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  THE ARACHNE HISTORY 
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  final version appears in Tribal Law vs. Dragon’s Rule. 
   
   
  Circa 38 Million BC 
  Samiel forces his consort Lilith (an enormous spider-like creature) to breed with the Drone.  Theories on the 
  origins of the Drone range from it being an artificially created intelligence, a creature from the far-flung Dominions 
  or possibly the child of Samiel and Lilith.  Lilith spawns a new breed different from the Hive, the Arachne.  Though 
  not possessed of the Drone’s precognitive abilities, they possess an innate curiosity about the nature of time.  The 
  Arachne are made immortal and serve as personal servants to Lilith. 
   
  Circa 35 Million BC 
  Inspired by cryptic prophecies given to him by the Drone, Samiel secretly leaves Earth and seeks the Labyrinth.  
  Lilith runs the Empire as if receiving commands from Samiel.  Eventually other Abzulim discover that Samiel is 
  gone, but he returns before any type of coup can be orchestrated.  Lilith immediately submits to her King, but 
  notes a change in Samiel’s behavior.  Samiel immediately has the Drone incarcerated in a newly constructed 
  dimensional fortress called Babel.  A contingent of the Hive is brought to a location nearby Earth where they are 
  watched over by the Arachne.  Fallen Abzulim who grew to pose a threat to Samiel during his absence are 
  captured and brought to this location, where the Arachne oversee the Hive contingent re-craft flesh and shard into 
  inter-dimensional warships capable of traveling vast distances in time and space:  lighters. 
   
  Circa 20 Million BC 
  The remaining Abzulim discover the fate of the missing Abzulim and attempt to overthrow Samiel.  Samiel 
  engenders a new breed of slaves called Anopheles, a blood-thirsty group of concubines that Samiel can empower 
  to become deadly shock-troops at his command.  He brings Lilith to Babel and places the Arachne in complete 
  control of the Hive, cutting off her access to them.  The Arachne are instructed to have the Hive build a throne 
  from the shards of the newly fallen Abzulim traitors.  Using the throne he is able to coordinate his entire 
  star/dimension spanning empire. 
   
  Circa 13 Million BC 
  Insanity overtakes Samiel; in a desperate fit he whispers the prophecies of the Drone to an Arachne slave.  That 
  slave kept the prophecies to himself until he also went mad millions of years later.  After Samiel tears his own 
  head form his body, Lilith ascends to the ruling seat of the Abzulim Empire.  She frees the Drone and begins to 
  study its teachings, passing these on to her Arachne children. 
   
  Circa 9 Million BC 
  The workshops and vault of Samiel (Furnace and Foundry respectively) are discovered by Lilith.  She begins 
  toiling on a number of unfinished artifacts Samiel had been creating prior to his self-destruction.  She attempts to 
  penetrate the mysteries of what Samiel discovered in the Labyrinth.  She finishes one artifact, the Delirium Stone, 
  and binds the Arachne to it; it secretly provides limited protection from the Beckoning that Samiel has made all the 
  slaves susceptible to.  During this time most of the remaining Abzulim attempt to overthrow Lilith; the Arachne, 
  Hive, other slave races and other Abzulim rally behind Lilith and their combined force crushes the revolt.  The 
  Arachne are elevated to overseers of the portions of the empire nearest Earth. 
   
  Circa 8 Million BC 
  The Arachne are cut off from Lilith and the Drone when the Abzulim Mammon appears from the Dominions, 
  defeating Lilith and ascending to leadership of the Abzulim.  The Arachne are left in charge of the other slave 
  breeds while Lilith is tortured by Mammon to learn the whereabouts of the Abzulim shard-throne of Samiel that 
  she hid before being defeated by Mammon.  The Hive begin to flee back to the Dominions without Lilith’s 
  influence. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
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  Circa 6.5 Million BC 
  During the war with the Primals, The Shadowen approach the leaderless Arachne and offer them the location of 
  the Drone and Lilith in exchange for assisting with arranging a slave rebellion.  A pact is made, the Shadowen 
  teach the Arachne and the other slave races the concept of serenades.  The combined power of the rebellion and 
  the war force the Deepwalkers to abandon Earth, the Arachne travel to Babel with the other freed immortal slaves 
  and remaining Abzulim.  They begin to search Babel for Lilith but Babel is attacked by the Primals before they can 
  conclude their search.  The arrival of the Leviathan, Rukshasa and Sharakai force away the primals and the 
  Anopheles manage to force all the other immortals out of Babel. 
   
