Age of the villagers

[Kumbao]

Has there already been a discussion on the age of the villagers? What do you guys think, how old are the villagers?

If I were to guess (which I totally am) I'd say

Vincent + Jas ~ 7 or 8 years
Leo ~ 12 - 13
Alex ~ 18 - 19
Abigail ~ 18 - 19
Maru ~ 18 - 20
Sam ~ 19 - 20
Sebastian ~ 20 - 21
Haley ~ mid 20s
Penny ~ mid 20s

The rest gets a bit harder, due to varying factors
Shane ~ early to late 30s
Leah ~ mid to late 30s
Jodie ~ late 30s
Elliott ~ mid 30s to early 40s
Emily ~ mid 30s to early 40s
Kent ~ mid 30s to early 40s
Sandy ~ late 30s to early 40s
Harvey ~ late 30s to mid 40s
Robin ~ early 40s
Caroline ~ early to mid 40s
Demetrius ~ early to mid 40s
Pierre ~ mid 40s
Clint ~ mid 40s
Marnie ~ mid 40s to early 50s
Gus ~ late 40s to mid 50s
Willy ~ early to late 50s
Lewis ~ mid 50s to early 60s
Linus ~ early to mid 60s
Evelyn ~ late 70s to early 80s
George ~ early to mid 80s

As for the Wizard, Krobus and the Dwarf, I have not the slightest idea, since they are all kinda magical.

 

[PoppyForPenny]

Although they have birthdays, they never get older, so I don't think they have ages.

 

[Maher]

I think most of the older characters are about 10 years younger than you imagine them. Except Lewis. I think you nailed that.

 

[VampireCake]

Maybe the valley is stuck in a weird time lock, like it gradually slows down how you age until you stop completely after 2-3 years of living there - explains why your kids get to toddler age and then stay there. Mine have been that way for several decades now... either that or they're really just a bunch of dust sprites in a onesie.

 

[Kumbao]

I think most of the older characters are about 10 years younger than you imagine them. Except Lewis. I think you nailed that.

All the parents must be in their 40s, otherwise things get nasty.

But in generell, ConcernedApe kept a lot of things about the chracters vague. Which is great, since it allows the player to come to their own conclusion and make Stardew Valley at least a little bit your own.

I'm just curious how you guys imagine this aspect. Since I'm likely one of the older members of this forum, I think its natural that I also imagine the villagers to be a bit older then many of you guys imagine them to be.

 

[Kumbao]

Maybe the valley is stuck in a weird time lock, like it gradually slows down how you age until you stop completely after 2-3 years of living there - explains why your kids get to toddler age and then stay there. Mine have been that way for several decades now... either that or they're really just a bunch of dust sprites in a onesie.

Maybe Pelican Town is really a snowglobe and everybody is trapped in there. Or the Wizard cast a spell on the town "WandaVision" style. I agree that the town is frozen in time.

 

[FilthyGorilla]

Vincent + Jas ~ 7 or 8 years
Leo ~ 12 - 13
Alex ~ 18 - 19
Abigail ~ 18 - 19
Maru ~ 18 - 20
Sam ~ 19 - 20
Sebastian ~ 20 - 21
Haley ~ mid 20s
Penny ~ mid 20s

The rest gets a bit harder, due to varying factors
Shane ~ early to late 30s
Leah ~ mid to late 30s
Jodie ~ late 30s
Elliott ~ mid 30s to early 40s
Emily ~ mid 30s to early 40s
Kent ~ mid 30s to early 40s
Sandy ~ late 30s to early 40s
Harvey ~ late 30s to mid 40s
Robin ~ early 40s
Caroline ~ early to mid 40s
Demetrius ~ early to mid 40s
Pierre ~ mid 40s
Clint ~ mid 40s
Marnie ~ mid 40s to early 50s
Gus ~ late 40s to mid 50s
Willy ~ early to late 50s
Lewis ~ mid 50s to early 60s
Linus ~ early to mid 60s
Evelyn ~ late 70s to early 80s
George ~ early to mid 80s

