#maya agrupnin

[oddthesungod]

at the end of an era

raise ur hand if you felt personally victimized by Travis playing a character with KIDS in an adventure that was going to ultimately culminate into an apocalypse event 😭👋

[critter-genfic-events]

Gen One Shot Recs!

There are times when you want to get sucked into a series, and then are times when you just want to read something in a single sitting. Check out eleven one shots underneath the cut - from all three of the main campaigns (and Calamity too). And if you like them, don't forget to comment and kudos!

It’s a Process by fraternite (1740,Teen) Warnings: Descriptions of injury Pairings: Caleb Widogast & The Mighty Nein

Caleb is injured after a battle, and healed, but magic can’t fix everything. The Nein help take care of him for the rest.

Reccer says: A really neat concept, I love a good exploration of the limits of healing magic. And the way each of the Nein show their care for Caleb is so sweet, excellent hurt/comfort

Deep dive by JungleJelly (11030,General) Warnings: None Pairings: Yussa Errenis & Essek Thelyss & Allura Vysoren & Caleb Widogast

A four wizards, one braincell Happy Fun Ball expedition

Reccer says: The dynamics are amazing, I love all of these idiots (and Allura)

Separate myself from me by wtgw (6399,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: Fjord & Eadwulf Grieve

What’s a living magical weapon without a wielder? In the Blooming Grove, Eadwulf Grieve tries to come to terms with making his own choices after 17 years, and Fjord comes to recognize the uncomfortable similarities between them.

Reccer says: Eadwulf as a living weapon my beloved

More Than Glass by R_Black (2297,Teen) Warnings: Pairings:

During their first trip into the Happy Fun Ball, the Mighty Nein are trying to navigate around several rooms. When Fjord touches the weird red circle that leads to the Dragon room, Molly has a bit of a reaction.

Reccer says: It's a fun look into how Molly would have acted if he'd seen the tapestry window with the Cognouza button thing. It's really stuck with me.

path of the traveled sun by mousecookie (6008,General) Warnings: None Pairings: Essek Thelyss & Verin Thelyss

Post-canon, Verin comes to a party at Essek's invitation, curious and hoping to reconnect - and is completely unprepared for how much Essek has changed.

Reccer says: I love how much this feels like a real sibling dynamic, and the complicated feelings about having a brother that wasn't the best but has now become a better person

Syncopation by minutiae (790,General) Warnings: None Pairings: Ashton & Milo, Ashton & Dorian

After a hard battle, still bloody and bruised, Ashton heads back to the Krook house instead of staying at the Spire by Fire. Dorian follows.

Reccer says: Ashton singing in his own language, having a fun, quiet night with his friends.

Benediction by Sandtalon (4961,General) Warnings: None Pairings: Cerrit Agrupnin & Maya Agrupnin

Cerrit and Maya, after the events of Calamity

Reccer says: Exactly what I needed after Calamity - to me, this is canon

Ruidus is Flaring by minutiae (383,Teen) Warnings: Mentions of canon deaths Pairings:

"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel, but Campaign 3

Reccer says: It's fun to sing

your heart taking root by Demenior (2732,General) Warnings: None Pairings: Fearne Calloway & Orym & Dorian Storm

Orym wakes in the night to clever fingers working the chain around his neck. “That’s from my husband,” he says without opening his eyes, “I’d like to keep it.”

Reccer says: I love this Fearne and Orym dynamic, and the love that's palpable between them

Learning to be lost by Strangestcrows (920,General) Warnings: None Pairings: Caduceus Clay & Eadwulf Grieve

After the battle with Trent at the Blooming Grove, Eadwulf is struggling. Caduceus is a guiding hand as he comes to terms with his relationship with the Raven Queen and what he's done.

