3210 Message In The Stew
“How old is my Hobbit?” -and other age-related questions in YAFGC.
So, questions and confusion have arisen regarding how old these characters are, considering the last time we saw them (10 years ago in REAL TIME!) they were all young singles and now appear to have aged with children of their own.
I haven’t been giving any meaningful clues about the passage of in-world time considering how often I jump back and forth in their lives and history. So I’ll own up as that which is to blame for this weirdness. So, in an attempt to give you a sense of where things lie in this huge world here’s a list of some of the characters and how old they are in today’s strip’s present.
This isn’t an exhaustive list, just a profile to give you a sense of time-scale. Hope it helps.
Also, in-world, it’s been 13 years since Bob was caught spying on Gren in strip 0001.
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Characters who are weirly old and nobody knows how old they are.
Chimera, The Golden Emperor Dragon, The Sphynx of Tempshutep, Lady Marion of Heatherdale, Eddy,
Lewie the Lich, Arachne, Charlotte.
Characters who are considered elders.
Maula Bloodhand (64)
Characters who are considered matured adults.
Roberta (57), Charla & Clover Firelight (55), Jewel the Pocket Bard (55), Flannet Hunter (55)
Naomi Phoenix (50), me (49), Caliph Tambid of Umbril (47), Calipha Vanessa of Umbril (46),
Shawn of Shallmar (46), Lord David (45), C’Rhynne (45)
Characters who are considered ‘adults in their prime’
Trevor Larkin (42), Turg (41), Leland (39), King Eric III of Drostardy (37), Cadugan (37),
Queen Anna of Shallmar (31), Gren Razortooth(31), Glon Bloodhand (30), Duke Lucas of Greyfort (30)
Characters who are considered ‘young adults’
Bob the Beholder (28), Hogga Hobgoblin (23), King Runtherd of Elegrost (22), Ryann Lantendar (21),
Cypress Hunter (21), Yapp Gnarl (20), Ain the Orc (20), Sittica the Drow (20)
Teenagers
Princess Adina of Umbril (19)
Kids
Charles Hunter (10)
Prince Mauler Bloodhand (3) and all the other Bloodhand prince and princesses.
" Waiter there’s a flying letter in my soup "
" Well just keep quite Ma’am or everybody will want one "
Well, that’s really overcooking it 😛
Betcha it’s a really spicy letter.
A little mystery and intrigue will spice any dish
Don’t forget the magic means of delivery. That might add a bit of something to the stew.
"It’s magically delicious!"
~Some breakfast cereal I’m not going to name in order to prevent accusations of Trademark and/or copyright infringement.
Yapp, Ain & Sittica are 20 now? Gah, they grow up so fast, don’t they…
*ruffles their hair affectionately*
*gets horribly killed*
Apples & soup: All that traveling seems to have made the scrolls hungry.
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It’s a message in a pottle.
Oof! I felt that.
And Geliminous?
Like I said, not an exhaustive list. But you can conclude that since Geliminous Cube, Ain, Yapp and Sittica were all in class together, they’re all about 20.
You put “me (49”
Are you one of the characters in here? 😀 Or just letting us know for comparison?
Just for perspective. Probably my own. It’s depressing.
Depending on specifics, or rumours, The Fox is also pretty old.
Actually, The Fox is probably the most significant age at the moment. Gone darn dash it!
It appears that me and Turg are both middle ancient. I don’t have horns though. (Yet.)
Considering the Fox and I are apparently the same age, he must keep himself in good shape–he looks significantly better than I do! 😀
And yes, looks like the plot–or the pot–got a little more flavour!
WOW! So much has come and gone! And I just started this comic this year!
Interesting, does the categorisation into different categories take species into account? I don't *see* anything like hundred-year-old "adults in their prime" or fifty year old "young adults". The elves are mostly in the *mystery* category though, and dwarves are practically absent from the world. There have been a few, but only a few and none are prominent characters.