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I understand the impulse to clown on Essek for walking around in Vasselheim with his recognizable voice with the Bright Queen's spearhead commander, and of course we could turn to the metatextual elements (the necessity of signposting the world for players on the part of the GM, the ease of using a familiar ally to introduce a relevant NPC and new point of contact) to dismiss this if we wanted, but I think it's more interesting—and funnier, as you'll see—to imagine this as simply an extension of the laws and logic that dictate the Mighty Nein as a narrative entity.

Fundamentally, the Mighty Nein within their campaign pursue personal and collective agency, often at the expense or in denial of political power. Where they do interact with more political forms of power, they evade its grasp upon them, most notably in their interactions with the war, but also while they engage with the Cerberus Assembly, the Cobalt Soul, and even the Revelry. The way they pursue agency, on the other hand, has far more to do with their own support of one another and their own individual power, especially where there is magic involved, and manifests in having the freedom to move and act as they wish in the world.

The culmination of this, as we know, is the mechanical ability in their final battle against Lucien and the Somnovem to manipulate the terrain of the battle map to their advantage with only imagination. At the same time, Jester and Caduceus can both call in free favors from their gods, one of whom is unlimited by the Divine Gate and in fact is far more governed by fey logic. Fjord has made three different divine pacts and is virtually unrestricted by any of them. Caleb's hallmark is an almost infinitely malleable home that almost literally seems to operate as a hammerspace, with a pinnacle dedicated to the potentiality of the universe, the application of which is one of his signature spells—against all odds successful in his initial goal, no longer fueled by guilt and grief, of bending reality to his will. It's narratively and thematically cogent that this be the calling card of the party as a whole.

The Mighty Nein are, in effect, dictated by Looney Tunes logic, and nothing else. They have been so successful in their pursuit of their own freedom that they no longer abide by the cosmic laws of Exandria, let alone the laws of physics or sense. So yes, from an external point of view, it does look exceedingly foolish for Essek to be traipsing around in Vasselheim under the Bright Queen's nose, but it's far more entertaining to argue that being a member of the Mighty Nein in fact simply confers the capability of ignoring the laws of reality without consequence when it's narratively convenient, characteristically interesting—or just really fucking funny.

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I finally submitted this one to the CritRole weekly gallery. I drew it to give to Liam O'Brien when we met him on free comic book day and omg I was so nervous but he was very gracious. What a lovely human.

The piece was done in CSP with some effects in PS and is a redraw of a nouveau ad for electricity form the turn of the 19th century.

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☀️🦄 long may chaos reign ✨🌈

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Rewatching C2 and can I just say how much I love Jester’s Hellish Rebuke?

It reminds me of Miette for some reason with the way she plays it as just a miffed/upset reaction to being hurt like.

You damage Jester? You bite her like the jawbreaker??? Freezing. Freezing for five thousand years.

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I made another Mucha inspired Essek piece not too long ago, but I love them both so much I had to do another! At the time I didn’t love how i drew him yet, but I’m really happy with this! I hope you all enjoy it too :)) i included a color alt for your viewing please 🫶

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Veth Brenatto | The Mighty Nein | Critical Role Fan Art

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I don't actually have the Chronicles of Exandria: The Mighty Nein II book to check it, but these here might have ended up in the book! 😃 Some people might recognize these fanarts from back in the day, but I actually did revise them a little when I was contacted for the book :> I hope people liked them! <3

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Caleb's library time

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"We understand eachother. Cut palm to cut palm"

yapping and no-text version under the cut

hey so do yall remember that one time where the nein where deep in fjords backstory stuff, they saw a pedestal with runes that would be activated with blood but didnt know WHAT it'd activate. So fjord asked caleb, the only one who'd understand him

- Aren't you curious what a little drippy-drip mighty do?

- I'm always curious.. Can i count on you to return the favor?

- Always

so he later drops 9 hit points? he had 10 LEFT.

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loved that stupid scene from ep137

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The campanions comment on Shadowheart's new hairdo.

ft.

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Replaying Baldur's gate with my husband and company. Shadowheart and I have bonded over being the only other sane people in that game.

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the never-ending push and pull of matt trying to make yeza a shy awkward nerdy guy vs. sam trying to make yeza just an absolute kinky freak

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2/3 of these people do not do cardio

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the beans. I would die for both of them. Love you Yussa, love you Marion [blows kiss].

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We begin in the early hours of the morning on the day of Grissen in a messy room on the second floor of the Nestled Nook Inn. A bleary-eyed, bruised man in a tattered coat slowly wakens from his lengthy sleep, catching his small, snoring ally curled at the foot of the bed.

with how much i rewatch campaign 2 i constantly forget how long ago it started 🤭 episode one never fails to me make me feel nostalgic