Mexico City Timeline
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Real World Mexico City History
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Mexico City has been a capital city since it was founded in 1325 c.e. by Aztec settlers, who named it Tenochtitlan. They quickly began constructing a system of engineering and irrigation to make the city, located in the middle of Lake Texcoco, habitable for humans. Upon the arrival of the Spanish, it did not fall until after a 79 day siege in 1521, which reduced most of the city to rubble. It was made the seat of the Spanish colonial government in 1524 after it had been rebuilt. In 1810, the Mexican War for Independence began. Though this conflict lasted over a decade, Mexico City was again able to withstand the worst of the fighting, being named capital of the newly created federal republic in 1824. A second revolution was sparked in 1910, following a corrupt election which put an unpopular leader in power for his fifth consecutive term. Perhaps the most notorious revolutionary from this era is Pancho Villa, who engaged in Mexican-American border raids and was hunted without success by the American Rough Riders.
Mexico City is a fascinating blend of native, Spanish and other European influences. From regal baroque architecture to open-air markets, Mexico City is colorful, complex and dyamic. Recent events of note in the history of the city are the 1968 Olympics being hosted in Mexico City (marred by the Tlatelolco Massacre a few days prior in which scores of students were killed) and a massive earthquake in 1985 (estimated to have killed at least 5,000 people and displaced many more).
Mexico City in the World of Darkness
The dynamism of Mexico City's mortals is reflected in the various supernatural communities who live there. From Acolytes of the Circle who still offer blood sacrifices to Huitzilpotchtli to Invictus descended from conquistadores, they all find a place somewhere in the shadows.
Mexico City will be the setting for the Camarilla Requiem game at Gen Con Indy 2008.
Who's Who: Requiem
NPCs: The Current Kindred Leadership of Mexico City
- Prince Obrador - Ventrue Circle of the Crone
- Seneschal Jesus Ramsey - Mekhet Circle of the Crone
- Ventrue Priscus Katia Emilio - Ventrue Lancea Sanctum
- Sheriff Carlos Ruiz - Nosferatu Invictus
- Primogen Stacey Mendoza - Nosferatu Invictus
- Master of Elysium Gabriela Ofelia - Daeva Carthian
Customs and Rules: Requiem
Decrees of Prince Obrador of Mexico City:
- All Kindred must have local representation by their Priscus before feeding within the city.
- Members of Belial's Brood and VII are not welcome in the city under any circumstances.
Decrees of Gabriela Ofelia, Master of Elysium
- There are NO disciplines allowed within any Elysium. The only exceptions are the Prince and city officials performing their duties.
Ascendancy and Eminence
- Ascendant Covenant: Circle of the Crone (Rival: Invictus)
- Eminent Clan: Nosferatu (Rival: Mekhet)
Pre-Colombian Aztec, 1325 c.e. to 1521 c.e.
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Spanish Conquest, 1521 c.e. to 1535 c.e.
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Colonial Period, 1535 c.e. to 1810 c.e.
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- 1800: Alejandro Diaz Garcia marries Marie Aspanoza and becomes title and land owner of the Aspanoza Cattle Ranch, outside of the town of Dolores. His prosperity is threatened by Captain Victor del Morte, an officer of the Spanish army who mercilessly appropriates Garcia's resources for army use.
War for Independence, 1810 c.e. to 1821 c.e.
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- 1810: Alejandro, discovering there is a warrant out for his arrest and his family has been killed, flees to the church of Dolores. The next day, Alejandro joins the rest of the citizenry in arresting every native Spaniard in the area, helping start the Mexican Revolution. One evening while Alejandro is on patrol, he is grabbed from behind. Thinking his life was over, that the Spaniards had retaliated, he instead met the Kindred who would later become his sire, Sullivan Sweeney (Al Murphy, US2002045468). He was ghouled and Blood Bound to Sweeney, then released with the knowledge that if he did what was asked of him he would find his revenge.
- 1810-1821: Alejandro works for Sweeney, all in the name of the Mexican Revolution. He finally gets his chance to exact revenge on Victor del Morte - at a fort set up by the Spanish army in Laredo. In the heat of battle, however, Alejandro discovers Victor had been inducted into the dance of the dead. The fort burns to the ground - many Spanish soldiers are slain, but Victor's body is not among them. Alejandro returns to Dolores, where he is rewarded by his master, Embraced for being such a faithful retainer on the same night Mexico achieves independence: September 16, 1821. Celebration for Alejandro was short-lived, though. as he was sent off to learn the ways of the Invictus.
