Ah, so I guess for the reincarnated people, the start of the IC would be as if they suddenly 'regained' the memories of their former life? With the memories/personality of their pre-awakening self lost during the transition?

Also, do different races grow at different rates? Or would, say, a twenty year old elf be just as mature and physically developed as a twenty year old human? Do we fill in the age of a character's Earth self? Or the age of their reincarnated self?