Guild Wars 2

I apologise if this has been discussed before, but after the Commander mentioning that Taimi is 16, I got to thinking: just how old do asura live? When do they graduate from a college, usually? And of course, a question like that stretches out to the other races as well. We already know the sylvari are pretty young, so we can’t know their lifespan (if they even have a natural lifespan), and I recall it mentioned that norn generally don’t live to old age, and I imagine those that do are rare and possibly shunned for it. If we assume humans are much like ourselves, that just leaves the asura and charr. So, what do people know about their lifespans?

We don’t have any certain date for college graduation, but we do have some early interview sources on maximum ages: the natural norn lifespan is 120, give or take, asura live 5-10% longer than humans, with 120 about the upper limit, and charr… well, they mature at the same rate as humans, but that’s not quite the same as aging, so grain of salt and all.

EDIT: As for humans, we have an interesting source in all the graveyards laying around. Using the largest three (Shaemoor, Ebonhawke, Ascalon Settlement), it seems the average life expectancy for a Tyrian human is only about 43, due to their propensity for being besieged, but many live into their 80s, and a handful (about 2%) make it to their 90s, with the oldest out of those three graveyards dying at about 95.

Rognik.2579:

I apologise if this has been discussed before, but after the Commander mentioning that Taimi is 16, I got to thinking: just how old do asura live? When do they graduate from a college, usually? And of course, a question like that stretches out to the other races as well. We already know the sylvari are pretty young, so we can’t know their lifespan (if they even have a natural lifespan), and I recall it mentioned that norn generally don’t live to old age, and I imagine those that do are rare and possibly shunned for it. If we assume humans are much like ourselves, that just leaves the asura and charr. So, what do people know about their lifespans?

Graduating age for an asura, I don’t know. But I suppose the asura grow the oldest as they’re supposedly most evolved. Humans don’t really care I suppose.

Norn do not despise their elders, they love heroes and hunters. When a norn becomes too old to continue hunting he often turns to scholarly, artistry or campfire storytelling. Its at that point you start feeding of the glory you’ve made in your young years. The husband of Eir was a darkskinned norn, who was a scholar on a young age. Had he accomplished something against Jormag, it would’ve made him famous, too.

There’s a difference here between the Norn and Charr. Charr love war, so an old man is either a very good fighter.. for a sleazy one, so old charr have to get famous ifnthey want respect on old age. A norn only gains heroism if he. Completes the hunt, there is no value for them in getting killed while hunting.