Timeline
[!info] How this file works This is the canonical record of collapsed reality — what actually happened in-game, in chronological order, grouped by chapter. Per the session-lifecycle skill convention: append-only. Past entries are not reorganised or edited once the session is wrapped up. Corrections go in a Canon Corrections section at the bottom with a date stamp.
Dates are in-game. Out-of-table session dates (e.g. “played on 2026-02-05”) are not recorded here — those live in session frontmatter.
The timeline is a reference card, not a recap. Each entry is terse. Wiki-links point to the full entity and session files that hold the narrative weight.
Chapter 0.1 — The Beginning (Spring–Autumn 1813)
The earliest campaign play: Marina Garrick’s solo adventures and the formation of the core party. Played at the table, reconstructed from ChatGPT transcripts and source documents.
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 1813 | Loom & Lucidity. Marina_Garrick (with Georgiana_Dillwyn) investigates supernatural events in Brighton. Marina’s first encounter with the supernatural. Hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Hampton on Marine Parade | Brighton, Sussex | Chapter 0.1, Host & Hostility (Chaosium) |
| Late Spring 1813 | Curate & Curability. Marina investigates desecrated graves and a ghoul in Osney_Grange. Eleanor Mortimer dies. Reverend Mortimer and Dr. Beamish consumed by the ghoul. Marina sustains a gunshot wound to the shoulder and flees in the curate’s stolen coach, suffering temporary madness | Osney_Grange, England | Chapter 0.1, Host & Hostility (Chaosium) |
| Summer 1813 | Marina’s Recruitment. Marina arrives wounded at The Fox & Hound in Portsmouth. Cared for by Mrs_Margaret_Fairchild and Dr_Ambrose_Hargreaves. Lady_Honoria_Lyndhurst arrives and recruits Marina for the Order_of_St_Aelfric | Portsmouth, England | Chapter 0.1, Portsmouth & The Order |
| Summer 1813 | Induction. Honoria escorts Marina to London. Lord_Percival_Harcourt meets Marina in the secret chamber beneath Ravenwood_House. Marina accepts the Order’s offer and takes up residence at Hartwell_House with Miss_Eleanor_Finch as her maid | London (Mayfair) | Chapter 0.1, Portsmouth & The Order |
| Autumn 1813 | The Long Corridor. Marina is dispatched by Harcourt to Tarryford to investigate irregularities at the Northlake Ball. The campaign expands from solo play to a full table. Emma_Wentworth, Georgiana_Wentworth, James_Bennet, and Jane_Radcliffe join the investigation. James Bennet consumed in the Long Corridor — first PC death | Tarryford, Wiltshire (Northlake Hall) | Chapter 0.1, The Long Corridor (Regency Cthulhu, Chaosium) |
| Winter 1813 | Training Montage at Hartwell_House. Lady_Honoria_Lyndhurst recruits the surviving investigators and brings them to London. Six Order instructors train the party: Mr_Tobias_Whitmore, Miss_Beatrice_Harrow, Mr_Alfred_Smythe, Miss_Dorothea_Bexley, Mr_Benedict_Fairfax, Lady_Wilhelmina_Danvers. Each offers 2 skills (Wilhelmina offers 3). Investigators choose 1d12 in one or 1d6 in both. Mr. Horatio Fairborn provides the Wentworth sisters with a London household at Gough Square | London (Hartwell_House) | Chapter 0.1, training montage transcript |
Prologue — Backstory (1813 – Early 1814)
Setting events and character backstory from Chapter_0_-_Before_The_Canticle. None of this was played at the table in full; these are canon anchors referenced by later chapters.
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late August 1813 | Harriet Palmer meets Thomas Huntley at the Bath Assembly Rooms near the end of the Season | Bath | Chapter 0, Viscount notes |
| September–October 1813 | Harriet and Thomas’s romance: dances, carriage rides, walks along the Avon | Bath | Chapter 0 |
| November 1813 | Thomas proposes to Harriet. She accepts. Thomas begins researching his family curse | Bath | Chapter 0 |
| December 1813 | Harriet travels to London for a wedding dress. Emma_Wentworth and Georgiana_Wentworth accompany her to Madame Beauregard’s modiste on Bond Street | London | Chapter 0 |
| January 1814 | Thomas visits the Garrick estate in Surrey and asks Harriet to invite Marina as a bridesmaid | Surrey | Chapter 0 |
| February 1814 | Augustus_Bolt is invited to Perry Mead. Augustus and Thomas renew their friendship | — | Chapter 0 |
| March 1814 | Wedding preparations begin in earnest | Bath | Chapter 0 |
Chapter 0 — Before the Canticle
Setting: May 1814 (wedding disaster). Characters are not yet a party.
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 May 1814 | The Huntley Wedding. Harriet Palmer becomes Viscountess Huntley in a lavish ceremony at Bath_Abbey | Bath | Chapter 0 |
| Wed 4 May 1814, 03:00 | Thomas Huntley dies in the honeymoon suite. Only a shrivelled heart remains in a pool of green ichor | Bath | Chapter 0 |
| Wed 4 May 1814, 06:00 | Thomas’s valet collects the body and the heart, intending to entomb it in the family crypt | Bath | Chapter 0 |
| Wed 4 May 1814, 08:00 | Harriet writes urgent letters to her bridesmaids and closest allies, begging for help | Bath | Chapter 0 |
| Wed 4 May 1814, 09:00 | Francis Fable intercepts the valet, murders him, steals the heart, and hides it at the church | Bath | Chapter 0 |
| 5–6 May 1814 | Francis begins his own ritual. Locates the Siren’s bones and prepares to control the entity | Bath | Chapter 0 |
| New Moon, 7 May 1814 | Francis intends to complete the rite to bind the Siren beneath Bath. Investigation by original party (Marina, Emma, Georgiana, Charlotte, Augustus) disrupts the attempt | Bath | Chapter 0 |
[!info] Scenarios prepped but not run The Death Mask of Aldwych scenario file exists in the Chapter 0 folder but was not run at the table. It is not canonical and should not be treated as part of the party’s history. File retained as prep material only.
