<p>I don't know if I'm late on this one, but this seemed pretty cool. Okay so obviously the series takes some inspiration from Hinduism and Buddhism, with samsara being a theme and sanskrit appearing often. While I was doing some reading for a class and I found that some Buddhists believe that there are 6 realms: gods, demi-gods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts (!!), and hells. This explains why Crow and Owl were reborn as animals when they were originally human, as you get reborn into a different realm based on your karma. Also, corrupted souls were referred to as hungry ghosts in Paradise (and maybe a different game as well?). Rusty Lake seems to be a place where the human, animal, and hungry ghost realms have somehow merged. Let me know what you guys think :-)
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