  Circa 5 Million BC 
  After fruitlessly searching the remainder of the Habitat and nearby Dominions, the Arachne discern where in 
  Babel Lilith and the Drone may be hidden.  They attempt to infiltrate Babel but are stopped by Leviathan.  Being 
  prepared for this contingency they poison the Leviathan, which flees Babel with Sharakai in pursuit.  This leaves 
  the Arachne free to search the more hidden areas, find Lilith and flee before the Anopheles can find them.  They 
  are able to take clues to several sites of Abzulim power with them, but are unable to find the Drone.  Lilith and the 
  Arachne travel out into the Dominions in search of the Drone and Abzulim artifacts and knowledge.  Of utmost 
  importance based on Lilith’s findings in the Foundry is to locate the Hourglass, an artifact capable of controlling 
  time itself.  This leads them to seek out evidence of pieces of the Prophecy they glean from the original slave at 
  Samiel’s side when he destroyed himself.  The insanity of the slave begins to affect the Arachne as a whole, 
  creating the Oneness through their connection to the Delirium Stone. 
   
  Circa 400,000 BC 
  The Arachne are separated and thrown off-course in their travels when the Malice Shard is destroyed, tangling 
  and ripping apart various sections of the Nadir.  They make their way back towards Earth to ascertain what has 
  happened; upon arrival they sequester themselves amongst the Himalayan Mountains and the Southwestern 
  lands bordering the Indian Ocean.  They begin to watch and study the newly emerging human race.  Lilith is 
  contacted by the Drone through the Oneness and lays the foundation for the Swarm.  The Arachne begin 
  experimenting with serenades upon the threads of time, as revealed to them by the Drone through Lilith. 
   
  Circa 65,000 BC 
  The Arachne lose contact with members in the Dominions, as the Shouting War begins. 
   
  Circa 10,000 BC 
  In a final bid to keep from being imprisoned in Sheol, the Arachne attempt to take control of the head of Samiel, in 
  the possession of a young Pride Nimrod, unaware that most of their leaders are former Shadowen.  They are 
  defeated and imprisoned in Sheol.  The Drone remains in contact with them and guides them through their time in 
  Sheol, keeping them from dwindling too heavily in numbers.  The Arachne develop special serenades that literally 
  remove them from the timestream for brief periods, allowing them to exist far longer on the meager reserves of life 
  force available to the immortals trapped in Sheol.  They would accomplish little during their imprisonment, but 
  avoided many losses.  They returned to their home in what is now India. 
   
  Circa 6000 BC 
  The Arachne traveled to Atlantis to participate in the forming of the Stratagem Pact and to study the Kai Ra 
  Solitaire.  During the creation of the Stratagem, the Nimrod leader Semiramas, uttered what the Arachne realized 
  to be a part of the ravings of Samiel prior to his death.  Realizing she was not accountable as one of the three 
  slaves present at Samiel’s death, the Arachne took a calculated risk and also uttered a portion of the ravings, 
  concerning the rise of the Sanguinary.  In the end, this forced the Magdalen to reveal that they were aware of the 
  Sanguinary’s existence in the telepathic subconscious of humanity, the Morpheum.  This knowledge of the 
  Sanguinary’s survival of the shattering of the Malice and Red Shards is a key factor in the successful completion 
  of the Stratagem Pact.  The Drone begins directly contacting various Arachne to make them members of the 
  Swarm.  They form a separate hive mind from the rest of the Arachne and are in direct contact with the Drone.  
  The Drone still does not reveal itself to the other Arachne nor does it reveal its location to the Swarm.   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
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  4735 BC 
  Atlantis is destroyed, all Arachne return to their stronghold in India.  Though the rite of lethe is discovered by the 
  Banjax, most Arachne instead cocoon themselves in the Delirium Web (attached to the Delirium Stone) and enter 
  self-imposed periods of ennui, guarded over by the other members of the Pride.  The tip of the Delirium Stone juts 
  out of one of the peaks of the Girnar Mountains, and is observed as a holy stone in the Hindu religion that would 
  later develop, for its effects on the emotional state of mortals that came in contact with it.  It often caused them to 
  commit suicide in an attempt to enter “Heaven”. 
   
  3720 BC 
  The Morrigan attempt to flood the world; but most of the Arachne’s human followers reside near the Himalayas, 
  high up enough to survive until the Roane stop the deluge.  Afterwards the Arachne take an interest in those living 
  in the Indus River Valley areas of present-day Pakistan and begin to develop them into a Quiet Culture.  Over 
  time their Quiet Culture would migrate into the area of modern-day India. 
   
