Hey there!
I would just like to add to what was said. Eth's take on whatever life that shares the gender that they connect with. For instance if your Ethaefal is a Woman, as chosen by Syna or Leth, your mortal form would be that of the last female body you had. If you were a female right before Leth took you, and he decided you were truly supposed to be a female, then when you fall to Mizahar your mortal form will be that of your last life, which was female. Now if your last life was a male, then when Leth took you up he changed you to female to reflect what he thought best showed your soul (as a female), so that means when you fell to earth you would take on whichever life you were last female. Here I will give you a visual to help
So then lets use this to represent your last life:
Male JamouraSo then you die as a male Jamoura, and you are taken up by Leth because as a Jamoura you were loyal to him. Leth takes you into his domain, and decides you are better off female, so lets represent this new life of yours as this:
Female LethaefalWell notice that your last life was male, so that means your last life CANNOT be your current fallen Eth's mortal form. So you go back down your timeline, through all your life times, and find the LAST FEMALE FORM you took. So I shall list it for you
Female Lethaefal1)
Male Jamoura2) Male human
3) Male Drykas
4) Male Akalak
5)
Female Zith6) Female Akavarti
7) Male Eypharian
The
Female Zith was your last Female life, thus it becomes your mortal form during the day. Thus your character is a
Female Lethaefal at night and a
Female Zith during the day.
Often the mortal form you take is at the pique of physical strength and fitness that you were during that life time. So for Zith that would be around the age of 20 or so, maybe a bit younger when their bodies were the strongest. So your mortal form is not at the age that you died, but at the age when you were at your physical best. Pretty cool huh
Now as for the memories, you do not have "memories" like you would normally think. It is possible if you were a Konti in a past life that you might go to Mura and have a sudden feeling that you have been there before. It is even possible that you can start recalling old skills from a past life, feeling as if you had done this all before thus you pick it up quicker than the average person. I have seen some Eth's that have dreams that show them images from past lives, but almost always they forget these when they wake up. If you are unsure exactly what you can and cannot recall contact your local ST and they can help you out as well
Hope this helps!
Ev