One thing to keep in mind is that, despite magic helping with the whole die young thing that medieval times had, that your life started much earlier than it does in modern western culture. People also married younger, as the younger you started, the more children you could have, which were your legacy. For example, Fergus having his first child at 28? That is very late to just now starting to have your heirs. Unless he did not find a wife until close to then, unlikely given his high level of nobility and his relative attractiveness, he would most likely have his first child a year or two after he got married, placing that time around 22 or 23 at most. And yes, I would say the child is around 7, so that puts Fergus at 29-30, making the Human PC around 25-27.
There is no birth control back in this day, and no abortion save very dangerous and often fatal herbal methods. So children often came early and often. Then again, it is often repeated that children are a rare blessing, so it could be that Ferelden, or Thedas in general, has a low birth rate, making some later ages more likely.
Finally, age is mentioned for two characters off the top of my head. First, when Wynne is talking to Lelianna, Lelianna remarks that she looks younger than she actually is. I would wager, since she looks around early to mid twenties, that she is actually in her late twenties to maybe 30. She has a lot of life experience. "Spent most of my adult life as one [Bard]" would indicate that, since adulthood starts around 17-18, that she came to Lothering at earliest 25, to around 27, and it is said that she stayed 2 years in Lothering.
Second, if you get Loghain in your party, one of the other characters, I cannot remember who, states that they expected Loghain to be older than he is. Loghain then says something to the effect that everything he has been through has caused him to look older than he is, thus I would place him in his early to mid 40s, which would match him having a young daughter (Anora seems to me to be around 21, which I will explain my reasoning on just below).
Another thing that is of note is that Alistair claims that he was told that there would be no room for rebellions in his name, and that he potentially threatened Cailan's right to the throne. This would only make sense if Alistair was older, as if he were younger than Cailan, then there would be no question about who had more right to the throne.
Also, Cailan looks and acts to be, while good at heart, young and immature. I would also place Anora at around his age as well, as is appropriate back then. It also states that Cailan has been king for about 5 years, and that he married Anora one month after he ascended to the throne after the death of King Maric. This could happen anywhere between 16-19, putting his age at Ostagar around 21-24, though his personality would befit a younger side, so I would guess he is 21-22. This would place Alistair at a few years older, around 25-27, which befits his personality well I think.
Anyways, sorry to ramble on like that, but each thought led to another, so I just hope that perhaps I contributed something worthwhile
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Modifié par celdoloth, 04 janvier 2010 - 07:39 .
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