Where to be a hunter,
and not the prey

-Narrated by Deebrau, nomadic Toreador antitribu, disappeared at the end of 2001.

Right now, all of Prague is a self-service: the Sword searches for the remains of the Camarilla to settle accounts with them, and the Camarilla, in turn, strikes like a hammer to all her enemies, tired of being always on the defensive. Snakes bite Necromancers to suck all their blood, while they assault the still ashen tombs of the extinct Rogues, who must surely be stirring in their remains scattered to the four winds.

You want to know where to feed in Prague and not end up being the appetizer, right? Well then, follow me and pay attention, it's going to be a long night...

Hunting Grounds

Prazsky Hrad
(Prague Castle)

The original Slavic settlement was rebuilt several times between the 11th and 20th centuries, if the memory of my sire was as old as I presumed. Since the 9th century it was the seat of the Premysls. The Duke's Palace, originally a wooden building, was converted into a stone castle in the year 1135 and, during the reign of Charles IV, was transformed into the Renaissance Gothic style. During the Rudolfine period, the castle housed the emperor's court (1584-1612) and, in a new palace, stables and halls were built to display the emperor's art collections. Under the rule of Maria Theresa (1753-77) the old complex was converted into a Rococo-style residence with three internal courtyards. After the First World War, the interior and the gardens of the castle were rebuilt by the architect J. Plecnik. Today, the Castle serves as the seat of the President of the Czech Republic and as the historical and political centre of both the city and the country. The changing of the guard takes place every hour from 5 a.m. until 11 p.m. At noon, there is also a solemn fanfare.

Hadrëany

This is a small municipal district with many interesting places, including the Schwarzenberg Palace, the Renaissance Lobkowitz Palace (mid-16th century), the Černín Palace of the early Baroque (1669-97) and the Loreta (1626-1720), whose Baroque church has a rich interior decoration and a collection of liturgical vessels in gold and silver. The Premonstratensian monastery complex named Strahov was founded in 1140, and includes buildings from the second half of the 17th century and a library from 1782-83.

Mala Strana

Mala Strana is a very well-preserved urban area, with numerous Renaissance and Baroque buildings, palaces and churches. The Church of St. Nicholas (1704-1759) is the finest example of Czech Baroque style in Prague. The Church of Saint Thomas was rebuilt in Baroque style between 1723-31, with magnificent structures and sculptures by M. B. Braun. The Baroque Wallenstein Palace, once the residence of the Wallenstein family, dates from 1624-30.

Mala Strana and the Old Town are connected by the Gothic Charles Bridge, built in 1357 by the master builder Otto and the famous Gothic architect Peter Parler, who was only 27 years old at the time. The bridge, 516 m long and almost 10 m wide, rests on 13 pillars and was later decorated with 30 Baroque sculptures between the years 1683-1724. Every morning, it is impossible to tell whether what covers its weather-worn stones is fresh snow or the ash of Cainites who fell there the night before, casualties of the endless war against the Camarilla.

Stare Mesto

The Old City, seat of the market — later the Old Town Square — existed since the end of the 10th century at the latest and, shortly thereafter, probably established the Prince's Court in Týn (Ungelt), where foreign merchants found protection. Caravans of merchants arrived at this court to exchange and sell their products. In 1234 Otakar II decided to build fortifications and founded the first City of Prague. In 1338, the residents of the Old City were granted the right to establish their own City Council, which became the political centre of the city.

The Jewish Quarter and the adjacent streets of the Old City underwent intense changes at the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century, a period in which old buildings were replaced by new ones built in the Historicist and Art Nouveau styles.

Nove Mesto

The New City was founded by Charles IV in 1348 together with the first university in Central Europe. It became immediately the largest center in the city for both cattle and Cainites arriving in Prague around that time. It covers the area that surrounds St. Wenceslas Square (Vaclavské námestí), established in 1348 by Charles IV as a horse market, and where the first Setites to arrive in the city began to weave their murky and dark dealings. At the top of the square stands the imposing building of the National Museum (1885-90) and the statue of Saint Wenceslas, sculpted by J. V. Myslbek between 1912-13, which among the Toreador of other factions is considered a sacred work — and one that we, the antitribu, love to redecorate from time to time with a style more in line with our wishes.

