CarlManvers2019
Writers Blocked Douchebag
To anyone who doesn’t know about Elder Scrolls’ Elves, like most fiction Elves live much longer than humans. Like an average of 4-5 centuries, with the Altmer or particularly magically gifted Elves able to live a millenia or more.
They mature into adulthood for around the same 20-30 years, then sort of slow down afterwards. They have fertility rates that make it sorta hard to conceive and maybe 3-4 is the maximum per Elven woman
That said, leaving out problems with fertility, I want to know how you guys think human society would be affected with a lifespan of 4-5 centuries, but with the same fertility rate as ordinary humans have
And take note, that 4-5 centuries can sorta be lessened by things like disease, starvation, malnutrition, overwork, lack of exercise etc.
So there would still be much reason to develop technologies based around medicine and producing more food and proper physical care
Would people stop having as many children as older poorer times when they had many children due to not knowing which would survive the coming years? Take note, possibilities of war come alongside those other problems I mentioned
They mature into adulthood for around the same 20-30 years, then sort of slow down afterwards. They have fertility rates that make it sorta hard to conceive and maybe 3-4 is the maximum per Elven woman
That said, leaving out problems with fertility, I want to know how you guys think human society would be affected with a lifespan of 4-5 centuries, but with the same fertility rate as ordinary humans have
And take note, that 4-5 centuries can sorta be lessened by things like disease, starvation, malnutrition, overwork, lack of exercise etc.
So there would still be much reason to develop technologies based around medicine and producing more food and proper physical care
Would people stop having as many children as older poorer times when they had many children due to not knowing which would survive the coming years? Take note, possibilities of war come alongside those other problems I mentioned
Mer
Mer (also called Elvenkind or just Elves, or rarely Elfs) as a collective term encompasses beings of the elven races in Tamriel. They are described as "long-lived, culturally conservative humanoids" whose societies feature stable social and cultural institutions. Multiple races of mer exist in...
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