Best of Caleb Widogast (Complete) 

Timestamps (they wouldn't fit in the description, apologies lol) 00:00 - e2/bibliophile 00:26 - e3/yeah, go away 00:35 - e5/nott's first message 01:19 - e6/brisk exit 01:32 - e8/you look like a nerd 02:04 - e8/caleb names the party 03:00 - e8/extreme syphilis 03:15 - e8/sparkly clean 04:05 - e8/caleb's issues 04:37 - e9/caleb shade 04:58 - e9/money fight 05:56 - e10/money fight makeup 07:47 - e11/bread mittens 08:31 - e12/the standoff 09:29 - e13/new spell scrolls (ho ho ho) 10:42 - e16/bag bargaining 13:11 - e18/meeting trent iky-thong 13:28 - e18/caleb's backstory 26:56 - e22/the awkward hug 31:45 - e24/silly drunk 35:54 - e26/caleb's soliloquy 38:27 - e27/nott&caleb talk p1 39:11 - e27/nott&caleb talk p2 45:12 - e29/invisible caleb 52:57 - e31/nott&caleb's pact 54:27 - e36/work ready 54:49 - e36/power of "friendship" 56:23 - e37/it is getting very kinky 57:09 - e41/thoughts on fate 58:03 - e42/liam's clutch roll 58:48 - e42/wall of fire 59:33 - e43/clutch counterspell 1:00:17 - e44/frumpkin vision 1:00:54 - e45/twiggy's kiss 1:01:28 - e48/misunderstandings 1:07:36 - e49/backstory retelling 1:14:09 - e50/keen mind keeps the time 1:14:59 - e54/bad accents 1:16:25 - e55/light 'em up pretty 1:17:37 - e56/no friend to the empire 1:21:47 - e57/you look hopeful caleb 1:22:16 - e57/I care for you 1:25:49 - e59/logical comfort 1:26:29 - e62/we are friends 1:34:37 - e64/mom friend mode activated 1:36:04 - e66/caleb-eagle&beau 1:36:18 - e70/caleb interrogates scourger 1:37:52 - e71/caleb and luc 1:38:47 - e72/you hang on to that 1:39:57 - e73/caleb polymorphs jester 1:41:33 - e73/not a scratch 1:41:58 - e76/mead pong (my fav scene) 1:42:55 - e76/bad armoire 1:43:37 - e77/scourger round 2 1:48:04 - e84/more bad accents 1:49:23 - e84/talk of destiny and goals 1:59:25 - e86/grand entrance 2:00:05 - e86/death by fire 2:01:14 - e89/visit to the soltryce academy 2:06:58 - e89/astrid 2:25:01 - e89/how things change 2:25:16 - e90/best use of seeming ever 2:25:57 - e90/I hope not 2:26:44 - e91/you are the one who changes people 2:27:30 - e91/widogast's transmogrification* breakthrough 2:28:49 - e91/caleb&nott 2:29:32 - e92/do you love her? 2:37:27 - e94/favorite color 2:37:42 - e95/wizard's ego 2:38:11 - e96/last talk with nott 2:44:39 - e97/very subtle spying 2:45:31 - e97/nott's goodbye 2:46:05 - e97/confronting essek 2:49:52 - e98/no more children on the pyre 2:51:43 - e98/caleb and fjord 3:02:11 - e99/empire siblings 3:03:07 - e103/something precious 3:03:44 - e103/caleb's love language 3:05:41 - e105/tongues and accents 3:06:45 - e105/greater restoration 3:08:32 - e106/the introverts 3:12:59 - e107/caleb's love language p2 3:14:43 - e107/hungry hungry t-rex 3:15:01 - e107/poor caleb 3:15:57 - e107/caleb's love language p3 3:16:47 - e108/caleb's new goal 3:30:42 - e108/dick measuring 3:31:32 - e109/there is no paper in nicodranas 3:32:35 - e109/caleb is easily offended 3:32:56 - e109/thank you for being my friend 3:33:55 - e110/atonement 3:40:57 - e110/strength of ten 3:41:19 - e110/clear intent 3:41:40 - e110/welcome home 3:43:09 - e111/caleb's love language p4 4:02:35 - e111/acquired taste 4:02:57 - e111/fort doch nicht vergessen 4:05:06 - e111/caleb continues to be a mood 4:05:20 - e111/common sense caleb 4:05:30 - e111/I'm going to hell anyway 4:05:40 - e111/whaleb 4:06:09 - e113/c-rex moment 4:06:22 - e114/snow shenanigans 4:07:42 - e114/frivolous things 4:08:01 - e114/I am back on my feet 4:10:29 - e115/wizard vs pillar 4:12:18 - e115/der katzenprinz (reactions) 4:15:08 - e115/yeti hospitality 4:16:46 - e116/hot potato head 4:17:24 - e116/tiefling moped 4:17:54 - e117/door 4:the astrid room 4:18:42 - e118/puffin caleb 4:19:32 - e118/hand signals 4:19:52 - e120/fjord kabob 4:20:40 - e120/cat owner problems 4:20:53 - e121/shared guilt 4:23:47 - e121/caleb's sick of narcissists 4:24:23 - e122/pupper polymorph 4:25:10 - e122/8th floor tour 4:31:21 - e123/eyes 4:31:48 - e123/substitution jutsu 4:32:09 - e123/counterspell chain 4:33:01 - e124/essek 4:33:56 - e125/caleb and halas-gem 4:34:30 - e125/can the cats be ninjas 4:36:12 - e126/tit slaps 4:37:23 - e126/foreshadowing 4:38:24 - e126/astrid dance 4:45:17 - e126/caleb's feelings 4:51:58 - e127/caleb's vader moment 4:53:04 - e128/protective caleb 4:53:50 - e128/trent vs caleb 4:55:29 - e128/caleb's not okay 4:59:56 - e128/shell shocked 5:00:22 - e128/caleb makes plans with luc 5:02:57 - e129/the collar is finally fixed 5:05:50 - e129/marion's wisdom for caleb 5:08:01 - e130/still bad at accents 5:08:36 - e130/caleb&frumpkin 5:14:34 - e131/caleb's will 5:15:10 - e131/one last slideshow 5:17:32 - e132/yasha&spider caleb 5:18:07 - e132/spider screeches 5:18:21 - e133/capeleb & essek 5:19:01 - e133/the panic, lol 5:19:15 - e133/priorities and perspective 5:22:23 - e135/caleb's favorite smell 5:22:43 - e136/it's complicated 5:23:13 - e136/sheepleb 5:24:21 - e137/sheepleb p2 5:25:02 - e138/power move 5:25:55 - e140/nightmare wielder 5:27:06 - e140/you're killing her 5:27:54 - e140/caleb the healer 5:28:54 - e141/goodbye, frumpkin 5:31:03 - e141/you are a good person 5:32:07 - e141/and so, he remained bad at accents forever 5:32:38 - e141/a big smile 5:33:05 - e141/trent appears 5:33:18 - e141/poetic justice 5:33:51 - e141/the collar is activated 5:34:48 - e141/blumentrio 5:36:13 - e141/goodbye to cad 5:36:27 - e141/parting words to essek 5:36:58 - e141/caleb & veth the brave 5:40:19 - e141/a job offer 5:43:30 - e141/caleb's choice 5:46:31 - e141/essek's epilogue 5:48:28 - e141/the second book 5:50:12 - e141/epilogue 5:51:53 - e141/the end.

