#jester/calianna

[quinn-of-aebradore]

CR Non-Endgame Ships Round 1

Jester/Calianna art by @crayfishcoffee

Beau/Astrid art by @lorn-art

Rules, paraments and voting links here

[pocketgalaxies]

"oh i'm going to write just the LONGEST letter back to calianna. since this one is FOUR pages long, i'm going to write her back SIX pages!"

"oh. i've never had a pen pal before, do they escalate?"

"it does if you're pen pals with ME!"

[critter-genfic-events]

This week, we have ten fics that focus on dreams. Pleasant dreams, prophetic dreams, and quite a few nightmares - not to mention the Dream Spell - are mentioned here! Check them out under the cut!

Burden of Guilt by popsicletheduck (2714,Teen) Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Pairings:

Percy's made some mistakes in his life, alright? He knows this. It'd be nice if his subconscious stopped bringing it up.

Reccer says: Percy makes a great whump subject

Dreaming Down Deep by Angel Ascending (angel_in_ink) (4478,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings:

What if Caduceus met Fjord's patron and was just both mildly clueless and very polite about the whole thing?

Reccer says: Galaxy brain concept and wonderful delivery - Ukotoa's tricks just do not work on Caduceus, but Fjord's angst in the second chapter is delicious

and we still had hours by poppyseedheart (13995,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings:

In his own dreams, Caleb's back is usually ramrod straight the way it was in his youth. In his waking hours, his beggar’s hunch is practiced, intentional. Whatever he’s doing now, all neutral spine and open hands, is something different altogether.

Reccer says: Well characterized all around and amazing

she dreams of chromatic dragons by mavnificent (791,General) Warnings: Pairings:

Cali dreams of chromatic dragons and they aren’t always vicious or greedy the way they’re supposed to be. That’s how she knows she's dreaming.

Reccer says: There really should be more Calianna fics in the world, but this is a great one that takes into her Cult Deprogramming

A Nice Dream for Yasha by FeralScribe (4262,General) Warnings: Major Canonical Character Death Pairings: Mollymauk Tealeaf & Yasha

A dear friend makes sure that Yasha's dreams take her somewhere pleasant for once. The problem arises when Yasha doesn't want to leave.

Reccer says: I love Yasha and Molly's friendship and this is so painful

may your princes understand you (may your wolves get out alive) by grayintogreen (6427,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings:

An archfey traps Jester in a dream world. Artagan and an unlikely ally rescue her.

Reccer says: I liked it

However Long Forever's Gonna Last by elissastillstands (15557,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings:

Opal begins having dreams about Zerxus as she and the Crownkeepers continue their journey.

Reccer says: A beautiful story that fits perfectly into canon as a canon divergent fic. It makes you wish and hope for a better ending for Opal and Zerxus.

a god awful shitty feeling of dread in my heart by pigflight (2106,General) Warnings: None Pairings: Delilah Briarwood & Imogen Temult

In which holding hands with Laudna brings someone into Imogen's dream, even if it isn't the someone she was hoping for.

Reccer says: Imogen and Delilah and Imogen is able to go off? Yes please. A wonderfully threatening Delilah, too

What Grows From The Heart Is All The Stronger by Angel Ascending (angel_in_ink) (1340,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: Fearne Calloway & Orym

All seeds need good soil in which to grow.

Reccer says: I liked it

The Heart External by BeatriceEagle (103670,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: Beau & Caleb, Beau and Bren, Caleb and Bren, Beau and OMC, Caleb and OMC; background Beau/Yasha and Caleb/Essek

Six months ago, Beau adopted a teenager who loves the Cobalt Soul, but can't stand her. Ten minutes ago, Caleb accidentally summoned his own teenage self into his living room.

Reccer says: There's so much insight into and compassion towards all of the characters here. The ultimate resolutions for each of them feel hard-won and satisfying.

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[keyleth-clay]

Happy pride month, everyone! To celebrate, I decided to make a whole bunch of character pride icons!

