I always thought Aideen was some kind of "godess" similar to Garnok , but if she is what I think she is, could that mean she could actually be seen in the questlines? Probably!. Some players believe that our character is a reincarnation of Aideen , however I doubt that, games don't always place the character (player) on the top of the mountain, they usually allow us to feel "normal" before going through the changes, for example the fact that we are the fifth soulrider might be due to the fact that we are supposed to play a game we are "ACTIVE" in, being just a normal character wouldn't help much, we are stronger than the rest of the others so we can compete more actively in the questlines. Back in Starshine Legacy we were forced (or supposed) to play through the four characters, Lisa , Linda , Anne and Alex ! They all have a problem they need to fix, they all found themselves in extremely hard situations while going on new adventures!. One of the biggest differences between SSO and SSL is that in SSO we got to create our own character being guided into our OWN quests and adventures!. This is one of the things that made SSO "famous"!.
~These are just my thoughts though (I love sharing them).!