Chapter 0.5 — The Scandal Beneath the Stage
Setting: December 1813, London. First operation of the coalescing party under Lord Harcourt and the Order_of_St_Aelfric. (Chapter numbering reflects play order, not chronology — this predates the Huntley wedding.)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 1813 | The party is summoned to Ravenwood_House for briefing by Lord_Percival_Harcourt on phenomena reported at Drury Lane by Mrs. Prudence Greaves | London | Chapter 0.5, The School For Scandal — Part 1 |
| Tuesday evening, 14 December 1813 | Incident at Drury Lane. During a performance of The School for Scandal, the Understudy (Giles Mercer) emerges from a mirror onstage and delivers forbidden syllables. Reality fractures. The theatre dissolves into recursive echoes | Drury_Lane_Theatre | Chapter 0.5 |
| December 1813 | Resolution of the Drury Lane incursion. The party is formally recognised by the Order and recruited | London | Chapter 0.5 |
Chapter 1 — London: The Orphean Society
Setting: Early June 1814. The investigators’ first full operation against an Aeternum_Choir cell.
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early June 1814 | Investigators trace the Orphean_Society through London’s musical salons. Infiltration and intelligence-gathering over ~2 weeks | London (Mayfair, Bloomsbury, Limehouse) | Chapter 1, Canticle Of The End - Ch. 1 - London |
| June 1814 | Discovery of the cult’s hierarchy: Dr. Algernon Hume (High Conductor) and Lady Aurelia Danforth (Deputy Conductor). Monthly sacrificial rehearsals in progress | London | Chapter 1 |
| New Moon, 12 June 1814, 22:00 | Cult procession arrives at Stonehenge: Dr. Hume, Lady Aurelia, 6 core cultists, 2 bound Order captives (Imogen Bellamy and Nathaniel Rooke), 3 “failed” students. Wagon of ritual paraphernalia. Tuning crucifixes erected along the solstice axis | Stonehenge | The Final Ritual |
| 12 June 1814, 22:30–23:45 | Pre-ritual preparations. Candles, pitch bowls, circle of salt and silver dust. Hume tunes harmonic forks to lunar rise. The stone circle pulses with a sub-audible bass note | Stonehenge | The Final Ritual |
| 12 June 1814, 00:00 (13 June) | The Stonehenge Ritual — Segment I of the Grand Canticle. Partial manifestation of Yog_Sothoth. Luminous orbs press through the air. Disrupted by the investigators. Original party survives the ritual intact | Stonehenge | The Final Ritual |
| Post-ritual June 1814 | The party is formally inducted into the Order_of_St_Aelfric under Lord_Percival_Harcourt. Intelligence recovered from the cult points to Lyon as the next active cell | London | Chapter 1, Campaign Overview |
Chapter 2 — Lyon: The Société Harmonique de l’Aube
Setting: Mid-June to mid-July 1814. The cult escalation chapter. PC losses expected and sustained.
Travel from London to Lyon (15–29 June)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15–17 June 1814 | Investigators prepare for travel. Travel documents secured via the Order. Ravenwood_House coordinates with Abbé Duplessis in Lyon | London | Overall Timeline |
| 18 June 1814 | London → Dover by post chaise (~70 miles). Overnight in Dover | Dover | Overall Timeline |
| 19 June 1814 | Dover → Calais by packet boat (3–5 hours). Customs and entry inspection. Overnight in Calais or Boulogne-sur-Mer | Calais | Overall Timeline |
| 20–23 June 1814 | Calais → Paris via Amiens/Beauvais. Arrive Paris evening of 23 June | Paris | Overall Timeline |
| 24 June 1814 | Arrival in Paris. Order-arranged rooms on the Left Bank, near the Luxembourg Gardens. Sealed note from Order Paris contact (“M.”) awaits | Paris | Overall Timeline |
| Evening, 25 June 1814 | Ball at the Hôtel de Brissac — hosted by the Duchesse_de_Brissac. First rumours of the Lyon cell; a Prussian diplomat mentions “a haunting musical society forming in the Rhône valley”; Danforth referenced as “the Siren of England” | Paris | Overall Timeline |
| 26–29 June 1814 | Paris → Lyon via royal post route (~280 miles). Cross the Loire and Rhône valleys. Arrive Lyon evening of 29 June | Lyon | Overall Timeline |
Lyon — confirmed play events (late June – mid-July 1814)
[!info] Reconstruction Note This section was reconstructed in April 2026 via vault-ingest from Keeper interview. The original Timeline entries (from the “Overall Timeline” prep document) mixed confirmed play with scenario prep that never occurred. Exact in-game dates for most Lyon events are not recorded — only the sequence is confirmed. Events that did NOT happen: the audition trap, cult framing, coded warning note, the Fourvière ritual.
