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Decaying Deliverance | Age of Umbra: Sallowlands | Episode 5 Part 2

August 18, 2026

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In the crater where the city of Promise once stood, a party of wanderers finds themselves staring into a wound in the world. The great city has vanished entirely from the Halcyon Domain, leaving behind only crackling remnants of raw power, a massive chasm glowing with emerald light, and the buzzing in their bodies finally beginning to fade. One of them, Bowen, pulls out a glass orb containing a single human fingerbone—a relic given to him days before by a blood-covered stranger in the Sallowlands. The orb is now glowing with the same green tint as the energy around them, vibrating and stinging at his touch.

The Vision of the March

When Bowen sits down to commune with the spirit connected to the fingerbone, he is pulled into a vision. He sees a black horizon of people marching north, all wearing red tabards and robes, following a young man with long black hair carrying a tome. The man is impossibly handsome, walking with a smile and a strong air of rebellion, his gaze fixed on a distant glow called Ember Reach. At his side walks a woman with pale silver hair and vibrant green eyes. They kiss, and the march continues. The vision ends with an awareness of every statue of every veiled god in the Halcyon Domain turning in their direction.

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  • 1 Age of Umbra: Sallowlands | Episode 5 Part 2 — Navigation Outline
  • 2 (02:09) **The Vanished City and the Hellscar** - The party arrives at the crater where Promise once stood, now a glowing chasm of green power
  • 3 (08:41) **Communing with the Finger Bone** - A character sits down to commune with the spirit connected to the bone, receiving a vision of a marching army
  • 4 (12:11) **Connecting the Visions** - The party compares dreams and realizes they've seen the same figures and events
  • 5 (17:21) **The Hellscar's Environment and Factions** - The party descends into the crater, noting the residual magic and the approach of Hookbrow followers
  • 6 (25:34) **First Sigil and Second Vision** - A character approaches a burned sigil on the ground, which leaps onto their chest and triggers a vision of a grand battle
  • 7 (30:44) **The Race to the Center** - The party debates whether to investigate more sigils or sprint directly to the center

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Show Notes

Part 2

 

Captured by the Dova, the travelers must choose between surrendering to salvation or fighting for their own path forward...

 

DAGGERHEART: HOPE & FEAR

Explore new Daggerheart content seen in Sallowlands with the first expansion for Daggerheart! Hope & Fear comes out August 25th and features new classes (Witch, Warlock, Assassin, Brawler), transformation cards, adversaries, campaign frames, and much more. Visit https://www.daggerheart.com/pre-order to learn more, or head directly to Critical Role shops to place your pre-order!

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AGE OF UMBRA: SALLOWLANDS

A group of outcasts and survivors brave blasted lands in search of answers in Age of Umbra: Sallowlands. This 6-part Daggerheart mini-series features Game Master Matthew Mercer and players Laura Bailey, Jennifer English, Abubakar Salim, Vico Ortiz, and Zachery Renauldo. They’ll form an unlikely band of companions, who venture off the beaten path in search of answers in the Sallowlands, a new region of the Halcyon Domain filled with cracked badlands, dangers, and awe-inspiring secrets. What fragile hopes dare they cling to in this story of desperation and survival? Learn more at https://critrole.com/umbra

 

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CREDITS

See full cast and crew credits at https://critrole.com/sallowlands-credits/  

 

Starring:

Game Master Matthew Mercer | @matthewmercervo

Jennifer English as Dillywin Hellekin | @jenniferjenglish

Abubakar Salim as Mercy | @abubakarsalim

Laura Bailey as Sister | @laurabaileyvo

Zachery Renauldo as Alphonse | @zachthebold

Vico Ortiz as Cagauma | @puertoricaninja

 

Art by:

Key Art by Daniel Jiménez Villalba | @Danieljimenezvillalba

Character Art by Strange House | @strange_house

Sallowlands Map by Marco Bernardini

Miniatures Painted by Keo Lacebal, Angela Basset, and Erik Lonnquist

Main Theme Song by Omar Fadel

Set Design by Shaun Ellis

Set Fabrication and Production Design by Noxweiler Berf

 

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