Draenei life spans could have been increased from their connection with the Light. Magic has been known to grant longer lifespans and even immortality. It was the coming of the humans that changed this. Please note that exceptions do exist and there are individuals, "legends" who may outlive even those who attain venerable status. Please replace the old information with up to date information. I'm lead to believe Zathrian's curse is what kept him alive, as he dies when he dispels it. Some are immortal. A good example includes night elves that have lived over 10,000 years (although this was with the help of immortality, which they have recently lost). Who knows? I get the feeling Zathrian has lived well over 600 years which no normal Dalish could do. Each maximum life span, is derived from dice rules which are based on d6, d10, d12, d20, and d% dice. They could live forever if their body is kept intact. Role Play: Dwarves, gnomes, and age in roleplay, https://wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/Life_spans?oldid=2849993, 75-93 (possibly extended with technology? This does not reflect actual rate of aging. During the World of Warcraft:Cataclysm expansion pack, the Dragon Aspects devoted every ounce of their power to destroying Deathwing in the final encounter near the Maelstrom. Perhaps the aging began for night elves after they lost their immortality and they will live for another 650 years before dying of old age, with few dying in a couple of thousand years. 72.196.14.33 (talk) 04:21, December 20, 2013 (UTC), It's stated in Origins and 2, in a codex, that Elves once were immortal. I don’t buy it. Things are extremely ambiguous here, so you could roleplay your night elf as older than 4,000 even some years older than 10,000, keeping in mind those who are alive and that age such as Tyrande and Malfurion. Catching diseases from Huamns, I can see, but losing immortality simply being near someone? It is possible that Holy Light users, such as Priests and Paladins, have increased life spans thanks to their constant use of the holy powers. Also the Dalish seem to believe there are others like Zathrian, but that they are incredibly rare. Why does she look like she's forty..." --Silver Warden (talk) 21:43, December 21, 2013 (UTC). Also am I the only one who isn’t totally convinced that the Elves simply being around Humans caused them to become mortal? An earlier lore account claims orcs are a relatively short-lived people, reaching maturity in about 18 years and rarely living longer than 75 years. They sacrificed all the powers granted to them by the Titans to destroy the Destroyer, and as a result, became mortal creatures. [citation needed]. (sometimes up to 3000). It is reasonable to assume the Naga have maintained the long lifespans they had as elves, thus explaining why Naga from the War of the Ancients are still around in the present day. While Manual of Monsters gives a ballpark figure to how much time passes between each stage of a dragon's life cycle, it lacks information on whelps, but implies that whelps become drakes in one year of hatching from the egg (however this may no longer be accurate, although it seems to be supported by information given in Day of the Dragon). These individuals live longer for whatever reason (perhaps will to live, better living conditions, magic, or by other unnatural means). There are no rules in the book on how to play a drake, but it discusses that players could create their own creature classes to describe drakes. Written lore accounts claim a half elf still enjoys a long life span, though lacking his elven parent's longevity, reaching maturity at 20 years of age and living for two to three centuries on average. She of course is a very special case as she had the powers of the Tirisfallen at her disposal. My reasoning behind this is that Master IIen’s father fought the Clayne when the Dalish fled the Dales, and yet the Dales fell over 700 years prior to the events of DA:O and Master IIen is still kicking it even into DA2. The table shows the lowest to the highest possible outcome for rolls which represent the range of maximum lifespan usually for heroes of any given race. World of Warcraft Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. ), 2,000-2,500 on avg. The War of the Ancients trilogy however suggests the three are the same age, meaning ages, and by extension lifespans, may have been subject to retcon. The Lady of the Forest also seems to remember the ancient Elves having immortality and says that Zathrian has fooled his people into to thinking he is like the ancient Elves. As the Third War occurred about 10,000 years after the War of the Ancients, and thus before the night elves became immortal, Malfurion and Illidan were about 5,000 years old and Tyrande about 3,800 years old at the time of the War of the Ancients. The Dalish living a few centuries would also explain why they have managed to hold on to their Elven Lore better than their City Elf cousins who have lived with Humans for generations since the fall of the Dales. I did the math on this, and the elves had the Dales to themselves little less than 290 years (I'll explain how I got that, if anyone wants). These ages suggest a natural lifespan far longer than those stated in the World of Warcraft Roleplaying Game. If the Dalish live centuries, but not millennia then this would fit David Gaider’s plan for them (at least for the time being) not to be too similar to LotR Elves. Listen to the spirit vial in the elven ruins from origins in the werewolves questline.99.72.154.147 (talk) 19:20, December 20, 2013 (UTC), Zathrian was a blood mage. The age ranges are not equivalent to aging into drakes, mature, or dragonwyrm forms. Once they were an immortal race and \"magic came as easily to them as breathing\" with some of their spells taking years to cast and echoing for decades in an unending symphony. We don't know how long the lifespans are of any of the races; it's never been explicitly stated. It's also stated that elves live only as long as humans. Dragons also pose a curiosity to their alleged immortality. What happened to Arlathan would be cool to find out, though. I'd bet they have similar lifespans, though. Blizzard does not give rate of physical aging beyond maximum lifespan. [citation needed]. Dragons also pose a curiosity to their alleged immortality. The table shows the lowest to the highest possible outcome for rolls which represent the range of maximum lifespan usually for heroes of any given race. It just seems like a sad thing they think back to - "look what we've lost" or even "look what's been taken from us". I mean IIen’s father couldn’t have been living 700 years ago without having a long life span. ^ Forsaken are preserved in whatever condition they were in at the time they were raised. The average person will die of old age before reaching venerable. Zathrian's life was also tied to the curse. So going off of the Lore and Codex entries, Dalish Elves seem to have to live multiple centuries, but start getting “old” after they’ve lived 200 or 300+ years. The Light has a restorative effect, as evidence by its multiple healing properties. Each maximum life span, is derived from dice rules which are based on d6, d10, d12, d20, and d% dice. Could whatever have happened when Arlathan fell have to be why the Elves are no longer ageless? I don't really believe it, but maybe they were. As such, it could be noted that the power granted by the Makers gave the Dragon Aspects an immortal life span, whereas other dragons suffer from death of old age (albeit VERY old). This may include rewriting sections to ensure they are clear and concise, and. Okay hear me out. The average person will die of old age before reaching venerable. Written lore accounts claim that night elves achieve adulthood at 320 years and, while no longer immortal, can live to see a fifth millennium (unless of course the endeavors some work toward will allow them to regain the immortality of the people, and of course excluding those night elves who may possibly me immortal — those born before the destruction of the Well of Eternity). In the Dragon Age universe, every race has pretty much the same lifespan. Old age represents the average age of death for most individuals, most people on Azeroth will die of disease or of the natural, violent nature of the world before they reach venerable status. These races are immortal so never weaken from age or die of old age. They lived in harmony with the natural world and worshipped a pantheon of their own gods. Satyrs are immortal and cannot die due to old age, nor do they age. Also Lanaya says the Dalish have lengthy life spans that will continually get longer.