>There appear to be different rules for Easterners, as there are with >most myths involving elves and men. My guess is that if Vlad dies, >his days of reincarnation are over. Consider Vlad's conversation with the ghost of Franz. Vlad appears to believe that Franz WILL reincarnate as soon as a suitable host fetus is conceived. "Suitable" isn't clarified, nor do we know whether Vlad was taught this by Noish-pa or if he learned it or inferred it based upon his knowledge and experience with Dragaeran life and death. Unfortunately, it's all we've got to work with. We do know that Franz didn't go to any sort of Eastern Halls of Judgement. Or course, we don't really know what happens to a Dragaeran who is denied Deathsgate, either. It might just be the general case that anyone who fails to take the Paths of the Dead is doomed to haunt the area of his death until a suitable reincarnation opportunity is presented. It might also be that Of course, Vlad may just be all wet also.