Here's my take on his age. I have reasoning, I just can't remember it all off the top of my head right now. XD But it's there, I promise.
I figure he's 15 at the youngest in The Thief. Like Rowana said, the enrollment age for the army can't be that young, so really, he'd probably be more like 16 in The Thief. As checkers said, he'd have to be old enough to get away with drinking in wine shops. So that would make him 16-17 at the beginning of QoA, 18-19 at the end.
As for Irene's age, well, here we go... I always got the impression that she couldn't have been more than two or so years older than Helen, because she compared their childhoods as though they'd been about the same age. I also thought it couldn't have been more than about two years between the time Irene became queen and Helen did. At the end of QoA, Helen's been queen for 7 years, which would mean Irene had been queen for about 9.
Irene also says that she was "practically a child" when she became queen. "Practically a child" to me means early - mid teens. If she was fifteen when she became queen, she'd be 24 or 25 at the end of QoA. I know fifteen seems young, but that's the impression I got.
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Date: 8/4/06 08:25 pm (UTC)I figure he's 15 at the youngest in The Thief. Like Rowana said, the enrollment age for the army can't be that young, so really, he'd probably be more like 16 in The Thief. As checkers said, he'd have to be old enough to get away with drinking in wine shops. So that would make him 16-17 at the beginning of QoA, 18-19 at the end.
As for Irene's age, well, here we go... I always got the impression that she couldn't have been more than two or so years older than Helen, because she compared their childhoods as though they'd been about the same age. I also thought it couldn't have been more than about two years between the time Irene became queen and Helen did. At the end of QoA, Helen's been queen for 7 years, which would mean Irene had been queen for about 9.
Irene also says that she was "practically a child" when she became queen. "Practically a child" to me means early - mid teens. If she was fifteen when she became queen, she'd be 24 or 25 at the end of QoA. I know fifteen seems young, but that's the impression I got.
Thoughts?