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What Are The Life Spans Of Alicorns, Unicorns, & Ponies In MLP?


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We know that both Princess Celestia & Princess Luna are over 1000 years old, but how old do the average alicorns, unicorns & ponies live to be?

 

i have no clue. and i don't think the devs even know at the moment. they may leave it so vague that people assume that most all ponies live like humans (anthropomorphism and such...) while the alicorns have an added life span due to the power of the position.  maybe we will learn of a special spell made by star swirl the bearded in a later episode!

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I don't think we'll ever get a definite answer, but I doubt the three "mane" races of ponies differ much in their lifespans between them. I don't think their lifespans is much different than ours, as they are not your average ponies :huh: (in the same base as other primates don't have the same life span as us). About Celly, una, and the alicorn tribe they came from, it's unknown how long they can live. According to the journal, they aren't immortal, but long lived. The sisters are at least 1000 years old, but considering they are still young (Celly looks mid 30s at most, and Luna might not be biologically older than the mane6), alicorns must live much longer (I'd say 5000 years at least)

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Another factor to take in, if you recall back to the crystal empire episodes part 1, when the mane six are looking for the history of the Crystal empire. And I quote (http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/The_Crystal_Empire_-_Part_1)

"Sapphire Joy: I'm sorry. I wish I could help you. But I... can't seem to remember anything before King Sombra came to power. And I don't want to remember anything about the time he ruled over us. [shudders]

Twilight Sparkle: King Sombra's spell must be why their coats aren't... crystally.
Sapphire Joy: Have we really been gone a thousand years? "

indicating that, not only does your avarage pony live to 1000 +, but their memory remains in tact! Of course this could be in Horse/pony years they they refer too rather than the standard human?

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Well, considering Luna and Celestia have been around for over 1000 years, we can assume Alicorns are immune to age. Normal pony races on the other hand would be hard to say. We've seen a funereal happening so we know they aren't immune to age, but apart from that there is nothing saying how long a pony lives for.

 

If my memory servers we rightly, I remember Granny Smith saying she was around when PonyVille was first created, which was a while ago I'd imagine. So she's probably been around for awhile. Eh, I'd probably say they have roughly the lifespan as humans. And all races probably have the same lifespans.

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Considering Granny Smith was there for the founding of Ponyville, which was supposedly a long while ago, I think they can live a pretty decent amount of time. Now, Granny might not be the representation for the "Average" pony, but I get the feeling they may actually live longer than us humans, or are at least capable of doing so.

 

 No real way to tell with Alicorns though. I don't really believe they're actually immortal, but considering Celestia and Luna are over a thousand years old, they can obviously live for a really long time. I remember one writer though stating that Twilight wouldn't outlive her friends, so I wonder if there's a difference between the life spans of Ponies turned into Alicorns, and ponies born alicorns.

 

 

 

Sapphire Joy: Have we really been gone a thousand years? "

 

 

 There's also this line, yeah. It could be that the Crystal Ponies just have longer life spans, or perhaps the spell they were put under "Preserved" them for all of that time. Or maybe ponies just live for 1000 years naturally.

 

 It's all pretty much headcanon at this point, there's not enough info to be sure of anything.

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I don't think we'll ever get a definite answer, but I doubt the three "mane" races of ponies differ much in their lifespans between them. I don't think their lifespans is much different than ours, as they are not your average ponies :huh: (in the same base as other primates don't have the same life span as us). About Celly, una, and the alicorn tribe they came from, it's unknown how long they can live. According to the journal, they aren't immortal, but long lived. The sisters are at least 1000 years old, but considering they are still young (Celly looks mid 30s at most, and Luna might not be biologically older than the mane6), alicorns must live much longer (I'd say 5000 years at least)

Well maybe not 5000 years, Celly and Luna are long lived because of their connection to the sun and moon?
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Well maybe not 5000 years, Celly and Luna are long lived because of their connection to the sun and moon?

Well, according to the Journal of the Two Sisters, all alicorns have a longer lifespan 

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