What Did He DO!?!! Vox Machina 3x07 Episode 7: Cloak And Dagger Reaction

[@AshenHawk96]

Fun fact: this thing with Percy isn't quite how it happened in the campaign, so the fans literally can't spoil you on what happens next because even we don't know how it'll go.

[@OliverSierraW]

if i had to guess they will defeat orthax and he will have percy's soul

[@dinosaur8682]

I have a theory of what'll happen, but if it doesn't happen within the next three episodes, or this season ends before they're all reunited, I will NOT be able to cope lol

[@davidbodor1762]

I did not expect Matt Mercer being the singer of the season, first Ruby of the Sea and now this...his voice is freaking good though. And gosh that '..but he was gone.' hit SO hard. It really sinks it all in.

[@FrostyTheSnowPickle]

Fun fact: Both the Pike’s blood subplot and Ripley getting away at Glintshore are completely new to the show. In the campaign, Ripley died at Glintshore, and Pike’s blood being special was never a thing. So the critters don’t know any more than you about what will happen next.

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

We're completely off the rails. Though there is a good theory about where they're going with Pike's blood. I won't say what it is, only that it has to do with something we see in Downfall (Critical Role, Campaign 3, episodes 99-101). For those who haven't seen it, those are completely standalone episodes that show events from the Calamity. It's worth a watch just for how great it is, but it also could give more context to what they're doing with Pike.

[@FrostyTheSnowPickle]

@@jonathanhibberd9983 I’m kind of hoping they’ll make Ripley the big bad of season 4, since *SPOILERS* Tary becomes really good friends with Percy and she’d be a good foil for Tary. She and Percy are both incredibly dark and tormented people. They’re brilliant, but have used their brilliance to cause harm and destruction because of the pain they’ve suffered. Tary and Percy are both incredibly brilliant and privileged inventors, coming from wealth and having had so many opportunities that Ripley was denied, since she came from a little poor mining village. Tary, unlike the other two, though, is incredibly naive and pretty upbeat. So you’ve got: - Tary, who’s privileged, brilliant, naive, and good-hearted. - Percy, who’s privileged, brilliant, jaded and cynical, and somewhat good-hearted. - Ripley, who’s underprivileged, brilliant, jaded and cynical, and villainous. I feel like that could be a very fun character dynamic to explore.

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

@@FrostyTheSnowPickle That would make a lot of sense. The next arc of the campaign is lacking a BBEG, so I can see them pushing Ripley out to next season. It would also give them a more direct way to get back around to the final BBEG, rather than just dropping the info into their lap via the "Meatman".

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

@@FrostyTheSnowPickle Plus I just really like Kelly Hu. 😁

[@DerrickSchetro]

​@@jonathanhibberd9983 I almost wonder if they are tying in her families bloodline if you know what I mean.

[@caffeinedelusions]

As a woman smarter than I pointed out… Vex died because Percy accidentally set off a trap. Percy died because Vex accidentally set off a trap. It’s like poetry. It rhymes.

[@jasonmkc7797]

Many great mirrors in LVM

[@rhokesh4391]

@@jasonmkc7797 But not a single one directed at the Briarwoods 😜

[@sdaubs]

I think that it is cheating to rhyme 'trap' with 'trap' but parallels are great

[@cheeseamateur]

Speaking of parallels and poetics, someone online also said: "A character created by revenge died while trying to forgive"

[@caffeinedelusions]

@@cheeseamateurAlso very well spotted.

[@zenmastermtl]

Fun fact: young Ripley is voiced by Kimiko Glenn, everyone's favourite maid/knife gremlin, Nifty.

[@caffeinedelusions]

I wonder if she’d be a good casting choice for Nott the Brave, given that I doubt Sam’s likely to voice her in the other series.

[@cas2762]

@@caffeinedelusions why not? Nott is *his* character. I don’t see a reason for him to not voice her in the animated show, unless her voice would be too hard for him after his surgery (which doesn’t really seem like the case from the clips I saw lately).

