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C4E026 Council of Heroes

C4E025 Targeted
C4E027 Complicated Questions

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Thumbnail for Critical Role IV episode 26, with a gold emblem around the episode number. A split image having the effect of cracked plaster, with a photo of Brennan in the middle and art of all characters to the left and right. On the left is Thimble, Vaelus, Occtis with Pin on his shoulder, Bolaire, Tyranny, Wicander, and Murray. On the right is Thaisha, Teor, Kattigan, Julien, Halandil, Azune, and Wulferic. In the middle, Brennan sits behind his DM screen, smiling slightly, a devious glint in his eyes.

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Runtime

4h 44m 42s

Cold Open End 0:21:29

Episode Start 0:31:12

Break Start 2:00:15

Break End 2:10:16

Everyone Back in Dol-Makjar

Farmer’s Day, 11th day of the campaign

Running Bird Count

150

* See our note on how we count this

A Busy Reunion

Approximate talking game-time for each player

PlayerTalking Time
Brennan2h 6m 20s
Marisha20m 54s
Aabria20m 37s
Luis17m 30s
Matt12m 51s
Laura11m 55s
Taliesin10m 43s
Liam10m 40s
Alexander10m 1s
Sam9m 1s
Whitney7m 24s
Travis5m 22s
Ashley5m 5s
Robbie3m 15s

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HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing:

Created by Flando Maltrizian, Master of Time(stamps)
Timestamp Description
0:01:20 The Soldiers finding a way into the city
0:03:10 Wick can’t stop farting
0:03:50 Sharing and hiding info
0:07:20 The Soldiers don’t know the Schemers very well
0:08:25 Brennan buffed it dude (Travis and Laura are solving, everyone else is vibing)
0:10:55 Plowshares, Hotshot, Anchors
0:15:05 The day that Faerie closed
0:17:50 Mara the falcon
0:21:30 Critical Role Announcement Playhouse
0:22:45 Cinema
0:26:25 Sallowlands
0:27:15 Travis’s merch corner
0:28:50 Robbie Draymond
0:29:50 Intro cinematic
0:31:10 EPISODE STARTS
0:33:05 Recap Ends
0:37:15 The Photarch sets her plan in motion
0:42:40 Bolaire isn’t into this performance
0:43:50 Quick change
0:48:05 Gus has some notes on security (Gus appreciates Murray)
0:51:35 All women are warriors
0:55:05 Schemer’s meeting (describing death saves in-universe is hard)
0:59:50 Talking about Azune’s sister
1:06:20 This is how democracy dies
1:09:05 They didn’t count on the Schemers
1:10:00 The Seekers and Kerzingblad are back
1:12:15 The second best drinker
1:12:50 Lady Davinos
1:18:00 You can’t be mad and sad at the same time
1:20:45 Altradler is back
1:21:50 Maya Davinos: She’ll Kill You
1:23:15 The first thing Julien has ever apologized for
1:25:55 Julien and Maya Davinos (one of the best scenes in CR history)
1:35:50 Probably Maya is nice one-on-one, right?
1:37:15 Thaisha and Vaelus talk about flower dolls
1:39:35 Julien never said goodbye
1:43:20 Ingrid knows which way the wind is blowing
1:45:05 Ingrid can fix him (to be fair, he is probably better than Ethrand)
1:47:20 Thaisha tells Ingrid to shoot her shot
1:49:50 Filling in the druids
1:52:30 There’s a mole in Vaelus’s abbey
1:54:15 Taking care of Dame Seramai
1:56:10 Occtis and Dr. Talter
1:59:40 Occtis is a maidenless man
2:00:15 BREAK STARTS
2:10:15 BREAK ENDS
2:12:15 Kattigan folds under absolutely zero pressure
2:13:50 Johannes was just supposed to be a skill check, but Kattigan forced a name on him
2:15:10 Allergic to apples
2:17:35 Interrupting the Lux’s speech
2:21:35 You forgot your apples!
2:22:35 The Convergence (of Soldiers and Schemers)
2:26:50 The Lana Strossa
2:29:10 The Soldiers roll up
2:30:30 Bolaire is mad at Thimble
2:32:20 Diverging genres
2:33:40 Lunch, Hell Yeah!
2:36:00 Murray has enormous… visions
2:39:05 He hates cloaks
2:40:15 The teams exchange their clues
2:42:35 Stealing kids’ lunch
2:45:45 They remember that they should be suspicious of the Halovars
2:48:50 Reading Wick and Tyranny’s minds
2:54:40 What do the Soldiers know that the Schemers don’t?
2:56:25 Finally reading the runes
3:00:00 A full interpretation of the runes
3:04:45 Travis forgets his accent
3:09:10 Back to the Seekers (Lady Ingrid and Julien)
3:15:20 Ingrid can put it down
3:18:40 Julien closes (more genre mixing)
3:21:00 More about Mara
3:30:20 Vaelus and Hannan connection
3:33:40 Thaisha opens the scroll
3:38:40 Julien plays hard to get
3:42:20 Ingrid played it cool
3:45:55 Cool fey bodyguards
3:47:45 Julien confronts his mom again
3:53:00 Ingrid’s favor
3:55:10 Fog clouds
3:57:20 Don’t forget the axe
3:59:30 Hal is getting ready for the play
4:02:50 Hal reunites with the Seekers
4:04:50 Hal sneaks away from the theater
4:07:25 Sharing info (politics will always do you)
4:11:30 Don’t open the lice wig box
4:12:45 Julien now has Matt’s hair (drunk noble costume)
4:15:50 Niveda’s inside voice
4:16:50 Back to the Soldiers and Schemers
4:21:10 SHARED UNIVERSE CONFIRMED!?!?
4:23:10 Wick is excited about a disguise
4:29:40 Bogrey seems like he kind of sucks
4:30:40 Wick never actually told people about the trapped celestial
4:33:40 Kattigan is just minding his own business
4:46:25 Azune reports to Lord Einfasen
4:49:30 Einfasen needs evidence against the Tachonis
4:44:10 Episode Ends

