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goldenrose101 · 2 years ago

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Critical Role: Final Words

Updated as of 9/15/2022, spoilers up to C3E34.

So given RECENT EVENTS, I thought it would be interesting to make a record of the "last words" of each Critical Role PC before their respective deaths, regardless of whether or not they were rezzed later on.

Obviously your mileage may vary here, since it can be hard to parse out what's said in and out of character, and it's possible I missed things as I was reading through the transcripts.

I'm only focusing on the main game here, as a note, so no Calamity.

Big thanks to https://kryogenix.org/crsearch/ for making searches a lot easier.

If there are words in brackets, that means those could also be final words, but I'm not sure if they count.

So let's get started! (Spoilers below!)

Grog's Death, C1E11, 3:33:33: Scanlan: Grog are you okay? Grog: Yeah. (scoffs) But a tickle. [No one told me he had a lightsaber.]

Vex's Death, C1E44, 4:21:10: Vex: I'm trying to-- Brother, I'm going to go look at the stuff that they're finding, okay? Be safe!

[Later on, she also said "All good, Kima!"]

Grog's Death, C1E50, 28:36: Grog: Yeah, I would not turn down some delicious boar.

Percy's Death, C1E68, 3:52:20: Percy: No matter what today, I forgive you, but I cannot let you leave.

Vex's Death, C1E80, 1:46:45: Vex: You don't got no wings anymore. Vax: She dead? Vex: No.

Scanlan's Death, C1E80, 1:54:22: Pike: Oh, sorry, Scanlan, I didn't see you there. Scanlan: Well, I'm behind a dragon, honey, it's okay.

Scanlan's Death, C1E83, 2:11:00: Scanlan: You so dumb, when thieves stole your horse, you chased them down and said, "You forgot the saddle!"

Percy's Death, C1E83, 1:27:19: Percy: She's down and vulnerable! Raishan: Not as down and not as vulnerable as you think. Percy: Oh, shit.

Vax's Death, C1E88, 4:22:00: Vax: [to Vex after she frees him from a Kraken tentacle] Love you!

Keyleth's Death, C1E97, 14:59: Keyleth: We're gods! [Marisha may have said this out of character, but Vex then said she heard Keyleth say this at 28:35, so it's canon now.]

Vex's Death, C1E102, 2:28:15: Vecna: Come, and be the next sacrifice for the new age. Vex: You're a dipshit!

Vax's Death, C1E102, 2:19:23: Vax: No one walks away. [Alternatively: Vex: *rolls a nat 20 on a con save* Vax: *unintelligible yells*]

Vax's Death, C1E112, 3:44:23: Vax: All right, fucknut, let's do this.

Vax's Death, C1E115, 1:40:12: Vax: How lucky I have been to have had all of you. How lucky, indeed. Thank you.

Vex's Death, C1 "Dalen's Closet," 2:03:50: Sylas: I've been thinking about this moment for so long, I planned so many elaborate ways to torture you and tear you apart and-- Vex: Tell us about them.

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Molly's Death, C2E26, 3:57:23: Molly: [to Keg about an enemy] You got that one? [Alternatively: Molly: *spitting with blood*]

Caduceus's Death, C2E55, 58:30: Caduceus: Are we moving? [Unsure about this one since Tal doesn't RP talk a ton during combat, so this is from even BEFORE the break.]

Nott's Death, C2E83, 3:11:39: Nott: Teach me how to read and write. Just kidding, I'm very smart.

Fjord's Death, C2E98, 3:13:10: Fjord: Intruders!

Yasha's Death, C1E30, 4:03:00: Yasha: I am your champion. [This actually occurred in the episode BEFORE her death, which was episode 131. We're counting this since it was said before she failed her last death save, even though she was technically still up and moving.]

Jester's Death, C2E140, 2:22:55: Jester: Arty!

Caleb's Death, C2E140, 2:37:57: Caleb: You're killing her, you're killing her, you love her, you're killing her!

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Bertrand's Death, C3E3, 4:08:02: Bertrand: Lieve'tel...

Orym's Death, C3E33, 3:14:45: Otohan: We've met before. Orym: Yeah.

Fearne's Death, C3E33, 3:32:15: Fearne: Boy... that was a hell of a run.

Laudna’s Death, C3E33, 3:29:19:

Laudna: We’ve seen the leylines. I know where they’re converging.

[Another instance of last words spoken the episode BEFORE she actually died.]

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larathia · 3 years ago

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So I promised my n00b reactions...

Second Episode Drop!

Episode 4

* Holy crap. EVEN AFTER ALL THAT, Allura is giving them the benefit of the doubt. That is one kind lady. Of course, ‘the vampires’ side of the story’ isn’t a good thing.

* The book has to be soaked though?

* Guess not.

* Okay. The middle finger battle is cute.

* YEAH BACKSTORY TIME. Yes, Percy, whatever you are, they just needed to know who to kill. And possibly how. How would be very good.

* Everlight - curse? forsaken by the divine? Just a broken holy symbol?

* aaand suddenly I’m hoping the half elves aren’t going to try to break out WHILE the undead are trying to break in.

* This is so not the time to be without your cleric, guys.

* I don’t know what the fuck those things are but I’m really glad Keyleth can apparently create miniature suns.

* Damn. They really are one lucky bunch of adventurers.

* no, you need a cleric. She’s a great druid, but you need a god when you’re fighting shit like vampires.

Episode 5

Well. THEY got into trouble fast.