[@caffeinedelusions]

@@cas2762It’s one thing to play a character across gender lines in theatre of the mind environments. It’s another thing to do so in an actual series. The voice he uses for Nott at the table would NOT pass muster in voice acting circles. That said, whomever ends up voicing Nott would do well to draw a LOT from his performance, and possibly confer with him regarding their portrayal and presentation of HIS character.

[@rhokesh4391]

@@caffeinedelusions We'll see... ;)

[@sdaubs]

@@caffeinedelusions There are also his recent health problems and maybe the voice is too difficult for him to do now

[@pogopuschel.2946]

The worst part isn’t even Percy’s death. It’s the fact that Orthax gets the souls of everyone killed by one of Ripley’s weapons. That’s why the gun in front of Percy starts glowing at the end. After he finally surpasses his quest for vengeance and shows mercy, his soul is taken by the demon of vengeance and hatred. In my opinion, a fate worse than death. That’s fucking heartbreaking.💔

[@cristalmewtwo4160]

Yeah the man so taken by vengeance he created a weapon of literal hell finally breaks through his cloud of hate only to by struck down by his mirror lost within the mist of hatred

[@ematuskey]

Oh, good eye--I was wondering what was up with the gun glowing, but that makes perfect sense.

[@rhokesh4391]

The fore-shadow-ing from S1 came true you could say ;)

[@kaniamia]

Yeah, when Pike says “He’s gone”, they all think he’s with the Raven Queen, but Percy is definitely on that boat with Ripley (inside her gun) and having a very bad time. I fully believe that this moment of mercy was the moment that Percy properly broke his pact with Orthax and saved his soul from automatically becoming Orthax’s upon death… Only for Percy to get shot by Ripley and have his soul stolen away to Orthax anyway.

[@alphathewolf583]

But the upside is that a soul claimed in theory could be a soul recovered. My theory is that that's how we get him back if we get him back at all.

[@LiliNyx_ofc]

It's really messed up when you consider Percy and Vex each failing to check for a trap got each other killed. It's only trumped by the moment later on when Ripley doesn't check for a trap and randomly *unkills* Percy. Just fully pops back up and is like "huh. THat was weird".

[@caffeinedelusions]

We’ve gotten information -around- Vex’s mother as far back as episode 1 or 2, which is where she mentioned that she’s made a study of dragons because her mother died in a dragon attack… it wasn’t until season 3, episode 1 that we learned the name of the town she was settled in (Byroden). This is definitely the first clear look we’ve gotten of her, though, I’m pretty sure.

[@tristanmilner9511]

Byroden. Suddenly, I'm hungry for Pie.

[@sandorfalusi3486]

Fun fact: you will meet Taliesin Jaffe’s replacement character who he created in case Percy died.

[@rhokesh4391]

Your excitement from the start of the video vs. the slow realization at the end 🥲

[@jasonsmith6219]

Lesson of the day: Tie up enemy before taking off body armor.

[@minuette1752]

My lesson is always kill the enemy and never grant them mercy. Then again I almost always played LE characters in D&D.

[@caffeinedelusions]

Also, tie up enemy before REVEALING THE EXISTENCE of body armor.

[@tristanmilner9511]

Her second shot was above the spot Percy had the armor, so it wouldn't have helped.

[@Mr83nn0]

In the next episode, if you're quick enough, you'll see a 10 000 year old eldritch being trying to fool people around them they're dead

[@billbishop6109]

This is different than the campaign. Percy did die, but how and what happens after is completely different. We are in uncharted territory now!

[@thomasbedient9191]

We've been in uncharted territory all season. None of this is how the campaign went.

[@Imoru000]

​@@thomasbedient9191 Well Critical Role did say that they were having Season 3 of Vox Machina will be different than the campaign.

[@VampireHunter5790]

We're going on a cool adventure and we don't know what's in store, we're strapping in for trauma and we're headed out the door!

[@wildbronco038]

Now we enter Vex's Delilah Briarwood arc where she makes a deal with the Whispered One to bring Percy back.

