User blog comment:0770/Ayanami is a Raggs?!/@comment-2151409-20130102222531

I was shocked too, though there's a theory that Ayanami was killed by the Shadow man because he (SM) knew he (Ayanami) was Verloren's reincarnation and then had him raised by Barsburg, and Ayanami didn't know he was related to Kreuz and Krom or that he was Verloren until after killing Kreuz (who had the power to seal memories and may have sealed Ayanami's).