I'm going to miss Liam playing a spell caster. The way he described his spells was so beautiful. I love orym but Caleb is easily my favorite of liam's characters

Caleb Widogast was Liam’s triumph and I just don’t know how he will ever top it.

“I want to bend reality to my will” cut to Caleb crushing the guard into a ball on the ceiling.

"TAKE THEM OUT TAKE THEM OUT!" knowing what we know now, I hink Caleb was dreaming about the blue crystals being stabbed into his arms...poor guy needs a hug.

When Caleb drops his backstory he recounts “people said I used to glide through life”. Cut to Essek, literally his mirror image as a man who literally glides through life. Matt’s attention to these little details is just top tier DMing

That line at 50:23, "I used to have a cat, I do not any longer", at that time everyone was like "Aww, they killed his feycat" but jesus that's a much more depressing line with what we now know.

I know this is a Caleb complication, but like, I LOVE his relationship with Fjord, it’s so subtle and I think it’s just as important as the one he has with Beau. Everyone at the top table has such phenomenal sibling energy. I mean Fjord had a sword at this guy’s throat and now like, they’re blood brothers. Just, “we’ll make it work”

Travis: "Lets do it again." (The biggest dopiest smile) Liam: "From the top." (With a smile of a man who just said bye to his parents for the first time) It was a good story. *Sobbs loudly*

When Sam roasted Liam for having super bleak characters I was like "Because everytime he plays a tragic character he kills it!"

Caleb's tower will never not impress me. That was some of the sweetest storytelling I've seen in some time

A Caleb moment that rarely gets included but for some reason sticks with me is that moment in "The Howling Mines" when they're hiding and watching the knolls eat dead people, and Fjord tells everyone to be quiet and Caleb just throws up with perfect comedic timing. Idk why that moment sticks with me, but it does. I think more than just being kind of funny, I feel like in a strange way it tells you a lot about Caleb as a character. This man has done horrendously violent things in his past...but is somehow still a fairly squeamish person. I enjoy the DnD trope of wizards being squishy, and I feel like Liam plays that up for Caleb, but in a very unique way. I feel like when you play a character as dark as Caleb, you need to play up the parts of him that directly contrast that to still make him sympathetic. There is a part of him that is ruthless. But that part becomes so much more surprising and heartbreaking when Liam plays up how kind and meek and squishy he is. It's a small, funny, kind of gross moment...but it's good characterization.

“Anyone can make lights. Anyone can send a message though a wire. I want to bend reality to my will.” One of Calebs many great quotes.

1:11:30 "are you secretly in love with me?" SHE FUCKING HIT THAT SHIT RIGHT ON THE HEAD WITH THAT HOLY BEJEEZUS

Marisha's expression directly to camera starting at 1:35:06 when Beau realizes Caleb is covering for her to protect her badass image is *So. F/ing. Good.*

oh man I love Caleb so much, I'm going to miss him but I'm looking forward to campaign 3.

I am JUST NOW realising how freaked out Matt looks when Liam calls the main hall of his tower 'Nonagonal' and keeps repeating the nonagon terminology. It almost mirrors Liam's freak out when Sam uses the name 'Bren' earlier on. 3:58:20.

Caleb is my favorite character in fiction by this point. I will miss him as well

There’s something about them all realising that Fjord’s powers are gone, and all being so willing to share their items with him is just so amazing,, I love them,,,

I enjoy that the ledgers say Mihty Nein and that everyone spells it incorrectly given that this is technically the correct spelling.

1:53:00 "the tree doesn't know what its going to fruit" god-damn tal has some amazing quotes especially as cad

Anyone else just realize that 4:17, Caleb was screaming about the crystals being put into his arms?

Caleb putting that mirror in Beau’s room was a top 5 moment for me. The love he has for his friends is deep and well documented.

3:03:44 & 3:41:40 Caleb's Dome of Memories and the reveal of the Mansion will always be my favorite moments from CR. Caleb was a broken man who was saved by these people and he spent every moment since making sure they know they're special.

GOD I forgot about Caleb spelling out the whole name, that was so funny holy crap

Spoilers below The last battle is my favorite Caleb moment. He just stared Trent down. He didn't move an inch. He didn't blink. He didn't flinch. He stared Trent down and took everything Ikithon threw at him. Especially with Veth's silent image of Caleb's parents standing next to Caleb. *Especially* when the death ward kicked in.

Hats off to SariaSpeaks for the insane amount of time and dedication for compiling all these clips, with timestamps, episode titles and everything. Holy cow! Thank you so much, this is a treasure trove.

god i forgot how delicious the ep 12 standoff between caleb and fjord was

the cut from "I think it's better I don't stick my neck out anymore than I already have" to the Astrid convo gave me whiplash and sent me into giggles. this is so well edited and i love your occasional comments. still in the middle of watching but i'm enjoying every second.

