Elden Ring Lore - Why Do The Nobles Wander?

we've been exploring the lore of various enemies and characters in Elden ring for almost 2 years and in that time today's topic has made several appearances if you spend any amount of time riding torrent around the map you'll come across groups of shambling men seemingly with no destination many follow Caravans across the lands between but some walk in smaller groups just sauntering across the land seemingly devoid of purpose but who were these Nobles of the lands between before the shattering long before the demigods ward in the land suffered also why did they wander and what is it they search for it may surprise you to know that aside from some of the humanoid ghouls that can still be encountered such as the putrid corpse these men may be the last remnants of normal humanoid life in the lands between they held no strength only status and are now an example of the hard effects of undeath Welcome to Elden lore our weekly series diving into the backgrounds of the people places and 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sound their warhorns upon seeing our tarnished the soldier Nobles who wear the aristocratic coat and wield the Nobles estto the common Nobles who wield the Noble's slender Sword and the treasure Nobles a rare variation with the capability to hide from us as we hunt them down interestingly when it comes to the past of these people there seems to be some variation between them all of the nobles wearing the Aristocrat set tell us they were Nobles of the capital the old Aristocrats that specifies it was Garb favored by the Aged meaning when their Journey started these were the elders in their groups and the Aristocrat coat tells us it is a belonging in of a family which claims a knight as their ancestors not that they themselves were Knights just that they have Knight ancestry in their family line while this may differentiate between different Noble classes those societal lines seem to have broken down by the time we reach the lands between and all of the Nobles are essentially on equal footing the most important thing to know about the wandering Nobles is that they're originally residents of the capital city of Lindell all of their armor sets tell us the same thing they are travel attire worn by Nobles in the capital abandoning their birthplace after the shattering these Undead Warriors are the pitiful product of unending life so it would seem that after the shattering Nobles fled the capital and droves for what reason we can't say for sure but their ashes do give us a clue spirits of nobles who after death now wander the land's between surely they were in search of something once but whatever it was has long been forgotten this implies that these Nobles left the city in search of something specific possibly runes in order to gain strength as the treasure Nobles tend to drop significant runes from their chests it's also possible that they weren't searching for physical objects but a new home after the shattering Lindell became a Target and we know of two separate instances when its walls needed to be defended from Invaders The Siege led by God fory and godric as well as The Siege led by Ron while both of these attacks were pushed back by the capital the Nobles who lived in luxury during more peaceful times may have seen the fall of their home as an inevitability and struck out to find somewhere they could live away from the war we can assume no Nobles remain in the capital as when we explored ourselves we don't encounter a single one it would seem that over time all the Nobles of Lal young and old struck out on their own some with hired muscle in the form of the kiden cell swords others with their own little band of noble Warriors complete with an old Aristocrat to sound their horn in case of battle suffice to say these nobles were delusional if they expected to find a better life away from the capital as we can now see what they've become these men didn't even properly equip themselves for battle as the majority of them that are in weapons carry either the Noble's esto or the Noble's slender sword both of which are described as being made easy to wield and doed with gold from tip to tail it should fetch a good sum these swords serve little purpose outside of decoration or fodder for those needing to barter one need only face these Nobles in battle to see just how pathetic their fighting skills are and I'd venture to guess that it was this way long before their bodies shriveled and aged due to their inability to die a true death the only Nobles to fight with magic are an interesting case for just how pitiful the nobility of the lands between was before the shattering the noble Sorcerers carry the most basic of Glenstone staffs and only have the ability to cast a single sorcery Glenstone Pebble their ashes tell us more about these men Spirit of a nobleman who once asked to be given a place at Ray lucaria to learn Glenstone s iies his talents were insufficient to be worthy of dawning the stone Crown however and he is only capable of using the most rudimentary sorcery you could make a case that these Nobles found their way to R lucaria after the shattering but I'd argue that they Ed their money and influence to enroll in the academy during times of Peace seeing their ability to wield Glenstone sorcery as a form of status I believe this because of what the sorcerer's great Glenstone Shard and Swift Glenstone shard tell us those Unworthy of the stone Crown typically end their brief journey into sorcery here to me this means that the noble Sorcerers didn't bother learning anything beyond Glenstone Pebble as they deemed it too difficult coupled this with these Sorcerers being found wandering with other groups of Nobles and it comes across as if they had no need to study beyond the point of learning Glenstone Pebble they had no natural talent and no desire to study and gain for further knowledge so they simply left the academy to go home and impress the other nobles with their new found ability to cast a basic [Music] spell there is one aspect of the wandering Nobles I don't have a solid answer to why do large groups of them follow the Caravans making their way across the lands Between You could argue that these Nobles are so far gone mentally that they simply follow along with any large group so they can continue to search for whatever it was they set out on their Journey four but what if that's not the case it may be possible that the Nobles following these processions are actually the owners of the Caravans themselves and they're meant to house the items they gather on their Journey this would explain why these Caravans contain chests with valuable items we can Loot and since we believe the kiden cell swords would take on contracts protecting these Nobles on the road that could bolster this Theory as they can also be found amongst the Nobles and will protect the Caravan whoever the wandering nobles were before the shattering is lost to the ages between the event and the arrival of our tarnished in the lands between their motivations can only be speculated upon because with life unending their minds have degraded to the point where they can no longer Recall why they left their home in the first place it's interesting that their item descriptions describe them as Undead because that means while they're nothing but skeletal figures now mindlessly wandering the land they're not truly dead in the same way as those who live in death they retain their souls and with that they live to some extent the fact that any of these Nobles remain is ridiculous considering the dangers of the lands between but it seems that these men of means became so deeply irrelevant to their own culture that they're now left alone by the greater forces that govern the land theirs is a cursed existence aging indefinitely due to their inability to die with their true goal forever Out Of Reach due to the degradation of both their bodies and their [Music] minds thank you for joining us for this breakdown of the different factions of wandering Nobles shambling their way across the lands between what do you think these nobles were in search of when they left landel do you believe they own the Caravans they walk alongside or did they simply do so out of habit will wandering Nobles make an appearance in the land of Shadow or will we have new fod enemies across the dlc's map let us know your thoughts and theories in the comments below don't forget to like subscribe hit the bell and set notifications to all so you never miss out on any of our L Dives we look forward to seeing you again for more Elden [Music] lore [Music]

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Length: 10min 52sec (652 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 09 2024