The Sun Tree: Laudna & Vox Machina | All Clips

[@marymcallister7963]

God Marisha's physicality as Laudna is mesmerizing and creepy

[@andrewquinn9550]

“Well of course. The worse thing that will ever happen to me has already happened” Chills every time!

[@jsbcody]

I am a little concerned about Matt's look at the 6:53 mark.....it is either "wow that is my wife delivering a great line" or a DM looking like, "ok, challenge accepted."

[@deepspaceexplorer9529]

That’s crazy, almost identical to what I’ve been telling my different therapist for years.

[@Kris-wo4pj]

@@jsbcody he did almost kill her again like 3 times in a single episode before this

[@jsbcody]

@@Kris-wo4pj Maybe killing Laudna isn't the worst thing that can happen to her......maybe killing Imogen or FCG would be the worst thing that could happen to her, especially if Matt spun it as Laudna's fault.

[@chadwertz9648]

Marisha’s best line.

[@DarkComputerGirl]

God.... I love just watching everyone's face as they realize who Laudna was. Ashley looks at Lauren just like "Wait...is she...?" And Taliesin just taking it all in.

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

Liam's: "Respectfully, so fucking what?" Is an absolutely killer line.

[@issacmontgomery5245]

Oh my god i never realised the antlers were nailed to her head. Oh god

[@Callum07]

I don’t think I’ll ever be able to unlearn that. I was so shocked by the initial visual that I didn’t even think to look closer, but now that some of the details were pointed out, I’m genuinely more horrified. Looks like the visions of that scene are gonna return in my brain sometime soon. 😅

[@companyoflosers]

laudna was hung to represent Vex, not Keyleth.

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

5:10 Marisha's grin, you can see how excited she is for this moment. As she should be, this was one of the best moments in CR history. Absolutely brilliant.

[@Crotalus18]

Ahh, Percy's backstory. The gift of in-game trauma drama that keeps on giving.

[@MonsterTeegs]

I love the look in Taliesin's eyes when Launda says "sometimes it doesn't even feel like me, different life, you know?"

[@idontuploadanym0re]

13:14 well…. she got what she wanted. in the worst way possible. also, i would love to see Laudna cross paths with Vex. that would be a harrowing conversation for both characters i think.

[@Anzy.99]

dang just imagining Laudna seeing the woman she died to send a message for and changed her entire life forever gives me chills. Also, if that wouldn't have happened, she wouldve never met Imogen

[@Hypersaiyanike]

@@Anzy.99 okay but, imagine Vex seeing Laudna and just instantly being brought back to that moment. Seeing this literal corpse, the life that was taken to threaten her specifically, just walking around with very little care in the world outside of the norm. Then imagine Laudna walking up to her, not putting two and two together at all, and just saying hello.

[@McFloT]

If vox machina cross paths with laudna and find out who is in her head, it is very possible that blood will be spilled. From the point of view of VM, would you let her live? I wouldn't let her go. I would even get angry with Orym for not giving notice of the situation. And all this without mentioning BH's reaction. I want it to happen so much just for the drama.

[@cryofpaine]

@@McFloT I doubt it. The only reason she poses any kind of threat at all is because of Delilah. And I think their response would be more "How can we help her get rid of her connection to Delilah" rather than "She's evil let's kill her'.

[@McFloT]

@@cryofpaine It wouldn't be a "she's bad, let's kill her" it would be more of a "unfortunately delilah briarwood lives inside you and delilah briarwood must die"

[@rebeccabirch6130]

Everyone's faces.... Oh WHAT a reveal! The kind of reveal that DMs and us PCs live for.

[@KittyMax97]

Laudna’s back story, especially with the context of C1, is utterly tragic and heartbreaking. Every time it’s mentioned I tear up. Even though it’s fiction, everyone must have felt responsible thinking back to C1. It was obviously on purpose, but that kind of campaign connection just eats you. It’s fucking brilliant.

[@mikekoloski]

I love how during C3 we see Laudna playing with her hair, like she trying to get the paint out of her hair

[@fieryhephestus]

this, by far is one of the darkest moments in any campaign, period.

[@robertoliver7368]

I want to hug Laudna greatly, that poor girl. I was kind of hoping that her sister would come back to life and they would be reunited.

[@DarkComputerGirl]

I want to hug ALL of them.

[@anim8tdfan]

This is my favorite reveal of all of the campaigns because Marisha made an amazing character backstory with such a huge call back to a horrific moment that happened many years ago.

[@octolingo1892]

Watching Taliesin and Ashley react to the sun tree stuff was gold

[@JasperForge]

My group did a one shot where we played the of the people hanging in the tree. I was the Percy one, I got a gun and everything. We'd been asking a our DM for months to do a campaign in Exandria or at leas a one shot. Boy did we get it.

[@internetfriend6701]

They've exchanged letters with Vex! Imagine what would happen if they met

[@rmoenmjea]

I would love for them to accidentally meet Vex when she's in the woods around whitestone (so she would be in her more adventure-y attire) and Laudna getting all PTSD-y from seeing the clothes. But I think it would be a bold choice to bribg old characters up (like in person, not only through voice) because would Matt play them? Would their original player play them?

[@mayaenglish5424]

On the one hand, can't wait, on the other let's wait until they're higher level because Vox Machina are level 20 and if Laudna sets off Percy or Vex's very justified PTSD with the one two combo of being undead AND being connected to Delilah that will end extremely poorly for Bells Hells lol. We're talking scorched earth policy here people. How many times do we have to kill you Delilah?!?!?!?!

