The Dithyramb of Azgra
The Revolutionary Council granted Halandil and his theatre company use of the Dithyramb of Azgra. Halandil is legally responsible for safeguarding the venue against arcane disturbances.
Overview
Introduction
Halandil Fang, usually called Hal, is an older orc with dark hair streaked with white and smile lines suggesting a life well lived. At the beginning of Campaign 4, he tries to hold onto the spirit that has carried him through his life while awaiting the execution of his brother.
Revealed history
Known History
A Life with Thaisha
Halandil and Thaisha fell in love when they were approximately nineteen and later had children together. Thaisha eventually left their shared family life to pursue her calling as a druid.
Childhood in the Rookery
Halandil grew up in the Rookery, although not in the current Fang home. Thjazi lived with their shared father and Thjazi’s mother near the neighbourhood’s edge.
The Execution at the Guardian Wall
Power, spectacle and the fall of Thjazi Fang
Thjazi Fang is hanged beneath monuments to the heroes of an older revolution. The crowd, the failed rescue and the Photarch’s decision leave more questions than the public ceremony answers.
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.
Story progression
Character Journey
Major events shaping Halandil Fang.
The Awakening of Thaisha’s Silver Box
When Thimble’s name was spoken downstairs, Thaisha’s silver box flew open and shattered black clay began assembling into a mask resembling Bolaire’s.
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- Thaisha had travelled with the silver box and nearly forgotten it during the Farramh.
- She believed retrieving the box was the final task Thjazi asked her to perform.
- Thaisha and Halandil retrieved it in Halandil’s study.
- The box opened at the exact moment Thimble’s name was spoken downstairs.
- Shattered ceramic, black clay and black velvet moved without visible contact.
- The material assembled into the shape of a mask.
- The forming mask resembled Bolaire’s living clay mask.
- The contents, purpose and connection to Thimble remain unknown.
The Execution of Thjazi Fang
Thjazi Fang was publicly condemned and hanged beneath the Guardian Wall under the authority of the Chamber of Lords-Advisory.
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- The execution took place at the gallows beneath the Guardian Wall.
- Thjazi arrived in an iron-barred prison wagon under a multi-house military escort.
- House Tachonis soldiers removed him from the wagon in manacles.
- Azune performed the official magical inspection.
- Several parts of the crowd cheered when Thjazi appeared.
- The Sundered Houses used trumpets to silence or overpower the crowd’s response.
- A House Tachonis herald proclaimed the sentence.
- Thjazi was accused of arcanism, theft, skulduggery, murder and sedition.
- The Chamber of Lords-Advisory authorised the sentence to the Revolutionary Council.
- The Photarch spoke on behalf of the Candescent Creed and House Halovar’s changing religious order.
- Wicander expected the Photarch to commute the sentence to life imprisonment.
- The Photarch privately told Wicander that Thjazi had to die.
- Thjazi and Halandil shared final words across the crowd.
- Thjazi saw something in the sky and became visibly panicked.
- Thjazi asked Halandil to help Murray and the Penteveral and said paint waited with Bolaire.
- Thjazi asked Halandil to tell Thimble not to be scared.
- Thjazi declared that the authority condemning him would fall and that he could still hear the falcon’s cry.
- The executioner pulled the lever before Thjazi completed his final mental message.
- The escape intervention did not remove Thjazi.
- Thjazi died by hanging.
- This was the first execution in Dol-Makjar carried out exclusively under the authority of the Chamber of Lords-Advisory.
The Failed Rescue of Thjazi Fang
A coordinated magical extraction intended to remove Thjazi from the gallows collapsed after Thimble was attacked, Cyd disappeared and a false magical signature appeared upon the prisoner.
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- Halandil spent weeks pleading, bargaining and arranging an intervention to save Thjazi.
- Thimble was to finish a ceramic escape glyph and conceal it inside Thjazi’s coat.
- Azune was assigned to inspect Thjazi and intended to conceal or manipulate the magical scan.
- Breaking the glyph would transport Thjazi into a waiting wagon.
