Elden Ring: Merchant Kalé’s canceled quest would have made a secret location even more exciting for me

Kalé welcomes us in the intermediate land and tells us about his people, but that doesn't matter later.



Kalé welcomes us in the intermediate land and tells us about his people, but that doesn’t matter later.

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.

If we want to get to the Three Fingers, we have to drop down several floors - and there are corpses everywhere.






If we want to get to the Three Fingers, we have to drop down several floors – and there are corpses everywhere.

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.

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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.

Samara Summer

I repeat myself when it comes to the cut content from Elden Ring, but I have to emphasize it again: what a pity that the quest didn’t find its way into the final game. From the beginning I expected more from Kalé and the other traders after he had told me about the nomadic people. In the course of the story, however, this no longer plays a role. The traders are just a game mechanic

However, I find the aspect with the three fingers and the raging flame even more decisive. The hidden location in Leyndell’s Underground is one of the most remarkable in the whole game for me and on the descent I really wondered what it was about the many petrified-looking corpses and the lonely weathered violinist between them. I would have liked to know what’s behind it. Especially since Kalé’s dialogue gives me goosebumps.

The story of Kalé and his people would also have given the Lord of the Raging Flame ending (which I accidentally caused on my first playthrough) much more meaning to me. While Hyetta’s quest is tied to this ending, I found this to be one of the less interesting NPC missions. In addition, the quest lines would not have been mutually exclusive. They could have taken place side by side.

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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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