That is out of date information. It was intended to work that way when the game guide was written however, as this is a game in development things change. Your heir can now age, but you can also change who that heir is and have heirs at a more suitable age. They also slowed down the passage of time a bit and reduced the likely maximum ages so there will not be so large a gap.

There is more about the current system in this Developer Journal - Down the Rabbit Hole.... The part about aging, children, marriage and inheritance is under the design sub-heading.

Posted By VictoriaRachel at 8:20 PM - Wed Jan 11 2017

That is out of date information. It was intended to work that way when the game guide was written however, as this is a game in development things change.

There is more about the current system in this Developer Journal - Down the Rabbit Hole.... The part about aging, children, marriage and inheritance is under the design sub-heading.

Thank you for your answer! It's really helping understanding this game. But I really hope the game developer will update all changed information into the Gameplay & Overview of this webpage.

I believe you're able to pick a character up to age 56 if I'm not mistaken. You'll get the same game time, just be older.

I think the number of the Dev Journal is 52. While you will get the same game time you might get a very different game experience if you chose a character of that age. Physical abilities start to drop off at around 45 so you would be past your prime as an adventure or combatant if you did take on a max age NTC.