Something beneath Dol-Makjar Is Running Hot
The sensation is described through heat, bubbling and boiling.
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What Is Beneath Dol-Makjar?
What is the magical presence beneath Dol-Makjar?
While standing at the Hallowed Round, Bolaire becomes aware of nascent magic and something beneath Dol-Makjar that is bubbling, boiling and “running hot.” He then feels it turn and slither. The narration clarifies that the Hallowed Round may have provided awareness of the discomfort rather than causing it, and the paint is not established as its source.
First raised at 02:44:46 — What Is Beneath Dol-Makjar? in The Paint Arrives (The Snipping of Shears)Open Questions
- What is moving beneath the city?
- Where beneath Dol-Makjar is it located?
- Why could Bolaire perceive it at the Hallowed Round?
- Is it a creature, magical current, structure or other phenomenon?
- Does it pose an immediate threat?
Clues
The Hallowed Round May Provide Clarity, Not Cause
The place appears to sharpen Bolaire’s awareness rather than generate the underlying discomfort.
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.
What Would Resolve It?
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Identify the presence beneath Dol-Makjar.
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Establish its position or extent beneath the city.
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Explain why the Hallowed Round made it perceptible.
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Determine whether it threatens the city or its inhabitants.
Developments
Bolaire Senses Magic beneath the City
A new magical presence is detected beneath Dol-Makjar.
The Paint ArrivesThe Presence Turns and Slithers
The energy feels active and mobile enough to leave Bolaire ill at ease.
The Paint ArrivesTranscript-backed claims
2Mystery Evidence
Claims are labelled by how the transcript establishes them. Evidence can support a clue without proving a theory.
2 Confirmed
At the Hallowed Round, Bolaire senses nascent magic and something beneath Dol-Makjar that is “running hot.”
Source
Bolaire Lathalia — At the Hallowed Round, Bolaire senses nascent magic and something beneath Dol-Makjar that is “running hot.” · The Paint Arrives · What Is Beneath Dol-Makjar?
Bolaire feels the magical energy turn and slither in a way that leaves him ill at ease; the place seems to provide awareness rather than cause the discomfort.
Source
Bolaire Lathalia — Bolaire feels the magical energy turn and slither in a way that leaves him ill at ease; the place seems to provide awareness rather than cause the discomfort. · The Paint Arrives · What Is Beneath Dol-Makjar? — The Paint Arrives