Why are Alphinaud and Alisaie rather short for Elezen?

[KokonoeAiyoko]

It is said that they are both 16 so they should be taller, are they just outside of the norm?

[Anonymoose]

Childhood can last longer for Elezen (because Elezen can potentially live longer than the other races), so even though they have sixteen years on them, they might be more youthful than the average sixteen year old. If there's a discrepancy, that'd be my guess as to why.

[Cilia]

Well, that and teenagers tend to be somewhat shorter than adults in fiction so people know they're teenagers.

Plus, while highly unlikely they might just be kind of short. Perhaps their mother was a hyur?

[Samcaesar]

I think it's an age thing and also a want to keep them still identical looking. If they aged them up (And please SE never do this) then they'd look a whole lot less like identical twins.

[Belhi]

Realistically as the game continues I would think it likely we will see some aging from them or it will be weird. I mean if we were going into 5.0 and 3 years had past, I'd kind of expect them to be alittle older. Even if they age slower they are at an age where they are growing.

It would be interesting to see if they at any point chose to change the looks of major NPCs. Cid is now sporting a beard he didn't have in 1.0 and I could easily see others changing their looks as time goes by.

[LystAP]

I wish would could make "young" characters. The most I could do with any non-Lala is a really petite individual that still appears older than usual.

[Kedrah]

Elezens must have terrible growing pains.

[Grimmel]

I mean if we were going into 5.0 and 3 years had past, I'd kind of expect them to be alittle older.

Considering that from the time between 2.0 and I think either 2.1 or 2.2 It had been 8 years since the calamity (Minfillia I believe says this in the start of the patch Cutscenes). I think time moves a bit faster. By 5.0 I'd think it'd be at least 15-20 years or more since the calamity happened.

[Dualblade]

No, we aren't 8 years past the Calamity. At most we are 6 years past it (5 years for sure by the start of 2.0, and maybe 1 more year added to that by 2.1-2.55)

[Grimmel]

No, we aren't 8 years past the Calamity. At most we are 6 years past it (5 years for sure by the start of 2.0, and maybe 1 more year added to that by 2.1-2.55)

I'm pretty sure Minfillia stated at least 7 years. But I could be wrong. Need to go back and re-watch the Cutscene in the inn room when I can.

I'm not saying it's been 2 years since the end of 2.0 stuff. I'm saying that whole ordeal took a year or so to progress.

It was 5 years since the end of the 1.0 saga to the beginning of the 2.0 Saga. Then give a year or a little more as we progress from the beginning of 2.0 to the end of 2.0. Then possibly a few months to half a year to 2.1.