  Circa 2500 BC 
  Due to warring between Pride Dracul (as the Tribe of Sharakai was known then) and the Drove Tengu, that drove 
  begins making incursions into India, which has remained mostly isolated and completely under Arachne control.  
  The Arachne begin to concentrate efforts on expunging the Tengu from India. 
   
  2000 BC 
  A pact is made between the Arachne, Tribe of Sharakai and the Anopheles to drive the Tengu out of the area of 
  China and back over to Japan, thus clearing the Drove’s influence out of the various areas the three groups 
  control in and around China (including India).  Their collective Quiet Cultures hunt down Wu thralls of the Tengu 
  throughout Southern Asia. 
   
  1600 BC 
  The Anopheles and Dracul end their alliance, the Arachne remain neutral in the conflict, maintaining alliance with 
  both of the other Prides.  They begin teaching mortal versions of the threads of time, all the while allowing full 
  acceptance of the practices their Quiet Cultures have gained from association with Anopheles and Dracul Quiet 
  Cultures.  This becomes the basis for Hinduism and gives rise to the Vedic Civilization in 1500 BC.  The Arachne 
  begin to find a way around the martial arts styles of the Dracul and develop the Tai Chi Chuan (from which 
  modern tai chi has developed). 
   
  1400 BC 
  Raatri (the ancient name of Kali) defects from the Anopheles to the Arachne after exposure to the convictions of 
  Hinduism.  This completely ends the pact between the Arachne, Anopheles and Dracul. 
   
  820 BC 
  Raatri becomes a secret disciple of the Eidolon Sharakai. 
   
  800 BC 
  Taking on the name Kali, Raatri defects from the Arachne.  The Arachne had already calculated that this would 
  happen and do not seek retribution.  They instead use the knowledge they have gained from her about both the 
  Anopheles and Dracul to sidestep the mounting problems between those two Prides in China.  They begin 
  secretly sending forays into the Dominions (an act which violates the laws of the Stratagem Pact) to seek out the 
  components to the Hourglass and clues to further control over time from their notes gained in Babel and from 
  Lilith’s experiences in the Foundry. 
   
  600 BC 
  The Arachne begin to adopt certain principles of Taoism into the Hindi faith.  By this time the Vedic Civilization 
  had developed into a strong caste-based system similar to the hierarchical structure of the Arachne themselves.  
  The Vedics begin to spread out from India and start influencing Southwestern China.  To slow the spread of the 
  Vedics into China, the Dracul attempt to secure the passes through the Himalayan Mountains. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
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  550 BC 
  Prince Siddhartha Gautama (“Buddha”) develops powerful Religarum from the teachings of the Dracul Keeper 
  Channa.  Channa is the Dracul tasked with securing the Himalayan passes into China.  Buddha’s faith is so 
  strong that it begins to warp the forms of the Arachne into the forms commonly associated with Hindu mythology.  
  Several became twisted into representations of individual thoughts of Buddhist “Hells”.  After consigning Channa 
  to the Blue Air, the Arachne retreat from China to stop Buddha’s Religarum from growing any stronger. 
   
  480 BC 
  Buddha dies, but his influence on mortals is enough that the Arachne must retreat into the wilds and away from 
  mortal civilization, in order to regain their true forms.  For many the process takes well over 100 years, this is the 
  first time the Arachne have encountered Religarum of this level of power.  They develop a new respect for the 
  abilities of humanity and tread with more subtlety in the future.  Those not affected by Buddha engage in another 
  alliance with the Anopheles and Dracul to stop the Tengu, who have again been making incursions into China and 
  India.  They win and route the Tengu, driving them East and South back into Japan, but mostly into the areas 
  around present-day Vietnam. 
   
  403 BC 
  The Arachne, Anopheles and Dracul end their alliance as each group attempts to take control of China, which has 
  become the pivotal region for Asia.  Also, Buddhism is still strong in India and the levels of faith make it difficult for 
  many Arachne to function due to the latent warping effects of Buddha’s Religarum still fueled among the land by 
  his followers. 
   
  221 BC 
  Shih Huang-Ti comes to power in China and casts aside Dracul loyalties to embrace the Arachne.  He builds a 
  stronghold at Xianyang and abolishes most of the more benevolent laws originally setup under Dracul 
  stewardship.  He institutes a rigid code of laws overseeing every facet of daily life.  Under Arachne influence he 
  begins to discredit the I-Ching, a Dracul method that mortals use to divine the future.  But the Arachne consider 
  him too passionate and send him on a wild chase after a nonexistent Elixir of Life that would make him immortal.  
  They then sponsor his cruel advisor Li Ssu who slowly seizes power from Huang-Ti. 
   
