Twilight Era

The Twilight Era is the precursor to the modern World of Darkness. It is the setting for Wraith: The Great War.

Overview

The official Twilight Era runs from the end of World War I in 1918 to the stock market crash of 1929. This was the time period of the Fourth Great Maelstrom, caused by the large-scale mass deaths on the front lines of the war.[1] It was also the period when the Smiling Lord, his legion swelled by millions of war dead, tried to usurp the throne of Stygia in Charon's absence, triggering the Underworld's own Great War.[2]

Key events

1914: World War I begins in the Skinlands.

1916: The Battle of the Somme triggers the Fourth Great Maelstrom.

1917: The Night of Short Chains: the Smiling Lord declares himself Imperator of Stygia, while his forces make coordinated strikes on Necropoli across Europe. The Great War Begins.

1918: The Spanish Flu becomes a pandemic. World War I ends with the signing of the armistice on November 11.

1929: The Fourth Great Maelstrom finally recedes. Charon defeats the Smiling Lord, but offers him clemency; he orders references to the Great War stricken from official records.[3]

References

  1. ↑ WTO: Wraith: The Great War, p. 15
  2. ↑ WTO: Wraith: The Great War, p. 26
  3. ↑ WTO: Wraith: The Great War, p. 233
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