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late June 1814 (road to Paris) | Bandit Inn. Dispossessed Grande Armée veterans ambushing travellers at a roadside inn. Party fought their way out. Recovered a family seal ring bearing the de Puyrault crest | Road to Paris | Keeper interview (April 2026) |
| Late June 1814 | Ciimba ambush (road to Puyrault estate). Ciimba — zombie children — attacked the party on the road to Le_Coteau_des_Ombres. Augustus_Bolt bitten and fell sick. Creatures killed and burned in bonfire | Road to Le_Coteau_des_Ombres, Lyon | Keeper interview |
| Late June 1814 | Duplessis briefs the investigators at the Collégiale Saint-Just on Mathilde_Savarin and the Société Harmonique | Lyon | Keeper interview, Overall Timeline |
| Late June – early July 1814 | Goupil’s Masquerade at Maison_du_Corbeau. Party obtained invitations (dropped, pickpocketed, given), attended in masks. Witnessed Formless Spawn ritual and child sacrifice in the hidden chamber. Did not intervene. Left traumatized | Maison_du_Corbeau, Lyon | Keeper interview |
| Early July 1814 | Ball at the Château de Camberonne — hosted by the Marquise_Eloise_de_Camberonne. Met Moreau (introduced by Duplessis) and Delaroche. Witnessed the Duplessis vs Ferrant confrontation | Lyon | Keeper interview |
| July 1814 | Tunnel Trip 1. Party mapped the passages beneath Lyon. Killed a silkweaver zombie creature. Found “Perform” — the Roman temple excavation beneath Fourvière Hill. Marina encountered the Silent Nun | Lyon tunnels | Keeper interview |
| July 1814 | Tunnel Trip 2. Found “Practice” — a corridor ending in a locked door. The ladies posed as courtesans being brought for Fouchard’s pleasure, conning past the guards. First sight of the surgically altered children’s choir rehearsing. Left before being caught | Lyon tunnels | Keeper interview |
| July 1814 | Orphans_Hospital_Raid. Objective: rescue Delaroche’s children. Augustus_Bolt and Jacob in front; ladies, Moreau, veterans, Thomas, and Adrien from the rear. Augustus_Bolt killed (mortal wounds, botched First Aid by Jacob). Jacob killed (shot by Marina in insanity). Dr. Carreau killed. 100+ children freed. Jay → Moreau. Phil → Delaroche | Orphans’ Hospital, Lyon | Keeper interview |
| July 1814 | Silkweavers_Guild_Assault. Two-pronged assault. Delaroche and police in the front; party and Moreau’s veterans through the tunnels. Delaroche killed at the barricade. Charlotte found Vienna intelligence at “Plan”. Marina_Garrick killed — self-detonated with oil and gunpowder to destroy the Chakota. Savarin killed by veterans’ volley. Fouchard killed. Choir rescued. Fourvière ritual prevented | Silkweavers’ Guild, Lyon | Keeper interview |
| Mid-July 1814 | Rest at Puyrault estate. Puyrault proposed to Georgiana — rejected. Varrio_Harrowmont arrived from Venice. Thomas stayed with the party. Departed for Vienna | Le_Coteau_des_Ombres, Lyon | Keeper interview |
Travel to Vienna (mid-July 1814)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-July 1814 | Beast of the Black Forest Inn. Cannibal family at an isolated inn during a storm, butchering guests into sweet-smelling candles, soap, and “pork.” Party discovered the truth and fought their way out | Black Forest, road to Vienna | Keeper interview, lyon-to-vienna-sidequests.txt |
| Mid-July 1814 | Swiss Chalet. Period of rest at a chalet overlooking a lake | Switzerland | Keeper interview |
| Mid-July 1814 | The Alchemist’s Final Experiment. Overturned carriage of dying alchemist Ernst Kellerman. His homunculus — invisible, larval stage — escaped and headed for water. Party tracked the creature through forest to an abandoned mill with a pond, barely stopped it before it reached the water and multiplied | Austria, road to Vienna | Keeper interview, lyon-to-vienna-sidequests.txt |
[!info] PC transitions in Chapter 2 Jacob dies during the Orphans_Hospital_Raid. Phil takes over Commissaire_Jules_Delaroche. Delaroche dies during the Silkweavers_Guild_Assault. Augustus_Bolt dies at the hospital; Jay takes over Colonel_Henri_Moreau. Marina_Garrick dies at the Guild assault; Anna takes Adrien_de_Montferrand for Chapter 3. Phil creates Varrio_Harrowmont for Chapter 3. Four PC deaths in one chapter — the deadliest chapter of the campaign.
Chapter 2.5 — Venice: The Confraternita del Bel Canto (Off-Camera)
Setting: Late July – Early August 1814. Resolved narratively, not played at the table.
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late July – Early August 1814 | Varrio_Harrowmont (Phil’s new PC) infiltrates the Confraternita_del_Bel_Canto in Venice and disrupts their cell from within before joining the main party in Vienna. Segment III disrupted. Three cells now fallen in two months | Venice | Campaign Overview |
Chapter 3 — Vienna: The Brotherhood of the Open Measure
Setting: August 3–15, 1814. Campaign structural pivot.
