Hans/Henry age -- evidences?

[Space Cowboy]

So, title is what a lot of us seems to be curious about after sex between the bros became a thing.

I always believe Henry was in his teen years, maybe 16-17. But word now he's 27 or something (already debunked; see Reddit topics below).

Henry and Hans both having 15-17 years old was consensus back then in official KCD Reddit community, as you can see below. The debate is nothing new, let alone motivated by the insertion of the gay romance. Ssome very good comments and insights too:

Topic 1 - "How old is Hans Capon?" (6 years ago)

Topic 2 - "TiL that Hans Capon is about 15 in the game" (4 years ago)

Topic 3 - "Apparently Hans Capon is supposed to be 14 or 15 years old" (4 years ago)

Topic 4 - "So I just found a confirmation of Henry's age" (4 years ago)

Topic 5 - "When does Hans Capon become in age to ♥♥♥ ?" (4 years ago)

Topic 6 - "For those who have wondered, Henry is around 15 or 16 in-game." (1 year ago)

Topic 7 - "How old are Henry and Hans Capon supposed to be?" (4 months ago)

Topic 8 - "Am I the only one who thinks this fanbase is insane for widely believing Henry to be 15 years old?" (23 days ago)


Some reasons for believing they were both in their teenage years include Henry being called a boy by various NPCs, he still being an apprentice under very basic training, etc.
Worth a read for some.


This post here is from KCD1 forum seems to somewhat nail and confirm even more how young they are:
Steam KCD1 forum - "Henry's age VERIFIED!" (2 years ago)
OP here says the post #21 is from a dev.


Here's the Twitch link for the old Warhorse live streams too, if someone has the time and will to download them and extract their subtitles or transcribe them with AI and word search for age-related terms.

Warhorse Twitch videos[www.twitch.tv]



Let's keep this as civil as possible and try to gather concrete evidence, factual posts, preferable from actual devs, instead of simple personal opinions that adds nothing to what we already have.

[theo]

Could be 15, could be older. There's no concrete evidence (totally intentional), you can forget about that (codex entry talks about historical Hans not ingame one), but they definitely look older than 15. Considering their place in the society, way of life, behaviour, skills, events they participate in, and appearance, I'm used to think they're in late teens or just turned 20. No way they're 27 though, makes no sense

[theo]

Originally posted by emreyigit1967:

Absolutely shocking. Report to the police in your home country of the US or Saudi.

Lol yes. This should conclude the case

[Space Cowboy]

Originally posted by alt:

Originally posted by Space Cowboy:

That answer from Will Powers @ 7:38 has supposedly been debunked according to the first comment of this post. Maybe someone already watched the live stream when they said otherwise.

That top comment from what you posted in 'Topic 8' most upvoted comment is "I've always imagined him and Hans to be in their early 20s. 🤷 " Did you just decide to overlook that?

A developer says the characters age when asked on a dev stream, but that is "debunked" because the real life person he is BASED off of was a teenager in the year the game takes place. So.. Are you just playing mental gymnastics, or seeing what you want to see? Most things in Hollywood are never 100% accurate, and that includes video games as well. More often than not liberties and changes are made to fit the story the creators want to bring to the table.

Nah... the comment I'm referring to is from Topic 4, which I relinked in my last comment:

Originally posted by Reddit top comment:

"That's been debunked several times, by the devs on their own livestreams. Will Powers was just guessing out loud. Henry is supposed to be "around, or slightly older than Hans Capon", meaning 15-16.

The reason why they aren't officially stating Henry's age is most likely that Henry is depicted in sexual content, and in many places it's illegal to show characters under 18 in those situations.

Same goes with Theresa."

But nevermind, it seems the devs were smart enough to don't give us official numbers on sensible topics such as age. Totally understandable.

[Silverbuu]

Considering there are no kids in the game, and they deliberately cast actors which look to be in their mid 20s, early 30s, I have to assume the entry is for historical Hans, and not in-game Hans, until they state otherwise. Considering Henry as a character is completely fictitious as far as I'm aware. So liberties have been taken to fashion a story suitable for a video game. Also, the ESRB and other rating boards wouldn't have given it a rating if this was the case.

It sounds like people just want to be mad at the game because there is the completely avoidable possibility of a gay romance.

