The creation of the Callahan Grimoire, the ancestral book of spells, rituals, and magical information of the Callahan family.
Callahan Family History
The history of the Callahan family of witches
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1607 CE
Creation of the Callahan Grimoire
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1804 CE
Birth of Sheena Callahan
Life, BirthBorn in Galway, Ireland.
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1827 CE
Callahans arrive in Australia
ExpeditionSheena Callahan, pregnant with twins, emigrates from Ireland to Melbourne, Australia.
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1828 CE
Birth of Moira Callahan
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1847 CE
Founding of Westbrook Academy
FoundingThe Westbrook Academy is founded in Melbourne, Australia, by the witches Sheena Callahan, Beverly Haynsworth, Antoine Devereaux, and Victoria Weller.
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1852 CE
1853 CE
Building of Callahan Manor
FoundingConstruction finishes on the Callahan Manor at Cape Otway.
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1852 CE
Birth of Clare Callahan
Life, BirthMoira Callahan gives birth to her first daughter, Clare.
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1852 CE
Death of Sheena Callahan
Life, DeathSheena Callahan sacrifices herself to banish the siren to the Otherworld, and to close the portal it had opened.
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1852 CE
Founding of Cape Otway
FoundingSheena and Moira Callahan travel to Cape Otway to battle a powerful, deadly siren and close the portal to the Otherworld. Sheena died during the battle, and Moira stayed on to help found the town of Cape Otway.
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1855 CE
Birth of Nerida Callahan
Life, BirthMoira Callahan gives birth to her second daughter, Nerida Callahan. Nerida is the first person to be born in Callahan Manor.
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1874 CE
Clare Callahan marries Nathaniel Danvers
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1874 CE
Birth of Dana Callahan
Life, BirthDana Callahan is born in Callahan Manor
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1875 CE
Birth of Patricia Callahan
Life, BirthPatricia Callahan is born in Callahan Manor.
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1895 CE
Death of Iona Callahan
Life, DeathIona Callahan dies at Westbrook Academy.
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1895 CE
Patricia Callahan marries Daniel Connors
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1895 CE
Nerida Callahan becomes Headmistress of Westbrook Academy
Life, CareerUpon the death of her aunt Iona, Nerida takes up position of Headmistress at Westbrook Academy.
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1896 CE
Dana Callahan rendered barren
Life, Trauma/ LossDana is attacked by a werewolf in the forest surrounding Cape Otway. During the battle, she sustained a laceration to her abdomen. She survived the attack and killed the werewolf, but the laceration tore her uterus, rendering her incapable of bearing children.
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1897 CE
Birth of twins Lachlan and Connor Callahan
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1898 CE
Birth of Brandon Callahan
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1899 CE
Birth of Branna Callahan
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1900 CE
Dana Callahan becomes Headmistress of Westbrook Academy
Life, CareerUpon the death of her aunt Nerida, Dana takes on the position of Headmistress at Westbrook Academy.
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1900 CE
Death of Nerida Callahan
Life, DeathNerida Callahan dies at Westbrook Academy.
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1902 CE
Death of Moira Callahan
Life, DeathMoira Callahan dies in Cape Otway, in Callahan Manor.
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1914 CE
1918 CE
World War I
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1915 CE
Death of Connor Callahan
Life, DeathConnor died during World War I, in France.
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1915 CE
Death of Lachlan Callahan
Life, DeathLachlan died in World War I, in France.
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1915 CE
Death of Brandon Callahan
Life, DeathBrandon Callahan died during World War I, in Gallipoli, Turkey.
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1918 CE
Branna Callahan marries Nicholas Banks
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1919 CE
Birth of twins Matthew and Amelia Callahan
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1922 CE
Birth of Deidre Callahan
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1923 CE
Birth of Lionel Callahan
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1925 CE
Branna Callahan defeats witch hunter
Life, Trauma/ LossBranna Callahan survives the witch hunter attack that killed her mother and grandmother, and kills the witch hunter.
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1925 CE
Death of Patricia Callahan
Life, DeathPatricia Callahan is murdered by a witch hunter in Cape Otway.
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1925 CE
Death of Clare Callahan
Life, DeathClare Callahan is killed by a witch hunter while on the road from Melbourne to Cape Otway.
