Quote Originally Posted by factotum View Post
Not sure why you thought that...the Giant has a very specific way of showing older people in his art style (the lines on the faces), and Sangwaan was never portrayed that way; I never thought she was older than her thirties, myself.
Considering those tell-tale lines on the faces tend to be bags under the eyes, don't you think Sangwaan's blindfold might make it hard to tell whether or not they're there? Really, the only visible clue that Sangwaan wasn't particularly old was the fact that her hair hadn't shown any indication of gray yet. But not having graying hair in the comic still leaves a pretty wide age range.

On the other hand, Sangwaan's prominent presence among high-ranking individuals during the planning and initial stages of a major battle suggest that she's their most capable diviner, and generally it takes people quite a while to advance to high rank. Obviously Therkla's story tells us otherwise, but considering how diviner-type characters are generally depicted throughout fiction, it's understandable that one might expect Sangwaan to be much older than she really is.