[@elbruces]

Vampire Percy is pretty cool though.

[@wildbronco038]

@@elbruces And were-Trinket is so badass

[@abessia1494]

@@wildbronco038 Especially once Keyleth helps hybridize him with an Illithid

[@neintales1224]

I don't feel the Ripley backstory was an attempt to make us feel overly sorry for her or the like, I think it was to emphasize that she really is a mirror image of Percy. Also her dad is voiced by Lou Diamond Phillips who was one of my first big crushes as a preteen @_@ they really got so many people voicing characters in this series.

[@cristalmewtwo4160]

Yeah even down to the magic users that did it all coming from the same starting point

[@easterslice]

You have good taste in crushes.

[@themorenajay]

I also feel like her backstory was kind of shown to us as a hint to Delilah too. (Through the Assembly)

[@DungeonDragon18]

It's also setting up the Mighty Nein show, as the Assembly is the big bad of their story. In fact, I'm pretty sure the mage who led the attack on Ripley's village is Trent Ikithon himself. Burning down villages and murdering people's parents are his two favorite hobbies, after all.

[@themorenajay]

@@DungeonDragon18 I actually thought the same thing! The credits list him just as "Assembly mage" I think but c'mon - they wouldn't just randomly highlight a specific one for no reason.

[@dinosaur8682]

Dude, I could NOT stop sobbing these last three episodes. Just when I thought I had gotten over it, something else happened and I sobbed even harder. Percy is my absolute FAVORITE character. I was not okay lol. EDITING to say that the music is made even sadder when you know Matt Mercer is singing it lol.

[@richardjao748]

Don't worry! Percy will come back! They're just going to find him in the woods in the form of a super chill Firbolg who loves drinking tea and is completely devoted to the Wildmother, it's FIIIINE.....

[@hansonrowe234]

Or find some weird teifling circus man, it's fiiine.

[@RedWizardFox]

Wrong campaign lol

[@lordinquisitor2494]

no no no. He looses some hight and swings a sword later in the story!

[@AshenHawk96]

Honestly I would love if we got a little 1 minute cameo of a certain purple Tiefling performing about the "Terrible Tinkerer of Taldorei."

[@rhokesh4391]

@@lordinquisitor2494 Loses some height and gains a turtle shell?

[@ghurcbghurcb]

Can't wait for you to meet Taliesin's new character! 😊 What? Too soon?

[@flaminyawn]

I mean, nobody was expecting Taleisin to play a kobold wizard, but it's shocking how well he made it work.

[@theanyktos]

@@flaminyawn 11 days!

[@michaelbryant3640]

You cannot deny that "The Terrible Tinkerer of Tal'dorei" is a certified banger!

[@caffeinedelusions]

When it comes to Percy and the halo lighting… I think it’s both. I think it’s something they did as part of the relationship dialogue with Vex AND as part of foreshadowing his death… and I think they set it up to make us think it was just about the relationship dialogue specifically to mask that hint so we wouldn’t be sure of the danger he was in.

[@easterslice]

"The clues are always in the lighting!" I'm going to remember that one. :).

[@PlayWatch_616]

The rock mined in the intro was not Residum, Residum is a green crystal that is only found in the mountains around Whitestone, that rock was probably something else, maybe Broomstone, another magical exandrian rock that floats when magically charged, or something else idk

[@caffeinedelusions]

True… but the important bit is that was something those wizards were willing to kill to get.

[@darrenrichardson6146]

@@caffeinedelusions No, the important bit is knowing WHO is leading those wizards...... Two words. Icky Thong. IFYYK.

[@rickymoranjr9609]

Percy's death was a real heart-shattering death, plus Ripley was offered a chance to redeem herself but yet she killed Percy anyway

[@Dead-fire]

I hope Ripley rots in hell

[@cookypower3157]

AARGG THIS EPISODE WAS PAIINNN. Love your reactions, can't wait for the next one.

[@niamhfox9559]

This is SUCH an anime episode, my brain refuses to believe that song wasn't in Japanese! It's not a spoiler, it's just world building stuff but they're mining Brumstone. It's magical and very rare, like Residuum but different.

