History of Clan Lothorian

Although records of Lothorian history are, at the very best, vague, there does seem to be some validity to the notion that they began somewhere in the Eastern parts of the world, perhaps as far away as what is now Pakistan. Tales of flying vampires gave recently surfaced in a set of scrolls dating back to around 35 BC, making the Bloodline, if in fact these scrolls are both authentic and actually refer to the Lothorians, a great deal older than those who’ve become aware of them had conjectured.The Scrolls were found along with the remains of a wooden weapon of some kind and bone fragments which appear to be part of a rib cage, implying that someone had to been impaled nearby. The Kindred who discovered this site believes this to possibly be the remains of either the founder of the Bloodline or one of his Brood, but as the scrolls have yet to be translated in their entirety, this is merely conjecture.

The first being in Vampiric accounts to clearly demonstrate any knowledge of what appears to be Lothorian history is Catania. A female kindred haling from Asia Minor, Catania intrigued several courts in Europe with mythic tales of fierce "wind-riding predators" who fought off invaders in wars of centuries past. She claimed that they were creations of the "Old Gods of the Night," and not subject to the "guilt of Caine or the Anger of the Christian God." Although never actually professing to being a member of the "Clan" itself, several accounts written by Kindred who had heard her tales spoke of her demonstrating a facility for "gliding across the room as if her feet were unaware of the presence of a floor upon which to stand" (Al-Rhrazad, Clan Lasombra, 716 AD).Catania regaled her hosts with mirth, stories and the occasional contract slaying through parts of Italy, Turkey and Spain, finally disappearing without a trace in 732 AD.

The Dark Ages

The Lothorians reached a nadir in their population during this time, when Kindred intermingled with great confusion and perhaps too much abandon. Broods seemed to periodically crop up in different areas of Western Europe, particularly Spain, Germany and parts of the British Isles. Always small in number, they would often peter out quickly, consumed by their own lack of discretion. Despite their frequency, they traveled largely unnoticed, mistaken for wandering barbarians or ignorant Autarkis. Many recorded slayings by amateur Hunters and territorial Kindred of "pagan Vampires" and "unwashed upstarts" were probably the unwitting ends of not a few Lothorian Broods. It was about this period that the first Lothorian to come into prominence was known. An advisor to a Toreador Lord, this Nightflyer first learned of the sense of aesthetic and mastery of mind-games that would later be integrated into the Lothorian’s traditional ways. It was this Kindred for whom the Bloodline was ultimately named. Lothos’ whereabouts, if he is still Undead, are presently unknown. Of the Bloodlines to suffer during the Burning Times, the Lothorians, due to their blatancy, were the hardest hit while still surviving. Probably less that 10 of the Europeans members of the Bloodline survived the period, whereupon they quietly vanished from view for centuries.

The Modern Nights

The Bloodline seems to have made a comeback around the beginning of the 20th Century, with the first Broods showing up in the United Kingdom. By the 1920s, no less than 4 Broods had reached the United States. The Clan reached its peak around 1979, but began to shrink again as the inevitable curse of ignorance took its toll on their number. Today, in the Final Nights, there are an estimated 23 Lothorians in existence; fortunately, their propensity for reproduction allows for such a small number to be more than enough for the Bloodline to survive into the next century.

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