Dark Elf Life Spans : V

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:57 am

I know Altmer live for hundreds of years, they have very long lifespans. My question is, do all elf races have that same long lifespan? Or is it a trait held purely by the Altmer?

» Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:26 pm

Altmer live longest. I'm not sure about Bosmer, but I seem to recall that Dunmer commoners live (on average) for a couple of hundred years. We know Barenziah has/had been around for around 400 years, and Mr. Fyr has been around for 4000. So it stands to reason that if they live well (nobility/rich) they're likely to live up to around 500 years. With mastery of magic, we've no idea, 4000 years is a very long time.

Edit: Disclaimer, I'm not entirely sure of the above.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:23 am

http://uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Interview_with_a_Dark_Elf

Here a Dunmer talks a bit aboout the subject.

Alvur Relds: Well, I'm fifty, done my twenty years in the Service, and I'm in the prime of life. I expect another fifty good years, and then I'll be old, and slow, chatting with gaffers around the hearth for another twenty, thirty years. I've known mer still mind-sharp in their late hundreds, and heard of folk 200 and older. My family usually makes it to 120-130, providing we don't get sick or poked in the eye

And then there is people like Barenziah who is, by the time of Morrowind, around 400 years, seeing as she was alive during the time of Tiber Septim.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:03 am

Orcs live probably the same age of the humans maybe a few years longer but the Warrior preffer die while they can still Fight

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:45 am

Savos Aren, Arch-Mage at the College of Winterhold, is at least a hundred years old. I believe he is no exception, as most elf races can become quite old.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:54 am

Divath Fyr. The exception to the rule.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:33 am

Divath Fyr. The exception to the rule.

i love that guy,

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:40 am

Book of Barenziah states elves can live up to 1000 but few actually do.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:56 am

Book of Barenziah states elves can live up to 1000 but few actually do.

Divath Fyr being the exception. We can probably see him in Elder Scrolls online, considering it happens 1,000 years before Skyrim, and he was around for 4,000 years before Morrowind.

» Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:08 am

Divath Fyr being the exception. We can probably see him in Elder Scrolls online, considering it happens 1,000 years before Skyrim, and he was around for 4,000 years before Morrowind.

I have a feeling they aren't going to follow current law stories in place that much... MMO's are after all a big sell out in terms of money making........