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Crispvale Thicket

Fan art of the Crispvale Thicket, by Robin Wyatt.

The **Crispvale Thicket** is located in the northeast of the Dwendalian Empire, on southwest quadrant of the crossroads between the Crispvale Roadway and the Glory Run Road. It is a beautiful cluster of dark-green trees of varying heights. The trees grow thicker in the middle, where the actual canopy of dark green pine trees starts to gather. In 835, P.D. a small, disused farmhouse was located 200 feet from the treeline. Northeast of the thicket, there are bits of natural rock that had either been left by some long-ago volcanic detonation in the distance, or pushed up through the ground by tectonic movement.

#### **Small farmhouse**

The small modest one story farmhouse had part of its roof caved in. There were once two windows that had pane glass, that had been shattered, with jagged edges along the bottom side of its sill.

It had a fireplace with a wood and stonework mantle that had been smoothed over in its damage. On top of it was a small, iron symbol of Pelor crest on it. The furniture was damaged and in disarray some of it looks burned weirdly. There was a layer of dust everywhere. There was a smell of old rot and mildew. There was a bundle of five unused torches, a well-made handaxe that was a little old and rusted, but it's still functional, and a filled oil lantern.

The land around the house was inhabited by carnivorous ankhegs.

## **History**

### **"Found & Lost" (2x26)**

While the Mighty Nein was heading north from Hupperdook towards Shadycreek Run in an effort to catch the Iron Shepherds and rescue Jester, Fjord, and Yasha from enslavement, they decided to not take the path through towards the crossroads but instead take the presumed quicker path around the forest. Making their way around the forest they discovered an abandoned homestead. Making camp, after investigating the house the party prepared to take a rest. They sensed localized rumbling and the horses became distressed, and then the party was assaulted by group of ankheg that emerged out of the ground and spit acid at their horses. Two of the horses (Water Closet and Loo) were killed outright or had to be put down.

## **References**

1. ↑ See "Found & Lost" (2x26) at 0:52:18.
2. ↑ See "Found & Lost" (2x26) at 0:55:02.
3. ↑ See "Found & Lost" (2x26) at 1:47:55.
4. ↑ See "Found & Lost" (2x26) at 0:55:02.
5. ↑ See "Found & Lost" (2x26) at 1:00:05.
6. ↑ See "Found & Lost" (2x26) at 0:59:12.
7. ↑ See "Found & Lost" (2x26) at 1:17:01.
8. ↑ See "Found & Lost" (2x26) at 1:18:51.

**Art:**

1. ↑ Fan art of the Crispvale Thicket, by Robin Wyatt (source). Used with permission.
2. ↑ Fan art of Ankheg attacking horses, by Callum Lyall (source). Used with permission.
Deadlands One-Shot for MDA Charity!

The thumbnail for "***Deadlands* One-Shot for MDA Charity!**" (Sx11), featuring Marisha Ray, Liam O'Brien, Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, and Travis Willingham.

### Episode

Specials,​ Episode 11
(C1E58a)

### Game system

Savage Worlds

"***Deadlands* One-Shot for MDA Charity!**" (Sx11) is a *Deadlands* RPG one-shot between "A Cycle of Vengeance" (1x58) and "Critical Role EXTRA – Liam's Quest!" (Sx12). It was part of Geek & Sundry's 24-hour fundraising livestream for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

## **Synopsis**

### **Pre-show**

Few rules: The fate chips, players and the Marshall can use to alter the circumstances in the game. A black fate chip can be spent by players to re-roll a single trait or skill roll they're attempting to do. It's a one-time reroll. The red chips can be used to instead add a d6 to whatever trait or skill roll they just made, but in using that red chip, the Marshall get to pick one to add to his pool. A blue chip, which is probably the strongest of them all, allows them to add that same d6 to a trait or skill roll, but the Marshall don't get to pick a chip out of there. However, some of the more powerful creatures or individuals in the game may have their own set of fate chips. And if you donate, looking at the list, you can go ahead and provide additional fate chips to the players or the Marshall. So, as it stands, if people want to donate and affect the game, they can donate a hundred bucks to give one of the players a black fate chip, $150 to donate a red fate chip to a player of your choice, $200 to give a blue fate chip to the player of your choice, or $200 to give me a fate chip of the Marshall choice, to use against the players.

### **Announcements**

* Alison Haislip announce that, by the time of this episode, they reached over $35,000 for the G&S fundraising livestream.
* Thanks to the Critters who have raised over $7,000 by buying the Critical Role MDA shirt.
* Thanks to Geek & Sundry and Smart Girls, they decided to donate to get up to $50,000.

## **Featured Characters**

### **Player characters**

* Sudis Alifehr
* Reverend Forrest Alton
* Juniper "Stinky Jules" Lanley
* Sydney Hopkins Trivelpiece

## **References**

**Art:**

1. ↑ Fan art of Stinky Jules, by Truffery (source). Used with permission.
Crystal Frasier

Crystal Frasier's avatar on Twitter.

**Crystal Frasier** is an artist and a game developer and writer at Green Ronin Publishing. Throughout her career in the tabletop and video game industries, she has lent her talents to companies including Green Ronin, Paizo Publishing, Palladium Books, Onyx Path Publishing, Rogue Genius Games, and Kobold Press. At Green Ronin, she is currently the lead developer for the company's superhero tabletop RPG *Mutants & Masterminds*.

## **List of *Critical Role* works**

* *Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting* — credited as a staff member at Green Ronin Publishing

## **Trivia**

* Frasier has participated in the "Queer as a Three-Sided Die" (Qd3) panels at Gen Con and other conventions. She has hosted alongside fellow Green Ronin employees Joseph Carriker, Steve Kenson, and Donna Prior.

