This month started with far too many calamaties to be coincidental, and ended with a freak snowstorm, and Argyle nearly being burned down. Everyone blamed the mages.
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Argyle Timeline
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1854
2 March1854
30 March
Near destruction of Argyle
Disaster / Destruction -
1854
31 March
The mages flee underground
Life, RelocationInstead of facing up to what they did (and didn't) do, the magic users of Argyle flee from the town and begin to live in the cave systems.
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1854
6 July1854
August
Radical environmental changes
Geological / environmental eventThe forests surrounding Argyle are wreaked with storms, but once they subside the flora grows rapidly and bountifully. Air conditions improve. Fire catches faster due to higher levels of oxygen. The surrounding climate becomes warmer and damper. Plants, insects and arachnids start to grow to astounding sizes within a twenty mile radius of the area.
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1854
20 September
First alleged sighting of monster
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventReports come from a local woodcutter that a bird of radical size and plumage was seen in the woods.
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1956
5 December
First confirmed sighting of a monster around Argyle
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventA man goes missing, and during the night is returned unconscious, but unharmed by a large insectoid creature holding a lamp. The locals that were awake to witness it are not believed by many others, though the footprints left behind match no other earthly creature and the man returned swears on the benevolent creature's existence.
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1958
12 June
First recorded human interaction with Lampholders
Life, PublicityThe local newspaper features a headline on the event; "Mysterious Robed Man With Lamp Returns Lost Dog Home; Knocks On Owner's Door Then Disappears Into Forest".
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2006
20 June
Kate Wallace, Jade Morrigan and Marinus Jacobi discover a tome of magic
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventThree young teens renovate a cabin and find a book of illuminary spells beneath the floorboards. Upon reading from it and accidentally making a hat glow like a candle, they take it to the nearest responsible intelligent adult so that they don't end up "starting the plot to some b-list horror film like goddamn idiots by keeping this clearly dangerous thing secret from the people who could probably help".
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2007
9 May 19:00
First meeting of the Argyle Cryptzoological Association
FoundingThe owner of the Moth and Candle posts a note up on the door. All are welcome to attend, and the people who do form the first members of this scientific association dedicated to the analysis and understanding of monsters.
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2007
9 May 19:00
First issue of STARLLIGHT distributed
Life, Organisation AssociationAt the meeting, R.F. Banks distributes STARLLIGHT, a scientific report on her research and findings on the paranormal, unnatural and monstrous. It is from then on distributed tri-monthly with additional information and artwork from others in the organization, and, occasionally, THAMA members.
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2007
20 May 17:00
First meeting of The Argyle Magician's Association
FoundingUpon realising that people knew about the monsters, the mages of Argyle realise that the locals can probably deal with magic, too, and a page is put in the STARLLIGHT on their behalf detailing the place and time of their first meeting. The organisation grows quickly from that point onwards.
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