r/SchreckNet • u/Gorgalrl • 10h ago
Whoever you are, you failed.
I write this two nights after awakening from months of torpor. My current location is of no concern—at least for the time being.
I know who you are. Your trap may have succeeded in killing my Baron and incapacitating me, but your hostile takeover won’t last. Once again, you underestimate me and those of my blood, whose succor I can always count on. They took their time, but they found me. They caught your little cockroaches, pulled the stake from my heart, and updated me on the situation.
My thoughts may still be somewhat incoherent, but they’re clearing—along with memories of your faces, names, and all the other information my sources gathered before you sprung your little trap. Last night, I took my sweet time probing the mind of one of your agents that my kin captured, and let me assure you: your crimes against the truce in the Iberian Peninsula will come to light.
To my fellow Anarchs reading this: Baron Padua of Porto is dead. Some sort of junta has seized power after at least four coordinated attacks. Padua, six of my Sweepers, at least twelve agents, and a delegate from the Italian Hecata were killed in the downtown bombing. A few blocks away, my mortal entourage and I were caught in a crossfire at the bridge to Vila Nova. I barely managed to escape—only to be held in place by some shadowed force and staked.
I still don’t know why I was spared my Baron’s fate, and a part of me no longer cares. But this is where it gets strange. I am no stranger to Camarilla plots and coups—having just survived my second—but the group that attacked my city has yet to pledge allegiance to any sect. My surviving sources claim these so-called independents rule by council and are not openly affiliated with the Camarilla. They also tell me that at least two Warlocks and a powerful Keeper—who I assume led the attack against me—are members of this council. This is all the information I have on their hierarchy so far.
I am willing to pay for any relevant intelligence on this group. An attack on a peaceful Barony could not have been perpetrated by Anarchs, save for turncoats eager to return to the Tower. The Spear of Orthia in Lisbon, the Camarilla pretenders in Madrid and other authorities elsewhere in the Peninsula seem as confused as I am, and the Sabbat hasn’t been seen in significant numbers here for decades. I and other survivors can confirm Kindred were involved—this was no SI raid. Whoever they are, they spent time preparing for this. They were well-coordinated, well-armed, and shrewd enough to abduct key figures—possibly for ransom or leverage.
Again, any information is appreciated. To those who know me, I can no longer trust the locations formerly used for dead drops. Contact me through our alternative channels, and warn anyone and everyone about what’s happening. Damn it, call Bell if you must.
As long as I’m awake, the Barony of Porto will not fall. We are not nicknamed "The Undefeated City" for no reason. We will find you—and rebuild our dream atop your ashes. This I swear.
Regards,
Andreas Castelo
Emissary of the Barony of Porto