Talk:Arisen/@comment-181.160.119.57-20130727065109/@comment-83.60.179.74-20130815012119

You have some valid points going on, but it's made clear that Arisens don't age unless they get their heart back. It will probably be never made clear, so I'm gonna give two arguments here: One that validates your theory, and one that invalidates it. Since it's fully based on speculation, pick as you will.

So, what we do know is that she probably knows about the endless cycle and has to go into hiding because the faith wants to keep it obscure, so she probably at LEAST got to face the Dragon. Either she looked young when picked and took a lot of years to get her heart back. This would place her either before or around Savan time period or immediately after Savan, if you like the Grigori was an Arisen theory. It's quite possible for an Arisen to end up being the Dragon, as evidenced by Grette in Dark Arisen. So, either Savan or Grigori won her heart back, causing her to age.

Either that, or this couple theories that validate your points: Either Arisens do age slowly, or pawns take on a youthful looking version of an older Arisen. This is in the game, actually, via Dragonforged/The Fool. Since apparently soul bestowal is a gradual transformation, it could be just an incomplete version of it, causing the Pawn to look sort of like their master, but not quite right away.

Alternate theory: Actually Capcom didn't look into this much and just made Selene to look like Schierke and Sofiah to look like Flora from Berserk.