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5 min readIn a fairy cave beneath a newborn moon crystal, the heroes of Critical Role’s fourth campaign sleep and dream—but their dreams are not idle. As the party rests after shattering the Stone of Nightsong and freeing countless lost souls, each character is pulled into a vivid dreamscape where the boundaries between illusion and reality have become dangerously thin. The moon crystal, born from that shattering, pulses with fairy magic that grants what happens in dreams real, lasting significance. What follows is a night of confronting personal trauma, making impossible choices, and earning permanent wisdom from the ordeal.
The Nightmare of the Cottage
Cadigan, the party’s wolf-blooded warrior, dreams of the remote cottage he once shared with his wife Mariana and daughter Esme—a place of simple love, bird song, and domestic peace. But the dream curdles. Mariana’s eyes begin to gush blood, and Primus Taconis, the powerful man Cadigan believes destroyed his family, appears. Cadigan transforms against his will into a wolf while Primus slits Mariana’s throat. Cadigan knows this is a dream but cannot wake; a DC 20 Constitution save fails. In a moment of lucidity, he understands that his mind is showing him the worst possible version of what he never witnessed: the actual moment his wife and daughter died. The nightmare traps him in a drowning wolf’s body, swimming through a crystal la
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Episode Start & Housekeeping** - Opening advertisements for Star Wars, Park City Mountain, and McDonald's.
- 2 (02:28) **Campaign Recap & New Adventure Seeds** - Brennan narrates the party's recent victory and outlines their many possible next quests.
- 3 (04:36) **Ad Break & Announcements** - Travis announces the Beacon TV app for streaming devices and offline viewing.
- 4 (08:33) **Advertisements** - A series of sponsor advertisements for Ridge, Factor, BetterHelp, and ZipRecruiter.
- 5 (13:03) **Cadigan's Dream: The Cottage** - Cadigan describes the peaceful cottage he shared with his wife Mariana and daughter Esme.
- 6 (20:12) **Dream Turns to Nightmare** - The peaceful dream violently shifts as Mariana bleeds from her eyes and Cadigan transforms into a wolf.
- 7 (24:04) **Cadigan's Lucid Moment** - Cadigan fails a wisdom save to wake up but succeeds on an intelligence save, gaining a moment of lucidity.
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Show Notes
Part 1
The Seekers rest before they travel the fey Miller's Road, but strange visions plague each of them in turn...
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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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