Elden Ring Lore - Why Do The Nobles Wander? 

I kind of thought that the reason the nobles are looking in the dirt for something is because they're looking for the Rune of Death. They tend to cluster around the fallen ruins from Farum Azula, which they must know is where Maliketh is. They desperately want to die, so they're hoping to find the Rune of Death, but they're so old and senile that they don't really know what it is they're looking for. That's why they drop stuff like ruin fragments and rowa fruit: they're just collecting any old thing they find, dimly aware that they may, someday, find the thing that releases them from their suffering.

You can mock the noble sorcerers, but if you've ever gotten into trouble after taking random poise damage, pulled out your binoculars, and barely spotted some idiot noble sorcerer on a mountaintop a mile away throwing pebbles like Tim the Enchanter, you remember them.

Me: Man that's sad. *While chasing the fleeing Noble*

350 hours in game and this was my first time hearing about a “treasure noble”…..

The caravan in Limgrave is definitely refugees from castle Morn trying to get to Stormvail castle. But they get stopped by immigration outside Gatefront ruins

Last time I was this early to an STG video Godwyn was still alive

My guess is that the aristocrats left Leyndell due to Marika's imprisonment. Imagine you lived in a capitol with a flesh and blood goddess who bestowed prosperity, and that she disappears and then everything goes tits up. There's just no reason now to stay in the most contested place in the world. It would be like choosing to stay in Jerusalem if Jesus was alive, said "Christianity's not working, so I'm destroying it now," and was imprisoned by the Christian God for treason. As for their subsequent motives, I don't ascribe just one because they all seem to be doing different things in various regions. The caravans are interesting though. Maybe those aristocrats are guarding and honoring the tarnished who came before, aligning with them at some point in the past but now having mostly forgotten.

Kenneth Height sounds very normal humanoid to me

I believe that the nobles wander with the carriage (carrying valuable items) to make an offering to the Lord they are going to. In limgrave they stop before the gate, as if they wanted to climb up to Godrick. Same thing happens in front of Mt Gelmir and finally in front of the city that enables us to go to the Haligtree. It s as if they made gifts to the Lords in order to demand protection for their new home.

isn't a precession like a funeral march? I always assumed those big black boxes on wheels that have the chest on the back were like giant hearses with a ceremonial chest of personal belongings hanging onto the back.

These guys carry my favorite sword in the game. Hard to get but it's well worth it. Nobles Slender Sword is one of the best pvp weapons in the game. They really may have been great duelist before the decaying effect of undeath. They're hollow basically.

I have two thoughts. The first is that the nobles are searching for both Runes and more importantly…for the knights they are related to so that they can give them the weapons they think will make them lords. My second thought is that these are hollows, actual Dark Souls hollows. I remind everyone reading this that Miyazaki only said the mimics were unconnected to the other settings…he never said the Land Between were disconnected. There is already the Land of Reeds ( Sekiro ) and….a Realm of the Sun that has seen better days.

3:33 I love how this implies that this is just the byproduct of erdtree respawn, like eventually they all just hollow out

Please explore what the lore is behind the yellough anix tunnel. There is such mystery in the whispers you hear when you wander the tunnels. Also, it seems to be the only tunnel that looks to have the aftermath of a great battle. I haven't been able to find any lore videos on this location. Thanks and love your videos.

There are nobles dead on chairs with items like rune arcs, smithing stones and stone keys so I think they just look for valuable items to bring back to their castle for their demigod. The ghosts that you talk to are usually nobles simping for their respective demigod. I think they're trying to serve their demigod by bringing them items to make their armies stronger since they aren't good at fighting.

I think they wander in groups so that we can replenish the flasks 😂

I’d probably wander about too if I lived forever and was kicked out of my home in the middle of a war.

The art for your videos is awesome .

They could also be looking for their gold which was separated from The Shattering, gold then collected around The Erd Tree and most of what was left created the artificial sun which the Nobles can not see

I can't quite remember why but during my first playthrough I thought the caravans were funerary processions meant to bring the dead in a sort of hearse to either catacombs or heroes graves. The idea that they just house merchandise is interesting but seems almost too mundane for fromsoft. It would be great to see a deep dive on them though if such a thing were possible

they lost their house keys and locked themselves out

My impression was that they left because of Morgott. Sure Morgott tried very hard(and rather successfully) to hide the fact that the current king of Leyndell is an omen, but while the commoners and the soldiery may be easier to fool, you really can't get the entire aristocracy out of the picture for long. Considering things I'd expect that the aristocrats revolted(perhaps even siding with the more "worthy" lords like Godrick or Radhan) or otherwise went rogue, leading to either Morgott kicking them out, or themselves leaving in disgust. Fast forward to now, and these nobles are probably regretting that decision, at least the ones who retain some sentience

They look and walk like me when I come home from school

You guys are incredible. About the graveyard thing? The ones with the golden runes

I'm doing a Dragon Communion build, and Something I noticed is that theres a noble's ghost who seeks to be turning into a Magma Wyrm. It makes me think that not all Wyrms are Drake Knights

😂😂😂 the ad before this: "extra crispy is back at kfc!" They sure are.

I had the same thought on the caster nobles. It’s happens in RL rich people pay a ton of money to gain some “skill” to impress their rich buddies and seem cultured.

I like their hats.

I think the nobles can see the rays of grace and are all returning to the capital in anticipation of the arrival of a new Elden Lord

*Why did the wandering noble cross the road?*

hmmm the ones with the caravans. They could be such as noble's in the past, sent as diplomats to deliver gifts to one place or another and such and it's why they are with such a large group etc. I don't know, just a random thought before bed xD

I’ve long pondered what these guys were searching for.

