#we dont have an offical age for vivienne but i would put her in her early fourties. if even a bit younger

[abyssal-ilk]

i know the likely assumption is that when you bring vivienne into the fade with you and the nightmare demon says this line of dialogue to her–

– the demon means to imply that she is too old to reclaim her power, but i would like to bring up the opposite possibility; she's too young. vivienne was noted as being one of the youngest mages to ever have undergone her harrowing. she was made into first enchanter of her circle at such a young age that it was considered to be scandalous. she is younger than fiona and irving. she was young when she became the court enchanter, advisor to celene, and young when she got with the much older bastien de gislain. i think vivienne's fear stems from the fact that she is, by all accounts, a bit of an upstart when it comes to tradition. her being younger is more of a danger than her being older; she's more easily written off, less likely to be seen as wise and more likely to bee seen as just prideful and arrogant. if she messes up it just gives other people more ammunition to use against her. idk. just has me thinking