Wraithofdoom Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 How long do the elves live ? i think its not inmortal but its more than men right ? what about bretons, since they are half men and half mer ? and the beast races, i would guess they live less time, is that right ? just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdonin Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 How long do the elves live ? i think its not inmortal but its more than men right ? what about bretons, since they are half men and half mer ? and the beast races, i would guess they live less time, is that right ? just curious. This question has plagued TES afficionados for years. Humans, we can assume, live about as long as we do. Probably a touch shorter because of the environment, but not so short as their historic counterparts (What with healing magic and all). Breton's probably live, on average, longer than others on account of their elven heritage. Elves are said to be able to live 1000 years, but rarely last that long. Barenziah, at the time of Morrowind, was 500ish. Divayth Fyr was 4000, but he was a powerful mage. The Beast Races we hvae, really, no information on of which i am awair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanusForbeare Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I've been wondering about this myself. Barenziah, a Dunmer, is known to be extraordinarily long-lived (she was born in 2E 893 and was still alive at the time of Dagoth Ur's death in 3E 427, meaning she had been alive for at least 431 years). There is nothing in the lore to suggest that her longevity is unusual for her race; in fact, at the end of "The Real Barenziah, Book V", there is a line that reads: "She was a Dark Elf, and she had all the time in the world. All the time." This indicates to me that the Dunmer, and by extension all the pure-blooded elven races, can live for centuries before succumbing to old age. However, they are clearly not immortal, as the "curse" of mortality is a key philosophical sticking point between Altmer and Dunmer, as well as between elves and men (see http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Lorkhan for info on this). Taking this into account, and assuming that the humans in TES lore are, biologically speaking, built like us, it would stand to reason that Bretons, being human-altmer hybrids, would have somewhat extended life spans. Of course, if you really start getting technical, there's no genetic guarantee that a hybrid creature will retain a beneficial trait, such as a long life-span, from one of its parents. When it comes down to it, the Bretons are lucky they're not sterile. :P I really don't know how long the beast races live for... with Khajits, it might depend what phase of the moon they're born under, as that drastically affects their biology. Maybe someone else has more info on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboy2k1 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 What about Argonians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraithofdoom Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 so dark elves live for 400 years ? my dark elf vampire has no meaning anymore :( lol thanks for the answers, the beasts are a mistery ? i thought bethesda would have confirm this information somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James009 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Miaq the Liar (however you spell his name) has lived for quite a long time now... if that gives any idea on extraordinary lifetimes for Kahjits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanusForbeare Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Miaq the Liar (however you spell his name) has lived for quite a long time now... if that gives any idea on extraordinary lifetimes for Kahjits. Personally, I think M'aiq is a special case. I see him as a kind of meta-character who stands outside the established lore and simply watches the universe unfold like the rest of us (like the Watcher in X-Men or Abed in Community). Maybe that's just my take, but he just seems too... out of place to be anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingenskirchen Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Miaq the Liar (however you spell his name) has lived for quite a long time now... if that gives any idea on extraordinary lifetimes for Kahjits. Personally, I think M'aiq is a special case. I see him as a kind of meta-character who stands outside the established lore and simply watches the universe unfold like the rest of us (like the Watcher in X-Men or Abed in Community). Maybe that's just my take, but he just seems too... out of place to be anything else.Naah, Miaq's Father was also called Maiq and his Father and his Father ... So you can't really make a reference for there lifespan.Sounds more like they all had the same job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdonin Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 There is a specific referance in one of the books in game (Which one i can't remember right now, and being in class i probably should not be delving into the Imperial Library but taking notes instead...) which states in no simple terms that Elves can live for 1000 years. Khajit, based on one creation myth, were in fact elves, so they could be extremely long lived. I suspect their lifespans are somewhat comparable, or shorter than Humans, however, because of the Manes. There is only supposedly one Mane at a time, and whichever clan has the living Mane gains a good deal of political power in Elswyr. Considering power seems to s*** with some regularity, this would indicate that Khajit don't have particularly long lifespans. You also have Mai'q, whose fathers, fathers, fathers, father was named Mai'q. If we assume the one in Morrowind was the first, then we have 5 generations of Mai'q in 200 years. This would put them slightly shorter lived than Humans. Then again, we also know there are some 20 varieties of Khajit, and the lifespans of each may varry wildly. Argonoians, again, are something of a problem. They beleive they don't "die" but rather return to the Hist and have their souls transfered to new eggs. Does this mean, then, that they are immortal? I personally don't think so, but thats a debate for another time. The Argonians also have different varieties, probably linked to their quasi-tribal associations, so their livespans could varry as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelV Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 From what Ive gathered Bretons and all elf human hybrids have very short life spans in accordance with A Brief History Of The Empire v2. Which makes sense. Also Bretons have terribly unhealthy diets... Elves can live a shockingly long time with the use of Magics from the books ive read up to several thousand years. Argonians of course are extremely alien for a long list of reasons and the rest of Tamriel knows just a bit more about them then they know about the Dwemer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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