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@Jaredan: How do ages work in Runeterra? I.E. Is Lux actually in her 30's when she barely looks 16?

darkdill·6/21/2015, 6:44:47 PM·3 votes·810 views

Riot's intentionally withheld Champion ages because of CONTROVERSY, but I think I can provide a nice solution:

#Ages in Runeterra =/= Ages in RL.

In various fantasies, you have people who look like they're teenagers, but could actually be twice that age or more. It's especially prevalent in fantasies that feature Elves.

Well, how about having it be like this for League's human, Yordle, and other similar characters? For instance, Katarina looks like she's a 20-year-old, but could actually be in her late 30's. Meanwhile Jarvan IV could actually be 50 when he looks mid-20's.

Heck, this sort of thing is already done with Xin Zhao. He's technically "the old man" in that he looks like he's probably 40, but has been around since the times of Jarvan II. That'd probably put Xin over 100 years old.

And Ekko? With all the time-rewinds he does, you'd think he'd be aging faster. Maybe. Time rewind stuff makes this kinda quirky.

Would this work, or does that cause "relatability issues"?

4 Comments

GreenLore6/21/2015, 7:05:04 PM3 votes

Overall I'd say the ages of xin and lux aren't that off,i mean

Well in the case of Xin zhao we never got any information about the age of J2,when he rescued xin(and the same goes for xins age). Xin might have been around 20 and J2 could have been 50 when he resuced xin. In which case it'd be easily possible for xin to be 40,while J2 is still alive,but already 70 old.

And well Lux,might simply look younger than she is,I mean a friend of mine is already 25 and people still mistake her for 16.

I think this whole "they don't age as fast"-deal could cause a lot of confusion,even if it would make storytelling a bit easer.

The Soulforged6/22/2015, 12:30:31 AM3 votes

Barely looks 16? She looks a lot closer to 20.