Recovery and travel (15 July – 3 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15–21 July 1814 | Recovery period at a Swiss Alpine inn. Party convalesces after Lyon | Swiss Alps | Vienna Chapter Summary |
| 22 July – 3 August 1814 | Travel from Lyon to Vienna (~12 days via coach through Switzerland/Austria) | — | Vienna Chapter Summary |
Session 1 — Arrival in Vienna (3–4 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late afternoon, 3 August 1814 | Investigators arrive in Vienna. Check in at Palais_Kinsky, where they will share lodging with the Hartley family (English residents) | Vienna | Session 1 |
| Evening, 3 August 1814 | Palais Kinsky bar. First meeting with the Hartleys — Josiah, Agnes, Caroline, Lydia. Mrs Hartley is already trying to arrange introductions to Professor Herzfeld for the daughters | Palais Kinsky | Session 1 |
| Mid-morning, 4 August 1814 | Session 1 continued. Varrio_Harrowmont joins the party in Vienna, having completed the Venice operation | Vienna | Session 1 |
Session 2 — Don Giovanni and the Brenner Killing (4–5 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon/Evening, 4 August 1814 | Burgtheater — Don Giovanni. The party is hosted in the Hartley family box. Caroline “sat mortified” while her father fawned over Adrien; Lydia made advances | Burgtheater | Session 2, Caroline Hartley file |
| Late night, 4 August 1814 | Varrio_Harrowmont kills Wilhelm_Brenner — broke his neck — in a Leopoldstadt boarding house, after Brenner revealed the Harmonic_Engine. The killing is Varrio’s secret; no other PC witnesses it | Leopoldstadt, Vienna | Player Characters file, Varrio profile |
| 5 August 1814 | Brenner’s body is discovered. The Widow_Katz sends a street urchin with a note to Varrio: “Sie haben ihn gefunden” (They found him) | Leopoldstadt / Vienna | Session 2, Session 4 analysis |
| 5 August 1814 | First cultist salon — investigators begin mapping the Brotherhood’s society connections | Vienna | Session 2 |
Session 3 — Investigation deepens (5–6 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5–6 August 1814 | Session 3 investigation window. Varrio’s nightmare POW roll (opening scene). Parallel investigation scenes. Salon climax | Vienna | Session 3 |
Session 4 — The Harcourt Reunion (6 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morning, 6 August 1814 (Wednesday) | Breakfast debrief and planning at Palais Kinsky | Palais Kinsky | Session 4 |
| Day, 6 August 1814 | Reichenbach / University scouting / investigation (player-driven) | Vienna | Session 4 |
| Evening, 6 August 1814 | The Imperial Reception at the Hofburg Redoutensaal. Music by Mozart (German Dances K.600-605) and Hummel. Beethoven’s Seventh recent in the air. Lord_Percival_Harcourt reunites with the party — the campaign’s structural pivot. Harcourt learns the full scope of the Aeternum_Choir’s global network and begins dispatching Order agents to remaining cells | Hofburg Palace | Session 4, Campaign Overview |
| Late night, 6 August 1814 | Return from the Reception. Polizeidirektion searches the party’s rooms at Palais_Kinsky. Marina’s investigation notebook is confiscated | Palais Kinsky | Player Characters file (Marina retrospective) |
Session 5 — Trautmannsdorff, Moreau’s Death (7 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morning, 7 August 1814 | Charlotte_Thorne persuades Trautmannsdorff’s butler. Trautmannsdorff yanks the party into his study and confesses everything: the Harmonic_Engine, the Vogel betrayal, Anna’s danger. Trautmannsdorff moved into Order custody (cooperating). Two cell operators down | Vienna (Trautmannsdorff residence) | Session 5 |
| Day, 7 August 1814 | Open investigation day — party uses the Trautmannsdorff intelligence to case the University approaches and Brotherhood addresses | Vienna | Session 5 |
| Evening/Night, 7 August 1814 | Colonel Henri Moreau assassinated on the Graben by the Bauer brothers. Three stab wounds. Staged as a robbery. First PC death of the Vienna chapter | The Graben, Vienna | Session 5, Player Characters |
| Evening, 7 August 1814 | Varrio_Harrowmont arrested by Polizeidirektion under pressure from Vogel | Vienna | Session 5/6 |
| One of the two Bauer brothers cornered by police during the Graben fight. Held at police HQ. Vogel prepares false release papers overnight | Polizeidirektion | Session 6 plan |
Session 6 — The Nightgaunt Attack (7–8 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evening, 7 August 1814 | Order debrief / grief scene at Palais Kinsky. Moreau laid out | Palais Kinsky | Session 6 |
| Midnight–dawn, 7–8 August 1814 | The Nightgaunt attacks Palais_Kinsky. The Engine’s resonant frequency at 87% has thinned the dimensional membrane. The Nightgaunt hunts within Vienna, drawn to the harmonic beacon. Charlotte_Thorne takes a three-clawed slash across the shoulder — wounds severe enough to retire her from field operations. Emma_Wentworth bites the Nightgaunt’s neck. Adrien_de_Montferrand delivers the killing blow. Charlotte retired to convalescence — now a Keeper NPC | Palais Kinsky | Session 6 |
| Early morning, 8 August 1814 | Leopold_Fischbein’s legal intervention extracts Varrio_Harrowmont from Polizeidirektion custody | Vienna | Session 6 |
| Mid-morning, 8 August 1814 | Bauer brother who was arrested is released by Vogel on false charge dismissal | Polizeidirektion | Session 6 |
Session 7 — Whispers, Widows, Wounded Warriors (8 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morning, 8 August 1814 | Katherine_Ward arrives at Palais Kinsky from Kraków — dispatched by Lord_Percival_Harcourt as a reassignment. Establishes her cover as “Mrs. Catherine Ward,” chaperone. Charlotte_Thorne writes retirement letters to Harcourt and Honoria | Palais Kinsky | [Session_07_Wrap_Up](…/chapters/Chapter 3 - Vienna/Session 7/session-07-wrap-up.html) |
| Morning, 8 August 1814 | Adrien_de_Montferrand and Freddy_Cavendish brief Leopold_Fischbein at the Goldener_Hirsch on the full scope of the Brotherhood. Fischbein chooses to stay | Goldener Hirsch | Session 7 Wrap-Up |
| Morning, 8 August 1814 | Coordinated relocation. Party shakes Brotherhood surveillance and moves luggage to Gasthof_Weisser_Ochsen on Wipplingerstraße under assumed names. Charlotte remains at Palais Kinsky under Pemberton’s watch | Vienna | Session 7 Wrap-Up |