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Full time Gameplay time Game 1st half Game 2nd half Mid break 1st start Ad start Ad end 1st end 2nd start 2nd end
4h 44m 42s 4h 23m 51s 1h 50m 32s 2h 33m 19s 10m 1s 0:00:00 0:21:29 0:31:12 2:00:15 2:10:16 4:43:35

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Main cast attendance

Aabria Iyengar, Alexander Ward, Ashley Johnson, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Luis Carazo, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer, Robbie Daymond, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, and Whitney Moore.

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Week 2

Episodes in week: C4E026.

6
Priest’s Day / Solaire
28th Trozemere
7
Weaver’s Day / Luniere
29th Trozemere
8
Hunter’s Day / Chassaire
30th Trozemere
9
Victor’s Day / Victoire
31st Trozemere
10
Smith’s Day / Forgiere
32nd Trozemere
11
Farmer’s Day / Viére
33rd Trozemere
12
Trader’s Day / Marchandiere
34th Trozemere
World
  • Lord Otto Einfasen departs Riesingürtle for Dol-Makjar [ep. 26]
  • Photarch Yanessa Halovar puts forward a motion of no confidence against the Revolutionary Council [ep. 26]
  • Amadah Toadstool and Ingrid Einfasen arrive at Castle Torch [ep. 26]
Soldiers
  • Thimble reads letter from Jauf and recalls Thjazi mentioning turning swords into plowshares to Pascard Velmonte, calling a lizardfolk caster named Bogrey a hot shot, and shouting at a druid named Mara the Wing about a failed anchor [ep. 26]
  • Return to Dol-Makjar [ep. 26]
  • Hear news of the Photarch's resurrection and the upcoming play KoTher'ai tomorrow night [ep. 26]
  • Arrive at the Archanade and meet up with Bolaire, Murray, and Azune [ep. 26]
  • Give document with dwarven runes found under Castle Delawney to Murray [ep. 26]
Seekers
  • Group returns to Castle Torch and learns that Lady Maya Davinos is there [ep. 26]
  • Maya Davinos delivers news to the group that while Tachonis forces were successfully held back, the magic of the Golden Orchard was lost, and after hearing this news Thaisha and Occtis wonder if there were ulterior motives for the attack [ep. 26]
  • Julien and Maya Davinos have a private conversation where she tells him of the death of Callowyn Royce, Aranessa's brother, and a curse inflicted on Alba Davinos known as Wraith's Touch that will kill her unless the casting focus is destroyed [ep. 26]
  • Julien and Maya Davinos argue about the means of protecting their family's future [ep. 26]
  • Ingrid Einfasen tells Thaisha and Vaelus she snuck away from Riesingürtle to come inform them of her father's departure for Dol-Makjar to attend a meeting of the Sundered Houses on Trader's Day [ep. 26]
  • Amadah Toadstool gives Thaisha a letter of summons to Dol-Rungja from her grandmother [ep. 26]
  • Hannan recognizes the sprig of holly from Vaelus’s abbey and suggests someone within may have given information to the Tachonis [ep. 26]
  • Occtis tells Dr. Amry Talter to reach out to Murray for help with covert research before she departs to return to The Totality [ep. 26]
  • Julien and Ingrid Einfasen share a walk getting to know each other over a warm bag of wine and Julien convinces her to act as a mole within House Einfasen [ep. 26]
  • Maya Davinos asks Julien to pass along a message to Thimble that her brother Twig is alright, and Julien promises to hunt down the Tachonis and find the cure for his sister [ep. 26]
  • Altradler returns Ingrid Einfasen to Riesingürtle before carrying the party along with Amadah Toadstool and Hannan to the outskirts of Tintazi Wood [ep. 26]
  • Return to Dol-Makjar [ep. 26]
  • Meet up with Halandil at the Hallowed Round where Occtis stashes the body of Dame Gaya Seremai and Julien is given a disguise [ep. 26]
Schemers
  • King Augustus Valian requests a meeting with Murray at Bowsprit Hall tomorrow evening [ep. 26]
  • Group briefly convens, Murray tells the others about the fake death of the Photarch, and Azune is questioned about his sister's presence among the assassins [ep. 26]
  • Murray, Azune, and Bolaire continue work at Archanade as Halandil focuses on preparations for opening night of KoTher'ai at the Hallowed Round [ep. 26]
  • Azune investigates the assassination attempt at the Archanade and finds links to an assassins' guild called Lana Strossa [ep. 26]
  • Meet up with Teor, Thimble, Kattigan, Tyranny, and Wicander when they arrive at the Archanade [ep. 26]
  • Murray recognizes the glowing effect from Talcydimir Pridesire's petrified eyes as the same from her vision from the Candle of Slaughter [ep. 26]
  • Murray reads document with dwarven runes from Castle Delawney and learns it is ancient necromantic instructions to create a "sepulchral lord" on a journey to the Sea of Lachris [ep. 26]
  • Bolaire and Murray assign Hero D'vyen and members of the Archanade staff to craft a potion to un-petrify Talcydimir Pridesire [ep. 26]
  • Lord Harondus Einfasen arrives at the Archanade and speaks with Azune about findings from his investigation of the Archanade assassination attempts and about finding hard evidence of Tachonis treachery [ep. 26]
  • Lord Harondus Einfasen requests Azune present the case he has built against House Tachonis to House Einfasen at the Stahlkeep before the meeting of the Sundered Houses on Trader's Day [ep. 26]

