Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-101.174.54.47-20130226060747/@comment-73.61.89.81-20170526235143

79.193.57.190 wrote: 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. Actually Elrond was nowhere near the oldest living elf in LotR, the oldest elf east of the sea was an elf named Cirdan, who is the one who, until giving it up to Gandalf, held one of the three Elven rings of power, past that, Galadriel is certainly older than Elrond, as she is the daughter of one of the first elves to awaken, an elf who died before the high elves returned to middle-earth, Elrond being a king among these high elves, and being born in Middle Earth means that by basic logic, he must be younger than her, by at least half a millenium. Also, in LotR, elves were functionally immortal, not only did they not die of old age (the only one who stayed in Middle Earth long enough to even show signs of aging past the prime of their life was Cirdan), but they could not be killed by sickness, and if they were killed through violence then in all but the most extreme cases, they would be reborn in their homeland, so LotR elves lifespans aren't comparable to those of the mer of the elder scrolls, who can die of old age, disease, or violence. Sorry this is a bit off topic, but I don't want anyone to be misinformed.