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5 min readThe Tower of Oxidus is a sanctuary carved from desperation. A strange metropolis has appeared in the southern Sallowlands, drawing travelers toward uncertain hope or suspicion, and the region is shifting in its presence. A troop of wayward companions has pushed through marshes, dust storms, and a raider caravan to reach this singular safe place—a sacred pyre burning at its apex, a fortress repurposed from an old-world prison. They have been granted a night's rest and the chance to meet the prophet Oxidus directly, but what they witness upon arrival changes everything.
In the outer sanctum, a branded heretic is judged, chased, and executed before the assembled populace. The crowd scatters back to their business as if nothing happened. One of the companions notices a young girl backing away from the scene, terrified, and disappearing into a garden region on the eastern side of the courtyard. The group decides to follow her.
The hidden sanctuary beneath the tower
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What you'll learn
- 1 Horizon of Promise | Age of Umbra: Sallowlands | Episode 3 Part 1
- 2 (08:18) **Episode Recap and Setup** - The GM recaps the party's journey through the Sallowlands to the Tower of Oxidus, where they witnessed a heretic's execution
- 3 (11:41) **Pursuing the Mystery Girl** - The party decides to follow a young woman who fled the execution scene into a garden courtyard
- 4 (13:10) **Folding the Glider** - Two characters work together to figure out how to properly fold the glider they've been carrying
- 5 (16:12) **Exploring the Garden Shantytown** - The party enters the garden area, now a dense tent city with scaffolding dwellings built into the beautiful old-world architecture
- 6 (19:17) **Tracking the Girl Through the Crowd** - Using instinct and observation, the party follows subtle glances from locals to locate the girl's hiding spot
- 7 (21:52) **Entering the Hidden Passage** - The smaller party members squeeze through a two-foot gap into a lightless crawl space between the walls
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Show Notes
Part 1
The five wandering heretics clamber throughout the great towering city in search of a way out...
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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