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 e.g. a 500 year old Ranker will still look the same after turning 800. 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...