Post-Colonial and Modernity, 1821 c.e. to Present
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- 1831: Alejandro returns once again to Dolores, this time as a Kindred of the Invictus, to put all his businesses in order before leaving for Mexico City.
- 1910: Juan Martinez Perez (Dominic Mottola US2002034907) joins the guerrilla movement in the Second Mexican Revolution.
- 1915: Juan Martinez Perez suffers a fatal wound in an attack. As he was dying, his wolfblood squad takes him to a local pack in Chihuahua. Jesus Villalobos, a Gangrel of the Deadwolves bloodline, offers to save him from death by granting him unlife. Delirious, Juan accepts and becomes one of the undead, only to experience deep shame when he realizes what he has chosen. He develops a complex, forsaking his name to take the name Alma Perdido to reflect the state of his soul. He eventually breaks out of his but grows into a religious complex believing himself to be twice forsaken by Luna.
- 1918: A mortal named Seth is Embraced by an anonymous Kindred outside Mexico City, ostensibly a member of the Lancea Sanctum. For the next eight years, Seth is taught rigorous philosophy by his sire - a philosophy he comes eventually to reject.
- 1921: Juan/Alma joins his sire's bloodline as a move to come closer to Luna.
- 1923: Kilo Riley (Jamie Walter, US2002023268), an Elder Daeva of the Invictus, is wandering the ruins, territory claimed by the Forsaken. Riley is almost killed in the ensuing fight, and does manage to take out a few Forsaken. Alma Perdido is ordered by the City to patch things between the vampires and the werewolves.
- 1926: An anti-clerical mob breaks into Seth's church haven, looking for mortal priests to hang. They end up hanging Seth's sire alongside the priests (not knowing he is Kindred). Seth takes this opportunity to leave, ghouling the mob leaders and grooming them as his personal hit squad of hunters. After a particularly nasty fight, Seth leaves Mexico for Europe.
- 1935: A war breaks out between the Vampires and the Werewolves. Jesus Villalobos and Alma Perdido manage to mediate and return peace. Alma Perdido decides to go on a journey to understand why the two factions (Werewolves and Vampires) fight.
- 1943: Alma Perdido meets Mackenzie DuMont (Nycci Daniels US2002021051) in central Mexico, who wants to investigate some Aztec ruins. Alma Perdido's Auspex teacher (the same as DuMont's) called in a boon to escort and protect Du Mont. He made arrangements with the local pack to allow both him and her passage into the temple, but took pains to keep her from the inner temple where the Loci was kept.
- 1945: Seth returns to Mexico City after the end of the Second World War. He presents himself formally at court, and wins acceptance by the Prince. His interest in nuclear physics piqued by the recent atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he begins studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico City. Exceptionally devoted to his studies, Seth by and large eschewed the company of his fellow Kindred.
- 1968: After the Scourge's new childe died under mysterious circumstances, Seth leaves Mexico City for America.
- 1974: Rico Callas is born to an city administrator and an American ex-patriot.
- 1977: Ignacio Ambrosio is born in Mexico City, the son of a drug cartel lord Carlos Ambrosio in the Iztapalapa district.
- 1995: Ignacio Ambrosio is taken sometime during May by the Gentry known as the Lord of Near and Nigh.
- 2000: After starting a small green revolution with his informal "clicka", Tierra 1, Rico Callas is embraced and continues with his interest in eco activism, but with a vampiric bent.
- 2005: Ignacio Itztli returns to Mexico City and joins the Moon Court.
- 2007: Alejandro Diaz Garcia left Mexico City to join his sire in Las Vegas, NV.
- 2008: In March, Santos de Sangre was rumored to be seen among a group of Bruja attacking the Prince of Mexico City.
- 2011: Rico Callas leaves Mexico City and Ciudad Nezahualcoyote for the States for bigger and better projects.
Rumors
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- There is a strange group of creatures roaming Mexico who are somehow half vampire and half werewolf. Perhaps a werewolf bit a vampire, or it was the other way around. Either way, they possess curious abilities which are of neither group and have a strong presence in Mexico City.
- Pancho Villa may have been Embraced before his death, though no one knows for sure what clan.
- Because of all the death that has happened in and around Mexico City, from Aztec sacrifices to Spanish genocide to the many wars and conflicts, it's one of the most haunted cities on the map.
Resources
Mexico City on Wikipedia
Shadows of Mexico
Gen Con 2008 Settings
