Elden Ring: Merchant Kalé’s canceled quest would have made a secret location even more exciting for me
For most Elden Ring players, he is the second character we encounter in the in-between: Merchant Kalé, who greets us in a friendly manner in the church of Elleh and offers goods. We don’t learn much about him and his nomadic people, but there was a lot more planned for him at an earlier stage in development. Kalé should have had an extensive questline that would have given more meaning and context to a hidden location and game ending.
Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for a secret location and one of the endings of Elden Ring – elements that can still be found in the final game.
Kalé’s search for the origins
It’s all about this: Dataminer Sekiro Dubi restored the individual steps of the quest in months of work. A few spawn points required a bit of guesswork, but the lines of dialogue gave a good clue. In addition, there was talk of a raven at one step of the quest, but only a dove was stored in the game files. Despite these small questions of detail, however, the mission in the video appears very complete and alive. Convince yourself of it:
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Finding the Great Caravan: In the video Kalé reports that he is looking for the big caravan. What is meant by this is not the wagon caravan of enemies, but the original nomadic clan, i.e. Kalé’s ancestors. The whole quest revolves around the search for its origin and runs through several areas. Kalé also makes it clear that his people are despised by grace, just like the tainted.
Letters and Messages: Two of the steps require delivering letters to Kalé. At least one of these is attached to a messenger bird – as already mentioned: either raven or dove. The trader follows his mission using the information from the writs and makes it easier for us to follow through with the messages he leaves.
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The Three Fingers and the Raging Flame
Kalé ends up finding his ancestors in the underground of Leyndell – and those who already know the place know that not much good happens there. Did you jump down the corpse-filled floors to get to the three fingers? Exactly: these lifeless bodies are Kalé’s ancestors who were buried alive and who he says are still wailing.
What happened to Kalé’s ancestors? We learn from the merchant that “they” believed his ancestors worshiped the three fingers and brought the “mad disease” upon everyone. He then swears revenge by announcing that he will actually put this into practice. He doesn’t say who “they” are. However, further lines indicate that he means either the Tainted or the followers of the Golden Order.
In any case, he initially wants nothing more to do with us until he tries to receive the Raging Flame from the Three Fingers. He has to realize that he is “not a suitable home” for her – a usual tragic end of an NPC quest, in which he puts his last hope in us.
What do you think of Kalé’s questline and how it relates to the Three Fingers and the Raging Flame? Do you also think that she would have enriched the story or are you that satisfied?
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