Tales from the Dawn #3: "A Question of Life" (Hermes)

[KariTheFox]

Since we're operating in a universe where reincarnation is confirmed to be phenomenon that the ancients not only believed in, but could track and observe as souls were reincarnated into new lives, I think the distinction between literal biological descendants and other new life forms that emerged on the star.

As a kind of side point, what exactly does it mean for an ancient to have children? It doesn't seem likely that they would reproduce the traditional way, given they already have the capacity to create new ensouled life in the form of familiars,

But they must have children, since characters are the children of other characters and they yknow, understand what a child is. Probably not something we're supposed to think too hard about.

[Lurina]

As a kind of side point, what exactly does it mean for an ancient to have children? It doesn't seem likely that they would reproduce the traditional way, given they already have the capacity to create new ensouled life in the form of familiars,

No, they don't. Multiple NPCs in Elpis say that you're the first familiar with a soul they've ever seen.