Nicknames: The People’s Republic of Fremont, The Artists’ Republic of Fremont, the Center of the Universe

Notable sites:

• The statue of Vladimir Lenin
• The Fremont Troll, an 18-foot-tall concrete sculpture of a troll crushing a Volkswagen Beetle in its left hand and situated under the north end of the Aurora Bridge.
• Black Iron Coffee

An unofficial motto “De Libertas Quirkas” (“Freedom to be Peculiar”) appears in brochures and websites about the area and serves to describe this arist and anarchic haven well.

Condition: Temporal Anamoly

Signs throughout Fremont give advice such as: “set your watch back five minutes,” “set your watch forward five minutes,” and “throw your watch away.” These serve to locate time-space anamolies in the neighborhood. Demons in these areas can make use a local Embed.

Roll: Manipulation + Science (a successful roll grants either a +2 bonus to initiative or reduces the time between rolls of an extended action by one quarter)

Rumors swirl that the effect can be exploited but noone can agree what the effect would be.