* You fuckwits thought you’d steal from a MAGIC SHOP? Man. Every time I think you’re SMARTER than a peanut.

* You guys owe Gilmore way, way more than you could possibly repay.

* Didn’t I see that in one of the Blade movies? Pretty sure I saw a pomeranian with a mouth like that.

* GodDAMN, Keyleth.

* ....you just tentacle-mouthfucked the bard, didn’t you. You did. And he liked it. Because of course he did.

* Ah. A dark version of the Everlight amulet. Gives me some idea what happened to Pike, at least.

* Awwww. Ship ahoy.

* Scanlan winning the monster stories with a sex story is ...par.

* Vex, are you upset that Vax likes a girl? You are. Wow. And here I thought your brother wasn’t a virgin.

* Do you honestly think something like the ‘sun tree’ wasn’t cut down by vampire lords? REally?

* They hung...people to substitute for you, as a kind of organic effigy thing? That’s weirdly artistic. I’m inclined to assume it’s some kind of spell, on that basis alone.

Episode 6

* There’s a Matt Mercer clone among the rebels. He’s definitely a - yep. Red shirt. Wow. Didn’t even last a whole typed sentence.

* “Little Percival, what have you become?” GOOD QUESTION, LADY.

* Druid + important dead tree = impending plot point...

* “Those were all bad ideas and you should all feel bad.” YES.

* I love how often this Uber Party of Awesome gets stymied by doors.

* Sometimes, you can just SEE the DM cutting the party some slack. Even if it is with a pisspot.

* SHIT. The names on Percy’s gun are not just for show? That’s...probably not good.

* Okay. No. When Percy’s glasses do the glow-in-the-dark-mirror thing WHAT ARE YOU? SERIOUSLY?

* Percy, the correct expression when told your sister lives is not “oh crap”.

* Oh. I guess it is.

#legend of vox machina #no DO NOT SPOIL ME #all questions are rhetorical #unless they don't matter to the plot

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wildmagicplant · 4 years ago

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i found some vox machina ficlets hanging out in my google drive and i’m never going to write the others (it was meant to be an exercise to get me to write more and i’m just not interested in that lol) so i’m tossing them up on here!

dialogue prompts from this post

Vax- “You found it on the beach? You know, when most people take a walk on the beach, they pick up seashells.”

“You found it on the beach? You know, when most people take a walk on the beach, they pick up seashells,” Vax deadpanned, staring at the horrifying corpse in front of them. When they’d followed the trail to a coastal town, he’d sort of hoped they could relax a little. He’d never really had a chance to spend a day at the beach, but he was pretty sure you weren’t supposed to fight deadly tentacle monsters.

Percy shrugged. “I was poking around, exploring, and something poked back. Besides, seashells are awfully ordinary as mementos.”

Wiping his hand on his pants, Scanlan said, “This seems pretty tacky to me, along with sticky, and disgusting… I could keep going,” he offered. They shook their heads. Vax took a moment to look over at his sister, and found her already settling back down against Trinket. Sometimes, he marvelled at how casual she could be. They’d just been surprised by a huge beast trying to-eat them, he supposed, but really who knew-and she’d been quick on the draw as ever, firing off arrows without even standing all the way up, and here she was, looking like she was about to fall asleep.

An idea sprang to mind. “Scanlan,” Vax whispered, moving a little closer to the gnome. “Would you help me play a prank on my sister?”

Before Scanlan could answer, a loud voice shouted, “Did we miss anything?” Vax turned to see Grog clomping his way back to them, far less impressive than usual, given that he seemed to be sliding in the sand. Pike was perched on his shoulders, wobbling to keep her balance, with an occasional hand from Keyleth, who was walking softly beside them.

Vax looked back at the tentacle monster corpse, and then shared a look with Percy and Scanlan. “Absolutely nothing,” he called back.

Grog- “Put the chicken down.”

Not much surprised Grog Strongjaw. Sure, sometimes he missed things that everyone else saw, and maybe sometimes they were a little important, but the big stuff? He was great at not being surprised when it counted. So walking into the dining room in the mansion to see Keyleth and one of Scanlan’s servants fighting over a full, cooked chicken was really fucking weird.

“Put the chicken down,” he said, striding toward them. Keyleth froze when he said it, and turned her head slowly to look at Grog. She didn’t let go of the chicken.

“Uh, hey, Grog, fancy seeing you here,” she said brightly. He didn’t understand why she said half the things she did, so he ignored it. The servant didn’t appear to have let go of the chicken either, which was also weird, since he was pretty sure Scanlan had said they had to listen to anyone in Vox Machina giving them orders. Maybe he had to be more specific, he thought.

“Servant,” Grog said, in his best commanding voice, “unhand that chicken.” It was pretty hard to see the servant’s eyes, being all see-through, but he swore it rolled his eyes at him. “Isn’t that supposed to work?” he asked Keyleth.

“I think it probably won’t listen if your orders conflict with someone else’s. Like Scanlan’s,” she added, and glared at the servant. It tugged on the chicken, and Keyleth barely avoided falling over. Grog chuckled.

“Wait, but why did Scanlan tell it not to let go of this chicken? Hang on, what do you want with the chicken? What’s so great about this chicken?”

Keyleth sighed. “I think Scanlan told them not to give me any chicken. I… may have tried to play a prank on him yesterday?” she said, not really looking at Grog. “He, um, said it was ‘the worst excuse for a prank he’d ever seen’ and he was insulted, and… I think this is him trying to teach me what a good prank is.”

