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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5800364" data-attributes="member: 92511">True. Yes. Maybe &quot;aging&quot; in the noticeable/physical sense happens in a matter of months instead of years. Maybe ritualized euthanasia is the cultural norm? Maybe the &quot;fragile&quot; elves are shipped off to the &quot;western lands behind/beyond the sun&quot;. Maybe...a hundred different things. But the concept if &quot;aged&quot; elves is not a new one. I recall seeing the cover to one of the Dragonlance modules...it was a Parkinson piece, I think! Maybe an Easley?...of the elf-king looking all drawn and haggard and...old? With his gaunt hand upon a dragon orb...a green dragon looking over his shoulder.My understanding of elves, up to that point, included no concept of &quot;old&quot;. It was an eye-opener to be sure. What we, as humans, can do for the last third of &quot;life&quot; has no baring/nothing to do with other, non-human, races.As has been stipulated in multiple other threads over the years, elves are not &quot;pointy eared humans&quot;, dwarves are not &quot;shot guys with beards&quot; and halflings are not &quot;sub-humans with hairy feet&quot;. They are their OWN people. Their OWN &quot;race&quot;. With their own cultures and cultural standards, including age progression. Think of anything non-human as &quot;different/alien&quot; not as &quot;humans + or - 1 or 2 in this or that.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5800364, member: 92511"] True. Yes. Maybe "aging" in the noticeable/physical sense happens in a matter of months instead of years. Maybe ritualized euthanasia is the cultural norm? Maybe the "fragile" elves are shipped off to the "western lands behind/beyond the sun". Maybe...a hundred different things. But the concept if "aged" elves is not a new one. I recall seeing the cover to one of the Dragonlance modules...it was a Parkinson piece, I [I]think[/I]! Maybe an Easley?...of the elf-king looking all drawn and haggard and...[I]old[/I]? With his gaunt hand upon a dragon orb...a green dragon looking over his shoulder. My understanding of elves, up to that point, included no concept of "old". It was an eye-opener to be sure. What we, as humans, can do for the last third of "life" has no baring/nothing to do with other, non-human, races. As has been stipulated in multiple other threads over the years, elves are not "pointy eared humans", dwarves are not "shot guys with beards" and halflings are not "sub-humans with hairy feet". They are their OWN people. Their OWN "race". With their own cultures and cultural standards, including age progression. Think of anything non-human as "different/alien" not as "humans + or - 1 or 2 in this or that." [/QUOTE]

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