Vyshërad

The second seat of the Premysls. It was originally a Romanesque castle dating to 1070, later rebuilt by Charles IV. In 1654 it was turned into a Baroque fortress. The Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul dates from the latter half of the 14th century, and the adjoining Slavín cemetery is the resting place of several important figures in Czech history, as well as a field of cultivation, or rather enslavement, for the Giovanni of Josefov.

Prague City Hall with the Astronomical Clock

The Town Hall was founded in 1338 as the seat of Old Town's autonomous administration. The oldest part of the building, Gothic in style, with a tower and a chapel belvedere adorned with rich ornamentation, dates from the second half of the 14th century. Twelve apostles process across the Astronomical Clock, built at the beginning of the 15th century, every hour from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. At the base of the building stands a zodiac calendar by Josef Mánes from 1865. The eastern wing of the Town Hall, Neo-Gothic in style, was destroyed on May 8, 1945, in the final days of the Second World War, and to this day it has not been rebuilt. Its destruction was the result of one of our sect's first attacks against the city in the middle of the last century, and its continued absence reminds the Camarilla and all its cowardly members how far the Sabbat can go without them being able to stop us. Among us, it stands as a symbol of our superiority over them.

Venice Bar

It is an accessible, very youthful bar for experiencing Prague's nightlife, provided you enjoy surrounding yourself with the city's rich and, let us be clear, pampered set. This is where all the spoiled children and well-bred youth of Prague come to get spectacularly drunk and turn the night into a sleepy evening of laughter, jokes and an almost domestic, traditional atmosphere. Perfect for old fossils, but calm enough for anyone in need of a night without surprises.

Chapeau Rouge/Banana Café

Hidden at the end of a street in Old Town, it offers several beers and a range of special drinks. It is lively and very popular, especially among anarchist gangs, who have turned it into one of their favorite haunts and fill it with their small, mocking coteries. For now we leave this little enclosure of amusement to their own devices, but that may change when the children decide they want to play at more serious war games. When that happens, we will be delighted to become their finest, and last, instructors.

It is easy to reach via Námestí Republiky metro station, which therefore remains presumed anarch territory... for the moment.

Die Totentanz

Located in an old, small church in Mala Strana and converted into one of the busiest nightclubs in all Prague. Many regard it as the city's New Age flourish. This venue with the German name appeared only relatively recently, but it swiftly displaced its rivals and carved out an exclusive niche as the place to spend the entire night to the pulse of dance, house and cutting-edge techno.

Within its dark walls, decorated with hundreds of gargoyles, every kind of Cainite gathers, most of them Sabbat, anarchists, and the occasional absent-minded or reckless independent. More than once there have been quarrels and brawls between packs and anarch gangs there, but nothing that, so far, has become truly dangerous.

National Gallery

This museum has two pillars that constitute its main attractions: on the one hand, a collection of icons and religious motifs spanning from the 2nd century AD until the year 1500; on the other hand, original works by painters such as Holbein, Rubens, Dürer, Brueghel, Van Dyck and Canaletto.

This is one of the private Elysia of our Toreador cousins in the Camarilla and, despite appearances, one of their strongest and most resilient bastions. Many works by our cousins rest among the choicest scraps of cattle art, and the place also serves as a meeting point for the entire clan.

Wallenstein Palace Gardens

During the Thirty Years' War, one of the Austrian heroes was Albretch von Wallenstein, who ordered the construction of this palace set amid lush greenery. Many Gangrel have been seen hanging around the area lately, so we have begun to suspect that they want to create a refuge or recreation area among their gardens and parks. The Gangrel antitribu, for their part, suspiciously give nothing away about it and, for the moment, have not mentioned making a courtesy visit to their weak-blooded brothers.