Campaign Event
The Failed Rescue of Thjazi Fang
CampaignRescue AttemptThe day of Thjazi Fang’s execution
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.
Event overview
Overview
Halandil and several allies organised a covert attempt to rescue Thjazi Fang from execution. Thimble was to plant a fragile escape glyph inside Thjazi’s coat; Azune would conceal it during the official scan; breaking it would transport Thjazi into a wagon positioned by Cyd and supplied by Casimir; Thaisha and Occtis would complete the extraction outside the city. The operation failed before it could begin. Masked attackers struck Thimble, Cyd did not appear, and Azune detected an apparently identical magical signature upon an unseen object on Thjazi even though the genuine glyph remained with Thimble.
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.
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Key Details
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Halandil spent weeks pleading, bargaining and arranging an intervention to save Thjazi.
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Thimble was to finish a ceramic escape glyph and conceal it inside Thjazi’s coat.
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Azune was assigned to inspect Thjazi and intended to conceal or manipulate the magical scan.
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Breaking the glyph would transport Thjazi into a waiting wagon.
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Casimir supplied the wagon.
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Cyd Pridesire was supposed to position and drive the wagon.
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Thaisha and Occtis were to meet Thjazi outside Dol-Makjar and finish the extraction.
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Wicander was intended as a political or legal failsafe if the operation failed.
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Masked attackers entered Thimble’s hideout before she could deliver the glyph.
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Thimble saved the completed glyph by carrying it into the drainage grate.
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Cyd was absent and remained missing during Episode 1.
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Azune nevertheless detected conjuration and illusion magic at the back of Thjazi’s coat.
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Azune signalled the apparent ward’s location to Thjazi.
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The genuine glyph never reached Thjazi.
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The executioner pulled the lever and no magical extraction occurred.
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The later discovery of the genuine glyph proves that the detected object was something else or that the scan was deceived.
What changed
Consequences
Thjazi Fang was executed.
Thimble was left critically injured.
The rescuers began investigating Cyd’s disappearance, the hideout attack and the false magical signature.
Azune took custody of the genuine escape glyph after examining it.
Suspicion arose that someone betrayed or deliberately sabotaged the operation.
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2Unanswered questions
Connected Mysteries
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.
Where Is Cyd Pridesire?
What prevented Cyd from reaching the rescue, and where is he now?
Cyd was responsible for positioning the rescue wagon but never appeared, and neither Teor nor Azune knows where he is.
Latest developmentCyd Was Supposed to Position Casimir’s Wagon
The survivors establish that Cyd’s precise role was to move Casimir’s wagon into position so that Thjazi could teleport inside it. Cyd’s disappearance therefore removed a critical stage of the extraction plan.
Where Was Thimble?
Where did Thimble go after failing to appear at the execution?
After the rescue failed, Thimble was found critically injured inside a drainage grate beneath her ransacked hideout.
Latest developmentThimble Is Found
Teor follows the scent of honeysuckle and a fading otherworldly light to a drainage grate, where he finds Thimble unconscious and critically injured.
Who Attacked Thimble’s Hideout?
Who ordered the attack, who wore the fine boots, and how did the attackers learn the hideout and timing?
Seven masked attackers struck at the exact time Thimble was preparing the rescue glyph, removed their dead and stole magical objects.
Latest developmentThe Stone of Nightsong Was Taken
The attackers removed the Stone of Nightsong and other magical objects from the hideout. It remains unclear whether stealing the relic was their primary objective or opportunistic theft after attacking Thimble.
Transcript-backed claims
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Azune tells Thjazi that someone placed a delicate ward upon him earlier that day which is intended to transport him away when pressure is applied.
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Azune accurately reports the rescue plan, but the object actually hidden on Thjazi is later shown not to be the genuine glyph.Contradicted By Later EvidenceAzune detects traces of conjuration and illusion magic hidden near the back of Thjazi’s coat and within reach of his manacled hands.
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Thaisha and Occtis participated in the failed attempt to rescue Thjazi from execution.
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Thaisha says that someone who was expected to be present during the rescue attempt was not there.
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Following the failed rescue, Thaisha says that they need to speak with Azune and Thimble.
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Thaisha expected the successful rescue plan to have placed her and the others on the road out of Dol-Makjar by this point.
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Cyd was supposed to participate in the attempt to rescue Thjazi from execution.
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Questions Among Old Soldiers · Cyd Was Supposed to Be There
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
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
Azune pulls Occtis aside and sends a message directly into his mind, saying that they must determine what went wrong with their plan.
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Finding the Broken Link · Azune Contacts Occtis Privately
Azune and Occtis agree that Thaisha is currently too intoxicated to help them reconstruct the failed rescue.
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Finding the Broken Link · Thaisha Is Unable to Reconcile the Plan
Azune says that he performed the planned magical scan and, as far as he knows, Thimble successfully completed her part of the rescue.
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Finding the Broken Link · Azune Believes Thimble Did Her Part
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Occtis explains that Thjazi never arrived for the extraction, meaning that Occtis and Thaisha’s part of the rescue plan never took place.
