Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
Ran'jit's strength now makes sense - he has magical kung fu from a region beyond Norvrandt. This makes me question how he's lived as long as he has though, given the Flood was a century ago. (Maybe that's why he looks kind of haggard; he used magic to extend his lifespan?)
My initial impression was that Ran'jit's techniques were passed down through the survivors of that non-Norvrandt ("Vrandtic" is the adjective, if I recall) region, as well as their cultures and naming conventions. I believe the description of the A-rank hunt Huracan says it's the familiar his father used, and it's speculated to still be around because Ran'jit's father was turned into a Sin Eater, which means Ran'jit's father was present in Norvrandt after the Flood. So we have kind of an upper bound on that timeline.

However, Ran'jit also implies that he's been broken by seeing several generations of Minfilias die, which makes me wonder how many of these generations there have been, given it has been a century since the Flood of Light. Assuming each Minfilia lived for about fifteen years (and ignoring the horrific implications of that hypothesis), there should be about six generations since the Flood of Light, especially since it's stated that there are "some years" between Minfilias. Which would certainly be enough to emotionally break a man like Ran'jit, but also imply that he's been around for every generation.

So it's entirely possible he's been able to prolong his life and effective combat ability through either magic, or sheer badass-ness.