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Episode 112: The Assembling of Legends
Bells Hells and the Mighty Nein had teamed up to be the ‘away squad’ to head to Ruidus through the portal that was discovered in Issylra, while the rest of Exandria planned an assault on the Malleus Key (both as a distraction to allow these two groups to go unnoticed to and inside the moon itself before dividing to two different tasks:
- The Mighty Nein head into the Arx Creonum and destroy the Weave Mind
- Bell’s Hells clamber into the depths and the core of Ruidus itself to stop the Ruby Vanguard and Ludinus from releasing Predathos.)
As you prepped for this journey, traversed to Ruidus and then teleported into the basement of the Jagged Edge Glassworks where Caleb had set up his Nein-sided Tower for an evening’s rest before the final push towards their collaborative missions.
There the groups got to know each other a little better, prepared for the evening with some spells and enchantments that would last them for the coming day, and then eventually, dividing amongst their various chambers to rest for the night, while also discussing what may very well be the last night on Exandria for all of them. With that a night’s rest is had and the morning comes to.
You all begin to rouse from your collective slumber and gather within the main chamber of the Nein-sided Tower.
Previous Episode: “The Nein Hells”
Sam’s Mug
Vox Machina and Flamespeaker Cerkonos!
I haven’t watched the episode so I missed the fact that VM is back until I saw a YouTube video with a spoiler title. But holy hell I didn’t know Cerkonos is that HOT! ❤️🔥
Did Liam skip that section or did he play a character?
Liam was left out to symbolize Vax’s continued imprisonment. There was a joke made about Liam showing up alone as Vax. He comes in, sits down, and screams for a moment. Stand up and leaves, and the rest of the cast comes in.
Full character art by GalacticJonah!
[taken from Reddit post]
Hi! GalacticJonah here, aka the guy who had the honour to draw the new Vox Machina art pieces. First for all, massive thanks to everyone who left nice comments!! I thought people might be interested in some behind the scenes and fun facts so here we go:All designs were created by directly corresponding and working with the cast, which was both exciting and scary, lmao. In general that was the vibe of the whole thing because VM are legendary and critters are very passionate, so the pressure to get this right was high.
Some of the cast went with vibes and story, others with detailed references, but they put a lot of trust in me all the way and I was allowed quite a lot of freedom within the guidelines. I remember Kiki’s design in particular because it was just right from the very start – honestly the biggest thrill for anyone who has ever designed for a client before!!
The designs pull from many places, so some things are based on pre-existing designs. Legally though they were not allowed to be too similar/copying any Legend of Vox Machina stuff - so that is why some things are very different (see Cerkonos).
Some more fun bits about the process:
- Laura requested that Vex and Percy match in their fashion, so I coordinated their colours!
- There was a whole back and forth whether Scanlan would be an overall small centaur or a small gnome body on a regular horse. As you see, we went with the latter.
- I gave Vex the gold earcuff. You know why~
- I ended up giving myself a ‘druid = body piercing’ headcanon because someone once argued that they cannot wear metal way way back when I first drew Kiki with a septum piercing. So that’s why Cerkonos has a nipple ring ✌️
- Taliesin came up with the suntree pattern on Percy’s coat like that and it rules!!! What a rad idea.
- Vex’s style was described to me as ‘corporate ranger’!
- Both our gnomes look older than they teeechnically should, lore wise, on request from the players. I actually was really happy about that - the passage of time is important and it’s beautiful to show it off ❤️
- The other option for Scanlan’s bumper sticker (lmao) was ‘You Spice?’
- I worked under my own goal to make all of these designs a bisexuals fucking nightmare so, yeah.
And that’s all I can think of. Thank you all for liking these ❤️
♪Episode Song References♪
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- 00:22:26 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
- 00:27:07 “down down” Korn - Falling away from Me
- 01:31:44 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles again
- 01:31:50 Adam Samuel Nierow, Peter Habib, Samuel Brent Riegel - Makin’ My Way
- 01:33:36 Staind - It’s Been A While
- 02:41:34 Shave and a Haircut
- 03:08:32 Meredith Bull ft Jools Lebron - Demure
- 04:00:33 Stereo MCs - Connected
Highlights
- 00:13:55 Laura already losing it from Robbie’s contouring makeup giving him an ‘extra pouty’ look
- 00:18:03 Fearne:“This is when I get my best sleep is right in the morning. So leave. But you’re great.”
