Draenei aging.

[JVNemesis]

It's not just Velen(though he is ridiculously old. Over 40K (We have even older profiled Draenei on CoTH), if I remember it right - he'd already been ). Look at High Priestess Ishanah. They don't look old. They just look... like 35-40-year olds. Admittedly, Velen's grown his beard some.

This, basically. Velen has a different model because he's a faction leader. I heard 60k+ for him (my own draenei is a bit under 44k), but there's no solid number and it doesn't really matter anyway. Oldgoat is old and is not going to keel over from it anytime soon.

And beards make you look wise and stuff.

#mce_temp_url# This guy here used to live in Mac'Aree, and all he has to show for it is a lack of hair.

I still haven't figured out how to get rid of that weird URL code.

For the topic at hand, though, if you want the equivalent of a 40-year old (as in, experienced/respected/etc), you'll probably have better luck being born sometime before Draenor, as that's only a few thousand years at the most generous.

[LostStranger]

I only ask because one of the oldest Draenei, Velen, is physically aged -despite- his life being enhanced through the use of Light.

Look at his picture if you don't believe me when I say he looks old!

He does look old, to us, but...

...Isn't white is a natural hair color for the draenei?

The only other bodily indicator seems to be his fabulous amount of facial hair, giving him a grandfatherly look we also associate with the elderly, but he has had a lot of time to cultivate such a style.

[muhaha8]

However, he is known to be the oldest living Draenei, so it might be that around his age they begin showing signs of aging.

I'd just like to note that nowhere that I have ever looked and found does the lore ever say that he's the oldest living Draenei. What lore does say, however, is that he is their most wise leader-figure. Never says anything about him being oldest. I don't quite know where people got that idea from, either.

[ImagenAshyun]

More Draenor-born Draenei? This pleases me!

But do recall that a "40 year old" in mindset does not translate well into Draenei behavior. Rather than say 'My draenei is 40 years old if he's a human' translate the signs of age into something that's usable for a draenei regardless of how old he is. Try this:

In human years, 40 is roughly one's prime time. In today's industrial society, a 40 year would: have likely finished college by now and have started working long ago; been at a career long enough to have good experience; have earned enough to be fairy financially comfortable stable; are getting married or have married/a long-term relationship with possibly children, which can range from babies to teens just about to reach adulthood. There usually is no mid-life crisis at this point--the individual would have just entered the dreaded 40s, though there are some who feel the 40s are the new 30s (especially today). Physically speaking, reproductive abilities have not yet taken a nose-dive, but the male may not be as well a performer (starting or main show ) and the female's ability to bear children may be less ideal (or healthy) as she would have been 10 years ago. Menopause and climacteric (for both genders) usually do not come in until at least a couple years, and while it's possible for that age, it'd be unusual (and socially decidedly unfortunate).


Perhaps the best way to RP your draenei as a 40 year old, if born on Draenor, is to establish his personal experience that could take a toll on his body. Perhaps he got physical way too often. Maybe he drank or used some sort of drugs way too often (Lord knows frequent party-goers seems to age twice as normal). Perhaps war and other stressors in his life beyond the draenei purge and crash took a toll in his body.


TLDR: try not to decide how to age your draenei chronologically. Instead, consider psychology, physical ability (not just in sex, but all aspects of life), and life experiences that contribute what would age a draenei. Do note that physical 'aging' is not normal of draenei, so others, regardless of age, may react with sorrow to see your draenei looking so old and not being Velen.



Here's a sample on what I do with my draenei: Two out of three of my goats, Kapre and Diwaata, are 306 years old, and both are born and raised in Draenor. However, I RP them like they're in their mid-20's due to how life treated them in those 306 years: they have only started obtaining stable relationships, only beginning their careers, but would have had enough life experience to display wisdom and cultural establishment. Compare to my night elf, 315--only 9 years older, but I RP him like a budding teenager due to being stuck in the Emerald Dream almost all his life, being a lazy bum of a druid who just wants to play in the trees. sing, and play his lute.

[Adam255]

However, he is known to be the oldest living Draenei, so it might be that around his age they begin showing signs of aging.

I'd just like to note that nowhere that I have ever looked and found does the lore ever say that he's the oldest living Draenei. What lore does say, however, is that he is their most wise leader-figure. Never says anything about him being oldest. I don't quite know where people got that idea from, either.

Is that so? I swear I heard he was the oldest known one, minus the Eredar. Oh well. Learn something new every day. Thanks, Muhaha!