  214 BC 
  Shih Huang-Ti orders construction to begin on the Great Wall of China, separating Dracul and Arachne territories, 
  in a last bid to win the favor of his Arachne patrons.  Shortly after Li Ssu seizes control from Huang-Ti. 
   
  206 BC 
  The mortal Han Dynasty ends Li Ssu’s control, and therefore Arachne control, over China.  Unfortunately this 
  control is short-lived and another long period of vying for control of China between the Arachne, Anopheles and 
  Dracul begins again. 
   
  58 AD 
  Buddhism is introduced to China, stopping the Arachne from making any further incursions into China to vie for 
  power there.  They return to India where Buddhism has taken hold, but the Religarum effects have finally 
  subsided, allowing the Arachne to influence Buddhism there along lines more befitting their Hindu legacy. 
   
  100 AD 
  Arachne scouring the Dominions encounter the Hive, which has grown extremely large in number.  This causes a 
  contingent of warrior scouts from the Hive to make their way to Earth to see what has happened since they left.  
  This begins the first Hive War between the Arachne and the Hive.  The Hive discover Lilith with the Arachne and 
  attempt to capture her repeatedly. 
   
  220 AD 
  In alliance with the Dracul, the Arachne end the Hive Wars, but learn of a second planned invasion from captured 
  members that do not escape. 
   
  306 AD 
  The Second Hive War begins.  A much larger contingent of the Hive arrives from the Dominions in lighters and 
  quickly takes control of several areas of India.  They diminish Arachne influence and power in the area.  The 
  Anopheles move into the Karakhorum mountains, their clashes with the Arachne and Hive in this area spawn the 
  Mahabharata, the Hindu epic. 
  
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  427 AD 
  The Hive captures Lilith, the Arachne are devastated.  Dracul and Anopheles forces attempt to assist but cannot 
  penetrate far into India against the Hive to help.  Shiva began adapting the Anopheles principles of Kalari and 
  anchored the Arachne’s version of the style to Hinduism. 
   
  589 AD 
  Hive influence over Hinduism begins to forcibly reshape the Arachne back into the forms they were trapped in by 
  Buddha’s Religarum over a thousand years prior.  The Arachne plot to re-enter China as abandoning India starts 
  to become the only possible option.  There has been no contact from the Drove since Lilith was captured over 100 
  years prior in 427 AD.  The Arachne also attempt to influence what is now modern-day Korea, but a large force of 
  mortal warriors led by a single Tuatha named Wong Kwong Bopsa, repulse not only the Arachne, but nearby 
  Tengu and the Hive as well, from the area then known as Silla. 
   
  593 AD 
  The Arachne make an alliance with the Dracul and Peri in China to assist in ferreting out Tengu influence there 
  once again now that the Tengu and the Hive are in temporary alliance.  The Tengu then call upon Drove Sainha 
  to assist them in Japan. 
   
  618 AD 
  The Arachne found the T’ang Dynasty in China and manage to force out the Hive and all other Prides.  However, 
  their alliance in Japan carries over to China and the Dracul are not forced out.  A Dracul-influenced Arachne rule 
  carries in China for the next 300 years, mingling much of Taosim, Buddhism and Hinduism through China.  
  Shortly after the Arachne form a separate alliance with the Anopheles to make a concentrated effort to remove 
  the Hive from India now that they have safe haven in China and are no longer being warped by the Hindu faith. 
   
  624 AD 
  Despite attempts by Arachne, Dracul and Peri, the Zen branch of Buddhism takes hold in Japan.  At this point the 
  three Prides attempt to gain control over it to use against the Tengu-inspired Shinto philosophy. 
   
  645 AD 
  The Hive steps in and takes control over the Japanese government, but the Arachne, Dracul and Peri all adapt 
  and swiftly begin to influence the new government to stop the Hive-Tengu-Sainha alliance from taking over Japan. 
   
  660 AD 
  The Arachne Scourge Wu, serving as a concubine in the Court of Kao Tsun, kills his Anopheles Empress to 
  become his Empress.  She then takes over his rule after blinding him; this breaks the Anopheles / Arachne 
  alliance formed just over 40 years prior.  Wu then reveals previously unknown allies among the Tengu, Sainha 
  and the Yellow Turban Taoists.  She defects from the Arachne.  Over the next several years she forms the Unai 
  Quiet Culture.  Dark Taoism spreads under her reign; her fierce reign exceeds the cruelty of the legendary Li Ssu.  
  The Arachne remove the Soga Peri from their Emerald Palace mantle in Japan and make it their primary 
  stronghold in the area. 
   
