Elden Ring: What Happened To The Weeping Peninsula's Ailing Village
Near the center of Elden Ring's southernmost region, the Wailing Peninsula, lies a rat- and Frenzied Flame-infested community known as the Ailing Village. Whether its people were ailing before these infestations or afterward ultimately isn't terribly important, for its obvious that they are in great pain by the time players find them. Each person and rat there has been driven mad by the Frenzied Flame.
Indeed, Flame of Frenzy inflicts madness onto those it graces. Controlled by an Outer God and the Maddening Three Fingers, the Flame of Frenzy is a force that seeks to destroy all of the world to return it to what it once was, a singular substance known as the Crucible — what built the world of Elden Ring. While the Frenzied Flame is capable of destroying everything, it does not always utilize this power. Instead, it drives those it infects to worship it and embrace its power and mission, something that is clearly seen in another Elden Ring community known as Frenzied Flame Village.
Related: Elden Ring: How The Three Fingers Infected Frenzied Flame Village
The comparison between Ailing Village and Frenzied Flame Village is an apt one, for both worship the Frenzied Flame and were afflicted by it because of outsiders. While the latter was more clearly infected because of Fingerprint Vyke's presence, the former could have been infected because of the swarm of rats that took over the community. This is because the Three Fingers live deep beneath the surface of the Lands Between, presumably in much the same way as rats, whose in-game description says they enjoy living in the underground dungeons of Elden Ring - much like the one right next to Ailing Village, Morne Tunnel. Thus, it is likely that the rats became infected with
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