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==Dark Days and Illuminated Nights==
Tijuana's expansion was, on the surface, a wild, anarchic thing, fueled by tourism, gambling, nightlife and a cheap theme-park version of Mexican culture for foreign consumption. In reality, it was carefully harnessed for maximum profit by various interests: local crime lords, Mafia families, and of course, underneath those, many Leviathans. Federal troops and militia sent the few local revolutionaries packing during the Civil War, because nothing could be allowed to endanger the profits. Free from Marduk's gaze, free from the crime-busting efforts that would culminate in the Prohibition north of the border, Tijuana grew and so did the Wicked Tribe. Unavoidably, this constant proximity along with the temptation of greater power and masses brought heavy conflict. The Hatfield rainmaker flood, a collateral effect of a conflict between two prominent Cults, destroyed a large swath of the city, and was only the most visible sign of the seething underground war. Ultimately, the city crashed when the leader of the local School of Fog, Tomaso Montés, convinced the federal government to ban gambling in the state in order to impose some calm.

Many Leviathans crossed north again just in time to benefit from the boom in activity that World War II created in San Diego. A heavy influx in population came to work in the shipyards, and some of them brought their family gods with them. A new equilibrium of power finally settled in, one that continues to this day. The old families have lost much of their power, but they are still listened to enough that conflict does not break out too visibly, too often. From time to time, however, tensions flare up for territory or family, and atrocities are committed that are either buried by the cities' good citizens or swept under the rug - namely, thrown out to the other side of the border. Occasionnally a more direct approach is need and a natural disaster will come along to sweep clean the slate. But sooner or later, the vacuum in power calls for another godling-king who will test his mettler against the iron border.