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜Part 2: The Mighty Nein (+ my favourite C2 guest characters)❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Canon identities where applicable, and my personal headcanons/interpretations to fill in the gaps. Click the alt text for the name of each flag, if there's any that you're unfamiliar with. All character art by Ariana Orner. Feel free to use; credit isn't necessary, but I won't say no if you want to give it!

[critter-rarepair-reccs]

Hello bees! I hope the month has started well for you all. This week, we have ten different fics that feature various rarepairs which include everyone's favorite little blue tiefling, Jester Lavorre! As always, you can find them below the cut and if you check any of them out, I encourage you to leave kudoes and comments to spread the rarepair love 💕

Wildflowers Treat #1 (for Capitola) by Demenior (8,827 words, Explicit) Pairing: Artagan/Fjord/Jester Lavorre Warnings: None

Fjord, Artagan, and Jester have ritualized sex together where they roleplay Jester is a goddess.

Reccer Says: Equally sexy and funny with fantastic characterization and interesting implications (spoilers!). Make sure to check the tags to see if it's something you're interested in.

all actions and reactions by grayintogreen (2,879 words, General) Pairing: Astrid Beck/Jester Lavorre (Jestrid) Warnings: None

Astrid sets out on a quest to find who is buying all of her favorite pastries. This is a normal thing to want and possible to achieve.

Reccer Says: Very cute and fun!

Not In All My Dreams by sociallychallengednerd (4,503 words, Teen) Pairing: Jester Lavorre/Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast (Widojessek) Warnings: None

Caleb meets established Essek/Jester as a repairman. The three crush on each other and we see their relationship develop over real and fake emergencies.

Reccer Says: Very cute - ADORABLE even!

all's well that ends well (to end up with you) by pigflight (2,891 words, General) Pairing: Jester Lavorre/Beauregard Lionett (Beaujes) Warnings: None

Beau and Jester talk about Reani, and Reani and Beau's relationship. A getting together fic!

Reccer Says: Cute!

the little death, or, the skipping of a heartbeat when you smile by celebreultimaverba (2,802 words, Teen) Pairing: Jester Lavorre/Caleb Widogast (Widojes) Warnings: None

Jester keeps trying to seduce Caleb, but they laugh together too much to actually have sex. Jester is determined to find a way to sleep with him.

Reccer Says: This is very sweet and made me laugh as well! The relationship is so fulfilling and fantastic.

young blood, stand and deliver by thatsparrow (2,175 words, General) Pairing: Jester Lavorre/Beauregard Lionett (Beaujes) Warnings: None

Beau goes to R.A.!Dairon for advice about her crush on her roommate, Jester. The fic only has a few sentences of Jester, but Beau's crush on Jester rings throughout the fic.

Reccer Says: Such good voices of Beau and Dairon! Also the internalized guilt of being a woman loving a woman is addressed really well while still being completely in character. I love how the environment feels true to the characters as well.

could it be wrong, when she's just so nice to look at? by exhaustedwerewolf (2,423 words, General) Pairing: Calianna/Jester Lavorre Warnings: None

Suffering from definitely-not-art-block, Jester makes a trip to the museum looking for inspiration, and finds it- but not amongst the paintings on the walls.

Reccer Says: Jester's inner voice is so fun and perfect for her! References to stories, fast paced, capturing little details and how beautiful things are and her sense of humor - it's amazing! It's also very sweet and cute! It feels like warmth and poetry!

So Your Girlfriend and Her Girlfriend Who is Also Your Crush Went to the Gym by LeanMeanSaltineMachine (1,503 words, Teen) Pairing: Calianna/Jester Lavorre/Beauregard Lionett Warnings: Possible Triggers re: Disordered Eating*

Beau does her best to take care of her girlfriend and Calianna after the two go to the gym. She might be having a minor gay crisis. Established Beau/Jester and Jester/Calianna, pre-relationship Beau/Cali.

Reccer Says: Cute!

*Beau mentions how important it is to refill on calories/energy after working out, and there is a scene with Beau making snacks. This may be triggering for people recovering from or with disordered eating.

I usually run when the world starts ending by grayintogreen (4,515 words, General) Pairing: Artagan/Jester Lavorre (Artajes) Warnings: None

Artagan struggles with falling in love and getting complicated.

