Talk:Hendo Lok Bloodmadder/@comment-4687632-20141019201314/@comment-5693502-20150220013800

They don't age physically/biologically I think is what SIU meant when he says that handling shinsoo slows and stops a person's growth. So a Ranker still ages chronologically even if they stop aging physically/biologically. Clear examples that we have seen would be Ms. Ice Strawberry and Po Bidau Gustang and normal examples would be any Ranker we've encountered in the series.

I mean I'd definitely agree that a Ranker could gain "immortality" (or should I call it the "ability not to age") but I don't think that every Ranker automatically gains the trait of "immortality" upon successfully climbing the Tower. I think that a Ranker gains "immortality" by doing a special test and forming a particular contract with a particular Guardian, much like Zahard and the 10 Great Warriors did with the 100th Floor Guardian.

Anyways, I'd imagine a short life for the average Ranker would be around 500-700 years old ? Though it does make you wonder how one of Hendo's children would be able to live long enough to actually become a Ranker in the first place...