EP 10 THE CALAMITY

Welcome to the show. Hey, we actually made it to episode 10, yah! Honestly I thought by ep 3 they would be coming after me man. Anyway, we’ve got some tighter security means now, and, I guess it helps to have only like, 5 listeners. Speaking of which, if you’re a believer, share this shit with people you trust. If we last long enough Maybe someday we’ll have some cool opening song and I’ll monologue something about this being the only podcast that dares tells the real truth as opposed to what all the other shows say. But for now, it’s just me doing my best to educate and prepare you’all for the crazy shit going down in the city. Anyway Welcome to the Black Report... This episode is called “The Calamity”.

History

-lets start with what the history books tell us about the Calamity; -near the end of the 19th century -Devastating fires broke out in the city and lasted for several days. As a result up to 3000 people died and over 80% of the city was destroyed. -The aftermath of the fires was nearly as devastating as the fires themselves. -rebuilding funds were tied up because of the fact that virtually all the banks had been affected by the fires. They Required a lengthy wait of several weeks before their fire-proof vaults could cool sufficiently enough to be safely opened. -as a result People were hurt, hungry, and broke and soon the riots and the looting began. -Mayor Brinks was unable to deal with the growing unrest and created his own vigilante police force that had orders to “shoot to kill” any persons found engaged in looting or in the commision of any other crime. -Obviously this Police caused more problems than they actually solved and soon after that the city plunged into a crippling economic depression

Theories

The history books tend to be vague about what caused this calamity. There are literally hundreds of different theories out there about this. Here’s what I think…the first place we need to look is who benefited the most from these events. Here me out on this...
Something seems to happen over and over again throughout history, people in power once in a while feel the need to stage some catastrophic event in order to remind us lesser folk how much we need them to save us. -take a look at the banks being closed for weeks and who benefitted the most from this whole thing? What ended up happening is people were enraged that they weren’t allowed access to their money, which was desparately needed. Meanwhile Winegarden was hardly touched by the fire. And Mayor Brinks, who was in Winegardens back pocket, wasn’t able to control the outrage. Who came in and saved the day? Mr F-in Camlin that’s who! He very conveniently was able to “convince” many of his Winegarden peers to invest from their private vaults to help rebuild the city. Let’s not forget who seemed to have a meteoric political rise after the Calamity. Hell, the people of the city practically treated Camlin like a goddamn hero after that. Some sources even say the fire was actually started in a Camlin owned warehouse in order to collect the insurance money. 
Another theory is that Mayor Brinks had his vigilante police force in play before there were any fires, and they may have actually caused it when they tried to put down a labor rally in he Hilltop area.

Holy war

Speaking of Camlin, there is one other interesting theory that connects him to the Calamity. Are you ready… it’s completely possible that the fires were caused because of a Holy war between the Witches and the Catholics We all know Catholics and witches don’t get along. Conflicts are a little more civil nowadays, but back in the late 1800’s these conflicts would often turn violent. Several credible sources reported that ground zero for the fire was the Catholic Cathedral. -Some Catholics say the fire was started by witches that were sacrificing a virgin bride-to-be on her wedding day in order to summon a demon from hell. When the demon appeared it took the form of a gargantual winged creature that reigned fire down on the city from above.
-eyewitnesses say a hero arose to be our savior. Camlin used a bow and arrow blessed with holy water to shoot down the demon and save the city. He was rewarded by God with prosperity following these events
House of camlin would get their reconning. It is said that a witch, put a 100 year curse on the family. And even though they initially rose in power, we all know how far they have fallen today. When I contacted Circle the Moon about all this , they of course had nothing but cheeky comments. The Catholic Church igored all my inquirys.
So there you have it. Camlin’s political rise to keep the masses down, or a Holy War, we may never know for sure. The only thing we can really do is open our eyes, watch for signs, and fight to keep the Calamity from ever happening again. This has been The Black Report...

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