Reccer Says: A whimsical, yet tragic, take on a fey being uselessly in love with his charge with excellent prose and characterization.

a sapphire's desire by breitweisergallery (16,810 words, Mature) Pairing: Jester Lavorre/Caleb Widogast (Widojes) Warnings: None

jester pines for archmage caleb while he tries to navigate the war and the mighty nein.

Reccer Says: I enjoyed it!

Thank you for joining us this week’s recc list! All the love to everyone who submitted a fic 💕 All enclosed recommendations were submitted by the community via our submissions form, which you can find here. All fic information is as it was provided by the reccer, so it may not be accurate to the author’s intent or the precise contents of the fic itself. Please assume good intent from all parties 💕

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[justalittlebluetiefling]

The Mighty Nein: Episode Summaries Episode 21: Stalker in the Swamp

[fearnes-malewife]

Alright time Best Tits Rumble(cusp) Round 2.

Yes I reused my own joke, it’s good for the planet.

This time around we will be doing best PC tits. Marion had the unfair advantage of an amazing marketing campaign in campaign, so this will just be Player Characters this time, including some guest players.

Not including Lucian in this one because he was an NPC at that point.

[sunstarelanor]

Mark Hulmes really chose emotional violence with that calianna update, huh.

[renatogpadilla]

CritRole Fighting Game Masterpost:

I have this ideas for movesets for characters from Critical Role for a Fighting Game and I've made some movelists based on the fanart I've seen... I DO have to do a lot more characters so far, so I'm gonna put the ones already done here:

Grog and Yasha! (Art by @marie-claire-art)

Scanlan and Avantika!

Beau (and eventually Ashton!) (Art by @oddthesungod)

Characters I still have planned:

From Vox Machina:

- Grog

- Scanlan

- Vax

- Keyleth

- Pike

- Vex (w/ Trinket!)

- Percy

- Tary

- Tiberius (Fuck his player, but the character was fun.)

- Bertrand Bell (Obligatory joke character!)

- The Briarwoods (Delilah main w/ Sylas install!)

- Anna Ripley

- Raishan

From The Mighty Nein:

- Beau

- Yasha

- Fjord

- Jester

- Mollymauk / Kingsley / Lucien (It'll make sense, I swear!)

- Caduceus

- Nott (She'll get a drunk meter!)

- Veth (Essentially "Akuma Nott"!)

- Caleb

- Essek

- Lorenzo

- Avantika

- Obann

- Astrid (and Eadwulf)

- Trent Ikithon

Obligatory Wave 1 DLC - Friends of Vox Machina:

- Gilmore

- Kash

- Zahra

- Kerrek

- Allura & Kima

DLC Wave 2 - Friends of the Mighty Nein:

- Pumat Sol

- Calianna

- Shakaste

- Keg

- Twiggy

- Reani

DLC Wave 3 - The Crownkeepers:

- Opal (and Ted!)

- Fy'ra Rai

- Dariax

- Morrighan

- Dorian Storm

DLC Wave 4 - Bell's Hells:

- Imogen

- Laudna

- Orym

- Fearne

- Ashton

- Fresh Cut Grass

- Chetney

- Braius

DLC Wave 5 - Hellish Villains:

- Otohan Thull

- Sorrowlord Zathuda

- Ludinus Da'leth

- And Matt Mercer, as the Dungeon Master.

That's all! I was debating putting Yussa in there, but I realized bro just stayed on his tower and occasionally needed rescue...

Hopefully I don't take another YEAR to complete the next character on the list... Spoilers for the campaigns in the move lists, btw! Just in case!

If you're interested in hearing about any particualr one, lemme know!

[quinn-of-aebradore]

So Mark Hulmes posted some thoughts on post-campaign Calianna on Twitter the other day and I for one am emotional

Calianna naming her children after Jester and Caleb may just be one of my favorite things now 🥺 Also dragon wives beloved

Hulmes considers this headcanon because it didn’t happen in game and Matt hasn’t approved it, technically, but it’s very sweet and Calianna is his soooooo. Canon. Yeah.

