Timeline of the FBLA

The **Free Baronies of Los Angeles** are a collection of semi-united Anarch-controlled states in and around the city of Los Angeles, California. They are unique in their separation from the Camarilla and represent an ideal to strive towards for the entire Anarch Movement.

## The *Status Perfectus*

The *Status Perfectus* is a document that laid the foundation for the Free Baronies.

### Contents

"*We, the Kindred of the Free Baronies, do hereby declare that we and our progeny, and all Kindred who choose freedom over oppression and liberty over tyranny, of all clans and generations, have as an inherent part of their being the spiritual substance called libertas, or Free Will. We further declare that, as we have freed ourselves from the bonds of mortality, so must we free ourselves from the forces that would rob us of our libertas. Not only must we continue to struggle on our own behalf, but on behalf of our brothers and sisters who continue to be robbed of their libertas by oppression, ignorance and fear.*

*The Free Baronies are the political expression of that struggle. In choosing to free ourselves from political tyranny, we have also chose to embrace our own libertas and that of our brother and sister Kindred everywhere.*

*For these reasons we, the Kindred of the Free Baronies, meeting this night in solemn convocation, do hereby pledge ourselves to the following principles:*

1. *We declare ourselves to be free and independent, owing allegiance to no creature and no organization.*
2. *We declare our ability to rule ourselves, with no prince, no primogen and no other ruler other than that we choose for ourselves.*
3. *We declare our kinship with oppressed Kindred everywhere and offer a home to all Kindred of all generations and clans who will agree to dwell in harmony with us.*
4. *We further accept our responsibility to our oppressed brothers and sisters everywhere and pledge to assist them at all times and in all places in their own struggle for the freedom that we declare to be the birthright of all Kindred, from now until the end of time.*
5. *We recognize our responsibility to maintain the Masquerade, and we pledge to protect and defend it.*
6. *We establish this Status Perfectus and recognize its duty to all Kindred."*

## Timeline

##### 1943

In early December, the Anarch Jeremy MacNeil is captured and held for questioning by the Camarilla for conspiracy to incite a revolt.

##### 1944

Starting as a small group of disgruntled kindred in early 1944 who meet to voice their opinions about the state of Los Angeles and the capture of Jeremy MacNeil, the faction of so-called Supra-Anarchs (Anarchs existed for many years prior, the Supras labelled themselves as such for their willingness to actually fight against the Camarilla rather than "complaining and writing political theory") swelled in numbers very quickly and had found themselves in a position where they could really start affecting the landscape of the Princedom of Los Angeles. When reports of MacNeil's gross mistreatment hit the city streets, the Supra leadership of Salvador Garcia, Woody Stockton, and Saffron Letellier set to work building up the forces of the Anarch Movement and began guerrilla warfare against the Camarilla establishment, marking the beginning of the Second Anarch Revolt (referred to in the Free Baronies these days simply as the Anarch Revolt).

##### 1948

After a long and drawn out four years of war against the Camarilla, the Supras finally raid Prince Evander Ford's skyscraper. Garcia defeats Prince Evander in one-on-one combat, and this becomes a popular tale of valor for the Anarchs. The Status Perfectus is written later that month by Jeremy MacNeil and Salvador Garcia to declare the beginning of the Free Baronies and to unite all kindred.

The Free Baronies are formed, with the original ten Barons being:

* Jeremy MacNeil of Central Los Angeles and Hollywood
* Salvador Garcia of East Los Angeles
* Ingrid Sjöström of Santa Monica
* Robin Moreno of Malibu
* Sebastião Teixeira of the Northern Valleys
* Aster Rhodes of San Gabriel Valley
* Anton Liddell of South Bay
* Kalina Faubourg of Long Beach
* Amy Hwang of Burbank and Glendale
* Vincent Sullivan of San Fernando

##### 1959

Kalina Faubourg is staked and crucified above the Axiom Construction building by Edgar Hearst, left there a full night for all to see before she perishes in the sunlight. Hearst declares himself the new Baron of Long Beach. This act is cited by historians as the primary destabilizer in the Free Baronies, as until this point the Barons and constituents had enjoyed relative peace. In the years to come a concerted propaganda effort to downplay the brutality of Faubourg's execution and to paint her character as a tyrannical dictator is waged in Long Beach and beyond. In modern nights it is considered highly taboo to speak Kalina Faubourg's name in Long Beach.

J. R. Jefferson forms the Barony of Anaheim in the chaotic aftermath of Edgar Hearst's ascension to Baron status. This endeavor lasts only twelve days before the combined Free Baronies dissolve Anaheim as a Barony and a warrant for Jefferson's capture is made public.

##### 1961

Ingrid Sjöström abdicates her role as Baron of Santa Monica over claims she used her executive power to collaborate with several red-listed kindred along with allegations of ruthless surpression of opposition and crimes against kindred. "Pierrot" Kirilov becomes the new representative for Santa Monica.

##### 1962

Jeremy MacNeil is slain by Salvador Garcia over an unknown dispute, though kindred historians believe it was likely over Garcia's perceived failure of the Free Baronies which MacNeil urged, against Woody Stockton and Saffron Letellier's advice, to form. Armando Rodriguez reluctantly takes over MacNeil's Barony of Central and Hollywood, but cedes control of Hollywood to Kirilov.

Months later Garcia himself is believed to have met his final death at the hands of radical followers of the late Jeremy MacNeil, as he was quoted to have said in the weeks leading up to his death "It's like he's back from the grave". Duquan Harris becomes the new Baron of East Los Angeles.

##### 1975

Sebastião Teixeira is peacefully removed from his position by a Tremere-pressured Council of the Free Barons following a scandal in which he was alleged to have provided safe haven to James Howland. In the wake of this vote, Theresa Delaney and Salim Abdelsalam split the former Northern Valleys into the Baronies of Santa Clarita Valley and Antelope Valley.

##### 1988

Vincent Sullivan abdicates his position in protest over the "criminal" treatment of Orson Gunvald. He hands the territory of San Fernando over to Pierrot Kirilov.

##### 1992

Pierrot Kirilov suddenly resigns as the Baron of Santa Monica, Hollywood and San Fernando under pressure from a population increasingly unhappy with the amount of land held by the Baron. They tell the constituents to "do whatever you please" and essentially disappears from kindred recordkeeping. The large territory is split into the Barony of West Los Angeles (made up of the previous Santa Monica and Hollywood baronies) under Harland MacArthur and the Barony of San Fernando under Hugo Becker.

##### 2005

Amy Hwang disappears under circumstances that appear convenient to some, as Burbank and Glendale are absorbed by Hugo Becker to become the Barony of San Fernando Valley.

##### 2011

For reasons unknown, Anton Liddell abdicates the Barony of South Bay and Patience Danvers takes his position to a largely negative reception.

##### 2015

Robin Moreno claims ownership of Santa Monica and effectively walks into the city, daring Harland MacArthur to do something about it. Urged by the other Barons to hold back and largely unable to do anything about it anyway, the territory is ceded with no resistance from MacArthur. Robin Moreno begins styling herself as the Baron of Santa Monica, and Harland MacArthur's previous Barony of West Los Angeles becomes the Barony of Hollywood.