Revival

The Revival
In the 1840s, spiritualism began to influence the upper and middle classes in both Europe and America. Communication with the dead became popular and led to a limited understanding of the Parpet. Human mediums and magicians started to achieve status in society and interest in the fae and supernatural lost the stigma and automatic assoications with insanity or diabloism. During the civil war era, spellcrafters began to reveal themselves on both sides. Conflict between native spellcrafters and settlers was rampant in the Old West were popularized in newspapers and books.

The Early 1900s
The Summer Court and Spring Court had no strong ties in the terrestrial world during the Age of Man. When the Revival began, however, the conflict brought the two Seely Courts into more direct involvement with one another and the Treaty of Wild Roses was agreed upon in 1901 the same year that Queen Victoria died and President McKinley was assassinated. The Autumn Court and Winter Court followed suit in 1905 with the Treaty of Stars & Sapphires. Behind the scenes, this began to set the stage for human wars and conflicts in Europe and Asia as the Seely and Unseely began to use the terrestrial world and the servant races to attack each other once again. Underneath it all the Shadow Court began its own power play, greatly bolstered by the popularity of spiritualism.



The World Wars
The era between 1910-1950 was full of upheaval for Europe. Fae-blooded humans and othe metas were recognized by humans as existing. The Shadow Court unleashed its own fury in the rise of undead that stuck against all other factions in an attempt to crash the Parapet. The human industrial complex, called Apparatus by the fae reached its own power and was ironically the most succesful force in driving the minions of Annwn and its fellow underworlds back across the Parapet and closing several shadow gates.

The prevelance of the supernatural could no longer be ignored. The Church's power had been steadily waning during the Enlightenment but it had its own minor resurgence, especially in Catholic and Evangelical sects. Witch-Hunters who'd been trained during the Nazi era began to train and recruit others to specifically target cults or families of vampires, werewolves, sorcerers and witches. The world governments- and the powerful new corporations- became heavily involved with secret occult societies and hunter groups, sometimes sponsoring both.

The Hobbes-Schieben Act
Between the 1950s-1970s, supernatural and occult communities began to demand recognition and civil rights admidst the other civil movements and cultural revolutions taking place in Europe and North America. Finally, the Hobbes-Schieben Act was introduced to congress in 1970. It was widely debated but ultimately passed by a narrow margin in 1971. Richard Nixon created the Department of Metaphysical &amp; Occult Services (DOMO) in 1972 with Phillip Lemieux as the first Secretary to serve on the Cabinet.

see also Post-Revival Culture