Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplay Board/@comment-25344655-20150814035854/@comment-26491798-20150817014430

(actually, they do. "Elves are born about one year from their  conception. The day of their conception is celebrated, not the actual  birthday itself. Their minds develop more quickly than their bodies; by their first year, they can speak, walk and even dance, and their quicker onset of mental maturity makes young Elves seem, to Men, older than they really are. Physical  puberty comes in around their fiftieth to one hundredth year (by age fifty they reach their adult height), and by their first hundred years of life outside the womb all Elves are fully grown. Elven bodies eventually stop aging physically, while human bodies do not.")