Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-101.174.54.47-20130226060747/@comment-79.193.57.190-20150831010208

Prometheus1960 wrote: there really isn't a specific piece of material stating how long Elves truly live. they are a mythical race and are not subject to the physical laws that govern the lifespans of Man. if you use (LOTR) standards every 100 years to men equals 1 year to elves, Lord Elrond was over 3,000 years old and at the battle of Mordor when men lost their strength. Elves are not immortal, just have abnormally long lifespans... but they can still die by any weapon which can kill a man.

Elrond was in fact over 12 000 years old.He was born in the early days of the 1st Age. The oldest known Elf alife, as far as i know. Thranduil and Galadriel were also over 10000 years old and Legolas, still 3000. But in The elder scrolls Elfes are much more mundane than in Lotr. 1000 years may is what i read, yet  becoming so old is not only as unlikely as a Human becoming 100 years old, there are ten times more chances to perish to something unatural.