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Are house elves immortal?

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If their living conditions still continue to be the way that it was from a long time, I certainly wouldn't wish for them to live a long life. Especially as they accept their treatment as fair, or rather appropriate, themselves. read more

a. House-elves have an average life-expectancy of 200 years. b. A house-elf's allegiance is foremost to its house (rather than to the inhabitants of the house) c. House-elves cannot be ordered to kill themselves. d. House-elf magic is sufficiently powerful to override wizards' enchantments. e. read more

Tolkien's Elves are immortal in the sense that they stop aging once they're fully mature and don't die of old age. They don't die of illness (although they apparently can develop symptoms--there are Elvish words for cough, cold, sneeze, vomit, and nausea, among others). read more

House-elves not only serve one specific master, but the whole family of the master and whoever the house-elf is ordered by the master to serve. When Sirius Black was killed in 1996, Harry Potter inherited the House of Black's servant Kreacher. read more

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