…But in that case we…wouldn’t actually see much of the war, when I remember right?
Also, it’s just that most Bearers die before they could get nineteen, so there is always the possebility that this time they got older…until they were slain.
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There is Sarpedon, King of Lycia and son of Zeus, who is fated to die and is allowed by Zeus to die, missing Patroclus and killing one of Achilles’ horses. In revenge Zeus then has Patroclus killed, and that sets off Achilles’ rampage. No idea how old he is, however.
Being Philoctetes might be interesting, though. The guy sits out most of the war on Lemnos, gets dragged into the war by Odysseus because of his bow, kills Paris and is in the Trojan Horse. Alternatively we have Ajax the Lesser, King of Locris, who also stayed in the Horse, dies of annoying the Gods (predominantly Athena). Another major player is Helenus, Cassandra’s twin, who gets captured by the Achaeans and tortured into revealing that the Palladium guarantees Trojan security, along with the absence of Heracles’ bow.
The other major players (including those of divine descent like the Atreides, Idomeneus, Neoptolemus) are probably too old or live out the war. Though admittedly, many do die as a result of the war’s aftermath or otherwise have their positions in peril.
Philoctetes is far too old (and smelly), and I think Helenus actually survived (so Aeneas Jr wasn’t the only remaining heir of Priam). I did wonder about Thersites (who was a socialist before it was cool), though. And Palamedes, although he died right at the start of the war (killed by Odysseus, who hadn’t worked out that they were meant to be fighting the Trojans yet).
I would prefer steering clear of Ajax Minor, though, as he’s one of the few characters even more despicable than Paris. Neoptolemus too, as there are very few ways that you can make infanticide “nice”.
I think I’ll give Paris the benefit of the doubt since the Iliad was quite biased in favor of the Greeks. Perhaps Rohie’s Paris wouldn’t be as bad.
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To give a very broad interpretation of the Trojan War, the most significant players are too old, with the youngest being the among the most brutal (which was why I was rather vague on Lesser Ajax earlier) (unless you count Astyanax as being significant to the Trojan War). Nestor has sons, for instance, but even they have children. All of this makes sense from a historical view, though, what with inheritance and all the leaders of the hosts tend to be grown men with heirs.
Compared to his major competition (seriously, how many children does Priam have?) Paris is always going to come short in my opinion. Granted his duel with Menelaus is a bit laughable in the Iliad (Menelaus’ sword breaks, so he grabs Paris’ helmet and nearly chokes him to death if not for Aphrodite), and to be honest everyone hates, mocks, derides or criticises him. Asides from being a coward, Paris’ disrespect for hospitality was probably his most vile sin in the eyes of both the Greeks and the Trojans, and that was a major thing abided by both Greeks and Trojans. Of course you could argue that Aphrodite forced him to go after Helen, but that was his choice. If it were merely a casus belli for a war long brewing, he probably could have done more for peace efforts.
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I can tell you all right now, you aren’t going to be one of the Heroes.
That’d be too messy for the overall plot arch’s. And also confusing.
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I didn’t think we would be. I was under the impression that all of the famous heroes were already granted immortality.
Were all heroes granted immortality? Can we know who the past “immortalized heroes” were/are? Just so we know who Lavei couldn’t have been in a past life 
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Even Ajax Minor? (I mean, I know Odysseus and Diomedes annoyed – or wounded – several gods, but they also had Athena to vouch for them. I can’t see anyone wanting to vouch for Ajax Minor.)
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I suppose that depend on your view of immortality xD in one way yes all of them are through history D though in a more of the im still alive and well sense xD that is a good question xD haha maybe the gods had favorites and "gave them immortality in the form of staying on Olympus some where xD
All the people you said is far more older than 20. But interesting people nevertheless. If we ended adding older people it could be anyone. Troyan battle is eternal for 10 years, lol. It has tons of heroes, gods, lovers …
Oh thank goodness we’re not Paris. I’d hate to be Orlando Bloom given how all his recent films have ended in such tragedy.
Yeah, I’ll have to alter history for the flashback; make someone die earlier than they would have. Since in the flashback, you die young.
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You could always explain that the Trojan war was so decisive that the bearer could support the essence more, maybe because she or he was protected by a god or was specially powerful. But of course it can’t be a demigod or you would end with an EPIC plot hole
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You can also say that the history recorded got skewed over centuries of being passed down verbally and the Bearer has access to eye-witness accounts 
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Thank you for the suggestions; that’s actually along the lines of what I’m doing right now.
In other news, the flashback sequence is way longer than I thought it’d be. I had to make a whole separate chapter just for it. So now it’s Chapter 5, Chapter 6 (flashback) and Chapter 7 in store for the update. I hope it’s not too much, wouldn’t want to be overbearing. (Ha).
I’m enjoying writing about a brand new set of characters, though. Especially with how truly evil you can be in this one. I know Mara will love that, if she decides to be evil in this life.
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Three…whole…chapters…?!
faints
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Are you Joking lol! Of course I want be evil 
The doubt offends!
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Man I love this story, and now the next update is going to have three chapters. That’s great