The Beckoning
For as long as Kindred have existed, there have been rumours of mythical Elders, who sired the clans that exist in the world today. The now-dissolved Sabbat were dedicated to hunting these creatures down and destroying them. As if out of nowhere, during the late 1990s, the more powerful and old Vampires began to feel a pull to the eastern regions of the world, calling entire swathes of Methuselahs and Elders of the blood towards places of power. Pulling them from their Havens and Domains, their territorial disputes; to the cradles of civilisations and history.
This phenomenon has grown to be known as The Beckoning.
Members of all Clans have felt it - the call becoming more and more prevalent as the aged grow stronger, closure in generation and age to these mythological figures. There are anomalous accounts of certain clans and bloodlines not feeling the call: but the accuracy of these rumours vary. Save for Clan Hecata, who openly espouse that they are immune.
No one can say for sure why, or how, this is happening. But the fact remains, as time goes on, fewer and fewer of the aged in kindred society can resist the call, as they begin to wander to these desolate regions of the world: to meet whatever fate awaits them.