#exandria unlimited 2

[moodsbytraviswillingham]

Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, Episode 2

#Travis Willingham #Aabria Iyengar #Critical Role #Exandria Unlimited: Calamity #ExU Calamity #Calamity 2

[ludinusdaleth]

absolutely out of my mind obsessed. OBSESSED. with liliana always saying "he" and, even if we know it's ludinus, never saying his name and obfuscating him with predathos, these two pillars of limitless power & incredible cruelty that chain her, stronger than her, in her own words. how he needs her. how he admires & values & even in some way adores her, and maybe more. how she's pulled ludinus back from the very edge. her trying to change him, and zerxus 1000 years ago trying to change asmodeus and jester trying to change artagan and caleb trying to change essek and the m9 trying to change lucien and opal trying to change lolth, and imogen, trying to change her own mother. this cycle of desperate belief in redemption that can succeed or fail, the coin that hasnt landed on a side yet. how that's freedom for some. how that's a whip, a martinet on the back of the reformer for others. the belief in set fate vs the vanguard belief in changing destiny. generation upon generation of hope & abuse that can so easily become one or the other or both at once for eon upon eon. how the gods who created these mortals who seek any glint of kindness desperately wish, in this moment, for redemption themselves. "to reach a hand down to somebody, they need to be beneath you". but the gods are in the sky. and their saviors are on a lonely planet & lonelier moon, locked together by a cycle of violence & desperation started by them so long ago.

#cr spoilers #critical role #campaign 3 #exandria unlimited: calamity #campaign 2 #ludinus da'leth #liliana temult #critical role meta #predathos #zerxus ilerez #asmodeus #lolth #opal #essek thelyss #jester lavorre #caleb widogast #artagan #imogen temult #lucien tavelle

[verdantstorms]

Gay, quiet, protective, and caring, has a thing with flowers, carrying the weight of a deceased spouse with them still and learning to slowly heal from it

paired with,

Chaotic horned friend, I do what I want, down to fuck everybody, here to have a good time, cares deeply for their friends. Has done some pretty weird shit.

Edit: Fearne and Molly have also briefly convinced others they were royalty.

#critical role #critical role campaign 3 #campaign 3 #critical role c3 #orym of the air ashari #cr exu #exu orym #exandria unlimited #fearne calloway #exu #exu fearne #critical role campaign 2 #mollymauk tealeaf #yasha nydoorin #campaign 2 #critical role c2

[witchfable]

remember when, "the magic was in me the whole time" "i always knew it"? remember when "my first instinct is to protect dariax"? remember when, "i want to do a touch based spell on dariax. that's all i've ever wanted to do"?

#i miss doriax so much but it's like me and 2 other people who still ship it lol #doriax #dariax zaveon #dorian storm #critical role #exandria unlimited

[sparring-spirals]

do YOU have a POISON in YOUR CITY? Tired of its growing evil and corruption? Frustrated by its flaws and stagnation and hubris? Have I got the SOLUTION for YOU!!! *slam dunks your flying city into the ground and wages war against your prime deities*

#critical role #cr spoilers #exandria unlimited #exu calamity #exu calamity part 2 #listen. im really tired. i dont know what kind of posts im making. but tell me the *there is a poison in your city* didnt sound like the #start of a news pitch. .... ok maybe it didnt. its fine. #shitpost #spar speaks #cr liveblogging #exu spoilers #faves #okay i got some sleep and while this isnt AS hilarious as i thought it was yesterday its still pretty good. 👌

[morally-grey-girlbosses]

Propaganda under the cut.

Laerynn Coramar-Seelie:

She helped keep a magic floating city in the sky while building a machine to move said city across planes- all while trying to ignore her ex-husband. also both kinda causes the apocalypse but also prevents a huge chunk of existence from being wiped out due to the apocalypse

Granny Weatherwax:

Granny Weatherwax is a witch. Witches don't have leaders, because Granny Weatherwax never allow that sort of thing. She knows that she is the most dangerous thing in this dark forest. She is extremely good at what she does. She is kind, but not nice. She helps her community, cures people with potions and psychology, and she is an extremely practical person. She watches herself very closely to make sure she never strays from her own moral compass. There’s no harsher judge of Granny Weatherwax than Granny Weatherwax. Here are some quotes from the books: Granny’s implicit belief that everything should get out of her way extended to other witches, very tall trees and, on occasion, mountains. Granny Weatherwax was not a good loser. From her point of view, losing was something that happened to other people. Many people could say things in a cutting way. But Granny Weatherwax could listen in a cutting way. She could make something sound stupid just by hearing it. “I did start out in witchcraft to get boys, to tell you the truth.’ ‘Think I don’t know that?’ ‘What did you start out to get, Esme?’ Granny stopped, and looked up at the frosty sky and then down at the ground. ‘Dunno,’ she said at last. ‘Even, I suppose.”

#poll #tournament poll #round 2 #laerynn coramar seelie #critical role #critical role exu #critical role exandria unlimited #granny weatherwax #discworld

[gorgynei]

oH MY GOD CRITICAL ROLE JUST ANNOUNCED EXU CALAMITY TWO??????