## **References**

1. ↑ Crystal Frasier on Wikipedia
2. ↑ Crystal Frasier on GreenRonin.com
3. ↑ See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting*, p. 1.
4. ↑ Queer as a Three-Sided Die Panelists on Tabletop Gaymers

## **External links**

* Crystal Frasier on GreenRonin.com
* Crystal Frasier on Wikipedia
Courting of the Crick

***Courting of the Crick*** is a fiction novel set during the Marrow War about a tumultuous love affair between a Dwendalian general named Theo and the Kryn assassin who he caught attempting to kill him. The book is described as having some smutty elements, but is otherwise somewhat dry.

The book was banned in the Dwendalian Empire in 820 PD, though some copies were still discreetly available in 835 PD.

## **Plot synopsis**

The story takes place in a seemingly fictionalized version of the Marrow War, with generals and political figures named either being obscure or made up for the story. During the conflict, an assassin of the Kryn Dynasty snuck past the borders and attempted to kill a general named Theo. The assassin however was captured, and in a game of wits, their helmet was removed and revealed to be a female drow. The two vacillate between finding common ground and feeling murderous towards each other, before resolving in a torrid love affair.

The assassin tells Theo about Xhorhas, how it's a savage and cutthroat society and how by falling into her relationship with Theo, she felt saved and brought into the comfort of the Empire. Ultimately however, the assassin is discovered, and she is tried and then killed. The end of the book details Theo's grief, but understanding that the relationship was never meant to be and that it was for the best that it ended this way.

### **Bias**

The book is written from a pro-Empire perspective, demonizing the Kryn Dynasty as savages and depicting the Empire as the more civilized nation. The author of the book seemingly had little real knowledge of Xhorhas, and thus the assassin's relayed description of the land is of dubious accuracy.

## **History**

While visiting Chastity's Nook, a book store in Zadash, Caleb Widogast was able to convince the store owner Iva Deshin to sell the banned book, which was bought by Jester Lavorre for 15 gp and given to Beauregard Lionett. She and Caleb read the book, and found it to be dry and unsatisfying.

When the Mighty Nein broke into the home of High Richter Dayana Prucine, they found a copy of *Courting of the Crick* hidden underneath her bed.

*Courting of the Crick* was one of the five books Caleb placed in each of the Mighty Nein's rooms in *Widogast's Nascent Nein-Sided Tower*.

## **References**

1. ↑ See "Zemnian Nights" (2x11) at 2:15:01.
2. ↑ See "Zemnian Nights" (2x11) at 1:10:52.  Banned "15 years ago", as of 835 PD.
3. ↑ See "Zemnian Nights" (2x11) from 2:10:39 through 2:15:50.
4. ↑ See "Zemnian Nights" (2x11) from 3:09:15 through 3:11:03.
5. ↑ See "Zemnian Nights" (2x11) at 3:09:26.
6. ↑ See "Zemnian Nights" (2x11) at 1:34:16.
7. ↑ See "Midnight Espionage" (2x12) at 3:41:27.
8. ↑ See "New Homes and Old Friends" (2x111) at 34:59.

**Art:**

1. ↑ Fan art of Iva Deshin telling Caleb about *Courting of the Crick*, by Megzilla87 (source). Used with permission.
Crispin

**Crispin** is a member of the group of miners led by Thorn.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Crispin is "a slender girl", in her teenage years when she met Vex'ahlia around 807 PD. She wore a black cloak and carried "an impressive glaive", "taller than she was."

## **Biography**

### **Background**

Crispin lived in Jorenn Village prior to the conflict between the Shadewatch and the miners.

### **Kith & Kin**

When Vex'ahlia and Trinket visited the miners' hideout, Crispin and an older male halfling with a crossbow were standing guard by one of the entrances, an illusory boulder. Vex'ahlia threw Crispin off balance and held her hostage for a moment, to protect herself from the halfling archer. At Thorn's instruction, Crispin dropped her glaive, and Vex'ahlia let her go. Crispin and the halfling remained where they were to guard while Thorn and Vax'ildan led Vex'ahlia and Trinket into the mines. Later that day, Crispin ran into the main cavern to warn the rest of the miners that the Shadewatch was back. She told Thorn that they were already inside the mines, meaning they didn't have much time to prepare. A teenage boy wrapped his arms around her, as the group took in the reality of their situation.

By the next morning, all of the miners had been captured, presumably including Crispin. The adults were detained in the town jail and the children kept in The Scattered Bar; it is unknown which group Crispin was placed in, as she was a teenager. Immediately after the fight that occurred in Shade Hall, Wick, the *de facto* leader of Jorenn Village, released the imprisoned miners. Crispin presumably returned to the mines with Faril.

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 See *Critical Role: Vox Machina - Kith & Kin*, p. 233.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1  Critical Role (@CriticalRole) on Twitter: "Check out our updated timeline featuring ALL of our epic adventures throughout Exandria -- including Campaign 3! ⚔️" (2021-10-28).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 See *Critical Role: Vox Machina - Kith & Kin*, pp. 160–161.
4. ↑ See *Critical Role: Vox Machina - Kith & Kin*, p. 252. The name Crispin isn't explicitly linked to the girl with the glaive, but as she is the only person mentioned who would have the knowledge of the Shadewatch's location, this article assumes that they are one and the same.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 See *Critical Role: Vox Machina - Kith & Kin*, p. 234.
6. ↑ See *Critical Role: Vox Machina - Kith & Kin*, p. 250.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 See *Critical Role: Vox Machina - Kith & Kin*, p. 252.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 See *Critical Role: Vox Machina - Kith & Kin*, p. 300.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 See *Critical Role: Vox Machina - Kith & Kin*, p. 342.

