Elven Aging Story

what-even-is-thiss wrote this interesting and pretty heartbreaking elven aging fan fiction story about how elves might age. It’s a different idea than in traditional fantasy stories like Tolkien or Dungeons & Dragons in which elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans. But this is certainly an interesting alternative take on elf aging:

Elven Aging Story
Elven Aging Story

Elven Aging Story
Elven Aging Story

Source: what-even-is-thiss

(via: Geek Girls)

7 thoughts on “Elven Aging Story

  1. or maybe elves mature more like humans and when they reach adulthood the longlivity sets in… just a boring, not so tear indulgen thougth 😛

      1. “Though an elf reaches mental and physical maturity at the
        age of 25, very few elves become parents until much later in
        life. Elves rarely feel that they’re ready to settle down and
        begin families before they’re at least 100 years old, and most
        stop having children soon after reaching the age of 200.”

        – Races of the Wild, pg 13, 3.x Supplement Book – section on Reproduction.

  2. There was a similar situation on Star Trek Voyager with Kes, who had a life span of something like 9 human years. I could never figure out how she gained enough knowledge, experience, and skill to be a functioning “adult” at a few years old.

  3. They could be like dinosaurs. Age very quickly until they reach maturity and then slow to a great extent.

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