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1939 CE
1945 CE
World War II
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1939 CE
Death of Matthew Callahan
Life, DeathMatthew Callahan died during World War II in Germany, as a field medic.
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1941 CE
Deidre Callahan marries Michael Newman
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1942 CE
Birth of Alice Callahan
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1945 CE
Death of Dana Callahan
Life, DeathDana Callahan dies in Westbrook Academy.
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1945 CE
Death of Amelia Callahan
Life, DeathAmelia Callahan died during World War II in Normandy, France, working as a field nurse.
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1945 CE
Westbrook Academy closes.
DisbandmentAfter the death of Headmistress Dana Callahan, it is deemed that there is no witch powerful enough, nor willing or capable, to continue running the Academy after World War II. The Academy is closed down.
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1953 CE
Lionel Callahan marries Martha Patterson
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1960 CE
Birth of Fiona Callahan
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1960 CE
Alice Callahan marries Mitchell Coors
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1964 CE
Jackson van Dyke becomes Alpha of the Crimsonmaw Pack
Military actionJackson van Dyke challenges his foster brother Domenico Messina for the alphahood, to end Domenico's violent rule. Aided by Deidre Callahan and Alice Callahan, Jackson is victorious and becomes Alpha. Domenico, his eldest son Gino, and his eldest grandson Patrizio all died in the coup.
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1970 CE
Birth of Cassidy Callahan
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1971 CE
Death of Lionel Callahan
Life, DeathLionel Callahan died in Apollo Bay, VIC, Australia. Killed by a vampire.
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1972 CE
Death of Branna Callahan
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1983 CE
Fiona Callahan meets Jeremy Burke
Life, Relationship changeFiona saves Jeremy Burke from a vampire in Melbourne.
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1984 CE
Fiona Callahan marries Jeremy Burke
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1985 CE
Birth of Kaitlyn Callahan
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1987 CE
Cassidy Callahan meets Finn Barabouss
Life, Relationship changeCassidy Callahan meets Finn Barabouss in New Orleans, LA, United States of America. They quickly fall in love and conceive a child.
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1993 CE
Death of Mitchell Coors
Life, DeathMitchell Coors is possessed by an evil spirit. Alice Callahan is forced to exorcise and vanquish the spirit, but Mitchell dies during the vanquish.
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1995 CE
Death of Jeremy Burke
Life, DeathJeremy Burke was killed by a newly turned vampire in 1995. Fiona located the vampire colony's nest, and fed her power into 10 year old Kaitlyn so that Kaitlyn would have the strength to burn the nest to the ground and incinerate all the vampires. Fiona regretted harnessing her daughter like that and introducing her to the hunt at such a young age, but her mother agreed that it was the best of a bad situation. Since then, Fiona has had a deep racist hatred of vampires.
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1995 CE
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Birth of Diana Callahan
Life, BirthDiana Callahan is born in Callahan Manor, Cape Otway. She is the daughter of Cassidy Callahan and Finn Barabouss, which makes her the daughter of the Callahan and Barabouss witch bloodlines
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1999 CE
Death of Deidre Callahan
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2000 CE
Cassidy Callahan discovers Finn Barabouss is alive
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventCassidy Callahan has a prophetic dream that Finn Barabouss is alive and being held captive, his powers being siphoned to someone else. She began researching and discovered the secret underworld of the Fii Uitate, and made it her mission to stop them and rescue Finn. She left Diana in the care of her sister, and left for Europe. She has only rarely returned to Cape Otway since.
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2000 CE
Kaitlyn comes out of the closet
Life, MilestoneKaitlyn comes out of the closet and publicly identifies as a lesbian.
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2003 CE
Kaitlyn Callahan meets Maisie Henry
Life, Relationship changeAfter graduating high school, Kaitlyn went on a road trip to Western Australia, and met Maisie Henry on the Margaret River, where they had a brief holiday fling.
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2011 CE
Kaitlyn Callahan marries Maisie Henry
Life, Relationship changeMaisie Henry was travelling along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, and met Kaitlyn Callahan again. They rekindled their romance, and Maisie decided to stay in Cape Otway. The two were married at the Cape Otway lighthouse.
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2012 CE
Death of Alice Callahan
Life, Death