**Art:**
Courtenay Taylor

Photograph of Courtenay Taylor at Magic City Comic Con in 2016 by Steve Cranston.

## General Information

### **Also known as**

Courtenay Kellen Dennis
C.C.

### **Born**

July 19, 1969 (age 54)
San Francisco, California

### **Nationality**

United States, United Kingdom, and Australia

## Internet Presence

###  **Facebook**

CourtenayTaylorNews

**Courtenay Baker** is an actor in both voice and live action roles, perhaps best known for her video game roles in several of the Fallout series including the Sole Survivor in *Fallout 4* (in which Matthew Mercer also appeared, and Liam O'Brien and Sam Riegel had small roles), Jack in the *Mass Effect* series, and Ada Wong in the *Resident Evil* series.

Courtenay was born in San Francisco, California, but has spent time in both Australia and Texas, and holds U.S., U.K., and Australian citizenship.

## **Appearances on *Critical Role***

* *The Legend of Vox Machina* - The Matron of Ravens
	+ "Belly of the Beast" (LVM2x11)

## **Other Works**

For a list of Courtenay's extensive credits, see her listing on IMDB.

## **External Links**

* Courtenay Taylor on IMDb
* Courtenay Taylor on Wikipedia

## **References**

1. ↑ See Courtenay's Instagram listing.
2. ↑ See Courtenay Taylor's listing on the Fallout Wiki.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2  Courtenay Taylor on IMDb
4. ↑  (@courtenaytaylor) on Twitter.

**Art:**

1. ↑ Photograph of Courtenay Taylor at Magic City Comic Con in 2016 by Steve Cranston (source). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.
Council of Seven Scepters

The **Council of Seven Scepters** is a union of the highborn giants ruling from the tallest spire of Jovatthon. It convenes annually for one week. Each giant civilization is represented by one giant, except for the cloud giants who have two kings on the council, to serve and keep the rulers of each city-state in check.

Already threatened from the fast-breeding humans and vengeful lowborn, the last thing the highborn desire is infighting. When the council meets, its members deliberate on how best to maintain peace and prosperity between their kin.

Two of the seven thrones have remained empty for generations: Hillqueen Ovam'mura of the hill giants refused to surrender her scepter when her people were banished, and the Scepter of Wodensdottr has remained technically unclaimed since the demigod Woden abandoned the storm giants after the fall of Tempestar.

## **Members**

* **Ardokles**, the City-King and co-ruler of the cloud giant city-state Jovatthon, together with his husband Vasilios, who both reigned over the city from at least 812 PD to the beginning of 836 PD.
* **Vasilios**, the War-King and co-ruler of the cloud giant city-state Jovatthon alongside his husband Ardokles.
* **Galadawna**, leader of the storm giants, attends all meetings but refuses to claim her throne or scepter.
* **Hillqueen Ovam'mura**, the hill giant's representative, refused to surrender her scepter when her people were banished by the council.

## **Trivia**

* It is unknown if, in the times before their curse, the fomorians were considered highborn giantkin, or if they were always seen as lowborn. If this council can be used as a reference, either the fomorians were always lowborn, or said council was established after their corruption, and that is why there is no throne and scepter dedicated to these giants.

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting*, p. 124.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn*, p. 221.
3. ↑ See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting*, p. 125.
Cranberry Stockings

Official art of Cranberry Stockings, by Hugo Cardenas.

**Cranberry Stockings** is a Christmas elf cleric played by Marisha Ray for "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41).

## **Description**

“
Local Legend, Cranberry Stockings, the bearded wonder of the North. There is no bigger elf celeb here at the Pole. Not only a peerless worker on the lumberjack crew, but three-time reigning champion of the timber sports Olympics in both Christmas tree hauling and speed chopping. The dual-colored beard sprouting from your chin almost serves as a visual manifestation of your unstoppable spirit.
”

–
Liam O'Brien.
[edit]

### **Appearance**

Cranberry Stockings has a full beard with a mustache. Both her hair and beard are dual-colored. The divide between red and green runs exactly in the middle parting of her hair.

### **Personality**

Cranberry Stockings likes to keep it traditional, but prefers to keep her own flair on it, with a little bit of half and half (in reference to her beard). She has an Upper Midwestern accent.

## **Character Information**

### **Abilities**

#### **Cleric Abilities**

* Channel Divinity (2 uses)
	+ Channel Divinity: Turn Undead
	+ Destroy Undead (CR 1)
* Divine Domain (War Domain)
	+ Bonus Proficiency (martial weapons and heavy armor)
	+ Channel Divinity: Guided Strike
	+ Channel Divinity: War God's Blessing
	+ War Priest
	+ Divine Strike
* Ritual Casting
* Spellcasting

#### **Domain Spells**

##### **1st-level**

* Divine Favor
* Shield of Faith

##### **2nd-level**

* Magic Weapon
* Spiritual Weapon

##### **3rd-level**

* Crusader's Mantle
* Spirit Guardians

##### **4th-level**

* Freedom of Movement
* Stoneskin

#### **Cleric Spells**

##### **Cantrips**

* Mending
* Toll the Dead

##### **1st-level**

* Command
* Shield of Faith
* Guiding Bolt

## **Appearances and mentions**

* Specials
	+ "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41) (first appearance)

