How old is Ryne???? (Slight 5.2 Spoilers)

[Wyssahtyn]

Not related to then topic but miqo'tes skin don't age as they get old. It was stated in the lore book that they don't know why other race skin age as they get old.
So a 50 year old miqote will still look like she or he is in their 20's while a hyur will look like a old man.

Please provide a specific citation for your claim.

[Iscah]

though look at F'lhaminn who is supposed to be much older than she appears to be.

That's probably mostly about 2.0 character model limitations and there not being much in the way of 'old' Miqo'te models and faces.

Actually she's only 37 according to he lorebook profile, so if anything she's younger than I assumed she was due to having grey hair and glasses.

I think she is shorter than the shortest female midlanders; if someone can confirm this it would be nice.

I have a zero-height Midlander. IIRC, Ryne is shorter, but not by much. I checked - the top of Ryne's head is about even with Aurelie's chin.

I don't have screenshots on hand, but here is one with Alisaie.

One issue is that the Leveilleur twins are Elezen, which are stated to reach their growth spurt (and puberty) later than other races, like Hyur/Hume. Which Ryne is.

So my assumption was that Ryne is younger than 16, because she's Hume, but "looks" about the same age as the Elezen twins.

That's my best guess too.

If you do the maths, Elezen age 10-20% slower than the other races so (16 x 5/6 = 13.3) to (16 x 9/10 = 14.4) as an approximation of their "equivalent to Hyuran" physical age.

Please provide a specific citation for your claim.

It's probably on the same page that tells us their lifespan is much shorter than the other races.

(i.e. only there according to unreferenced Internet sources.)

Also easily disproved unless it was somehow a gender-specific trait because male Miqo'te certainly do visibly age.

[SannaR]

Actually she's only 37 according to he lorebook profile, so if anything she's younger than I assumed she was due to having grey hair and glasses.

Huh, doesnt that mean Thancred is around her age then?

[RenewalXVII]

Huh, doesnt that mean Thancred is around her age then?

That certainly tracks; they were both young-ish adults in the 1.0 Ul'dah opening, so they're certainly contemporaries.

[YianKutku]

Huh, doesnt that mean Thancred is around her age then?

Yeah, Thancred is 32 according to his lorebook profile. Corroborated by the Tales From The Calamity about Minfilia, where she mentioned he was seventeen during their first meeting (during the "ten years ago" Echo vision in 1.0).

It also mentions Minfilia being five years younger than Thancred, ie 27 at the time of ARR (again corroborated by her lorebook profile). Which means F'lhaminn is ten years older than Minfilia.

[Rannie]

Actually she's only 37 according to he lorebook profile, so if anything she's younger than I assumed she was due to having grey hair and glasses.

Lol grey hair I just read that... yeah you cant take grey hair into account at all she may be like myself who is genetically predisposed to going grey at a young age (I started going grey when I was 15 and am now damn near completely grey except for a small streak like Rogue from the X-men and I'm going to be 39 this April!!!) I've also been wearing glasses since I was 5 but that's neither here nor there. Then again in 1.0 she did have that Silvery blonde hair to begin with.

[Iscah]

Lol grey hair I just read that... yeah you cant take grey hair into account at all she may be like myself who is genetically predisposed to going grey at a young age (I started going grey when I was 15 and am now damn near completely grey except for a small streak like Rogue from the X-men and I'm going to be 39 this April!!!) I've also been wearing glasses since I was 5 but that's neither here nor there. Then again in 1.0 she did have that Silvery blonde hair to begin with.

I know there's nothing wrong with either of those traits on a younger character - especially when they're so fond of giving characters naturally-silver hair - but still, when you're introduced to "Minfilia's mother" you'd assume her to be a generation older and her appearance seems to line up with that. They're only ten years apart in age, but you wouldn't realise that from within the game.

It does make Thancred's attempts to flirt with F'lhaminn make a lot more sense when you know she's not much older than him.