#caleb who hasn't spoken the entire time they were in the throne room (of course)

[mostlyanything19]

Well DAMN you guys, I just watched the part where, on the cusp of being arrested and possibly killed for being Empire intruders, Caleb pulls the lost Beacon out of Jester’s haversack and with one fell swoop shifts the atmosphere in the room, the possible trajectory of the war, and the ENTIRE game’s storyline 180 degrees on its axis. What a MOMENT. what a MOVE.

AND I also finally met Essek which is exciting, I’ve been VERY curious about him.

#critical role #adventures in cr #cr2x56 #cr2x57 #c2 #caleb who hasn't spoken the entire time they were in the throne room (of course) #caleb who is of the empire #who has been hurt and has suffered at the hands of the empire #not just in some vague casualities of war way but very very directly #who had been indoctrinated into it and emerged tortured and traumatized #it has such /weight/ for him to be the one to do this #if it had been - say - jester; to hold up the beacon and say Here is this thing. and I return it to you. #it would have been equally as powerful for the dynasty and for what it means for the immediate survival of the m9 #but it has /such/ an impact - such added weight behind it; on a character level; through the fact that it was Caleb #he has been hiding from The Empire. he has smeared mud on his face and kept his head as low as he could #trying to attract no notice in front of any Important Figure; to not be found; trying to survive by evasion; by attracting no notice #for caleb to stand up tall and raise this Thing in the air; this Beacon; this ace of all aces anyone has ever had up their sleeve #and say I am of the Empire. But I am no friend to the Empire. And I return this to your hands. #man that is SO. like symbolically that is S O. #YEAH.