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* ''Literature/ThePerfectRun'': Due to his MentalTimeTravel, Ryan has lived centuries in the four years he's had his power. He mentions off-hand that he stopped counting after the first century. The supervillain Pluto, who has power over death, declares that he's at least in the triple digits--and she's pretty sure he's closer to four than to two.
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* ''Literature/{{Inkmistress}}'': Raisa looks like an old woman most of the time, but she's actually even older, having lived for centuries now.

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* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Kaylana, who was a child during the last war between Good and Evil... over a hundred and fifty years ago. [[spoiler: Blackmail tops her by being one of the heroes who fought in the war 150 years ago. In the present all he has is a bit of grey hair. He says his armor is enchanted, implying its magic kept him alive.]]

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** Mizzamir, the antagonist, was one of the heroes who won that war. As an elf, he's still going strong, and his only visible sign of aging is that his blond hair has turned silver.
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* ''Literature/TheMapToEverywhere'' has Ardent, who seems in his sixties but is well over two hundred - generally considered normal for wizards. It's later revealed that [[spoiler:Coll]], who looks about sixteen, is actually immortal and pushing 500.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'' trilogy, merpeople and selkies are both very LongLived. Kona is 224 but looks 19, and Cecily is somewhere in her 600s.

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* In the ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'' ''Literature/Tempest2011'' trilogy, merpeople and selkies are both very LongLived. Kona is 224 but looks 19, and Cecily is somewhere in her 600s.
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** Captain James Hook's exact age is also unknown; however, it may be able to be inferred from a fan theory. Hook is implied to have lived during the Golden Age of Piracy, which was from 1650 to 1726, the same time period that ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' takes place in. This coincides with the Restoration era in England, and the reign of King Charles II, with ''Peter Pan'' author J.M. Barrie comparing Hook to a young King Charles II in his "handsome" looks, as well as his aristocratic manner and dress. Charles II also had dozens of mistresses, and at least 12 confirmed illegitimate children, including a "James Beauclerk", his second son with former prostitute-turned-stage-actress Nell Gwyn, who was born on Christmas Day (December 25) in 1671. However, James Beauclerk disappeared without a trace while going to school in Paris, France in September 1680 or 1681, with his mother being told that he had "died of a sore leg", a vague response that could mean anything, per a later relative's account. Barrie also states in ''Peter Pan'' that James served as "Blackbeard's bo'sun" on Blackbeard's ship, ''The Queen Anne's Revenge''. Blackbeard was active as a pirate from 1716 to 1718, which means that James would have been about 45 years old when he joined Blackbeard's crew in 1716. He either left Blackbeard's crew or escaped Blackbeard's execution in 1718, whereupon he then commandeered a brigantine ship (''The Jolly Roger''), recruited a pirate crew, and sailed his way to the Neverland. "Hook" was also not his real name, as confirmed by Barrie, but likely a nickname he started going by when Peter Pan cut off his right hand and fed it to the Crocodile. The events of ''Film/PeterPan2003'' take place in 1904, in the Edwardian era, so Hook is at least 233 years old, but looks about 40 years old - the age of actor Jason Isaacs when he played Hook - because he's effectively immortal, so long as he stays in Neverland with his ship and his crew.

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** Captain James Hook's exact age is also unknown; however, it may be able to be inferred from a fan theory. Hook is implied to have lived during the Golden Age of Piracy, which was from 1650 to 1726, the same time period that ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' takes place in. This coincides with the Restoration era in England, and the reign of King Charles II, with ''Peter Pan'' author J.M. Barrie comparing Hook to a young King Charles II in his "handsome" looks, as well as his aristocratic manner and dress. Charles II also had dozens of mistresses, and at least 12 confirmed illegitimate children, including a "James Beauclerk", his second son with former prostitute-turned-stage-actress Nell Gwyn, who was born on Christmas Day (December 25) in 1671. However, James Beauclerk disappeared without a trace while going to school in Paris, France in September 1680 or 1681, with his mother being told that he had "died of a sore leg", a vague response that could mean anything, per a later relative's account. Barrie also states in ''Peter Pan'' that James served as "Blackbeard's bo'sun" on Blackbeard's ship, ''The Queen Anne's Revenge''. Blackbeard was active as a pirate from 1716 to 1718, which means that James would have been about 45 years old when he joined Blackbeard's crew in 1716. He either left Blackbeard's crew or escaped Blackbeard's execution in 1718, whereupon he then commandeered a brigantine ship (''The Jolly Roger''), recruited a pirate crew, and sailed his way to the Neverland. "Hook" was also not his real name, as confirmed by Barrie, but likely a nickname he started going by when Peter Pan cut off his right hand and fed it to the Crocodile. The events of ''Film/PeterPan2003'' take place in 1904, in the Edwardian era, so Hook is at least 233 years old, but looks about 40 years old - the age of actor Jason Isaacs when he played Hook - because he's effectively immortal, so long as he stays in Neverland with his ship and his crew.