Grog laughed. “Okay, but it’s pretty good. You’re playing tug-of-war! With a chicken! It looks pretty stupid.” Keyleth looked a little sad, but she’d get over it. Still, maybe he could help. “Here,” he said, and grabbed the chicken out of their combined hands. “Ta-dah, now you don’t have to worry about it. How about you go tell Scanlan, ‘haha, very funny, great prank,’ he gives up, and I get to eat this chicken. Sound good?”

She looked a little skeptical, but Keyleth sighed again, and said, “Thanks, Grog. Good idea.” Of course it was, he thought. Why didn’t they all see that he was clearly the most logical one in the group? Shrugging, Grog left the kitchen again, and went to settle down for a nice midnight snack.

Scanlan- “I don’t really think of myself as a thief…”

“You really make a shit thief, you know,” Vax said, materializing out of nowhere as he was annoyingly prone to doing. Scanlan resisted the urge to jump.

“I don’t really think of myself as a thief… more of a liberator,” he explained, turning the gem over in his hands. What if it did something really cool? Percy would probably want to examine it, he thought scornfully. As if he knew anything about magic.

“Well, that’s your first problem, there,” Vax replied. He seemed cheerful, or at least as cheerful as anyone wearing what looked like a goth feather duster could. “If you’re going to steal stuff, you’ve gotta be honest about it. Then you can get better.”

Scanlan snorted. “Aren’t you the one trying to be all holy and righteous? Maybe you should try the whole ‘being honest’ thing.” If only there was some way to tell what kind of magic was on this stone. He could feel it giving off energy, there was no doubt there, but what did it do?

Shrugging, Vax said, “I mean, sure, I’m trying to be “all holy and righteous” but I’m still a thief. It’s what I do. I’m just saying, if you ever want a lesson, I’d be happy to teach you.” Scanlan finally looked up at that. Vax looked genuine, but-

“I don’t need lessons! I do just fine on my own, thank you very much.” Scanlan huffed, and turned away. Something clinked lightly on to the ground in front of him.

As Scanlan reached down to pick up his own money pouch, Vax said, “Are you sure?” He didn’t give Vax the satisfaction of looking back.

#critrole #cr1 #ficlets #critical role #vox machina #my stuff

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eponymous-rose · 8 years ago

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Weird request, but you summarize stuff. I've only caught a few episodes of Critical Role but am curious about Kima and Allura. What's the story there? Don't worry about spoilers, I'm never gonna get caught up on this show anyway, but I am curious!

Oh gosh! Okay. This actually dovetails nicely with some logistical stuff I need to figure out for reasons, so hey, here’s my really long-winded summary (and other folks, please chime in if I get something wrong, there’s a lot of ground to cover here ranging from pre-series to right up where we are now):

So, basically, Allura (human wizard) and Kima (halfling paladin of Bahamut) were part of the same adventuring party, and their exploits culminated in a big ol’ boss battle fifteen years before the start of Critical Role against an ancient red dragon named Thordak. Their party managed to seal Thordak in the Elemental Plane of Fire, but in the process three members of their party were killed (Sirus, Dohla, and Ghenn), leaving only Kima, Allura, and their elementalist friend Drake Thunderbrand standing at the end of it.

In the wake of the battle, the three of them went their separate ways, despite the romantic relationship that had developed between Kima and Allura. Allura accepted an offer to become a member of the Council of Tal’Dorei in the capital city of Emon, but Kima wasn’t exactly keen on a political position and traveled north to the holy city of Vasselheim instead, where she worked with Highbearer Vord, the leader of the Order of Bahamut. Kima mentions in early episodes of the show that she and Allura would still try to meet up every few months for drinks, but their lives were pulling them in different directions.

Matt’s made it pretty clear that Allura still spent a lot of time thinking about Kima during those years---in his playlist he posted way back in 2015, he says of Allura: “So long as protecting the realm means protecting this one person, then all the toil and challenge is worth it.” Kima also wound up struggling a lot with her faith in the wake of all the evils she’d seen, and frequently butted heads with Highbearer Vord and the more straitlaced folks she worked with.

Fast-forward fifteen years, when Kima starts to get visions of a terrible evil brewing under the dwarven city of Kraghammer and rushes in half-cocked. Allura starts to get worried after several weeks pass with no word and hires a group of adventurers that she’s worked with in the past to go find Kima---the adventurers, of course, are Vox Machina, and this push was the impetus for the first on-stream plot arc of the show.

Vox Machina manage to get Kima out of a bad situation in the Underdark, and then they all wind up embroiled in a conflict against a particularly corrupted beholder named K’Varn, who’s managed to get his hands (eye-tentacles?) on a Horn of Orcus and is sort of chilling with his mind flayer pals as a lowkey champion of the god of undeath, which is not fantastic. VM kill K’Varn, and together with Kima (who’d been turned to stone by a basilisk, thus beginning her longstanding pattern of bad luck on missions involving VM) just barely manage to escape via teleportation circle back to Emon.

After a Weekend-at-Bernie’s-esque pub crawl with Kima still in stone form, the party finally manages to restore her, and they all head over to explain the events to Allura. Allura is delighted to see Kima again, and they have a tearful reunion. Kima does travel with VM back to Vasselheim to seal the Horn of Orcus in the Platinum Sanctuary (a temple of Bahamut), leaving Allura in Emon. VM eventually moves on to the next plot, leaving Kima in Vasselheim.

