Talk:Timeline/@comment-31763506-20170731110817/@comment-31763506-20170924200831

D'oh. The Zirantian Lifespan note was originally there to say that there was some question as to whether the ages for Zirantians were accurate because there was an offhand remark from the merchants guild rep at the Ardford summit asking if there were any living Zirantians who remembered the 2nd Arclent War, implying that their average lifespan is under 30 years.

I asked SL about it (and some other stuff) below:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/september-17-14425756

Like Lostone2 says, the ages given for Fuani and Uyae count their stated wiki ages backwards from their first appearance in the game in the Zirantia section of Chapter 3, which had to have been early in 1155 AE (or very late 1154 AE), because Orcent's transformation is near the two year anniversary of Simon's shardification. BUT, the Zirantian part of Chapter 3 is assumed to have taken place in the very first three months of the year 1155 AE at the latest, so the odds are about 3:1 that each of these characters will have a birthday and advance a year in age over the course of 1155. Combined with the possibility that the actual date of the Zirantia trip is in the last two or three months of 1154, assuming a birthdate of 1154 minus the stated age is best for the Zirantians.

Biyue is 1155 minus 27 because Lostone2 added her rather than me. I'll fix that and add a note explaining further to each.

The elven characters also get 1154 minus their stated ages because the elf kingdoms trip happened closer to autumn of 1154, so the odds are that they'll have had their 1154 birthdays already.

(This all assumes, of course, that a TLS year is an Earth solar year, and has as many days, and that days are the length of Earth days, and that TLS cultures increment ages at the end of each year instead of the start.  (Some earth cultures apparently call newborns "1" and then have them turn "2" after they have their first anniversary of their birth.))

Riala being born somewhere on the continent of Renthnor rather than Thenours or Arclent is a presumption, but a fairly strong one, so I'll add a note explaining that it is.