the lifetimes.

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This thread explains the different life expectancies of the nine in Ilisthmira; they are organized by species in the regions. This guide should help any new members in the creation of characters who are wondering what age to make their characters. We use ratios to determine the minimum ages for each rank and we will also show how to convert wolf years to human years for each species.

We use 100 years as the maximum for human life expectancy in comparing to each of the species, all math will be explained in each section. If you want to create a character that appears to look XX in human years you would simply create the ratio fraction XX/100 where 100 is the maximum age for a human. Now take your fraction: XX/100 and multiply it by the maximum life expectancy (also known as a life span) of the desired species. Either round up or down for decimals.

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EASTERN PACKS

Silver Life Expectancies

According to the Guide;

The silvers live for centuries, there is no actual definitive end since they live for so long and it is difficult to tell the age of a silver because each silver ages at a different rate individually. We know that the morphlings are enslaved to the silver species but they do not live as long as the silver, therefore, it is logical to assume that the maximum life expectancy must be greater than five hundred wolf years. This is entirely up to the creator of the character.

Morphling Life Expectancies

According to the Guide;

The morphling species lives longer than the majority of the other species in Ilisthmira with the exception of their masters: the silvers; the maximum life expectancy is five hundred wolf years. The morphlings do not have a lot of options as far as careers: solider or slave if your character is a male and a life of secret if your character is a female.
Minimum age for soldier; one hundred wolf years
It takes a lot of time to train to become a soldier, when we do the math one hundred years makes sense. If the maximum life expectancy is 500 years and we make that equivalent to a 100 year old human, it is okay to assume that a middle-aged morphling would be 250 years old to match the equivalent of your character to appear to be a middle-aged human (50 years old). 100 years is approximately 20% of the maximum life expectancy so, we can translate that to at least 20 years for a human (i.e. if you are 100 years in wolf form you will appear as a 20 year old human) and it is a logical age base for a soldier.
Minimum age for slaves; --
If your character is a slave, this is because of a disability, or he or she committed a very serious crime; there is no age restraint on this rank.
Minimum age for females; --
There is only one morphling female born for every one hundred pups brought into the world. The ages are a very vast and depend entirely upon the creator.

*** as for high ranks, those are only offered by audition and the ages then are specified in the audition.

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NORTHERN PACKS

Cloudhopper Life Expectancies

According to the Guide;

The cloudhopper species has a life expectancy of approximately sixty wolf years. Like.
Minimum age for apprentice; seven wolf years
If your character's age is less than this number then your character will be ranked as a pup. An apprentice is a character stuck between a child and a grownup, training to be a warrior or a scholar or an assassin. We can use ratios to calculate this age as well as any age we want when converting. Now, for every apprentice minimum age you will, we used the ratio 11/100 which means that if the character had just become an apprentice then, in human years they would appear to be about eleven years old. We take this fraction and multiply it by the life expectancy of 60 wolf years (life expectancy) and we get 6.6 wolf years but who wants to deal with fractions? We rounded up to 7 wolf years as being the minimum age for an apprentice.
Minimum age for warriors & other ranks; twelve wolf years
If your character is a warrior or if you want your character to be a warrior, this is the lowest age to have. This age is also good for the minimum age of warriors and those aspiring bounty hunters. Why is this number so small? It's based on the math in the comparison to a human 100 year life cycle. We assumed that an adult would be about twenty so using the fraction 20/100 and multiplying it by the life expectancy we get 12 wolf years. Cloudhoppers are easily the most intelligent of the species (shhh don't tell them) so, it is not unusual for them to learn so quickly.

Celce Life Expectancies

According to the Guide;

The celce species life expectancy is very short, only twenty wolf years.
Minimum age for apprentice; two wolf years
If your character's age is less than this number then your character will be ranked as a pup. An apprentice is a character stuck between a child and a grownup, training to be a warrior or a scholar or an assassin. We got this number by division and fractions, like in Harry Potter, you have to be eleven years old so why not become an apprentice at this age? We picked our age minimum by using the base fraction of 11/100 (assuming that 11 years old would be a good age for apprenticeship) and we multiply it by 20 wolf years (life expectancy) and we get 2.2 wolf years so, we round down a little to 2 wolf years to get the most out of such a short life span.
Minimum age for warriors & other ranks; four wolf years
Due to the very short life span of this species, the difference between the apprentice rank and the warrior rank is not very much. The species is violent just like their tempest cousins, it is not unheard of for the celces and the farens to be hired guns and assassins. We multiply our standard 20/100 by 20 wolf years (life expectancy) and we get out minimum warrior age of 4 wolf years.