Once VM finishes dealing with the next major arc of the show, the end result is a tiny floating, spinning ball in a forgotten ziggurat under the human city of Whitestone that also happens to nullify all magic for a wide radius in its vicinity. You know, your standard everyday stuff. Completely out of their depths, they ask Allura to travel to Whitestone and check it out while they return home to Emon, a decision that possibly winds up saving her life.

Allura heads to Whitestone and brings Drake Thunderbrand on board to evaluate the situation with the orb. When some of her arcane connections with cities across Tal’Dorei start to go dark, she heads back to Emon to report in to VM at their Keep just outside the city and figure out what the heck’s going on.

She and Drake arrive to find the party in the middle of a very serious argument, on the verge of an all-out brawl, over a magical skull housing some sort of entity that claims to be able to grant any wish. Why is a wish particularly tempting right now? Oh hey, turns out four ancient chromatic dragons, the Chroma Conclave (excellent 80s band name), just attacked Emon, killed most of the Tal’Dorei Council, made a beeline for and destroyed Allura’s home, and are spreading out to destroy most bastions of civilization across the continents of Tal’Dorei and Wildmount. When VM reveals that the leader of the group was Thordak, the same dragon that Allura and Drake barely survived sealing in the Plane of Fire, Allura is in shock.

Allura and Drake head out to the ruins of the Cobalt Reserve in Westruun to try and find some information that could help them defeat the Conclave. VM eventually make their way to Vasselheim in search of allies, and are startled to discover that the city is unaware of the devastation happening across the ocean. When Kima finds out about the destruction of Emon, she’s frantic and her first thought is to find a way to get to Allura. VM manage to assure her that Allura is as safe as anyone can be right now, and Kima joins them on their disastrous journey to the sunken tomb, where they face another beholder and Kima is nearly killed by a long fall in the battle. In the aftermath, she makes her way with the party back to Whitestone, and finds out for the first time that the leader of the Conclave is indeed Thordak---the news puts her into an uncharacteristic state of panic.

While VM travels around in search of ancient weapons to help defeat the Conclave, Allura eventually turns up in Whitestone, which has become the unofficial seat of a new war council. By the time VM shows up again, having killed one member of the Conclave, Kima and Allura are both there to greet them. At this point, the two of them have moved into a house in Whitestone together (there’s a cute moment where Vex knocks on Allura’s door early in the morning and Kima answers it in a too-big nightshirt) and are helping to coordinate studies of the orb under Whitestone as well as the defense of the city itself, once it becomes clear that forces are amassing there. Kima takes out a would-be assassin who comes after them in their home (part of an elaborate rakshasa revenge plot; Gilmore pulps his assassin, it’s a whole thing).

Kima winds up accompanying VM on their mission to Draconia to kill Vorugal, a member of the Conclave, and discovers before leaving that another member of the Conclave, Raishan, has been (in disguise) in Whitestone for some time, that she knows all of their secrets and could wipe out the last form of resistance in an instant, and that the party has worked out a very shaky secret deal with her, since it turns out they all want to kill Thordak. Despite Scanlan’s attempts to modify her memory to make her forget this revelation, Kima knows about the infiltration, and agrees to move forward with the plan regardless. The party manages to kill Vorugal and return back to Whitestone, at which point Raishan’s identity is revealed, for better or worse, to the entire war council.

Kima and Allura go to Fort Daxio to help coordinate troops for a final push against Thordak, who has settled down over the city of Emon and is slowly shaping the land into some sort of super-evil volcano. As you do. At Fort Daxio, Gatekeeper Xanthas, a former ally from Emon, reveals himself to have switched allegiances to work with Thordak, and manages to cast a Feeblemind spell on Allura. VM shows up in time to take Xanthas out and reverse the effects of the spell, at which point an extremely shaken Kima and Allura have their first “on-screen” kiss.

After Thordak is defeated, and Raishan escapes an attack from VM in the immediate aftermath of the battle, Kima and Allura accompany VM to Raishan’s hideout on the Island of Viscan, which once served as the home base of long-dead necromancer Opash. After some shenanigans with gravity-reversal and a whole lot of undead bodies, the party battles Raishan, with both Allura and Kima coming very close to death in the fight. In the aftermath, the party tries to escape the island with their dead and wounded... and discovers when their first spell fails that this island has some defenses in place against transportation magic.

Allura eventually manages to put down a teleportation circle and step through, but Kima hangs back a second, telling VM that something looks off about the circle. Before anyone can decide what to do, Kima resolutely steps through after Allura, and they both vanish. Keyleth manages to scry on them and discovers that they’ve landed in open ocean somewhere, which is bad news if you happen to be in full plate armor, like Kima. Through a complete fluke of a dice-roll (natural 20 on a perception check), Keyleth manages to spot them from the beach---swimming in the wrong direction and already exhausted---and Vex shoots out after them on her broom.

She grabs Allura, Allura grabs Kima, and bookish-wizard Allura, zero-strength-modifier Allura manages to roll a natural 20 on her strength check to hang on to Kima until they get to safety.

In the aftermath, Allura and Kima are helping to put things back in order in Emon, ensuring together that more shadowy organizations like the Clasp don’t make too much of a bid for power in the chaos. When VM heads out on their next adventure, Kima makes sure to tell them that if they see Highbearer Vord, they should just pretend they haven’t seen her; she’s staying with Allura.