- Casimir supplied the wagon.
- Cyd Pridesire was supposed to position and drive the wagon.
- Thaisha and Occtis were to meet Thjazi outside Dol-Makjar and finish the extraction.
- Wicander was intended as a political or legal failsafe if the operation failed.
- Masked attackers entered Thimble’s hideout before she could deliver the glyph.
- Thimble saved the completed glyph by carrying it into the drainage grate.
- Cyd was absent and remained missing during Episode 1.
- Azune nevertheless detected conjuration and illusion magic at the back of Thjazi’s coat.
- Azune signalled the apparent ward’s location to Thjazi.
- The genuine glyph never reached Thjazi.
- The executioner pulled the lever and no magical extraction occurred.
- The later discovery of the genuine glyph proves that the detected object was something else or that the scan was deceived.
The Farramh of Thjazi Fang
Thjazi’s family and community gathered at the Fang home for an orcish Farramh beginning on the day of his death.
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- A Farramh begins on the day of death or as soon afterwards as possible.
- The deceased is placed for viewing so family and community can gather.
- Shadia prepared the Fang home before the body arrived.
- Azune carried Thjazi inside and placed him for viewing.
- The body was covered with a white Candescent funerary sheet before the family arranged their own rites and offerings.
- Loza performed an Old Path farewell beside the body.
- Guests brought food, flowers, liquor, coins, jewellery and personal treasures.
- The gathering included family, veterans, arcanists, occultists, nobles and criminal associates.
- Thjazi’s scimitar was returned to Halandil during the ceremony.
- Representatives of House Halovar and the Candescent Creed entered despite hostility from the household and neighbourhood.
- Aranessa mourned her estranged husband and confronted House Halovar’s claims.
- Vaelus arrived seeking the Stone of Nightsong and was persuaded to respect the grieving family.
- The ceremony remained underway when Episode 1 ended.
The War of Axe and Vine
A past war whose closing years produced the heroic adventurer Aranessa remembers marrying and may also have included Halandil Fang’s brief military service.
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- Thjazi Fang emerged from the end of the war with a reputation as a dashing heroic adventurer.
- Aranessa married Thjazi after that period.
- Two years after the marriage, Thjazi took up the banner of the Falconer’s Rebellion.
- Loza believes Halandil may have fought near the end of the war.
- Halandil did not remain a mercenary after his military service.
- The war’s cause, belligerents, locations and outcome remain unknown.
Personal connections
Relationships
Bonds, loyalties and conflicts as they develop across the campaign.
Brothers
FamilyYour role: BrotherDeceased Counterpart
Halandil and Thjazi Fang are brothers.
Latest development · Episode 1Halandil Waits Beneath the Guardian Wall
View full relationship evidence →Halandil stands among the people of Dol-Makjar as Thjazi is brought under heavy guard to the gallows.
Father and Daughter
FamilyYour role: FatherActive
Halandil is Shadia’s father and supports her through their shared grief following Thjazi’s death.
Latest development · Episode 1Grieving Together
View full relationship evidence →Halandil stops Shadia from setting a place for Thjazi and holds her while they grieve together.
Friends and Business Partners
ProfessionalYour role: Friend And Business PartnerActive
Olgud is Halandil’s friend and business partner and helps the Fang family during Thjazi’s Farramh.
Latest development · Episode 1Olgud Comes to Help
View full relationship evidence →Olgud arrives with food and flowers and helps Halandil prepare to receive the mourners attending Thjazi’s Farramh.
Co-Parents
FamilyYour role: Co Parent And Former PartnerActive With Shared History
Halandil and Thaisha share a deep personal history and are the parents of Shadia Fang and Alogar Fang.
Latest development · Episode 1Thaisha Followed Her Calling
View full relationship evidence →Thaisha says that Halandil’s art helped her fall in love with the wider world. She eventually became a druid and left their shared family life to pursue that calling, describing the decision in deeply regretful terms.
