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Contents 1 Budapest 2 Real World Budapest History 3 Budapest in the World of Darkness 3.1 Who's Who 3.2 Customs and Rules 3.3 Prehistory & Roman Rule, to approx 600 c.e. 3.4 Medieval Era, 600 c.e. to 1500 c.e. 3.5 The Renaissance, 1500 c.e. to 1700 c.e. 3.6 Age of Empire, 1700 c.e. to 1915 c.e. 3.7 The Great War and World War II, 1915 c.e. to 1945 c.e. 3.8 Modern Day, 1945 c.e. to Present

Budapest

Real World Budapest History

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One of the premier cities of Central Europe, Budapest started out as a Germano-Celtic settlement in prehistoric times. It was conquered by the Romans in the 1st century c.e., who called it Aquincum and turned it into a major regional center. Abandoned when the Roman Empire declined and fell, it was settled by Hungarians in the 9th and 10th centuries, who called it Buda (with it's sister city, Pesht, across the river). In 1361, it became the capital of Hungary.

Buda Pesht thrived during the reign of King Matthias Corvinius, responsible for founding a great library there, second only to the Vatican Library. The city was occupied by Turks until the end of the seventeenth century, when it began a climb back to greatness. It became the capital of the Austrio-Hungarian Empire and the three cities of Buda, Obuda and Pesht were merged to form one grand city, Budapest.

Budapest's golden era was cut dramatically short with the onset of World War I. As the seat of the Austrio-Hungarian Empire, it fell when that empire collapsed with the Treaty of Versailles. Decades later, it was the center of several pitched battles during World War II, including the eponymous Battle of Budapest. After the war, the Iron Curtain fell across Hungary and Budapest became yet another city in the Soviet Bloc - though, perhaps, one of the more prosperous. The Soviets abandoned the city in 1991, and Hungary is now part of both NATO and the EU.

Budapest in the World of Darkness

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Who's Who

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Customs and Rules

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Prehistory & Roman Rule, to approx 600 c.e.

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Medieval Era, 600 c.e. to 1500 c.e.

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• 804: A mixed Avar-Gepid delegation from the old Dacian fortress-town of Deva travels the length and breadth of the Pannonian plains. They take note of the old Roman ruins of Aquincum, nestled in the bend of the Danube that will one day hold the city of Buda, and report their find to their patron in Deva, Alder Numerius Helvetius Trajanus Dacicus. Alder Trajanus visits the ruins the following year and feels an odd kinship with them.
• 1004: Alder Trajanus, newly awakened from the Eclipse, arrives in Buda and moves into a restored villa urbana in the nearby hills.
• 1051: Titus Claudius embraces Janos Farkas and Ward Farkas. They are released by their sire ten years later, and form House Farkas in 1062, though they do not formalize this into a dyastic House until 1125. Alder Trajanus takes an interest in the pair during this period and watches out for them from behind the scenes. [R]
• 1120: Sasha joins House Farkas. [R]
• 1128: House Farkas solidifies Invictus control of Buda, routing the last of the Acolytes who held power. [R]
• 1241-1242: The Tatars attack Buda and Pest. Alder Trajanus leads the vampires of the area in a months-long defense of the twin cities against a wave of Turkic vampires that travel with the Tatar hordes. The fight devolves into a stalemate broken only when the Tatars withdraw to deal with succession issues after the death of their ruler.
• 1249: Alder Janos Farkas marries Catharina. [R]
• 1315: House Farkas creates its own bloodline. Shortly thereafter Ward Farkas enters torpor. And shortly after that, Janos Farkas falls into torpor subsequent to the mysterious death of his wife. Ward Farkas sleeps until 1365, when he rises to take control of House Farkas. Sasha falls into torpor a year later. The next several centuries for House Farkas are marked by cycles of torpor and wakefulness between the three members. [R]
• 1351 Alder Trajanus withdraws from vampiric society and enters the Eclipse once again.
• 1469 Alder Trajanus wakes, takes the more culturally and time period appropriate name 'Serafim', and leaves Buda proper to take up residence in the nearby Mátra mountains so as to indulge his love of hunting.

The Renaissance, 1500 c.e. to 1700 c.e.

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• 1630 Alder Serafim, uncomfortable with the Ottoman presence in Buda and Pest, leaves the area altogether. He ends up in Transylvania, in the city of Cluj.
• 1665: Ward Farkas wakes, but before Sasha can return to sleep as is proper, tragedy strikes. Sasha, in an altercation with the Bishop of Buda, falls to his beast and is slain. In an attempt to replace their lost member, Ward Farkas Embraces shortly thereafter. [R]

Age of Empire, 1700 c.e. to 1915 c.e.

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• 1715: Alder Janos Farkas wakes and Ward's Childe is welcomed into the compact. Ward takes another childe before falling to torpor a year later. During Ward's torpor, his childe takes control of Pesht, just in time for Janos to enter the Eclipse. [R]
• 1759: Alder Aurel Dacescu, as the former Serafim and Trajanus is now known, returns to Buda to swear an Oath of Service to House Farkas. He winters in the city and then returns to Cluj , where he is Voivode (Prince).
• 1806: Alder Janos Farkas is awoken from torpor at the request of the Sanctified Cardinal De La Vega. [R]
• 1812: Varocher de Mauvoisin is embraced by Alder Janos Farkas. [R]
• 1822: Jacqueline Thibedeaux is embraced by Varocher de Mauvoisin [R]
• 1828: Nikolaevna Antonoa Gordieav is embraced by Varocher de Mauvoisin. [R]
• 1835: Vincenzo Gustavo Gatti is embraced by Varocher de Mauvoisin. [R]
• 1839: The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is built under the discrete direction of House Farkas. Shortly thereafter the house solidifies its control of the cities of Obuda, Buda, and Pest. Maneuvering influences long put into place begin moving towards the unification of these cities. [R]
• 1873 Alder Dacescu returns to Budapest and enters the Eclipse under the watchful eye of House Farkas.

The Great War and World War II, 1915 c.e. to 1945 c.e.

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• 1920's: Leon Vogel and Prince Rikard Müller of Sangerhausen visit Budapest and House Farkas. Alder Janos Farkas returns to torpor. [R]
• 1930: Vascily Szalyoviks (now Kristof Szilvas) is embraced by Leon Vogel. [R]
• 1935: Alder Dacescu is awoken early as House Farkas prepares to relocate across the seas to the United States.
• 1939: Ward Farkas and his childe travel to the United States with most of House Farkas. This process is aided by members and allies of the house including Leon Vogel and Alder Dacescu, who remains behind to oversee what remains of the House's European possessions. [R]
• 1945: Alder Dacescu navigates House Farkas' Budapest holdings through the Soviet invasion of Hungary. He takes a personal hand in the fighting, and is rumored to have enjoyed hunting the most dangerous game.
• 1948: Alder Dacescu leaves Budapest and returns to Cluj.

Modern Day, 1945 c.e. to Present

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• 1960: Kristof Szilvas is annointed Bishop of Budapest for the Lancea Sanctum. [R]
• 1995: Alexa Carver embraced by Alder Janos Farkas. [R]
• 2000: Alder Janos Farkas begins to remove the remainder of House Farkas to the United States. This process is aided by the remaining members and allies of the house in Eastern Europe including Leon Vogel and Alder Dacescu. Alder Dacescu is also planning to move to North America, and takes the more suitable name 'Adam Dace' in preparation. [R]