SageOfLife

Even with the earlier scetches they felt that it was worth noting how much Soren and Kurthnaga resemble each other.

That bit about the survivors of Serenes was interesting. The games made it seem like there were only four survivors period, but specifying that "most" of the survivors were in the same situation as Rafiel may be implying that some heron commoners could still be alive.

I don't think the Laguz age chart is the way it works in the final product. I've noticed a couple of contradictions with in-game dialogue. Nasir gives Kurthnaga's age as at least a hundred, but according to the chart, Kurthnaga is actually closer to three hundred. Even if a two-hundred year gap doesn't seem like much to the dragons, I would expect Nasir to have a more accurate idea of his prince's age. It also contradicts what Stefan says about Branded aging and the fact that they can't stay among the Beorc for long periods because of it. He made it sound like the slowed aging is something they all have to deal with, and it definitely sounded to me like he was talking from bitter experience, but according to the chart, it should hardly be an issue for half-lions at all. In fact, that chart makes it look like the slowed aging should only be an issue for the half-dragons, but there is a strong possibility that Soren is the very first of that sub-group. With those issues, I think it's more likely that they used that chart in the early stages of building the setting, but they went with something else when they were writing the final scripts.