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Thaisha’s focus on the failed rescue breaks when she sees Halandil. They embrace outside the Fang home, and Halandil briefly trembles with grief.
Halandil asks Thaisha to stay and tells her that her room is ready.
Thaisha recalls that she and Halandil fell in love when they were approximately nineteen and later had children together.
Teacher and Failed Failsafe
ProfessionalYour role: Teacher And Political ContactActive Strained
Wicander respects Halandil as a teacher and performer. Halandil trusted Wicander’s assurance that House Halovar would spare Thjazi, but that promise failed.
Latest development · Episode 1Drink with Me, My Brother
View full relationship evidence →Halandil pours Thjazi’s favourite liquor and asks Wicander to drink with him. Wicander reluctantly breaks his religious prohibition against alcohol and accepts the mourning gesture.
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Before the execution, Wicander assured Halandil that his family would arrange for Thjazi to be spared.
After Thjazi’s execution, Halandil confronts Wicander over the failed promise. Wicander admits that he failed Halandil but claims that his family had fully assured him Thjazi would be spared.
Halandil reveals that he had relied upon Wicander as one of the measures intended to protect Thjazi if other parts of the rescue failed.
Father and Daughter
FamilyYour role: FatherActive
Hero is Halandil’s young half-orc daughter.
Latest development · Episode 1Hero Arrives at the Farramh
View full relationship evidence →Hero runs to Halandil and embraces him when she arrives with Elodie.
Family Through Thjazi
FamilyYour role: Brother In LawActive
Aranessa remains legally Halandil’s sister-in-law despite her long separation from Thjazi.
Latest development · Episode 1Aranessa Confides in Halandil
View full relationship evidence →Aranessa warns Halandil that Faerie’s influence is fading and wonders whether she should have run away with Thjazi.
Father and Son
FamilyYour role: FatherActive
Halandil is Alogar Fang’s father.
Latest development · Episode 1Halandil Assumes Thaisha Means Alogar
View full relationship evidence →When Thaisha asks Halandil where her son is, Halandil assumes that she means Alogar, whom he calls Al.
Fang Family Host
OrganisationalYour role: Family Member And HostActive
Halandil is a core Fang family member and hosts Thjazi’s Farramh.
View full relationship evidence →Established Friends
PersonalYour role: FriendActive
Bolaire identifies Halandil as a friend, and the Fang family is familiar with Bolaire and their living mask.
Latest development · Episode 1Bolaire Enters a Friend’s Home
View full relationship evidence →Bolaire comes to Halandil’s home for the Farramh and is welcomed with established familiarity.
Co-Parents of Hero
FamilyYour role: Father And Co ParentActive
Halandil and Elodie are Hero Fang’s parents and remain familiar enough to gather together at Thjazi’s Farramh.
View full relationship evidence →Unanswered questions
Mysteries
Open and resolved questions connected to Halandil Fang.
What Did Thjazi See in the Sky?
What did Thjazi see above the Guardian Wall, and why did it frighten him?
Moments before his execution, Thjazi looks above the Guardian Wall and changes from confidence to visible panic.
Latest developmentThjazi Sees Something Above the Wall
Thjazi looks towards the sky. Whatever he sees causes his confident expression to change into panic, but Halandil cannot identify the cause from within the crowd.
How Was Thjazi’s Rescue Sabotaged?
Who compromised the rescue, what did Azune detect on Thjazi, and is Cyd’s disappearance part of the same sabotage?
The immediate failure is known: Thimble was attacked before delivering the genuine glyph, while a different magical signature was placed on Thjazi.
Latest developmentThe Full Rescue Chain Is Reconstructed
The survivors establish that Thimble would plant the glyph, Azune would manipulate the inspection, Cyd would position Casimir’s wagon, and Thaisha and Occtis would complete the extraction. The plan failed before its first physical stage because Thimble was attacked before delivering the glyph.
Why Did the Photarch Need Thjazi Dead?
What political, religious, personal or strategic reason made Thjazi’s death necessary to the Photarch?
The Photarch rejects an expected commutation and insists that Thjazi must die, without revealing the necessity behind the execution.
