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5 min read"Breathe. Life and those around you. We can't lose you." — a masked director speaks these words to Azune Nyar as a pantomimed actor stabs herself in the chest, the final vision before the captain leaves Dolmachiar behind. This is the emotional core of the episode: a city reeling from triumph and terror, and a party of schemers trying to figure out who to trust and what to do next.
The Morning After the Halloween Round
The episode opens the morning after the play "Cold Ferride" — a smash hit that was also an act of rebellion. The performance freed the souls of orcish heroes from a lost afterlife, consecrated the Halloween Round as a new celestial anchor, and sent shockwaves through the city's power structures. But triumph came with a body count: Teor and Talcidimir Pride-Sire were lost in Obramis Manor, and Hanon the druid died there too. Primus Taconis forced Wickander to kill a servant, then reanimated her as a zombie. The city is buzzing with celebration, but the characters are bruised, guilty, and suspicious.
The episode's structure is a series of morning-after reckonings. Each character wakes up with a different burden, and the episode cuts between them like a slow-motion council of war.
Wickander's Crisis of Faith and Tyranny's Revelation
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Advertisements** - A series of sponsor reads for Carvana, Prenouvo, and other products.
- 2 (01:15) **Episode Introduction & Recap** - Brendan Lee Mulligan welcomes listeners to Campaign 4, Part 1, and sets the scene for the episode.
- 3 (03:10) **Azune's Vision in the Black Box** - Azune puts on the Belair mask and is immediately pulled into a strange, dreamlike theater.
- 4 (06:09) **Confronting Belair** - Azune directly addresses the Belair entity, demanding to know what this place is and if it can access her memories.
- 5 (10:42) **Recreating Key Memories** - Azune attempts to use the theater to replay her crucial political conversations, but the vision becomes corrupted.
- 6 (17:44) **The Warning from the Vision** - Azune's investigation into the vision reveals a hidden knife and a final, violent scene.
- 7 (24:49) **Announcements & Return to the Story** - The cast makes announcements about new products and live shows before diving back into the narrative.
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Show Notes
Part 1
The Schemers dip into the political landscape of Dol-Makjar, but moves from their local enemies complicate their plans...
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OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN 4 CAST
GAME MASTER Brennan Lee Mulligan
Laura Bailey as Thimble
Luis Carazo as Azune Nayar
Robbie Daymond as Kattigan Vale
Aabria Iyengar as Thaisha Lloy
Taliesin Jaffe as Bolaire Lathalia
Ashley Johnson as Vaelus
Matthew Mercer as Sir Julien Davinos
Whitney Moore as Tyranny
Liam O’Brien as Halandil "Hal" Fang
Marisha Ray as Murray Mag’Nesson
Sam Riegel as Wicander "Wick" Halovar
Alexander Ward as Occtis Tachonis
Travis Willingham as Teor Pridesire
CREDITS
Produced by Maxwell James, Steve Failows, & Kyle Shire
Set Designed by Shaun Ellis
Production Designer: Noxweiler Berf
Character Art by Loren Hontanilla
Edited by Taylor Burke and Emily "Stevie" Stevenson
Critical Role Announcement Playhouse Editor: Vinny Celesti
Opening Title Editor: Paul Foyder
Opening Title Colorist: Peter Koocheradis
Window Effects by Christian Brown
Graphic Design by Aaron Monroy & Jordyn Torrence
Dol-Makjar art by Daniel Jiménez Villalba
Miniatures Painted by Payton Keo Lacebal
Opening Title Theme by Neal Acree
Campaign 4 Key art by Hannah Friederichs
Additional Art & Design by Hannah Friederichs
Episode QC by Catherine Zimmerman & Paula Flores
Assistant Editor: Gianna Gencarella
Post Production Coordinators: M Swing & Bryn Hubbard
Closed Caption Editing by Margaret Dill, Nikki Kindelberger, Courtney Knewtson, Danielle Lackie, Eleanor Smith-Dufresne & Alice Tsoi
Post Production Supervisor: Tal Levitas
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