"Scott Schultz" <scott at cjhunter.com> Sent by: dragaera-bounces at dragaera.info 06/30/06 01:01 PM To "'Dragaera (E-mail)'" <dragaera at dragaera.info> cc Subject RE: Old Age? >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. Vlad was quoting Yain Cho Lin, the Eastern poet-seer on this point. Of course, this doesn't mean it's right... I do recall a quote by Aliera in /Taltos/ talking to Verra where she says Easterner souls aren't really any different than Dragaeran ones, also.. >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 They're supposed to go to their own Plane of Waiting Souls. (Or so says /The Book of the Seven Wizards/). >Of course, Vlad may just be all wet also. Quite possible. Majikjon