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railroad-migraine · 2 years

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Yoyo! Could I get something with Cyrus and him having an obvious crush on a very elegant and dexterous party member! It's sad how little fics there are for my boy!

I have more Cyrus in my drafts, so be keep a lookout for when he graces my blog once more!

~ Poet

Crushing on the Reader

Cyrus

Cyrus first saw you when you were seated beside his brother in the theatre in Jrusar. You had a confident air about you that screamed the elegance and finery that he's so desperately attracted to and misses dearly from life before he started adventuring.

When Dorian finally introduced him to Bell's Hells, Cyrus greeted and nodded in respect to the others, apologising again and again for being an idiot and complicating things.

But the moment you offered him your name and held out your hand, he swiped it up and pressed an obnoxiously long kiss to the back of it.

He immediately regretted the gesture, face and ears tinged with a purple blush, mindful of Dorian's facepalm and his friends' sour looks, but you simply laughed and waved his worries away.

When the party came across him at the ball, he was standing at the edge of the dance floor on his tippy toes and trying to catch a glance of you in the crowd in your fancy attire. He never got the chance to chase after you and ask for a dance but whatcanyoudo there were baddies to fight, you were a bit preoccupied

You volunteered to leave Marquet with the two brothers and help reunite Dorian with the Crown Keepers - gods know how much the Wyvernwinds need someone to stop their bickering.

Cyrus spent the entire trip trying to impress and get to know the object of his newfound affections, pestering his brother for info about you - if you were single, what's your tragic but deep backstory, if you have a thing for royalty, if your favourite colour is blue etc etc.

He's stuck to your side like glue when you guys make contact with Dariax, Opal and Fy'ra Rai. They don't like him and think he's trouble (a theme he's getting used to), but you actually tolerate and make an effort to include him.

You impress the heir again and again with your skills and ease in stressful situations. You have the charm of a noble, nimble fingers to swipe important objects without being seen, you can open pretty much any lock by barely touching it, and can dodge an arrow as if it was nothing.

Oohs and ahhs and heart eyes galore, cheering you on at the sideline and scowling whenever someone calls him out on it.

Dorian continuously wants to curl up into a ball and have the ground swallow him whole bc his older brother is embarrassing himself in front of you and his other friends.

He's grateful that you can get through to his sibling though - Cyrus is not as an experienced traveler or warrior or mage as everyone else, so under your guidance hopefully he will get more accustomed to life on the road and the people you come across.

Dorian still gets grossed out when Cyrus clumsily flirts with you tho. Baby brother energy, y'know~

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meadowsofmay · 6 months

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there's an indescribable amount of pure joy i get watching liam in the crown keepers campaign — his reactions to all the familiar things, not familiar to orym but to liam himself. his happy smile at ashley when sherri was described, his content sigh when gilmore said he was married and overall just gentle look in his eyes during this whole segment, his quick smile when aabria mentioned syngorn and heart grab followed by an exaggerated fall under the table when they arrived to byroden is just precious to me. this man needs to be protected at all costs.

#may exu watch through #ep 4 #liam is truly a precious soul #i adore him so much #he loves this game so much he loves this world he loves his characters and he holds their stories close to heart at all times #and that's so #ah #i love him #alSO matt's happiness every time his players react to all these past npcs and places #imagine sitting in the place of a player and see your players your dear friends being absolutely in love with your world #protect protect protect #liam o'brien #orym of the air ashari #exandria unlimited #the crown keepers #critical role #let me also add vax to the tags #cuz all of these things are connected to vax directly #vax'ildan

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sparring-spirals · 2 years

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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

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vethbrenatto · 2 years

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#it’s about the dimension doors

#critical role #cr spoilers #creations #exu: calamity #exandria unlimited #vox machina #pikelan #loquaerryn #loquatius seelie #laerryn coramar-seelie #pike trickfoot #scanlan shorthalt #the ring of brass #parallel #dimension door is my shit #im playing a bard rn in one of my campaigns that has dimension door and when he gets to use it im :~)#although tragically he is an absolute asshole and at this point i cannot imagine him every romantically dimension door-ing someone he loves #out of harm's way

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words-writ-in-starlight · 2 years

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I hope they don't all die.

Specifically, I want Patia to live. I want Patia Por'co, heiress to one of the greatest mages the Age of Arcanum ever produced and to some of the worst wizard hubris going around, to live.

I think it would be so much worse for her to watch her Age, her Age and her shining city in the sky and her magical brilliance that she was so sure would bathe them all in its light forever, crumble into dust and ruin.

