ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies - Factions
Portofiro in 1996 is a city held between two blocs and haunted by the network that died in it. The Operant Bureau owns Hershel's cryptonym, the Weeping Eye owns the streets, La Luz owns the state, and the Whole Sick Crew exists only as a burned file and five survivors.
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· updated 2026-09-15
| Name | Type | Description | Region | Points Of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operant Bureau | Intelligence Agency | The intelligence service of the Superbloc and Hershel Wilk's former employer, known in the trade as the Opera. | Superbloc | Hershel Wilk (CASCADE), recalled to active duty HOLOCENE, left behind in Portofiro in 1991 PSEUDOPOD, catatonic at Foto 24 in 1996 The Freezer in Novessa, where disgraced operants are stored |
| The Weeping Eye | Secret Police | La Luz's secret police and the reason the Whole Sick Crew no longer exists. | Portofiro / La Luz | Burned the Whole Sick Crew in 1991 Active crackdown in Portofiro in 1996 La Luz's primary instrument of internal control |
| La Luz | State / Former Empire | The techno-fascist military power that runs Portofiro and once ran an empire. | Portofiro and the former Luzian territories | Portofiro, originally a Luzian penal colony Havagerly, another former Luzian territory The Weeping Eye, its secret police State control of data and public life |
| The Superbloc | Rival Power Bloc | The rival bloc to La Luz and the state that the Operant Bureau serves. | Beyond Portofiro | Operant Bureau, its intelligence agency Portofiro's abandoned membership bid Agents embedded in the city |
| The Whole Sick Crew | Burned Spy Network | Hershel Wilk's Portofiro network from 1988 to 1991, and the reason she was sent to the Freezer. | Portofiro | Hershel Wilk (CASCADE), network lead TAXMAN (Tempo), now an influential city figure KINDRED (Karolina) RADIAN (Ramses) ESTOC (Ezsti) VIRTUE (Vespar Sondo), former carabinero HOLOCENE, Hershel's former double |
| Portofiro Guardia | Local Police | The city's own police force, staffed by carabineros and squeezed between La Luz's security apparatus and the local underworld. | Portofiro | Vespar Sondo (VIRTUE), former carabinero Local law enforcement in Quisach and the wider city |
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