Aolbain wrote...
I'm not an expert on this but I think I read somewhere that the life expectations went down when humanity became settled and started to practise agriculture. Still, like I said, I am no expert and could definitely be wrong.
Mini-rant:
Basing it off medival europe, it depends entirely on the person and location in question. Most people never owned the lands they worked on, the average farm was owned by a lord and the peasantry had to operate the farm to the lord's benefit (who'd then sell the crops and pay the peasantry a meager sum).
A good harvest would yield the peasantry money to pay their taxes and enough to thrive during the winter, a poor harvest would mean the peasants would have to find a way to pay their taxes and buy the necessary supplies to survive during winter (which in itself was difficult).
So in small villages, the life expectency was based on whether or not you could work with your lord to yield a significant harvest. Otherwise, you could potentially starve or be forced off your land. The more people in your family, the more your life expectency went down during a horrible harvest season.
When it came to cities, guild masters ruled over everyone who remained within and your life expectency was whether or not you had good relations with your lord and/if you were wealthy. Starving on the streets was common and this often meant becoming diseased as chamber pots were emptied in the streets, the diseasedwere segregated and commoners who couldn't afford wine or beer were forced to drink tainted water.
Nomads aren't much better off than the village peasantry, their entire lifestyle was built on whether or not they could hunt/gather for provisions. They didn't have to suffer from the diseases which the city streets bred, they didn't have to drink from tainted wells but their entire survival hinged on a good hunting year (as wild fruit and nuts couldn't sustain them for long) and they were more exposed to the elements than someone who had a home.
My real-world nomadic knowledge is low, I don't know whether or not they traveled across the continent to avoid winter or how long they remained in one location but that's something which the Dalish does, to their benefit. The Dalish are different than real-world nomads in the sense that they've got mages, a significant change.
City elves starve, become sick, drink filthy water and live on the streets in their own filth.
Dalish elves
can starve, drink river water, live healthier and have magic to clear any affliction they might suffer.
The life-style difference is drastic, the Dalish have the clear advantage. It's why I don't see the claims that elves are restoring their immortality being a legitimate one, it feels more like an excuse for elves to shun and hate humans more as they broadcast their racial superiority than one which has to do with hard facts.
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