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!

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Name: Jacob Rozenfeld
Place of Birth: Grove
Reasons for Joining the Grove: Jacob was born in the Grove. Not much else to it.

History: Jacob was born in the Grove at the tender age of newborn. Though he is a fraternal twin to his brother Caleb, he was born first by an hour, and thus took his older brother status very seriously. He was highly protective of Caleb, who was fae-touched, and would often fight the things Caleb said he could see. Even if to many others it looked like has swinging his wooden sword at thin air. Children at play to many adults, of course. Jacob himself saw nothing out of the ordinary, but completely accepted his brother could see things and believed him whole-heartedly. The Grove was sometimes weird, after all, why wouldn't Caleb see something? They were joined by Wren and would play together every day, quickly becoming fast friends.

As they grew older, Jacob's protectiveness didn't really wan, but he did try to mitigate it from becoming overbearing by joining up with the Grove's guards along side Wren. Now he had much more to protect and wasn't hovering over Caleb all day. He took to the role well and was a good soldier, helpful to those who needed it, and willing to follow orders without complaint. Though he respected Helputt as the Captain, for some reason he naturally gravitated towards Dom and was more inclined to following him and his orders. When Dom overthrew Aldric when Aldric began to go odd, Jacob backed his play.

He absolutely despised the Cult, and tried his best to root out as many of them as he possibly could. He said it was because "Gods" had no right to meddle in the affairs of humans - same as the Fae - but the real reason was the cults interest in his brother. While he would have rather seen the lot of them fall for it, he was more than willing to simply arrest them and let them be put on trial. Other than that, he tried his best to keep the peace where possible.

When the Grove began to fall to the monsters, Jacob did his best to protect those he could while fighting them off, joining the rest of the Guard. Eventually he managed to make his way back home in time to protect Caleb, though this unfortunately meant Caleb witnessed his brothers death protecting him.

Role: Guard and very protective "older" brother.

Looking for: Friends, comrades in arms, lovers, whatever.

Wants and Wishes: Everything, anything

Edited 2025-01-28 16:21 (UTC)

A NEW YEAR, A FORGOTTEN YOU

Clive