Emmrich Volkarin - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

You can't tell me that making Emmrich look so similar to Vincent Price wasn't deliberate. 

I'm not sure what they have got planned for Emmrich but I do suspect he is going to be a lot of fun, particularly his interactions with Manfred. May be he is going to have mad scientist vibes like Mordin, except with more heart. After all, Mordin broke out into song at one point, so anything is possible.

According to this Kotaku article, yes.

Do we even know how old he actually is?

I’ll turn 40 in less than a month, so that’s a workable age for me. I may make my PC’s look younger than me, but I usually play them more like someone my age.

Now all I need is to hear the voice.

I mean, how if players make an older NPC it is more age approrpiate?

Personally I wasn't planning to romance him but that is me. 

I'd say he's in his late 60's to early 70's.

Romancing, no. Befriending him and listening to every word of dialogue he has? Yes.

I'm a dude in my 40s with some extensive graying, so I look older than I am. That happens. I'd guess that Emmrich is in his late 50s or early 60s. He's thin, but not a frail geriatric case.

This. I feel like it's a general problem throughout most RPG’s. They let you look older, but no one treats you any different, so you never feel older.

Him constantly bemoaning how no one listened to his wisdom is a bit more understandable in hindsight. These kids today!

Still, with Emmrich, if he's anything like me he doesn't feel or think old. Obviously you have the wisdom (hopefully) gained from your years in the world but that is no reason to lose your sense of fun or desire to learn something new. The only problem is that unlike me, who has been kept in a young frame of mind by the students I worked with, he spends his time surrounded by corpses and his main servant is a mute (we think) skeleton. He might be a bit too accustomed to talking to himself (or them) and not actually expecting a response (like me with my numerous animals).