Cerrit's Promise - ExU Calamity Animatic [[SPOILERS]] 

At the height of magic, the man who had none was the one who survived. Beautifully ironic.

I have NEVER. Seen someone capture almost exactly what was being shown in my head as I watched this scene for the first time. This is truly a work of art.

It's beautiful how the first and last rolls of Cerrit are 31s. It's a literal bookend.

I loved the way you drew Cerrit dodging through the tunnels!! The combination of running, flipping, and flying is just... *Chef's Kiss*

"Why do we tell stories?" I'd argue this is a pretty good example.

No matter the monster, obstacle or god in his way… Nothing could keep a father from his children

I cry every time Travis says “31”. Beautifully animated

came here from Aabria's reblog and GOOD LORD THIS ANIMATIC WENT STRAIGHT FOR THE THROAT /POS. ABSOLUTELY BREATH-TAKING RECREATION OF A DEVASTATINGLY BEAUTIFUL MOMENT

Its like a reverse titanic you know he's going to make it but still everytime the relief, the hope is so powerful. Amazing work.

I knew how this ended. I knew how this story went. I shed my tears for it already once before. And here I am, clenching my fists, tearing up again, on the edge of my seat hoping he'll make it. Absolutely stunning work, I tip my hat to you.

I love that when he promised initially, Brennen made a point to show that it was a lie because his ring was glowing. Then the dice had different plans.

I think the greatest moments in DND are when the entire party puts all of their faith and power into one option to beat impossible odds. This is why I'm so fond of skills like bardic inspiration, pact of the talisman, the help action, etc. It's literally the power of friendship as a game mechanic

The atmosphere is chilling, the poses carry enormous gravity, and the environments have just as much life and purpose as the characters. My jaw was on the floor within the first 60 seconds, and it stayed there until the end. Bravo, man

The way you depicted Cerrit's last push, that combination of running and flight, was so fluid and organic and perfect. "The Ring of Brass endures." Makes me tear up every time. So good. I love this.

I still love the fact that one of them surviving is perfectly in line with the rest of what happened during the calamity. It was basically the end of the world, but still some were able to survive it.

I love how fitting that, in a world filled with mages who have fallen to ego and hubris, the one guy who could be seen as comparably humble without magic made it through

"The last member of the brass ring... Gets to keep his promise to his family" Holy shit Brenden just has an incredible way with words. It just spikes directly into my heart every time I hear that line. Great animatic mate! very well done!

After he rolled an 8 on the inspiration die, he literally couldn't fail that check due to reliable talent

Literally so good, bawled like a baby and I'm about to do it again, this looks so good

WTF this is like. Vox Machina series. The movement. The expressions. Holy crap!!!!!!😍😍😍😍 if Calamity ever gets its own animated series it would look just like this!!

And here I thought I was done tearing up over this series.

This is amazing. From the shaky cam view as Cerrit makes for the window to the person miles away trying to get indoors… this was haunting in the best way. If CR ever makes an animated version of this mini series I wish they would hire you. Or at least let you help because this was outstanding.

There is just something so soberly beautiful about the city falling onto the mountain. The dream ends right where it began

Amazing, Cerrit's swoops and rolls, the emotion among them all, the massive scale of the world erupting. You did an amazing job! (also hearing Marisha just sobbing in the background again does not help my eyes)

That running sequence, god you captured it so perfectly. So much respect for how you perfectly showed how someone could run/fly down a hallway. Nice work dude

Love that detail of someone running inside for safety but being unable to escape. Throughout this video you captured the devastation and desperation and also the relief so well

"Why do we rell stories?" . . FOR MOMENTS LIKE THIS! FOR MOMENTS LIKE THIS!

Absolutely incredible art. Even though it's just an animatic and not fully animated, the fluidity of movement was extremely evident, particularly in Cerrit's escape through the halls. A beautiful animatic for a beautiful story. Well done.

Every time I feel like an emotionless husk, I return to this video and shed a few tears. Thank you for making a beautiful moment a perfect moment ❤

The whole thing is so well done but every time I watch this, even though I know it's coming, that little *pff* of the cloud as he shoots up out of it always makes my breath catch in my throat. It's so well done, and you timed it so perfectly.

Very little makes me do so, but the end of this campaign had me openly sobbing, and this rendition of that final moment has also managed it. Absolutely beautiful.

UGH I FORGOT HOW EMOTIONAL THAT SCENE IS 😭😭

Man, what are you doing making people cry like this? This is beautiful!

When you feel your sinuses tighten up in preparation for potential tears, you know you’ve found something good.

Such a beautiful rendition of rogue movement/evasion

A Father's love, is truly a force of nature

That mid-air twist was epic.

duuuude, that's exactly how I pictured it! also I'm not crying, you're crying ;_;

Holy cow, moved to tears. The music, the collapsing halls, and the designs! All fantastic, thank you so much for taking the time to create this and sharing it.

;_; my feelings.. you captured this scene so well

I am fuckin' sobbing all over again. Great video, almost exactly how I imagined it playing out :)

I love that you made the talisman a brass ring. That was an exquisite touch.

Really wonderful animation of the finale! On top of all the wonderful renditions of the EXU characters, it was a very impactful choice to show the detail with the mother and her baby. In the middle of this epic, world-changing event centering on these powerful, remarkable individuals, getting a glimpse of two of the ordinary lives effected by this disaster was a brilliant, heart-wrenching touch. (My head canon thinks maybe they survived on a newly created island, but living in the aftermath is hardly any better....)

