Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-4092092-20130801070333/@comment-3539474-20130829001526

Pink Slim wrote: Nazul Rostello wrote: SajuukKhar wrote: Nazul Rostello wrote: You were saying they are infertile? sude effect of the long lifespan? Given that Altmer have equally long lifespans as Dunmer, and yet can reproduce as quickly, and as often, as men, the Dunmer having a long lifespan seems unconnected to thier inability to have more then one or two children. If anything, I would suspect that it has more to do with whatever magic changed them from chimer to Dunmer.

Though, there is no way to prove that, but given that no lore has ever said that the other mer races, Altmer, Bosmer, Orsimer, Dwemer, Falmer, etc. etc. have the same limitation, it seems likely, given that said change is what made the Dunmer different from the other races of Mer to begin with. I thought Altmer have the same lifespan as the Imperials. Only Dunmer and Bosmer can live long enough to be great-grandparents. what? My father is a great grand parent, and he's barely 57.

And who said Dunmer can only have one child? forgot about the Atheron? Great-great-great-greater grandparents.

I think the elven Mer mature at the roughly same rate so an 18-year old Altmer will look the same age as an 18-year old Imperial. Once advlt their aging will slow down considerably though. The elves live to be up to about 150-200, depending on their social status and access to Restoration magic they'll be above or below that number, a noble or wizard-lord could surpass that while a peasant would have significantly less than that.

I believe that they don't have quite the same level of infirmity/wrinkleness in old age so an elf will never look as old as a super-old Mord.