- 00:19:35 Fan Art Moment Cat Waffles?! Are they shaped like cat faces or are the indentations like paw prints? I must know!
- 00:29:28 Laura already trying to annoy Liam with her wings
- 00:31:53 “Jester’s invading!”
- 00:32:42 Rashida Jones
- 00:33:48 Rashinna:“…We’re preparing a mass detonation. Hiding in the Villums. Look for Gaz.”
- 00:39:47 Sam’s prosthetic face is too much for Laura, “I can’t stop looking at you!”
Sam:“That’s a first.” - 00:40:05 Laura wings Liam again
- 00:40:10 Liam:“Are all Reilorans ‘floaters’?”
Taliesin is temporarily stunned - 00:41:27 Pâté is fine, he just went exploring.
- 00:43:14 “He’s a one-time weasel.”
- 00:44:57 Sam’s disturbing yawn face
- 00:48:48 Laura’s dice senses tingle
- 00:51:29 Ashton wins the roll and absorbs Dusk Hunger (Zathuda’s sword)
Gains +2 Dex permanently. Once per short rest add 3d6 fire damage to a successful melee attack. - 00:53:21 Veth:“But you know, that’s the brass ring!”
Travis reacts to his beloved Calamity party’s name. - 00:54:08 Veth:“I’m very happy, but this one regret will haunt me forever. You don’t know what that’s like.”
- 00:55:50 Orym wins the roll to absorb Ishta, the Summit Blade
Gains +2 Dex permanently. Gains +3 to hit rolls and damage rolls. Hitting a prone creature rolls additional d6 force dmg. - 01:01:20 Laudna still has samples of the strange moon lichen organism the All-Minds-Burn
- 01:05:07 Jester:“We’re all from the moon now!”
- 01:07:53 Zhesh:“The place is yours.”
- 01:11:00 A storm is brewing
- 01:12:05 The Dust Bin Delta, fine Ruidian BBQ
- 01:14:55 As they figure out the marching order, Robbie dunks on Marisha
- 01:19:07 Orym spies a sort of shrine in the distance with items on it from Exandria. There are even plants on translocated patches of soil.
- 01:21:21 Sam shows Robbie what kissing his mask would look like
- 01:22:55 Prepurred
- 01:24:37 The octopus maneuver
- 01:33:04 Planerider Ryn’s missing arm is profusely bleeding
- 01:35:54 Travis:“I can’t see you, pal.”
- 01:41:20 Full grown vidulch
- 01:42:56 Marisha and horses have a fragile truce
- 01:48:08 Watcher Amido is recognized and leads the group away from approaching security
- 01:50:14 Laura’s angel wings fall
- 01:52:21 Jester the Dire Mole
- 01:55:01 Jester:“Do you want to learn the ways of destruction?”
Braius:“I do.”
Jester:“Then follow me.” - 01:55:18 The left side of Matt’s mouth rejects cosmetic adhesives
- 01:55:38 Laura wings Liam some more
- 01:58:52 Faint bursts or pulses of light in the distance
- 02:01:55 Gaz is at the Ceramic Tower
- 02:05:25 Dorian checking the backup plan for escape
- 02:06:24 Sam:“Creed, Daft Punk, Elvis, Wayne Newton”
- 02:07:37 Waspa nest?
- 02:07:43 Marisha scratches an itch on her face
- 02:14:14 Gaz is very recognizable
- 02:15:29 Ashley:“Oh, you can’t read it?” (revenge is sweet)
Sam:“Fuck! I’ve been Johnsoned!”
Robbie:“Get Johnsoned!” - 02:15:49 Liam peels a chunk of his face makeup off, grossing out Matt
- 02:16:03 Sam:(Scooby voice)“Ragged rugs?”
