A NEW YEAR, A FORGOTTEN YOU

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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

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[love_swan]

hiiii hihihihi

So I know things are kind of *hand wobble* timeline wise. I know Aira was an adult, probably around 20-22 at oldest when things went to shit. about how old was Kyojuro when shit hit the fan?

[tempurahair]

So Weasel and I figure a decade of happiness is like three times whatever they ever got in canon, so probably around 35!

[love_swan]

So math says Aira was roughly a preteen when Kyojuro first visited, so he would have probably gotten to see most of his coming and going from the woods and him growing up in that time.

Past life Aira didn't have his stamina issues though so he might have looked at Kyojuro with his big green eyes and asked to be taught how to fight. He's probably not stellar at it just by virtue of not really wanting to hurt people but. his parents were killed so self defense you know

[tempurahair]

oh absolutely, Kyojuro would have trained him. canonically he's kind of a brutal teacher and was never able to keep any tsugoku on but maybe that just lends itself to Aira learning Soryuu instead? Which would make Hakuji more his teacher so I won't speak too much on that but suffice to say they absolutely both would have wanted to help kiddo out.

[love_swan]

He's nothing if not incredibly stubborn. poor kyojuro watching this kid attempt to do things he's just not strong enough for. What's Soryuu :O

[tempurahair]

we love this for him.

soryuu is hakuji/akaza's martial arts style!

[love_swan]

I do not know how it is different but he can certainly try to teach the lil guy

[tempurahair]

soryu is more hand to hand, where flame breathing is focused on swordplay. canonically speaking, soryu is actually taught to someone (hakuji), whereas Kyojuro apparently makes flame breathing training so difficult that he never is able to take on any students (save one).

tl;dr soryu would be easier to pick up for a beginner/someone of aira's physique compared to flame breathing or its equivalent!