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

Originally Posted by SannaR

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

Originally Posted by Brightamethyst

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.

Originally Posted by Eloah

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.

Originally Posted by YianKutku

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.

Originally Posted by Wyssahtyn

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.

Originally Posted by Iscah

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.

As it pertains to F'lhaminn, keep in mind that a lot of JRPGs treat anyone over 30 as an old fogey - most notably Cid in VII is portrayed as a sort of grumpy old man despite only being 32 (11 years older than Cloud), doing such things as sleeping though a mission briefing and gondola rides in the Gold Saucer and general curmudgeonly behavior. At 37 F'lhaminn is getting pretty close to middle age, though her "older" appearance is based mostly around her attire (a plain smock with eyeglasses).