[MAJOR SPOILERS] On Souls and the Lifestream

[Neophyte]

Anyway. Earlier on in Il Mheg, Alphinaud comments that the pixies' childlike temperaments is owed to them (supposedly) being the reincarnated souls of children. Just the same, the Fuath are supposedly reincarnated souls of those who were drowned. These, and the Warrior of Light being an apparently reincarnated Ascian, strongly suggest if not confirm that it's possible for souls to persist in the Lifestream. Otherwise they're simply errant souls, drifting in the aether until they're able to reincarnate - never entering the Lifestream.

I don't take those 'fairy tales' seriously tbh. I mean... if souls persist in the lifestream, there shouldn't be 'child souls', bcs... well... every soul was a child once (or twice or...) and every soul reborn would also always start as a child. So wth is a 'child soul'?

I mean:
Adult person dies
-> adult soul gets into lifestream, ready to be reborn (but not as fairy, since no child)
-> soul gets reborn in a new born child (the former adult soul is a child soul now) and dies
-> child soul gets reborn as fairy
-> soul trapped forever in a childlike state

If fairies are immortal and child souls get likely turned into fairies and fairies always and forever stay childish (and so their soul) AND the number of souls is constant.. we should run low on souls at some point, lol.

[Alleo]

I don't take those 'fairy tales' seriously tbh. I mean... if souls persist in the lifestream, there shouldn't be 'child souls', bcs... well... every soul was a child once (or twice or...) and every soul reborn would also always start as a child. So wth is a 'child soul'?

I mean:
Adult person dies
-> adult soul gets into lifestream, ready to be reborn (but not as fairy, since no child)
-> soul gets reborn in a new born child (the former adult soul is a child soul now) and dies
-> child soul gets reborn as fairy
-> soul trapped forever in a childlike state

If fairies are immortal and child souls get likely turned into fairies and fairies always and forever stay childish (and so their soul) AND the number of souls is constant.. we should run low on souls at some point, lol.

Well not everyone dies as a child and we simply dont know if we only have all souls being recycled or if new ones can be created. Anyway I think that quest pointed out that a child died (not sure if a certain age was needed) and instead of becoming part of the lifestream they somehow were left back on earth and became the new race. The same for those that drowned. So I guess that not every child that die will become one.