Latest developmentWicander Says His Family Promised Clemency
Wicander tells Halandil that his family gave him full assurance that Thjazi would be spared. He cannot explain why the Photarch instead insisted that the execution proceed.
What Is the Mask in the Silver Box?
What is the forming mask, why does Thimble’s name activate it and how is it connected to Bolaire?
A box retrieved at Thjazi’s request opens when Thimble’s name is spoken and forms a black-clay mask resembling Bolaire’s living mask.
Latest developmentThe Box Was Thjazi’s Final Task
Thaisha believes that retrieving the box was the final thing Thjazi asked her to do.
What Is the Paint Waiting with Bolaire?
Is the paint literal, magical, coded or a prepared resource, and what does Bolaire know about it?
Thjazi’s final private instructions say that paint is waiting for Halandil with Bolaire, but Episode 1 never explains the phrase.
Latest developmentThjazi Names Paint and Bolaire
Thjazi tells Halandil that paint is waiting for him with Bolaire, but dies before explaining further.
Why Did Thjazi Warn Halandil About the Penteveral?
What threatens Murray or the Penteveral, and what help did Thjazi expect Halandil to provide?
Immediately before his death, Thjazi urgently orders Halandil to help Murray and the Penteveral, without explaining the danger or task.
Latest developmentMurray Is Confirmed to Work at the Penteveral
Murray later confirms that she works at the Penteveral and that Davrasi is not permitted inside, but no one discusses Thjazi’s warning.
Transcript-backed claims
79Evidence Ledger
Transcript-backed statements concerning Halandil Fang, with testimony and uncertain claims kept distinct from direct depiction.
47 Confirmed29 Reported1 Believed1 Disputed1 Inferred
The campaign opens with Halandil Fang being told that someone he loves is about to die.
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Halandil Beneath the Guardian Wall · Someone You Love Is About to Die
Halandil Fang is introduced as an older orc gentleman attempting to maintain the spirit that has carried him through his life.
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Halandil Beneath the Guardian Wall · Halandil Fang
The heroic monument is revealed as the location chosen for the execution of Halandil’s brother, Thjazi Fang.
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Halandil Beneath the Guardian Wall · The Gallows Beneath the Wall
Azune relays a message that Halandil is with Thjazi until the end and has always considered him a hero.
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Halandil spent weeks pleading, bargaining and making secret arrangements in an attempt to save Thjazi.
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Thjazi tells Halandil that Halandil is his hero.
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Halandil’s bardic magic connects with the residue of Azune’s Message spell, allowing Halandil and Thjazi to communicate mentally.
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The Execution of Thjazi Fang · Halandil Connects to Thjazi
Thjazi instructs Halandil to help someone named Murray.
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Thjazi tells Halandil that he must help the Penteveral, referring to it as “her.”
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Thjazi tells Halandil that paint is waiting for him with someone named Bolaire.
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Thjazi asks Halandil to tell someone named Thimble not to be scared.
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The Fang family home stands near the top of the Rookery and overlooks the River Vrosh and Halandil’s theatre.
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Preparing the Fang Home · The Fang Home
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The Fang home contains Halandil’s cluttered creative study, filled with books, musical instruments and unfinished compositions.
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Preparing the Fang Home · The Fang Home
Shadia Fang is Halandil Fang’s daughter.
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Preparing the Fang Home · Shadia Prepares the Farramh
Halandil comforts Shadia and reminds her that Thjazi loved her.
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Alogar Fang is the eldest son of Halandil Fang and Thaisha Lloy and the brother of Shadia Fang.
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Shadia Fang, Halandil Fang, Thaisha Lloy · Preparing the Fang Home · Shadia Wishes Alogar Were There
Olgud Akarat is Halandil Fang’s business partner.
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Preparing the Fang Home · Olgud Akarat Arrives
Halandil says that he spent two weeks talking his way through the Royce home while attempting to obtain help before Thjazi’s execution.
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Halandil attempted to secure help for Thjazi from someone named Aranessa.
