#i would posit they've undergone the most character development of the hells so far in fact

[utilitycaster]

apropos of the question I got yesterday re: Orym and some of the things I said in response, truly, I advise throwing out the idea that arcs within a Critical Role campaign are contained series of episodes dedicated to one character specifically. I think this might be a lingering hangover of the Briarwoods, but again, even the Briarwoods, while very much about Percy, was considered the point when the show got really good for a huge number of other reasons including the fact that those episodes are standout episodes for the entire party. It's also, to be honest, an arc about Percy, but Percy's character arc essentially begins there rather than is contained to those 8 episodes. The way to have an arc like the Briarwoods is really only to have a backstory and end goal that requires it, and not all cast members tend towards that in their character creation! But also if you can't look at a character like (for example) Vex or Beau, who didn't have as clear a self-contained series of episodes about them, and still see an incredible character arc with no shortage of standout episodes and moments, then I think you're clinging too hard to the idea that arc = Briarwoods and not arc = the journey that specific character takes.