## **References**

1. ↑ See "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41) at 49:44.
2. ↑ See "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41) at 00:49:44.  Cranberry's DC is 14 with a proficiency modifier of +3.
3. ↑ See "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41).
4. ↑ See "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41) at 48:56.  Cranberry casts *Shield of Faith*.
5. ↑ See "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41) at 3:10:40.  Cranberry casts *Spiritual Weapon*.
6. ↑ See "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41) at 20:01.  Cranberry casts *Mending* to fix the broken toy.
7. ↑ See "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41) at 49:04.  Cranberry casts *Toll the Dead*.
8. ↑ See "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41) at 1:21:26.  Cranberry casts *Command*.
9. ↑ See "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41) at 48:56.  Cranberry casts *Shield of Faith*.
10. ↑ See "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41) at 3:25:45.  Cranberry casts *Guiding Bolt*.
11. ↑ See "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41) at 3:10:40.  Cranberry casts *Spiritual Weapon*.
**Art:**

1. ↑ Official art of Cranberry Stockings, by Hugo Cardenas (source). Used with permission.
Craskkalid

Fan art of Deanna and the craskkalid, by Savs Creates.

**Craskkalids** are large spider-like insects with orange eyes covering their bodies, eight legs, two front pincers, and dark green boiling blood. In their larval stage, in which they can remain most of their lives, they appear to be cute glowworms with a natural smile and sleepy eyes, and can be kept as a pet. However, at higher temperatures they pupate and reach adulthood, becoming much larger and more dangerous. They are not native to the area around Uthodurn, although that was where Bells Hells encountered one.

Craskkalids have a multiattack of one bite and two claws. On a failed athletics or acrobatic check against the claw attack, the target is grappled but can be forced to be released if the creature fails a constitution save on a subsequent disarming attack. The craskkalid also has an additional leg spear attack. Once the creature takes between 100 to 137 points of damage (probably half its total), its blood causes those in melee with it to take additional fire damage.

Craskkalids have more than 183 hit points (probably between 200 and 270), an AC of 20 or less, and are +2 to CON.

## **History**

Bells Hells encountered an adult craskkalid in the D&O Toy Emporium in Uthodurn when they were hired by Drixlitch Ovana and Oltgar Dradegon to dispose of a firebug infestation caused by the failure of their magical holding cages during the Apogee Solstice. Drixlitch was concerned because his larval craskkalid, which had been being used as a mascot, was inside and the temperature could cause it to reach its adult phase, as indeed it had. Fearne Calloway was able to *Polymorph* the creature back into its larval phase and release it outside of the city, where it was killed by the guards when it regained its adult form.

## **Trivia**

* They are not native to the Greying Wildlands, as their cold temperatures do not favor their life cycle.
* The mini used to represent the craskkalid in-game is a Neh-Thalggu or brain stealer, designed for Pathfinder 2e.

## **References**

1. ↑ See "Treacherous Toys" (3x54) at 3:20:20.  Based on the size of the mini base.
2. ↑ See "Treacherous Toys" (3x54) at 3:19:32.
3. ↑ See "Treacherous Toys" (3x54) at 3:45:01.
4. ↑ See "Treacherous Toys" (3x54) at 3:59:21.
5. ↑ See "Treacherous Toys" (3x54) from 3:19:22 through 3:59:44.

**Art:**

1. ↑ Fan art of Deanna and the craskkalid, by Savs Creates (source). Used with permission.
2. ↑ Fan art of Fearne and the craskkalid, by Elaine Tipping (source). Used with permission.
3. ↑ Screenshot of the craskkalid mini from "Treacherous Toys" (3x54) at 3:20:20. This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.
Critical Role Fan Craft

**Critical Role *Fan Craft*** is a *Critical Role*-themed portion of Geek & Sundry's *Fan Craft* DIY series. There are nine installments. The first eight were published weekly between January 12, 2016 to March 1, 2016 and featured a minute-long video as well as written instructions; the ninth installment, published a nearly a year later on February 14, 2017, featured only written instructions.

1. "Vex and Trinket's Dog Armor" (January 12, 2016)
2. "Grog's Crochet Beard" (January 19, 2016), video on Geek & Sundry's Facebook
3. "Pike's Sarenrae Necklace" (January 26, 2016)
4. "Scanlan's Blueberry Scat Sorbet" (February 2, 2016)
5. "Matt Mercer's *D&D* Map Terrain Pieces" (February 9, 2016)
6. "Keyleth's Flower Crown" (February 16, 2016), video on Geek & Sundry's Facebook
7. "Vax'ildan's Serpent Wrist Cuff" (February 23, 2016)
8. "Percy's Plague Raven Mask" (March 1, 2016)
9. "Keyleth's Journal" (February 14, 2017)
Dagon

This article is about the NPC in Vasselheim. For the NPC seen in Eiselcross, see Dagen Underthorn. For the real-life bird, see Animal cast members#Dagon.

## Appearances

### Stream

Campaign One (1 episode)

**Dagon** is the co-owner of the Midnight Breath Tavern in Vasselheim. As an NPC, Dagon is played by Matthew Mercer.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Dagon is an older human man with a patchy red-and-brown beard. He has a few scars, but they seem to be more of a result of living in the harsh landscape of Vasselheim than from any battle.

## **Biography**

### **Background**

Dagon has a brother in Muldire, more than two days' horseback ride northwest of Vasselheim.

### **"Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18)**

To be pardoned by the Slayer's Take, Vox Machina had to kill an adult white dragon. They found Dagon, who told them where he had encountered such a creature.

Dagon was up north with some companions, traveling northwest to see Dagon's brother in Muldire. During the trek, a blizzard had suddenly hit, forcing them to find shelter and make camp beneath the thick canopy of the woods. Partway through the night, they heard a terrifying roar. Dagon rushed out of his tent and saw a pack of four dire wolves converging on the camp. Thinking that it was time to make a stand, Dagon pulled out his dagger, ready to defend himself and die. Then a second roar bellowed out, this time from above: a large white dragon streaked through the clouds, quickly killed one of the dire wolves, scattered the others, and flew away. Dagon, with his companions, decided to return to Vasselheim and never come back.

