I'm not sure it's ever been mentioned and I certainly can't find it here in the forums, so I'll ask.
I'm sure it says somewhere that Celestial Exalts cease aging when they exalt, only aging in the final years of their life and that it follows the natural lifespan they would have had if they had not exalted (i.e. a man exalts at 20, his natural lifespan would have been 80 years. So sixty years before his exalted lifespan ends, he begins to age again).
With Drogon-Blooded, it appears that instead their aging process is slowed, so they gradually age of the decades and centuries of their lives. This, however, raises an issue in my mind. Most Dragon-Blooded exalt in their pubescence (between 8 and 15 years of age) so this would mean that even in their twenties and thirties they would have developed only slightly beyond the age they exalted.
In my DB games, I have it that the Terrestrial Essence needs time to fully mature and confer the agelessness of their semi-divine nature on the Exalt, just as the Exalts themselves mature. Thus, a Dragon-Blooded continues to age into their early- to mid-twenties before their bodies lock into the slowed aging of their kind.
How does everyone else handle this?
Captain Hesperus
I'm sure it says somewhere that Celestial Exalts cease aging when they exalt, only aging in the final years of their life and that it follows the natural lifespan they would have had if they had not exalted (i.e. a man exalts at 20, his natural lifespan would have been 80 years. So sixty years before his exalted lifespan ends, he begins to age again).
With Drogon-Blooded, it appears that instead their aging process is slowed, so they gradually age of the decades and centuries of their lives. This, however, raises an issue in my mind. Most Dragon-Blooded exalt in their pubescence (between 8 and 15 years of age) so this would mean that even in their twenties and thirties they would have developed only slightly beyond the age they exalted.
In my DB games, I have it that the Terrestrial Essence needs time to fully mature and confer the agelessness of their semi-divine nature on the Exalt, just as the Exalts themselves mature. Thus, a Dragon-Blooded continues to age into their early- to mid-twenties before their bodies lock into the slowed aging of their kind.
How does everyone else handle this?
Captain Hesperus