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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9382898" data-attributes="member: 4534">That is not dead which can eternal lie,And with strange aeons even death may die - H.P. LovecraftAs a species, sharks are that old, but individually they don't live nearly so long.  The longest living shark species currently know, the Greenland Shark, doesn't become sexually mature until they're about 150 years old and the longest living one capture was born between 1504 and 1744 (which is quite a range, so get it together scientists). I might be mixing this up with something else, but in a Star Trek TNG episode someone asks Data about his immortality.  While he's unsure how long he might live, there will come a point where his systems will fail and he will cease to exist.  But then he went back in time, lost his head, which was recovered after 500 years and he wasn't any worse for wear.  And even if you can repair a warforged indefinitely you run into the Warforged of Theseus problem.  If you've replaced every part of the warforged is it even the same warforged? I prefer to think Warforged aren't truly immortal.  They may have the potential to live a very, very long time, but eventually the ravages of time will overtake them.Edit:  The Greenland shark born between 1504 and 1744 was captured in 2016.  I feel as though that's important.</blockquote>