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Old 08-20-2019, 10:23 PM   #27
Johnny1A.2
 
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Default Re: Elven maturation and population growth

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Originally Posted by Irish Wolf View Post
You can harp on your own, or on one of the major fantasy groups like Tolkien elves.

In Tolkien, the Eldar die of accident or violence, but are immune to disease and aging.
Actually, that may not be quite true. I was recently reminded of this, the Elves are immortal, but they do seem to age...a little...very slowly, after reaching physical maturity.

Cirdan, for ex, was one of the oldest Elves. Of the three great Elda lords left in Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age (Elrond and Galadriel are the other two), he's vastly the oldest. He was part of the original migration of the Eldar westward, before the First Age. He was contemporary with King Finwe, King Thingol, and can remember the time before Thingol married Queen Melian, even by Elvish standards he's been around for a looonng time.

And he looks it, at least somewhat. Most male Elves are beardless, he has a white beard. He actually looks older than the other Elves.

That suggests to me that the Elves do age, very, very, very slowly, in time with the aging of the world.
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