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* In Literature/PerryRhodan most of the main cast is a bit older than they look. Perry Rhodan was born in 1936 and now it is 5050. He stopped aging when he was 39. Atlan da Gonozal was born 8044 bc, but he did sleep about 10,000 years while waiting for the earthlings to invent space travel.

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* In Literature/PerryRhodan ''Literature/PerryRhodan'', most of the main cast is a bit older than they look. Perry Rhodan was born in 1936 and now it is 5050. He stopped aging when he was 39. Atlan da Gonozal was born 8044 bc, but he did sleep about 10,000 years while waiting for the earthlings to invent space travel.travel.
* ''Literature/PeterPan'':
** Peter Pan's exact age is unknown. He looks to be a boy, but due to his immortality, it is unknown when he was born. Author J.M. Barrie says that Peter Pan abandoned his parents to go to the Neverland while in Kensington Gardens, the western part of Hyde Park, with Hyde Park being opened to the general public in 1637. Hyde Park was a also popular duelling spot during the 18th century (1700s), with 172 duels taking place, and causing 63 deaths, with it being possible that Peter learned how to duel Captain Hook by spying on these events. Much like Captain Hook, Peter Pan is likely to be hundreds of years old, and likely even older than Hook.
** Captain James Hook's exact age is also unknown; however, it may be able to be inferred from a fan theory. Hook is implied to have lived during the Golden Age of Piracy, which was from 1650 to 1726, the same time period that ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' takes place in. This coincides with the Restoration era in England, and the reign of King Charles II, with ''Peter Pan'' author J.M. Barrie comparing Hook to a young King Charles II in his "handsome" looks, as well as his aristocratic manner and dress. Charles II also had dozens of mistresses, and at least 12 confirmed illegitimate children, including a "James Beauclerk", his second son with former prostitute-turned-stage-actress Nell Gwyn, who was born on Christmas Day (December 25) in 1671. However, James Beauclerk disappeared without a trace while going to school in Paris, France in September 1680 or 1681, with his mother being told that he had "died of a sore leg", a vague response that could mean anything, per a later relative's account. Barrie also states in ''Peter Pan'' that James served as "Blackbeard's bo'sun" on Blackbeard's ship, ''The Queen Anne's Revenge''. Blackbeard was active as a pirate from 1716 to 1718, which means that James would have been about 45 years old when he joined Blackbeard's crew in 1716. He either left Blackbeard's crew or escaped Blackbeard's execution in 1718, whereupon he then commandeered a brigantine ship (''The Jolly Roger''), recruited a pirate crew, and sailed his way to the Neverland. "Hook" was also not his real name, as confirmed by Barrie, but likely a nickname he started going by when Peter Pan cut off his right hand and fed it to the Crocodile. The events of ''Film/PeterPan2003'' take place in 1904, in the Edwardian era, so Hook is at least 233 years old, but looks about 40 years old - the age of actor Jason Isaacs when he played Hook - because he's effectively immortal, so long as he stays in Neverland with his ship and his crew.
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** Dumbledore is in his 110s throughout the series and still badass enough to take on [[BigBad Lord Voldemort]] at the end of the fifth book when he's 116. His eventual death comes from a {{Curse}} and not any sort of natural cause. Characters in his age range include his brother Aberforth, oldest friend Elphias, and ex lover Grindelwald are also all healthy and of sound mind. The former two survived the series and Grindelwald’s death is essentially suicide by proxy and not due to poor health.

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* ''Literature/DaughterOfTheSun'': Aelia is really [[TimeAbyss fourteen billion]]. [[GodInHumanForm In her human form]] however she looks about twenty five at most. [[spoiler:It's revealed she's even older than that.]]

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* In ''Literature/GuildHunter'', a non-negligible part of the main and supporting characters falls under this, they being angels and vampires:

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* Used in Creator/DavidEddings' ''Literature/{{Belgariad}}'', where all the Disciples of Aldur are at least 3,000 years old. Nobody points out that when Polgara [[spoiler:marries Durnik, who is around thirty, that he is approximately one hundredth of her age. Of course, a few pages after the wedding we learn that he, too, is now a sorcerer, so all's well and good. Or something like that.]]

