How 'old' is your character?

Post » Fri May 13, 2011 2:51 pm

Rainman is about 22 and in the prime of his life, running around doing quests all the time and diving into dungeons at will. He has a hard time remembering to eat and sleep because he is so full of adrenaline from dungeon diving and making money.
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Jeneene Hunte
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 8:18 pm

I have had too many characters to keep track of them all. Teresa however is 18, having been born in the final days of Evening Star (December) 3E414. She does not know her exact date of birth, but was found by her adoptive mother Simplicia on the 30th.
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Kate Murrell
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 5:39 pm

Oh, I just remembered, Buffy has an old journal entry that talks about the moment of her birth. Note: Buffy's precious black mare is named after her parents: Superior + Terry Ann = Superian :dance:

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And so it went as we broke bread and shared venison stew until two bottles of wine were gone and the fire was low. Finally, the tales ran dry and a wonderfully comfortable silence between close friends gently joined us. I went to Daenlin's cupboard and, after cutting us a plate of fruit and cheese, rejoined him at the table.

"Daenlin, what's the matter? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I was just recalling the morning you were born." His eyes sparkled brightly with moisture. "Like the good godfather your parents asked me to be, I had spent most of the starry Rain's Hand night pacing the front porch of The Fair Deal with your father. Nilawen was inside helping Terry Ann give birth. It was at the very moment of sunrise that we heard your first cry. When Nilawen came out to tell us about it, Superior boasted that your birth is what had caused the sun to rise." Daenlin stared at the empty wooden cup in his hands. After a moment he raised his eyes to meet mine.

"Where did the years go, Buffy?" A single tear finally escaped and traced a path down the age lines of the Bosmer's rugged cheek. "Why just yesterday, you were eight years old when I took you on as an apprentice. I taught you the bow, and you sparked the long-forgotten joy of life into this old elf's tired spirit. Look at you now. You're all grown up, and a graduate of the Arcane University."

I reached across the small table. I could feel the rough bowstring calluses on Daenlin's fingers as I pressed his open hand against my cheek. "I will always be your little apprentice. Will you take me hunting tomorrow morning, Master?"

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Brooke Turner
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 6:52 pm

Acadian, All of Buffy's journal entries make my heart smile a little. :)


Jericho is 20.
Tobias is 19.
Fawkes is 18.
Lance is 61.
Omar is 18.

I have alot of characters :P

Haha, thats like me, I am a compulsive character creator, I create charcters, get them up a few levels, and then forget them. Rythe's been lucky, he's now level 34.
I've never really given any real thought to Rythe's birthday, but since he is born under The Mage, I suppose it would be in Rain's Hand. How about the 28th, thats jester's day, and it suits his personality perfectly.
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Katie Samuel
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 10:56 am

I play all my characters evenly :P
The only character whose bday I have will have to be Omar, since he is my alter ego we share the same bday, Evening Star 30!
My new character is 400 years old his name is Count Chocolate my first altmer :D
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Dorian Cozens
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 5:50 am

My new character is 400 years old his name is Count Chocolate my first altmer :D

That made my day! Hahaha!
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Emma louise Wendelk
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 7:13 am

L Dong-25
Kalic-33
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SEXY QUEEN
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 10:24 am

Joliik is 24
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Sammi Jones
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 7:00 pm

My avatar? Who knows? 12?
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Tania Bunic
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 11:41 am

I usually tend to play younger characters since most of the characters in my head are within the 17-25 range, but it really depends. I like to think of the character as already existing within Tamriel before I make them. A 43 year old Breton shoe salesman is what he is.
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Dalton Greynolds
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 8:47 am

Varruz, my imperial blade agent is about 33 years old.

