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Jak299 wrote: In the in game book The Real Barenziah (I may have spelled that wrong) we learn that Dark Elves can live to be 1000 but often die much sooner than that due to war a disease. If Altmer live longer than Dark Elves then perhaps they can live up to 1200 - 1500? Just a rough guess. "Katisha's face briefly wore the wistful look humans got when contemplating the thousand year life span that elves were entitled to by nature. True, few ever actually lived that long, as disease and violence took a toll, but they could."

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/The_Real_Barenziah_%28Daggerfall%29 See, she's wistfully contemplating a long life. If they like living so long then why do they become soldiers!