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[@Prince of Seraphs] Not even. You just sorta choose a class which chooses a general (and I mean very, very, general) idea of what they did before death. Tiny was a herald, a soldier for a church that lacked enough faith to be a true cleric, and I had it so he had become a herald after appearing in the universe, wishing to keep himself alive, where he then learned soul smithing after, as where I had him arrived was renowned, and hated, for the art of soul smithing.
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From your description you could create a background based on the Dark Souls 3 world however there are two things you should take into account. The first is that the backstory isn't really for you. If you are choosing to use this character you already know them well enough to play at least somewhat competently without compiling their history. The backstory is for anyone unfamiliar with your game including me to give us some insight into who this character is and the kind of first impressions our own characters might have of him.

That said he cannot remember real life before the virus. No one can. You could create a similar ingame background in which he believes he can return to his lover if he collects enough souls or some such but he cannot know that this is a game in any way shape or form no matter if no one would believe him or not. It's just not in the cards.

[h1]Everyone[/h1]
I am incredibly sorry everyone, I was expecting to have a good four or five hours tonight to work up the first IC post and get the locations sorted out however on return from my Grandparents there was a detour involving two great aunt, a farm and a cemetery. We were delayed by about the time I was planning on using to create the first post. It is now around 1:30AM where I am so I will likely be going to bed soon. I hope to get everything sorted some time tomorrow morning/midday but as I do work in the evening if it does not happen tomorrow I have a day off Wednesday so for sure it will be up by then. Very sorry for the delay, Real Life can be such a bother sometimes.