  705 AD 
  The Arachne Allyns seduces the Unai back over to the Arachne and uses them to depose Wu.  They take Wu 
  back to face judgement by the Arachne who publicly destroy her.  Anarchy results in China for the next 250 years 
  and the alliance between the Arachne and Dracul also ends.  The Arachne return their concentration to India, 
  leaving a power vacuum that others scramble to fill; this leaves India open for the Arachne to regain some control 
  here. 
   
  712 AD 
  The Eremite inspired Moslems establish Sind in what is now Pakistan and launch raids into India against the 
  Arachne and into China against the Dracul; both fronts are unsuccessful, halting Eremite influence into both 
  regions. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
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  750 AD 
  The other Prides in the Stratagem Pact find out about the Dark Lady of Sheol and the secret the Dracul and 
  Anopheles have been hiding.  Since the Arachne rather timely destroyed both alliances, they are not included in 
  the persecutions.  The Arachne gambit in China in 660 through 705 has succeeded.  The Arachne step back for 
  the next several hundred years while the other Prides persecute the Anopheles and Dracul, leaving both of those 
  groups open to attacks by Droves and leaving the Arachne to restablish some of their prior structure in India.  
  They then move back into a small portion of China to create a buffer zone for India. 
   
  905 AD 
  Five kingdoms arise in China, splitting the region:  the Dracul, Arachne, Tengu, Sainha and the Hive.  The 
  Arachne prepare to unleash a plan formulating for the last few hundred years as the Dracul have neglected the 
  areas once occupied by Drove Gaki:  Mongolia. 
   
  907 AD 
  The Arachne influenced Mongols take Inner Mongolia and target the Tengu and Sainha in northern China. 
   
  939 AD 
  The Arachne setup a Civil war between their mortal followers, the Fujiwara family, and the mortal followers of the 
  Peri (Taira) and Dracul (Minamoto), further pulling Dracul focus off of China and the battles in its northern 
  reaches. 
   
  960 AD 
  The Dracul, understanding how the Arachne are dividing their forces, found the Sung Dynasty and extend their 
  control over most of China, but are unable to take back the most northern reaches, which have fallen to the 
  Mongols.   
   
  999 AD 
  The plans of the Arachne and all other Prides are curtailed as the faith of the followers of Christendom warps, 
  paralyzes and burns immortals across the globe.  The Arachne drive their own affected members into ennui and 
  wrap them in the webs of the Delirium Stone to dampen the effects so it does not spread to others.  It will take 
  almost 200 years for the Prides to recover, including the Arachne.  This also drives the Hive away from Earth, 
  ending the Second Hive War; several Arachne attempt to follow them in order to track down Lilith but are unable 
  to keep up with the Hive’s powerful living lighters formerly belonging to Samiel.  The Hive dive directly into the 
  Blue Air, eluding the Arachne. 
   
  1138 AD 
  The combined forces of the Soga and Taira Peri retake the Emerald Palace mantle in Japan from the Arachne 
  while the Arachne are still weakened from the events of 999 AD.  The Peri are severely weakened by this point. 
   
  1206 AD 
  The Arachne begin their master assault against China that was stalled by the events of 999 AD.  Temujin is 
  proclaimed Ghengis Kahn (“Emperor with the Seas”).  Four years later Kahn begins the master invasion of China 
  and topples the last of the Chinese fortresses by 1215 AD.  A plan started hundreds of years earlier comes to 
  fruition as the Dracul are almost completely routed from the mortal lands of China, save a few mantle 
  connections.  The Arachne chase the remaining Dracul into Eastern Europe and begin to annex other smaller 
  Dracul controlled empires around China proper.   
   
  1212 AD 
  The Catholic Church, manipulated by the Eremites, sends 50,000 children against the Magdalen sponsored 
  Saracens.  As the Eremites and Magdalen fought within Jerusalem, the Arachne capture over half the children 
  and turn them over to the Peri as an act of “goodwill” in order to be able to study the Peri’s apparent immunity or 
  self-protection from the emotion of fear.  The Arachne spent a number of years working with the effects of time on 
  the children until they were able to suspend them in a state where it was possible for the Peri to bond shards to 
  them.  A great deal of the Delirium Stones power was used and it weakened the Arachne.  However, the Arachne 
  gained immense power within the Stratagem Pact; this would later assist them in staying out of alliances and 
  picking and choosing their battles in Anatolia during the 1300’s and 1400’s.  The new Palin breed of Peri bolsters 
  their ranks and the Per are officially inducted into the Stratagem Pact shortly after as a result. 
   