| Afternoon, 8 August 1814 | The von Thun salon. Emma, Georgiana, Adrien, and Katherine attend at Countess von Thun’s townhouse on the Minoritenplatz. Anna_Lindqvist sings. Windows vibrate. A wine glass cracks. The resonance matches the Engine’s frequency, inverted and complementary — Anna is the Engine’s missing voice. Georgiana_Wentworth observes Anna’s bruising, dilated pupils, trembling hands. Adler intervenes and removes her | Palais Thun Hohenstein | Session 7 Wrap-Up |
Session 8 — The Grand Masquerade (8–9 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evening, 8 August 1814 | The Grand Masquerade at Palais_Lobkowitz begins. Caroline_Hartley wears a silk-rose flower mask; Adrien_de_Montferrand openly chooses her as his first dance partner — Lydia_Hartley is publicly slighted. Maria_von_Thun has her ladies cross out names on her card to make room for Varrio | Palais Lobkowitz, Minoritenplatz | [Session_08_Wrap_Up](…/chapters/Chapter 3 - Vienna/Session 8/session-08-wrap-up.html) |
| Evening, 8 August 1814 | Lady_Honoria_Lyndhurst confirms to the party: Herzfeld isolated at the University basement; Brotherhood funded from Munich by Der_Kantor; ritual confirmed August 15; reinforcements in transit. Warning: “Desperate action will fail.” | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| Evening, 8 August 1814 | Major Thurner delivers the operational packet to Georgiana_Wentworth via a waltz. Herzfeld alone tonight; reconnaissance now, operations later; seven-day window. Cafe_Frauenhuber and Thaliastraße 12 Safehouse named as one-shot Order assets | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| Evening, 8 August 1814 | Leopold_Fischbein meets Freddy_Cavendish near the refreshments. Delivers the Bauer brothers’ location: Black Bear Tavern, Taborstraße, second floor. Vogel personally signed the release order | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| Evening, 8 August 1814 | Sternberg arrives drunk, demands a dance from Emma, insults Thomas. Varrio_Harrowmont punches Sternberg in the face. Sternberg’s lip splits. He formally challenges Varrio. Thomas_Wyndham accepts the challenge on Varrio’s behalf. Per duel protocol (Sternberg was struck, not insulted), the engagement is dawn, 9 August. Sabres. Outside the Linienwall gates | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up, Sternberg_Duel_Subplot |
| Evening, 8 August 1814 | Liesel_Hartmann approaches Varrio_Harrowmont asking after “Brenner.” Neither knows the symmetry: the man she is looking for is the man she is asking. First crack in her faith in Herzfeld’s narrative | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| Evening, 8 August 1814 | Nell_Coker approaches Katherine_Ward with a blackmail attempt based on their shared London underworld history. The blackmail fails. Katherine recruits Nell on the spot as a party asset for the duration of the Vienna chapter | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| Evening, 8 August 1814 | Nikolai_Volkonsky waltzes with Georgiana_Wentworth. Reveals Dmitri Volkov’s disappearance. Receives the truth about Adler from Georgiana and commits immediately | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:00, 8 August 1814 | Anna_Lindqvist performs at the masquerade. The resonance is stronger than the salon — chandelier vibration, multiple wine glasses shatter, three seconds of universal apnoea throughout the ballroom | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:15, 8 August 1814 | Two-stage extraction. Emma, Georgiana, Katherine, Thomas, Nell extract Anna from Adler’s control. The substitution under Katherine’s cape works | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:20, 8 August 1814 | Confrontation with Adler exposed publicly. Kaunitz personally warns Varrio of “accidents that befall meddling visitors,” then drifts toward the terrace | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:25, 8 August 1814 | Adler strikes the command tuning fork (A=432 Hz). The first Wächter drops through the stained-glass window above the dance floor. The second Wächter enters the withdrawing room and tears a civilian guest in half. A third Wächter is prepped on the roof of Adler’s coach outside | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:25, 8 August 1814 | Mikhail killed by the first Wächter — tongue lash to the throat, then jaw closure on his head. Headless on the dance floor. Vladimir collapses into nausea. Sasha pursues Adler down the refreshment tables | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:30, 8 August 1814 | Adrien_de_Montferrand fires his pistol in the chaos and hits an innocent civilian woman in green in the neck | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:30, 8 August 1814 | Otto_von_Kaunitz walks calmly toward the terrace doors during the Wächter attack — a functional confession of insider knowledge. He exits unscathed | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up |
| End of Round 2 (~23:35, 8 August 1814) | Session 8 ends mid-combat. Corridor cluster (Emma, Anna, Thomas, Nell, Wyndham) at the servants’ corridor entrance; Wächter 2 in the withdrawing room blocking the route. Varrio with improvised cudgels on the dance floor; Adrien with spent pistol; Katherine and Georgiana fighting toward the corridor; Adler fleeing with the command fork; Wächter 3 still dormant on the carriage roof | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 8 Wrap-Up, Session_9_Plan |
Session 9 — The Masquerade Resolves (8–9 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~23:35, 8 August 1814 | Round 3 begins. Varrio snatches a wall-torch. Fire drives both ballroom Wächter into panicked retreat; Varrio pursues and burns the first against a pillar; the creature thrashes, then stills. Wächter 1 dead | Palais Lobkowitz | [Session_09_Wrap_Up](…/chapters/Chapter 3 - Vienna/Session 9/session-09-wrap-up.html) |