[@pogopuschel.2946]

Gladly he gets resurrected in the next episode by trinket 👌

[@lipsum42]

SPOILER(?) SPACE... . . . . . . . . . . . . "I can carry him." best bear

[@Nenanin]

Bear urine has some amazing underrated magical properties.

[@hhylobates4098]

​@@lipsum42I'm sad they haven't let Trinket acrually talk yet outside of that joke, he's such a good bear 😢

[@thehikingviking2049]

It's really amazing symmetry how Vex offers herself up to become the Champion of the Matron of Ravens in order to spare Percy's life. Vax needs to chill out, though. Really didn't like when he got all "but being the chosen warrior of the death goddess was *my* thing!"

[@lonelyspaceace]

Me, a fan who watched the original campaign, thinking nothing can surprise me and then seeing this episode: ......

[@operative2136]

Really cool detail to notice about Percy's death. If you read the lyrics to the song that is playing during the scene, it actually narrates what is going on in the scene. It's also sung by Matt Mercer himself.

[@littlewormyguy]

Something that Moscow gotta learn is that sometimes in fnd you can die before your arc is complete

[@havenomouth]

Arc completed. Taliesin bringing his backup character The Owlbear.

[@SCUBAguypnw]

Vex and Vax's mother was killed by a dragon. Mentioned in Season One.

[@AAAndrew]

When No Mercy Percy found Mercy, it killed him.

[@elbruces]

Merciful Percival.

[@Sammacias5]

[Mod] Hey everyone! Remember to keep the comments free of any spoilers of future episodes for Mosco. Have fun & be creative with fake spoilers! Also, make sure we’re keeping the comments cool & comfortable for everyone here. Enjoy the reaction y’all!!!

[@NoSoulJoel177]

Good thing they changed a lot of things so barely any spoilers going forward

[@laurahart1337]

“I’m not excited to see how this goes down.” Me either 😢

[@Charvale]

Did you see the glow of the gun after Percy was shot? That means his soul went straight to Orthax - meaning, he's trapped with the Shadow Demon for the rest of eternity.

[@SilverScribe85]

I don't care how tragic Ripley's past is...her actions coupled with her Nihilism are no excuse for everything she's done

[@stephenwilliams5004]

It was interesting to watch you go through denial, anger, and bargaining in short order.

[@jxcefxce]

Yes I loved the storytelling through the lighting in this whole episode!

[@throughjupiterseyes]

my sibling watched this ep after i did and sent me their reactions. i was at work when i got a text from them with a screenshot of young ripley that said “cool motive still (mass) murder” and i CACKLED

[@gollumandeowyn]

Vex actually admitted last season that she loves Percy when fighting Saundor. "My heart belongs to someone else!" (Punches cursed archfey)

[@sofiajohansson1438]

This is truly Not How It's Supposed to End. This episode broke me and and was so scared, because this is not how it goes down in the campaign. Percy is my favorite Vox Machina character, one of my favorite CR characters (Taliesin's characters are always amazing) and while I knew this was coming, the changes they made had me really worried. The song is incredible tho, I need a full length version of it. Matt's voice blows me away, I didn't even realize it was him the first time I heard it.

[@MirorR3fl3ction]

Percy used alchemical magic based on the Dragon Scales he got after they defeated the Ice Dragon, which allowed his soul to escape Orthax after his death and possess Grog to help the team plan their final attack on Thordak

[@kaniamia]

If you think this is shocking, just wait until the end of episode 11 when Gilmore stabs Vax in a crime of passion for choosing Keyleth over him.

