Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-2165692-20150421113553/@comment-90.191.18.70-20160528221403

The mother determines the race, but the father influences some traits too - appearance etc. In the Grey Princes case it was his skin tone and fighting abilities probably. I would assume that a longer lifespan is also pretty likely for half-vampires, due to vampirical blood being more.. magicka potent. It seems that the more your blood or life is connected to magicka, the longer you live. The High Elves are the most capable race of inborn magickal ability, but also they live the longest. Even those elves who don't use magic live long. The Orcs; Nords, Imperials aren't of magickal blood, so they live less. A mage lives longer than a non-mage,

An interesting observation I made is when Serana takes you to the Volkihar Undercroft, she says something like: Guess a creepy little vampire girl was enough to scare the rats away

I don't know if it was exactly like i wrote it, but would it mean that she pledged herself to Molag Bal as a child and grew to adulthood, then stopped physically ageing? Can purebreeds do that? Babette obviously can't XD. The dialogue may have been rushed through, but it would be cool.

Also, it would be good to know if half-vampires were immortal.