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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
Why hello there, I'm Brennan Lee Mulligan, and welcome to Campaign 4 of Critical Role. Thank you for joining us on this journey as we explore Ahriman, a world of fractured kingdoms, tumultuous rebellion, and sorcery that rises from the graveyard of the gods. You're listening to part one of this adventure, with part two arriving this upcoming Tuesday.
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On your way from the Arcanod to the Hallowed Round, our group of soldiers having returned here from Timony and having dropped off Sid at the Arcanod, now travel with Bolaire Lothalia and Murray Magnessen down to the Hallowed Round for a brief detour prior to heading to the home of one Hallandil Fang, where a week and a half ago, you guys mourned the death of Thiazi Fang.
You look out and see the approaching hallowed round, and all you see, a beautiful amphitheater. Long, almost Colosseum-esque benches of stone in this ancient amphitheater, down to box seats that will have painted murals of wooden fences that have these beautiful, vibrant, living murals of orcish heroes from the past and the history of Dolmachiar, and down at the
At the very, very front of the stage, you see in that central mural, the mural of the opening play, which is going to be Kotherai, and you see Vokyan Mirzah, this historic orc who led a rebellion against Asgore the Conqueror some hundred years before the Shaper's War that failed. If only he had known that a hundred years later, his dream would be realized during the Shaper's War.
You see the stage and the lone tree in the center marking the sacred space that has been taken by Hal and repurposed to tell a brand new story. For a thousand, thousand years, this place would have only been used to propitiate and worship Asgra, the god of war and strife. And now it can be used to tell whatever story mortals deem worth telling.
You look down and see on the stage there, as you sort of park your wagon, you see a bunch of actresses the day before the play. They're getting ready for a big dress rehearsal later this sort of afternoon, evening. People are coming back from lunch and you see someone you guys would all recognize from the funeral, which is Hal's business partner, Ol' Good Akarat, who is on stage busying himself.
He's got a big sort of like wash tub and a washboard and is washing stuff. And he's calling out to people and going like,
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Chapter 2: What happens during the detour to the Hallowed Round?
I just want to make sure I can see it. Well, it depends. You assume there's only one fight in this damn thing? I feel one coming on right now. You see, looking backstage, going back for your crate, you guys do not see the pariah blades backstage.
Great. Can I go look over at the weapons racks, look and see if they got mixed in with the foils?
The weapons racks are cleared. You don't see any of the weapons out right now.
Do you want us to deal with this, or should I?
Let's help you, yeah. I think you see some wooden swords, some simple poles, but you don't see any stage foils.
All good, all good.
One, okay, just deep breath. Tyranite Wick, costumes abound. Please take your pick.
It's Nick.
We're going to go upstairs. I think they're using them.
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of the play Kotherai?
Oh, sorry. Nick, Nick, Nick. Can you grab that box? Don't open it and take it back to the cart.
Yes, of course, ma'am.
Maybe have Cadogan help you?
There's a wooden crate in there, just place it in the wooden crate. You're going to place it in the wooden crate?
I have just a bunch of costumes, petticoats, wigs, just like, you know, options for us. Yes, please, yes.
I don't care if he dies.
All good.
Yeah.
We just wanted to, you know, make sure that the master weapons were... in tip-top shape for tomorrow night. Do you think that maybe you could gather those when the barking crew gets back? Maybe drop them off at Hal's for us?
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of the celestial blood paints?
So anyone that wants, and I'm going to leave out a big saucer of milk, and there's going to be fresh bread there.
Thanks, okay.
He smiles and nods. I'm sorry, dear, I really did try my best.
No, I believe you.
I'm very sorry.
Are we ready to go? Yeah. All right, let's go. As we're walking out back to the carriage, and as soon as we get into a comfortable position where we're not being overheard, crow keepers are pretty much all dismantled, by the way. I think you're good.
Yeah, you guys killed the Crowkeeper leader, and then we had a run-in with them, and then we killed their runner-up, and I think they're pretty much. I think we killed the runner-up. Did you kill another runner-up, or did you kill the leader? I don't know.
I think we more or less swept away whatever was left.
But they're gone? They're fractured into a point where it will take a long time to get them functioning again. That's great. Casimir had a few of them, and we took them out, too.
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Chapter 5: What significant information does Thimble discover about Mara the Wing?
You've just heard for the first time, Thimble, the name Mara the Wing, and rereading the letter to everybody, you come across that line of, we've sent our wings. The wings across the border. She's one of a troop, like the hounds. Our wings are leading a charge across the border. What border? Well, there's been activity in Timony, but I don't know if that's the right border in this letter.
Mara also has a very special ability to cross into the Underworld and back.
So the border is the border to the Underworld.
Chapter 6: What are the implications of the political machinations involving House T'Kon?
Could be.
So here's part of the- To draw locals away from this thing. We found a letter from my sisters, Petra and Raya, talking to my uncle Secundus, and it says a lot of things, but one of the main takeaways is that my father is going off script. House T'Kon has had political machinations and things they were trying to do, but my father is doing things that are not part of the original plan.
I saw him sailing across a lake in the underworld. Yeah. He had white banners and stone soldiers, stone paladins.
You mentioned something about someone being stone.
Oh, Teor's brother.
Sid. Your brother? I am Teor. Yes, we met. Your brother is stone? He is.
He has been turned to stone.
But Bolaire's going to fix him. We have a potion being cooked up right now at the audience.
If it helps, I have two vials of what is essentially a resistance to petrification, if it can help in that process.
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Chapter 7: How does the group plan to address the threat from the Sundered Houses?
That would help if any of us tried to get down in the stone.
Very helpful. Hal carefully picks up the letter with Thimble still standing on it and says, what about this bit? With any luck, the next time I see your face, we'll have undone the damage of our first attempt? What's that about?
I'm not sure.
They tried this ritual once before, obviously.
They tried it before, it sounds like, and something terrible happened.
I wonder how long ago.
Well, I remember... I remember the day that the doors closed. To Faerie? Yeah. Thaz was yelling at Mara about an anchor. Finding another anchor.
I can't.
What do you mean, when the spirits?
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Chapter 8: What strategies are discussed for handling the upcoming meeting with King Gus?
The man who stinks of alcohol. What are you saying?
Oh, Cadogan, he didn't say anything.
Yeah, I've been quiet this whole time. Misha looks at you and says, do you want some tea to pep you up? Yeah.
All right.
You ruined it. Okay. Does this mean anything to you, Arctis? We ruined something that deserves to be ruined.
We heard that from this real creepo guy who worked at the Knife and Pallet.
Hollis Kennywater.
Right. And he was like, He said a bunch of stuff. He said, yeah, he was talking about how his mistress was the one who is the proprietor and the one who's clearly doing all the cooking of all these paints and rendering of the blood in the back. Jeez. And he was the one that said, all that he can say is that This was ruined.
Something was ruined that deserved to be ruined when this was an accident. She worked with that mistress.
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