(I attempted to add alt text for all images but tumblr started replacing every image with the first one so… text transcripts would be greatly appreciated! 🥲)

[pocketgalaxies]

jester: i don't think being stuck inside makes you naive. i mean i know some people that were stuck inside that know LOTS of things

cali: really? i'd love to meet them

caleb: she is talking about herself

cali:

fjord: *changes the subject*

laura and liam: *start giggling*

[greenreticule]

Predictions for what will make it into Season 1 of The Mighty Nein animated show.

(I am presuming 12 episodes and eyeing the general pacing of Vox Machina)

The season will primarily focus on what the wiki lists as "Arc 1: Come Together"

Episodes 1-2 will be the Carnival Arc that brings our team together, like how we had the Brimscythe arc for Vox Machina

Episode 3 will be the Alfield adventure, as this is where several important things are introduced:

Caleb's trauma with fire (they will keep Molly kissing his forehead)

Shakasta (who I presume will be kept in as he reappears later, and Khary Payton voiced a character in the Vox Machina show)

The group being forced to take on the Mighty Nein name in order to get paid

Beau's goggles

The characters will develop an in-universe vocal stim with "Nein" to replace the game-level significance of everyone rolling 9s on their dice and yelling "NEIN"

Episode 3 will end with the sleeping Nein surrounded by dark figures at their camp as the week's cliffhanger.

Episode 4 will open with the Syphilis Bandits.

Episodes 4-6 will be broadly about their time in Zadash.

Plot points established:

The Kryn attack and the beacon

Caleb sharing his backstory with Beau and Nott

The Gentleman

The close brush with Trent Ikithon and other members of the Assembly

Moments kept:

Tusk Love

Pumat Sol

Mollymauk cornering Caleb about the coin

Beau and Yasha in the bath

"Long May I Reign"

Episode 6 will end with Cree recognizing Mollymauk as the week's cliffhanger (a confrontation moved to the Nein's second meeting with the Gentleman)

Episode 7 will open with Mollymauk disentangling himself from Cree so the Nein can go meet with the Gentleman for additional jobs.

Episodes 7-9 will be about them running jobs for the Gentleman

Plot Points Established:

Molly's life began when he woke up from a grave two years ago

Fjord's discovery of the first Cloven Crystal

Moments Kept:

Beau and Caleb getting into a fight and then being counseled by Fjord and Yasha about how best to apologize

And then everything else about depends on where they plan to leave off the season. There are three places I can think that they end it:

Fjord, Jester, and Yasha being kidnapped

Molly's death and burial

Meeting Caduceus

And I think most likely that it'll be Option #2: Molly being buried. Maybe there will be a Caduceus tease, maybe not. A toss-up.

Things I'm assuming will be cut:

Knights of Requital (the writers will have other ways to show the corruption of the Empire)

The pickpockets and the prison arc of Hupperdook

Calianna

Kiri (I know we all love her, but she doesn't have a lot of impact moving forward)

[keyleth-clay]

Critical Role Ship Moodboards: Jester Lavorre/Calianna Mordsson

[silentsockfeet]

more favorite c2 moments, from e054 to e071

beau having another training sesh with dairon and it’s very serious and intense afterwards she says “wait i want to give you something” and laura goes “my vagina” and everyone just breaks lmao (e054)

nott prepping an explosive arrow to shoot at an enemy when they get close to someone and shooting it as the enemy is hovering over an unconscious caduceus and sam saying ‘i shoot an explosive arrow………. Oh No’ as he realizes what he just did. and you can see his face completely morph into shock and fear as he says it (e055)

jester saying ‘traveler tell the wild mother that caduceus needs help’ as she revives caduceus and the wildmother looking on as he comes back to life (e055)

ashley completely obliterating sam in her speech as liam's running mate for president of dnd beyond god how i miss her when she's not there (e058)

everyone acting out what they're doing as they ride around on their mounts and jester and fjord are having this really sweet and cute conversation while taliesin and ashley are miming their actions and it looks like yasha is braiding caduceus's hair as she sits behind him (e059)