The fact that some people are using it to justify loli characters is kind of gross. As if making a 15-16 year old teen, in medieval times where you could be married off at 14-15, look like an adult and imply some kind of relation, is the same as making a 3000 year old look like an 8 year old in skimpy clothing.

[Senator Nidus P. Helstrong]

Fandom Pulse just did an article on the current situation.
https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-creative-a22

[votadc]

Henry lacks a tutor.
Theresa lacks a tutor.

Henry can choose his woman without his parents 's approval.
Henry Is the fatherly figure of Hans which real father was too old and never trusted Hanush.
Henry has access to job like master hunter...why a minor would do that?

No I don't mean Just 18+. Henry and Theresa have at least 20.

[alka]

Why can't all this crap be kept in 1 or 2 threads per topic?

I'd like the mods to close more duplicate threads, especially when they are started by people who don't own the game.

[emreyigit1967]

Originally posted by votadc:

Henry lacks a tutor.
Theresa lacks a tutor.

Henry can choose his woman without his parents 's approval.
Henry Is the fatherly figure of Hans which real father was too old and never trusted Hanush.
Henry has access to job like master hunter...why a minor would do that?

No I don't mean Just 18+. Henry and Theresa have at least 20.

Given that Wenceslaus, the King of Bohemia mentioned in the game, was crowned at the age of two, and considered to have attained his majority to rule the entire bleeping country at age 17 as well as become de facto Emperor, I think we can safely adjust our expectations regarding at which age favoured illegitimate children became master hunters.

[rustypup]

Trolls gonna troll

Blockers gonna block

[theo]

Originally posted by Silverbuu:

Considering there are no kids in the game, and they deliberately cast actors which look to be in their mid 20s, early 30s, I have to assume the entry is for historical Hans, and not in-game Hans, until they state otherwise.

You don't need to assume, codex is explicitly and only about historical characters, places, etc (aside from game tutorials section).
Anyone who have played the game knows it.
The most obvious example is Markvart von Aulitz, one of the main in-game villains who in real life (and in the codex) is said to have died in 1402 (the game takes place in 1403)

[iNsaneMilesy]

You guys need some historical perspective about when men in the medieval era came of age and matured. 16 may as well be 26. In the same era, English King, Henry V, won his first major battle at 16. Even got a crossbow bolt in his eye. Alexander the Great too, won his first battle at 16.... Seems you boys jever grew up or understand what potential men actually have as teenagers... A term that never existed before the 50s.

[.:Viggo:.]

Originally posted by iNsaneMilesy:

You guys need some historical perspective about when men in the medieval era came of age and matured. 16 may as well be 26. In the same era, English King, Henry V, won his first major battle at 16. Even got a crossbow bolt in his eye. Alexander the Great too, won his first battle at 16.... Seems you boys jever grew up or understand what potential men actually have as teenagers... A term that never existed before the 50s.

Just cuz pedo stuff was legal in the 60s dosnt make it right today so no I dont care what men wqs like back then we dont live in that age.

[theo]

Originally posted by .:Viggo:.:

Originally posted by iNsaneMilesy:

You guys need some historical perspective about when men in the medieval era came of age and matured. 16 may as well be 26. In the same era, English King, Henry V, won his first major battle at 16. Even got a crossbow bolt in his eye. Alexander the Great too, won his first battle at 16.... Seems you boys jever grew up or understand what potential men actually have as teenagers... A term that never existed before the 50s.

Just cuz pedo stuff was legal in the 60s dosnt make it right today so no I dont care what men wqs like back then we dont live in that age.

So youre a sjw who wants to alter history to suit your political agenda

[Shodingus]

Originally posted by OldManTired:

Who cares

"who cares that this game has anal sex with an underage boy?!"
Hmm, interesting

[.:Viggo:.]

Originally posted by theo:

Originally posted by .:Viggo:.:

Just cuz pedo stuff was legal in the 60s dosnt make it right today so no I dont care what men wqs like back then we dont live in that age.

So youre a sjw who wants to alter history to suit your political agenda

I have no idea what youre sayin beside you trying to put politics in the fact that I state no matter what time period it is in the game and what was demed accepted at that point dosnt change the fact that we live by the rules of 2025.. but hey if you get politics from that tell me about it?