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Halandil and Thaisha share a close personal history and comfort one another following Thjazi’s death.
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Thaisha and Occtis Arrive · Halandil and Thaisha Reunite
Shadia is studying to become a performer like her father.
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Thaisha and Occtis Arrive · Thaisha Reunites with Shadia
Halandil tells Thaisha that her room at the Fang home is ready for her.
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Looking upon Thjazi’s body, Halandil remembers their childhood together and the days that formed his brother’s life.
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Thjazi left the Fang home as a young man.
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Thjazi largely kept the dangers and details of his later life hidden from Halandil.
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Loza says that Halandil once fought but did not remain a mercenary.
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Loza believes that Halandil may have fought near the end of the War of Axe and Vine.
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Wicander regards the scimitar as the last of Thjazi’s personal effects that must be returned to his family.
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Wicander and Tyranny Approach the Wake · Thjazi’s Scimitar
Wicander intends to deliver Thjazi’s scimitar to Halandil at the Fang home.
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House Halovar recently gave Halandil Fang a theatre in Dol-Makjar.
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Wicander proposes that Halandil stage a play presenting the Candescent Creed favourably to a new audience.
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Thaisha gave the Lloy cold-iron nail to Halandil for the Fang home.
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Light Enters the Farramh · The Cold-Iron Ward Burns Hot
Halandil and Thaisha are the parents of a son and a daughter.
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Light Enters the Farramh · The Cold-Iron Ward Burns Hot
Halandil’s expression goes blank when he and Wicander see one another across the Fang home.
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Light Enters the Farramh · Halandil Turns Away
After meeting Wicander’s gaze, Halandil immediately retreats towards the kitchen carrying his tray of drinks.
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Light Enters the Farramh · Halandil Turns Away
Olgud Akarat is a theatre producer.
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Olgud suggests that Tyranny could make a good ingenue and invites her to audition for the theatre someday.
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During his private conversation with Teor, Azune repeatedly watches the direction in which Halandil withdrew.
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Questions Among Old Soldiers · Old Friends Speak Privately
After noticing Thjazi’s scimitar in Wicander’s hand and seeing that Halandil has withdrawn, Shadia leads Wicander to her father’s writing and music room.
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Halandil Confronts Wicander · Shadia Leads Wicander Upstairs
A deed upon Halandil’s desk shows that the Revolutionary Council granted him the Dithyramb of Azgra for use by his theatre company. Halandil is responsible for safeguarding the venue against arcane disturbances.
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Halandil Confronts Wicander · The Deed to the Dithyramb of Azgra
Halandil corners Wicander in the study and demands an explanation, reminding him that they had already spoken and that Wicander promised the matter was handled.
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Halandil Confronts Wicander · You Told Me It Was Taken Care Of
Wicander admits that he failed Halandil. He says that he spoke with his family and received their full assurance that Thjazi would be spared.
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Wicander reports assurances that Thjazi would be spared, while the Photarch privately insists upon the execution.Internally Conflicted By Halovar ActionsHalandil Confronts Wicander · I Failed You
Wicander says that ruthless punishment for minor crimes against House Tachonis is not the Halovar way and claims that his family did not care about the offended house or the underlying crime.
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Halandil studies Wicander for signs of deception but is unable to determine whether Wicander is telling him the whole truth.
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Halandil Confronts Wicander · Halandil Is Left Without Clarity
Wicander claims that lying and deception violate his faith. He tells Halandil that he respects him as a person, teacher and performer and would not knowingly deceive him.
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Halandil Confronts Wicander · It Is Against My Faith to Lie
Halandil reveals that Wicander was one of the failsafes intended to protect Thjazi when other parts of the rescue plan failed.
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Halandil Confronts Wicander · Wicander Was a Failsafe
Wicander attempts to comfort Halandil with the Candescent belief that a soul’s Light rejoins the Candescence of the universe after death, causing the universe to grow brighter.
