#the bright queen

[stacia-honey-art]

Prints

I drew Essek!!!!! I just met him in campaign but I do know that him and Caleb have something going on and y'all know I'm a sucker for queer war criminals hehehe. Enjoy the pretty boi 😌

#essek thelyss #critical role essek #shadowhand essek #crit role #critrole #critical role art #critical role #cr2 #the mighty nein fanart #mighty nein fanart #mighty nein #the mighty nein #the bright queen #hot boi essek #dungeons and dragons #caleb x essek

[karrahe]

My take on The Bright Queen based on Matt's initial description in-game 😄

#dnd art #Critical role #leylas kryn #The bright queen

[draiad]

#my art #fanart #critical role #caleb widogast #the bright queen #crc2

[mini-minish]

dumbest thing i've ever spent my time on 💜

#critical role #critical role 2 #critical role fanart #the mighty nein #essek thelyss #leylas kryn #the bright queen #beauregard lionett #jester lavorre #caleb widogast #fjord stone #caduceus clay #nott the brave #veth brenatto #going insane over here *waves* #dood #video #vids #cr2 #m9 #Youtube

[luolands]

Kryn Fashion

From left to right: A Rosohnan dunamancer [1], Essek Thelyss [2], a Kryn noble [3]

Top: Drow ascend into Ghor Dranas [4] Bottom left to right: The Bright Queen [5], a Kryn bladesinger [6]

[1] Call of the Netherdeep - Galsariad Ardyth, a dunamancer in his two-hundredth year of life. A city-dweller blessed with sharp aesthetic sensibilities, from the Kryn capital of Rosohna. [2] Essek Thelyss, by Minttu Hynninen [3] Explorer's Guide to Wildemount - Example of Kryn Noble fashion. [4] Explorer's Guide to Wildemount - In the ruins of Ghor Dranas, drow face the sun for the first time. [5] Explorer's Guide to Wildemount - Inspired by the light of the Luxon, the Bright Queen and her court chart the destiny of a continent. [6] Explorer's Guide to Wildemount - A Kryn assassin.

#essek #essek thelyss #leylas kryn #bright queen #the bright queen #galsariad ardyth #the mighty nein #mighty nein #kryn dynasty #critical role #c2 #campaign 2 #cr campaign 2 #explorer's guide to wildemount #egtw #crcotn #someone pointed out these pieces and they're a nice comparison #thank you

[realtalk127]

Ok. So I have a big Critical Role theory, and I think maybe there’s something to it. 

Things we know:

We know Aeor had a beacon. It’s the exact same as the beacons the Kryn have, because Essek said he recognized it in their iconography. We know Aeor was using the beacon for various arcane experiments, including messing with time. We know this predates the Kryn and their lore about the Luxon by several hundred years.  

Other things we know: 

The Bright Queen is over 1,200 years old, having been reincarnated several times. This means she pre-dates the calamity. The Kryn also believe that when all the Luxon Beacons are assembled in one place Something Special Will Happen. 

Lastly, we know that Aeor did Something (called the Factorum Malleus) that caused the gods to destroy them. 

So based on all that, I’m drawing a few conclusions:

The Bright Queen is Aeorian 

The Luxon beacons were all created by Aeor

The Kryn religion is a farce and the Bright Queen (BQ) knows it

Bear with me, here's the explanation:

The BQ is Aeorian and she was around for the original creation of the Luxon beacons. Whether he partook in their creation or was just in the city at the same time, I'm not sure. They are not the split apart pieces of some mysterious deity, as the Kryn claim – they are just very, very advanced Aeorian tech. Arcane tech, sure, but tech nonetheless. 

Consecution (or something like it) was Aeor’s early attempt at immortality. Not perfect, by any means, but would still allow someone to functionally extend their life indefinitely. (I think it’s also possible that they put souls into Aeormatons this way, and that’s how FCG and FRIDA got souls.) The beacons also allowed them to manipulate possibility (i.e. dunamancy) and mess with time. 

Each individual beacon was extremely powerful, but all together, they formed the Factorum Malleus. This device had the possibility to do even more powerful things than any one beacon. I’m not 100% what this would entail yet, but whatever it was was enough of a threat to the gods to get them to destroy Aeor. Possibly full immortality? Possibly destroying the gods? Unclear. 

When Aeor was destroyed, the BQ recovered at least one beacon and built up a religion around the beacons to cover up their origins and keep herself in power. That’s why the Kryn are trying to reassemble all the beacons: to recreate the Factorum Malleus. 