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the Disciples of Aldur are at least 3,000 years old. Nobody points out that when Polgara [[spoiler:marries Durnik, who is around thirty, that he is approximately one hundredth of her age. Of course, a few pages after the wedding we learn that he, too, is now a sorcerer, so all's well and good. Or something like that.]]



*** "Gave up on dating" may be an overstatement. It's not her fault she never married Count Ontrose (who was only 900 years younger than her).



** It's worth nothing that ''any'' sorcerer who learns the secret gains extended lifespan. All Disciples of Aldur are sorcerers (Durnik joins this group), as are the Disciples of Torak and the Chandim (Hounds of Torak), Angaraks who are/were changed into a dog-like beast to better serve. A number of lesser servants of Torak are also sorcerers and thus have the gift. At least one independent sorcerer (a Melcene who doesn't practice religion) is also confirmed in ''The Malloreon'' to have lived for at least 3,000 years. The Gorim of the Ulgos is also given extended lifespan to a lesser extent; his time winds down when his successor is born.

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** It's worth nothing that ''any'' Any sorcerer who learns the secret gains extended lifespan. All Disciples of Aldur are sorcerers (Durnik joins this group), as are the Disciples of Torak and the Chandim (Hounds of Torak), Angaraks who are/were changed into a dog-like beast to better serve. A number of lesser servants of Torak are also sorcerers and thus have the gift. At least one independent sorcerer (a Melcene who doesn't practice religion) is also confirmed in ''The Malloreon'' to have lived for at least 3,000 years. The Gorim of the Ulgos is also given extended lifespan to a lesser extent; his time winds down when his successor is born.



* Creator/JRRTolkien's Elves and various other beings in the long-lived/immortal category who of course can not be visually categorised chronologically.
** At one point in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', Legolas reflects that he has lived longer than the kingdom of Rohan has existed -- at minimum this makes him 509 during the book.
** Elrond himself was in his 50s during the War of Wrath against Morgoth and counted almost 3,500 years when he fought alongside King Elendil (his distant grand-nephew approximately 30 generations removed) in the War of the Last Alliance. Elrond is 6,517 years old in ''The Lord of the Rings'' and still looks "ageless, neither old nor young."
** Elrond's daughter Arwen, born 241 years after the War of the Last Alliance, eventually marries the Númenórean Aragorn -- who is 2,690 years her junior. She still looks as young as ever at the wedding. She is Aragorn's first cousin 63 times removed. Aragorn's forefather Elros was Elrond's twin brother.
** Galadriel is even older than Elrond. She was more than 8,300 when she and Frodo departed from the Grey Havens, having been born in Valinor before it was darkened. She is therefore actually older than ''the entire race of humanity''. And the sun and moon.
** Maglor, the last surviving son of Fëanor and last ringleader of the Noldor Rebellion, has been forbidden ever to return to Valinor - so he is [[WalkingTheEarth still somewhere among us]]. He is older than Galadriel, who was the youngest child of Finarfin, Fëanor's little brother.
** All beaten by Círdan. He may be one of the elves who awoke at Cuiviénen, which would make him over 11,000 years old at the end of the Third Age. He even has a beard, somehow, which elves never do until they are ''many'' millennia old.
** Tom Bombadil and Goldberry are [[TimeAbyss as old as the world itself]] (or at least ol' Tom is) and don't look older than the elves, though Tom does choose to grow a beard.
---> '''Tom Bombadil:''' Eldest, that's what I am. Mark my words, my friends: [[ThirdPersonperson Tom]] was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. He made paths before the Big People, and saw the little People arriving. ...When the Elves passed westward, Tom was here already, before the seas were bent. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless--before the Dark Lord came from Outside.
** In a weirdly meta sense Bombadil is ''older'' than the world: he and Goldberry were originally from a poem Tolkien wrote in school and the setting grew around him.
** The Dragons. They will live ''forever'' unless you manage to kill them.
** The Ents are also very old, and Fangorn (a.k.a Treebeard), "the eldest and chief of the Ents", is described by Gandalf as "the oldest living thing that still walks beneath the Sun upon this Middle-earth." (The question of who is oldest, Bombadil or Treebeard, has been debated by fans for decades. It's entirely possible that even Tolkien did not know the answer; he chose to let Bombadil's origin be a mystery even to himself.)
** The Dwarves are not immortal, but their lifespan is longer than that of men. Their lifespan varies between 200 and 300 years old.
** The [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Ainur (Valar and Maiar)]] (who include Sauron and the Wizards) are ''older'' than the world, and most of them [[VoluntaryShapeshifting can look however they please]].
* Also by J. R. R. Tolkien, [[BadassSanta Father Christmas]] in ''Literature/TheFatherChristmasLetters'' is as old as Christmas itself, giving his age as the then-current year (about 1,930). And ''his'' father, Grandfather Yule, is still around too.

