Project: Silver Crow was indeed started some time after the Sundering, to prevent another such debacle. Towards the end of the 10th century, 99 of the Project's omens predicted a terrible, bloody conflict between the Tremere and the Diedne that would eradicate one of the two Houses; a conflict the Tremere could win by striking first and asking questions later. So the Tremere did strike first, and never asked any questions. The rest, as they say, is history.
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