#critical role #ramblings #exandria unlimited calamity #exu calamity #exu calamity 2 #mwuahaha. mwuahhahahahahhaahhaa

[1well-this-is-new1]

#i havent finished it yet im like 2 and a half hours into ep 4 #but wow! #damn! #exu calamity #critical role #exandria unlimited calamity

[luckthebard]

Looking at the conversations currently happening with regard to the gods of Exandria post Calamity episode 1, I think some people are having trouble with the fact that "the Prime deities are not always Nice and might actually also be a little at fault for the destruction here" does not have to be accompanied by "the Betrayers had a point, actually."

Asmodeus was almost certainly manipulating Zerxus in that dream. But the idea of the Dawnfather as frightening and without pity also aligns with how we know the Prime deities can act. The Betrayers can be Evil and the Primes can be merciless. Both can be true.

And to a certain extent, we already know this, at least a little bit, from the end of campaign 2. Vespin Chloras may have started the Calamity by unleashing the Betrayers, but the hubris of mages also angered the Prime deities. In fact we know that striking Aeor out of the sky for their arrogance in creating weapons intended to kill gods was something the Betrayers and the Primes agreed on and teamed up to do. It was the one thing they made a truce to accomplish in the middle of the Calamity.

Wizard hubris started the Calamity, but not just from one side. The Prime deities are often wrathful gods, and the release of the Betrayers triggered that wrath.

#meta #critical role #cr spoilers #exandria unlimited: calamity #campaign 2 spoilers #just to clarify this absolutely does not make the Prime deities Bad #they are definitely still Good #but I think more people need to contend seriously with the idea of wrathful gods

[astrangertomykin]

“History will remember my name.”

I just adore the dynamic between Laerryn & Loquatius and was inspired by Klimt’s Hygieia

#exu calamity #critical role #laerryn coramar seelie #loquatius seelie #exandria unlimited #my art #i started drawing this after ep 2 btw

[marvelousbelladonna]

The power this picture exudes

… Amazing

#critical role #cr spoilers #exu #cr exu #Exandria unlimited #exandria unlimited: calamity #calamity #episode 2 #luis carazo #lou wilson #marisha ray

[moodsbytraviswillingham]

Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, Episode 2

#Travis Willingham #Critical Role #Exandria Unlimited: Calamity #ExU Calamity #Calamity 2 #shirt turtle

[ludinusdaleth]

#critteredit #criticalroleedit #critical role #cr spoilers #campaign 2 #campaign 3 #exandria unlimited #exandria unlimited: calamity #mine #loquatius seelie #laerryn coramar-seelie #jester lavorre #artagan #fearne calloway #opal #ashton greymoore #brennan lee mulligan #laura bailey #aabria iyengar #sam reigel #matthew mercer #ashley johnson #aimee carrero #taliesin jaffe #💙💚 #💚❤ #fae #for any curious: fearne has many 'loves' i think but. gif space small. ashton & opal seem especially special to her #fav #🤍💚

[rosemarydisaster]

That joke Brennan made about how "we all take turns causing the calamity" got me thinking how all of the characters make for a perfectly balanced view of the Age of Arcana Society. It makes perfect sense that Zerxus hatred of the Gods and the wizard bunch's hubris are causing doomsday. Because sure, they make extremely personal decisions, but those decisions only make sense in the Age of Arcanum.

Meta incoming, spoilers for episodes 1 and 2 of EXU: Calamity, the entirety of Campaign 2 And very minor spoilers of Campaign 1

Keyleth always doubted the Gods intentions in campaign one, but she was massively outnumbered by holy champions, paladins and clerics. Some characters debated her, but most thought that it was really dumb to question the Gods. Besides, her distrust extended to the betrayers and she would have most definitely doubted anything from Asmodeus mouth. She has knowledge of the betrayers that the people in Avalir has forgotten.

Essek is good example of a person in current time with Age of Arcanum mentality. He stole a part of God to do his funky little experiments with...and his hubris caused a huge fucking war. The fact that him and the Cerberus assembly were just a handful of wizards and not an entire civilization of them explains why it was only a normal war between to countries and not the apocalypse. But also, he sees redemption through a group that has two clerics and a paladin, helping them put to end a civilization of the Age of Arcanum. The fact that Essek completely redeems himself fighting the hive mind of a civilization that though itself above Gods it's quite poetic.

Even the fact that Fjord knew better than to try to pursue more power through Ukotoa indicates how everyone in modern day is pretty fucking aware of the "Stranger Betrayer danger". They know, even without being super educated in history, that there's stuff you shouldn't fuck with. You know who tried to ascend to Godhood (using a fucking city from the Age of Arcanum)? Fucking Lucien, and he dies! Why? Because our good guys and every ally they can call upon know that that is very bad.

This is the reason why the Calamity group works so well, because they truly represent the Age of Arcanum attitude. That is why they are causing the End of The World As They Know It. Not because they are Zerxus, Patia or Nydas specifically; but because they are Zerxus, Patia and Nydas from the Age of Arcanum.