I'm not quite sure, but to me some of them seem to be meant for negotiations and such between castle Morne and Stormveil, messages from place A to place B

Я не знаю чего они ищут. Но я знаю одну группу разговорчивых вельмож. Их можно встретить в самом начале игры. Они просят дракона Агила сжечь их. Полагаю, они ищут... смерти? Жалкая попытка вырваться из этого бесконечного цикла.

I’m so excited for STG’s content on The Shadow of the Erdtree!

Great job can't wait to watch more of you're stuff. Keep up the great work!!

I just watched a video ranking all of the sorcery schools and I thought it’d be cool if y’all did a video breaking down the lore and origins of all the sorcery schools and maybe even the incantations! I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of glinstone sorcery being able to splinter into so many unique schools of thought and would love to learn more about how they each came to be.

I just started the elden lore Playlist. At this rate you'll have three more videos out before I get caught up. Still a month less than smough's library.

I will never get tired of these videos! Another banger.

I've only recently found your channel, but I love your videos so much, thank you :3

I assume the lands between, since it’s actually considered a continent is 10xs bigger than what we see in game

1:05 that bannerman was like bitch im fabulous

As always…. An awesome video!

I think..in a poetic sense that the noble are looking for there lost standing in the world But lore wise I think at first they was trying to escape the wars and battles and set out looking for lost runes..

Love when this channel drops 🙏

Excellent as always sir

My guess the DLC is going to take place in the past. Possibly before the shattering, i just finished a playthrough to get a character ready for the DLC.

I can’t be the only one to think about the implications that the player can see the guidance of grace, but character’s eyes don’t depict that they should be able to, meaning it is only something the player can see. Lot’s of implications with that…

Still convinced there is a secret to do with these guys

I've been playing this shit and I've never seen a treasure noble. Holy hell

Perhaps they did die already when they left, and were looking for a certain, now flying in a suspended time storm, mausoleum

The nobles wandering about with their huge luggage is clearly showing how little they know about the life outside of luxury.

Question: Why would a Mimic Tear disguise himself as a lone noble, then transform into a runebear??

I wonder why they wander. Wonderful vid.

Have you seen the rune bear fighting against a pack of wolf on a river?111

Video: Why do the wandering nobles wander. *Me still waiting for the Age before the Erdtree and videos on Placidusax and the dragons*

Its their car keys.... they're looking for their car keys

One of the noble swords is actually really good.

They’re fun to mess with 😅 But why is the Tarnished a threat to them?

Is this a Coincidence? I was just wondering about this questions today, and was collecting their Outfits. Also one of the Nobles have a bowler hat, which is can't be collected :(

Lore daddy hath uploaded yet again!

I must know! I must know! Where the Noble Things Go!

I have been wondering in this channel for so long I have no recollection why I am here for.....

I've NEVER seen the treasure Nobels

I always wonder what Elden Rings explanation was for it’s “husk” enemies. Dark Souls has the explanation of people just going Hollow and Bloodborne has the explanation of people going mad from the Old Blood and beginning to transform into Beasts. But then Elden Ring just has residents turning decrepit looking and like hollows from Dark Souls yet there was no “Dark Sign” Curse to blame this on that could be easily seen

Why are two black knights guarding the caravan in the concentrated snowfield?

I have done three playthroughs of this game and have never seen/heard of the “treasure nobles”. Where are they?

what about the limgrave noble that turns into a rune bear? Also di u guys make a video about the evergaol godfrey mark2? I cant remember how/why he exists

They wander because there's nothing else to do

How much wandering can a wandering noble wander if a wandering noble wanders?

It's strange tho the nobles are always walking everywhere they go and there are some next to the kaiden soldiers that it's like the kaidwn soldiers want them to look for something in the dirt cuz i see that everywhere

I don't think they would search for runes: runes are useless for those who are maidenless.

The nobles wander because they needed to touch grass.

Wow I'm on ng+3 and don't recall ever seeing a treasure noble. Not saying they didn't exist just never recalled seeing one. Where are they usually at in game? Ps sorry square table I didn't wanna get rid of the ❤️ you gave me I just wanted to edit my comment to be more specific 😢

I don’t care how many runes those slender swords fetch, I ain’t wasting the 2 hours I spent grinding for that thing 😂

I have a question maybe you guys can adress: who and why summons the goddamned Malformed Dragonkill Solder at the Consecrated Snowfields

Somebody has to search for my dad lol

Caravan? Where the mutated Brahmin at?

is marika alive when we became elden lord ?

My question is about the nobles that can telliport

omg i thought they were peasants

So they’re pretty much like modern celebrities

This is so based.

Why they are undead at all?

Did Godrick really assault Leyndell? I'm not sure that fits his cowardly nature. He'd probably be the same as all these Wandering Nobles if he didn't get addicted to grafting!

they joined hogwarts for the scarf

i like how the socerer noblemen have a much better version of glintstone pebble than the one we learn. theirs have insane range, ever see those noblemen at the belfry camp in liurnia? they're throwing that shit around like it has the range of rock sling lmfao

My theory was that the noble sorcerers tried to be reborn by rennala, and they got exiled from the academy with only knowing glintstone pebble. Maybe they were trying to feel alive after living for so long and wanted to be reborn anew. They now just wander for no reason, looking for a purpose. They can’t be reborn anyway because no great rune

Maleina is hot.

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If I were you, I'd ditch the background music, it takes away from the video and makes it harder to focus on the subject, not to mention that it adds nothing.