The small farewell from the true dark sage left the party a little curious. They had heard of Walker meeting the merchant from the dark elemental plane, but it was surprising that the true dark sage would be giving that merchant permission to appear again in the world or at the very least, near the bridge to the dark elemental plane when it was connected with one.
"Having a merchant that can pop out of the shadows using dark mana might not be a bad thing. We have merchants that wander already right?" It was a simple decision since many of them had seen the wandering merchants.
There were always a few solitary merchants who popped up here or there in small towns, villages, or just on the edges of cities. They didn't always carry illegal goods, they just preferred to remain alone and without the crazy hustle and bustle of a lot of people.