laura craving donuts mid session so travis orders some and then later laura asking "did you order donuts bubba" and travis responding "of course i did, what kind of a husband do you think i am? i ordered like 60, one for every dice in that fuckin bag" and laura goes "you really think there's only 60 dice in this bag?" lmaooo (e060)

then later laura wants some of travis's coffee and travis says no so laura makes a little sad face and then a couple minutes later travis hands his coffee to marisha and says "pass this over to the little grumpy tiefling" i love their interactions so much (e060)

marisha patting liam on the shoulder and then he winces in pain i think bc he just had shoulder surgery? and marisha instantly backs off and like winces with him out of guilt and then goes "where's that dollar?" like they clearly had a bet going on if she could avoid hurting liam that night lmao. and then travis tugs marisha into his side to keep her away from liam it was so cute (e061)

fjord having another dream of uk'atoa and the god is clearly mad at him and says "punish." and then fjord wakes up and realizes he lost his powers what a SICK moment (e061)

the gang getting a new house and jester sneaking into yasha’s room and painting a field of wildflowers on her wall and then yasha/ashley almost crying at it and then yasha tucks her bed against the wall and sleeps looking at the wildflowers (e062)

FUN HOME REFERENCE !!!!! matt describing a goblin with a ring of keys and liam singing 🎶 and her ring of keys 🎶 and the others giggling along made me so emo (e063)

fjord giving jester a kiss on the cheek before running off to fight an enemy and laura sitting there like :o for like a whole minute after as if that’s not her literal husband flirting with her they’re so cute (e064)

the wildmother interrupting fjord’s nightmare of uk’otoa to give him a moment of respite (e065)

jester stealing nott’s flask and it becomes this whole debacle of nott interrogating like every member of the party to figure out where it went and at one point she gets super intense with yasha and goes through her pockets and yasha just getting fed up with her and going “nott i didn’t steal your fucking flask >:(“ in like the most scary intense way possible (e066)

laura being home sick so travis pilots jester but he fucks up some spells so laura CALLS HIM and starts telling him what spells to cast and then travis ends the call with the sweetest little “i love you goodbye” lmaoo (e068)

the gang getting a package from calianna who gifted beau a bow and beau awkwardly putting it on very clearly uncomfortable and caduceus egging her on like a dick hahaha i love when caduceus fucks with people (e071)

and now i’m officially at the halfway point!! episode 72 :)

[encyclopediacr]

As we come to the end of March, Women's History Month, we're taking the chance to feature some women in Exandria! We're highlighting today some female characters who are not as often in the spotlight, and we present the following list of female non-player characters and guest player characters:

Lillith Daturai, illusionist wizard and cousin of Zahra Hydris. She also aided Vox Machina against the Briarwoods in Emon.

Calianna Mordsson, draconic sorcerer and escapee from the Cult of the Caustic Heart. She is also a friend of the Mighty Nein, with whom she traveled through the Labenda Swamp.

Nila, druid of the Guiatao Clan. She aided the Mighty Nein against the Iron Shepherds to free their captives, including her son and partner and Fjord, Jester, and Yasha.

Kotho, famed bounty hunter in the Menagerie Coast.

Doolan Tyversky, Archmage of Dysology of the Cerberus Assembly.

Olesya Lapidus, Marquis of Port Damali.

Lorkathar, firetamer of the Fire Ashari. She works to heal the Scar of the Cinder King and watch over the Flamereach Grove at the east outskirts of Emon.

Esmer Balenta, explosives maker and merchant in Bassuras.

Justi Pross, member of All-Minds-Burn in Bassuras and a friend of Ashton.

Dweomer, Aeormaton sorcerer working as an assistant to Laerryn in Avalir.

Honor Kinnabari, spellwright of the League of Miracles.

Most of all, we encourage you to support organizations working toward women's rights and the improvement of women's lives in the United States, such as the National Women's Law Center, National Black Women's Justice Institute, Center for Reproductive Rights, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, or another organization of your preference local to your area or in your country.

[dent-de-leon]

AHHH wait…what if…King Tealeaf gets to meet Kiri and Calianna again at Jester and Fjord’s wedding ;;