#zaharzht

[johnnyspells]

[yudol-skorbi]

weird ass relatives who no one wants to see at family gatherings

[undead-knick-knack]

Torog could've been anything, and this is what he went with

[marvelousbelladonna]

Asha talks to Zaharzht

“You already do” - Asha

[its-your-mind]

I do this because this is the truth. This is the truth. You know it, too. You don't think you have hooks in you? I know their names. - c3e99

[beedreamscape]

"If I promise to take care of you, can I torture you forever?" Is so psychosexual, sounds like the average tumblr user flirting

"You already do." is the answer to the average anon, asha tumblrina

[ihaveatypeanditstrickstergods]

Slightly late but oh well

[song-of-baldy-ron]

Brennan comes into CR with one goal and that is “make the betrayer gods likable” and by god he’s succeeding

[corvidpolyglot]

fully insane abt torog rn after watching downfall. i think a cleric of his would be fun as hell to play, especially if it ends up being a mirror to the wildmother; people think of pain as something negative, but you cannot have growth or change without pain. having a holy symbol that hurts to hold, that is covered with barbs... phenomenal stuff. zaharzht was a phenomenal character thank you so much brennan lee mulligan and taliesin jaffe for that scene with him and melora

[pawthorn]

My piece for @artists-guild-of-exandria Calamity project— Melora’s farewell to Torog from Critical Role Downfall, inspired heavily Cartoon Saloon‘s Irish Folklore Trilogy.

Blood flows, and then juices of fruit and honey and sap and everything that is bounty… You are killed and he is brought back to life and then dies and you are reborn. Sap and honey, blood and bone over and over and over again.

Details below

[setsailforthestars]

I haven’t even begun to unpack the last part of Downfall pt. 1. The conversation between the gods about the fate of Aeor was just so loaded I’m still processing. But these three quotes, all in favour of the destruction of Aeor, really stuck out to me. Presented without further commentary because they live in my mind rent free rn:

“Everyone here is in misery. We should devour them. There’s only one release, and it’s in the back of the throat of something that wants you dead.” -Zaharzht

“One thing, Dad. They don’t fear you, they resent you. You think you spare them, they’ll be grateful, they’ll start praising your name? That’s not going to happen. You let them go, they do it again.” -Emhira

“Look, death is inevitable. It’s just guiding them to a shorter thread.” -Emhira

[kilannad]

Gods were all confirmed this episode! Pretty much as expected but for those who didn’t catch it:

Emhira: Raven Queen

Ayden: Dawnfather

The Emissary: emissary of Erathis

Trist: Everlight

SILAHA: Arch Heart

Asha: Wild Mother

Milo: Asmodeus

Umleta: Lolth

Tishar: Gruumsh (name dropped as the Ruiner)

Zaharzht: Torog

Arcadia: Ioun

[sea-buns]

I get it, Zaharzht. Tortle was the only choice.

[i-see-7-cats]

I constantly misread Zaharzht as Zahnarzt and it always takes me a second to realize someone is in fact talking about the tortle and not a random dentist

[skuttlesstrawberry]

Aside: Zaharzht (Torog incarnate) absolutely fascinates me. It’s probably because he’s clearly not just one who breaks, but also one who was broken. Trauma is such a powerful concept, and Zaharzht’s whole thing is that trauma is real and cannot be denied; I disagree strongly with how he lives that out but I respect the hell out of how clearly Zaharzht sees something true and refuses to deny its reality...

[staircasecleric]

tortle!!!! torog turtle!!!