[@mayaenglish5424]

@@rmoenmjea Matt's already said he would play them if it happens, they're NPC's now and it's 30 something years in the future, it would make no sense for them to play their old characters, they wouldn't know what to do. They have Zero context for their lives and wouldn't be able to make decisions for them or interact in the world now and Matt is the only one who knows what's going on and can use them for plot purposes.

[@HonorableCnut]

Laudna was a lot more D toward the beginning. Now that she’s revived I hope to see the real deal Laudna and her badass sorceress self

[@hopesdopes]

This might be the character tha suffered the most for other people sins, she didn't deserved this... but is so great to see her happy and being able to love herself and being loved by her new found family ❤❤

[@pheonix1911]

I hope they make a show of campaign 2 and 3 like they did for Vox Machina

[@immakillu2]

All depends on how much support and love the cast and both the dnd show and animated show gets during its tenure, which is safe to say a fucking lot

[@anagraceatkins3731]

@@oriandthesleepytime Wait, really??

[@ChaseOnMinecraft]

I listened to this as a podcast so I didnt get to see the amazing reactions to Laudna's backstory at first but I'm glad i watched this

[@mctheplaywright]

Marisha being the first to audibly react to the reveal of the bodies in the trees makes everything to follow so much better

[@mctheplaywright]

There’s a fun mix of excitement in horror in her reaction that isn’t in the others, who seem as sickened as their characters. Marisha is still in character, but is also so clearly hyped for the dark turn. I know the idea for Laudna came years later, but you can almost see the beginnings of her in Marisha’s hype

[@tally9542]

Wait so is Laudna's entire character the woman we saw swinging from the tree that was meant to look like Vex? Is that why they cut her ears?

[@KittyKatt_Luna80s]

Yes. Correct.

[@cypr7878]

Watching everyone’s reactions is by far my favorite part

[@robertzontorrevillas3106]

You know whats creepy each time matt say dangling his head enacts the motion

[@BlueWoWTaylan]

If Bells Hells get its own show, I guess that will be the first appearance of Laudna.

[@samminicksm]

WAIT! If Laudna has sorcerous origins that saved her in the necromantic blast, then her siblings and at least one of her parents has some sorcerer in them. They could have also ‘survived’.

[@ToabyToastbrot]

They could have, but sorcerous origins can work in weird ways, not just hereditary. She could just be born under a weird moon or could have been blessed by some mighty entity. Or it could be hereditary but skips generations in weird ways

[@itsnochi9447]

@@ToabyToastbrot or even if it was hereditary it could likely skip generations. I mean laudna says it herself that her parents were naive and thought her powers could be developed with the briarwoods. which implies that they didn't have powers since they didnt know what to do with hers.

[@captin3149]

They rounded up several villagers, it doesn't mean that the other hung people were Laudna's family. She even said in game that she lost her connections to family AFTER the Vox Machina attack. That wasn't HER family on the tree.

[@companyoflosers]

doubt it. Lady Briarwood's being in her head I'm sure has more than just a little to do with it.

[@samminicksm]

@@captin3149 It literally was her family on the tree. She said that is was in the episode.

[@PotterFreak22]

STILL BOTHERS ME TO THIS DAY! Those poor people were totally innocent and did nothing wrong to deserve what happened to them! And the children! Don’t even get me started on that! I do like the concept of Laudna being the Vex double and I can’t EVER UNSEE THAT now, and she is one of my favorite characters in C3 with Imogen. I’m rooting for her to kick Delilah to the curb once and for all! And maybe become really, actually, completely and totally alive once this war ends!

[@horseperson900]

I remember watching that episode in C3 when it aired and that fucked me up.

[@pxkqd]

She's not the blonde child, right? That one represented Pike. Laudna was Vex, barely shown at 14:49

[@azanthal]

She was the vex duplicate

[@emilerose7441]

Actually she was pike her mother was vex

[@VRRRM]

@@emilerose7441 Nah, Marisha literally says at 12:11 that she was the Vex double. Laudna didn't age post-resurrection, so she couldn't have been the Pike double.

[@shadoestalk4225]

@@emilerose7441 pike didnt have one

[@mikekoloski]

@@emilerose7441 Laudna is the Vex body

[@imaEnVideo]

Get someone who looks at you the way Matt looks at Marisha at 6:53

[@aspenculbertson3938]

I doubt it because I think it's been in development for a hot second but do you think anyone knew about Laudna while developing Vox Machina

[@krackawoody2556]

It’s possible, apparently Sam had the idea for FCG roughly before C2 ended so possible they planned it a bit.

[@Kris-wo4pj]

Campaign 1? maybe after the tree reveal. The show? Yes if ya look at vex's double it acts different from the other corpses when they are turned into the undead army by deliah making me think that's how laudna became a hollow one. Only realize this after multiple rewatches since the camera focus on the sun tree corpses esp laudna for a split second as the spell takes hold and she doesn't rise or turns to dust when the spell ends or when pike uses turn undead near the tree.

[@Starsaber222]

Maybe Marisha came up with the concept while working on LoVM.

[@Aidscapade71]

@@Starsaber222 based off what I know marisha didn't have a huge part in the show. She's busy leading the twitch channel. I think maybe it played some part but not as large as say Travis & Sam.