"The subject has been incarcerated for thirty-nine years without ill-effect. Through this period, it has exhibited no degenerative effects — no joint-decay, swelling, discomfort or atrophy. Nothing. It is quite literally un-aging."
Your mage does not age, ever. Perhaps she drank an elixir in the Mythic Ages, or she tasted the Peach of Immortality, or she ate the Apples of the Hesperides, or she dined on the forbidden savor of mermaid's flesh. Perhaps she was injected with the perfect Iterator nanotech or Progenitor symbiote. Perhaps her body is composed of timeless stone or metal. Perhaps the cause is a complete mystery. Regardless, she remains unchanged as the years pass by, save for scars and accumulated knowledge.
— "Unaging" Merit description, Mage: The Ascension
"Men die, and their children forget. But we are everlasting."
Mr. Grits: We're the Non-Perishables, motherfucker!
Twink: We never expired.
Firewater: We are... Immortal.
Twink: We never expired.
Firewater: We are... Immortal.
Astra: How old are you?
Ozma: Sixteen. But I've been sixteen for a very long time.
Ozma: Sixteen. But I've been sixteen for a very long time.
Discord: I am older than Equestria, older than the Princesses. I am older than the seas. I have seen the void between the stars, I have felt its hunger. I have seen entire species rise up, build civilisations, and fall. Sometimes over the course of a single afternoon. I was already ancient when Equestria's sun first ignited, before the planet itself formed out of the primordial interstellar dust!
Clerk: And, um, how many years would that be?
Discord: All of them.
Clerk: And, um, how many years would that be?
Discord: All of them.
Ignoring the final outrage of his concubine, the King did indeed take the Child Heir to raise with his beloved Queen. They were a blessed family. Thus, the Royal House grew in power, stature, and riches. This brought Oba great pride. Yet, over the years, the Queen and Heir clearly aged. They inevitably died... the natural cycle of life. But defying logic - the King did NOT age or die. The curse was real!