#patia por'co #exu calamity #critical role #exu: calamity #exandria unlimited #calamity #i haven't decided yet if i want any of the others to live for this specific reason #(i want zerxus to live forever in the nine hells as the champion of the god he thought he could save with mortal kindness)#(but that's a separate thing)#but i REALLY want patia to live to see the fall of the age of arcanum #to see it and know intimately and bitterly its every step #and to understand more truly than anyone left alive how thoroughly their bright fire burned itself to death #after that she can die #i'll have an opinion on what i want to happen to the other four by the end of next episode don't worry #also to clarify: this is not because i dislike patia #i LOVE patia #that is why i want the worst imaginable fate for her #ring of brass

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jibril-thelibraryangel · 2 years

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Okay so this image from the Calamity teaser

Is from when the raven queen ascended as a goddess, which implies that ExU: Calamity takes place during that time.

Guys what if one of the PCs plays the future raven queen?

GUYS WHAT IF ITS MARISHA?!?

#if marisha plays the raven queen #the woman that took Vax from Keyleth #I’m gonna foam out the mouth I swear #It’s probably not the case #I imagine it would be hard to plan that ahead of time without being scripted #but thinking it’s a possibility makes me feral #either way I’m pretty sure we are meeting the raven queen #cr spoilers #cr #critical role #exu #exandria unlimited: calamity #exu: calamity

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astral-enchantments · 2 years

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Okokok so I was just thinking about what kind of character Liam might play if he decides to let Orym stay dead, and I started thinking about some of his other characters, specifically Cinna Brightbow from the beauty pageant in EXU, and suddenly remembered "WILL THE HALFLING LIVE, OR WILL THE HALFLING DIE?!"

I can't tell if the tears in my eyes are from laughing too hard or from pain/lh

#critical role #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #cr c3e33 #exandria unlimited #orym of the air ashari #cinna brightbow #ok but could y'all imagine if liam brought cinna back as his new character tho???#like he won't. but that would be fucking hilarious if he did

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honourablejester · 2 years

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The Salvation of Vespin Chloras

This is just a … call it a thread, a hope for the future, a thing I would dearly love to see.

There’s this … thread of thoughts and ideas in Episode 4, between Zerxus and Evandrin, Zerxus and Vespin. The idea of names, and salvation, and not being forgotten.

Evandrin bears Zerxus’ name and promises he will come for him even through damnation. Zerxus tries to redeem Vespin, the action that Evandrin thought beautiful, even though it just damned the world when attempted on Asmodeus. Vespin, in return, buys Zerxus until sunrise on his deal, an action that allows Zerxus to help save the world and partially halt Asmodeus’ plan. While doing so, Vespin mourns that his name, while not forgotten, has been destroyed, and that his fear and need not to be forgotten has damned him. He dies again corrupted, facing Zerxus and the Ring of Brass for the fate of the world, and is taken back to the Hells.

And then, at the very end, when Zerxus has a way out of damnation through death, he chooses not to take it, lets himself fall to where Vespin is, on the hope and belief that Evandrin is coming for him, and that redemption and salvation are there for everyone:

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Evandrin: I don’t know how deeply you have sacrificed to do what must be done, but I know this. There is no god that strides this world that I worship more than I worship your heart. There is a power beyond that stars that you alone could find, and though you may be his by working of foul magic, I vow this: I bear your name. I bear it on this stone. And one day I will bring you home.

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Zerxus: I don’t have enough power to help you!

Vespin: It’s all right.

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Vespin: Do not bother with my name. In the darkness I saw my name would be destroyed, and I asked beyond all things not to be forgotten. And I know the Lord of the Hells will see that wish granted. I thought … I’m a fool. And I brought ruin to the world. Hope that you are forgotten.

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Zerxus: LAY DOWN YOUR WEAPONS!

Asmodeus: This wasn’t the barg— Oh, how clever! Well. I can always abide by a deal. Let’s see how much you can do with the precious minutes you have left.

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Brennan: Zerxus, you feel … release. Let me ask you. Your friend Nydas has given you this way out. The words of the Lord of the Hells were sweet and cloying. Does Zerxus take this chance to walk away?

Luis: In his, whatever remains of his consciousness, it’s as if he has a knife to his own throat. But in the back of his mind, he knows, in his heart, that salvation and redemption is there for everyone. And it pulls him right back.

Brennan: You remain within this form. The last thing you see as your body begins to immolate and burn, going to the place where Vespin went, is a griffon made of stars, called back to its feather, bearing on its back a young boy holding a journal.

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There’s a, there’s a thread here. Someone holding your name. Salvation and redemption being there for everyone. Not being forgotten.

