I'll give you the short version. I played BM for quite awhile, then quit a few years back. I recently rejoined the game on a new account (old one deleted after inactivity). I rejoined my old realm which still has a few of the same people, and I want to be able to address them, as well as past events (which my old character participated in) without having to say "my father mentioned..." or "according to his journals..." It seems like such a hassle to have to constantly explain why a new character has knowledge of events he wasn't present for.
To get around this, I RPed that my old character participated in a battle where he was mortally wounded, and a witch saved him by transferring his "soul" into a new, younger body. Its a long story with a lot of detail that I haven't worked out yet (since I'm not sure if this is "legal"). But the basic idea is that my new character is the same person as the old, but in a younger body. I think its also worth mentioning that before I paused my old character, his farewell RP specifically mentioned travelling to "parts unknown." So this RP did not take place on a specific continent (where my RP could interfere with a rules, history, etc).
Let me be clear, I'm not giving him any kind of superpowers. He is the same as any other person. If he were stabbed in the heart, he would die... no fantastical notions of immortality. I also don't plan on using this RP to redefine magic in BM. This magic is, for all intents and purposes, a one time thing for my character. If he dies a few months from now, he's dead.
I know BM is a strictly low fantasy game, and I really dont want to step on any toes by creating events/abilities that shouldn't exist in the BM world. I figured it would be okay since Sage's exist in game and do have mystical powers. So I didn't think it was much of a stretch to say that a female version also existed.
So I'm curious as to what your opinion is on this. Am I overstepping my bounds? Any suggestions/feedback?