User talk:Zippertrain85

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 * --Jimeee (talk) 11:58, May 29, 2013 (UTC)

Elven reproduction in lore
I was just wondering, where did you read/hear that Elves reproduce slower than Men? So far, all I've been able to find is a sentence in "The Real Barenziah" that says they have on average 3-4 children in their lifetime. Draevan13 (talk) 18:38, August 8, 2013 (UTC)

I assume they reproduce slower simply because they live longer, they would be drastically overpopulated if they had as many babies as humans did but lived roughly twice as long. Zippertrain85 (talk) 18:44, August 8, 2013 (UTC)

I'm asking because the way you keep saying "they reproduce slower than humans" I thought you had a source in TES lore rather than personal opinion. Especially since you said "all you need is to know the lore on Elves" when, to the contrary, TES lore states that they have 3-4 children on average, much like humans do. However, while they can live for a thousand years, they rarely do due to war and disease. Draevan13 (talk) 18:57, August 8, 2013 (UTC)

That's not an opinion. That's belief is based on a real fact that if they live that much longer and have the same amount of babies as humans they're going to get so overpopulated they'll become extinct. I don't think them having 3 to 4 children on average is true for this reason. Zippertrain85 (talk) 20:07, August 8, 2013 (UTC)

Be that as it may, the people who make the game and story say they have the same amount of children as humans. So for future reference, saying "Elves reproduce slower than humans" is false since, quite the contrary, TES lore states they reproduce as quickly as humans but rarely live for a thousand years due to war and disease. It may me true in other fictional worlds that Elves reproduce slower but, in the Elder Scrolls Universe, it's the approximately same reproduction cycle. Draevan13 (talk) 20:56, August 8, 2013 (UTC)