Reccer says: I liked it

It Might Sting a Little by CurrieBelle (1957,General) Warnings: None Pairings:

Everyone in Vox Machina must have pierced ears so they can use the magic whisper earrings. Ergo, an ear piercing fic that turned into a Percy character study

Reccer says: I love this look at a Percy who is just starting to fit in with the rest of Vox Machina

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[twinker-bel]

if i had a nickel for everytime a young child of a very important authority in a flying city of the age or arcanum managed to escape the fall of their city with (possibly) a great knowledge that might be lost to post-calamity exandria in thier power i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[greenteaandtattoos]

A very popular theory that Marisha really likes is that Maya - Cerrit’s daughter who had been gifted Patia’s orb that held all of her memories - helped build the Cobalt Reserve, a branch of the Cobalt Soul. The Cobalt Reserve’s mission, as we know, is to accumulate and preserve knowledge. 

She thinks that Maya and Cerrit, or at least Patia’s orb, ended up with the Cobalt Reserve, and that it was Cerrit's job to specifically influence the work that all future expositors would have to do.

Beauregard’s an Expositor of the Cobalt Reserve.

One of the archives of the Cobalt Reserve is in Marquet, known as The Temple of the Mentor, specifically in Ank'Harel. The city was visited by Vox Machina. Granted, Beau isn’t a member of that branch, but as a member, I’m sure she could access it.

As we learn in Call of the Netherdeep, the branch and archive of the Cobalt Reserve in Marquet was particularly dedicated to bringing down the Consortium of the Vermilion Dream, a cult dedicated to studying Rudius. Who, let’s be real now, is probably connected to the Ruby Vanguard.

The Cobalt Reserve Marquet branch discovered ruidium, a red mineral, which was named by the Consortium of Vermillion Dream because of the red color and their belief that it is connected to Ruidus, which they use in weapons.

Ruidium was created during the Calamity, and is imbued with magical properties that emits the power of Alyxian, the Apotheon. Also known as The Paragon as well as being a ruidusborn. He was blessed by three Prime Deities during the Calamity, one of them being the Changebringer. 

Ank’Harel has a temple dedicated to the Duskmaven - also known as the Matron of Raven or the Raven Queen - known as the Crossings of Eventide.

I know I’m repeating myself, but the Raven Queen is suspected to be ruidiusborn and is also a personal acquaintance of Patia before she ascended, whose orb may have ended up with the Cobalt Reserve.

Evidently, Matt has decided to say “fuck it with the subtle Calamity references” (as if they were ever subtle lol) and just straight-up reference the Ring of Brass. 

The B Team - Laudna, Orym, and Ashton - ended up in Marquet. What if they learn of and go to the Cobalt Reserve in hopes to find some information? I should remind everyone that Eshteross said he’d reach out to contacts in Ank'Harel, (c3 ep 11) naming some of them being part of the Temple of the Mentor. What if the B Team follows up on that? 

AND what if Caleb and Beauregard also ended up in Marquet and the B Team finds them. Then, they lead and help the B Team gain access to the Cobalt Reserve’s Ank’Harel library?

What if they find Patia’s orb? What if they meet some of Maya and Cerrit’s descendants, or they’re referenced in some way, since they were the ones who brought the orb there? What if that is how they learn of Avalir, of the truth of Calamity, and through that, come up with some way to stop/seal Predathos?

I know that Aabria thinks that Maya and Cerrit ended up in Niirdal-Poc instead but... well, not that Matt plays favorites but... Marisha is part of the B Team lol

TL;DR:

Marisha likes the theory that Cerrit helped build the Cobalt Soul and Cobalt Reserve with the help of Patia’s orb, specifically training future Expositors

Beauregard is an Expositor of the Cobalt Reserve

There’s a Marquet branch of the Cobalt Soul in Ank’Harel called the Temple of the Mentor

Team B is in Marquet

Eshteross said he’d reach out to some contacts in Marquet, specifically in the Temple of the Mentor

The Temple of the Mentor is dedicated to stopping the The Consortium of Vermillion Dream

The Consortium of Vermillion Dream likely being a part of the Ruby Vanguard based on its studies of Ruidus

The Temple of the Mentor discovered a precious mineral which was named ruidium by the Consortium of Vermillion Dream

