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In Camarilla terms:

Elders
Elders are Kindred who have existed for hundreds of years (400 or more), and typically range from sixth to ninth generation. With centuries of accumulated cunning and a terrible thirst for power, elder Kindred are the most physically active participants in the Jyhad � they do not suffer the long fits of torpor that hamper the Methuselahs and Antediluvians, but they are not so powerless or easily manipulated as the younger Kindred are. The term �elder� itself is a bit subjective; a Kindred who qualifies as an elder in the New World might be just another ancilla in Europe or older corners of the Earth. Elders keep a stranglehold on the Kindred power structure, preventing younger vampires from attaining positions of influence by exercising control they have maintained for decades, if not centuries.

Ancillae
Ancillae are relatively young vampires (between one hundred and three hundred+ years of life) who have proved themselves as valuable members of Kindred society. Ancillae are the lackeys to greater Kindred, and � if they�re clever or lucky � tomorrow�s elders. Ancilla is the rank between neonate and elder, signifying that the Kindred has cut her teeth (so to speak), but lacks the age and experience to become a true master of the Jyhad. Because the world�s population has grown so in the last two centuries, the vast majority of vampires are ancillae or neonates.

Neonates
Neonates vary from newly released fledglings to indolent Kindred of multiple decades. Marked by the stigma of not yet having proved themselves to the elders, neonates are inexperienced vampires who might one night make something of themselves � but, more likely, will fall as pawns in the schemes of the other undead.

Fledglings
Also known more loosely as �childer� (although every vampire except Caine is someone�s childe), fledglings are newly reborn vampires still under the tutelage and protection of their sires, the vampires who created them. Fledglings are not considered full members of Kindred society and are often treated disrespectfully or as the sire�s property. When her sire decides her childe is ready, the fledgling may become a neonate, subject to the prince�s approval.