Largely agree with your ages, though I think a few can be scaled down.
1. Leo - Leo is pretty much the exact same age as the other two kids, he plays the same, has a crush on jas, and doesn't act too old, though that of course can be in part contributed to his unorthodox upbringing
2. Haley/Emily - Haley is a little younger, Emily is by far the older sister in treatment and mentality, as someone who has siblings that seems to only come with like a 3-5 year age gap and while it's possible that Emily could be in her early thirties I'd say both of them are a little immature for those ages, I'd put them at 18-20 and mid-ish 20s respectively
3. Maru/Sebastian - I'd split their ages up a little more, at least a couple more years between them as I don't really see the dynamic with Demitrius/Sebastian evolving how it is if he'd been in Sebastian's life from basically birth.
4. Kent/Jodi - Both are absolutely older than mid 30s+, if you account for Sam even being at the middle estimate for what you provided (which I think is rather accurate) at 19, they'd have to be in their mid/late teens having him. Not unheard of but I don't think it's necessarily true in this case. I'd put their ages at a more probable early-mid 40s. They also seem a lot older and more mature than Elliot, Emily, Clint, that you've put at the same age. That will of course come with having kids but their behavior differences can't only be tied to that, especially when it's more than just 1-2 cases.
5. Elliot/Clint/Sandy/Harvey - I'd just lower all of their ages slightly, I think that while they're all supposed to be in that mid-range maturity, they aren't really yet all in/nearing 40s, I'd put Harvey as the oldest and he's around a minimum 30 (if the schooling requirements for being a doctor and starting a clinic are much the same as where I live), but would put his max at mid/late 30s, and the others scaled down more than that.

Otherwise I think it's pretty accurate, you're right in saying it's hard to come to any good conclusions for many of them, it's mostly based on intuition and assumption about their character/positions in life/the tidbits they tell you. The scaling is interesting to think about though, ages are most likely left pretty ambiguous so that the players can come to their own conclusions, I like leaving it rather open.

 

[Benhimself]

4. Kent/Jodi - Both are absolutely older than mid 30s+, if you account for Sam even being at the middle estimate for what you provided (which I think is rather accurate) at 19, they'd have to be in their mid/late teens having him. Not unheard of but I don't think it's necessarily true in this case.

Honestly Jodi and Kent having their first kid while fairly young themselves would explain a lot of her dialogue.

 

[•LeckyCheesy•]

Hi! I like your list.

For my perspective, I'd lower Leo's age to 9-10 years old and Sandy to 34-36 years old, and I would raise all of the marriage candidates that you listed as 18-21 years old up to 22+ depending on each candidate.

My mum and I see Pam as being in her late 50's-early 60's since my Mum is in her 50's and looks around her age or a little younger. We also see Penny as early-mid thirties since she is a teacher and has an older mother.

 

[Kumbao]

4. Kent/Jodi - Both are absolutely older than mid 30s+, if you account for Sam even being at the middle estimate for what you provided (which I think is rather accurate) at 19, they'd have to be in their mid/late teens having him. Not unheard of but I don't think it's necessarily true in this case. I'd put their ages at a more probable early-mid 40s. They also seem a lot older and more mature than Elliot, Emily, Clint, that you've put at the same age. That will of course come with having kids but their behavior differences can't only be tied to that, especially when it's more than just 1-2 cases.

Agree. I was not 100% concentrated when I wrote that. Even though I kinda agree with Benhimself as well. Jodi is complaining a lot about being a parent. A behaviour that I only observe among parents who got their children at a rather young age. Plus, Stardew Valley is not afraid to tackle problematic family situations. So the chance that Jodi and Kent became parents when they were 16 or 17 is not that far fetched.

 

[Kumbao]

Hi! I like your list.

For my perspective, I'd lower Leo's age to 9-10 years old and Sandy to 34-36 years old, and I would raise all of the marriage candidates that you listed as 18-21 years old up to 22+ depending on each candidate.

My mum and I see Pam as being in her late 50's-early 60's since my Mum is in her 50's and looks around her age or a little younger. We also see Penny as early-mid thirties since she is a teacher and has an older mother.

The marriage candidates are the hardest for me to guess. I do think that Alex is the youngest. And Harvey, Elliott and Shane are all above 30. I would also put Emily up there as well. I work in pubs and I have a few colleagues that remind me a lot of Emily. All of said colleagues are in their mid 30s to late 40s. So I guess thats where my comparison comes from.

With Penny I agree as well. She might as well be in her 30s.

 

[REtroGeekery]

I think Leo is the same age as Jas and Vincient is a year or two younger.

Maru is a nurse and lab assistant, so I put her in her early-to-mid-twenties. Sebastian has some dialogue if you have two children that suggest the age difference between him and Maru is about the same as his and the farmer's children, which is hard to guess with the weird aging/growing, but I'd put at only a year or two. I figure Sam, Abagail, and Penny are the same age as Sebastian.

Alex and Haley, I put younger. They're both adults, but in thier late teens or twenty-one at most.

Emily, Clint, Leah, Elliot, and Shane, I figure are in thier early thirties. Harvey and Gus, I put mid to late thirties.

I assume the parents of the other singles are in their fourties.

Willy, Marnie, and Gunther, I put in their fifties.

Lewis and Linus, I put in their sixties.

Evelyn and George, I put in their seventies.

No idea about the wizard.