[@jeremy1860]

I absolutely love the expressions on your face in your chosen thumbnails ^_^

[@Micaerys]

This episodes blew everyone's mind, me included Regarding your question about Pike's blood, here's a theory as spoiler-free as humanly possible: In Exandria demigods (both as lesser idols and as half-mortal half-divine people) exist. Since the Everlight is a deity notably weakened after the Calamity (hence the cracks in her divine form) perhaps Pike is a distant descendant of her, and the goddess is essentially having some of her own power back by having a person with her divine spark following her path

[@caffeinedelusions]

I know the natural thing is to expect that Pike will be the one to raise Percy at some point, but I always felt that it was very interesting of the group to have Keyleth do it by casting Reincarnation, a spell that returns a dead character to life in a new body of a random species, sex, and appearance. I hadn’t expected it to be in the body of Zahra’s cousin Lilith, though. Still, it was good to have proof that Vex is bi representation.

[@mystical_grace]

I'm honestly really excited about the Pike lore. Ashley Johnson (Pike's player and VA) wasn't always able to be at the table, so Pike didn't have quite the character arcs that the others did, so a lot of the Pike stuff this season has been a surprise!

[@executionflux91]

Yep, feels be present in this

[@wyren925]

Remember theses are DnD characters Arcs can end Abruptly

[@DracheLehre]

Of course… the icky mage ruins everything he encounters.

[@Bookconsumer]

I honestly do not know how to subtly put thong in a sentence, so instead I'll just say awesome reference. I love Jester.

[@rhokesh4391]

Do we think Icky Thong was actually with the mages here? I thought for a second it might have been the one who picked up the ore, but I think he might be a tad too young.

[@Bookconsumer]

@@rhokesh4391 I mean there is a 20 year time skip between campaigns not including this was when Ripley was a kid, but most importantly they got freaking Mark Strong to do the voice and I cannot believe they would get him to voice just a random bad guy.

[@DracheLehre]

@@rhokesh4391 He was in his 70s at the time the Mighty Nein were active, some 25 (or thereabouts) years after Vox Machina. The way he looked does resemble a middl-aged Icky.

[@rhokesh4391]

@@DracheLehre @Bookconsumer that's.... true actually. I can totally see him participating in a mass-murder of a minority population *coughcough*

[@crbliese]

14:45 I will be vague to avoid spoilers: In a future campaign there is a halfling character. The group meets their parent and are shown tiny halfling baby clothes. The cast (especially Laura) have a cuteness overload.

[@caffeinedelusions]

I’m glad Hamish is on deck for this one.

[@zachwillett5853]

If the folks in the comments haven't seen it yet, the speaking member of the Assembly is Mark Strong. And his character is *named*.

[@michaelbryant3640]

*shakes fist* Curse you, Icky-thong!

[@AdamEspersona]

By the way, this episode was written by Marisha Ray, the voice of Keyleth AND Creative Director at Critical Role. She definitely brought the hurt here, just as Liam O'Brien (Vax, Vorugal) did as a writer last episode.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Critical Role: where a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons. Legend of Vox Machina: where a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors destroy our hearts and souls as often as they possibly can.

[@likecat7886]

​@@IceMetalPunk Next episode is gonna be torture. (I still cannot watch it without feeling... Emotions.)

[@themorenajay]

Worry not - soon they'll find another companion to fill in Percy's shoes, a tiefling who was given a name because he didn't know his own, and he's going to turn out to be Percy's soul reincarnated in a new body. And with him they'll find a lovely tea-making firbolg who'll help them bring him back to his old body.

[@Dead-fire]

15:54 Did I really see a Subtle Foreshadow on Mosco’s Channel 😂😂😂😂

[@SpeaksTooSoon-su5gq]

For his sister's sake, Vax makes an impassioned plea to the Raven Queen to restore Percy to life. It works and he arrives just in the nick of time to help his friends vanquish Thordak.

[@cloudcutter81]

you were not prepared...

[@harmonygray840]

Oh I've been waiting for this.

[@christopherjunkins]

ooooh boy, this episode. I uh... yea 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭, and remember who attacked the town at the beginning... that will be important later in another show ;)

[@charizardag]

17:06 I was like "There it is..."

[@SCUBAguypnw]

Love the Elijah shirt.

[@targetdreamer257]

13:50 *Sly grin* Foreshadowing Mosco, foreshadowing!

