Episode 3Campaign 4 · Episode 3
The Snipping of Shears
The truth behind the Candescent Creed is exposed as Casimir’s trail leads north and House Tachonis closes in on Occtis.
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Where Is Casimir—and Did He Betray the Rescue?
Where is Casimir, and did he knowingly help sabotage Thjazi’s rescue?
Latest developmentCasimir’s Debt, Resources and Flight Are ReconstructedGavrey provides the strongest account yet of Casimir’s status immediately after the hideout attack.
Follow Casimir north →What Was the Mercanaud Procedure?
What were the Mercanauds preparing to do to Teor at sunrise?
Latest developmentThe Procedure Is Cancelled before SunriseCalastro restores the shadow and hints at a sunrise result without explaining it.
Examine the shadow ritual →What Is the Winged Black Stone?
What is the winged black stone, and what would placing it inside Occtis do?
Latest developmentThe Stone Is Intended for Occtis’s BodyEthrand orders the ghouls to open Occtis and place the stone where it belongs.
Investigate the winged stone →Highlights from Episode 3 · The Snipping of Shears
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Episode 3 · 20:30
Open scene guideThe Truth of the Candescent Creed
Yanessa shows Wicander the chained celestial Aetheon, reveals the origins of Godard and Filament, and admits that the Creed was built as a useful belief rather than divine truth.
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What We Learned from Critical Role Campaign 4, Episode 1
Consequence, authority and the mysteries left behind in Dol-Makjar
Episode 1 begins with Thjazi Fang’s execution, a rescue that has already gone wrong and a wake full of old friends, enemies and secrets. Here are the main pieces of lore it leaves behind.
What We Learned from Critical Role Campaign 4, Episode 2
False glyphs, unfinished promises and the hidden source of the Light
Episode 2 reaches back into the Falconer’s Rebellion before exposing a false escape glyph, the Coffin of Olbalad, growing noble pressure and the chained source of Filament beneath Villa Aurora.
What We Learned from Critical Role Campaign 4, Episode 3
Cut threads, quiet threats and the shadow behind the shears
Episode 3 exposes the manufactured Candescent Creed, sends a new party towards Gormalay and ends with House Tachonis tearing its way into Palazzo Davinos.
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