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** ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'':
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Elves and various other beings in the long-lived/immortal category who of course can not be visually categorised chronologically.
** *** At one point in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', Legolas reflects that he has lived longer than the kingdom of Rohan has existed -- at minimum this makes him 509 during the book.
** *** Elrond himself was in his 50s during the War of Wrath against Morgoth and counted almost 3,500 years when he fought alongside King Elendil (his distant grand-nephew approximately 30 generations removed) in the War of the Last Alliance. Elrond is 6,517 years old in ''The Lord of the Rings'' and still looks "ageless, neither old nor young."
** *** Elrond's daughter Arwen, born 241 years after the War of the Last Alliance, eventually marries the Númenórean Aragorn -- who is 2,690 years her junior. She still looks as young as ever at the wedding. She is Aragorn's first cousin 63 times removed. Aragorn's forefather Elros was Elrond's twin brother.
** *** Galadriel is even older than Elrond. She was more than 8,300 when she and Frodo departed from the Grey Havens, having been born in Valinor before it was darkened. She is therefore actually older than ''the entire race of humanity''. And the sun and moon.
** *** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': Maglor, the last surviving son of Fëanor and last ringleader of the Noldor Rebellion, has been forbidden ever to return to Valinor - so he is [[WalkingTheEarth still somewhere among us]]. He is older than Galadriel, who was the youngest child of Finarfin, Fëanor's little brother.
** *** All beaten by Círdan. He may be one of the elves who awoke at Cuiviénen, which would make him over 11,000 years old at the end of the Third Age. He even has a beard, somehow, which elves never do until they are ''many'' millennia old.
** *** Tom Bombadil and Goldberry are [[TimeAbyss as old as the world itself]] (or at least ol' Tom is) and don't look older than the elves, though Tom does choose to grow a beard.
---> ----> '''Tom Bombadil:''' Eldest, that's what I am. Mark my words, my friends: [[ThirdPersonperson Tom]] was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. He made paths before the Big People, and saw the little People arriving. ...When the Elves passed westward, Tom was here already, before the seas were bent. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless--before the Dark Lord came from Outside.
** *** In a weirdly meta sense Bombadil is ''older'' than the world: he and Goldberry were originally from a poem Tolkien wrote in school and the setting grew around him.
** *** ''Literature/TheFallOfNumenor'': The Dragons. Men of Númenor were granted an extended lifespan and healthy old ages. They don't begin showing signs of aging until they have lived at least two hundred years.
*** The Dragons
will live ''forever'' unless you manage to kill them.
** *** The Ents are also very old, and Fangorn (a.k.a Treebeard), "the eldest and chief of the Ents", is described by Gandalf as "the oldest living thing that still walks beneath the Sun upon this Middle-earth." (The question of who is oldest, Bombadil or Treebeard, has been debated by fans for decades. It's entirely possible that even Tolkien did not know the answer; he chose to let Bombadil's origin be a mystery even to himself.)
** *** The Dwarves are not immortal, but their lifespan is longer than that of men. Their lifespan varies between 200 and 300 years old.
** *** The [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Ainur (Valar and Maiar)]] (who include Sauron and the Wizards) are ''older'' than the world, and most of them [[VoluntaryShapeshifting can look however they please]].
* Also by J. R. R. Tolkien, [[BadassSanta ** ''Literature/TheFatherChristmasLetters'': Father Christmas]] in ''Literature/TheFatherChristmasLetters'' Christmas is as old as Christmas itself, giving his age as the then-current year (about 1,930). And ''his'' father, Grandfather Yule, is still around too.



* In Creator/LFrankBaum's ''QueenZixiOfIx'' -- Queen Zixi of Ix. Except that she can see her real age in her reflection.
* In Creator/DavidWeber's Literature/EmpireFromTheAshes, the Imperial military uses cybernetic enhancements which have a side effect of increasing the recipient's lifespan to an average of 600 or so years. [[spoiler: Horus and the original crew of the ''Dahak'' are chronologically over 50,000 years old, counting time spent in stasis.]]
* The wizard Nevyn of the ''{{Literature/Deverry}}'' novels swore an oath in his youth that he would not rest until he had set right the mistakes that resulted in the deaths of three of his friends. The gods made him keep his oath, he lived to be about 450. This actually turns out to be good for his official profession: He makes and sells medicine for a living, and a doctor who appears to be roughly seventy (in a society where fifty is old) and is still in perfect health would presumably be very good at maintaining his (and by extension, his customer's) health.