And in light of it, I feel like I want … to imagine a future, years or centuries or even millennia down the line. I want to imagine a devil, a hunched, screeching creature on the plains of the hells. A creature that was once a man, a long time ago. A creature that was once a man again, for one brief, so vanishingly brief second during the end of the world. A creature that managed to help, just enough, to save the world, and has suffered ever since because of it.

I want to imagine this creature being approached by the Champion of Asmodeus, something that almost universally means pain. But this time, for some reason, the champion is without his mace. And there is a strange shadow at his back, almost like another entity, a being of amethyst and starlight, hidden where only the barest corner of the eye can see.

This time, the champion takes him by the shoulders and, uniquely in all the centuries in the hells, it doesn’t hurt. It does something, something strange, something impossible, but it doesn’t hurt.

And then the champion speaks to him, not in Infernal but in a language the creature has not spoken in centuries, and he says:

“Vespin Chloras. You told me once to hope I was forgotten. But I’m not. I never was. And neither are you. Your name wasn’t destroyed, not for me. I want you to remember that. I want you to remember the man who helped me, all those centuries ago. I want you to remember him, and I want you to hold on to him, and I want you to come with me. Hold my hand. Because we are not forgotten. Because there are those who hold my name, and they have come for me, and I do not want to leave this place alone.”

And the shreds remaining are so few, the scattered pieces of the man once called Vespin Chloras, but there are pieces, and in some hidden, forgotten, almost shattered place they find enough fragments of hope to answer.

“What is the bargain? For my soul. What’s the deal?”

And it’s Evandrin who tells him, very gently: “No bargains. No deals. You bought my husband an hour, once. An hour to fight for our son, for everything he had been. Everything he is, for I have known from the beginning that he is not lost to me. We offer this freely. Please. Hold on to memory. Hold on to your name. And come with us.”

“Please,” says Zerxus. “I didn’t have the power then to help you, to help either of us. I do now. Salvation is for everyone. Hold your name. Hold my hand. And let me take you with us.”

Because sometimes, even in the darkness, our names are not forgotten. Our names are not destroyed. And salvation is for everyone, no matter what they’ve done, if they have the strength and will to accept it.

I do … rather want to imagine that. Heh.

#exu calamity #exandria unlimited calamity #spoilers #zerxus ilerez #vespin chloras #evandrin alterra #fanfic?#sort of #a hope anyway #something i would love to imagine

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beedreamscape · 10 months

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On my ExU Prime rewatch and I had this thought, what if a person from Niirdal-Poc got shunted away across Exandria, and we know most if not all of the people there have no contact with the outside world.

How would they cope? How would they return home when all they knew was the city without an external sense of localization? What if they only speak the local language!?

#just thoughts #imagine if they're a kid!#imagine a lil tabaxi kid or an elephantine baby #any anthropomorphic kid i guess 🙈#i hope we get to meet more people who go teleported these next eps #critical role #exandria unlimited #cr stuff #rambles #niirdal-poc

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annemarieyeretzian · 2 years

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asmodeus hissing “you think that you are a man of true belief. who is the most proud man here? these ones who thought they would fly a city, or the man who thought he would teach me a lesson? the only difference between you and the dawnfather is that the dawnfather is a little more humble. now I'll tell you why I spit on your forgiveness. I'll tell you why I loathe your redemption. to reach a hand down to somebody, they need to be beneath you! and I'm beneath nobody. you wanted to understand me. then you should have accepted that I was right!”

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pinkestpurple · 2 years

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I have been listening to the exu playlists and now i miss the crown keepers so here is my silly headcanons about dancing:

Orym is very good at ballet, of course, he is also good in contemporary dance.

Opal dances regueton, salsa, bachata. The best at twerking, jaw dropping.

Dorian is the best in nigthclubs with some drinks in his system. He owns the white girl dance (in universe is call the air genasi dance, of course).

Dariax is the one that beats everyone in just dance and every other dance game. Also the only one that know how to vogue.

Fearne every time she tries to twerk ends with her ass in the floor, but she resist the longer on a moshpit.

Fy'ra Rai dances flamenco and tango (argentinean, of course). Flamenco because i can imagine her dancing to the last song of her playlist. And Tango because i feel like she is very good at following steps and she could be an amazing parther.

