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[tmp7704]

Gamer Ftw wrote...

but it's not legal to put sexual relationships with underage people in games is it?
so the dalish warden was probably older as was Merrill.

Would imagine that varies by country if there's such regulations present at all (and that'd generally revolve around explicit depictions of actual acts) And since the age of characters in DAO and DA2 isn't really stated, and it takes tallimancer level of nerdy math like displayed in this thread to even reach such potential conclusion... it's pretty moot point.

Modifié par tmp7704, 02 mai 2011 - 06:22 .

[hoorayforicecream]

Gamer Ftw wrote...

but it's not legal to put sexual relationships with underage people in games is it?
so the dalish warden was probably older as was Merrill.

It's not legal to put in explicit sexual relationships with explicitly stated underage people in games. 

That's why all hentai games with the schoolgirls have a disclaimer stating that all characters depicted in the games are 18 or older. *cough* Or so I've heard. 

If it isn't explicitly stated (e.g. in Merrill's case, where you could argue that there isn't any data to indicate she is or isn't underage), then there's no harm and no foul.

Modifié par hoorayforicecream, 02 mai 2011 - 06:24 .

[mesmerizedish]

hoorayforicecream wrote...

*cough* Or so I've heard. 

That little bird sure gets around

[Maria Caliban]

All 18. Give or take a decade.

That said, Merrill is probably older than 18.

Modifié par Maria Caliban, 02 mai 2011 - 06:26 .

[tmp7704]

Herr Uhl wrote...

Makes me think of home. But we need to go older than Alistair, Zevran or Leliana. Morrigan maybe (she is the oldest of them, yes) or Oghren.

You're onto something here.

[LobselVith8]

Gamer Ftw wrote...

I wonder why so many people want her to be younger.

Opportunities to face palm, I'd wager.

Gamer Ftw wrote...

Really I wasn't aware relationships were boring unless they are with underage girls.
That's okay though I will be BORING and stick to adults.

Hardly boring. Given that WoG has already stated that Merrill is the same age as the Dalish Warden, it's likely that she's older than Hawke is.

[leggywillow]

Well, now this song will always remind me Hawke and Merrill.

[LadyRenegade]

14 or 15...damnn jail bait lmao

i'm guessing early twenties give or take a year

[serrah.hawke]

I always pictured Merrill as the same age as Tamlen and my Dalish Warden during the Dalish origin. But then the age of my Dalish Warden, in my head, fluctuates between 19 and 23.

[Greta13]

Um, in Loose Ends that kid Pryce is 15. And he didn't look near as mature as Merrill did in the Dalish Origin. Just saying...

[mesmerizedish]

serrah.hawke wrote...

I always pictured Merrill as the same age as Tamlen and my Dalish Warden during the Dalish origin. But then the age of my Dalish Warden, in my head, fluctuates between 19 and 23.

Since Ms. Kirby has confirmed that Merrill is the same age-group as Tamlen and Mahariel, that would be accurate.

[Fieryeel]

Merrill cannot be 14, based on what Mary has said, as Merrill is of the same age as Dalish warden and Tamlen.

Can you imagine Duncan recruiting a 13-year old Dalish kid, who is then able to have sex with Zevran, Morrigan, Leliana or Alistair?

Most likely Merrill is 24 when you meet her in DA2.

[tmp7704]

Fieryeel wrote...

Merrill cannot be 14, based on what Mary has said, as Merrill is of the same age as Dalish warden and Tamlen.

Can you imagine Duncan recruiting a 13-year old Dalish kid, who is then able to have sex with Zevran, Morrigan, Leliana or Alistair?

"approximately". So one of them can be somewhat older.
 
E.g. 16. Quite more easy to imagine, on all accounts.

Modifié par tmp7704, 07 mai 2011 - 04:10 .

[Fieryeel]

tmp7704 wrote...

Fieryeel wrote...

Merrill cannot be 14, based on what Mary has said, as Merrill is of the same age as Dalish warden and Tamlen.

Can you imagine Duncan recruiting a 13-year old Dalish kid, who is then able to have sex with Zevran, Morrigan, Leliana or Alistair?

"approximately". So one of them can be somewhat older.
 
E.g. 16. Quite more easy to imagine, on all accounts.

Problem is, 3 years is quite a big diff when you are talking about teenagers.

For example, two siblings might be 3 years apart in age, but you surely can't go telling other people, "They are aproximately the same age."

At the most, 1 year apart is as far as I would think is reasonable.

[tmp7704]

That's true, but then given how Mahariel can be really of any age the player wishes between 15-25+ and for Merrill quite a few of these ages conflict with the rest of the events/backround we're provided, the choice is to either tell people "they're approximately the same age" and accept it can cover few years of difference, or tell people "they're approximately the same age and btw your Mahariel can be only x years old, hope you don't mind".

[ThePinkFoxx]

To me she seems in her late teens to early twenties. I picture her around 19 when you first meet her?

Modifié par ThePinkFoxx, 07 mai 2011 - 11:27 .

[GameBoyish]

...she's about 21 by the time Hawke meets her..?

[mesmerizedish]

Maybe she's actually not a canonically specific age?

My Warden was 22 at the beginning of Origins. That makes Merrill 23 when she gets to Kirkwall, 24 when she meets Hawke, and 27 when they tip the velvet.

[ydaraishy]

How long is a Thedosian year compared to a terrestrial year, anyway?

[Knight of Dane]

And my warden had just exited teenagehood = 20.
That would make Merrill 20!

Honestly, what does it matter? I like Merrill for what she is, not what we assume she seems like.

[Apathy1989]

ishmaeltheforsaken wrote...

Maybe she's actually not a canonically specific age?

My Warden was 22 at the beginning of Origins. That makes Merrill 23 when she gets to Kirkwall, 24 when she meets Hawke, and 27 when they tip the velvet.

Probably the most accurate. Its hard to tell how old elves are since their fragile and small figures. A thousand years ago it isn't that odd for people to join military orders at 13, or to have sex, since you only lived up to early 40s. Although having sex outside of wedlock was fairly odd.

Its probably best to just ignore the historical standards and assume all the age standards are similar to our own modern ones.

[GodWood]

I can't help but find it odd people think she's older than Hawke.
I always figured upon meeting Hawke she was somewhere between 14 and 18 (17 being most likely)

But seeing as Mary has confirmed she is the same age as DEWarden and Tamlen I'm going to say she's 18-19 when she first meets Hawke.

[tmp7704]

ishmaeltheforsaken wrote...

Maybe she's actually not a canonically specific age?

Probably the best bet; it's just not every age fits with the rest of (back)story. But that only matters if someone wants to pay attention to such details and there's no real need to.

[Knight of Dane]

I just thought about Hawke...
Origianlly Her/His mother were supposed to marry the Comte De Launcet, the father of Emile, Emile is 26 when you meet him (Says he's been in the circle twenty years + his age of 6 at the time =26)
The comte can't have been married to Dulci when Leandra Ran Away with Malcom, so how old would that make Hawke?