A NEW YEAR, A FORGOTTEN YOU

[sticksandbonesmods]

Once upon a time, in the continent of Ostorn, there was a town called Haven. After a deadly plague had ravaged the lands, a man decided to strike out and pave a new trade route to cities barred by a lack of roads and an abundance of natural blockades...

Welcome to the first past life plotting post of 2025! Sticks and Bones is a setting where player characters are the reincarnations of previous residents of the town that Aldric founded within the woods as a midway stop between cities on his new trade route. The continent of Ostorn and the world of Sticks and Bones is a magical land inspired by the Tales of series, among other games. Below in the comments are some explanations, locations and pre-existing NPCs who can be referenced!

Players with dropped characters are encouraged to include their dropped characters if only for potential backstory purposes for others, but it is not a requirement.

While we don't want to restrict things a lot, we must ask you keep the following in mind!

• Although this is a magical setting where plant-animals and beasts like the Guardians exist, characters must be human in their past life, with few exceptions. Please speak to the mods if you feel something else is better for your character.
• The level of technology was a bit skewed, but largely it was very basic electricity that just... happened to be magic. Light bulbs, the magic of indoor plumbing. 
• Speaking of magic, while there are forms of magic such as enchantment and standard RPG mechanics, the Celestial magic that's been included in the game plot is not open to characters in their past lives.
• You are more than welcome to include new locations or expand on current ones, though if it is noted to reach out to a specific player about it, please do that. Ostorn is a large continent, and there is an even bigger world out there.
• The Goddesses are known, but very distantly as ancient history. Religion depends on the region, but Guardians, being demigod animals, are frequent objects of worship.
• Your past life should not be a 1:1 parallel to your current life! Things change, situations change, and the new reincarnations got off very badly actually.

When you're ready, please use this form and then tag out!

Name: it u
Place of Birth: where u from
Reasons for Joining the Grove: why u here
History: whahappun (also how did u die)
Role: what u doin
Looking for: what are you most interested in having for your past life cr?
Wants and Wishes: anything else!

<b>Name:</b> it u<br /><b>Place of Birth:</b> where u from<br /><b>Reasons for Joining the Grove:</b> why u here<br /><b>History:</b> whahappun<br /><b>Role:</b> what u doin<br /><b>Looking for:</b> what are you most interested in having for your past life cr? <br /><b>Wants and Wishes:</b> anything else!<br />

Comments

[thebladebringstheflame]

this is where we plot with flamebringer! plsthank

[beathollow]

Mafuyu's mom definitely sucked that much, but good luck getting the princess from the tower- she did get to sneak out now and then, but it was never for long... regardless, she was always grateful to him for letting her hide for a while.

[thebladebringstheflame]

his daughters loved mafuyu ok... also you know for a fact fb started fights with mafuyu's mom every so often like hey bitch :) :) :) still forcing your dreams onto your daughter because you're too much of a failure to complete them yourself huh :) :) :)

[beathollow]

GOD. GOD. the passive agression was off the charts. maybe even the actual aggression. that is her child, her heir, her prodigy and she had a FUTURE outside of this hovel in roseroot! they were going to wed her to a young noble! and then they got trapped here and what would you know about dreams, you're content to take in strays and make no progress in your life! (please punch her or something fb.)

meanwhile mafuyu is helping mayoi teach the girls the scales.



FB is definitely part of why mafupapa divorced mafumom i can feel it in my bones. SHAME IT CAME TOO LATE.

[thebladebringstheflame]

fb won't hit women (in this version of him anyway) but he will fill her yard with instant mashed potatoes and turn the sprinklers on.

however yeah the second he finds her dad he's like you need to take your daughter and leave that woman your child has clinical depression and that hasn't even been invented yet

[beathollow]

the best part is that mafuyu's mom only has real power in her own community- since the asahinas got trapped while traveling, she doesn't have the social influence she would have otherwise been able to use to ostracize his house. so instead she just has to yell and yell and lock her daughter in her room

i hope they were like becoming weird awkward friends before everything. i hope this man took the most mildmannered looking dude in the grove drinking to convince him to divorce his wife (hes working on it) and introduce him to wild shit (actually not very wild at all as theyre both fathers butcoming from the resdent punk dad it still feels wild)