- 02:17:12 We learn of Gaz Tomo’s psychic damage from Liliana Temult
- 02:17:58 Gaz is not Veth’s type
- 02:20:09 Gaz:“I’m not supposed to say.”
- 02:22:11 Fearne’s gonna listen from the flaps. Three voices: Gaz Tomo,
- 02:23:36 Gaz:“Not now. Like, Soon…”
?:“You’re doing very good, Gaz.” - 02:27:27 Gaz is stunned by the deliciousness of a cookie, “What miracle have you bestowed upon me?”
- 02:28:23 “We of the Volition have been working for most of our lives tirelessly, and many of us (for generations now at this point) to undermine and destroy the tyranny of the Weave Mind. They rule all the people of this entire space, this realm, with an iron brain. We’ve gotten relatively close maybe a few times. Figure if we can take out like one or two, that’d be great. If we could take em all out, fine. There’s a lot going on and it’s going to be very distracted. With the people leaving, there’s a lot less collateral damage to do something really crazy.”
- 02:29:59 Gaz:“Makes the coo-key tingly. I don’t fully understand your ways, strange Exandrian folk.”
Sam:“He’s just a cave man.” - 02:30:47 Laura remembers that their destination is “The Hallowed Cage” during the Cage-themed episode.
- 02:34:11 Orym:“Coordinate with the woman in charge, Rashinna, and get the gang down on Exandria in place.”
- 02:35:05 Sam:“Explosions is three words.”
Travis:“Going to the restroom, I’ll be back.” - 02:37:30 Laura:“Fuck it!” channels Jester
- 02:38:08 When we come back from the break, we’re going to rewind a little bit in time to pick up from Vasselheim from the perspective of Keyleth, Vex, Pike, and Grog as they leave to search for the rest of their troop before this assault.
INTERMISSION
Meanwhile (a little time before the events we left on Ruidus a moment ago) in Vasselheim…
after the plot had been set into motion, after Bell’s Hells had gone to stop this meeting of the Unseelie and the Ruby Vanguard, Keyleth, with the knowledge of what her and Vox Machina represented on the coming assault of the Malleus Key, set out to gather the rest of her troop.
Here in Vasselheim, gathering your thoughts, Keyleth waits until nightfall after all the meetings with the Exandrian alliance beginning to scatter to prepare their forces for a very eminent assault and sets out to see Lady Vex’alia.
Not too far from the Platinum Sanctuary, a number of these abodes that are both well-guarded and well-furnished. As you head through the interior (torch and magical candle) lit hallways, you come to the outside of her bedchamber and knock on the door. (Campaign 1 seating arrangements)- 02:58:27 Keyleth is worn out from making titles for people
- 03:00:18 Keyleth:“I think we’re going to have to get the gang back together.”
- 03:03:47 Epic Airship SFX
- 03:04:45 Scanlan has been unreachable
- 03:06:00 Vex gives props to Keyleth on the titles
- 03:09:37 Pike:“Do you have a pie in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”
- 03:09:44 Peanut butter pies?
- 03:10:39 Pike:“God dammit!”
- 03:11:08 Vex:(to Grog who already forgot about the Platinum Sanctuary)“You were there…”
- 03:11:25 Pike and Scanlan’s love rollercoaster.
- 03:14:21 Buddies and booze and Janine
- 03:15:26 Grog:“What do you mean last time?”
- 03:18:07 The search for Scanlan begins
- 03:21:05 Vex:“His husband. Um. Greg.” (Mercer’s Revenge #24601 Coming up with names)
Tary and Greg
The couple in American Dad are named Terry and Greg
- 03:22:08 Keyleth:“One pec out. It’s a vibe.”
- 03:24:20 Robbie revealed as Cerkonos
- 03:26:43 Fan Art Moment Cerkonos with his spear and giant wrestling belt
- 03:28:01 Keyleth:(nodding to the other side of the table)“Vox Machina.”
