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S.A.V.E. TIME LINE[edit | edit source]

  • 1844 Societas Albae Viae Eternitata (SA.V.E.) founded in Dublin, Ireland by Charles O'Boylan.
  • 1846 Charles O'Boylan killed in Memphis, Egypt by animated mummies.
  • 1857 Lady Virginia Chichester was the first woman to join SAVE, in 1857. Lord Boulton, acting head of SAVE at that time (Charles O'Boylan having died a decade earlier), dismissed her application to join the Society, citing fears that SAVE's activities would be "inappropriate for young women." Lady Chichester's letter in response hung in a frame on the wall of the SAVE World Headquarters for years thereafter (and is, sadly, believed to have been lost when the Dublin archives burned in 1989). She went on to be a respected SAVE envoy and Unknown scholar, and a Master of the Art.[1]
  • 1868 S.A.V.E. expedition headed by Dr. Milan Mikovic is credited with the first successful destruction of a vampire after immobilizing it by driving a wooden stake through the creature's heart. The vampire type is listed as Vampirus Macedonicus by the doctor and has been found in surprising numbers in the Balkans.
  • 1874 Robert Upton drives away a ghost type that smothers people while they sleep. This particular incorporeal spirit has been found only in Huntsville, Alabama. Upton reports that as the creature was banished, those present were lifted off the ground and violently shaken.
  • 1875 Dr. Hans Schmidt and four companions disappear in Lucerne, Switzerland while searching for a suspected Alpine Vampire.
  • 1889 S.A.V.E. member Dr. Alfonso Marinho of Portugal postulates the use of "dead" humans by the Unknown. Marinho explains that his findings are based on recent disturbances in an Aveiro, Portugal cemetery.
  • 1892 In Llaredum, Wales, 200 coal miners vanish without a trace. Then the. entire town is lost in a mass murder so horrible that the news is hidden from the press. Three survivors are locked away in an asylum for blaming the murders on the "dead miners." Authorities still haven't found an explanation, but SA.V.E. has a few ideas, after interviewing the three survivors.
  • 1895 Nathaniel Drummond, Dr. Olaf Gunderhagen, and young Michael O'Boylan go in search of the legendary Zombie Master of the Congo. This adventure is the first expedition of the great-grandson of the founder of S.A.V.E. and forms the first chapter in his book 'Devices of the Enemy."
  • 1898 Dr. Olaf Gunderhagen and Mlle. Lise Rochateau, after years of researching the ill-fated Schmidt expedition, finally believe they have located an Alpine Vampire in one Baron Anton Gamier, who escapes before the pair can prove their findings.
  • 1908 Baltimore Jennings, Mustafa Al-Sharaz. and Michael O'Boylan go to Memphis, Egypt. The expedition is an emotional one for O'Boylan: this same expedition claimed the life of Charles O'Boylan 62 years earlier.
  • 1912 Michael O'Boylan and Benjamin Lewis travel to Fort Nelson, British Columbia, in search of what O'Boylan named the "She-creature." The mission ended unsuc-cessfully, although the men escaped with their lives.
  • 1922 Michael O'Boylan, Angus McTavish, and Ian Davidson go in search of "Nessie," the Loch Ness monster. Many things go wrong this expedition, not the least of which is the company's inability to prove the creature's existence.
  • 1930 Luis Agapito Gomez organizes an expedition to Cocos Island. He is the only one to return.
  • 1932 Mansanori Minowara discovers that the Unknown is active in the Far East as well as the Western world. In the first recorded eastern encounter, the Japanese scientist writes of a horrid rotting body roaming the countryside at night to break victims in half and drink their blood.
  • 1937 Capt. Douglas Rivers, moved by the untimely death of his dear friend Robert Baxter, dedicates his ship for the use of S.A.V.E. expeditions. His first such voyage sinks a "pirate ship" in the Indian Ocean. The vessel appears to be adrift, drawing the attention of ships passing by. On board, strange incorporeals kill unsuspecting sailors.
  • 1946 S.A.V.E. is unable to prove that creatures of the Unknown are causing the strange native accounts of the Oasis of Dream Death. An unmapped oasis appears and people who spend the night there reportedly laugh in their sleep, then suddenly let out a horrible scream and die. Lady Veronica Smith does not find the oasis in question.
  • 1948 Jean Pierre Kumbalha authenticates the Haitian Zombie and the proper method of killing the creature with sea salt and a needle and thread.
  • 1951 S.A.V.E. designates the Virlin Caverns as a likely place to explore because of recent strange sightings that corre-spond to Evil Way descriptions.
  • 1956 Yeti sightings common this year in the Himalayas.
  • 1959 SA.V.E. explorer Dr. Jose Sotero Guevara finds a "tribe" of were-jaguars in Chilpancingo, Mexico. He is able to escape death and return to tell of the strange tribe. The others who left with Guevara were not so fortunate.
  • 1964 Strange lights appear in the desolate area of Skirmish Hill, Australia.
  • 1967 S.A.V.E. establishes contact in Red China. Although communication is difficult, there seems to be much information to exchange with the new members.
  • 1973 SAVE hears of possible Unknown activities on the set of The Exorcist, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
  • 1974 S.A.V.E. uses the guise of a Severn College study to try to enter the White House in search of "Presidential Ghosts." U.S. Government denies permission for the study.
  • 1978 S.A.V.E. receives reports from the Amazon Basin area that a tribe of Indians is able to shrink human heads and cause them to attack human victims by biting. This could be a new form of Animation of the Dead.
  • 1978 917 members of the People's Church in Guyana die in mass murder/suicide. SAVE envoys in South America suggest possible Unknown involvement.
  • 1980 S.A.V.E. expedition to the Amazon Basin fails to return. It is thought that leading explorer Paulo do Nacimiento has been lost to the Unknown.
  • 1984 SAVE enters into a publishing contract to begin fictionalizing the accounts of their most interesting expeditions, as a way to develop acceptance of its mission, but after two years of preliminary work, the publisher is suddenly and inexplicably driven out of business. SAVE begins the search for a new publisher.
  • 1985 In an attempt to avoid the appearance of racism, SAVE changes its name to the "Societas Argenti Viae Eternitata," the Eternal Society of the Silver Way. SAVE begins transfer of their archives to computer database.
  • 1986-1987 SAVE suffers from unprecedented envoy & attrition, as 30% of its membership is lost during investigations. Recruitment is at an all time low, as fewer new envoys volunteer to take the place of those lost to the Unknown.
  • 1988 SAVE issues lap-top computers to teams of envoys. This allows for more immediate access to archives than ever before.
  • 1988 Robert Davidson finds an Unknown item which, "when unlocked . . . should offer up vast amounts of knowledge."
  • 1989 An earthquake in the San Francisco area results in the death of 15 SAVE envoys.
  • 1989 SAVE Central Archives in Dublin is ravaged by flames. Surviving envoys suspect the Unknown is responsible. During clean-up, secret journals of Charles O'Boylan are discovered, relating the events which lead to the creation of SAVE. Organization of SAVE falls into a shambles, and Continental Headquarters try to maintain control, but lack of support hinders their progress.
  • 1990 SAVE goes underground, further concealing its presence in society. The indalo is no longer used; it is replaced by an emblem worn secretly by all SAVE envoys.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. This letter can be found on p. 83 of Chill 3rd Edition