Elden Ring Merchant Conspiracy

>Elden Ring has a nomadic race of "merchants" >the merchants claim to have been victims of a supposed genocide that involved many of them being burned to death (arguably orchestrated by themselves) >they worship a literal demon from j*wish mythology (google Shabiri if you don't believe me) and sacrificed countless innocent people to him, ultimately seeking to destroy the entire world out of hatred for the other races >they play nice with all sides of the political spectrum in the Lands Between in order to achieve this goal and emotionally manipulate Tarnished warriors so they can trick them into becoming weapons for their cause So uhh... what did Miyazaki actually mean by this?

A screenshot of an Elden Ring map covered with yellow connecting lines, followed by a long text post arguing that the game’s nomadic merchants are secretly genocidal, demon-worshipping manipulators. The joke is an exaggerated conspiracy-theory reading of the merchants’ lore and their relationship to Shabriri, ending by sarcastically asking what Miyazaki intended. EN: A screenshot of an Elden Ring map covered with yellow connecting lines, followed by a long text post arguing that the game’s nomadic merchants are secretly genocidal, demon-worshipping manipulators. The joke is an exaggerated conspiracy-theory reading of the merchants’ lore and their relationship to Shabriri, ending by sarcastically asking what Miyazaki intended.

• @eternalclassic / 85816 2026-04-02