Ludinus also knows the religion around the Luxon is a farce, and he knows the true origins of the beacons. That’s why his Malleus Key also included a beacon – and that’s also why he’s had so much interest in studying Aeor as well. (And why Malleus Key and Factorum Malleus share a word. It's possible 'Malleus' was even the Aeorian term for the beacons).

It’s possible that I’m wrong that the BQ is Aeorian or that she knows the Luxon isn’t real… but I’m 100% convinced that Aeorians created all the beacons. 

If anyone actually read all that, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Is this anything?

#critical role #critical role theory #critical role campaign 3 #cr3 #bells hells #ludinus da'leth #the bright queen #the luxon #luxon beacon #aeor

[the-elwurd]

The Bright Queen, Leylas Kryn

silly little hyperfiixation go brrrrr

#critical role #critical role fanart #critrole #leylas kryn #the bright queen #im hyperfixating so hard rn

[comecorrectorgetcorrected]

I’m on horrible brain rot so I made a little prototype, smaller-than-scale Luxon beacon to go with this Kent Davis print I ordered. The frame was a whole Ordeal because of the ratio.... and the handles on the beacon look Stupid but I will be using 3D printing for future iterations and I just wanted something passable for now.

I have process images if anyone cares but won’t post those unless someone asks for them.

#critical role #fanmade props #props #luxon beacon #the bright queen #mighty nein

[pandemoniumonwheels]

This is Leylas Kryn stan account now.

#i know i'm late #but i love her #critical role #campaign 2 #the mighty nein #leylas kryn #the bright queen

[lin-luna-art]

Leylas Kryn lockscreens

All img from "The Tales of Exandria: The Bright Queen" comics

#dnd #elf #critical role #leylas kryn #the bright queen #xhorhas #drow #Lesbian #the mighty nein #Quana Kryn #lockscreen #collage #my collage

[manyworldspress]

Is it Thursday yet? Helen Mask, cover for Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria—The Bright Queen, vol. 1, by Darcy Van Poelgeest, CoupleofKooks, Cris Peter, Ariana Maher, and Matthew Mercer (Dark Horse, forthcoming November 22, 2022).

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#helen mask #critical role #tales of exandria #the bright queen #leylas kryn #kryn dynasty #dungeons & dragons #wildemount campaign #Is it Thursday yet?

[cryoverkiltmilk]

...I have some serious questions about ebay's perception of Critters.

#critical role #tales of exandria #the bright queen #leylas kryn #ebay #critrole

[themadmarauder]

A couple of scary thoughts...

1. If Ludinus Da’Leth really is consecrated and is from the calamity that means he already knew what the Beacons are and what they do. What if the reason he has had the Cerberus Assembly looking/stealing them (see C2) is not to learn more about them and dunamantic magic but because he was looking for other specific souls to be “born again”? Imagine Ludinus with other allies from the age of calamity...

2. This all brings into question who else a part of the Dynasty is from that age and who knows what. For example, does the Bright Queen know? Wasn’t Ludinus seen in the Dynasty by the M9? It stands to reason he was meeting with allies about the very things now coming to light in C3. 

3. What if the reason Trent Icathon wasn’t worried about dying at the end of C2 was because he was consecrated and he knows there is another Beacon close by in the Empire that he will be reborn again... Is Trent Icathon still alive and in the dungeons as of C3 or has he found a way to end his life or have someone else end it for him? WHERE IS TRENT?

#the mighty nein #bells hells #critical role #critical role spoilers #critical role c2 #critical role campaign 3 #critical role theory #guys im not okay #ludinus da'leth #trent icathon #kryn dynasty #vox machina #cr3 ep45 #the bright queen #dungeons and dragons #critical role exandria

[loveisalwayswise]

For people who have read "The Tales of Exandria: The Bright Queen", do you think the story chronologically starts or ends around 855 P.D? Because I know the timeline says c. 855 P.D, I just don’t know if that implies start or end.

#critical role #cr comics #tales of exandria #the tales of exandria #the bright queen #because caelestis grows up to be a toddler #and quana eventually grows up to be an adolescent #so I was wondering what timeline we’re working with

[molly-knew-things]

So... am I just BAD at watching Critical Role or did anyone else COMPLETELY miss the Bright Queen saying she'd lived through the Calamity Era???

#i was today years old #cr #cr spoilers #critical role #critical role spoilers #critrole #critrole spoilers #criticalrole #criticalrolespoilers #cr 2 #cr 2 spoilers #the bright queen #leylas kryn

[lordakiyama]

"The Luxon has reached out to me, in a dream. It answers our call, Quana."

#Critical Role #Dark Horse Comics #Dungeons & Dragons #DnD #Tales of Exandria #The Bright Queen