- 03:29:27 Vex cuts to the chase “Join us on the front lines, Cerkonos.”
- 03:30:15 Save the Last Page
- 03:32:50 Sun Tree:“Good to see you, Kiki.”
- 03:35:44 Vesper de Rolo
- 03:38:12 Gwendolyn de Rolo
- 03:39:14 Travis grins after Matt says ‘groggy morning’
- 03:39:26 Ashley:“Jon and Kate Plus 8 hair.”
- 03:40:45 Keyleth:“We were drinking.”
- 03:41:43 Cerkonos:“Always with the sexual joke. I love a good sexual joke.”
- 03:42:39 Laura receives a message that she can’t stop laughing about.
- 03:46:48 Grog:“Scholars maintain they’re not sure, but I figured I saw that and I knew you had to have it.”
- 03:48:50 Percy gives Pike “The Triple” to sober her up.
- 03:49:17 Cerkonos would not answer a hypothetical booty call from Pike. Matt smiles so much his moustache detaches.
- 03:50:19 Travis:♪(groovy scat)♪
- 03:53:18 Pike:“He sounded like he was fuckin’”
- 03:55:52 Scanlan:“Is this a booty call?”
- 03:56:41 Percival is a closet Scanlan fan?
(continued)
- 03:59:11 Percival’s preparations to leave. He already knows his daughter Gwendolyn has spied on the conversation and gives instructions:
- Inform Cassandra of their destination
- Tell Vesper she’s in charge, if something goes wrong Gwen will secretly take command
- Emergency kit
- 04:00:26 Vex:“She behaves so much better for you.”
Percy:“You have the twins, I have this one.” - 04:01:07 Percy’s mystery paper in his storage safe.
- 04:02:45 Fan Art Moment Gwen jumping on the back of the charmed Grog yelling, “I’m robbing Lord de Rolo!”
- 04:04:07 Percy did not enjoy the Bell’s Hells
- 04:04:35 Keyleth:“Why do you have to speak in absolutions?” (meant absolutes)
- 04:06:19 Keyleth plants some ceremonial flowers: nightshade, lillies, and snowdrops for courage.
- 04:06:51 “The de Rolo Twins” Wolfe and Leona, and Vax’ildan II
- 04:08:20 Vex:“You remember me telling you about Uncle Vax and everything that happened? We’re going to try to fix it.”
- 04:09:26 Sam gets a warning glance from Ashley after sneezing.
- 04:10:46 Percival: “Whitestone endures.”
- 04:12:32 Scanlan calls his group the Silver Saddles. Dr Dranzel, Kent Plucker, Lionel Gayheart, Jameson the Painter, and Keg
- 04:16:16 Cerkonos:“Now you have a horse penis, ha ha!”
- 04:17:29 Vex:“You’re doing spice?”
Scanlan:“Just on the road for shits and giggles sometimes. Hey, when you’re a gnome you have many midlife crises. This is like my third one. It’s great.” - 04:18:10 Taryon’s husband’s name is Lawrence… Tary and Larry.
- 04:20:52 Sam grosses out his friends with dangly parts of his gorey face makeup
- 04:21:41 Scanlan:“I was trying to find my spirit.”
- 04:22:14 Travis yanks off the distracting dangling face gore and throws it at Marisha. Taliesin covers it with an Ashton figurine.
- 04:24:42 Grog:“We’re back baby!”
- 04:25:03 Laura:“Oh, Percy. He’s such a beutch.”
- 04:25:35 Cerkonos has been "retaining his seed’ since age 28
- 03:59:11 Percival’s preparations to leave. He already knows his daughter Gwendolyn has spied on the conversation and gives instructions:
Matthew Mercer as Raising Arizona Cage
Travis Willingham as Con Air Cage
Marisha Ray as Wicker Man Cage
Robbie daymond as Honeymoon in Vegas Cage
Sam Riegel as Face/Off Cage
Ashley Johnson as The Rock Cage
Laura Bailey as City of Angels Cage
Liam O’Brien as MANDY Cage
Taliesin Jaffe as Valley Girl Cage
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