Colorcoat Life Expectancies

According to the Guide;

The life span of a colorcoat on average is about twenty-five wolf years of fabulous.
Minimum age for apprentice; three wolf years
If your character's age is less than this number then your character will be ranked as a pup. An apprentice is a character stuck between a child and a grownup, training to be a warrior or a scholar or an assassin. We got this number by division and fractions, like in Harry Potter, you have to be eleven years old so why not become an apprentice at this age? We multiply the fraction 11/100 by 25 wolf years (life expectancy) and we get 2.75 wolf years and we rounded up to 3 wolf years because having fractions is off for ages.
Minimum age for warriors & other ranks; five wolf years
Even though the colorcoats don't do much more than lay around all day changing colors and looking at their reflections (how much do you have to learn to know how to change your colors?) -shots fired- they still have warriors and other ranks. This is the minimum age for a warrior or rank of equivalent value because if we multiply 20/100 by 25 wolf years (life expectancy) and get five wolf years for it.

*** as for high ranks, those are only offered by audition and the ages then are specified in the audition.

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SOUTHERN PACKS

Terrian Life Expectancies

According to the Guide;

The terrian species has a life expectancy of approximately forty wolf years of peace, they do not have any ranks besides having the medicine wolf so, ages are irrelevant for picking a rank. For a "juvenile" or apprentice age of appearing like an 11 year old boy then take the fraction 11/100 and multiply it by the life expectancy of 40 wolf years and you get 4.4 wolf years or just 4 wolf years. If you want a young adult take the fraction of 20/100 and repeat to get 8 wolf years. To get any age you want, follow the instructions in the introduction of this guide.

Faren Life Expectancies

According to the Guide;

The faren species life expectancy is very short, only eighteen wolf years.
Minimum age for apprentice; two wolf years
If your character's age is less than this number then your character will be ranked as a pup. An apprentice is a character stuck between a child and a grownup, training to be a warrior or a scholar or an assassin. We got this number by division and fractions, like in Harry Potter, you have to be eleven years old so why not become an apprentice at this age? So, multiply 11/100 by 18 wolf years (life expectancy) and the minimum age for apprenticeship in wolf years should be 1.98 and we round up to 2 wolf years.
Minimum age for warriors & other ranks; four wolf years
Due to the very short life span of this species, the difference between the apprentice rank and the warrior rank is not very much. 20/100 multiplied by 18 wolf years is equal to 3.6 wolf years...we also round this up to 4 wolf years. The species is known violent just like their tempest cousins, it is not unheard of for the celces and the farens to be hired guns and assassins.

Riverkeeper Life Expectancies

According to the Guide;

The life span of a riverkeeper on average is about eighty wolf years.
Minimum age for apprentice; nine wolf years
If your character's age is less than this number then your character will be ranked as a pup. An apprentice is a character stuck between a child and a grownup, training to be a warrior or a scholar or an assassin. We got this number by division and fractions, like in Harry Potter, you have to be eleven years old so why not become an apprentice at this age? So, multiply 11/100 by 80 wolf years (life expectancy) and the minimum age for apprenticeship in wolf years should be 8.8 wolf years and we round up to 9 wolf years.
Minimum age for warriors & other ranks; sixteen wolf years
This is the minimum age for any riverkeeper character that wants to be a warrior. Simply multiply the fraction of 20/100 by 80 wolf years and we get the minimum age for a riverkeeper warrior: 16 wolf years.

*** as for high ranks, those are only offered by audition and the ages then are specified in the audition.

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Shade Life Expectancies

According to the Guide;

There are no real ranks for the shades species and despite not having a formal pack, they live on average thirty-five wolf years. For a "juvenile" or apprentice age of appearing like an 11 year old boy then take the fraction 11/100 and multiply it by the life expectancy of 35 wolf years and you get 3.85 wolf years or just 4 wolf years. If you want a young adult take the fraction of 20/100 and repeat to get 7 wolf years. To get any age you want, follow the instructions in the introduction of this guide.