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* In Creator/DavidWeber's Literature/EmpireFromTheAshes, ''Literature/EmpireFromTheAshes'', the Imperial military uses cybernetic enhancements which have a side effect of increasing the recipient's lifespan to an average of 600 or so years. [[spoiler: Horus and the original crew of the ''Dahak'' are chronologically over 50,000 years old, counting time spent in stasis.]]
* ''Literature/{{Deverry}}'': The wizard wiard Nevyn of the ''{{Literature/Deverry}}'' novels swore an oath in his youth that he would not rest until he had set right the mistakes that resulted in the deaths of three of his friends. The gods made him keep his oath, he lived to be about 450. This actually turns out to be good for his official profession: He makes and sells medicine for a living, and a doctor who appears to be roughly seventy (in a society where fifty is old) and is still in perfect health would presumably be very good at maintaining his (and by extension, his customer's) health.



* The witches in ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials''. Serafina Pekkala appears to be a young woman, but is at least three hundred years old.
* The wandering storyteller Norna-Gest of the Old Norse "Literature/TaleOfNornaGest" reveals himself as a three-hundred years old immortal.

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--> ''"I remember a hundred years ago as if it were the last minute. A thousand, two thousand, ten thousand years ago."''
--->-- '''Elder Seth''', ''Comeback Tour''
* Just about everyone in Pentexore in ''Literature/DirgeForPresterJohn'' by way of the FountainOfYouth.
* In Literature/TalesOfKolmar, the king of the dragons is a thousand years old. When he's [[HumanityEnsues turned into a human]] he looks young, and gradually starts to loosen up and act less formally, but from time to time something happens that makes the weight of his years seem to come back, most evident in his eyes. A middle-aged human character once absently refers to him as "son" and he then affectionately refers to her as "daughter", saying that in the span of his lifetime she had been born only yesterday.

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--->-- '''Elder Seth''', ''Comeback Tour''
* Just about everyone ''Literature/DirgeForPresterJohn'': Everyone in Pentexore in ''Literature/DirgeForPresterJohn'' by way of the FountainOfYouth.
* In Literature/TalesOfKolmar, ''Literature/TalesOfKolmar'', the king of the dragons is a thousand years old. When he's [[HumanityEnsues turned into a human]] he looks young, and gradually starts to loosen up and act less formally, but from time to time something happens that makes the weight of his years seem to come back, most evident in his eyes. A middle-aged human character once absently refers to him as "son" and he then affectionately refers to her as "daughter", saying that in the span of his lifetime she had been born only yesterday.
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* The transmortals of the ''Ashtown Burials'' series fulfil this trope, no longer aging once they achieve immortality. Special mention goes to Arachne (yes, [[Myth/ClassicalMythology that one]]), who was born in Ancient Greece, and Nolan/Nikales, also known as the snake who took the Plant of Eternal Life from [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]], making him around four and a half ''thousand'' years old. He still looks a slightly creepy fifteen.

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* Creator/HPLovecraft had the avatar of Nyarlathotep, who appeared as a young Egyptian man, but actually was an older-than-time [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]]

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* ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': As a rule, the High Fae tend to look like young adults. All of the High Fae who appear in the series, with the exception of Feyre, Tarquin, Nesta, and Elain are all actually centuries old.

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* ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': As a rule, the High Fae tend to look like young adults. All of the High Fae who appear in the series, with the exception of Feyre, Tarquin, Nesta, and Elain are all actually centuries old.
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* ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': As a rule, the High Fae tend to look like young adults. All of the High Fae who appear in the series, with the exception of Feyre, Tarquin, Nesta, and Elain are all actually centuries old.
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* ''Literature/ThirdTimeLuckyAndOtherStoriesOfTheMostPowerfulWizardInTheWorld'': Magdelene looks forty, while she's actually been alive for centuries now without aging in the least [[FountainOfYouth as a result of her magic]].
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* The transmortals of the ''Ashtown Burials'' series fulfil this trope, no longer aging once they achieve immortality. Special mention goes to Arachne (yes, [[Myth/ClassicalMythology that one]]), who was born in Ancient Greece, and Nolan/Nikales, also known as the snake who took the Plant of Eternal Life from [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh]], making him around four and a half ''thousand'' years old. He still looks a slightly creepy fifteen.
** Gilgamesh himself also appears, looking like a footballer in his thirties despite being approximately the same age.
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* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfDorsa'': The deathless king is revealed to be nearly eight hundred twenty years old, though at the cost of being essentially a [[AgeWithoutYouth walking corpse]] physically.

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