   
  
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  1219 AD 
  The Arachne chase the Dracul all the way through the Mesopotamian regions once controlled by the Anopheles 
  and into Romania.  The Arachne establish strongholds in what is now present-day Turkey as the Mongol horde 
  establishes control over Persia until 1295 when the Eremites gain a foothold, causing the Persian Mongols to 
  renounce their loyalty to the Chinese Mongols.  They do not seek to reach the edges of Mediterranean, avoiding 
  the remaining conflicts between the Phoenix and Magdalen.  The Phoenix incursions into Anatolia through the 
  use of the Knights Templar go mostly against Eremites and Magdalen, leaving the Arachne out of most conflicts.  
  The Arachne stay mostly out of these conflicts, thus the Phoenix does not stop the Arachne from following behind 
  them later in 1404 AD 
   
  1260 AD 
  The tryst Kublai Kahn finishes the conquest of China and establishes the Yuan Dynasty in the name of the 
  Arachne.  Incursions into Palestine are halted by the Banjax (ancestors of the Osiri) however. 
   
  1274 AD 
  Having attempted to move into Japan, Kublai Kahn is repulsed by a Dracul-Peri alliance.  Blaming his Arachne 
  patrons, he begins to weave a mantle reality around his capital, forcing the Arachne away from him.   
   
  1281 AD 
  Kublai Kahn’s second attempt to conquer Japan goes awry when he steers his fleet into the midst of a battle 
  between the Morrigan and Roane.  His fleet is destroyed.  With the Arachne no longer in control of Kublai Kahn, 
  the Dracul succeed in getting some of the secrets of Tai Chi Chuan from the Kahn through a mercenary agent, 
  Marco Polo. 
   
  1336 AD 
  The Arachne removes themselves from Japan completely.  They attempt to retake control over Kublai Kahn’s 
  Mongol empire and succeed; but the true power of the Mongol Horde is in its twilight and waning quickly.  The 
  Arachne begin to learn, and then abandon, the martial arts style of Pentjak Silat; it has the peculiar effect of 
  driving Arachne practitioners into mindless bouts of maddening violence for no apparent reason. 
   
  1368 AD 
  The last Chinese descendant of the Mongol Horde, Sun Ti, dies, ending what control the Arachne still had over 
  China.  Scourges from the Dracul begin to make overt threats against the Arachne for the affairs of 660 AD. 
   
  1370 AD 
  The Arachne send the last of their faithful Mongols, led by Timur the Lame (or Tamerlane) to raid and pillage 
  Persia until it is left in ruins.  This allows the Arachne to again end temporary Eremite incursions into the area. 
   
  1404 AD 
  Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is born, he is influenced by the Arachne into strengthening the Ottoman 
  Empire’s hold on the Turkish region, defying the currently warring Phoenix and Eremites of the area.  The 
  Phoenix are still not yet considered a Pride, but the Arachne use the Phoenix to cover their push along the 
  northern shores of the Black Sea. 
   
  1421 AD 
  Murad II marches through the Eremite controlled Byzantine Empire, expanding the Ottoman Empire for the 
  Arachne, but he is stopped at Constantinople when his younger brother (under the influence of an 
  Eremite/Anopheles treaty) forces him to withdrawl. Nearly all of Anatolia comes under Arachne control for a brief 
  period.  However, the increasing tensions between all the Prides causes the entire Middle Eastern region of the 
  world to be a hotspot for several of the Prides fighting leading up to 1453 AD. 
   
  1438 AD 
  The Arachne join the Magdalen in persecuting the Dracul within Stratagem politics as the Magdalen campaign to 
  remove the Dracul and Anopheles from the Stratagem Pact.   
   
   
   
   
   
  
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  1442 AD 
  The Arachne capture Vlad Dracula Bassarab and his brother Radu, allowing their father Vlad Dracul Bassarab of 
  Wallachia to return to Pride Dracul.  Vlad Dracula is raised in the Arachne court of the Ottoman Empire.  He 
  sheds his sense of morality and remorse and exceeds Arachne expectations as they groom him to take the 
  Wallachian throne and further depose Pride Dracul.    Camazotz, an Anopheles Juggler, infiltrates the mortal 
  harem of the Sultan Murad II and seduces Radu. 
   
