[@Jack Travidi] All of the legendary heroes (Bar yours) are said to have died 1000 years or more ago. The Starless has only come to fruition roughly 500 years ago, 500 years after the last (again bar yours) hero had died. As such the basis is the heroes should be at least 1000 years old by now, apart from yours whom, from your mythology, was 16 when the gods fires had started to extinguish. Placing you firmly 500 years after the last hero was meant to have died (one last time, apart from yours) being at the beginning of the Starless era makes you the youngest and most recent hero.

That's how I interpret the situation.