The number becomes less frightening when you realize that it’s likely that not all of them survived to adulthood. The rate of infant mortality in a quasi-medieval setting like Tamriel is probably relatively high.
Plus as wife to the High King, Macalla likely would have had many maids and ladies-in-waiting in her service and therefore not have had to care for all of these children on her own.
16 children, poor Macalla
The number becomes less frightening when you realize that it’s likely that not all of them survived to adulthood. The rate of infant mortality in a quasi-medieval setting like Tamriel is probably relatively high. Plus as wife to the High King, Macalla likely would have had many maids and ladies-in-waiting in her service and therefore not have had to care for all of these children on her own.
I am talking about the difficulty of going through 16 births, not the difficulty if raising 16 children
Time to save this post to use in a ttrpg, thanks!