>[Kieron] reincarnated as an Easterner and son of the (soul)brother who >betrayed him: VN. The biggest problem I have with this idea is that Dragaerans are Dragaerans and Easterners are Easterners and never the twain shall meet. We've got a Tolkeinesque dichotomy here where Dragaerans experience one sort of afterlife, while Easterners experience a different sort that is left mostly unrevealed to the reader. The story of Dolivar(?) reincarnating as an Easterner is given as an exception that was caused by some rather extreme metaphysical Karma. (Though, we may eventually find out that Verra had some hand in things, given Vlad's character development over the last few books.) IMO, Kieron would never be reincarnated as an Easterner. Whatever Karma it was that "punished" Dolivar by reincarnating him as an Easterner would reincarnate the Founder of the Empire and its greates hero in an appropriate vessel. Probably a Dragonlord or a Dzur and likely an heir to the throne or someone in a position to become Warlord eventually. On souls, the more interesting question is not where Baby V's soul comes from. It's "What will happen to Vlad's soul when he dies?" Will it continue the Karmic cycle as an Eastern soul forevermore? Will it return to the Paths? Some combination where it works off its Karmic burden as an Eastern soul, then returns to the Paths for a proper reincarnation?