outofsticks | A NEW YEAR, A FORGOTTEN YOU

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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Name: Percival Vienetta
Place of Birth: Haven

Reasons for Joining the Grove: Percival was part of the original expedition, agreeing with Aldric's vision to expand trade, mostly for Medicine.

History: Once the expedition had settled and the Grove had sprung up, Percival focused his attention on working with Grace to further medicinal knowledge. Being in the Faewood however meant that there was illnesses science was woefully - in his opinion - ill-equipped to handle and thus turned his attention towards magic as a way to supplement and maybe even surpass scientific method.

While he wasn't working to bandaid scrapped knees, he took to being a sort of Grandfatherly figure to all who needed one who understood and didn't judge them. His couch was open to whomever needed it, and he would often have dinners with whichever children came over that night. He was unable to have children of his own, so took the role with great glee and gusto.

At some point in time he finally married his wonderful Lily while in the Grove, though Percival was a thinker of free love and extended his hand towards Dom as well.

When things started to go south, Lily was unfortunately corrupted and attacked Percival in his sleep. Though he survived, her corruption and death ultimately drove him mad with denial and grief, and he began to dig deeper into darker magic. Searching for ways to reverse the corruption, searching for means in which to bring the dead back to life, and ways to combat the Cult. Unfortunately whatever he found was not enough to save him, when he either challenged the Forest directly or attempted to make a deal with it in exchange for Lily, and he died for his transgressions.

Role: He was a Doctor of both scientific and magical means (once he began to figure it out) as well as sort of the defacto Grandpa to all who needed one.

Looking for: Friends, children who visited the most (A.B.A. was his pretty much adopted Granddaughter), those who were interested in joining him in magical healing.

Wants and Wishes: OPENS ARMS WIDE COME AT ME

A NEW YEAR, A FORGOTTEN YOU

Pure Vanilla