#critical role///#critical role spoilers///#dang there's a lot of this show i mean there is a *lot* of this show #this is one subplot that's going on among NPCs in the background #long text post #Anonymous

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tiamat-zx · 7 years ago

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Critical Role Chapter 1 Recap

I was inspired to write this by the pre-stream recap that was first seen in Episode 36. Hope you like it, as I’ve decided to write it in a similar fashion. And I might do this for the other chapters as well, if you guys want it.

Chapter 1 covers Episodes 1-16.

Across the realm of Exandria, there exists a legendary band of adventurers who time and time again risked life and death to ensure the survival of the realm. That band was called Vox Machina. Many know of their humble beginnings, but there is still more to tell.

Upon arriving at the dwarven city of Kraghammer in search of the missing paladin of Bahamut, Lady Kima of Vord, the party samples the culture of the city and its inhabitants, managing to annoy several of its guards in the process. Nevertheless, they set off to inquire with the owner of the mithral quarry, Lord Nostoc Greyspine. After dealing with a hideous abomination of a naga, he reveals that Kima had descended deep into the mines months ago and has not been seen since. He says that he will pay the party handsomely for ridding Kraghammer of the strange creatures that hinder his work. The party agrees to the contract and the next day they enter the mines.

During their investigation, they find their way into a tunnel not shown on the map they were handed, and after traversing it and finding themselves inside the Underdark, they are ambushed by two umberhulks in addition to duergar and a brain-like creature they never encountered before. During the battle, Grog is attacked by the creature and is rendered unconscious. An interrogation of the only surviving duergar reveals to the party Kima's whereabouts in addition to a mysterious entity named K'Varn. After finishing her off and managing to restore Grog, the party finds their way through a goblinoid village, all of its inhabitants dead with puncture wounds on their heads and their brains absent.

Pressing on, Scanlan scouts ahead of the party and finds himself in a warcamp filled with duergar. He then finds several dwarven miners held captive... and a strange humanoid creature with writhing tentacles surrounding its mouth. After witnessing a horrific execution of one of the miners at the hands of the creature, Scanlan escapes and informs the party of his findings. A plan is set into motion to get as many enemies out of the warcamp as possible and have them plummet into the nearby chasm. The plan is put into action and all goes well until Vax finds himself stunned by the tentacled creature, now known as an "illithid" or "mindflayer". Tiberius reacts quickly and manages to save him and the magic carpet. In the midst of their debate as to where to go next, Vex and Keyleth steal the carpet and descend into the chasm, and during their search they come across another illithid. They inquire with him, saying that they can help him achieve revenge for being outcast from his home. The creature agrees to the offer, and introduces himself as Clarota.

Returning to the group, Clarota tells his story of his exile from his colony, located deeper within the Underdark. He had been "cursed" with the ability to use arcane magic, which went against the ways of his people. Some time after he was cast out, he had discovered that his people and the "elder brain" of the colony were enslaved by K'Varn and now have an alliance with the duergar. After some deliberation, Vox Machina agrees to aid him in destroying K'Varn and freeing his people. During this time, Pike manages to reunite with the group and they manage to come up with a daring plan to infiltrate the barracks, find the illithid and the duergar general, and cut off the source of the army's morale. A tense battle follows, which is made even more dire with the surprise appearance of a bulette. Despite this setback, the party is victorious as the general is interrogated. He informs the group of the Emberhold fortress and that Kima is being held hostage inside, after which he is executed by Clarota.

A daring escape follows which almost ends up killing some of the group. Nevertheless, despite dealing with more surprises, the party finds their way to the Emberhold and manages to locate Lady Kima. After a tense confrontation, Kima and Clarota form a temporary truce and, with the party's assistance, they storm the throne room to do battle with King Murghol. In the midst of the fray as the king is slain by Scanlan, Grog is dominated and abducted by Queen Ulara. The party is forced to flee as the fortress becomes flooded with magma. Managing to find shelter, after a tense confrontation with Keyleth, Kima reveals why she came to Kraghammer: to find an evil artifact known as the horn of Orcus and to either destroy it or retrieve it so that the Tal'Dorei Council can decide what to do with it.

After traversing through a sea of glass and bone, which had fit the description of such a sea in one of Pike's visions, the party finds Ulara's campsite and they manage to free Grog. Ulara is beaten and suddenly possessed by K'Varn, who taunts the group and invites them to the colony of Yug'Voril. A scrying ritual by Keyleth soon reveals the true identity of K'Varn: that he is a powerful creature known as a beholder and that the horn is attached to him, thus amplifying his already fearsome power. The party makes their way to the top of the illithid temple which houses the elder brain and they begin their assault. Despite Grog's life being lost temporarily, K'Varn is slain but he rises once more due to the power of the horn. But even that is not enough as he is slain once again and the horn is removed. The party is given no chance to rest, however, as the illithid colony enters the temple and the elder brain is now free. Clarota is accepted back into the colony, but then he turns on the party now that their usefulness is no more. After a fierce struggle, the party manages to escape thanks to Tiberius's teleportation circle and they emerge in Emon, finally out of the Underdark and back to the surface.

