What is the average leghth of life of Tamriel races?

Jura23

Can somebody knowledgable of lore tell me this pls.

AngryNord

Imperials, Nords, Redguards, Bretons: 80-100 years
Dunmer, Altmer, Bosmer: 2-400 years
Argonians, Khajiit: Not really known

Of course, by magical means everyone can increase their lifetime quite much...

Helgi_Skotina

Humans and animals - like humans IRL. Elves - 200-300 years.

ListerJMC

AngryNord wrote: »

Imperials, Nords, Redguards, Bretons: 80-100 years
Dunmer, Altmer, Bosmer: 2-400 years
Argonians, Khajiit: Not really known

Of course, by magical means everyone can increase their lifetime quite much...

Pretty much this but I think Bretons live longer than the other types of humans due to their elven blood, not sure by how much though. There's a lot of debate on lifespans.

Some elves have been recorded to live in their 1000s - for example, there's a Dunmer Telvanni sorcerer called Divayth Fyr who lived to at least 4000 years old; and the Altmer head of the Psijic Order Iachesis lived for thousands of years though his exact age is unknown.

But it's pretty much reserved for heavy magic users as AngryNord said.

*Edit: I believe Altmer and Dunmer live longer than Bosmer and Orsimer, Altmer being the longest-lived of all the playable races.

Paulington

From the AUA ZOS did in 2013:

Something that is in big debate on every single forum I've seen as of late is the life expectancy of the different races of Tamriel for roleplaying purposes. Can you please elaborate and give us some numbers to work with for each race or at least the Elven races (Altmer, Bosmer, and Dunmer)? – By Nathan Payne / Andrew Hudson

Elves live two to three times as long as humans and the “beast-races” (Orcs, Khajiiti, Argonians). A 200-year-old Elf is old; a 300-year-old Elf is very, very old indeed. Anyone older than that has prolonged his or her lifespan through powerful magic.

I believe Loremaster Lawrence also touched on this a few ESO Lives ago, saying the beast races live pretty average lifespans and Elves live a fair bit longer but not as long as most people think. They can live thousands of years but it's far beyond the norm.

ListerJMC

Paulington wrote: »

From the AUA ZOS did in 2013:

Something that is in big debate on every single forum I've seen as of late is the life expectancy of the different races of Tamriel for roleplaying purposes. Can you please elaborate and give us some numbers to work with for each race or at least the Elven races (Altmer, Bosmer, and Dunmer)? – By Nathan Payne / Andrew Hudson

Elves live two to three times as long as humans and the “beast-races” (Orcs, Khajiiti, Argonians). A 200-year-old Elf is old; a 300-year-old Elf is very, very old indeed. Anyone older than that has prolonged his or her lifespan through powerful magic.

I believe Loremaster Lawrence also touched on this a few ESO Lives ago, saying the beast races live pretty average lifespans and Elves live a fair bit longer but not as long as most people think. They can live thousands of years but it's far beyond the norm.

I've seen that quote before but never realised they put Orcs with the human and beast races, that's interesting. I assumed Orcs would be up with the other elves. I mean Urag gro-Shub of the College of Winterhold implied he was around 600 years old, and that kind of lifespan seems to be an elf-only thing (granted, as you said, incredibly uncommon and would have only been achievable with strong magic). Though from memory most Orcs die young anyway because they'd prefer to die honorably in combat than get old.

I really wish they'd say something on a per-race basis and not use general categories. I mean Altmer were apparently taught to live 100 years longer by the god Phynaster, which seems to imply they'd live longer than the other elves.

Pallmor

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MrDerrikk

But Khajiit are immortal...M'aiq disagrees with your saying he lives an average lifespan

nine9six

MrDerrikk wrote: »

But Khajiit are immortal...M'aiq disagrees with your saying he lives an average lifespan

I wish. They wouldn't have to be replaced nearly as often...

Xjcon

Forever!. My Dunmer DK cannot die she doesn't age. Unless they shut the power off to the server, then we all die.

Paulington

ListerJMC wrote: »

Paulington wrote: »

From the AUA ZOS did in 2013:

Something that is in big debate on every single forum I've seen as of late is the life expectancy of the different races of Tamriel for roleplaying purposes. Can you please elaborate and give us some numbers to work with for each race or at least the Elven races (Altmer, Bosmer, and Dunmer)? – By Nathan Payne / Andrew Hudson

Elves live two to three times as long as humans and the “beast-races” (Orcs, Khajiiti, Argonians). A 200-year-old Elf is old; a 300-year-old Elf is very, very old indeed. Anyone older than that has prolonged his or her lifespan through powerful magic.

