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Although I disagree with aging of any kind, if it had to occur, it wouldn't be particularly intrusive if it happened in correlation with real time.

[Astral]

Sorry for not clarifying my idea last night/this morning but it was rather late xP

Below is what I was thinking of, with members adding to it from their character's own history and threads. It would be much better if there was actual dates rather than 'years ago' as it would be able to expand into 'future dates' (progress with the sites own timeline). We could have one main one for the world's history/important events (Such as coronations, wars, treaties, site events etc), a cannon one (as seen below), and maybe a board (Like the thread tracker?) where members can post their own personal, individual one (So you can see each character's life as a timeline). This might make it easier for members to fathom their characters life-expectancy - if they update their timeline each time they make/join a thread with that event, they can see just how much their character has done. I think it would be pretty easy to organize as you will only have to update the main/world one and cannon one with each new completed thread/event, which they could post a reply on asking for it to be updated, and the members will look after their own.

Cannon Timeline
(Any events are fictitious for the sake of this post)

Amaranthae exchanged letters with an admirer	--	5 years ago
Gin survived assassination attempt	--	9 years ago
Riatha Diane Crownguard (Nightwalker Princess) born	--	13 years ago
Lacey Ann Crownguard (Nightwalker Princess) born	--	15 years ago
Evelyn Schwarz (Shifter Prince) born	--	19 years ago
Jarmil acquired his large scar	--	20 years ago
Amaranthae Lydi'aleera Ehrendil (Elf queen) born	--	25 years ago
Gin Wolfgang (Nightwalker King) born	--	31 years ago
Jarmil Schwarz (Shifter King) born	--	38 years ago
Nintai became the Dragon King's Advisor	--	254 years ago
Nintai (Dragon Advisor) born	--	478 years ago
The great War	--	1500 years ago

Of course if you still wanted to implement a more 'set in stone' aging process, this could easily work side-by-side with that, and maybe even make it easier to implement that idea across? Or you could just completely scrap this idea as the mad-ravings of a sleep-deprived looney xD

[The All Mother]

While I would accept a 1:1 ratio, I don't know if some of the children are going to want to wait 25 real time years for something special to happen in their life times. We'll work that out more later, but like I said, the feedback is mostly regarding the time frame, not necessarily the aging idea.

I do really like the timeline idea. However, I think it would be asking too much for people to manage their own individual timeline - as in make it mandatory. People are typically very aware of what's going on with their characters, and if they need a little boost they can make a thread tracker which is along the same idea. That being said, a site timeline that keeps track of major events...I could see us really benefiting from that sort of system.

[Astral]

yeah, I can see how it might become tedious if you already have a thread tracker. Maybe it's just me wanting to become more organized xD I'm glad it could be of some use though. It could certainly help new members to figure out where they want their character to fit in, in regards to the site's plot.