[@StarkKarstVT]

I'm hoping more people will come check out your reactions after they see the episodes themself. (That's what I'm doing. I don't have prime video so I'm having to wait.)

[@curtisd5864]

I wonder if they are making a nod to the Blood Domain cleric subclass that Matthew Mercer made & tying Pike’s story into something from EXU Downfall (no spoilers)

[@AAAndrew]

I’m going to need Hamlisch for the rest of the series

[@Dead-fire]

Mosco, Remember when Elijah told you about that one scene from The 100 where that couple was trying to work out their relationship but then one of them gets killed off, and it upset her so much that she stopped watching the show Well in this episode, THATS HOW I FELT BECAUSE THEY KILLED OFF MY FAVORITE F***ING CHARACTER AND THEY WERE LITERALLY TRYING TO WORK OUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP!!!!! (Honestly I almost did stop but I kept watching to be honest, except I was still angry while watching them) Edit: 18:22 This is exactly how I reacted when the credits rolled

[@kaniamia]

There are still three episodes left. Wait and see what happens.

[@Dead-fire]

@@kaniamia Nah! That brother gone 😭😭😭😭

[@kaniamia]

@@Dead-fire I don’t think Orthax is letting him off that easy.

[@Bookconsumer]

@@Dead-fire soooo how are we feeling?

[@maciekzelichowski1411]

Poor Vex'ahlia, she just lost her loved one. 😢 💀

[@EditDeath]

Pike's actress was the least able to attend regularly in the first campaign, which is why her plotlines were more sparse

[@kanki9591]

Was waiting for this episode. You heard her Percy? Don't do that to us...🥺

[@rorysreality3105]

Oh no, I’ve been dreading this video.

[@IceMetalPunk]

"He must have rolled high for that." So, in D&D, you typically don't roll to resist damage from an attack (with specific exceptions). Instead, you have an "armor class" (named because armor can increase it) that determines how hard it is to hit you. The attacker has to roll to beat your armor class, you don't roll to avoid the hit. I didn't watch the campaign, but I would assume if that "Ripley shot him, but he had a metal plate in his coat" happened in the game, it would have been more like the metal plate increased his armor class while he had it, so Anna missed the shot ("missing" an attack in D&D can be actually missing, or just hitting armor and dealing no damage as a result, depending on the context of the story). I want to point out that healing injuries and resurrecting the dead are two very different levels of magic. Pike does not have that power yet. And even if she did, remember when Vex died? Kash is far more experienced, and even he struggled to revive her -- he couldn't, in fact. The only reason she survived is because Vax bound himself to the Matron of Ravens. But you can't bind yourself to a god who you're already bound to, so... I don't think that's an option this time around. But who knows? This part of the show is quite different from the campaign: this stuff happened differently in the game, and Pike's entire arc here wasn't in the game at all. So not even people who watched the campaign know what's going to happen now. With all that said... WTF, Anna? "Your love for your friends is keeping you from working with me, so if I just kill them all, you won't have anything to stop you from our partnership, right?" That's the "logic" of a total psychopath. Jfc.

[@caffeinedelusions]

Also, she KNOWS Percy was capable of a drive for vengeance strong enough to be an anchor for Orthax. If Ripley were thinking clearly herself, she might have considered that killing his CHOSEN family likely wouldn’t have gotten a much better response than killing his ACTUAL family did. She got REALLY LUCKY that he’s experienced character growth.

[@steventaylor546]

RIP Percy

[@hollowbrinethehollowfiedsu6365]

I don't know if i am alone on this but, Ripley is so hot. and her getting the two arms and just going gunslinger mode is bonus hot. also it gives me "The Darkness" vibe a bit

[@thegamingowl2977]

Oh no the next episode is gonna be pain

[@Janice.Helluvabosfan]

How much I cried 😢😢😢

[@alexkoder1982]

Mosco is going to be suprised when we meet Caduces next episode. Especially given how chill he is compared to Percy. Can't blame Tailesan fir wanting to play a laid-back character though.