| ~23:38, 8 August 1814 | Wächter 2 emerges from the withdrawing room. Varrio throws a second torch across its face; it falls burning across the parquet. Wächter 2 dead. The corridor cluster releases its held position | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:40, 8 August 1814 | Emma takes a knife wound under the arm (Major Wound) in the scramble — assailant unidentified, probably a Brotherhood plant not yet named. Georgiana breaks off the pursuit of Adler to field-dress the wound, then resumes | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:42, 8 August 1814 | Katherine identifies Vogel beneath a domino mask near a side door. He leaves without engaging. Katherine does not confront. Intelligence filed | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:44, 8 August 1814 | Kaunitz slips from the terrace into the gardens during the confusion. Unscathed, unseen except by Keeper | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:45, 8 August 1814 | Georgiana catches Adler at the refreshment tables. Knife strike to the back of the knee — clean hamstring. Adler goes down. Sasha reaches him at the same instant. Nikolai arrives seconds later and honours the bond — Russians yield Adler and the command fork to Georgiana without protest | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:50, 8 August 1814 | Katherine recovers the command fork at the capture point; moments later in the withdrawing room Georgiana asks for it and Katherine hands it across. The fork is in Georgiana’s possession from this point forward. At the moment the two Wächter died, Georgiana had felt a flicker of psychic contact through the fork — first confirmation the fork is a two-way conduit | Palais Lobkowitz | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:55, 8 August 1814 | Adler’s Brotherhood carriage leaves the palace courtyard before the party can intercept. The third Wächter and one dormant Vektor go with it. Coachman escapes | Palais Lobkowitz stable court | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
| ~23:58, 8 August 1814 | Nell detaches from the corridor cluster at first opportunity and disappears into Leopoldstadt on her own. Independent exit. Whereabouts unknown as of dawn | Palais Lobkowitz → Leopoldstadt | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
| ~00:10, 9 August 1814 | Carriage exfiltration. Nikolai at the reins of his own carriage; party, bound Adler, sedated Anna, wounded Vladimir, intact Sasha aboard. Route via side streets toward Josefstadt | Vienna streets | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
| ~00:40, 9 August 1814 | Arrival at Thaliastraße 12. Varrio takes the top-floor garret as an observation post — single dormer window, rooftop hatch connecting to adjacent buildings for exfiltration. Asset activated | Thaliastraße 12, Josefstadt | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
| ~01:00, 9 August 1814 | Anna sedated (laudanum + brandy), placed in a first-floor bedroom. Vladimir’s knife wound field-dressed. Emma’s Major Wound re-dressed | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
| ~02:00–04:00, 9 August 1814 | Adler interrogation in the cellar. Katherine and Georgiana break Adler without needing the Greta leverage. Intelligence delivered: Polizeidirektion strong-room ledger under Vogel’s custody; secret passage behind bookcase in Herzfeld’s University office leading to the sealed anatomical theatre; Caroline Hartley as Herzfeld’s reserve soprano target; fork is A=432 Hz, rhythmic command language, two-way psychic conduit; Vektors are failed Wächter integrations | Thaliastraße 12 cellar | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
| Dawn, 9 August 1814 | Palais Lobkowitz at first light: stained-glass window open to the sky, chandelier crystal on the floor, two burned Wächter corpses smouldering under sheets, Mikhail’s headless body covered but not yet removed, major-domo giving statements. Geheimpolizei in attendance. Kaunitz briefs Herzfeld at the University. Brotherhood response begins | Palais Lobkowitz / Vienna | Session 9 Wrap-Up |
Session 10 — The Fork in the Road (9 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn, 9 August 1814 | Engine nightmares at Thaliastraße 12. All PCs dream personalised horrors drawn from accumulated trauma. Emma: Thomas shot, Adler lifts his heart into a resonance bowl, Nightgaunt folds around her. Katherine: child in geometric London, Hound at St. Margaret’s. Adrien: shoots Caroline in the throat, she is consumed by the Engine. Varrio: Brenner’s broken neck, pillow over Moreau’s face. Bolts from the safehouse screaming. Georgiana: Drury Lane Theatre collapses, her hands are bronze and scaled. Wakes with the fork warm in her hand — first morning it came to her unbidden | Thaliastraße 12 | [Session_10_Wrap_Up](…/chapters/Chapter 3 - Vienna/Session 10/session-10-wrap-up.html) |
| Morning, 9 August 1814 | Dr Heinrich Voss arrives. Stitches Emma’s knife wound. Examines Anna’s bruised throat and vocal cords. Katherine tries to calm Anna (slap fails), Emma intervenes. Anna sedated with laudanum | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 10 Wrap-Up |
| Morning, 9 August 1814 | Freddy takes Nikolai and Sasha to Palais_Kinsky to warn the Hartley family. Mrs Hartley dismisses the warning. Caroline already sent to a University audition that morning — already gone. Pemberton gives Freddy urgent correspondence including a summons from Metternich | Palais Kinsky | Session 10 Wrap-Up |
| Late morning, 9 August 1814 | Ballhausplatz meeting with Metternich. Harcourt presents Adler as a gift. Anna testifies. Kaunitz named — three seconds of silence. Fischbein presents the Bauer release order with Vogel’s signature. Metternich issues: writ of authority, patrol diversion, Josephinum medical cover. Takes custody of Adler. Arranges Anna’s removal from Vienna. Vogel to be arrested at 6pm | Ballhausplatz | Session 10 Wrap-Up |
| Afternoon, 9 August 1814 | Varrio visits Sternberg at the Hotel_zum_Romischen_Kaiser. Charms Sternberg over Tokaji into rescheduling the duel: dawn 10 August, Linienwallgasse, pistols. Sternberg’s ultimatum: if Thomas does not appear, published as a coward. Varrio sends note to Countess von Thun rescheduling her evening to the 10th | Hotel zum Römischen Kaiser | Session 10 Wrap-Up |
| Afternoon, 9 August 1814 | Polizeidirektion heist. Georgiana, Katherine, and Fischbein recover the Liber_Ivonis, De_Vermis_Mysteriis, and Marina’s notebook from the strong room. Fischbein argues. Georgiana produces the writ. Leutnant_Gruber assists. Swift exit before Vogel learns what happened | Polizeidirektion | Session 10 Wrap-Up |
