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i really did intend to suicide when i saw i was born a boy (yet again). but my mother picked me up and exclaimed, "my only child! you are alexander. it is a strong name" and i knew that i could not leave her yet.

she took me to the rabbit fields, promising a good life. i grew in the wild, hunting for rabbits while mother searched for milkweed to make clothes for me.

by the time she gathered enough i was a grown man, sporting a full mustache. she made me a set of clothes and a bag, i was only missing a single shoe. she looked upon her handiwork with pride and i put on the clothes gratefully. i thanked her, saying, "my dick is finally covered"

mother's back was hunched, but her eyes were still filled with so much life. "i will set you up with a good life." she had promised. and she did. i loved every second of my time in the wilderness, reveling in the freedom the rabbits afforded me.

"let us return home" she called. and i followed.

we trekked past and endless plane of desert, finally reaching the green grass. and she collapsed.

"mother!" i cried. there was nothing that could help her. she passed only a few miles from home.

i wandered back in the direction of the camp i was born in. many years had passed since we left and my memory was hazy. the years spent searching for home blurred into one continuous nightmare. then it entered my vision, the bones of my cousin. i dashed around wildly, there had to be a camp nearby. then a boy! he was holding a basket. i followed him south and found home!

"my mother is dead" i announced as i entered the village. but nobody even blinked. they had forgotten her, and i was a stranger.

i spent the next few years bringing back my mother's clothes and basket. then finally her bones. i buried her next to the rest of the family.

blending in was easy. grab a basket, put dirt on berries, water them. a woman was trying to build a berry farm near the ponds so i helped her by bringing back some more berries. i could almost cope with my mother's loss. but the years caught up with me. my hair grayed and my hunger dropped. i saw a small girl, Bridger, and called out to her

"bridg, when you are older will you give me your first son? i wish to teach him of the rabbits, the way my mother did with me"

she agreed and went back to work. with the future assured i returned to the farm. time passed peacefully. the next thing i knew, i was down 6 hunger.

i looked for bridger once more. "bridg, im afraid i will not live to see your son. tell him to go east for the rabbits." and she promised she would

so i resumed wandering about town, looking for a good heir to leave my clothes to. they were special to me, the last things made by my mother. i wanted to pass them to someone wise. i called to my cousins but they did not stop. nobody had time for a senile, dying stranger.

resigned to my fate of dying alone i headed on to the graveyard, but then i saw her! bridger, holding a newborn baby boy!

the joy i felt can not be contained in a few simple words!

she lifted him to me, exclaiming, "i have a son. i named him after you, alex"

"thank you! my mother named me alexander. she said its a strong name."

one of my cousins, ariel (?) lifted the boy excitedly as i waited to hand him my clothes. and i told him of the rabbits to the east, of my mother who taught me the way. and entrusted the future of our town to him. he was still so young, yet he listened attentively, and i knew he would be special

holding back tears, i thanked bridger for bringing me her son and allowing me to pass on my mother's wisdom before going to die by her grave. i hope she would be proud

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(also im so glad alex got to grow old. i hope his life was filled with joy)

i married later than my peers. my mother was an eve, born into a bustling town. she died quickly, too poor to keep my many siblings fed. i was lucky to be the first, i managed to find a job and fit in as soon as my little hands let me.

before meeting Her i spent my youth caring for the crops, surviving multiple famines that resulted from sudden baby booms. many towns folks died as a result. the numerous butts that had run around only minutes before were wiped to only three in an instant. but we recovered. as the town slowly rebuilt, She caught my eye.

she was a beautiful woman, often seen by the forge. every day on my route to dirt id pass her by. her sweet braid and her determined nature made my heart race. with the recent mass deaths in mind i raced after her, calling, "spruha!"

"what?" she asked.

"will you marry me?"

she didnt even hesitate to say yes. ever since my mother and siblings passed i had not known such joy... finally, a wife who i could cherish.

she warned me, "i am too old to have kids" but it did not matter! i loved her graceful aging smile and her calloused, worked hands. she brought me a wedding pie to celebrate our marriage. it tasted like love.

i returned to my work and so did she but i never forgot to pass by the forge to glimpse my beautiful wife. the next few years were bliss.

but time passed on too fast, she was aging quickly. but i was foolish, i was young! i thought she had more time.

the next thing i knew, i could not find my beautiful wife... oh i searched. i searched the fields and the forge and ran about the whole town, asking for my wife's whereabouts.

finally i found her. in a grave.

"why didnt you call for me?" i wailed.

i grieved until there was nothing to cry. then i remembered, a wolf off to the west. i could not do anything for my wife in life but i would at least give her something in death!

my time was approaching rapidly, i asked around for anyone with the key to the war chest.

"please, i want to shoot a wolf for my wife" i begged. the two young men who had given me, a dying old man, a moment of their time shook their heads. "no idea where it is" they said.

i lamented, "i am a foolish old man. i cant even give anything for my wife. i deserve nothing"

the men consoled me, "no we will help look." one even offered to make me a bow

but i refused their kind words, "i am dying. i will not last long. i wasn't there for my wife's death and now i cannot do anything for her"

the youngest of the two looked on me with pity and i knew his heart was kind so i asked him, "young man will you shoot a wolf for my wife?"

he nodded. "of course. show me her grave."

i led him to the grave that i had reburied her in and his eyes widened, "that is my mother's grave.... father?"

a step son! never in my years had i been able to meet one of my wife's children and yet here he was. i embraced him, exclaiming, "son!"

a reunification years overdue. he promised to bury us close before i asked him to do the unthinkable.

"please kill me, link our family trees forever."

he hesitated before agreeing. "i love you father" he said as he unsheathed his knife.

"i love you too, son."

but the boy he was so nervous, he kept missing. and i was slowly starving. three bars! he missed! two bars! he missed! one bar!

"QUICK!"

and it struck true.

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wow im starting a lot of threads today, but i really wanted to thank my family for a really great game! its been a long time since i felt real unity with my whole family and it reminded me of why i fell in love with this game

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i was jane evans. i starved before i could tell my kids goodbye so im going to do it here:

jamie you were my eldest. my most sweetest boy. you helped out your uncle at the forge and made many great things for our small town! i was very proud of you and i was glad that i didnt starve you

jade you were a very smart child. and you grew our small berry farm into something to be proud of. you were so sweet, always telling me "hi" whenever you passed by. i love you very much jade!

jumanah you were a new player. your first day. normally i would've told you its better to spawn to a bigger town, but our population was small and food was plenty. so i kept you. and im glad i did. it took a while for me to explain how to water plants but once you understood you were very diligent! you never let a bush wither and i was very proud of you! i saw you managed to live to 60 and i hope this game really helped you out. i hope you have future games like this one! good luck jumanah!

jeremy my boy, you were my last. at this point jade and juma were giving birth and i considered just letting you die. but you had such beautiful little eyes and i couldnt bear to let you starve. i didnt live long enough to see what you had become, but i saw you did your best to help the family. you always had a basket in your hands. i hope your life was special, jeremy!

and thanks mom for raising me so well, and thanks grandma for growing our beautiful farm. wish you guys could've seen it. and thanks uncle john for making us tools! they were very useful

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spent whole life looking for iron. traveled 4 different rocky biomes looking for iron while carrying my babies in my arms.

went far from home. straight north. finally found ONE iron in middle of rocky biome. wolf killed me 0.2 seconds after.

sorry iroh. mom tried. good luck horse i hope u find iron (without dying).

(but for real was anyone else having trouble finding iron?? was it just the area we were set up in?? there were no other civs nearby n we were a new camp without any iron tools...)