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Halandil pours two glasses of Thjazi’s favourite liquor, places one in Wicander’s hand and asks him to drink. Despite his religious prohibition against alcohol, Wicander reluctantly drinks with him.
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Halandil Confronts Wicander · Drink with Me, My Brother
While heavily intoxicated and holding Tyranny’s ear, Thaisha explains that she and Halandil fell in love when they were approximately nineteen and later had children together.
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Finding the Broken Link · Thaisha Recounts Her Life with Halandil
Thaisha says that Halandil’s beautiful art caused her to fall in love with the wider world. She became a druid and describes herself as having abandoned their children to follow that calling.
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Finding the Broken Link · Thaisha Followed Her Calling
After learning that Thjazi’s body is at Halandil’s home, Thimble tearfully asks the others to take her there.
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The Crow Keepers’ Attack · Can We Go See Him?
The Fang home fills with relatives, neighbours, arcanists, occultists, and some of Thjazi’s criminal associates. Guests approach his body and place brass rings, brooches, necklaces, and other small treasures upon him.
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Bolaire Lathalia Arrives · The Mourners Adorn Thjazi
Elodie enters the Farramh wearing a gown made from rich imported textiles, accompanied by her young half-orc daughter Hero. Hero immediately runs to Halandil and hugs her father.
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Bolaire Lathalia Arrives · Hero and Elodie Arrive
Elodie confirms that she attended Thjazi’s execution. She embraces Thaisha, offers Halandil her condolences, and avoids dwelling upon the comparatively positive state of her own life and business.
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Bolaire Lathalia Arrives · Elodie Witnessed the Execution
Halandil welcomes Bolaire and thanks them for attending. Neither Halandil nor his family reacts with surprise to Bolaire’s living mask, suggesting that they are already familiar with both Bolaire and their unusual appearance.
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Bolaire Lathalia Arrives · Bolaire Is Familiar to the Fang Family
On behalf of House Halovar, Wicander formally presents Thjazi’s scimitar to Halandil. Halandil accepts the blade and describes the gesture as a kindness.
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Julien and Aranessa · Thjazi’s Blade Is Returned
Wicander offers to ask his family for more information about Thjazi’s execution. Halandil asks him to leave the matter alone temporarily, saying they can pick up the pieces over the following days.
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Noble Tensions at the Farramh · Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Aranessa awkwardly embraces Halandil upon entering the Fang home. When she sees Thjazi’s body upon the table, she apologises to Halandil for failing to save him.
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Noble Tensions at the Farramh · Aranessa Embraces Halandil
Aranessa approaches Thjazi’s heavily adorned body, kisses his cheek and lips, and finally accepts through tears that he is gone.
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Noble Tensions at the Farramh · He Is Gone
Thaisha contrasts the Candescent teaching of returning to the Light with her own belief that Thjazi has returned to the story and song of the world. Halandil adds that Thjazi changed everyone who knew him.
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Aranessa tells Halandil that the doors to Faerie have shut and that fewer messages are reaching the Golden Orchard. She fears that her name and inherited influence may soon cease to carry meaning.
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Noble Tensions at the Farramh · Fewer Messages Reach the Golden Orchard
Aranessa warns that Houses Halovar and Tachonis appear to become stronger with every passing day while Faerie’s connection to the mortal world weakens.
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Facing an uncertain future and Thjazi’s death, Aranessa wonders aloud whether she should have accepted his invitation to run away with him years earlier.
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Halandil takes Aranessa’s hand and says that the whole world is getting away from them. Aranessa agrees that the world is changing.
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Noble Tensions at the Farramh · The World Is Changing
Halandil formally welcomes Murray and tells her that her presence honours the Fang family.
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Murray Mag’Nesson Arrives · Halandil Welcomes Murray
Yahrgraz was Thjazi Fang’s favourite drink.
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Murray explains that she brought Yahrgraz because she knew it was Thjazi’s favourite drink, and Halandil confirms it.
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Halandil carries Thjazi’s scimitar to his study and lays it across the deed to the Dithyramb of Azgra.