#critical role #exu #exandria unlimited #good imagine dancing tango with Fy'ra rai ☺#i could be a mess #i need to start tango i miss dancing #orym of the air ashari #cr opal #cr dariax #dariax zaveon #dorian storm #fearne calloway #fy'ra rai #crown keepers

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railroad-migraine · 2 years

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Critical Role Exandria Unlimited Headcanon Masterlist

Works by Poet / @railroad-migraine

Critical Role Fanfic Masterlist

Critical Role Headcanon Masterlist

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More Dorian, Fearne and Orym Headcanons here!

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* = my fave posts

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MAIN CAST ✨

The Crown Keepers 👑

Jealousy *

Calling them your boyfriend/girlfriend (1) *

Calling them your boyfriend/girlfriend (2) *

With a tabaxi!reader

Raising a child together *

With a dragon rider!reader

Downtime *

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Dariax Zaveon💚

With a sensible wizard!s/o

Cheering up his s/o *

Reunited *

S/o has thick thighs *

Giving them a surprise kiss after battle *

Nicknames for you *

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Dorian Storm💚

With a psi warrior!s/o

Wearing his pageant clothes *

With a water genasi!s/o *

With a clumsy sorcerer!s/o *

Crush gets a haircut *

With his s/o’s alignment change *

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Fearne Calloway💚

With a shorter, protective s/o

With a clumsy sorcerer!s/o *

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Fy'ra Rai💚

Reunited *

Giving them a surprise kiss after battle *

Nicknames for you *

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Opal💚

With an s/o who prefers cooler colours

With a clumsy sorcerer!s/o *

Reunited *

Giving them a surprise kiss after battle *

Nicknames for you *

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Orym of the Air Ashari💚

With a calm and collected barbarian!s/o

Asking the others for advice with his crush *

Crush gets a haircut *

With a multilingual s/o *

Wedding and anniversaries

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NPCs ✨

Cyrus Wyvernwind💚

Crushing on the reader

Giving them a surprise kiss after battle

Cyrus plays matchmaker for Dorian

Nicknames for you *

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lesferatu · 2 years

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So we know that Laerryn figured out how to jump planes and this apparently was unknown by mortals at the time and her success was only blocked by the Tree. We also know of another city that partially jumped to another plane, escaping the Calamity and the fate of the rest of their city and the world (and finding a possibly worse fate)

Now, was Aeor working on plane jumping completely separately from Laerryn on Avalir—a rival city that didn't seem to trade tech or knowledge with them—and at the same time as their God killing super weapon program? Or was there a trade secret leak right at the beginning of the Calamity? One that there would be no outcry over plagiarism or copyright due to world ending events?

There can be only one answer...

Bolo.

#this is mostly a shitpost #but can u imagine...#critical role #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #exandria unlimited spoilers #exandria unlimited #exandria unlimited calamity #critical role campaign 2 spoilers

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breathalyzerfail · 2 years

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A creature with truesight perceives the original form of a creature that has been transformed with magic. An exalted Circlet of Barbed Vision would give Opal permanent truesight.

So yes, I am very interested in seeing Opal and a centuries older Zerxus meet in the present day.

#critical role #exandria unlimited #exu spoilers #zerxus ilerez #opal the twice-crowned #of course the vestige from the god of deception and shadows is the one that grants truesight #also i imagine having truesight 24/7 would probably get old pretty fast

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cattycaleb · 2 years

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dear lord before i even attempt to watch ep 4 of calamity i’m gonna need to set aside an entire weekend to process it huh

#what up yall just spent the last 2 hours straight thinking about episode 3 #exandria unlimited #willow whispers #and this is why it's so hard for me to watch the latter half of critical role campaigns!!!!#can you imagine how compounded the emotions would be if i had spent 100+ 4 hours sessions with these characters!!!!!#it would literally throw my whole day outta wack i get too invested in fictional characters lol

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noodlesarecheese · 2 years

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(ID: A fairly minimalist digital drawing of Avalir, a floating city with featureless, pastel buildings and a waterfall in the center. The sky behind it fades from light blue at the bottom to dark blue and starry at the top. At the peak of the city is Learryn, a black elf woman, with her back to the viewer, reaching one hand up. In the foreground, pink flower petals drift past. In the center is purple text which reads “It was always about reaching.” End ID.)

Y’all it’s nearly 4:30 am here but this quote would not leave me alone. Because yeah, that’s it. That’s what the whole calamity, the entire age of arcanum, arguably every game of dnd ever, is about. Reaching. So enjoy this very hasty art while I go to bed.

#I had some extra meta I was gonna tack on there but I thought it might be...a reach #also I don't think anyone described the flower petals but I've definitely been imagining them as like cherry blossoms #critical role #critical role spoilers #exandria unlimited calamity #exandria unlimited calamity spoilers #exu calamity #exu calamity spoilers

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