Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: >Checking Alex's speculative timeline, I see he estimates Vlad's age at 18 >during Taltos, 21-22 and by the time of Phoenix. > >We don't really have a clear idea of how many years he's been wandering >the countryside, but Alex speculates he's 26 or so by the time of Issola. > >Now, I might take issue with some of this (My impression is that Vlad was >out in the world for 5-6 years by the time of Athyra) but this would still >make him only barely 30 years old. > >Funny. I'd always thought of him as close to 30 by the time he met Cawti. >The only way this works is if his birth gets pushed back earlier than 222, >but this doesn't really jive with what Noish-Pa tells Vlad about the riots >of 221, so... > > I like the idea that he was gone long enough to change his personality some. What intrigues me is what happened to his family during his absence - and what Steve has planned for his relationship with particular known and unknown family members.