Soo.... ages?

So, I plotted out an OFFICIAL timeline for my universe. (the OFFICIAL has to be in CAPS okay? Okay.)

But before I post it (seeing as I have to recolorcode it so it'll look alright on this blog) I'm going to talk about ages. Of. People. In my universe. And why I put them at the ages I put them at

Fun.

let's start with...

Ven
Okay, so, I put him at 15 in BBS. I suppose he could've been 16, but... *shrug*
He's also 15 in Dead Inside, seeing as he didn't age at all, so that puts him at about the same age as Sora. (A few months older, technically. I'm sure he'll be turning 16, soon. I haven't worked out birthdays for a lot of people, though. I should. Another time.)

Terra
He's 18 in BBS, meaning he's also 18 when he get's 'norted. Of course, Terranort/Xehanort-in-Terra's-body still ages, so by the time Xehanort finally turns himself into a Heartless and respective Nobody, Terra's body has aged to about 21, maybe 22. (And then Xemnas/Ansem's age is up for debate because I'm pretty sure Nomura himself said Xemnas was in his 30s but?? Nobodies are weird.)

Aqua
19 in BBS.
I know, what? She's older then Terra?
Well, I've seen a couple of headcanons floating around that at least imply she's slightly older than him, and the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. So she's 19 in BBS.
Assuming time in the Dark Realm passes as 1/10 of the rate of normal time, she's about 20 when she returns in Dead Inside. (She was only in the Dark Realm for seven years in my canon, so... yeah... she technically hasn't hit 20 yet)


Now for the fun stuff!!

Zack
Oh I had trouble with him... but I finally put him at 18 in BBS. I know, he looks like he's 16 or even younger in canon but that would cause a little problem called "if he was 16 in BBS he dies at 19." Ahaha no.
No. I mean, he dies at 21 if I bump up his age to 18 in BBS, and that's still pretty young, but I really couldn't push his age any higher. Maybe, maybe he's 19 in BBS meaning he dies when he's 22 but that's... eh...
He's OFFICIALLY 18 in BBS and 21 when he dies, but I could bump it around if I wanted to.

Aerith
Aerith's easy, once I got Zack's age figured out. (Actually, everyone does). Because she's a year younger than him in-canon. At least I think she is. Well, I made him a year younger than him, anyway, which makes her 17 in BBS, 20 when he dies, and then 24 come the Truth Hurts/Falling to Pieces/Dead Inside. (They all happen within the same year.)

Cloud
I made him a year younger than Aerith, again, like I think he is in canon. So he's 16 in BBS, 19 when Zack dies, and 23 come the Truth Hurts.

Tifa
Is one year younger than Cloud, again, according to canon, so she's 15 in BBS, 18 when Zack dies, and 22 by the Truth Hurts. (Not that we see her until Dead Inside, but it's not like her age changes. At all. Again they all happen in the same 10 months. A full year will have passed by book 5)


Now... let's do...

Sora
Sora's easy-peasy, and I'm mainly putting him here for reference. He's 7 in BBS (due to my timeline getting bumped around, remember?), 14 in the Truth Hurts, and then he turned 15 in Dead Inside. (In-story, it happened during that week gap between ch133 and ch134)

(If you're curious, Kairi is the same age as Sora, but she won't be turning 15 until just-after Dead Inside. And I mean that very literally. Provided everything goes as planned, her birthday is 3 days after Dead Inside concludes.)


now...

Yuffie
Well, Yuffie's supposed to be 2 years older than Sora, which puts her at 9 in BBS, 12 at Zack's death, 16 in the Truth Hurts (like in KH canon)
I'm not sure if there's supposed to be an age gap between her and Cloud I was supposed to be keeping (magik mentioned one) but I don't think I'm that far off from it? Am I? *shrug* (tbh I really don't care. I can't change Yuffie's age, and though I could change Cloud's, I like his age at what it is.)


and I still have...

Leon
I actually was lazy and made him the same age as Aerith, making him 17 in BBS, 20 when Zack dies, and 24 in the Truth Hurts.
Magik had him older in her universe, but, idk. My only idea for Leon's age was "you need to be older than Cloud". So. I made him older than Cloud by a year. (I could've made him Zack's age, but I didn't want to for some reason, and idk if I wanted to make him a year older than Zack either. So. Yeah idk I think Leon's age works just fine.)


and that's everyone, except

Cid!
Okay so Cid's age isn't 100% OFFICIAL. Maybe 97% official. (There's a difference between official and OFFICIAL.)
Basically, I was like "what if I made you ten years older than everyone?" and that makes him 27 in BBS and 30 when Zack dies and 34 in the Truth Hurts. Which seemed. Reasonable.
But I might change Cid's age. Idk. (Like Leon's, though, this seems reasonable enough to go with.)


AND THAT'S EVERYONE!

I mean, I don't plan on dragging any other FF characters in (I've only played a little of FF8 and FF13, and certainly not enough to be comfortable with writing for their characters. So. Yeah.)

Wait!

KKBeckett was asking about Riku and Namine, which I left out due to the fact they haven't aged much. (I mean they've aged by 9 months but it's only 9 months) I'll cover them and a few others

Riku
Riku was not alive during my BBS, nor canon BBS, and he wasn't alive when Zack died either. He was created at the physical age of 15, and was still 15 on the arrival in my universe, and since he's only been here about 9 months (maybe 10 I forget) he's... well... still 15. He'll turn 16 about a month before book 5. Whoohoo.

Namine
Well, she wasn't created until the Truth Hurts, and she was created at the physical age of 14. Seeing as, again, it's only been 9 months (actually 8 months since she was created, since she was created at the end of the Truth Hurts) so... she'll be turning 15 a month after Riku turns 16.
Tbh I think her birthday is, like, three or so days after book 5 begins? Two days. the OFFICIAL Calendar says so (though all events on the calendar that have not happened yet--birthdays aside--can technically be moved around, so the timing for book 5 isn't OFFICIAL, it's just official)


and let's do...

Roxas
Well, he's created to be the physical age of 14 back during Falling to Pieces, and it's only been like four/five months since then, but I think his age was bumped up to 15 when he was Rebuilt

Xion
Was 14 for the entirety of her short existence. Yay.

Joseph!
Well, I don't have an exact date on which he was created, but he was probably created at the physical age of 9 or 10 (depending on if he was created one or two years before Dead Inside)
by Dead Inside, Joseph is 11. Possibly going on 12?
I have a problem with Joseph, called he changes age every month.
Like he was about officially 11 during Nothing's Fair, but he seems to be 12 in Dead Inside, and I suppose he could've had a birthday somewhere in there
and also he's trying to be like 14 in book 5 and I'm like no. (I can't even fudge 13. actually if the whole him-being-11 thing isn't true and he's actually 12 in Dead Inside then I can fudge 13 in book 5 but wow Joseph you make my head hurt worse than Cid)

Update!! Again!! This is only concerning Joseph's age tho--
Thanks to the OFFICIAL timeline (and putting his birthday in December which is that gap between Nothing's Fair and Dead Inside) I was able to make his age pretty concrete
He's created at the physical age of 10, and turns 11 before the Truth Hurts! This makes him 11 in Nothing's Fair, but given his birthday's in December, he turns 12 before Dead Inside. Yay!
I can't fudge him being 13 in book 5 anymore, but he's technically only a few months shy of 13 during book 5, so I guess it's not too big of a deal

And yeah my head hurts now so I'm going to stop (plus I don't even want to try with ages for the Org members. Yech)