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Finding the Broken Link · The Extraction Never Began
Azune tells Occtis that Teor’s brother Cyd was supposed to help with the rescue but has not been seen by Teor since his return.
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Finding the Broken Link · Cyd Was Supposed to Help Them
Azune and Occtis know the secret flophouse where Thimble had been constructing the escape glyph. It lies two neighbourhoods south of the Rookery in the working-class district known as the Tanners.
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Finding the Broken Link · Thimble’s Secret Hideout
Before entering the hideout, Azune warns Teor that Thimble may be in danger and that some part of the rescue plan may have gone badly wrong.
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Ransacked Hideout · Thimble Might Be in Trouble
Upon seeing the ceramic glyph beside her, Thimble insists that she must still deliver it to Thjazi, unaware that the execution has already occurred.
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Thimble Between Life and Death · I Have to Get This to Thjazi
Azune, Occtis, and Teor tell Thimble that the rescue failed and Thjazi has been executed. Thimble realises that night has fallen and breaks down because she never had the chance to say goodbye.
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Thimble Between Life and Death · Thjazi Is Gone
Thimble says that people entered the hideout and attacked her before she could deliver the glyph. She is immediately disturbed by the question of how they knew about the plan.
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Thimble Between Life and Death · They Attacked Me
Azune examines the ceramic rune and confirms that it is the completed escape glyph Thimble was preparing. It carries exactly the expected conjuration and illusion magic.
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Azune realises that he never directly saw the object hidden inside Thjazi’s jacket. His magical scan detected the expected conjuration and illusion aura, but the genuine glyph is still inside the hideout.
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Because the genuine escape glyph remains with Thimble, Azune concludes that a different object carrying the same magical signatures must still be concealed upon Thjazi’s body. The investigators decide that they need to return to the Fang home.
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Thimble Between Life and Death · Something Is Still on Thjazi’s Body
Thimble remembers masked figures forcing their way into the hideout while she was finishing the escape glyph and waiting for the moment when she could deliver it to Thjazi.
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Reconstructing the Failed Rescue · Masked Figures Interrupt the Plan
Thimble was supposed to fly through Dol-Makjar under cover of darkness and conceal the completed escape glyph inside Thjazi’s coat.
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Reconstructing the Failed Rescue · Thimble Was to Plant the Glyph
After Thjazi escaped the execution site, Thaisha and Occtis were supposed to meet him and help him leave Dol-Makjar.
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Reconstructing the Failed Rescue · Thaisha and Occtis Were the Extraction Team
Azune’s assigned role was to manipulate the magical inspection so that the escape glyph would not be reported as magic upon Thjazi.
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Reconstructing the Failed Rescue · Azune Was to Throw the Scan
Cyd was supposed to drive Casimir’s wagon into position so that Thjazi could use the glyph to appear inside it.
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Reconstructing the Failed Rescue · Cyd Was to Position the Wagon
With her final effort, Thimble grabbed the completed escape glyph and fell into the drainage grate, hiding both herself and the rune from the attackers.
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Reconstructing the Failed Rescue · Thimble Saved the Glyph
Thimble cannot understand how the attackers discovered the secret hideout or arrived at precisely the right time. She concludes that something or someone betrayed the rescue operation.
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The Crow Keepers’ Attack · Something Betrayed Us
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Campaign 4, Episode 1
10 scenesEpisode 1
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Rescue AttemptEvent unfolds here
Azune’s Final Attempt
4:57–11:406 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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ExecutionEvent unfolds here
The Execution of Thjazi Fang
11:40–18:467 min 06 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.
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ArrivalAftermath
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.
2 related moments
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Private ConversationAftermath
Questions Among Old Soldiers
01:41:30–01:47:426 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 ConfrontationAftermath
Halandil Confronts Wicander
01:47:42–01:54:336 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 FormedReconstruction
Finding the Broken Link
01:54:33–02:02:157 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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Investigation DiscoveryAftermath
Ransacked Hideout
02:02:15–02:10:298 min 14 sec
Azune, Occtis, and Teor discover that Thimble’s secret hideout has been violently searched. Following fresh blood and a fading otherworldly light, Teor finds Thimble unconscious inside a narrow drainage grate.
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Rescue And RevelationReconstruction
Thimble Between Life and Death
02:25:50–02:36:3010 min 40 sec
Teor saves the critically injured Thimble from death. After awakening and learning of Thjazi’s execution, Thimble reveals that she was attacked before delivering the escape glyph, while Azune confirms that the real glyph remains inside the hideout.
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Investigation ReconstructionReconstruction
Reconstructing the Failed Rescue
02:36:30–02:39:212 min 51 sec
Thimble remembers the masked figures who interrupted her before she could deliver the escape glyph. The survivors reconstruct each stage of the rescue plan and discover that the bodies of at least three attackers Thimble killed have been removed.
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Investigation BreakthroughReconstruction
The Crow Keepers’ Attack
02:47:32–02:58:5511 min 23 sec
Kattigan reconstructs the attack upon Thimble’s hideout and finds evidence pointing towards the Crow Keepers. Seven masked attackers entered expecting a fight, three were killed, and the survivors removed the bodies and stole the Stone of Nightsong.