Caiphalon however is 127 years old. but he looks only in his mid twenties. but it will probably have something to do with the fact that he is a powerfull Altmer wizard.
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christelle047
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 5:34 am

My character is 18 year old Dunmer female rogue with huge
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Quick draw II
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 5:43 am

AK-47 (Khajiit Marksman, lvl 2): early 30's

E'stranna (Argonian mage/assassin, lvl 30): late 20's

Parsam Indarys (Dunmer Mage/Swordsman lvl 1): about 22

And yes, I made Parsam's surname Indarys. For various backstory reasons.
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Isabella X
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 4:31 am

Well being an elf my dunmer doesn′t age like we do. He can very well be older than me (29) but still looking younger. I whitened his hair some time ago to display his experience and longtime adventuring across Cyrodiil, but it doesn′t reflect his age which by all means can be over 100
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Hope Greenhaw
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 5:39 am

My character is 18 year old Dunmer female rogue with huge
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personality
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I had to laugh when I read this. Angel is a 12 year old prodigy mage. I used the PC console to make her child sized. She does not have huge spoilers.
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Zosia Cetnar
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 4:23 am

I think my characters backstory places Daza at around 24, he's going to be carried into Skyrim too so his age will be added by how many years later it's set, if it's unrealistic I'll make him a vampire and roleplay that X years have passed since his original infection and as soon as he's cured he is arrested and transported to Skyrim (assuming we start in jail)
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He got the
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 4:24 am

He'll look his original age this way too
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WYatt REed
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 5:40 pm

My character is an Argonain so his age is incredibly difficult to tell (and I can't work out the TES calendar system :shrug: ). The green and purple scales on his face show that he is quite young though. He's only been out of the Imperial prison for 200 days or so.
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Kyra
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 2:29 pm

I made my character to be my age....48. He is battle hardened and wise, not unlike myself...LOL.
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Donald Richards
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 6:51 am

I messed with the Age/Complexion sliders until I got that nice sandy color for J-T's fur, so that doesn't reflect his age accurately. I guess he's about mid-twenties. I don't know much about Khajiit lifespans, so I'm not sure what's considered "young". He's old enough to know stuff about the world, but young enough to still be a little naive. His sign is the Warrior so whatever month that turns out to be is his birth month.
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Jenna Fields
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 3:04 pm

Hard to say. Being a dark elf he′s more than likely much older than he looks. It′s not impossible for him being 130 or so, even though he appears to be in his 30′s
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Mario Alcantar
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 5:47 pm

Most of my male characters end up being in their late 30s or early 40s. Their age reflects their wisdom and experience about level 30ish. My current female character however, is the youngest I could make it... so about 21ish.
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Doniesha World
 
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 6:39 pm

Valiri is 53 years old but because she's not human (custom race), she's seems to be in her mid to late teens. She acts more like a child sometimes though.

My newer character, Honey is a breton in her late teens or early 20s. Probably like 18-22 but I'm trying not to RP with her (for a change) so I haven't given it much thought.
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 12:58 pm

I've had a bit of a semi-creative week, and have two completely new characters to play. Making my total number of long term characters up to four. I intend for all of them to come to Morrowind with me, in fact, three of them are designed for Morrowind, merely taking them through Oblivion as an in between.

Current characters:

Helena Aurelie, Breton Healer, is born on the 10th of Sun's Height, making her 18 when she started Oblivion, and born under The Apprentice.
Aralin Hlerayn, Dunmer Alchemist (In Oblivion, in Morrowind she's a pure Mage), born on the 23rd of Rain's Hand, making her born under The Mage. No idea how old she is in years though. I'd have said around 20.

Currently floating around my mind and getting written up:

Varesa Ienith (name pending), Dunmer Nightblade, power hungry seductress of the Courts, worming and flirting her way into a position of power, was born on the 8th of Sun's Height, making her under The Apprentice. She'll be about 19/25, depending on how mature I'd like her to be. Thank you Acadian and Subrosa for the ideas, she's introducing herself to me now, and I can see this being a hell of a journey.
Veltis Theman (name pending), Dunmer Ashlander/Ranger, I intend for him to do the main quest in Morrowind, and just to journey around Cyrodiil living off the land worshipping The Tribunal. He'll be an adaptation of my personality, so he'll be born on the 7th of Midyear (my birthday would be at this time), making him under The Steed (I think this fitting for MY character as I'm a fairly athletic person) and he'll be 18 which is my age.


Edit - As you may be able to tell, The is one of my favourite signs. Yeah it gives me a weakness to magicka, but I like that. It makes me need to think before I go charging headlong at them.
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Post » Fri May 13, 2011 4:23 am

Most of my characters are late teens, early twenties.

I did make an elderly Nordic woman once, but that was a long time ago and she didn't do much but hang around the Chorrol bookstore as I was pretending she was the head librarian of the place.
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