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NOTE: Numbers represent damage as dealt, taking into account resistances and other effects, and may differ from the damage as rolled.

Total: 0

Character Damage dealt
Teor 0
Thimble 0
Kattigan 0
Tyranny 0
Wicander 0
Julien 0
Thaisha 0
Occtis 0
Vaelus 0
Halandil 0
Murray 0
Azune 0
Bolaire 0

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NOTE: Numbers represent damage as taken, taking into account resistances and other effects, and may differ from the damage as rolled.

Total: 0

Character Damage taken
Teor 0
Thimble 0
Kattigan 0
Tyranny 0
Wicander 0
Julien 0
Thaisha 0
Occtis 0
Vaelus 0
Halandil 0
Murray 0
Azune 0
Bolaire 0

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Total: 0

Character Healing performed
Teor 0
Thimble 0
Kattigan 0
Tyranny 0
Wicander 0
Julien 0
Thaisha 0
Occtis 0
Vaelus 0
Halandil 0
Murray 0
Azune 0
Bolaire 0

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Totals
Spells Leveled Spells Only Spell Levels
19 9 15
Character Spell Base level Cast at Notes
Halandil Minor Illusion Cantrip Cantrip
Murray Message Cantrip Cantrip to Bolaire
Murray Message Cantrip Cantrip to Azune
Murray Message Cantrip Cantrip to Halandil
Bolaire Detect Thoughts 2 2 on Murray, and then Azune
Azune Guidance Cantrip Cantrip on self
Thaisha Guidance Cantrip Cantrip on Vaelus
Thaisha Guidance Cantrip Cantrip on Vaelus
Azune Guidance Cantrip Cantrip on self
Bolaire Detect Thoughts 2 2 on Wicander; he suceeds on Wisdom save
Bolaire Detect Thoughts 2 2 on Tyranny; she fails on Wisdom save, so Bolaire delves deeper
Azune Guidance Cantrip Cantrip on Murray
Occtis Gentle Repose 2 2
Thaisha Message Cantrip Cantrip
Thaisha Fog Cloud 1 1
Occtis Floating Disk 1 1
Thaisha Pass without Trace 2 2
Occtis Disguise Self 1 1
Azune Alter Self 2 2

