• November 2009: The Portland cabal Magnum Opus awakens their apprentices, bid them to form a cabal and then sends them out of Portland. They do not explain the mysterious circumstances, but do give them an objective: secure the powerful Hallow in the Hotel Regina in Old Town Astoria.

Season One

Arc One: Winter's Rest

• November 2009:
  • Late November: Episode One: The Puppet Masters
• December 2009:
  • Early December: Episode Two: New Beginnings
  • Winter Solstice: Seers of the Throne strike in Seattle, nearly destroying its Assembly in a matter of days, thanks to a variety of well-placed sleeper agents. Magnum Opus is among those that answer the call for help from the Free Council. When survivors trickle back into Portland, however, they claim that Magnum Opus assisted the Seers of the Throne. Magnum Opus is nowhere to be found.
• January 2010:
  • Early January: Interlude One: Inquisition at Mount Angel
  • Late January 2010: Episode Three: Sea of Stars
  • Late January 2010: Interlude Two: Autumn in San Francisco
  • Late January 2010: Episode Four: Cast Open the Gates

Downtime

• February 2010 - Early March 2010

Arc Two: Spring Awakenings

• March 2010
  • Mid-March 2010: Episode Five: Foundations & Eaves
  • Mid- to Late-March 2010: Downtime.
• April 2010
  • Early April: Episode Six: Affairs of the Heart, Interlude Three: Mission of Mercy
  • Mid-April: Episode Seven: The Ivory-Winged Cherub
• May 2010
  • Mid-May: Episode Eight: Puppet Strings

Downtime

• Late May 2010 - June 2010
  • Downtime: Spring to Summer

Arc Three: Summer Storms

• July 2010
  • Early July: Episode Nine: Red Eyes
  • Early July: Episode Ten: Frontal Assault
  • Early July: Episode Eleven: Storm of the Century
  • Mid July: Episode Twelve: Regina Rising

Arc Four: Autumn Hallows

• July 1010
  • Mid July: Episode Thirteen: The Passage of Shadow

Episode Fourteen

Session One (12.10.11)

• Autumn summons Madam Sirin, but she can't really tell us anything other than that her cabal was eventually destroyed by contact with the Regina, gradually succumbing to paranoia and madness.
• While Autumn is talking to the dead, Rasayana boosts his, Issa's, and Malachite's academic ability. Cue research montage. This is what we learn about the banishing ritual:
  • Astral Regalia of the Queen of Heaven
    • A piece of the Ishtar Gate, in Babylon. This must be imbued with the "Heart of Murder" - the moment in which an ancient queen of Babylon, Ishtar, sacrifices her beloved king, Tammuz on the altar to Erishkigal of the Underworld. This requires Death or Life to steal.
    • An old Egyptian khopesh, from the British Museum. This must be imbued with the "Tears of the River" - the moment of great sadness in which Isis loses Aser (Osiris), as he is cut to pieces by Sutekh. This requires Fate or Mind to steal.
    • An ancient distaff from Norse times, made of ash, in a museum in Norway. This must be imbued with the "Moment of Unity" - the moment in which Frika is given a vision of Ragnarok while she is at her spinning wheel, while about her stars spin. This requires Space or Time to steal.
    • The chalice used by the Pope in High Communion. This must be imbued with the "Joy of Annunciation" - moment of ineffable joy in which Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will bear the son of God. This requires Prime or Matter to steal.
    • Yata no Kagami, a mirror from Naiku, the inner shrine of Amaterasu in Honshu, Japan. This must be imbued with the "Birth of the Sun" - the moment in which a man emerges from the Underworld, weeping, and dips his hands into the sea to purify himself upon his return. As the water pours down his head, gods are born - the moon from the water that falls from his right eye, the sun (Amaterasu) from the water that falls from his left. This requires Forces or Spirit to steal.