"I cast Disintergrate on everything in the room, and burn what's left" is such a top-tier RP moment I wouldn't have Liam take it back for anything... but even over a year on I'm still fascinated by how intricate Caleb's time-travel plan was, and how many safeguards and considerations he had prepared for to prevent a butterfly effect changing the trajectory of any other events. It's too centric to just one character for a one-shot, but a part of me wants a comic or novel in the future set in an alternate reality where Caleb went ahead with it with Essek's help to find out if it really could have worked.

That final goodbye from matt at the very end always gets me

Liam's Caleb was the main reason I watched CR Campaign II

I remembered his backstory completely.. But somehow I forgot how bad it hurts to listen to him tell it.. Oof.

I love how in character Liam gets

hes a perfect character and I thank Liam for allowing the world to see him.

The Mighty Nein are my favorite characters. I love them all...but the vulnerability of Caleb touches my heart. Even Liam discussing Caleb at SDCC brought us all to tears. I know characters are creations, but Caleb seems to be a personification of Liam himself.

I really forgot how much of Caleb is just depressing.

I am going to miss Caleb SO MUCH. His character was AMAZEBALLS!

Almost 6 hours of Caleb giving his loved ones beautiful speeches and pep-talks

GODDDD Liam’s character work or whatever is so amazing. So many details from Caleb’s backstory that are revealed later are eluded to so early it’s amazing

rewatching the Caleb backstory talk with Beau and Caleb is wild after episode 141, ngl

"Frumpkin?" Big smile...slowly fades into horror as the realization kicks in.

Man, I almost forgot about the episode 12 stand-off. Totally the first moment Fjord really acted like leader (and yeah I know they didn't exactly have just one leader but Fjord was the one who always made the tough calls)

i will never get over him caleb widogast you are the best character to exist in our universe

Calebs “take them out!” At 4:15 is a lot more sad when you know his story

I honestly love Caleb so much, he was my favourite character in C2 (closely followed by beau and yasha) 4:13 *jerks awake from being unconscious * "TAKE THEM OUT, TAKE THEM OUT" oh my poor sweet child =(

the "do you love her" bit GOD just RIP MY SOUL OUT IT WOULD HURT LESS

My favorite aspect of Caleb was that he had a grand goal in mind and I really enjoyed the aspects early on in the Campaign where he seemed willing to fight Fjord for his own desires. It was just interesting having someone like that in the group

I love the caleb backstory moment, but I still wish the rest of the cast had been at the table. I would have loved to see their out-of-character reactions.

Matt's expression during Cad's talk of destiny at 1:52:58 is strangely moving, those little pulls at the sides of his mouth, it reminded me of someone fighting off tears or sadness. It just speaks to the extreme talent each cast member has imo.

I love that frumpkin slowly went from being a female cat to a male one. Lol

i just love how Depressing/ sad Campaign 2 was. and i Think Caleb's Character was a big contribute to that

The fact that it's almost 6 hours of content makes me smile

at the start of C2 Fjord was my auto favorite since Imma Warlock main, so it was awesome to finally see that in Critical Role. After having seen all of it, Caleb is by far one of the most complex, well thought out characters in CR history with an incredibly satisfying story arc. Liam plays the role perfectly, using a combination of his understanding of the 5e rule set alongside Caleb's personality to pull off some peak Wizard plays and uses of spells, such as the use of Mind Blank or Simulacrum. Truly one of the greatest CR characters to date. Fjord's still my favorite tho.

1:17:37 no friend to the empire still my favorite moment of campaign 2. Such a power play. Still gives me chills.

I've realized why Viktor is my favorite character in Arcane...it's because of Caleb. I just enjoy nerdy soft-spoken magic boys with with European accents and questionable morals who are (most likely) bisexual now. Gotta be my new favorite character type. also Liam wearing a t-shirt with a cat thinking about a house on fire...first of all how dare you sir

Campaign 1: Vaxleth being one of the most loving and beautiful relationships in CR Campaign 2: 30:35

I discovered Critical Roll 3 months ago after being a D&D/Tabletop fan for 4 years. Thank you so much for putting this compilation of my favorite scarred yet skilled spellslinger together.

