Just as long as men, or do they have a longer or shorter lifespan?
Just as long as men, or do they have a longer or shorter lifespan?
Hes called M'aiq the LIAR.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
yeah but... M'aiq the LIAR!
But they are sentient beings, capable of understanding themselves and the world around them. They simply lack the means to communicate verablly, but other khajiit have no difficulty in understanding them and communicate with them as easily as they would a man or mer.
So while intellectualy different, they are not inferior.
I would suggest the same can be probably be said of any other physical difference between them and other khajiit, including life span.
Which is to say I don't think form influences life span overly much.
What if M'aiq isn't a liar? What if he's one of the few characters to achieve CHIM and is content wandering around telling people the truth? However, as simple-minded mortals in a realm so complicated, his "preposterous" statements just sound like lies to everyone he interacts with. What if the mad-man's been honest the whole time and we just don't believe him?
M'aiq is a special case. He isn't a CHIMster, but he is definitely special. Basically, he's there when needed, and isn't when not.
Quite a number of statements made by M'aiq have actually been true. Though most of what he says sounds very extreme, none of what he says is impossible, and all of it essentially has high possibilities of being true. The statement about M'aiq being a recurring name in is family is very likely also true, partially proven by a flute found in Crow's Wood on ESO, where a very old inscription is engraved into the flute stating that it has been passes down from M'aiq to another descendant named M'aiq.
Just look at this book - http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Master_Zoaraym%27s_Tale It was before TESO times but we can meet her main character in TES: Morrowind - Taren Omothan. He is dunmer and at least 750 years old.
Ive seen a few comments from how long other races laat tgis isnt to do withe topic but 1 falmer are snow elfes so they arnt imortal and pluss when you see them you en up killing them and you cant kill imortals and no, Elfs can live up to 4000 maybe more if they are wise enough (gone by lore of other elfs inludeing my own research from trusted source's)
This is stupid...
The beast races ( exept the orcs) are the true and first race of tamirel (not Nirn) and there is NO fact of tales of the lifespan of the Khajiit or Argonians so this will lead to nowhere, they may live 50 years or they may live 100-5000 years no book or npc tell us otherwise, BUT they where not once men that is a FACT,
So i would say that if you want to use the same Khajiit in ESO and then in Skyrim it would be ok lore wise since there is no lore to tell you oterwise