  1447 AD 
  Camazotz abandons Radu in favor of Dracula; embroiling him in inner torment as the Arachne and Anopheles vie 
  for control of his psyche. 
   
  1453 AD 
  Mehmed II, son of Murad II, captures Constantinople for the Arachne.  The Arachne expel the Eremites from the 
  lands of Anatolia.  This same year the Anopheles and Dracul are expelled from the Stratagem Pact, the Arachne 
  vote with the Prides Nimrod, Magdalen, Eremites, and Morrigan in favor of their expulsion. 
   
  1456 AD 
  Dracula escapes the Arachne and rejoins Sharakai’s people, Pride Dracul.  He persecutes both Arachne and 
  Eremites throughout his native lands.  The Arachne are continuously assaulted in what was their hidden places 
  around Wallachia by the Anopheles, Dracul and Dracula’s own forces.  Eventually the Terat of the area also begin 
  to attack the Arachne in the surrounding areas of Romania and beyond.  The Arachne’s training of Dracula is 
  turned against them as he begins to impale, burn and pillage anyone he suspects of being in league with the 
  Arachne or Eremites.  Dracula falls under the influence of the Sanguinary during the passing of Haley’s Comet. 
   
  1458 AD 
  At the age of 29, Dracula rips the vox from the throat of Camazotz, who was sent to seduce and assassinate him 
  on behalf of the Dracul and Anopheles.  He uses Anopheles training and rituals to drink her blood and impale 
  himself with her vox.  He becomes immortal, the Arachne step in and manage to barely gain control of him and 
  bring him under their protection.  He eventually becomes uncontrollable, but not before he begins a campaign 
  against the Anopheles and Dracul and ends the relationship between the Dracul and their Order of the Dragon 
  Quiet Culture.   
   
  1461 AD 
  Louis XI is replaced with an Arachne Juggler who takes his identity and becomes King of France, one of the few 
  acts that placed them in direct competition with the Tuatha and Magdalen, but again not the Phoenix who also 
  have holdings in France. 
   
  1475 AD Their work in the Western regions completed, most Arachne in this part of the world begin to pull away 
  from Europe and the Middle East and make their way back to rejoin many of their brethren who are readying to 
  move to Manchuria.  Chin Na Kung Fu develops (using pressure points and stopping chi flows) and will become 
  the predominant form of martial art for an Arachne dominated China starting in the 1600’s. 
   
  1500 AD 
  The Arachne contingent in France moves into Switzerland and influences the city of Zurich.  They would go back 
  and forth with the Eremites over Switzerland, but still retain heavy influence over Zurich up until the present day. 
   
  1600 AD 
  The Arachne have quietly been operating in Manchuria for some time now, and win over the Manchu people.  The 
  Manchu then overthrow the Ming Empire in China and setup the Qing Dynasty, allowing the Arachne to rule over 
  China for the next 300 years. 
   
  1624 AD 
  The Arachne take control over Zurich for the next several years by spreading fear concerning the Thirty Year’s 
  War and having additional ramparts constructed around the city. 
   
  1658 AD 
  The Dracul strengthen their presence in China, by completely abandoning their Wallachian holdings to the 
  Anopheles and Terat.  They take up residence in the areas of the Himalayas and Tibet, areas the Arachne once 
  used as their main strongholds. 
  
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  1665 AD 
  A contingent of Arachne travel to London and are caught up in the Religarum of the writer John Milton.  Twisted 
  into demonic forms, they recreate the battles leading to the fall of Lucifer from heaven in the nighttime streets.  It 
  becomes the basis for Milton to write Paradise Lost. 
   
  1666 AD 
  The Arachne contingent joins the other Prides in battling the Dark Lady and the Dust. 
   
  1667 AD 
  The Arachne meet with the other Prides and reinstate the Stratagem Pact.  It is the first time in their history that 
  they go against the advice of the Drone.  The Drone contacts the Arachne far less frequently after this incident. 
   
  1735 AD 
  The Arachne destroy the Dracul’s Shaolinsi Temple; only five of the Dracul escape and foment rebellions against 
  the Manchu’s Qing Dynasty. 
   
  1795 AD 
  The Arachne crush the Dracul-sponsored White Lotus Society, but the Society becomes martyr’s to the people.  
  This weakens the Arachne’s hold on China and allows for Europeans to enter in greater numbers, most notably 
  both the Magdalen and Apocrypha. 
   
  1839 AD 
  The Arachne lose more control as the Apocrypha introduce Opium to China, leading to open warfare between the 
  followers of the Magdalen and the Apocrypha.    The Dracul attempt to help the Arachne maintain control rather 
  than see China torn apart but are unable to be effective. 
   
