#another idea for npc!rook i had was that he will sell you all the spells you missed as you go along

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rook is my full caster elden ring pc. i have elden lord lore, but my fave version of him is as an npc.

artificial shadowbound of the black moon, is a nightfolk originally created by the eternal cities. when he was reborn as a tarnished, he was horrified to find that allegiance hadn't faded.

he fronts as a neutral scribe, observing and recording the change of the age, in actuality he is compelled to advance ranni's ambitions and is seeking an escape through miquella's experiments in thwarting outer gods. 

in the end, his autonomy is stripped, and through him the eternal cities finally gain their lord of night.

the npc version has him as the one who writes the item descriptions. your lord can save him from servitude to the eternal cities by finding the "rook doll". destroying it allows him to die as himself, but if you have miquella's golden needle you can insert it, sparing him and granting him free will.

idk if i'm set on it, but i think its kinda sad but kinda cool that as a lord, his only path is the doomed one. he can't escape without the help of strangers who may never involve themselves. the only way out for him is if you win instead.