[@spideyrox8520]

In most cases you'd be right about him still having an arc to complete but remember, the game doesn't/didn't care about narrative arc. It's all about the dice and the dice said Percy's time was done.

[@TenebrousFilms]

I'm guessing the Ripley flashback is based on her comic? I always assumed Orthax was the source of the weapon's design. Where did it get that from, I wonder. The Glintshore fight was nothing like this... except for Percy dying by Ripley's hand. Orthax will take its time devouring his soul; he deserves a slow end for his treachery.

[@gaflene]

If you like animation that does fun things with lighting and camera work, season 3 episode 9 of The Bad Batch did really well in that department. That episode isn't strongly connected to the rest of the season plot-wise so it should be easy enough to follow along, or just admire the animation. Honestly the whole series is gorgeous but that episode in particular went hard. The show finished a while ago though so it's definitely not a high priority to react to, just recommending it for the art.

[@bandi138138]

And this is why Ripley is my most hated villain of Vox Machina

[@cas2762]

What we have about Vex and Vax’s mother is that she was killed by a dragon who burned down their home village. I don’t think the show gave us any more than that.

[@likecat7886]

I NEED a mini-series or something about the twins' lives before the tragedy happened (if the show doesn't show it), mainly because I want to see their dynamic with each other as kids.😊

[@caffeinedelusions]

@@likecat7886I believe they did a book about that, but the name escapes me.

[@rhokesh4391]

@@caffeinedelusions Kith and Kin, by Marieke Nijkamp.

[@corporealghoul]

I think percy is gone. Ripleys gun glowed which i assume means orthax got percy's soul. I dont think they can bring percy back if his soul is owned by orthax.

[@kaniamia]

Why not? We literally saw them go to the Hell dimension a few episodes ago. One of them is a champion of the Raven Queen, who probably has some opinions about demon who’s been mass producing the means to steal souls from her.

[@leifenby1271]

ITS SOME BULL SHITE

[@caffeinedelusions]

There are some indications (very small ones) in the campaign that Pike was crushing at least a little bit on Percy. Nothing ever came of it, but imagine that little ember of a torch she’s carrying in the moment she says Percy’s gone to the person that Percy ended up choosing because she never put herself out there. They’re both likely experiencing a LOT of ‘thinking about what might have been’.

[@VampireHunter5790]

Thinking like Ripley I think she has enough EGO to think she can seduce Percy into helping her with her words and charm alone. She doesn't have friends or close relationships, since the death of her father I assume, She either disdains his close relationships or simply doesn't understand that value that his friends have to him because she is a sociopath.

[@nigelhyde279]

Too sad for fake spoilers

[@balijosu]

Vex and Scanlan end up together.

[@PhoenixStudios92]

I’ve often called Ripley the Boba Fett of Critical Role because she does practically very little in the actual show but got alot of love regardless. Very happy that they’ve given her story some better direction

[@ryanbrooks8045]

You're thinking too much like this show was written like other shows. Percy died here in the stream.

[@lordinquisitor2494]

Fake? Spoiler: Don't trust animal companions. They are very powerful creatures in disguise, hinding to watch the mortals for entertainment! Also love how they done his death. It is a great adaptation of his death in the dnd campaign. Anna, either you love to hate her or you hate to love her!

[@Delphi_star]

All this so the Assembly could have some shinny marbles! It's amazing how the campaign ends with these mages vs the world over a marble game. Of course Scanlan will win in the end.

[@ChevaliersEmeraude]

Remember: While the Critical Role cast made a great story with great characters, it's also still a D&D game! Which means none of the main cast is ever truly safe just because they're in the main cast! Just saying!

[@richardbrown3055]

The thing about the opening scene is that it highlights the dark mirror relationship between Percy and Ripley. Both suffered great losses that shaped the choices they would make, but in the end it’s more about how the people they found on journey shaped where they ended up. Of the two Anna started off with the nobler ambition, her loss led her to want to develop a form of power that could be shared with the powerless, while Percy wanted to create a power for himself alone to exact his personal vendetta. Percy ended up with Vox Machina who eventually saved him from himself, and helped him to become a better man, Ripley ended up with the Briarwoods.

