The first Xhorhas episode of campaign 2 is fascinating because the Mighty Nein are clearly expecting it to be an awful place filled with bad people. Knowing the home they discover within it, this arc is a masterful way of showing the power of dehumanizing propaganda.
They constantly refer to the people they encounter as “the bad guys” even to their faces (especially the Kryn) and barely seem to consider the idea that the people there will be just like people anywhere else. They’re reluctant to help fellow travelers, they hold a lot of ignorant prejudice based on what they heard back in the Empire, and it’s hard not to almost wince at the things they say, knowing the actual culture they’re about to encounter.
This is an experience the audience has alongside them, which also makes it notable. I don’t remember these comments from my first watch; this is insight that I’ve only gained upon rewatching these episodes and realizing exactly how little the Nein understood about the Dynasty, and exactly where all of that information had come from.
Given where they end up, I had genuinely forgotten that propaganda was all they’d known of the Dynasty before they made the snap decision to go through that tunnel and change the course of the campaign. I’m excited to watch this shift in perspectives happen with the wisdom of hindsight as I continue my rewatch!
Rewatching campaign 2 and decided to give this drawing a revamp. One of the first drawings I did on photoshop was this meme and I think its cool to see the progress since 2019
TEN HOURS OF THE MIGHTY NEIN?!!?!?!? NO ONE EVEN THINK OF REACHING ME DURING THAT TIME IM SORRY BUT YOUR EMAIL WOULD NOT HAVE FOUND ME IN GOOD HEALTH BECAUSE IM SEEING THE MIGHTY NEIN AGAIN!!!!!
We had our Mighty Nein photoshoot over the weekend and wow, it was just incredible. I cannot tell you how much fun we had cosplaying, having fun in nature and just vibing with each other. It was so such a wholesome time with such a wonderful group of people.
Special thanks to our amazing photographers subject_2_status and headshots.and.hydrangeas for attending the shoot and for these phenomenal. Both of them were an absolute pleasure to work with and we all had such a magical, memorable time.
Sam and Taliesin had an absolute BLAST talking about the various VM and M9 characters and just gushing over the statues themselves. Just look at these cuties!!
It’s Campaign 2, Episode 47. A random pirate ship starts following the Balleater after Fjord unseals the second seal. They attempt to run, but the ship outpaces them...
Then Caduceus one-shot capsizes it with a Control Water and Matt throws out initiative order.