| 6pm, 9 August 1814 | Vogel arrested by Gentz at the Ballhausplatz (off-screen). Relieved of credentials and sidearm. Geheimpolizei threat neutralised | Ballhausplatz | Session 10 Wrap-Up |
Session 11 — The Duelling Ground and the Black Bear (9–10 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon, 9 August 1814 | Freddy and Adrien visit the Hartley family at Palais_Kinsky. Caroline not returned from the University. Mr Hartley offers money, carriages, anything. Warns against seeking help from Kaunitz or Trautmannsdorff | Palais_Kinsky | [Session_11_Wrap_Up](…/chapters/Chapter 3 - Vienna/Session 11/session-11-wrap-up.html) |
| Afternoon, 9 August 1814 | Adrien visits Charlotte at Palais_Kinsky. London intelligence: cult keeps captives alive while useful. Charlotte gives Adrien her personal armory (pistols, throwing knives, skeleton keys, rifle). Pemberton told to stay put and watch Charlotte | Palais_Kinsky | Session 11 Wrap-Up |
| Evening, 9 August 1814 | Nikolai and Sasha arrive at Thaliastraße 12 demanding Adler information. Upset that Adler went to Metternich. Georgiana offers to meet Andrei Volkonsky the following morning | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 11 Wrap-Up |
| Night, 9–10 August 1814 | Watch rotation at safehouse. All PCs dream (Emma: Thomas shot; Adrien: Caroline dissected; Varrio: broken-necked man; Georgiana: kaleidoscopic creature vision). Georgiana wakes holding the tuning fork — hidden under floorboards before sleep, found in her hand at dawn | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 11 Wrap-Up |
| Dawn, 10 August 1814 | The Sternberg Duel at Linienwallgasse. Pistol exchange: Thomas missed, Sternberg’s pistol misfired (wet pan). Varrio persuaded both seconds to switch to sabers. Thomas struck first — saber wound to armpit and chest, collapsed lung. Sternberg hospitalized. Thomas kissed Emma on the duelling ground. Duel subplot resolved | Linienwallgasse | Session 11 Wrap-Up |
| Morning, 10 August 1814 | Nell arrives at Thaliastraße 12 with university intelligence. Criminal underworld gone silent, guards doubled with professional killers, deliveries stopped. Bruise on jaw from encounter with Brotherhood enforcer carrying marked metal rod. Plans to scout university with Katherine that evening | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 11 Wrap-Up |
| Day, 10 August 1814 | Georgiana meets Major Andrei Volkonsky at Palais_Razumovsky. Presented Metternich’s writ and Harcourt’s brooch. Russian military commitment: 5 soldiers (including Volkonsky) for the University assault, conditional on layout intelligence. Strategy session to be arranged via Nikolai on 11 August | Palais Razumovsky | Session 11 Wrap-Up |
| Afternoon/evening, 10 August 1814 | Varrio at von Thun salon, Palais Thune-Hockenstein. Morosi introduces Sardinian mercenary option (Ferrante’s company, 100 golden or political intelligence). Breakfast meeting arranged for 11 August. Baronin_von_Kessel gossips: Kaunitz not seen for two days. Von Thun’s seduction attempt rejected; Varrio kicked out of her apartments | Palais Thune-Hockenstein | Session 11 Wrap-Up |
| Evening, 10 August 1814 | Freddy, Adrien, and Thomas raid the Black Bear, Taborstraße. Klaus killed (Thomas, saber). Werner captured (pistol-whipped, table collapsed on him). Severed arm in salt, morgue receipt, hand-drawn University basement map, and 80 golden recovered. Werner taken prisoner to Thaliastraße 12 | Black Bear, Taborstraße | Session 11 Wrap-Up |
Session 12 — The War Council (10–11 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Night, 10 August 1814 | University reconnaissance. Katherine and Nell scout the university. Five guards mapped, patrol patterns identified (15-min circuit, 2-min gap at side door every 20-30 min). Herzfeld observed in lit second-floor office. Sub-audible vibration felt. Guards’ overheard conversation: deadline is 3 nights away (13 August). Katherine falls from drainpipe on descent (minor injuries) | Universitätsplatz | [Session 12](…/chapters/Chapter 3 - Vienna/Session 12/session-12-wrap-up.html) |
| Late night, 10–11 August 1814 | Midnight debrief at Thaliastraße 12. Katherine reports guard patterns and timeline shift. Nell translates German: deadline 13 August, not 15th. Georgiana’s tuning fork resonates sympathetically as Katherine describes the vibration | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 12 |
| Morning, 11 August 1814 | Varrio and Thomas meet Morosi and Captain Ferrante at Café Zur Blauen Flasche. Ferrante agrees: himself and four men for 200 florins. Briefed on Wächter vulnerability to fire | Café Zur Blauen Flasche | Session 12 |
| Morning, 11 August 1814 | Nikolai arrives at safehouse to arrange War Council. Thurner (safehouse owner) arrives, sent by Harcourt. Nikolai goes to third floor and returns with bloodied blade (unexplained) | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 12 |
| Day, 11 August 1814 | Varrio discovers hidden compartment in third-floor writing desk. Georgiana casts detection spell, producing geometric star-map. Varrio suffers mental break: obsessive mania for magic. Leather_Portfolio recovered: forged papers, embassy letterhead, cipher key, 200 florins | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 12 |
| Day, 11 August 1814 | Werner_Bauer interrogated in safehouse basement. Reveals: Herzfeld working around the clock, Caroline locked in south corridor ground floor. Provides university map. Machine humming building for days, guards’ teeth ache, one guard quit | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 12 |
| Day, 11 August 1814 | Study of forbidden texts. Georgiana studies Liber_Ivonis: harmonic gate theory, 432 Hz frequency tied to Yog-Sothoth. Temporary madness. Adrien studies De_Vermiis_Mysteriis: counter-frequencies discovered. Severe mental break: Pyrenees memories projected on parlor window. Counter-ritual synthesis identified | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 12 |