Ruidium emits powers of Alyxian

Alyxian was Ruidusborn

Alyxian was known as the Paragon

The Paragon’s Call being a part of the Ruby Vanguard

The Paragon’s Call worships the Raven Queen

The Raven Queen suspected to be Ruidusborn

There’s a temple in Ank’Harel dedicated to the Raven Queen

Patia personally knew the Raven Queen before she ascended

Patia’s orb possibly ending up with the Cobalt Reserve

B Team finds the orb and learns about Avalir

Team B also meet Maya and Cerrit’s descendants thanks to their role in using the orb to create the Cobalt Reserve

They all come up with a way to defeat Predathos using the information from the orb

The orb was given to Maya in the first place by Patia

Patia was Marisha’s character

Laudna is part of the B Team in Marquet

Matt loves his wife lol

Matt makes the theory canon because Marisha likes it lol

[amsayshi]

Love the callbacks to all the old campaigns but I'm still thinking about the birdfolk the Bells Hells ran into briefly who basically said 'you never saw us, right?' and then they fucked off. And then I think about Cerrit and Maya with the Exandrian version of the Library of Alexandria in her pocket and I spiral hard.

Anyway... Wonder if they'll factor into this end of world arc in a fun way.

[smackaroni-samsonsite]

Catching up on four sided dive and the independent witches episode got me thinking about patia and her orb again. If the intent was for patia to pass on all the knowledge she ever gained about the age of arcanum, why is there so much that modern (for lack of a better word) exandria doesn't know? What happened to the orb? Was maya agrupnin able to decode it at all? Were there password protected parts that patia forgot to unlock before she sent it off? Where the fuck even is the orb today?

We need a one-shot about this orb yall

[iiitsnotbase]

Maya Agrupnin Cosplay!

[criticalrolenpctournament]

ROUND 2, POLL 17

Which NPC is the best overall character?

[jkcorellia]

Agrupnin cameo when

[mak-1338]

Patia Por'co Past and Future

Alright, so I have not been able to stop thinking about the wonderful and complicated Patia Por'co, Keeper of Scrolls for the Library of Incantatum. Obviously I will never be able to ask Mathew Mercer and Marisha Ray in person. So this will have to do.

I know there is a theory about Patia, possibly being her daughter, but I've seen others pick plotholes in this and I agree there are some I can't explain away.

Personally, I fully believe it was a mentor/student bond the two shared, but was there something more? Not romantically. More like a pseudo motherly figure for Patia, because we know she lost the memory of her parents. It was also basically confirmed they were taken by Imyr Por'co and not the mind wiping of the previous god of death and the Matrons name.

I ask this question from the pov of the Matron. Because if I worked my entire life to do this one thing that could change the very fabric of Exandria. Why would I tell my random student about it? So there has to be more that only Matthew or Marisha could say. Right?

In my opinion and Travis has talked about this a little bit in talks about Fjord. But if you are missing a person in your life like a mom or dad or teacher or friend, etc. We sort of go looking for replacements to fill in those gaps. We can even see this a little bit with Imogen and Deanna. Trying to replicate what Liliana and Imogen could of possibly had. So it isn't out of the ballpark for Patia to go looking for the same connections.

All that being said, what is their Relationship? Depending on the answer, it could make Patia's view of the gods even more tragic. She cared greatly for this motherly mentor figure and just like everyone else in her life up to that point, she leaves as well.

My second question is about her orb she sent to Maya. I think we've all heard the theory at this point. It's very popular for a reason amongst the fans. If you haven't heard it basically Patia had a hand to play in creating the Cobalt Soul.

I love this theory because it's so Meta. Marisha has crafted a connection (possibly unknowingly) to all of her characters. If you don't beleive me, Patia had a hand to play in destroying the tree. As well as finding out the secret meetimg between the Gau Drashari. A group who would later be known as the Ashari aka our favorite Voice of the Tempest, Keyleth. She was there at the kick start of the Calamity which leads to many battles one of which Pelor plants a tree for Ioun after being very wounded. To people setting there aka Whitestone. (This one is more of a stretch I know, but it ties really well to the raven queen and the distint connection both Patia and Laudna has to their respective Death deities.) Sorry for the rant.

