fuck it b.tb s/i lore dump
(EXTREMELY long post under the cut. sincerely. genuinely. i wrote a novel. also, spoilers)
born Jane Child (in some legal documents its spelled as Jane C.hilde cause yknow how spelling was just straight up not standardized back then) sometime in the late 1400s (the date im using is 1490 but that could change very easily.
mildly poor family, not exactly peasants but tradesmen by birth. blacksmiths, carpenters, etc.
bc their family was yknw. lower class. they started studying/training to work very early on since it was necessary for them to help support their family since they very likely wouldnt get much from marrying. so between like 11-14 years old they started studying under a local midwife and eventually became apprenticed to her.
eventually became pretty good at it and started doing it on their own in early adulthood. became known as trustworthy, clean, and supportive.
married at around eighteenISH. to a man named nicholas fletcher, who was (huge surprise) a generational arrowmaker. his family had passed down a shop... or something.. for generations.
they were definitely bi and nb the entire time but bc of the restrictions of the era they never reaaaally realized it. jane and nicholas were never really. in love. there was no hate or anything they cared about each other very much but they were more best friends than anything else. in fact they probably never actually said i love you to each other like. ever.
bore a son that same year, who would be named bartholomew fletcher. barty for short :-)
stuff happens etc etc and they eventually get Ye Olde 15th Century Callout Post and accused of beign a witch by a noblewoman and was executed for it aroooouuund 1511-1516ish.
these next few points will be presented in greentext format bc i think its the funniest possible way to explain it
>be me, simple english midwife wrongly executed for witchcraft
>spend the next several centuries in a dreamless slumber underground
>wake up randomly one day
>whole council of Shadowy Figures is standing over me
>they explain ive been chosen for a "special purpose" and its an "honor"
>mfw
>they ask me if ill go to the surface to find some dude they claim used to work for him but went insane and got too "dangerous to the veil" to keep around
>dont understand but say okay anyway cause anything is better than being underground any longer
>get up there, everything is weird and bright and different now
>realize i have weird burns on my face from being burnt at the FUCKING stake
>they (the shadow figures) told me no one can know what im doing so find a passable mask in a thrift shop
>random child is walking on the street alone, apparently lost
>help her home bc im dead, not a bad person
>disappear before her mom sees
>days pass, im at the city center
>drew up my own wanted posters for the guy bc i have no clue where else to start
>a group of people starts staring at me
>look to see why
>its the same FUCKING child i walked home days ago
>she recognized the dumbass mask
>whyaretheyinclownmakeup.jpeg
>runaway.jpeg
>think i escaped cleanly but they find me from the wanted poster
>try to think of a lie on the spot but instead i claim im a janitor
>a janitor. at a park.
>claim the guy was wanted for trespassing and being a general nuisance
>they seem to buy the story and leave
>FINALLY find the bastard whos behind all this
>pull out the magic bigass chain i got given by the Creepy Shadow People
>thisisntevenmyfinalform.jpeg
>he pulls out an even bigger hammer
>ohfuck.jpeg
>he homeruns me through a goddamn WALL.
>end up landing next to the same weird clownpeople who almost figured me out the first time
>apparently the guy merked their boss ???
>explain the story to them and theyre weirdly cool about it
>decide to take a psychological approach, go back down underground and ask for the fun special book with everyones entire life story in it
>ohoho ive got you now motherfucker.
>random puppet seller or something who died alone, who cares
>wait whos that
>ohfuckpart2.jpeg
>guy isnt a rogue agent at all, the new HBIC is the person who murdered him and they dont want him to be a problem for them.
>struggle morally
>find him again, try to explain whats going on and convince him hes in danger
>he is not having it
>the big fucking hammer is back again.
>fuck this, time to activate my special ability: Big Ass Fucking Wrecking Ball
>cold wind blows
>the HBIC has arrived.
>says i took too long so now theyre doing it themself.
>pent up rage at wrongful execution 500 years ago builds up
>guess i didnt deal with that trauma as well as i thought
>animefight.jpeg
>literally kill death themself.
>shadow people come back to drag me back underground
>wait no, theyre actually asking me if i want to be death now since i killed them
>or i can go back underground and sleep peacefully for the rest of time and dream of my former life
>show me what will happen if i choose to take the scythe
>looks boring and lonely as shit to do for the rest of forever
>show me my ex-husband and son who i will dream of if i go back
>really struggle with it
>remember that guy i was hired to find
>remember clownpeople i bonded with while hunting his ass
>god it has to be lonely for him to be the only dead guy walking on earth huh.
>fine.jpeg
>everyone is shocked to see me come back
>they were sure i was gonna peace out after that bullshit
>lolno.jpeg
>tell dude hes stuck with my annoying ass now
>he acts super irritated with it
>end up spending time around him because our jobs cross paths
>hes kinda funny in a mildly frightening way
>deliberately spend more time around him because its not like theres anyone else around
>shit hes kinda cool
>shit hes kinda hot in a dead guy way
what do i do, i think im in love with him now.
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