I don't care what anyone says, Zenimax can take their opinion and shove it. Altmer live up to 1000 years, Dunmer and Bosmer 200. Roze has the right of it, Orcs are pretty much big, green men with pointy ears when it comes to their lifespan.

Technically, modern day human can live to 100+ given the right conditions. But why is the average lifespan 70 something? Because few have access to the perfectly optimal conditions.

Same with elves on Tamriel, they have the potential to live up to the Millennium. But with all the disasters, wars and diseases, few get to see that being realized.

Drawing another parallel to real life; in that many seniors of advanced ages (80+) require some sort of assistance to get by daily. Things like pacemakers, wheelchairs and hearing aids are essential. The equivalent on Nirn is restoration, which most super-grandpas like Neloth utilize to stay healthy. Again, a bottleneck here. Not everyone have access to these.

I always interpreted it as altmer can live for 1,000 years because they're the most "pure" elves, while the others (including orcs) can live for around 200-300, depending on life conditions. I don't imagine many orcs die of old age because of how brutal their lives typically are.

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It's never really touched upon how culture effects the lifespans of races, for instance, a Cyrodiilic Orc lives a typically peaceful life compared to those in other cultures, as well as has access to Imperial standards of living. I always interpreted the Altmer live so long because, yea, same line of thought as you, they are the closest related to the Aldmer of old. Orcs are elves, perhaps Altmer? Who were turned into Orsimer by Boethiah. After that is when Shor, IIRC, curses them by shortening their lifespans. I don't know if it ever says how much of their lifespans the curse took, though. I always just thought they lived as long as men, that seemed a suitable punishment for Mer.

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If I remember my lore right, didn't orcs come into being after Boethia turned Trinimac (I think... could be wrong) into Malacath, which is why they are said to resemble him and never really had an ancestral homeland or even that long of a history compared to other races?

I feel rusty on my Elder Nerd. Where's Hermy Mora's bookshelf of mysteries when you need it?

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Orcs literally come from a pile of shit. No really. Same with Malacath. No wonder they weren't playable in Daggerfall or Arena.

I totally have that khajiit hedonism down to a science.

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Ah, the good old 'Let me fuck a Dunmer princess in the middle of a bar' hedonism. Can't go wrong with that in Skyrim I reckon.

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This one has it on good authority one can scratch an itch in the Grey Quarter for a handful of quarters.

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As far as I know the last Khajiit who decided to have some fun with a Dunmer princess got drawn and quartered. But I guess anyone's a princess if they can make you feel like a handsome prince.

Anyone who wants to do that collab post; I'll get started now, and make a titanpad for us, I'll post the link up on here shortly.
titanpad.com/LyRHlDlUeu

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We should probably slow down on the collabs. It could be any time now that Gcold's could grace us with an IC post. And this ones pretty big. Speaking of collabs, my past GMing history with them is a little tainted, so I'm very pleased how prompt you guys have been churning them out.