## **Appearances and mentions**

* Campaign One
	+ "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) (first appearance)

## **Trivia**

* "Dagon" is the name of Matt and Marisha's pet bird.

## **References**

1. ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 0:51:19.
2. ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 0:51:21.

**Art:**
Cyrus Hume

**Cyrus Hume** was a warden of the stockade in Emon. As an NPC, Cyrus Hume is played by Matthew Mercer.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Cyrus Hume was a gentleman with a well-kept mustache, thick over the top lip and slicked black hair that curled up in the back in a small poof. He was wearing a breastplate and was standing with an appearance of self-importance.

## **Biography**

### **"Omens" (1x39)**

Cyrus Hume was first seen speaking to Dr. Dranzel inside the stockade of Emon.
Percival de Rolo and Scanlan Shorthalt, after a short negotiation with the warden and hearng of the fines caused by Kaylie, Scanlan's daughter, attempted and failed at bribing to release her. He had Scanlan arrested.

## **Appearances and mentions**

* Campaign One
	+ "Omens" (1x39) (first appearance)

## **References**

1. ↑ See "Omens" (1x39) at 2:43:19.
2. ↑ See "Omens" (1x39) from 2:43:17 through 2:52:21.
**Art:**
David René Christensen

Christensen's avatar on Instagram and INPRNT.

**David René Christensen**, also known online as **BoyFruit** or **boyfruit**, is a Danish artist, programmer, and director based in Copenhagen, Denmark, who worked on feature films, commercials, independents shorts, animation, and visual effects. His credits include *The Neon Demon*, *Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds* (2017), and *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales* (2017). Christensen was one of the interior artists for *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount*.

## ***Critical Role* works**

* *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount* — interior artist
* *Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep* - interior illustrator

## **References**

1. ↑ "BoyFruit" is Christensen's username on Twitch; similarly, his handles on Twitter and INPRNT are "BBoyFruit" and "boyfruit" respectively.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Crushing Rainbow – Online location of Artist Dave Rene
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3  About David Rene Christensen on ArtStation
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2  HYPE: *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount*, Our New Campaign Guide from *Dungeons & Dragons*, is Available for Pre-Order RIGHT NOW! on CritRole.com
5. ↑ Credits for David René Christensen on IMDb.
6. ↑ Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep product page at Wizards of the Coast

## **External links**

* Personal website
* David Rene Christensen (davidrene) on ArtStation
* David René Christensen (boyfruit) on INPRNT
* David René Christensen (davidrene) on Behance
* David René Christensen on IMDb
Conessa Berg

**Conessa Berg** is an undead frost giant jarl of Eiselcross in northern Wildemount.

She has not appeared in *Critical Role*.

## **Biography**

At some point after 300 PD Conessa became jarl, ruling over her people from an enormous and beautiful ice castle.

She was very interested in the ruins and relics from the fallen city of Aeor, so she started collecting them, and others brought similar artifacts in order to please her. Around 635 PD one of those objects was brought to the fortress, but its unstable nature caused an arcane burst, with necromantic and cold energies transforming every giant inside the castle into rime-infused zombies.

Conessa and her subjects stayed in their frozen home, that would end up being called the Fortress of the Dead Jarl because of her, but not many knew about their current undead existence. However, in or before 836 PD, something caused a breach in the ice fortress, allowing some of the giants to escape their home and start attacking people in Eiselcross.

## **Trivia**

* Her name could come from the Italian *contessa* (countess). Her surname comes from Old Norse, and can mean "rock", "cliff", "mountain", or even "shelter".
* Due to the low intelligence of zombies, it is very likely that the Dead Jarl isn't an active ruler anymore.

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 See *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount*, p. 288.
2. ↑ See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn*, p. 220. Highborn giants tend to live around 300 years, so it is safe to assume that Conessa didn't become jarl before 300 PD.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 See *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount*, p. 128.

**Art:**
Cookie

→*This is about the bear in Trinket's Honey Heist crew. Dancer had an automaton of the same name.*

## Cookie

Official art of Cookie, by Joana Carvalho.

## Appearances

### Last seen

"Honey Heist 2: Electric Beargaloo" (Sx35)

### Stream

Specials (2 episodes)

“
I hear my father's voice in the morning.
”

–
Cookie attacking a Bearracuda
[edit]

**Cookie** was a bear played by Liam O'Brien in "Trinket's Honey Heist" (Sx27) and "Honey Heist 2: Electric Beargaloo" (Sx35).

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Like his brother, Cookie is depicted as a large Sun Bear; though similar to a Black Bear, the difference can be seen through the brown face as well as the large spot of brown highlighting the neck. His mouth usually hangs open, often exposing his lower right fang.

## **Relationships**

* Waffle - Brother/Heist Partner
* Trinket (Honey Heist) - Heist Partner
* Liam Las Vegas - Heist Partner
* Peddy Tuxpin - Heist Partner

## **Character Information**

### **Abilities**

Honey Bear: As a honey bear cookie has advantage on his bear rolls to sniff out the golden delisiousness that is honey.