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Total: 4

Character Ability/Feature/Trait Type From Notes
Azune Heroic Inspiration: Used - -
Murray Portent: Rolled Subclass Feature Divination
Tyranny Eldritch Invocation: Mask of Many Faces Class Feature Warlock
Azune Lucky Ability Feat

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PC natural 20s

Total: 2

Timestamp Character Description
0:04:22 Tyranny Deception Check on Wicander on what she saw in the holy orders
0:08:27 Thimble Investigation Check on the letter to Thjazi

PC natural 1s

Total: 2

Timestamp Character Description
1:18:26 Vaelus Insight Check on Lady Maya
1:59:59 Occtis Insight Check on Dr. Talter having a crush on him

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Total Long: 2

Total Short: 0

Timestamp Long or Short Characters
2:24:09 Long Azune, Bolaire, Halandil, Murray
3:52:24 Long Julien, Occtis, Thaisha, Vaelus

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Total: 27

Timestamp Item Payer Recipient How obtained Notes
0:05:14 letter to Thjazai Teor Thimble gave
0:48:56 healing potion King Augustus Valien Murray returned
1:05:24 spell glyph fragments - Azune retrieved
1:32:50 Raimond Davinos' gauntlet Julien Maya Davinos threw
1:49:42 message from Scyvah Lloy Amadah Thaisha gave
1:51:51 sprig of holly Vaelus Hannan gave No motion indicating exchange but assumed based on Hannan later explicitly handing it back
1:53:18 sprig of holly Hannan Vaelus returned
2:20:04 opera goggles Shadia Fang Thimble gave exact number not stated
2:33:36 petrified Cyd soldiers party - left left at museum in Bolaire’s office
2:35:01 basilisk gizzard Kattigan Bolaire gave
2:41:20 letter to Thjazai Thimble Murray gave
2:43:02 students' lunches Hero Dy'van Murray gave
2:43:02 students' lunches Murray Wicander gave assumed
2:43:02 Murray Hero Dy'van gave unknown number of silver
2:43:57 dwarvish runes Teor Murray gave
3:14:36 wine Julien - drank
3:15:23 wine Julien Lady Ingrid Einfasen shared
3:38:11 2cp Occtis used used as spell component for Gentle Repose
3:47:59 letter for Alba Davinos Julien Maya Davinos gave
3:53:23 Axe of Ingrid Einfasen's favor Lady Ingrid Einfasen Julien gifted
3:57:21 Axe of Ingrid Einfasen's favor Julien - left behind
3:57:37 Axe of Ingrid Einfasen's favor - Julien retrieved
3:57:43 Axe of Ingrid Einfasen's favor Julien Occtis gave placed on Floating Disk
4:03:25 cup of coffee Halandil - swatted away swatted away by Thaisha
4:04:59 remains of Dame Seremai Occtis - hid
4:04:59 Axe of Ingrid Einfasen's favor Occtis - hid
4:13:14 suspiciously familiar wig Halandil Julien gave

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Total: 6

Name First mention First appearance Race (if given) Identifier (if relevant) Description (if given)
Mara the Wing C4E014 A Bridge Too Far at 1:17:47 C4E026 Council of Heroes at 0:16:59 Human (currently stuck as a falcon due to Wild Shape) Druid of the Circle of the Hunt May be the same as Mara Weaver. May be a member of "The Cloak" along with Thjazi. A charming scoundrel. Has a powerful ability to travel in and out of the underworld, but prior to Thjazi's execution was somehow prevented from doing so and headed with haste towards Dol-Makjar after instructing Pascard and the Drowned Men to destroy an obelisk in Tannesar. Wore a simple leather vest and leather breeches, barefoot with dirty feet and deep purple ritual-like paint under her eyes. Had ghost-like white hair. Could Wild Shape into a falcon, and due to a curse that eroded her body, must stay in a shifted form. Helped Thjazi retrieve the head waters of the river Gavzidra. Kidnapped by the Tachonis before being rescued in C4E030 Here in the Dark.
Bogrey C4E026 Council of Heroes at 0:13:12 C4E026 Council of Heroes at 0:13:29 Lizardfolk The "Hotshot" from Professor's letter Informally self-taught wizard. Very full of himself. Wore thick dark canvas overalls and a straw hat. Carried a box of smiths' tools. Had an accent from the Sunset Mountains similar to Murray’s. (He/him)
Johannes C4E026 Council of Heroes at 2:11:06 C4E026 Council of Heroes at 2:11:06 Soldier of House Einfasen Manning the Dol-Makjar gates. Deathly allergic to apples.
Glaistig (fawn fae) C4E026 Council of Heroes at 3:45:59 C4E026 Council of Heroes at 3:45:59 Fae Beautiful, deep brown skin, braids, small antlers. Carries a longbow.
Sprite C4E026 Council of Heroes at 3:46:10 C4E026 Council of Heroes at 3:46:10 Fae Has a little beard.
Humanoid unicorn(?) C4E026 Council of Heroes at 3:46:16 C4E026 Council of Heroes at 3:46:16 Fae Wears a massive spear on his back. Almost transluscent white and has a small tuft of silvery hair with a small unicorn horn in the center of his brow.

