# Trope-a-Day: Time Abyss **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 4, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/trope-a-day-time-abyss/1616 "2024-11-04T05:34:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
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**_[Time Abyss](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TimeAbyss?ref=eldraeverse.com):_** The members of the assorted naturally or artificially immortal species of the modern day still haven’t been around long enough for this – although the Empire contains plenty of people who are older than all Earth’s modern nations, and at least a few who are older than human civilization _period_.  With time, they’ll get there. A few _[Living Relics](http://eldraeverse.com/2011/12/16/trope-a-day-living-relic/)_ dug out of the archives play it straight, but generally lack continuity. * * * This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://eldraeverse.com/2016/01/02/trope-a-day-time-abyss](https://eldraeverse.com/2016/01/02/trope-a-day-time-abyss) ---
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**Comments migrated from WordPress:** > [@Specialist290 \ on 2016-01-03 06:06:25 wrote](#): > > I’m looking forward to hearing the story of the oldest documented individual still around. I’d imagine they have a lot to say. > [@Zarpaulus \ on 2016-01-03 16:37:34 wrote](#): > > The trope’s page lists the minimum age as 5,000. > > > [@Alistair Young \ on 2016-01-03 16:45:23 wrote](#): > > > > Still not much of a Time Abyss by either SFnal or local standards. I mean, it’s not as if they just have ancient buildings older than that, they have not-only-still-inhabited-but-in-continuous-use buildings that are older than that… which makes it feel decidedly non-Abyssal, y’know? ---
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