1962
North America
Canada
Neverton is sighted in Toronto in February. Attempts by
the RMCP to hunt her down are for naught.
In July, discussions on forming a Commonwealth Paranormal
Defense Agreement begin with the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
The magical community in Frederickton decides to reveal
itself after much discussion. They offer their assistance to the New Brunswick
Provincial Government. The Provincial Government decides to accept that
assistance by the end of the year.
United States
More Mothmen are seen in West Virginia through the year.
Attempts to discover their nests are unsuccessful.
Laura Neverton is seen in various places in the Midwest
in January. The attempts by the FBI to catch her only serve to chase her into
Canada.
In February, President Kennedy issues an Executive Order
establishing the Department of Magical Investigation and Intervention.
Laura’s cousin, Karen, discovers strange caverns beneath
Westchester. She keeps the information to herself.
Strangeness reported in Brooklyn, Richmond and
Minneapolis early in the year
It is reported in an Anchorage neighborhood in September.
A Mage Club is formed in New York City in December.
In September, a mage vigilante group calling themselves
the 'MinuteElves', defend Lahaina, Hawaii from an immature kaiju.
A Coven in Maine is raided in November.
(The Magical Community in Salem, Massachusetts decides to
remain in hiding…)
Mexico
The Government searches for magical artefacts in Mayan
ruins…
Caribbean
Increased sightings of Merfolk occur around most islands,
but especially around Jamaica and Saint Martin.
Central America
Cargo tankers start vanishing as they approach Panama.
South America
A kaiju is discovered in a remote area of Guyana. The
Royal Knights (see below) investigate in mid June.
In September, strange activity is noted in Cuzco.
Europe
Ireland
People start vanishing in Cobh in late December…
United Kingdom
The Eton Bubble and its consequences.
In early January, following a hazing gone wrong, 13 years
old Adrian Hawkins creates a bubble of frozen time in a wooded area around Eton
College. Scientists are mystified as to why it still follows the Earth's
surface and light can pass through it (albeit everything taking on shades of
grey), yet everything inside appears to be frozen in time. Indeed, when it is
eventually "popped", the 5 students (the three boys who had been
involved with the hazing, and two innocents) trapped within will remember
nothing. Adrian Hawkins is noticed fleeing, now completely grey and seen to
occasionally flicker.
Adrian then moves northwards to Yorkshire, encountering
resistance by the army along the way.
He then tortures his family, with his older sister,
Amelia, escaping by teleportation.
Late January – Battle of Hull
British military forces launch an all out strike against
Adrian Hopkins near Hull. Casualties are in the thousands as Adrian shrugs off
everything the military can throw at him. Jets are torn to pieces as parts are
trapped in time, while the rest carries on. Entire squads are trapped in areas
of altered time. The battlefield would have large regions of altered time. Occasionally,
survivors of the battle will stumble out decades later.
The future Royal Oracle comes into her powers on the same
day as the Battle of Hull.
The Battle of London occurs at the beginning of February
after Adrian kills the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street.
Amelia and two others, with the ability to manipulate
light and fire, do battle with her brother before she is able to teleport him
away, somewhere. He isn’t seen again for more than a year.
In the aftermath, Amelia Hopkins, Micheal Miles, Peter
Mason and the Royal Oracle volunteer to serve for Queen and Country, personally
bowing before the Queen. They will form the basis for the Royal Knights,
Britain’s primary supernatural investigation agency,
With the death of the Cabinet and most of the Shadow
Cabinet, Queen Elizabeth II takes control of a temporary emergency government
alongside senior civil servants until a general election is held in early May.
The Liberals win the most seats due to the leadership
problems of both Labour and the Conservatives.
Shortly after the election, the Government establishes a
Commission to investigate every site in Britain with significance in Folklore.
In July, talks begin to create a Commonwealth Paranormal
Defense Agreement with Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The Royal Knights investigate a kaiju near Rockall in mid
August.
In November, a sword in the Royal Collection is found to
be magically indestructible. (See below regarding India’s response.)
The Commonwealth Paranormal Defense Agreement is sighed
in December, with United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and all
current Crown Colonies as signatories.
There are more reports of Mermaids along the coast of
Northumbria through the year.
Scandinavia
Strange activity is noted in Kirkenes, Norway in early
April.
Norway would establish its own Department of Magical
Investigation in September.
Attempted exploration of the World Tree occurs through
the year.
Warsaw Pact
Through the year, the decay of the giant snake would
cause pollution, especially in the Baltic Sea, where most of the fish die…
Also through the year, various groups of werewolves would
go back into hiding.
In mid January, 17 year old Ukrainian schoolgirl gains
pyrokinetic powers. She uses them to ‘punish’ a boy who had jilted her a year
before, before running away.
In July, the Snake’s venom glands would burst, further poisoning
a region of east Poland.
Greece
Various parts of the population continue to transform…
Africa
Egypt
In Giza, strange rumbles are heard from the Sphinx. This
would lead to the establishment of the Antiquities Investigation Service by the
Government.
Maghreb
The Algerian Civil War continues.
Horn of Africa
The Eritrean Civil War continues.
West Africa
An Air Mage named Mbassi Kayode leads an assault on
Conakry, Guinea, overthrowing Ahmed Sékou Touré. However, she dies in the
aftermath, leading to Guinea collapsing into anarchy and warlordism.
Central Africa
The Congo Crisis continues.
Southern Africa
The Angolan War continues.
South Africa is not invited to join the Commonwealth
Paranormal Defense Agreement due to Apartheid.
Asia
Asia Minor
The Soviets occupy more of Turkey.
Soviet Asia
An expedition discovers a hibernating kaiju somewhere on
the Kamchatka peninsula in early May.
India
India considers the magically indestructible sword to be
the legendary Chandrahasa Sword, which they request to be returned.
China
The Chinese Civil War continues as warlords capture more
territory from the CCP.
In September,
Fujiwara Suki, a 16 year old resident of Kobe falls victim to a prank. Trapped
underwater, she releases a burst of energy, vaporising the stream…
Oceania
Prime Minister Menzies is one of the instigators of the
Commonwealth Paranormal Defense Agreement.
A kaiju is discovered on an island near Tahiti by a
French expedition.
The number of registered Mages in New Zealand passes 1000
in mid March.
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