Nott and Caleb’s relationship was probably my favorite

I am gonna be honest I myself was never able to get past ep 7 of this campaign because it felt like I never made progress but Caleb is my favorite

Jester: Are you secretly in love with me? Caleb: 👁👄👁

The emotion in Caleb's voice at 4:50 is intense and raw. You can feel his anger.

I wish this campaign could've gone forever because I fell in love with the group and its dynamics. It is selfish and I know it couldn't have happened but I'll miss them all. I hope that there is more content that they'll do with the Mighty Nein in the future.

I just realized that the take them out scream was not for crossbow bolts but for the crystal implants

Looking back on it, Caleb was my favorite member of the m9. Though I loved cad and beau, I just really like the bisexual mess that shares the name of widoghast

The wording that Caleb uses for certain things is *chef's kiss*

Thank you for this awesome compilation of our favorite squishy wizard!! 🔥 🐈 ✨ 📖

4:11 Matt’s face watching Liam drops this backstory hint/detail I would be IN AWE

Oh wow, what an awesome undertaking. And thank you for the timestamps!

"It's time to go" is something I haven't stopped thinking about since I first heard it

He plays his character so fucking well god dam

Bless this video and all your hard work! Caleb, too, is very near to my heart and soul.

I found this again cause I miss him so much

The music over the pillar scene was so perfect

Amazing compilation!

I'm wracking my brain trying to remember a clip, where I think it's Jester and maybe Nott, doing very florid spell descriptions and then Caleb deadpans, "I cast polymorph (I think that's the spell, I could be wrong) at Third Level" I may be paraphrasing, but it's something like that. Anyone else remember that little exchange? Any idea when it happened?

Caleb Widogast is a masterpiece character

Liam is so incredibly GOOD at creating such an interesting character.

Fjord is the character I want to be, but Caleb is who i am. Love you critters.

It’s just so angsty… I mean good, great, outstanding character! But dang! I feel bad for Liam, I feel like his face hurt from deadpan/frowning for five hours.

I love Cadeceus' greenbean monologue

amazing!

i was sort of on the fence bcs i have so much work to do.... but yeah i'm gonna finish this campaign. i got all the way up to the 110s

3:15:38 The flustered Caleb Shutdown hahah

The level of self hatred, and pain and futility. The desire to expend himself to undo what was done. The way he woke up, screaming "take them out take them out" from that liminal space of the 6th room on his private floor. The memory of what Trent did to him. His twisted self cruelty in how he views his redemption. As a tool he can use, himself just an interchangeable dead on a handle. Trent was successful in creating a vengeful purifier for the empire. But he made it too perfect. So perfect that it saw the evil it was becoming. And held no compunction against it's function. And then love. Kindness. Compassion. Empathy. Selflessness. Selfishness. All of it. And Mercy. More mercy that Caleb could ever comprehend because he "doesn't deserve it". Because he killed any mercy he held for himself or things like him. And even beyond all of that. He was.....able to laugh. He was able to smile. To feel happy. Genuinely happy. Even for a moment.

To this day, i still don't understand why they thought the tripod to hold the Dodecahedron was important beyond ''holding it up for inspection''. Dnd groups are Wierd yo ( my own was obsessed with red boxes for months).

How do I keep forgetting that Caleb fucking Widogast once voiced Gaara?

Caleb widogast. Albus Dumbledore

the background of the thumbnail looks like the observation deck with the emperor's throne on the second deathstar

13:11 is my absolute favorite Just all the comments/sound effects crack me up

Early M9 have such a special vibe

HOLY SHIT, THAT BACKSTORY

57:50 low int char teaches high int char about the human brain/neural network design philisophy

E X T R E M E syphilis! Never fail to make me laugh.

I miss early season 2 Nott and Caleb relationship.

i love hoe caleb goes from a quirk guyy i can relate because social anxiety and not liking to socialize to BOOM traua he killed his familly to go back to being akward and anxious boi

4:03:57 was that a Zelda sound effect?

I miss my boy :''(

i just realized he shouted "TAKE THEM OUT TAKE THEM OUT" which either means them out ie SPOILERS his parents- out of the burning house or more likely take the gems out of his arms

❤️💜 he's the best