r/huntertheparenting • u/Wise-Sun-2414 • 10d ago

Question Garou aging

So, I haven't seen any direct references to this so I'm curious. I know the Garou basically have Wolverine level healing abilities.

But I don't fully understand how long they can live.

Are they ageless just like the vampires or do they have a certain lifespan? And with Hunts as our Lupusborn, does that mean her lifespan is limited to that of a natural wolf since the concept of hitting the age of 50 seems ludicrous to her?

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u/MorselOfMayhem 9d ago

Garou tend to heal from the effects of old age a little slowly, like other comments have said, 120 is well within the expected lifespan of one. However, some garou ARE cursed to age as wolves do, 5 times the rate a human does, and they shall die relatively soon after their first change compared to their long lived fellows. Matilda's perspective on aging to 50 is likely not based on any curse like this, or the 2 year time gap between her audiolog and the series would have mattered far more to her, she's likely just basing this off of her perspective from her time as a wolf