The following day, the party brings Kima to Allura Vysoren, the two women happily reunited, and then they inquire with their fellow council members about what to do regarding the horn. It is eventually decided that the horn be sent to the city of Vasselheim where it will be sealed for all eternity. After gathering the supplies needed, and being reunited by one of their long-lasting friends, the glorious Shaun Gilmore, the party boards the skyship Deera, helmed by Captain Damon. Despite an ambush by wyvern-riding pirates, the party arrives after several days and are immediately taken aback by how different the culture in Vasselheim is. Making their way to the Platinum Sanctuary, they inquire with High Bearer Vord about the method that will be used to seal away the horn of Orcus. The party then traverses underground towards their destination, dealing with traps and phase spiders along the way, and ultimately succeed in making sure the horn is secured and subsequently locked away. After the deed is done, the party says their farewells to Lady Kima and subsequently to one of their own as outside of Vasselheim, an ancient temple of Sarenrae was said to have been recently discovered. Pike takes it upon herself to remain in the temple and assist in the restoration, and says her goodbyes to Vox Machina for the time being.

And from there, the legend of Vox Machina continues to be written...

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Confusion

Anonymous asked: How many times has Matt said something along the lines of "very confused"?

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Updated through Episode 79.

01 Arrival at Kraghammer

(0:26:48) [Adra] is staring, confused, at you.

(1:01:44) [Trinket] looks at you, confused

(1:19:01) Trinket, the little mouse face, the moment you see it, looks very confused, very scared.

(1:21:00) You are very confused-Trinket now has no armor, a slightly different shade.

02 Into the Greyspine Mines

(1:52:44) You feel this strange wave of just mental confusion hit over your head… The wave of confusion takes hold over your brain.

(2:12:27) There’s a tiny little snail on the ground that’s looking very confused. Very- very confused. Which is ironic for an Umber Hulk to be confused.

06 Breaching the Emberhold

(1:18:14) You guys are both standing at the top of the wall with both of the duergar - one kind of facing away, one looking really surprised at the fact that you guys both appeared there. You have a surprise round.

(1:34:28) Scanlan: But is he confused? Matt: A little bit, but not enough to not be loading his crossbow for a second shot

07 The Throne Room

(0:59:49) .. a dagger comes swinging out from behind the doorway, stabs him in the other shoulder. You see he looks down at it confused for a second as that dagger vanishes in a puff of dark smoke, returning to your belt.

(2:38:25) However all the duergar that are ready to strike as soon as you burst through take a step back looking extremely confused about what's going on.

08 Glass and Bone

(2:07:56) The tentacle starts slapping around its body and it kind of looks confused. It’s not enough to really do any damage, but it just looks unsure as to why its having a hard time controlling its own limbs.

(2:15:08) Sure. [Kima’s] currently held kind of held aloft by this vine that’s kind of like strapped her to this. She's looking confused, like kind of thankful, but also wants to be let go.

09 Yug’voril Uncovered

(0:52:36) [Queen Ulara] looks at you with this look of confusion and completely off-guard frustration…

(0:56:42) As he rushes toward you ... Scanlan (singing) Oh, don't hit me! Matt :.. he stops for a second, confused but he puts the warpick down for a second like ... Duergar: Wait, wait, alright. Grrrr. You gnome!

(0:59:20) ...and the mind flayer for a second looks confused before across the way to wherever it came from and sees nothing.

(1:00:42) The first blow hits the war pick, knocking it out of his hands. He looks over confused at you as the second blast hits him right in the side of the face, completely destroying this side of his head entirely.

10 K’varn Revealed

(0:59:25) As Scanlan grabs you and holds you for a second - for a moment you're confused and you hear that strange shrieking moan in the distance then suddenly the darkness gives way to this flash of purple arcane energy and the two of you- POOF- fall a few inches into hard wood and you feel the boat rock for a second as you're now outside in the boat being tugged by Keyleth the shark.

11 The Temple Showdown

(0:21:21) You get about a third of the way through wrapping the rope around his body. He kind of just sits there looking confused at you, his jaw a little slack as you continue to wrap....

(1:13:13) The big eye squints in confusion at the tiny thing, and just keeps licking the remnants of beef jerky off his fingers.

(2:24:59) Vex: Oh, my gosh, Tiny, you're tiny! Matt: The most confused looking mouse you've ever seen, if there could be an expression of "what the f***" on a mouse, it’s on that one.

(2:35:46) If a bear could have an expression- it would be bewilderment, confusion, and slowly trickling into joy.

(3:49:30) Tiberius: Quickly...and I get their attention. Matt: And they stop and look up at you with a look of confusion... Tiberius: Look. I took the form of one of your own... Matt: [skeptically] Make a persuasion roll... OK. Sam: You've stumped him. Matt: There's a really really really fine line here. Two of them kind of look at each other confused and look back...

13 Escape from the Underdark

(1:00:04) Vex: I'm going to put Hunter's Mark on... the one attacking Scanlan. Matt: OK. Taliesin: Not on Scanlan, on the one attacking Scanlan. Matt: Oh right, sorry. [General laughter and cross-talk from everyone] Matt: [Going with the joke] In the confusion ... no.

(2:58:35) [Kima] steps back for a second, confused and looks over her shoulder at you.

14 Shopping and Shipping

(1:33:20) Grog: Lady Kima, do the gods allow you to have, ahhm, relationships? Matt: Kima, you ask this and she kind of gives you a look of confusion and then, I mean she already has kind of a darker complexion for a halfling, but her cheeks grow noticeably ruddier, and she kind of averts her gaze.