  1900 AD 
  A rogue faction of the Dracul, led by the Slayer Lin Do, form the Righteous Harmony Fist and incite the Boxer 
  Rebellion, consigning Arachne, Magdalen and Eremites to the Blue Air all around the areas of China.  The 
  Arachne’s inability to stop them would spell the beginning of the end for the Qing Dynasty.  A decade later they 
  completely lose control of the Chinese Government to a new kind of Dracul, adapting Western thought into their 
  traditional ways.  A short time later they are completely purged from China and regroup in India. 
   
  1950 AD 
  The Arachne establish “nests” in Amsterdam and Finland, notably Helsinki.  They also establish several nests 
  throughout the United States, the largest in the Everglades of Florida.  Its size rivals the main stronghold in India.  
  The swarm orders the Arachne to move the Delirium Stone from Mount Girnar to the Everglades Nest. 
   
  1963 AD 
  The Vietnam War against the Tengu takes a drastic turn, several Prides are affected including the Tuatha in the 
  region who are targeted in the “free fire” zones and exposed to napalm and other deadly gases.  The Anopheles 
  are targeted when the Harlequin Marilyn Monroe is consigned to the Blue Air.  Mounting pressures from the 
  Tengu had convinced then US president JFK to start pulling out of Vietnam.  If this occurs, the Tengu Ho Chi 
  Minh would lead his Drove to an unprecedented level of power in Asia, greatly hampering the Arachne in India.  
  An Arachne nest in Dallas orchestrates the assassination of JFK to stop the immediate withdrawal from Vietnam. 
   
  1969 AD 
  Inspired by Arachne Dictums, the Multics system is rewritten into Unics and then finally UNIX by 1970. 
   
  1980 AD 
  The Arachne establish a nest in Seattle, Washington.  They go on to heavily influence the gothic movement, 
  grunge music and several quickly growing companies in the food, technology and service industries. 
   
  1987 AD 
  The Arachne in Helsinki inspire the development of the Linux Kernel from UNIX.  Not long after, the Femme 
  Darkle is stolen and the Arachne immediately boost their efforts to find components to the Hourglass; one of the 
  key parts of Samiel’s prophecy has come to pass. 
   
   
  
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  1995 AD 
  An Outlander known only as Suurade causes an outbreak of pneumonic plague in India that begins to reach out 
  to other nearby areas.  Magdalen, Anopheles and Arachne Probes and Mystics are called on to determine the 
  cause of the disease, which spreads while its victims sleep.  It is determined Solitaires are using the plague to find 
  immortals in lethe. 
   
  2000 AD 
  The Drone begins contacting the Arachne, they are led to the “Web”, a vast electronic mantle attached to the 
  Gremlin Grid, abandoned by the Solas after they are almost all destroyed by the forces of the Droves.  The 
  mantle is later moved to match the location of Mount Girnar in India, where the Delirium Stone is also returned to, 
  thus creating the Web of Girnar.  The Arachne escape most of the Great Betrayal by figuratively “rebooting” the 
  mantle, causing its ties to the rest of the mantles of Sanctuary to continually change.  This taxes much of the 
  Arachne’s energies, but keeps them relatively safe during the near-slaughter of the other Prides. 
   
  2001 AD 
  The Arachne are already prepared for the arrival of the Jury, having brought in immortals from other fallen Prides.  
  The Court of Fate is formed as members of the Jury join with the Swarm. 
   
  2003 AD 
  Just prior to the final battle in Nivalea, members of the Court of Fate are ordered by the Swarm to reassume their 
  role as “Arachne” and travel to the Valley of Gynnah as they will not be needed in the final battle.  As the Arachne 
  have correctly deduced, the Dracul (now the Tribe of Sharakai) arrive to bolster the numbers of the various 
  Courts.  The Arachne at the Valley of Gynnah are approached by the Cerulean Order and the Blue Emerald.  
  They are taken to the location of New Atlantis and begin construction on the island city immediately. 
   
  2004 AD 
  The Atlantean Pact is formed, the Pride Arachne is now known as the Tribe Arachne.  Their work over the last 
  century with technological advances makes them well-suited to maintaining their primary stronghold.  The 
  Arachne focus more on their work with aspects of time than on their insect and arachnid himsati.  They are not, 
  however, able to rid themselves of various curses and dependencies they gained as the Arachne over time 
  (example:  the frenzied himsati). 
   
   
  
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