Talk:Warehouse 3/@comment-24588058-20160321162416

Something else I just thought of. So, the tree makes the Caretaker immortal for as long as they eat from the tree. However, this brings up an interesting question: Before the Tree of Idun was in Warehouse 3, Caretakers were not immortal. So that brings up the question of how many Caretakers were in Warehouse 2 (and, to a lesser extent, Warehouse 3). Warehouse 2 lasted from 323 BC - 30 BC. Now, as I enjoy digging into things, people in both ancient Egypt and Rome could live well into their 60s and 70s.

Let's assume that the first Caretaker assigned in Warehouse 2 was in its first year. Now, without the Tree of Idun providing immortality, how many Caretakers were in Warehouse 2? If they were assigned at a young age (let's say 15) and lived until they were about 65, that would be 50 years each, or six total Caretakers. That's assuming that nothing happened to them! No accidents, no artifact mishaps (which might have been more common in the early Warehouse days as they took in more artifacts and had to learn how to store them). So then, there might have been more than six! Perhaps seven or eight?

Now, by extension, let's look at Warehouse 3. According to our records, the Tree of Idun was collected in 150 AD by Flavia Prisca. Let's assume she was in the prime of her life (and by that, I mean about 45 or so). And let's say she was assigned Caretaker at 15 (to make it easier). So, let's go back and focus on the years of 30 BC to 120 AD. Following the same principles as above, we would be looking at three Caretakers before Flavia. Now, here's something to think about: men had to serve in the Roman Army. In that case, 15 could only apply to women, as they had no such obligation. But surely there were some men, right? Well, I'm sure there were. So, instead of three Caretakers before Flavia, perhaps four or five?

What do you guys think?