Justinia V's Age

Dorothea aged like garbage from Leliana's Song till Inquisition, apparently Leliana joined the Lothering chantry in 9:28 so presumably she crossed paths with Dorothea not too long before that. She was elected Divine in 9:34 and dies in 9:41 math isn't my strong suit but lets like eyeball that and say there's at most 13-15 year difference from Dorothea going from this: 




to this:




so if I had to guess Bioware told Failbetter that Justinia was in her late 50s maybe early sixties which I suppose might be interpreted as "young, fair and gracious" when compared to the average contemporary religious authority but then Bioware decided that Divine years were like president years on bathsalts. Might also have been to contrast the outgoing Divine with the new one all of which are young (again, relatively speaking). 

I don't think it's fair to use those in-game representations. The game graphics and engines are too different. The older folks in DAO all used the same facial texture, which Dorothea uses. In DAI, Justinia V gets a unique face.

I've been checking in Asunder and I think the indications are that she is young compared with the previous Divine. Apparently Beatrix had been in post for fifty years at her death and was doddering and senile for some time before that, so much so that people had become accustomed to having an ancient and wizened old woman in the post and were not comfortable with Justinia because she did seem so hale and hearty in comparison.

If you think about it, though, she had to be at least in her mid forties if she had a former life before entering the Chantry, then met Leliana prior to the 5th Blight. Some people age physically better than others, although I have to admit I thought it was odd how old Justinia looked in DAI bearing in mind what David Gaider had written about her in Asunder.

After three years of avoiding it, I finally got around to finishing it. I'm not crazy about text-based games. There is also a high degree of chance involved with the skill checks, which can be frustrating, but after a while it gets repetitive and your performance rote when the same cards appear, so you can eventually move through it.

Having a guide for certain things also helped. After finally getting through my first play (which I restarted since it had been years), I'm now on a third so I can get things to work out to my preference (even though it doesn't actually matter; I have the window requirement by now).



There are only seven Market Days before the Divine's arrival, which occur every 24 hours. After the last Market Day has happened, the Divine arrives; you have no choice in this. So, the whole game plays out over a week in real time.

The problem with the time constraint are in the actions. You only have 20 actions to do things, which replenish at the rate of one every 20 minutes. After logging in and getting through a play session where you use up all your 20 actions, it will take just over six hours for all to refresh. Assuming you're not going to buy "dawn" (which I don't recommend because it's not worth it), the trick is to get multiple sessions in during a day so you can maximize your gameplay in between Market Days.

There's truth in that. Take a look at some leaders of the world; going in with a thick head of dark hair, leaving with more lines, thinning hair that's going white after they complete their term.

Living inside the domain of a super spirit like nightmare in the fade no less, who know what effects that brings with it.
Something that will let Vivienne hate the fade and 'demons' even more. They make you look older faster

Mostly I think its just done on purpose to let it her character be more believable. THE head of a southern institution and she is being portrayed as being young'ish'. The older one looks, the more we presume the person has more experience and wisdom in life.
And like it is being said before, having that much pressure, knowing the core secrets of the Chantry and in the middle of a crisis Southern Thedas is experiencing, it is a heavy burden. Especially when you considering Justinia is trying to balance all these problems from spinning even further out of control and trying to solve them. Not only would it mentally tax you heavy, but it can't be healthy for your physique with the amount of hours she's pouring (presumingly) into. Lack of sleep for example really does a number on people, some people even show it easier.

I take Dawn of the Seeker as being one of those exaggerated retellings of what truly happened that annoy Cassandra so much.