Re: Not to mention--how old was LTT? He really had no adult children? - Edit 1
Before modification by DomA at 05/05/2010 03:32:02 PM
I guess they waited really long. He did bang Lanfear for a while after all.
Aes Sedai who were over 200 years old were considered to be young. Maybe they only got married when they were 300 or so, and then had kids.
That raises the old debate on whether the fertility of Aes Sedai women is extended and if so, how. There doesn't seem to be any reason why they couldn't carry a child safely up to menopause, but do they run out of eggs around the same age as other women or not? If their fertility is much extended, why would Yellows thought worth noting that Siuan and Leane (who were barely passed the limit for normal women) were again of "prime child bearing age"?
Of course, nothing excludes the possibility Ilyena was much younger than LTT and Lanfear. When you live up to 500-600 years old in top health, the usual points against a great difference of age within a couple, or raising a family beyond a certain age doesn't apply.