Caleb Widogast's backstory hints Eps 1-7 

Holy shit. I don't even know what to say about that one.

My theory is that he was possibly a prodigy at one point? But he lost control of his abilities and possibly killed his family. Which is why he stopped using magic for sometime. Fire magic does have a tendency to be a bit... unpredictable.

@@thebushchicken2638 oh buddy you probably know that it is so much worse

I can't tell whether you used "freezing" on purpose but either way I'm pleased

Dino Joe *caleb.exe has stopped responding*

And even then he snaps back almost immediately. He's so good, it's a bit scary!

Its the little things like him describing his use of material components, or acting differently when he's out of spell slots... He's definitely got the "serious" character role down!

It’s interesting cause you can see it in his eyes (literally they become unseeing and way too wide)

Sometimes he still is like when they were joking about how he “looked hopeful”.

sebastianwillows I think Liam has been a DM before, only thing that would explain his ability to describe his magic spells

For obvious reasons. Dude, Liam’s so good at playing Caleb. He’s thought him through so much. It’s amazing!

Yup that’s true

@@tenacityxl he just legit, embodies his character in every way but appearance wise when he plays, it's honestly really goddamn impressive.

Exactly my thought

It really is. And just like the with the Briarwoods, I didn't notice this moment at first either until it was pointed out to me.

Holy shit your right. I’m just getting through s1 and didn’t make connections. This is very good. Thank you

Mind explaining about this? Very interested.

@@daycaster2 SPOILER Ikithong was his abusive piece of shit teacher from when he went to Soltryce

Hahaha yeah...

Yeah it reminds me of when Grog was Paralyzed and travis held a dumb fucking position for around 10 minutes straight, the dedication on these madlads

Fjord: “Hey, Caleb. Mind to make us a fire?” *_pitter patter_* Beau: “Wait where did Caleb go?” *_Fjord Shrugs, not knowing where he is._*

Yeah, it makes it even more tragic as the fiend was innocent but it makes even more sense now why Caleb would be ready to believe it was all an act...

You I like you for that

My problem is that i just listen to the podcasts so i don’t see him acting!

I have a bunch of Caleb notes saved for every episode. I know there’s a few I missed but I forgot to mark down the ep number

Ep 9 is somewhere about jester not having any money and Caleb saying 50 gold is all his parents made

I think he said take them out, referring to the crystals that got jammed into his arms

poofballoon TM right? It’s so odd. He’s a fantastic actor

Same…

He also had a cat named Frumpkin when he was a child, that one was female and an actual cat.

Molly is MADE of bs xD

..............that’s..........what he does for a living........

Spoilers for ep 18! In Talks Machina Liam confirmed that Nott and Caleb met years after Caleb fled the asylum. They met in a podunk jail.

Here's a really good timeline someone made of confirmed detailss. the-slayers-cakes.tumblr.com/post/173959607128/for-anybody-that-doesnt-watch-talks-machina

Ah, I missed Talks this week. Thanks for the link! I love how detailed this world and these characters are. The amount of dedication that goes into it all is incredible.

Ikr! I've been thinking that too! Otherwise he wouldn't be so ready to use his real name when the party give their names to people, such as high ranking Empire officials (since he's usually one of the ones who sticks with his 'real' name, while people like Nott & Jester come up with random names nearly every time) and if Caleb was his real name then wouldn't that expose him to Trent if the Mighty Nine ever got super well known. Also (and this is spoilers for around episode 40-50 odd), with all the new info on Fjord and how weird he's been acting, beeing too forthright with his past & sometimes accidentally switching to an English accent, I'm starting to doubt that Fjord's his real name aswell.... Man everyone in the Mighty Nine has so many secrets being hidden from each other it's building so much hype and tension towards the moment when secrets like Caleb's past are revealed to the party at large. I really want to know how everyone'll react to knowing who everyone else in the party truly is and whether or not they'll still be able to act the same as before they knew.

yanrodrigue boy are you in for a wild ride

I’m pretty sure you know already but his name is Bren, which is pretty fitting for him

Dawe fjord is probably the most mysterious character on the show, but he's so damn amicable and friendly that he hides it.

yeah I mean he is a half orc that is as pretty as a half elf with no tusks and is a warlock with a pact to a deity that is pretty much evil from the information we know

I love that if we did this for Molly it would just be lie after outrageous lie with only a little bit of looking bewhildered at his swords for like 2 seconds before getting over it.

Because you're indecisive? They're all equally amazing? You are a a member of the hive and the scan have no favorites? The reasons are as inumerable as the Stars.

Spoilers here, as well I wondered about that, too, but I think it would be a great use of story tension if Caleb has to face off against the classmate later in the story. Maybe he'd try to save them, try to uncloud the fake memories like what happened for him? (ohh, but maybe the other person didn't have fake memories and killed their family just because they could?) Unleash hell on them in anger for them being successful while he broke? Maybe he tries to give them the benefit of the doubt only to learn that the person he loved was genuinely a horrible person... that would make him face the part of himself that allowed him to love someone who is evil. SO, so many ways the story could go! Whatever happens, I trust Matt to make it one helluva good ride :D

Nev Las I think it was probably just some crazy cleric who had a moment of sanity and managed to cast greater restoration but that would be interesting. Maybe they also knows the truth but is working from the inside?

SO MANY POSSIBILITIES

What do you mean?

You can see he wants to play a deeper RP character driven game and less adventure plot driven one. The thing is since he is so new to RPGs I think he just doesn't know the other game system that support the style he would like to try better.

I feel like you're making some pretty big assumptions there. He's been playing tabletop RPGs for decades.

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