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Old 11-18-2016, 11:58 AM   #6
Jinumon
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Default Re: [Space] Help With an Exotic Race

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Originally Posted by Astromancer View Post
You'll need to have strong motivations for voluntary aging.
The species itself is a very sort of nationalistic, communal group. Every hundred or so years, they declare that a new "form" will rule, depending on the era they feel is most appropriate. Children for peace, young adults for reproduction, mature adults for industry, middle aged for culture, and the old for war (when the species must act with a sense of urgency). When the species has too little of a particular form, they may encourage (though never coerce) their population who are "young" enough to assume a particular form. Because all forms save the oldest are Unaging, this generally isn't too much to ask, and enough will comply to correct the imbalance.

I'll admit that I got the idea for the race as something of a combination between Tolkien's immortal Elves and the Parshendi from Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive.

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