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Violation of the Farramh · The Blade across the Deed
Halandil explains that he grew up in the Rookery but not in the current Fang home. Thjazi lived with their father and Thjazi’s mother near the neighbourhood’s edge.
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Vaelus asks to speak with the executor responsible for Thjazi’s possessions, and Halandil identifies himself as the person she must address.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · Vaelus Seeks Thjazi’s Executor
Vaelus calls Thjazi a thief and says that he stole something belonging to her.
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Vaelus calls the taking theft; Thimble describes it as recovery.Contested By Alternative AccountVaelus initially describes the stolen object only as a simple stone and declares that she can wait until Halandil searches Thjazi’s belongings.
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Vaelus notices the cold-iron nail and realises that the Fang home is familiar with fairies and protections used against them.
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Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri · A House Familiar with Fairies
Thaisha notices the silver box she travelled with and asks Halandil to accompany her upstairs so she can retrieve it.
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The Stone and the Silver Box · Thaisha Remembers the Silver Box
Shadia asks Halandil whether the family is safe with Vaelus inside their home.
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The Stone and the Silver Box · Are We Safe Here?
Bolaire asks what it would take for Vaelus to leave the grieving family alone and argues that the Fangs do not knowingly possess the Stone.
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The Stone and the Silver Box · Leave These People Alone
When Thimble’s name is spoken downstairs, the silver box upstairs flies open and the black clay and velvet hidden within begin moving together.
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The Stone and the Silver Box · Thimble’s Name Opens the Box
The shaking black clay and velvet rapidly assemble into the shape of a mask resembling the living clay mask worn by Bolaire.
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The Stone and the Silver Box · A Mask like Bolaire’s
Thaisha says that retrieving the silver box was the final thing she believes Thjazi asked her to do.
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Campaign 4, Episode 1
20 scenesEpisode 1
01
Opening
Halandil Beneath the Guardian Wall
00:00–04:574 min 57 sec
Halandil Fang waits beneath the Guardian Wall as soldiers of the Sundered Houses bring his brother Thjazi to the gallows.
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02
Rescue Attempt
Azune’s Final Attempt
04:57–11:406 min 43 sec
Arcane Marshal Azune Nayar secretly contacts Thjazi Fang, confirms the apparent presence of an escape ward and signals where Thjazi must break it to flee the gallows.
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03
Execution
The Execution of Thjazi Fang
11:40–18:467 min 6 sec
Thjazi Fang is publicly condemned beneath the Guardian Wall. After sharing a final connection with Halandil and issuing several urgent instructions, he delivers a defiant final statement and is hanged.
8 relevant moments
04
Mourning
Preparing the Fang Home
28:23–37:038 min 40 sec
Halandil returns to his home in the Rookery, where his daughter Shadia prepares the house for Thjazi’s Farramh. Hal comforts her before his old friend and business partner Olgud Akarat arrives to help receive the mourners.
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05
Arrival
Thaisha and Occtis Arrive
37:03–46:008 min 57 sec
Thaisha Lloy and Occtis arrive at the Fang home after the failed attempt to rescue Thjazi. Thaisha reunites with Halandil and their daughter Shadia, while Occtis reveals that Thjazi helped him when he was a child.
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06
Body Return
Azune Brings Thjazi Home
46:00–56:1810 min 18 sec
Azune brings Thjazi’s body to the Fang home, carries his former commander inside and helps place him for the beginning of the Farramh.
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Mourner Arrival
Teor and Loza Pay Their Respects
56:18–1:17:2421 min 6 sec
Teor Pridesire and Loza Blade arrive at the Fang home after witnessing Thjazi’s execution. Loza performs an Old Path farewell beside Thjazi’s body, while Teor reunites with Azune and questions what has happened to Dol-Makjar.
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Arrival
Wicander and Tyranny Approach the Wake
1:17:24–1:25:408 min 16 sec
Wicander Halovar and Tyranny arrive outside the Fang home in a carriage bearing the symbol of the Candescent Creed. They carry Thjazi’s scimitar, but the plants and birds of the Rookery react aggressively to their presence.