15 Skyward

(1:26:40) Scanlan: Captain Damon, just morbid curiosity. Are you married, do you have a steady girl ...? Matt: He looks at you with surprise, confusion, worry ... shakes his head out of misunderstanding. Captain Damon: What? Scanlan: Never mind, we'll talk later. Captain Damon: Alright. Matt: He looks entirely side-blasted by that. He was not expecting that question. Nothing negative - just really confused.

(2:20:50) The wyvern SHWOOP turns into a bunny rabbit from underneath its rider and goes EEEEP plop and plummets. The rider which WEUAGHH and begins to fall as well immediately tossing a grappling hook as it falls.

(3:22:40)The wyvern who's still clamped down on your body - your hear an audible HARUUM??? and as its tail swings towards you it just hits the ground next to you slamming into the wood - entirely distracted by your lack of fear and display of beautiful musical voice.

16 Enter Vasselheim

(0:37:33) Scanlan: I am Ioun stone bearer Scanlan. [laughter] Matt: He cocks his head curiously. […] Grog: I have a beard. [laughter] Matt: He gives you the most curious look of all, which is hard to follow off of Scanlan over here.

(0:42:01) Tiberius: I cast alter self real quick and I turn myself into I believe gold - 'cause that's the red equivalent of red on the metallic scale. Matt: He gives you a curious look and goes…

(2:37:11) Both of these spiders stop in place looking severely messed up and damaged and just kind of hold their ground looking very confused.

17 Hubris

(1:20:06) A curious look comes across the bookie's face

18 Trial of the Take Part 1

(2:06:14) With this look of confusion, this orc, who is trying to do the bidding of this gnome…

19 Trial of the Take Part 2

(0:22:28) It kind of looks at you with confusion, frustration, and, ‘How could you?!’ It’s incredulous in its torturous pain.

(0:22:45) Lyra: My cat is your friend. Matt: It’s head turns even further to the side, as its tongue lolls out where its cheek was.

(0:31:41) They both kind of look at the group in confusion.

(0:33:24) They kind of look at Grog, confused.

(1:56:22) The dragon turns its head to side for a moment, with a glance of confusion and almost amusement that you speak up to it in such a disrespectful manner.

20 Trial of the Take Part 3

(1:47:26) He gives you a look of confusion for a second.

22 AraMente to Pyrah

(0:24:21) There’s a brief moment where [Osysa] kind of just gives you this keen look, head to the side, like a curious creature.

(0:31:00) Vex: Can [Osysa] see through our eyes now? Matt: [Vanessa] kind of gives you a curious look.

23 The Rematch

(0:25:30) You see a couple of people knocked flat on their ass, heads shaking like, “What just happened?!”

25 Crimson Diplomacy

(0:32:05) On the stairs, you can see, looking jarred and confused, a human woman, brown hair, freckles, kind of mousy looking servant.

26 Consequences and Cows

(0:54:40) Sure. In the tension of the room, the slow, droning hum of the gnome, which you can notice, some of the guards kind of look at each other, confused.

28 The Sun Tree

(1:34:34) You hear, in the distance, an echoing sound go, “Yeeeaaaah!” Formless, sourceless, you stand confused for a moment, and continue to try and stealth.

(2:33:11) They turn away dumbfounded that you would walk into Whitestone.

29 Whispers

(2:39:00) [Kerrion and Vouk] both turn, completely caught off guard by this.

(2:47:17) [A dominated guard] pulls his heavy crossbow out, loads it, and aims it towards you, then *whoosh* trains it on his boss. Sir Kerrion looking confused by this whole circumstance.

(3:03:27) Sir Kerrion looks down, then is kinda like, looking very curiously [at peasant-Percy].

(3:12:03) You take your d10 of inspiration, confused, but accept the inspiration.

(3:36:15) All right, he seems momentarily confused before the blow of the..

31 Gunpowder Plot

(p1. 0:42:31) [Duke Vedmeyer] looks confused for a second and rears back to try to attack [Bigby’s Hand].

32 Against the Tide of Bone

(0:55:12) And at that point he takes a deep breath for a second, and turns over and is now in a sitting position, breathing heavily, looking around himself, confused.

(3:17:41) Scanlan: We are...ninjas. Matt: [Gloria] looks very confused at you.

(3:31:44) Grog: I f***in’ bite into the meat of my hand ‘cause I see what she’s trying to do. Matt: Ok, she kind of *looks confused and disturbed* Gloria: What’s wrong with you?! Grog: Oh no, some nice type AB, right here, on-tap! Matt: She tilts her head curiously, disgusted and disturbed by this display- very confused.

33 Reunions

(p1. 1:23:07) [Anders] looks surprised, angered, and very very confused about the way things suddenly happened.

(p1. 1:54:34) Keyleth: I want to wrap [Grasping Vine] around Cassandra’s feet, like her ankle. And I want to pull her to me. Matt: You pull her over to the side. She gets pulled across the ground, and she’s on her back now. Her eyes are a little starry-eyed. [She] looks very confused.

(p2. 0:55:36) Cassandra looks around, very confused for a second.

34 Race to the Ziggurat

(0:35:56) It’s a very strange visual, and you’re very confused momentarily.

(2:36:11) [Delilah] is very confused for a second...

35 Denouement

(p1. 0:46:14) [Delilah’s] eyes dart around, in fear. You can see that her makeup is running down her cheeks from her own lamenting over Sylas’ loss, and the confusion of the ritual.

36 Winter’s Crest in Whitestone

(0:36:21) Marisha: Well, Keyleth is confused as to why everyone’s avoiding each other.