They hate the Gods, they genuinely think they can be better, they are incapable of seeing their own faults and they are completely sure that they are the ones in control in every conversation.

Why does Zerxus trust the motherfucking Lord Of The Hells? Because he has a confirmation bias. He hates the Gods and Asmodeus pretty much tells him that he is right. Hell, Zerxus even prompts him! He is the one saying "the others mistreated you" (the others are bad, he meant). And Asmodeus is over there like "...yeah, sure, that works for me". It's not so much that he needs to lie, but that Zerxus wants to believe his own version so much that he ends up trusting the Master of Lies without even a fucking insight check. And he probably doesn't even worry about his friends because they've been trash talking the Gods the whole time. He also doesn't seem to need approval. He thinks he has the right to decide in the name of all Exandria because He Is Right. He may hate Avalir, but he is just as self important as the rest os them.

That's also very present in Laerryn's investigation. She just assumed it was the best thing ever, and when Loquacious asked why, she was shocked. She surrounded herself with people that saw things exactly as she did, creating an echo chamber. And when someone from outside that chamber disagreed, they all shut down the criticism. They think freedom and knowledge justify anything, and they immediately started working on how to shut down the Arboreal Cortex the second it interfered. They did not think for one second "oh, this must be important!", No. Laerryn went "I hate this thing I did not built and that I don't understand so I'm going to try to bypass it because it must not be that important". Once again, if it doesn't revolve around them, it must not be that critical.

Patia (I love her) is Mrs Nepotism I-am-better-than-all-of-you. She works hard, I'm sure, but she also expect things to be handed to her. She is owed greatness, so if she works hard she deserves to best the Gods themselves, don't you think? She is the most Cutthroat when it comes to Hubris while Nydas may disguise his under a childlike wonder for the unknown. But let's remember how he did not care at all about how dehumanizing it was for the Sphinx to be in the parade. He simply put on a charming face and convinced them of going on with the show. In fact, his first scene was a masterclass on how not to care about reality, only about maintaining an image. Selling The Dream.

Loquacious is just (from what we know) a shady vacuous man that enjoys being the center of attention. He reminds me of Effie Trinket and Caesar Flickerman, but with a hint of duplicity and hidden intentions. One can only guess what his secrets are, but I doubt that he is as innocent as he sells himself to be. But even so, he represents the vast majority of people. The one's that don't care enough about the Gods to truly hate them. The ones that give for granted the wealth and commodities this Age gives them

Cerrit is also there, congratulating his friend on her "we are basically Gods" machine, not seeing a problem with it (mind you, Loquacious saw no problem either. He just not that interested). He disdains the people that try to copy the Matron of Ravens, and he is an extremely capable detective machine at the service of Avalir. He's a cop, never trust a cop. They work for the system and (as I've been saying this whole post) the entire system, not only of Avalir but of the Age if Arcanum, is corrupt.

They will all take turns causing the Calamity because the Calamity is not just doomsday, it's the colapse of a civilization all by itself. Asmodeus and interplanar travel are just nukes, it's the people that push the button.

#critical role #spoilers critical role #spoilers exu calamity episode 2 #spoilers exu calamity #exu calamity #spoilers exandria unlimited #zerxus ilerez #laerryn coramar seelie #loquacious seelie #nydas okiro #patia por'co #cerrit agrupnin #brennan lee mulligan #Asmodeus exu #critcal role meta #cr #spoilers cr

[sparkliest-bard-bracket]

✨Round 2: Match 31✨

(Yara of Nowhere, the Wandering Bard art by @gwennafran, Dorian Storm art by @agarthanguide)

Yara of Nowhere, the Wandering Bard Propaganda:

Sassy, wise, comical, and terrifying in turn.  Always drinking - never drunk.  Manipulates others through her grasp of the narrative.  Attempts to kickstart an apocalypse.

Dorian Storm Propaganda:

He plays multiple instruments (at least flute, lute, and mandolin, probably more), he is charismatic as heck, his class is bard, he is secretly a noble (sparkle points), he is my blorbo and i love him <3333 Oh he also has an amazing song courtesy of his voice actor: https://youtu.be/JjkOxRgor_s

#sparkliest bard bracket #polls #round 2 #yara of nowhere #yara of nowhere the wandering bard #the wandering bard #a practical guide to evil #practical guide to evil #dorian storm #bells hells #exandria unlimited #critical role #cr campaign 3 #the crown keepers

[sparring-spirals]

The deep hilarity of Patia and Laerryn witnessing someone narrowly avoiding an assassination because of Loquatius (and Zerxus), and their first reactions being: "god we can't tell him, he's gonna be insufferable-"

#the way this party responds to murder and almost-murder is unreasonably funny to me #critical role #cr spoilers #exandria unlimited #exu calamity #exu calamity part 2 #exu spoilers #cr liveblogging #patia exu #laerryn exu #loquatius exu #presumably they meant loquatius but imagine if they were including zerxus in that too asldkfjehdd #shitpost