Wheel

The Wheel is a metaphor for the Prydaen belief in reincarnation. Prydaen are born, live, and die, and then the Wheel turns again as they are reborn anew as a kit. When the undead invaded the homeland and our fallen Prydaen kin were transformed into undead as well, their souls were trapped within their corpses and unable to return to the Wheel, thus the birth rates dropped. When the soul tires of the Wheel, they may find peace in Tenemlor's realm for all eternity.

Also see: Weaving the Wheel (book)