Rank

All Kindred are ranked by age in accordance with their peers. There is some overlap with a Kindred's Blood Potency (BP), but that relationship is not as direct as iterated in Requiem. The definitions below are tailored specifically for the Charnel House Blues setting.

Titles Awarded by Age

 * 1) Fledgling = Kindred within their first decade of un-life. Most childer, at this stage, remain in extremely close contact with their sires, and their sires are responsible for their childer's action within this time frame.
 * 2) Neonate = Kindred within their first century of un-life. Typically used to refer to Kindred past the fledgling stage, but technically a fledgling is also a neonate. To the Kindred community at large, a Kindred hasn't truly proven their mettle as a surviving member of their society until they have aged past this point.
 * 3) Ancilla = Kindred over one century old, who has therefore proven their capacity to survive in Kindred society, and who can still feed on humans. Typically this is a Kindred 1 - 4 centuries old.
 * 4) Elder = Kindred who have been around long enough to have at some point reached the stage of potency at which they can no longer feed on humans. Kindred of BP 6 or higher are so old that their nourishment requires ingesting the blood of other Kindred, typically neonates, unless the Elder has found some  other means to accommodate their aged appetites or reduce their potency below 6. Because Blood Potency can be manipulated, and particularly reduced via stints in Torpor, there is no guarantee of that an Elder is always at BP 6 or higher, but it is uncommon to find one who has slept long enough to able to feed from humans without supernatural assistance. Generally, these Kindred are 4 or more centuries old.
 * 5) Super Elder (Methuselah) = A Kindred who has been around and awake long enough to reach BP 10.
 * 6) * "Methuselah" is a term which is sometimes generally applied to any old Kindred, especially Elders due to their need to feed from their own, but it is most accurately applied to super elders.

Source: Masquerade, Requiem, & House Rules