Examination of anything in Southeast Asia has been notoriously difficult due to the ill reception that many Kindred have received from the mysterious vampires that haunt this part of the world. The della Passaglia, through marrying into Beijing families in the course of their financial activities throughout the region, have won a begrudging acceptance that no other faction of Kindred society has yet achieved. It has allowed them to examine the arts of Eastern Necromancy first hand.

Similar to practices in the West, ancestor worship has been conducted in the region for millennia. Living families build shrines to the departed that serve to focus their prayers. For example, they burn ghost money at these shrines that then appear beyond the Shroud for the departed to use as currency in the afterlife. As such potent connections to the spirit world, these shrines become Fetters by default, and thus they are instrumental in many Necromancy rites.

As the della Passaglia explored the region, they realized that death is treated differently by the myriad mortal cultures there. This diversity attracted other Necromancers before the della Passaglia arrived, particularly the Nagaraja. When the della Passaglia finally turn their attention to examining the concept of the cycle of death and rebirth in the Hindu culture of India, they fully expect to find the Nagaraja are already ahead of them once more.