## **Appearances and mentions**

* Specials
	+ "Trinket's Honey Heist" (Sx27) (first appearance)
	+ "Honey Heist 2: Electric Beargaloo" (Sx35)

## **References**

**Art:**

1. ↑ Official art of Cookie, by Joana Carvalho (source). Used with permission.
Clint Cearley

Cearley's avatar on ArtStation, DeviantArt, INPRNT,

**Clint Wade Cearley** (born October 19, 1982) is an American freelance illustrator and concept artist based in Lobelville, Tennessee known for his work in the tabletop gaming industry for his work on games such as *Magic: The Gathering*, *Dungeons & Dragons*, and *Legend of the Cryptids*. In addition, Cearley runs an art education and consultation business Swatches Art on YouTube and Twitch. Cearley was one of the interior artists for *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount*.

## ***Critical Role* works**

* *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount* — interior artist

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5  About Clint Wade Cearley on Facebook
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2  About ClintCearley (clintcearley) on DeviantArt
3. ↑  Clint Cearley (clintcearley) on ArtStation
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2  HYPE: *Explorer's Guide to Wildemount*, Our New Campaign Guide from *Dungeons & Dragons*, is Available for Pre-Order RIGHT NOW! on CritRole.com
5. ↑  About Swatches on YouTube

## **External links**

* Personal website
* Swatches Art
* Clint Cearley (clintcearley) on ArtStation
	+ Explorers Guide to Wildemount - D&D, Clint Cearley on ArtStation
* ClintCearley (clintcearley) on DeviantArt
* Clint Cearley (clintcearley) on INPRNT
Daggerbay Mountains

Map of the Daggerbay Mountains by Andy Law for the Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting.

## Political Information

### **Affiliation**

Republic of Tal'Dorei

The **Daggerbay Mountains** are a cluster of mountains in western Tal'Dorei. They are framed by the Dividing Plains to the East, the Bladeshimmer Shoreline to the North, the Ozmit Sea to the West, and the Verdant Expanse to the South.

## **Description**

Only in recent years have the Daggerbay Mountains garnered interest as anything but a natural barrier; the elves of Southern Tal'Dorei had long found the mountains to be the home of cyclopes and typically avoided the region. Their proximity to the Emerald Outpost means that the mountains are easy to scout, although as of 812 PD the only things uncovered were more cyclopes, and some strangely intelligent bulettes.

## **Notable locations**

The Emerald Outpost, a military installation shared between Syngorn and the Republic of Tal'Dorei, is located at the northern edge of the range.

## **History**

The Daggerbay Mountains were created during the Founding, when a primordial known as the Molten Titan was defeated by the earliest elves and buried in the earth. Much later, the range served as the default boundary between human and elven lands after humans began to colonize the continent after the Calamity.

In the adventure hook *A Metal of Memory* in the *Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting* and *Reborn*, an extremely rare metal left behind by the Molten Titan called orichalcum was discovered far below the surface of the mountains. Its discoverey sparked a rush of entrepreneurs to mine into the earth, who eventually discovered some essence of the titan that still lived and sought vengeance.

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting*, p. 87.
2. ↑ See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting*, pp. 87–88.
3. ↑ See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting*, p. 88.
4. ↑ See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn*, p. 130.

**Art:**

1. ↑ Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 87
Critical Role Mad Libs

Critical Role Mad Libs cover art, by Critical Role.

**Critical Role Mad Libs** is a children's fill-in-the-blanks book written by Liz Marsham. It was published by Penguin Random House on November 1, 2022.

## **Publisher's summary**

“
Mad Libs is the world’s greatest word game and the perfect gift or activity for anyone who likes to laugh! Write in the missing words on each page to create your own hilariously funny stories all about Critical Role. Speak to dragons that can VERB or charge into battle with your friends on a NOUN! With 21 “fill-in-the-blank” stories about dice rolls, spellcasting, and the Mighty Nein, read aloud in your best Matthew Mercer or Ashley Johnson impression and embark on your own adventure with Mad Libs! Play alone, in a group, or in a dragon's lair! Mad Libs are a fun family activity recommended for ages 8 to NUMBER.
”

–
Publisher's summary
[!h]

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 See the publisher's summary.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1  See the listing at Amazon.com.

**Art:**

1. ↑ Critical Role Mad Libs cover art, by Critical Role (source). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.
Dale

Dale is a citizen of Emon who escaped to Whitestone and helped fight Thordak. He is good friends with Kashaw Vesh, but hadn't seen him for many years until the battle against Thordak.

## **Biography**

### **Background**

Dale and Kashaw were close friends when they were younger, but hadn't seen each other in many years before Kashaw met Vox Machina. When they knew each other, Dale met Anne who Kashaw knew as well.

When the Chroma Conclave attacked Emon, Dale managed to escape, but Anne was killed by the dragons. Dale joined the Alliance of Tal'Dorei in order to avenge her loss and was placed in a war camp near Greyskull Keep.

### **The Siege of Emon**

Dale was preparing for the attack on Thordak later that day when Vox Machina, Zahra Hydris, and Kashaw walked past. Kash instantly recognised his old friend and they greeted each other warmly. Dale sarcastically said that he was preparing to die today, and his friend asked about Anne. Dale revealed Anne's death upon which Kash comforted him and the pair talked about killing the dragons. Kashaw then said goodbye, remarking how strange it was they met after this long.

It can be assumed Dale joined the attack on Thordak's forces, although it is unknown if he survived.

## **References**

1. ↑ See "The Siege of Emon" (1x78) at 2:52:32.

**Art:**
Davia Redtresses

“
Oh, you're venturing where again? Well! I certainly hope you've got more tricks up your sleeves than those swords and a couple spells scrawled in that book there, friends. Because you’re going to need all the help you can get. Speaking of which, perhaps I've some wares that might interest you...
”

–
Davia Redtresses to a group of adventurers
[edit]

**Davia Redtresses** was a provisoneer and merchant of Emon, Tal'Dorei. At some point, she talked to a group of adventurers, offering them wares to aid in a mission.