| Day, 11 August 1814 | Georgiana uses harmonic compass to track resonant vibrations through the safehouse. Source: the tuning fork, still active despite being hidden | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 12 |
| Evening, 11 August 1814 | War Council at Heuriger Zum Rebstock. Thurner confirms Kaunitz fled Vienna toward Graz. Assault plan: Bauer dismisses guards; Ferrante + Adrien rescue Caroline; Russians + investigators secure Herzfeld. Georgiana proposes counter-ritual. Fischbein formalizes mercenary contract. Assault set for pre-dawn 12 August | Heuriger Zum Rebstock | Session 12 |
| Evening, 11 August 1814 | Wächter ambush at the Heuriger. Wächter crashes through pergola, spilling burning oil. Drops onto assembled coalition. Session 12 cliffhanger — unresolved | Heuriger Zum Rebstock | Session 12 |
Session 13 — The Assault Begins (11–12 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evening, 11 August 1814 | Wächter ambush resolved. Wächter killed by combined effort: Andrei’s knife, Nikolai’s pistol shot, Freddy’s killing blow. No coalition casualties | Heuriger Zum Rebstock | [Session_13_Wrap_Up](…/chapters/Chapter 3 - Vienna/Session 13/session-13-wrap-up.html) |
| Late evening, 11 August 1814 | Counter-ritual synthesized. Georgiana retuned the Command_Tuning_Fork using knowledge from the Liber_Ivonis and De_Vermiis_Mysteriis. Experienced the Conduit Flash — a vision of cosmic geometry. Fork now calibrated as a counter-harmonic weapon | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 13 Wrap-Up |
| Late evening, 11 August 1814 | Liesel_Hartmann restrained at the safehouse. Provided intelligence on internal theatre layout. Restrained but not searched (theatre key still on her person) | Thaliastraße 12 | Session 13 Wrap-Up |
| Pre-dawn, 12 August 1814 | University assault launched. Two teams: rescue team (Adrien, Katherine, Nell, Ferrante’s Sardinians) via service entrance and Roman tunnels; main team (Emma, Georgiana, Freddy, Varrio, Thomas, Russians) via front entrance and Herzfeld’s office stairwell. Caroline’s room found empty — she has been moved to the Sealed_Anatomical_Theatre | University_of_Vienna | Session 13 Wrap-Up |
| Pre-dawn, 12 August 1814 | Both assault teams descending toward the Sealed_Anatomical_Theatre. Ritual active and progressing. Session 13 ends at the threshold | University_of_Vienna | Session 13 Wrap-Up |
Session 14 — The Theatre (12 August)
| Date | Event | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-dawn, 12 August 1814 | Assault on the Sealed Anatomical Theatre. Rescue team breached via Roman tunnels and west wall door (Nell picked the lock). Student cultists ambushed the vanguard — all killed. Ritual’s psychic pressure caused Varrio blindness and Adrien hysterical weeping. Russian team breached simultaneously from the opposite side | Sealed_Anatomical_Theatre, University_of_Vienna | [Session_14_Wrap_Up](…/chapters/Chapter 3 - Vienna/Session 14/session-14-wrap-up.html) |
| Pre-dawn, 12 August 1814 | Harmonic_Engine destroyed. Georgiana struck the Command_Tuning_Fork against her sword — counter-vibrations muted the ritual’s pressure. Emma identified acoustic baffles reinforcing the harmonics; she, Thomas, and Freddy toppled them. Georgiana completed the counter-ritual within the 8-round deadline. Engine putrefied and collapsed | Sealed_Anatomical_Theatre | Session 14 Wrap-Up |
| Pre-dawn, 12 August 1814 | Herzfeld captured. Winged by Adrien’s rifle shot. Attacked by feral Varrio (face mauled). Restrained by Ferrante. Handed to Russian operatives (Andrei’s team) in custody | Sealed_Anatomical_Theatre | Session 14 Wrap-Up |
| Pre-dawn, 12 August 1814 | Caroline rescued. Found on surgical table, throat being cut by Herzfeld. Katherine stitched her throat wound. Carried out by the party. Voice status pending | Sealed_Anatomical_Theatre | Session 14 Wrap-Up |
| Pre-dawn, 12 August 1814 | Varrio shot by Thomas to stop feral assault on Herzfeld. Left at 1 HP, unconscious. SAN near zero | Sealed_Anatomical_Theatre | Session 14 Wrap-Up |
| Dawn, 12 August 1814 | Party emerges from the University. Nell fled during building shake — whereabouts unknown. Sardinians collected pay and departed. Russians took Herzfeld. Georgiana discovered permanent physical marks: white streak in hair, iridescent skin on left hand. The Brotherhood_of_the_Open_Measure’s Vienna cell is completely destroyed — fourth of eight ritual sites neutralized | Vienna | Session 14 Wrap-Up |
Chapter 3 — Aftermath (Projected)
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| August 12–15, 1814 | Aftermath and departure from Vienna. Decompression, loose ends, Hartley family, Herzfeld’s letters. Transition to Chapter 4 | Session 14 Wrap-Up |
Chapter 4 — Calcutta (future)
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Late October 1814 | Chapter_4_-_Calcutta begins. Details to follow once Chapter 3 resolves | Campaign Overview, vault index |
Canon Corrections
Corrections to earlier entries go here with a date stamp. Append only; do not edit the entries above.
- 2026-04-22: Chapter 0.5 (The Scandal Beneath the Stage) date corrected from “May 1814” to Tuesday evening, 14 December 1813. Chapter numbering reflects play order, not chronology.
- 2026-04-22: Chapter 1 Stonehenge entry corrected “Nathaniel Creed” to Nathaniel Rooke. The NPC entity file Nathaniel_Rooke is AUTHORITATIVE; “Creed” was a name inconsistency from scenario prep.
- 2026-04-23: Chapter 2 “Lyon investigation” section fully reconstructed. The original entries (sourced from “Overall Timeline” prep document) mixed confirmed play events with scenario prep that never occurred. Replaced with confirmed events from Keeper interview (April 2026). Events removed as not played: audition trap, cult framing/false information to authorities, coded warning note, infiltration of cult rehearsal, trusted contact found dead, public assassination attempt, Duplessis compromised, eve of ritual, Fourvière Ritual (did not happen — Savarin killed before August 15). Events added: bandit inn, ciimba road ambush, Goupil’s masquerade, tunnel expeditions 1–2, travel-to-Vienna encounters (cannibal tavern, Swiss chalet, golem). Marina Garrick death circumstances confirmed: self-detonation with oil and gunpowder to destroy the Chakota during the Silkweavers’ Guild Assault, not at Fourvière.