[@backpack_hermit25]

In the original campaign Percy did die but they were able to bring him back to life near instantly after. In order to make the show have more of an impact for tv they’ve changed the rules of resurrection quite a bit.

[@quincyconnors9391]

In that moment of vulnerability, I felt rage at Percy at being so stupid. Ripley is the kind of scum who will not acknowledge what they did wrong, and thus cannot change. Therefore, with the crimes she has committed and the threat she poses, finishing her off would be the correct move.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Stupid, or just empathetic? I don't believe those are the same things, even if they both risk danger to yourself.

[@quincyconnors9391]

@@IceMetalPunk They're not the same thing, but one very much can lead to the other.

[@mutawi]

Not mutually exclusive concepts​@@IceMetalPunk

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@mutawi They're not, but they're also not mutually inclusive. Anyone who thinks empathy is inherently stupid simply because others can take advantage of it is not worth any value, in my opinion. Empathy is always worth the risk to yourself, because denying empathy is always a bigger risk to everyone else around you.

[@tristanmilner9511]

"He still has an arc" The Dice Gods don't care.

[@graywulf19]

Spoilers: Pike will have three children: Juniper Wilhand'ildan Cake

[@caffeinedelusions]

Pike does deserve cake, yes.

[@kitkami]

Don't say cant in this, this does not have to follow the normal story telling tropes, its a story based on a game. People do die and they don't always come back. There's a reason why they have spare characters already made just in case.

[@SebastianWeinberg]

2:21 - *“I'm guessing they're about to get attacked.”* Yeah, when she was young, Anna saw the mages from the Cerberus Assembly murder everyone and loot her home, and she thought they were _so cool and awesome_ that she decided to become _exactly like them_ when she grew up. And you gotta hand it to her, she really followed through! Murdering, stealing, helping invade a peaceful town for the unique mineral being mined there, torturing innocent teenagers for information that they don't even have… She was living her dream. It just goes to show what a little bit of inspiration can do for a growing girl! 3:57 - _"I see nothing wrong with that plan."_ - *“Grog, I do! I see a lot of things wrong with that plan.”* Now, now. He has an intelligence of 6; I think he knows what he's talking about. 4:41 - *“I love her voice actress so much!”* Of course you do. Everyone does. Heck, Travis loved her so much, he _married_ her. 13:53 - *“We've not had enough Pike in this show, so far. Like, Pike is my absolute favourite character, and I feel like, out of all the characters, she's the one that we know the least about and we've seen the least of.”* Could possibly have something to do with the fact that she's the character whose player was absent the most, due to work obligations at the opposite side of the continent. And this isn't the usual 9-to-5 kind of work, where she'd have evenings free, but shooting a TV show. If they started their days at 6 on Monday morning, by Thursday (​_Critical Role_ game night) the schedule would likely have slipped enough that they'd be shooting from early afternoon until midnight, most weeks - so even skyping in wasn't feasible very often. They have _already_ massively expanded her presence for the show. 17:16 - *“HAAAAA! Don't give me the music!”* Yess… give her _all_ the music. Muahahahahaa! 18:44 - *“Ohh, this is just as bad as the time that Vex got hit!”* A great comparison. Both of these are part of their ongoing effort to make death a much more serious thing in the show than it is in a _D&D_ campaign. Even with _Critical Role's_ house rules that make death a greater danger and more difficult to reverse, during their campaigns, compared to vanilla _D&D,_ they still had to contend with death quite a few times. For the show they've changed instances of it into serious injuries or other setbacks (e.g. Grog's muscle atrophy in season 2), and those deaths that _do_ actually occur in the show are much more serious and meaningful. I trust that, by the time this episode is posted on KZbin, you have already seen the next one, so it won't be a spoiler when I say that in the campaign they took Percy's body to Whitestone to be _revived_ quickly - and that's _not_ what happens in the show! Right now, we're _all_ in the dark, how this is going to play out.