So far, Davia Redtresses has not appeared or been mentioned onstream.

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 See *Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting*, p. 109.
Critical Role One-Shot: Epic Level Battle Royale

The thumbnail for "**Critical Role One-Shot: Epic Level Battle Royale**" (Sx30), featuring Liam O'Brien, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray and Matthew Mercer

### Episode

Specials,​ Episode 30
(C1E115l)

### Game system

Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition

"**Critical Role One-Shot: Epic Level Battle Royale**" (Sx30) is the thirtieth special episode of *Critical Role*.  Grog, Keyleth, Percy, Scanlan, and Vax fight to the death.

## **Synopsis**

### **Announcements**

* Satine Phoenix will do a charity stream on Saturday December 9
* The campaign wrap-up will air on Thursday December 14, with some additional questions possibly answered in the new year
* Critical Role notebook is in the merch store
* Witcher thing
* Character playlists
* Podcast will likely be updated the week of December 14

### **Part I**

Matthew Colville encouraged five members of Vox Machina to "show me what you've got" during their sleep the night before the fight with Vecna. He ordered them to all "roll initiative."

Over the course of eight rounds, only Scanlan took significant damage. Keyleth cast Sunbeam and used five successive elemental forms, negating any damage she took. Percy used all the charges in Cabal's Ruin to severely damage Scanlan. Grog broke down several doors, but failed to attack anyone. Vax hid from the group [and the audience] in the central tower, casting Fog Cloud and using his wings. Scanlan initially attempted a strategy of stealth and enchantment, but shifted to constant self-healing, occasional attacks, and reversing gravity on the central tower.

### **Break**

* Becca Scott previewed Illimat
* Self-punishing Taliesin monk ad for Chronicles of Exandria: The Tales of Vox Machina
* Mattbot GM Tips ad

### **Part II**

After a number of rounds, the outer force field began to shrink, eventually confining combatants to the central tower area.

Keyleth successfully Plane Shifted Grog to the Elemental Plane of Water, leaving his fate to the Kraken and eliminating one opponent.

After Scanlan successfully counterspelled Keyleth's Feeblemind, he used Wish to Feeblemind her in return, rendering her a mindless Archdruid wild shaping on pure instinct. The mindless Keyleth used an Earth Elemental form to attack the tower, causing Percy to fall and damaging herself. Percy shot Scanlan into unconsciousness and killed him with a sword.

As Vax continued to attack Keyleth, she successfully incinerated him with a Fire Elemental form. Percy was unable to wear down her elemental forms alone, and was crushed to death between the tower wall and the force field. Everyone was restored to life, and Keyleth won the grand prize of Colville telling her "good job" (which she was unable to comprehend).

## **Featured Characters**

### **Vox Machina**

* Keyleth
* Percival de Rolo
* Scanlan Shorthalt
* Grog Strongjaw
* Vax'ildan
Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria

* Leylas
* Artagan

***Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria*** is a graphic novel series published by Dark Horse Comics. It follows characters outside of Vox Machina and The Mighty Nein to explore other non-player characters and locations across Exandria.

## ***The Bright Queen***

The first series of *The Tales of Exandria* follows the Bright Queen, Leylas Kryn and is set in about 855 PD. It is a four-issue series written by Darcy Van Poelgeest (Little Bird) and illustrated by CoupleOfKooks with covers by Helen Mask. Matthew Mercer provided creative consultation.

Issue #1 was released October 20, 2021 with Issue #2 following November 24, 2021, Issue #3 on December 22, 2021, and Issue #4 on March 9th, 2022.

## ***Artagan***

The second series of *The Tales of Exandria* features Artagan explaining his activities in other planes of existence before the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. It is to be be written by Sam Maggs and illustrated by Aviv Or with the first issue's cover by Toby James Sharp. Matthew Mercer provided creative consultation.

Issue #1 (of four) is projected to release on January 3, 2024 in comic shops.

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 See Critical Role's announcement.
2. ↑ See the time line graphic accompanying the official post, What You Need to Know Before Watching Exandria Unlimited.
3. ↑  *Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria: The Bright Queen* on Dark Horse Comics' official website  (backup link)
4. ↑  *Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria I 2* on Dark Horse Comics' official website
5. ↑  *Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria——The Bright Queen* (Series I) #3 on Dark Horse Comics' official website
6. ↑  *Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria——The Bright Queen* (Series I) #4 on Dark Horse Comics' official website
7. ↑ See *Critical Role is Making The Traveler The Star of His Own New Series (Exclusive)* by Justin Epps, published September 20, 2023 on ScreenRant.

**Art:**
Darcy Van Poelgeest

**Darcy Van Poelgeest** is a Canadian screenwriter, director, and comics writer. He wrote *The Tales of Exandria: The Bright Queen*, a four-issue miniseries following Leylas Kryn and Quana Kryn. Outside of his work with Critical Role, he wrote *Little Bird*, published by Image Comics and winner of the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series. In film, he was nominated for five Leo Awards.

## **Critical Role works**

* *The Tales of Exandria: The Bright Queen*

## **References**

1. ↑  HYPE: Introducing The Tales of Exandria, Our New Mini-Series with Dark Horse Comics! (December 15, 2020) on CritRole.com
2. ↑ "Team Bitter Root, Team Little Bird, Emma Ríos & Dave Stewart All Honored With Eisner Awards Last Night" (July 25, 2020) at Image Comics
3. ↑ See "Nominees and Winners - 2010" (PDF), "Nominees and Winners - 2013" (PDF), and "Nominees and Winners - 2016" (PDF) from the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia

## **External links**

* Darcy Van Poelgeest at IMdB
* Darcy Van Poelgeest at Image Comics
Cyrus

This article is about the refugee from Westruun. For the brother of Dorian Storm, see Cyrus Wyvernwind. For the warden of the stockade in Emon, see Cyrus Hume.

