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Just a thought here, but if you're a 21 year old elf (human years) wouldn't that make you just a few years older than a baby in elven terms?
How is it the PC can take such an amount of responsability? After all, there are a lot of people traveling along, accepting you as the leader. "Hi, I'm a legendary elf. I became the hero of trademeet centuries before reaching adulthood". Something sounds wrong here...
(BTW, the same would go for dwarfs etc.)

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The last arrow of Legolas kindled in the air as it flew,
and plunged burning into the heart of a great wolf-chieftain.
All the others fled. -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

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Originally posted by Draggor:
Sorry we somehow upset you Leagle. At least allow people their own opinions. I hope you read what I said as I took a long time to write that and I thought I backed up my theories. How do you know the exact ages of some of the characters? With hindsight I'd say Viconia is probably slightly older than Aerie but not by much, Aerie is only naive and innocent because she was sheltered, same as Nalia. Viconia and Jahiera seem older because they have lived in the real world a long time and have had to deal with hardship. Edwin probably would be around 35, he looks too good after reading the nether scroll to be 45. Sarevok I think at most would only be one year older than yourself, all the children would have to have been concieved in a limited time.

I do allow you opinions, but some of them are not debatable. Keldorn for instance. His age is in the charactor history. (Or it was in the old one. No facts have changed since then, it is just written differently.) Jaheira says her age in the romance, or her history. Also Legolas, not quite, elves slow down (in relative terms) after becoming a sentient child. I don't know when really, but you are still 21. That is Bioware straying a bit from dnd, creating inconsistances.