History
Fort York 1789-1813

Sir John Simcoe’s arrival in 1793 marked the transformation of Fort Toronto into Fork York, and the expansion of its population as immigration, particularly that of American Loyalist were encouraged. Envisioned during this period was the building of a provincial college to shift the Fort from not being strategically important, but also culturally important. It was during this period that the most notable of the lineages began to make their way North. Vincent Andersen arrived with his childer to help reinforce Braun’s position against the American Carthians who continued to probe Invictus strength in Upper Canada.

While the creation of the college would have likely begun the process of reorienting York, plans to begin work in this direction were undermined by another faction within the British Invictus who seized power from the Jetter lineage. Much like the continued battles between England and France had evolved over the centuries, so too had the players involved. The Jetter lineage no longer stood at the pinnacle of the confrontation with the French. Through their agent Sir Guy Carlton, Governor General of Canada, they attempted to curtail the power that Braun had cultivated for fear that he would strike back on behalf of his lineage. The imagined threat never materialized, the Prince’s attention never turned from the New World.

Over the next 20 years American forces pushed the English out of America. Those farther north worried as more British soldiers crossed the border, or were called back home. 1813 saw American forces crossing the lake, and seizing Fort York. For five days the Americans held York. During those five days Evelyn Prater of the Lancea Sanctum had the library taken from York, the church cleared of anything left within, and the burning of the legislative buildings. Contained within that library were the only known written accounts of Cruac that the Ordo Dracul had managed to collect since their arrival in the New World. Newly arrived, it came as a surprise that Bishop John Strachen would be able to so quickly negotiate what turned out to be an amicable capitulation by the British forces in York. The territory remained in the hands of Braun, even though the battle had been won by the Carthian agents.