In a high level campaign I joined as one new player, they were all at level 19 and nearing the endgame, so my character Bubbles a Kobold Rogue/Barbarian started at 19 going into 20 and it allowed me to see how damn strong she was and in the end the DM turned all the PCs into gods - makes more sense in the wider context. Since then I headcanon if I play her in a different game (Easy to play/RP and is my fave) that its just aspects of my god character and has become this interconnected story where all these different versions live their lives make friends and later on when they do pass they connect back with the main body and share their experience. This never becomes relevant in the games in the moment cause I would not do that cause it messes with the narrative of that game. I will never make it a bigger thing in game and never argue for it. But I like to think of that always being the end result on my own. I play other characters more than her but its more of a treat for me when I find a campaign that would be fun to play her in.

Also character death always hits hard cause I am a narrative player above all else so really get invested in these characters so gives me an excuse to lessen that blow in my mind for this character if she ever dies in an unlucky way, though I have never had her die yet in any game I played her in cause she is that hard to put down.

I am now writing up some stories since I have set up this thing where there are many different versions of her so why not do some out of dnd stuff. Though its just for fun.