Cerrit was the only one to survive, as he always chose humility over pride.

I pictured this moment exactly like this when the DM was describing it.... Thank you making the my theatre of mind into a reality..!

This was so wonderful. Truly amazing job

Dang, how can you make that even more emotional and epic? Wow! Just wow! Cerrit's flying animation was slick a*f*!! Thank you!!

amazing, you animated this, exactly how i pictured it in my head. Great work

Your work is criminally underrated, this was absolutely incredible!

this sends shivers down my spine every time i watch it

AMAZING work, thank you for making and posting this.

This is incredible. The character designs, the action and movement of Cerrit’s escape, the music, the way you animated the massive amounts of destruction, Laerryn collapsing into Loquatius’ arms, the animation for Cerrit shooting out of the clouds… a beautiful animation for a beautiful moment of a beautiful campaign

This is so gooooooodd!!! So much emotion! Great job!

You DARE try to make me feel these emotions AGAIN?! I-I'M NOT CRYING YOU ARE!!

I’ve been following your progress on the clock app. And I was beyond excited to see that you had posted. This is an absolute talent you have and using it to create powerful moments that only had been in someone’s minds eye is incredible. You have an amazing skill please continue to do what you do, and bring these images to life!

thank you I really loved everything about this.

I havent seen calamity for a while now, but when Brennan said "and on a 31, above the clouds-" i simply burst with tears. I forgot how emotional the scene was, and your animatic just enhanced that memory ten fold. Amazing artwork.

it made me happy cerrits got to see his family

Amazing. Simply amazing. Thanks for sharing your art

Well done, very well illustrated! 👏 it still brings me to tears 😭

STUNNING WORK!! & I’m not crying.. my eye balls are just sweaty 🥲

nothing is ever going to beat the feeling when travis rolled a 31 on that throw. this animatic is beautiful!!!!

I don't know why I keep coming back to Calamity. It just sends me into sobbing fits. But thank you so much for it. It's nice to cry because of hope.

You've definitely done this moment justice. So beautiful I genuinely am in awe

This was my favorite scene of Calamity. Thank you for bringing it to life

I HAVE NO CONTEXT WHY I AM CRYING SO HARD?!?!?!

cried at the end of it and again at this. very well done. very good animation

Wow wow wow this is amazing!

Amazing work, thank you for this

Extremely well done. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. I just finished watching Calamity and this was so perfect.

CHILLS! CHILLS AND TEARS! This is so beautifully done!

An incredible scene made all the more magical. Wonderful work, especially on the Cerrit escaping parts.

Brilliantly done, this was amazing and thank you for making and posting it.

This is beautiful. It didn't expect the perspective shift to the outside of the city, but seeing the landing and the spreading destruction added so much to the scene.

Ahhh beautiful!! 🥹 Cerrit’s mad dash from Avalir is incredible, the movement is so visceral! And when he reaches the top of the cloud? Perfect, just amazing 🥹

easily the best animatic my eyes have ever seen. you have woven magic with your brushes and lines. you have created and manipulated pure human emotion. beautiful.

This is??? So fucking good???? Holy shit???? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

It’s past 2:00am when I’m seeing this… and I’m just straight-up crying. That was *beautifully* animated. Both your art style and the direction choices (the expressions, the shots, the camera angles) were so cinematic and so heartbreakingly beautiful. Well done.

Again! I watched this again, after two months, and again I am crying.

It doesn’t matter HOW many times I watch this or the clip in the show. I legitimately SOB every time! AHHHHH!

The final flight of Cerrit.

Fantastic job, thank you!!!!

I LITERALLY just saw these on tiktok so the algorithm works and the apps are communicating, this is simply some of the most phenomenal work, beautiful 💖

Immediately bawling my eyes out from seeing this scene drawn out and remembering what it was like to hear it for the first time. It may be some of the best DnD I've ever seen

So. Amazing. Heartbreaking. Perfect. What. The finale to the finale hit me harder than quite possibly any story I’ve read and you depicted it perfectly.

Goosebumps and tears. What an amazing job you did here capturing this scene!

This is so freaking good!!! The action, the music, the artistry...this is just beautiful!

I'm not crying at all! *Mops up THE OCEAN.*

This is an amazing animation! Others have said it, but needs saying again - perfectly captured the mental image of what was going through all our heads from Brennan's description

This deserves SO MANY MORE VIEWS.

DAMN. You did it. Thanks for doing this.

THIS... THIS IS AMAZING AND TRAGIC... THANK YOU!

Beautiful. Just magical.

Hot damn, this was absolutely fantastic. Great work! Just before I watched this, I was looking at art of a character with lopsided eyes, and at 0:18, one of Cerrit's feathers looked just similar enough to an eye that I thought, for a moment, he had lopsided eyes too, and that totally pulled me out of the atmosphere chuckling. But then you pulled me back in with your great artwork

I can't imagine how long this must've taken to draw. Amazing!

Nice touch, I don’t think the talisman was ever described in the series, but showing it as a brass ring here is just perfect.

this scene will make me cry every time goddammit XD amazing animatic!! i feel like you really captured the weight of the environment as everything is collapsing

I love that you incorporated Abria's hair piece into Laeren's image. Awesome.

This is fucking glorious, you have captured this more beautifully then I could ever imagine!

once again, this whole campaign proves just how perfectly cinematic it is. it deserves to be adapted into a full length 2D animated film, even though it almost certainly never will