I believe Loremaster Lawrence also touched on this a few ESO Lives ago, saying the beast races live pretty average lifespans and Elves live a fair bit longer but not as long as most people think. They can live thousands of years but it's far beyond the norm.

I've seen that quote before but never realised they put Orcs with the human and beast races, that's interesting. I assumed Orcs would be up with the other elves. I mean Urag gro-Shub of the College of Winterhold implied he was around 600 years old, and that kind of lifespan seems to be an elf-only thing (granted, as you said, incredibly uncommon and would have only been achievable with strong magic). Though from memory most Orcs die young anyway because they'd prefer to die honorably in combat than get old.

I really wish they'd say something on a per-race basis and not use general categories. I mean Altmer were apparently taught to live 100 years longer by the god Phynaster, which seems to imply they'd live longer than the other elves.

It would seem that Orsimer can live long lives if they want to, especially with magic intervention, but most of them don't seem to be too interested in this, preferring an honourable death in combat before they grow old.

See, the interesting race is Bretons.Some say Bretons live longer than "Men" races whereas others say they live shorter lives, we really don't know for sure. There's one quote about it, saying that Cassynder Septim "aged like a Breton", which could be taken either way as he was already middle-aged by the time he ascended to the throne.

Bretons, whilst being part-Mer, are so far removed from their Mer ancestry by interbreeding with Nords etc that not a whole lot remains and the part that does seems to help with their magic talents and in some accounts even conflicts with their "Men" part to lead to shorter lifespans.

Uriel_Nocturne

Personally; I borrow from Tolkien for my RP, and all of my Elves are immortal.

This makes carrying them over between games much easier...

TX12001rwb17_ESO

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

Personally; I borrow from Tolkien for my RP, and all of my Elves are immortal.

This makes carrying them over between games much easier...

I bet you must hate it when the daedra call you "mortal"

ListerJMC

Paulington wrote: »

ListerJMC wrote: »

Paulington wrote: »

From the AUA ZOS did in 2013:

Something that is in big debate on every single forum I've seen as of late is the life expectancy of the different races of Tamriel for roleplaying purposes. Can you please elaborate and give us some numbers to work with for each race or at least the Elven races (Altmer, Bosmer, and Dunmer)? – By Nathan Payne / Andrew Hudson

Elves live two to three times as long as humans and the “beast-races” (Orcs, Khajiiti, Argonians). A 200-year-old Elf is old; a 300-year-old Elf is very, very old indeed. Anyone older than that has prolonged his or her lifespan through powerful magic.

I believe Loremaster Lawrence also touched on this a few ESO Lives ago, saying the beast races live pretty average lifespans and Elves live a fair bit longer but not as long as most people think. They can live thousands of years but it's far beyond the norm.

I've seen that quote before but never realised they put Orcs with the human and beast races, that's interesting. I assumed Orcs would be up with the other elves. I mean Urag gro-Shub of the College of Winterhold implied he was around 600 years old, and that kind of lifespan seems to be an elf-only thing (granted, as you said, incredibly uncommon and would have only been achievable with strong magic). Though from memory most Orcs die young anyway because they'd prefer to die honorably in combat than get old.

I really wish they'd say something on a per-race basis and not use general categories. I mean Altmer were apparently taught to live 100 years longer by the god Phynaster, which seems to imply they'd live longer than the other elves.

It would seem that Orsimer can live long lives if they want to, especially with magic intervention, but most of them don't seem to be too interested in this, preferring an honourable death in combat before they grow old.

See, the interesting race is Bretons.Some say Bretons live longer than "Men" races whereas others say they live shorter lives, we really don't know for sure. There's one quote about it, saying that Cassynder Septim "aged like a Breton", which could be taken either way as he was already middle-aged by the time he ascended to the throne.

Bretons, whilst being part-Mer, are so far removed from their Mer ancestry by interbreeding with Nords etc that not a whole lot remains and the part that does seems to help with their magic talents and in some accounts even conflicts with their "Men" part to lead to shorter lifespans.

I could have sworn I read that Bretons lived longer than other humans, but you're right all I can find is that quote which could go either way. Apparently Cassynder Septim was most likely a Dunmer since mixed-race children take the race of the mother and he was Katariah's son, but he seems to have died quite young (granted, it was due to poor health). He also had High Elven blood, making him more elf than human. And yet he was still 'middle-aged' at about 50, which is very young for a mer; especially considering a high elf under 100 years is classified as 'youth'. Does that imply that Bretons then have the same lifespan as the others if 'aging like a Breton' means they're middle-aged at 50?

I'm so curious now, I really hope this gets answered! There's so much conflicting information.