General lifespans of the races?

[Diyne]

I'd really like to know the general lifespan of the races as well!

[Zenaku]

I always imagined Miqo'te were fairly short lived, around 40 to 50 years at most. Not a clue what a Roe's lifespan would be.

Moose's previous post got me thinking though, what if we get Echos that showed us NPCs or even ourselves at a younger age? I've only ever seen Hyur children, so I supposed they'd have to work out what children of the other races look like, but could be interesting. It would be a perfect way to very subtly slip in the existence of a card game :P.

in Grid storyline did we see elzens kids or was they hyur?

[Orophin]

in Grid storyline did we see elzens kids or was they hyur?

Some of the kids that hang out in the Carpenter's Guild are Elezen. Damielliot (the Alchemist Guildmaster's son) is also an Elezen.

Apart from the Elezen's lifespan being longer than everyone elses, we don't know much more. The Lalafellan example of how they've been running a bar for 80 years makes me think they might be in the second running though.

[Catapult]

Some of the kids that hang out in the Carpenter's Guild are Elezen. Damielliot (the Alchemist Guildmaster's son) is also an Elezen.

Apart from the Elezen's lifespan being longer than everyone elses, we don't know much more. The Lalafellan example of how they've been running a bar for 80 years makes me think they might be in the second running though.

Correct. Nicoliaux is the prominent example in Gridania.

[Yrusama]

Actually, it was my understanding that the galka were the complete opposite - that they actually had a greatly extended lifespan compared to humes in FFXI.

For instance, during the Bastok quest where you have to lay a bouquet at the memorial for the labourers who built the Palborough Mines several centuries beforehand, a surviving member (a galka) is revealed to still be alive and well in the game's present (the human quest giver is the grandson of the galka's best friend who also died in the explosion), plus during the quest to gain your Ballista License, if you happen to be Windurstian, the Ballista Captain for Windurst mentions the Galka called Invincible Shield, a famous Galkan general of the Crystal War, is a "thousand-year-old gutbuster" (that's a literal quote from the game), although she might have just been exaggerating, I still took it to mean that the galka are very long lived.

Yes, I know that had nothing to do with FFXIV, but it's likely because the galka have long life spans in FFXI, their counterparts in FFXIV (ala, the roegadyn), would probably be very similar I'd imagine.

The Galka go through a reincarnation process, so it's not unlikely that the Galka you mentioned has gone through this a few times. They don't retain their memories, but the Talekeeper does. Then again, I don't remember that quest very well. I do distinctly remember Gwynham Ironheart (the hume explorer) remarking in one of his monuments that the difference in lifespan meant a different perspective on life.

Edit: My mistake. I looked up the text for the monument here, and it leaves that line very open to interpretation. Either he's saying that Humes have shorter lives, and therefore less time to think, or both races have short lives. Likely the former, because even though they don't retain memories after reincarnation, one Galka man could potentially go on for eternity if he is fed and protected. A Hume will only last a century at most (assuming they're the same as Humans).

Judging how a lot of Roegadyn lore and culture has that "ancient" feel, I wouldn't be surprised if they live longer... if they don't get killed in battle.

[Lusavari]

The Galka easily live for over a century. Jabbos from the CoP story line is evidence of that as he's lived with the moblins for at least 100 years:

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Jabbos

The Tale Keeper's memory only goes back about 500 years worth, but it's implied Galka live around 250 years in several Bastok quest lines. If we build off some things, Goomba in the Bastok Story line is about 20 or 25 in present day Vanadiel, and he's still a child. Jabbos most likely joined the Moblins as an adult, so he would have been somewhere around 50 or 60 when he joined. After 100 years, he still looks young, at about 150 years old. So it goes to make sense of the Vana races, Galka lived the longest of all.

I think that Roegadyn probably have more normalized life spans of maybe 80 to 150 years.

I would think Miqo'te probably have similar life spans to Hyurs, if not potentially shorter. Cats live between 15 and 30 years. I would make my guess that a Miqo'te, especially as groups of nomads and hunters have dangerous lives, so most probably don't even live to die of old age.... They would probably live to around 60 on average.

[Zenaku]

The Galka easily live for over a century. Jabbos from the CoP story line is evidence of that as he's lived with the moblins for at least 100 years:

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Jabbos

The Tale Keeper's memory only goes back about 500 years worth, but it's implied Galka live around 250 years in several Bastok quest lines. If we build off some things, Goomba in the Bastok Story line is about 20 or 25 in present day Vanadiel, and he's still a child. Jabbos most likely joined the Moblins as an adult, so he would have been somewhere around 50 or 60 when he joined. After 100 years, he still looks young, at about 150 years old. So it goes to make sense of the Vana races, Galka lived the longest of all.

I think that Roegadyn probably have more normalized life spans of maybe 80 to 150 years.

I would think Miqo'te probably have similar life spans to Hyurs, if not potentially shorter. Cats live between 15 and 30 years. I would make my guess that a Miqo'te, especially as groups of nomads and hunters have dangerous lives, so most probably don't even live to die of old age.... They would probably live to around 60 on average.

Ya i agree about the miqo'te the male could live longer but now that they going to live outside also. I'm guessing they life going to be short also.

Still thinking what SE going to do about them coming out But that for other topic lol.