Getting back to the actual topic and connection Patia has to Beau. So my theory is that She gave the orb to Maya, but like previously stated. This theory also has several plotholes and it kind of unrealistic. The calamity was this massive century spanning war killing 3/4ths the population and Eisfuura do not live long. So maybe instead of Maya building the Cobalt Soul. The Agrupnin family seek out protection through the Prime deities. Ioun would be the most fitting for the family just because of Cerrit's views and skill set about knowledge. (Finding it and Protecting it.)

I also theorize Maya would learn to view the memories of Patia, making her push for the end of corruption for future generations. It was out of hand and hurt alot of people. Including a factor in starting the war. Still like I said, it's a little unrealistic because they don't live long. In spite of that Cerrit could still train a group possibly including the kids with his to go find information about any threats. Betrayer gods, their armies, etc. In hopes of one day ending the war. The techniques, the orb, the information, and overall message to stop corruption could have slowly passed down in time until someone could fully begin the organization.

I would even be fine with the orb not being with them currently. We saw a mysterious village in the mountains with the Wildmount group in C3 during the teleportation mishap. It could be there. As long as the message was passed down and Maya and Patia had a hand to play in the beginning of our favorite Expositor's story. That's all I ask.

I know this was a long read. I rambled a lot. So if you made it this far. Thank you for reading my Ted talk. Also please forgive any spelling/grammical errors. I would love to hear your opinions, because I've had this thought in my brain for as long as the calamity has been around.

P.S. any and all theories could/will very much likely be disproven by Matt and future CR. In fact I expect it too and will be ecstatic when we do find the canon explanations. Also sorry if this doesn't make any sense. This is my first time interacting on Tumblr.

[asamis-jodhpurs]

Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Kir Agrupnin & Maya Agrupnin, Cerrit Agrupnin & Kir Agrupnin & Maya Agrupnin, Cerrit Agrupnin/Wrayne Agrupnin, Maya Agrupnin & Elias Ilerez-Alterra, Evandrin Alterra/Zerxus Ilerez Characters: Maya Agrupnin, Kir Agrupnin, Cerrit Agrupnin, Wrayne Agrupnin, Elias (Critical Role), Zerxus Ilerez, Evandrin Alterra, Ramira Okiro, Original Characters, yes I will be fabricating an entire character arc for the Triton girl Maya met at the party, Patia Por'co, In flashback form - Character Additional Tags: Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, Next Generation, Found Family, Divination Wizard Maya, Redemption Paladin Elias, Champion of Asmodeus Zerxus having a terrible time, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Hopeful Ending, Additional Warnings In Author's Note Summary:

The Brass Ring endures.

In three sorcerous children on a University frigate, in two young eisfuura with weighty legacies, and in a boy whose fathers are lost beyond the stars and below the earth, they live on.

Or: what do a bunch of children raised in the age of wizard hubris do in the face of Armageddon?

Welcome aboard for teen shenanigans, falling angels, and Cerrit being so, so tired, in the unhinged Maya Agrupnin YA series that struck me like a freight train within an hour of the finale ending.

[critter-genfic-events]

This week, we have nine amazing Calamity fics, featuring the beloved Ring of Brass and the people they inspired! Check them out underneath the cut, and as always, comment and kudos if you like them!

Benediction by Sandtalon (4961,General) Warnings: None Pairings: Maya Agrupnin & Cerrit Agrupnin

Cerrit tries to return to his family after the events of Calamity. Maya starts to realize the impact of all of the events.

Reccer says: A wonderful post-calamity read, there's so many emotions and I end up feeling them all whenever I rearead this one

last letter by bittersnake (1373,General) Warnings: choose not to warn Pairings:

a letter read before everything went to hell that day

Reccer says: It's such a simple but heartbreaking premise

on the eve by quothhh (1770,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: Maya Agrupnin/Triton, Maya Agrupnin/Kir

A first date at the end of the world.

