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The thing about Vander is that the only thing that makes him look old is the hair/beard color. Like if you gave him black, brown, red, or blonde hair nobody would question his age, because outside of his hair color the actual face structure doesn't look particularly old, especially when compared to Safir.

The silly thing is that it's not like Fire Emblem is unaccustomed to having characters with white hair regardless of age. Like nobody things Henry from Awakening is old.

If they really wanted to age him they should have went with the Duessel approach and had him with a different colored hair with some grey/white streaks.