37 A Musician’s Nostalgia

(1:14:06) [Desmond’s] wide-eyed and so confused and overwhelmed by everything that’s happening…

(1:38:45) He seems to be bewildered, fearful, and not holding back any information.

(2:45:33) …and they both kind of step out, confounded.

38 Echoes of the Past

(0:19:47)…and he looks for a moment, almost in disappointment and confusion.

39 Omens

(0:09:26) She left…frustrated and confused, and hasn’t been seen since.

(0:53:37) Pike, uh…who currently is confused by the circumstances that have currently happened….

(0:54:01) She’s very, very…kind of worried and confused by the circumstance…

(2:57:42) The rest of Dr. Dranzel’s troupe arroves, kind of looking a little bit frazzled, a little confused.

(2:58:40) Dranzel: We’re sorry for any confusion, misunderstandings, and general debauchery.

40 Desperate Measures

(2:24:42) At this point, as you guys are having this conversation, and you guys are darting out; Vax, you stop, as coming down the stairs from the main floor is Ervin: frazzled, but still as put together the well as he can.

41 In Ruins

(1:38:34) They look down at this tiny, armored gnome that just knocked half their life out of their body, with a bit of confusion, worry, and a respect in a weird way. Well done, gnome!

42 Dangerous Dealings

(1:47:59) It’s confused and figuring out what’s…why is it doing this...

43 Return to Vasselheim

(3:23:43) [Groon] cocks his head like a confused puppy for a second.

45 Those Who Walk Away…

(2:07:38) As you [activate the crystal], Trinket gives a confused look…

(2:08:24) [Trinket’s] standing there, really confused.

46 Cindergrove Revisited

(2:25:21) It’s currently being surrounded by swirl of Hex shadow, and looking around, very confused, and wondering why he got up in the morning.

47 The Family Business

(0:24:20) You can see the few straggler Pyrah tribal members that come in, looking about surprised and bewildered and some of them a little freaked out by this transdimensional space they just stepped into, Tardis-style.

(0:31:22) Trinket comes along with you, in a very confused manner, attempts train with you for a short time.

49 A Name is Earned

(1:02:32) They’re all confused by the moment of the suddenly-disappearing hamster wheel…

(1:24:44) If you’ve ever seen an earth elemental go ‘Err?’” (makes a confused face)

51 Test of Pride

(0:08:01) At which point, Dranzel, whose face has fallen into a look of absolute fear and despair to confusion to mild frustration.

(0:13:47) They both stop and go, ’Uhhhh… are you seein’ what I’m seein’?’

52 The Kill Box

(0:16:33) The individuals in the center of the square start looking around confused, not knowing where it came from.

(2:53:35) There’s this tribal tension, this cultural tension that only exists within the initial herd, and has only been recently adopted by the Rivermaw that were absorbed by the herd and are still kinda confused by [the exchange between Grog, Greenbeard and Zanror].

54 In the Belly of the Beast

(0:13:20) Two folks in particular, they both little confused, by your overall design, kind of waiting for you to lead them in a specific direction.

(0:53:57) Travis/Grog: I’m a pick a number between 1 and 10…Ready, Go! Matt: There is an awkward pause.

(1:07:10) He seems a little malnourished and a little confused, but nothing sets you off as untrustworthy.

61 Denizens of the Moonbrush

(0:11:05) ...and Keyleth, kind pulled back, looking shocked and confused.

63 The Echo Tree

(2:42:29 ) As you tear into its body using the tree stride to kinda open it up, it looks down, confused…

64 The Frigid Doom

(0:09:03) Matt: Percy and Grog, you are very confused how you got here, and not quite sure why nothing has happened since you gathered here as friends.

65 The Streets of Ank’Harel

(1:25:33) They look confused and slightly scared at their table.

(2:23:08) The both seem confused, but also enamored with this tiny man who’s talking to them.

(2:23:48) Random teenager: I’m sorry, I’m confused?

66 A Traveler’s Gamble

(2:24:10) Some folks kinda give you an odd look to the side, a sideways glance as you step around.

(2:39:30) … and stare directly into the rhino-like helmet on your forehead, and just seem confused and lose interest very quickly.

69 Passed Through Fire

(0:14:41) Kynan: …just know that I’ve been very confused.

(2:30:57) Jarrett: You confuse me, gnome!

70 Trust

(1:02:54) Sam/Scanlan: Yeah Boiiiiiii! Matt: Raishan looks very confused.

(2:51:21) Kima: I’m very confused right now.

(2:52:14) Mind you, [Kynan] just seems largely confused and doesn’t seem to know what’s going on.

71 Vorugal

(1:39:00) Kima: I am so confused right now.

72 The Elephant in the Room

(0:37:19) [The Ravenites] all just kinda look confused at each other...

(0:39:30) One of them was going for the tree and stops, and then looks very confused at the tree that wasn’t piercing inside the dragon, but seems rooted in it.

73 The Coming Storm

(0:00:29) For those who don’t recognize my costume, you’re very confused...

(1:13:52) [Simon] leaps from your hand to his, kinda swirls down his arm, and [Kynan] kinda looks confused for a second as it wraps around him.

74 The Path of Brass

(0:45:20) You can see [General Ellie’s] expression drop a little bit into a curled eyebrow of confusion.

77 Clash at Daxio

(1:03:18) The wyvern pulls back its head, confused, and the jaws snap shut.

(1:32:10) She looks down, confused and angry at this fist that kind of turns into a middle finger immediately.

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