Reccer says: It's so sweet and a perfect teenage voice

Complete Solitude - The Matron of Ravens by CatcherWrites (1235,General) Warnings: None that I can tell Pairings: There are very brief references to The Matron/Her Predecessor

A story about The Matron's last day as a mortal woman, and the consequences of her ascension to godhood.

Reccer says: It's short and sweet and has some interesting ideas about the kind of person The Matron was and what it must have been like to become a deity.

when people say that something is forever (either way it ends) by actualtaracole (freaking_intelligent_fangirl) (9006,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: The Circle of Brass + Elias

Zerxus's family give him the redemption he deserves

Reccer says: Made me cry (affectionate)

Pick Your Brain Apart (And Build it Again) by ShakesqueereanTragedy (921,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings: Patia Por'co & Maya Agrupnin

Patia sends the Library Incantatum to Maya

Reccer says: I loved this moment of hope in Calamity and this fic captures that vibe perfectly

What endures beyond the silent edge by Beleriandings (241304,Teen) Warnings: Choose not to warn Pairings: Background Beauyasha, Laerryn/Loquatious, Evandrin/Zerxus, and Shadowgast

On the day of the Apogee Solstice, the members of the Ring of Brass are transported into the future

Reccer says: Amazing interplay between the Ring of Brass and the Mighty Nein, and a gripping longfic

Let Others Light their Candles by ChronicBookworm (2801,General) Warnings: None Pairings:

Patia, her mentors, and the one she never got the chance to mentor.

Reccer says: I love the exploration of the weight of expectation

warp and weft by CodaAtTheEnd (4474,Teen) Warnings: None Pairings:

Cerrit Agrupnin receives a chance to avert the Calamity.

Reccer says: I liked it

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Next week, we'll be featuring fics focusing on Transformation!

Then, it'll be fics featuring Post-Campaign, Marquet, and then Blindness/Deafness!

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[angstandhappiness]

BEAUTIFUL

The Ring of Brass endures.

Keep reading

[thishazeleyeddemon]

had a dream about cerrit agrupnin and his kid Maya despite not having watched Calamity. It was all about them trying to find a safe place to live and I think there was a suggestion Cerrit had been kept in a cave at one point because he brought Maya there before a huge slug monster came and they panicked and fled.

Maya was definitely a lot younger than she was in the show, because she was like. Baby sized. Or 3-4 year old sized?

At one point they flew out of Fenrir's mouth so I think that dream got. VERY psychedelic sgshsk

OH. Typing this I remember. I also got hunted by Nandor in a supermarket and had to distract him with clementines which are really good. I also remember yelling for Guillermo to come and help me but like, remembering it, the character model my dream used for him was definitely Nandor himself. I don't know why I was calling Nandor Guillermo. I also haven't watched WWDITS.

I think for the through line between these scenarios was I was Cerrit trying to hide Maya and I'd gotten spooked by being attacked by Nandor? I'm aware that this is OOC for Cerrit by the way, the Eyes of Avalir don't run from some vampire. Recall this was a dream and please don't critique my characterization

At one point me and Maya ended up in South America, not anywhere Real just generically south America.

They were also griffons, I think? Not aarakocra. I recall Cerrit/Me and Maya being leonine as well as having wings.

[beedreamscape]

I was searching for what type of sexual dimorphism Cerrit would present, being a Phillipine Eagle, and this is what the wiki says:

The level of sexual dimorphism in size is not certain, but the male is believed to be typically about 10% smaller than the female, and this is supported by the average length provided for males and females in one source.

This is reverse sexual dimorphism. Females are not only heavier but have a wider wingspan!!!

Wrayne is (very likely) bigger than Cerrit!

(And even if she's another type of eagle, this rule still applies. The difference can even be higher than 10%.)