 

[Lew Zealand]

It's pretty clear the Witch needed a few years of stewing to work up her current penchant for mayhem so that requires at least 10 years or so being sentenced to living with Rasmodius. Now that old charlatan Razmatazz was secretly consorting with someone from the Valley which is why he suspects someone there is his daughter. Assuming that's Caroline, that puts a lower limit on his age and by association the Witch.

Assuming Abigail is 20 as she's taking college classes, that puts Caroline at about 40 or so because the only way she was fool enough to marry Pierre is if she was too young to properly figure out there were better options almost everywhere. With the Witch's 10 years of horrible married life before Razzie's dalliance, that puts Deadbeat Dad The Wizard at around 70 at the least, with his absence during Caroline's formative youth the direct source of her poor choice for husband material. But if he'd been there, who know what worse decision she could have made based on her fatherly experience. OK deadbeat is better than bad role model.

The Witch needed a housekeeper and general bodyguard so hired my huggy bear The Henchman fresh outta hench-finishing school probably at 22, so another 40 years on him gets him to early 60s, jaded and easily bribed with food.

And we're done!

Wizard ~70
Witch ~70
Caroline ~40
Henchman 62

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Oh yeah Abby's 20 or whatever

Everyone else is ya know like 20-60 and stuff. OK fine, I'll bin them:

~10: Leo, Jas, Vincent
~20: Alex, Haley, Sam
~25: Emily, Penny, Seb, Maru
~30: Elliott, Harv, Shane, Leah, Sandy
~35: Clint, Gus, Bouncer, Morris
~40: Jodi, Kent, Willy
~45: Demetrius, Robin, Marnie, Gunther, Pierre, Mr. Qi, Fizz
~50: Marlon, Pam
~55: Lewis, Linus
~60: Gil, Professor Snail
~65: Governor
~75: Evelyn, George, Birdie

 

[Kumbao]

Assuming that's Caroline, that puts a lower limit on his age and by association the Witch.

Isnt Abby Rasmodius daughter?

 

[Lew Zealand]

Isnt Abby Rasmodius daughter?

That is one assumption though all are derived from assembling bits of circumstantial evidence, nothing concrete. There are a lot of people who think Caroline is the Wizard's daughter though I wonder if there's a bit of mythologizing Caroline as a person who would never take up with the Wizard. So with that assumption, instead the burden falls to her unnamed mother.

Whichever. One way or another ol' Razz is a fake "Wizard" who went to Hollywood Upstairs Wizarding School of Parlor Tricks and Prestidigitation and someone deserved better than him.

 

[Maher]

I view Elliott and Leah as age-mates. Leah, I think of as someone who has an MFA, and lived with Kel during and briefly after grad school. Likewise I think that Elliott is a fairly freshly minted creative writing MFA who flees a family wishing he'd do something lucrative but soul-sucking with his life. This puts them in their mid to late 20s.

 

[Maher]

Razz is a fake "Wizard" who went to Hollywood Upstairs Wizarding School of Parlor Tricks and Prestidigitation

Nah, that's Welwick. Razz is one of those guys who starts delving into mystic texts and thinks he knows something. A little too much Carlos Castaneda and "practical" kabbalah, and they all start babbling about elementals and spirits. And boiling mushrooms. Let's not forget boiling mushrooms.

 

[skillfoxy35]

Можно ли определить возраст жителей деревни с такой точностью? Не забывайте, это их мир, где годы другие, а внешность может вообще не соответствовать возрасту. Например, Винсент и Джас могут быть молоды, но кто скажет, что они не мудрее своих лет? А Эвелин и Джордж, возможно, уже давно перешли земные границы времени.

Что касается Волшебника, Кробуса и Гнома, то их возраст, вероятно, находится за пределами нашего понимания, поскольку магия, как известно, замедляет ход часов. Разве это не веская причина принять их такими, какие они есть, не придавая большого значения числам?

 

[Maher]

Например, Винсент и Джас могут быть молоды, но кто скажет, что они не мудрее своих лет?

Vincent's life is governed by the dialectic of whether it is more essential to hunt bugs or avoid his mother's wrath. From this dialectic tension flows the wisdom to know that bugs may be found in the outer layer of the spring onion, and thus the farmer is instructed in an improved technique for preparing them for sale. But the mere utilitarian approach, Jas reminds us, must be tempered by compassion for those living creatures. But they are still between seven and ten, and this thread exists because it pleases us as readers to speculate on the gaps in the text that comprises the game.

 

[Kumbao]

I wonder if there's a bit of mythologizing Caroline as a person who would never take up with the Wizard.

I mean, she married Pierre. She already has a questionable taste in men. I'd say that Rasmodius is a huge upgrade.