Nomadic Merchants


	For their ancestors, seek Nomad.

The Nomadic Merchants are a faction in Elden Ring.

Background[]

Long ago, the ancestors of the Nomadic Merchants were spurned by Grace, condemned to a life of endless wandering with no place to settle.^[1] Once they had thrived as the Great Caravan,^[2] but a maddening disease had followed in their wake. In an effort to bury it, Queen Marika had their people sealed deep beneath the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds.^[3] There in the dark, they chanted a curse of despair, calling forth the Frenzied Flame.^[4]

Those who remained roamed the Lands Between, bound by a code forbidding them to lament their solitude or seek sympathy, and vowing to show no mercy to any who dared to harm them.^[5] These wandering traders searched the realm for their ancestors, and the home that vanished with them.^[2]

Characteristics[]

A scattered clan of Nomadic Merchants is found all over the Lands Between, often sitting at campfires, sometimes with their Mules nearby. Some can be seen playing a somber melody on stringed instruments. The wares they sell are frequently influenced by or representative of their current locations. Each merchant wears a unique recolor of the basic outfit. The notes of information they offer are marked by colored feathers matching the seller's outfit.

Members[]

Notes[]

All nomadic merchants may be attacked and killed for their Bell Bearings. They may mount their mules and ride around or retaliate with the Flame of Frenzy.
The song played by the nomadic merchants is a simplified version of Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame's boss theme.

Trivia[]

The instruments they play visually resemble some form of Rebab while audibly resembling violins.
Nomadic Merchants have several unused musical attacks.
The internal name for the Nomadic Merchants is "RedEyeGypsy".
- The curse of red eyes was an earlier iteration of the Frenzied Flame.

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References[]

↑ Merchant Kalé: "My people, wanderers all, have long been spurned by the grace of gold. Which is why we cannot settle, but instead are forced into this pitiful, unceasing journey."
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Merchant Kalé: "Well, even we had a place to call home, once. The Great Caravan, they called it… but it's been lost to us for ages. I've been searching for it as long as I can remember. And with a name like that, You'd hope they kept some fine goods there, eh."
↑ Nomad Ashes: "Use to summon the spirit of a nomad. A member of a tribe that was entombed in the earth so as to bury the maddening disease that followed them. Able to emit the terrible flame of frenzy from his eyes, but has low HP and is frail, unable to take much in the way of punishment."
↑ Nomadic Merchant's Finery: "Finery of the nomadic merchants. Decorated with tiny gems in a wide spectrum of colors. These merchants once thrived as the Great Caravan, but after being accused of heretical beliefs, their entire clan was rounded up and buried alive far underground. Then, they chanted a curse of despair, and summoned the flame of frenzy."
↑ Merchant Kalé: "We have a saying, we wanderers. Lament not your solitude. Expect no sympathy. No regard. Nothing. But if anyone dares harm us, show them no mercy. That is our code, so to speak. Just the way we are. Deeply... unforgiving."

[Kalé01-1] Merchant Kalé: "My people, wanderers all, have long been spurned by the grace of gold. Which is why we cannot settle, but instead are forced into this pitiful, unceasing journey."

[Kalé03-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Merchant Kalé: "Well, even we had a place to call home, once. The Great Caravan, they called it… but it's been lost to us for ages. I've been searching for it as long as I can remember. And with a name like that, You'd hope they kept some fine goods there, eh."

[Nomad_Ashes-3] Nomad Ashes: "Use to summon the spirit of a nomad. A member of a tribe that was entombed in the earth so as to bury the maddening disease that followed them. Able to emit the terrible flame of frenzy from his eyes, but has low HP and is frail, unable to take much in the way of punishment."

[Nomadic_Merchant's_Finery-4] Nomadic Merchant's Finery: "Finery of the nomadic merchants. Decorated with tiny gems in a wide spectrum of colors. These merchants once thrived as the Great Caravan, but after being accused of heretical beliefs, their entire clan was rounded up and buried alive far underground. Then, they chanted a curse of despair, and summoned the flame of frenzy."

[Kalé02-5] Merchant Kalé: "We have a saying, we wanderers. Lament not your solitude. Expect no sympathy. No regard. Nothing. But if anyone dares harm us, show them no mercy. That is our code, so to speak. Just the way we are. Deeply... unforgiving."

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