## Appearances

### Stream

Campaign One (1 episode)

**Cyrus** is one of the refugees from Westruun and the younger brother of Cornelius. As an NPC, Cyrus is played by Matthew Mercer.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Cyrus is a man in his late twenties or early thirties with shaggy brown hair and a bit of a puffy goatee.

### **Personality**

Cyrus is described as a lazy man by his brother Cornelius.

## **Appearances and mentions**

* Campaign One
	+ "Into the Frostweald" (1x48), mentioned only (first mentioned)
	+ "A Name Is Earned" (1x49) (first appearance)
	+ "Best Laid Plans..." (1x50), mentioned only

## **References**

1. ↑ Cyrus is about 15 years younger than Cornelius, who is in his mid-40s.  See "Into the Frostweald" (1x48) at 0:41:47.
2. ↑ See "Into the Frostweald" (1x48) at 0:41:47.
3. ↑ See "Into the Frostweald" (1x48) at 0:41:56.
4. ↑ See "Into the Frostweald" (1x48) at 41:25.

**Art:**
Darin De Paul

Photograph of Darin De Paul, by Brad Buckman.

**Darin De Paul** is a voice actor. He was a guest player in the first campaign and appeared in several specials.

## **Critical Role Productions**

Darin De Paul appeared as a guest player in "The Fear of Isolation" (1x105) and "The Endless Atheneum" (1x106) as Sprigg, also joining to the after-show discussion. In March 2020, he appeared in the "Doom Eternal One-Shot" (Sx52) playing the non-player character Dr. Samuel Hayden, reprising his role of the character from the 2016 *Doom* and *Doom Eternal* video games on which the one-shot was based.

Darin made a brief appearance after the gameplay of "Trial of the Take: Part 4" (1x21) and was also mentioned by Slayer's Take huntmaster Vanessa Cyndrial, as a friend of the guild and a member of the city's finest performance troupe who shared cookies with her.

Darin appears as Kerrion Stonefell in *The Legend of Vox Machina* animated series.

### **Player characters**

* Sprigg, gnome rogue ("The Fear of Isolation" (1x105) and "The Endless Atheneum" (1x106))
* Mozuu the Chosen, uruk paladin ("Critical Role One-Shot: Shadow of War – Part 1" (Sx22) and "Critical Role One-Shot: Shadow of War – Part 2" (Sx23))

**Sprigg**
## **Other work**

De Paul voices Reinhardt in the video game *Overwatch*. He is one of three of *Overwatch*'s main voice cast, alongside Matthew Mercer and Anjali Bhimani, and one of four of its overall voice cast, as Travis Willingham has a minor role in the game, to appear in Critical Role productions. His other video game voice work includes Revenant in *Apex Legends*, Ardyn Izunia in *Final Fantasy XV*, and Emperor Calus in *Destiny 2.*

## **Trivia**

* Darin De Paul previously played D&D with Matthew Mercer's mother in the early 1980s.[*citation needed*]
* On *Talks Machina*, the host Brian Wayne Foster likes to "#ThankMyGuests" with names that are either mispronounced or wordplay that sounds close to their names. Here are the names for Darin De Paul:
	+ Da-Rin "The Rock" Johnson
	+ Darling of All

## **References**

1. ↑ "The Legend of the Cast of The Legend of Vox Machina"
2. ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 4" (1x21) at 4:05:16.
3. ↑ See "Aramente to Pyrah" (1x22) at 35:18.
4. ↑ See the article in *Variety* magazine announcing the cast.

**Art:**

1. ↑ Photograph of Darin De Paul, by Brad Buckman (source). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.

## **External links**

* Darin De Paul at Wikipedia
* Darin De Paul at IMDb
Critical Role: Bells Hells - What Doesn't Break

## *What Doesn't Break*

**Critical Role: Bells Hells - What Doesn't Break** is a novel written by Cassandra Khaw that uncovers the lost years of Critical Role's unrelentingly upbeat undead spellcaster in a prequel novel to Laudna's adventures with Bells Hells. It is projected to be published on 23 July 2024.

## **Publisher's summary**

“
Uncover the lost years of Critical Role’s unrelentingly upbeat undead spellcaster in this original prequel novel to Laudna’s adventures with Bells Hells.
For as long as she can remember, Laudna has had a friend. A mentor. A little voice whispering in her cropped ear, promising that, no matter how monstrous she becomes or how far she wanders, there will always be someone to guide her.

And so, Laudna is content.

But the thought of more—of life, of love, of the magic stirring in her still veins—is unrelenting in its familiarity. More is the dream of the young girl trapped behind the bloodstained walls of Whitestone, and the nightmare of the woman who now stalks the woods outside them. More, Laudna’s little voice reminds her, is dangerous. From Tal’Dorei to Marquet, the world is infested with heroes destined to rid their kingdoms of creatures like Laudna.

The little voice is right, she knows.

But still, she thinks of more. And when she reaches for that dream, what reaches back will change everything.

Written by USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw, Critical Role: Bells Hells—What Doesn’t Break delves into the unexplored years before Laudna joined up with the crew of Bells Hells, chronicling her departure from Whitestone and her solo adventures on the road to Jrusar.
”

–
Publisher's summary
[edit]

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 See Critical Role: Bells Hells–What Doesn't Break on the Penguin Random House website.

**Art:**