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Flashback
The Photarch’s Decision
1:25:40–1:33:037 min 23 sec
In the nobles’ box before Thjazi’s execution, Wicander expects his grandmother, the Photarch, to commute the sentence. She instead tells him that Thjazi must die before taking the stage to address Dol-Makjar.
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Tense Arrival
Light Enters the Farramh
1:33:03–1:41:308 min 27 sec
Wicander Halovar and Tyranny enter the Fang home carrying Thjazi’s scimitar. An old cold-iron ward reacts to Tyranny’s presence, Halandil withdraws from Wicander, and Tyranny receives an awkward introduction to mortal funeral etiquette.
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Private Conversation
Questions Among Old Soldiers
1:41:30–1:47:426 min 12 sec
Azune and Teor compare what they know about Thjazi’s execution and the changes within Dol-Makjar. Their conversation reveals that Teor’s younger brother Cyd was meant to participate in the failed rescue but has disappeared.
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Private Confrontation
Halandil Confronts Wicander
1:47:42–1:54:336 min 51 sec
Halandil confronts Wicander over his failed assurance that Thjazi would be spared. Wicander admits that he relied upon his family’s promise, while Halandil reveals that Wicander was intended to serve as a failsafe in the rescue plan.
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Investigation Formed
Finding the Broken Link
1:54:33–2:02:157 min 42 sec
Azune and Occtis compare the failed stages of Thjazi’s rescue and realise that Thimble and Cyd are both missing. They recruit Teor and leave the Farramh to investigate Thimble’s secret hideout in the Tanners.
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Character Arrival
Bolaire Lathalia Arrives
3:00:37–3:14:0413 min 27 sec
The masked Bolaire Lathalia arrives at Thjazi’s Farramh after observing his execution from the nobles’ gallery. Bolaire reunites with Thaisha and Tyranny as Halandil’s daughter Hero arrives with her mother, Elodie.
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Character Arrival And Flashback
Julien and Aranessa
3:14:04–3:26:5812 min 54 sec
Wicander returns Thjazi’s scimitar to Halandil as Sir Julien Davinos escorts Thjazi’s grieving estranged wife, Aranessa, to the Farramh. Their journey reveals Julien’s role in Thjazi’s earlier capture and Aranessa’s enduring love for her former husband.
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Funeral Confrontation
Noble Tensions at the Farramh
3:26:58–3:44:0117 min 3 sec
Loza asks Wicander to help Teor find work after her retirement. Aranessa then confronts House Halovar’s claims that it tried to save Thjazi before mourning her estranged husband and warning Halandil that Faerie’s influence is fading.
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Character Arrival
Murray Mag’Nesson Arrives
3:44:01–3:50:396 min 38 sec
The colourful dwarven arcanist Murray Mag’Nesson arrives late to Thjazi’s Farramh with cranberry rolls and Yahrgraz. Her presence reveals the magical underworld and unconventional associates surrounding Thjazi during the final years of his life.
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Funeral Violation
Violation of the Farramh
3:50:39–4:00:5410 min 15 sec
Julien secretly spits upon Thjazi’s body while the mourners are distracted. As he later leaves the Fang home, Bolaire perceives that the Old Path protection surrounding Thjazi has been crossed and that a small shadow-like presence is following Julien.
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Ominous Arrival
Vaelus, Sister of Sylandri
4:05:31–4:19:2513 min 54 sec
An unnatural cold falls across the Rookery as Vaelus, an elven Sister of the fallen goddess Sylandri, arrives from the Mournvale. She accuses Thjazi of stealing the Stone of Nightsong and demands that Halandil return it.
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Lore Revelation And Cliffhanger
The Stone and the Silver Box
4:19:25–4:27:027 min 37 sec
Bolaire recalls the funerary purpose of the Stone of Nightsong while Thaisha retrieves a silver box connected to Thjazi. When Vaelus speaks Thimble’s name, the box opens and shattered black clay begins forming a mask resembling Bolaire’s.