The embrace of Adam Thoroughgood who would later claim to be one of the first Cainites to be embraced in the USA. He would hold the title of Prince over the Domain of the Hampton Downs until his torpor in 1860
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History of Norfolk by Night
The knowledge of the city common to the Cainites of the city of Hampton Roads
Prince Thoroughgood
1640 1860
The Reign of Prince Adam Thoroughgood was marked by colonial advancement, squabbles with the Ventrue of Richmond and life and death conflicts with the savage lupines of the Tidewater area.
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1640
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The first recorded vampire of Hampton Downs
Life, Birth
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1676
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The Anarchs come to town
RevolutionThe colonists upset with their House of Burgesses pass a series of laws aimed at reducing the power of the Tidewater elite. This is reflected in the Kindred world by the Anarch Movement briefly forced Adam Thoroughgood to ask for help from the Prince of Richmond much to his disgust. This perhaps marked the beginning of the rivalry between the two cities ever since.
The reign of Portia Walberg
1861 1983
The Civil War forced Prince Adam Thoroughgood into torpor for reasons that the elders do not discuss and his successor was chosen from the Primogen Council. Portia Waldberg was known for continuing her predecessors squabbles with Richmond and struggles with the Sabbat in the later period of her reign. Forced into exile after the West Coast Crusade she continues to meddle.
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1982
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The West Coast Crusade
Military: WarThe Sabbat under Richter the Templar of Du Mont push southward in an attempt to widen their influence on the East Coast. In a bloody confrontation they are finally driven out of the Hampton Roads after the intervention from the Gangrel Justicar Xaviar. The handling of the Crusade is widely condemned at Court and the Prince is stripped of her title after the Sheriff was found dead.
Prince Naomi Forscythe
1984 2022
The city of Hampton Roads faces the modern nights under the guidance of Prince Naomi Forscythe and her Primogen Council.
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1985
The Domian of Suffolk
Political eventIn the aftermath of the failed Crusade the entire city of Suffolk is given to Clan Tremere after the death of its previous holder in the fighting. The previous holder of the domain was a Gangrel elder by the name of Albrecht
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2004
2004
The Red Question comes to the Hampton Roads
Political eventThe Red Question, an online Anarch presence, is unmasked in Hampton Downs leading to Prince Naomi Forscythe to declare a blood hunt on the Tremere Neonate Alison Carter. This would be the first of a series of increasingly harsh repressive measures that have made her seem dictatorial
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2006
Project FIRSTLIGHT makes itself known
Military actionThe American branch of the Second Inquisition is rumoured to have been behind the disappearance of several neonates before the threat is grasped and a stricter Masquerade is enforced in Hampton Downs.
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2013
The Conclave of Prague
Political eventAfter the incident, the Brujah declared they were departing for the Anarch Movement and left the Camarilla en masse this would shortly include all the Brujah of the Hampton Roads. While many in the Camarilla had long considered the Anarchs to be a part of their own sect, that sentiment ended on this night.
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