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Total: 4

Timestamp Kiss
0:47:11 Hal kisses Hero and Shadia on the forehead
2:50:39 Tyranny kisses Bolaire’s nose
3:41:44 Julien pulls Lady Ingrid Einfasen in "for one light little kiss"
3:51:27 Julien kisses the top of his mother's head

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Proverbs, Hymns, Quotables

Total: 2

Proverb, Hymn, or Other Phrase First Appearance First Said By
All praise to she of the vision of the light. C4E026 at 2:17:48 Unnamed Lux
The Luminus Text appears to all of us. C4E026 at 2:17:55 Unnamed Lux

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Sam drinking from a large ornate silver chalice with the text “Grandma’s Boy” printed on white paper pasted to the bottom. The text is in a cursive font and has a few sparkles surrounding it. The chalice has spokes emerging from the curve of its cup reminiscent of Candescent Creed sun ray designs. A turquoise gem is set in the side, matching the gem in Wicander’s circlet. Sam tips the chalice horizontally into his mouth.

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Sam sitting at the table, wearing a black button-up shirt over a white T-shirt. On the T-shirt, in black gothic font, is the text “I Defeated the Chroma Conclave And All I Got Was This Stupid Shirt”. Underneath the text is the image of two dragons facing each other with three crossed swords between them. Sam smiles, raising his right hand as if volunteering an answer in class.

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Liam, Travis, and Sam at the Critical Role Announcement Playhouse table. Travis is dressed like an artsy director in a black turtleneck, black beret, and sunglasses. He gestures in front of him, explaining something to Sam. Sam looks attentive. Liam seems slightly amused, looking directly into the camera. Travis speaking with his face inches away from Sam’s. Sam purses his lips to the side into a sneaky kiss, while Travis struggles not to smile. Travis is dressed like an artsy director in a black turtleneck, black beret, and sunglasses.

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This category includes any mention of a bird by Brennan. Things named after birds (i.e. The Crow Keepers) are only counted in Bird Lore. Things associated with birds (i.e. feathers), metaphors, idioms, and catchphrases including birds (i.e. “I can still hear the falcon’s cry”), and actual birds are counted on all mentions.

Summary
Species Count
Total 11
Giant eagle 7
Carrier pigeon 1
Falcon 1
Red-tailed hawk 1
Unknown 1

Total: 11

Timestamp Species (if given) Line Notes
0:17:59 Falcon You see the woman looks at you wordlessly, turns around, and heads to the balcony, turns into a falcon and flies away."
1:21:04 Giant eagle "On a 23, you look out the window and your druidic senses tingle, and you hear a distant sound of feathers, wind nearby. Somewhere on a hilltop nearby, you hear a massive eagle landing and smell a familiar scent of old plumage that Altradler the eagle may be nearby."
1:42:23 Carrier pigeon "In any case, I asked if he was sending a bird to the Golden Orchard, if I could send a message with it so that the pigeon would not have to make two trips."
1:44:00 Giant eagle ""Jump on the bird, come here real quick because-- I am seeing. I am of the House of the Western Wind and I can see where the wind is blowing.'"
3:13:35 Giant eagle "'I confided in the druids of the Schongarten and we took Altradler, the old eagle, here.'"
3:28:59 Giant eagle "It is as simple as making the request to Altradler. Do you wish to go to Dol-Makjar? We will take you there as soon as it's safe for him to fly.'"
3:42:42 Giant eagle "Altradler does not like to fly at night, so I shall head back to Riesingürtle in the morning."
3:52:28 Giant eagle "You board the carriage of the eagle Altradler, along with the Lady Ingrid Einfasen and Amadah Toadstool, the tight carriage with the bearfolk druidess there."
3:52:39 Red-tailed hawk "Hannan flies beside you."
3:54:44 Giant eagle "Landing on a mountain, he's a big old bird. The carriage is tough. So easiest places for the carriage, landing in the city is going to be really tricky."
3:56:19 - "You see that some of the birds start to land around and different beasts. He calls, he basically using some Animal Friendship spells here..."