Critical Role Narrative Telephone Animatic - Widogast's Web of Words 

Boy, Keyleth really let herself go

Just imagine him telling this story to Fjord and Jester's children, and one of them asking why Uncle Caleb is crying.

At the end I was half expecting the camera to pan over and just have the rest of the mighty nein frozen in the middle of dinner preparation (or something) staring in horror at him.

1:47, Eodwulf’s mind, Astrid’s sight and Bren’s/Caleb’s heart. Meanwhile, the blood and bones of the innocent nourish the Dwendalian Empire.

Ok but this is like a legit German fairytale like I could see this in a book of Grimm fairytales

I was expecting a comedy mash of all seven stories. What I got was a straight and spooky tale. No regrets.

I'm astonished at how amazing this, not only that amazing animation but how good liam is, I mean I felt like caleb was talking not liam at all

I love how that Liam used the side series/oneshots to further tell the story about Caleb. the fairy tale here, and the MLP oneshot that totally wasn't caleb's escape fantasy.

I didnt even get the reference to the three students of Ikethon or whatever and Caleb himself until I saw this animatic. Bro that hit me real hard thank you.

"There once was a boy who liked to suck his thumb. His mother told him to stop but he did not, so she cut off his thumbs. Now he has no thumbs. Goodnight."

I like how he counts in German and calls the kids "Kinder" German for children it such a nice little detail

YOOO I didn't even get the connection to Caleb's backstory when I first heard this!!!

Yall ever just make up a European fairytale as a metaphor for your characters backstory

I was moved to tears when I heard the original story and realized who the three kinder were... Your visualizations have done so again, especially with the morphing visions of fire and the terrifying visages of who the three are now. Well done and bravo!

Gotta hand it to liam. That was a pretty tense story being a part of caleb's backstory or not. And great job on the animation. Really added to the eerieness of the story.

Liam O’Brien: Lord of the Edge Characters

THIS WAS EVERYTHING I IMAGINED THIS WOULD BE AND MORE!!!!!!!

To be honest I'm most impressed by his nigh-flawless alternating between German and English as even as native speaker whose English has been called perfect by native speakers I often find myself speaking the following word with an accent. That is not to say the animation was unimpressive, it was gorgeous, full of depth and movement. Well done.

Next animation: valt-hexer: night club edition

So I watched this without volume in public and despite not being able to hear anything I felt every beat and got goosebumps at all the right points. You know it's great animation when it makes you hear the voice of the storyteller even when you can't actually hear it.

I didn't even think about the children having different parents, I just assumed they were siblings but yeah this makes total sense

Props to Liam. He certainly knows how to make a creepy story.

sheesh caleb, tell just 1 happy story, please.

Well that's German stories for you a happy ending is rarely seen, a fitting name that most are called "grim". This is amazing the level of detail even the hag's foggy eyes are chilling!

i looked upon this animatic with Stultz in my heart (idk wat that means tho) :D

That was awesome. I love how you linked the three children to Caleb and his two friends. I never saw that before. 10/10

"I guide others to a treasure I cannot possess." -Caleb _maybe_

The definitive version of this story.

Any chance of future Narative Telephone animations in the future? And the possibility of the 1st and last telling both being animated?

Holy crap, great material to work with. Very much in the vain of a Grimm Folklorish tail. LOVE how you worked in the imagery of Caleb for the third child 😍👍🤘.

Good grief there's so much to work with! The story is fantastic and the animation gives it the appropriate visualization to make it hit home. Fantastic job.

That was so good turning the three kids into Caleb and the other vollstrecker's

5th time watching. I loved every episode of telephone and am very much looking forward to season 2, but no ones story comes close to Liams. I think part of it is that it links to his characters lore, but I also think that he just took the story writing aspect of it super seriously. Still love them all equally, and I'm super happy that these awesome people decided to share their home game and their lives with us.

YEEESSSSSS this is awesome! You brought the scary vibe of his original story and RAN with it! I especially love the design of the Waldhexe, and the way it looks like Caleb is telling a campfire story. I like to think he tells this story to Nott one cold winter's night. :O

Personally the Narrative Telephone isn't my favorite series past the initial story, a couple butcherings later I've had my entertainment. But this one is by far my favorite story so far.

Very good! I think I missed this one, so it will be fun to see how the rest of the crew mess the story up.

Some one needs to send this to Liam

I had NO IDEA this story was about Eodwulf (mind), Astrid (eye), and Caleb (heart) until after watching this. THIS IS AMAZING! LIAM NEEDS TO SEE THIS! WELL DONE INDEED! XD

I never thought of it being told as though it were Caleb and his old friends. That would be pretty interesting if it were true

I'm convinced this story was just an allegory for brens life growing up under the tutelage of trent ikithon along with Astrid and Eodwulf

That is both amazing and dark, I love it

I want to hear a member of Critical Role tell the tale of some of the cursed items of legend from our D&D setting. Hruska, the blade of Eternal Hunger, haunted by the beast whose fangs were incorporated into its craftsmanship, would be an effective one. Any who wield it are at risk of being possessed by the beast, and will slaughter all in their path.

I still love this so much. It's so deep and perfect. Real old school Grimm vibe but better imo. Liam is a masterful story teller

This is so gorgeous!!! The fire turning into the children at the beginning is absolutely incredible

It wasn’t until I saw the fire that I fully connected this to Caleb’s story. What an amazing animatic. I like how it uses simple figures for the first bit and then became fully realized as the children stepped into the darkness.

I used this is my CoS run. About a 5 sessions in i noticed that a player was having a hard time finding their character's personality and motivations. So i had them each write/parody a fairy tale from their characters homeland, to share a piece of home in Barovia. And since CoS is soooooo dark, this fit perfectly.

This has to be your best work yet. Amazing !

I really want that crone to be cannon, and the M9 fight it one day, as it would be an evil power that the Empire benefits from by sacrificing children to. I love that Liam's story was not only interesting, but we also learned more about Caleb in the process.

I loved how you laced Caleb's lore into the 'fairy tale'! I also noticed this when I was listening to the narrative telephone!

this is actually so fucking cool, like i have no words. this is just dope

This is too good. It feels like a real fable from olden times, one that some grandma still tells little kids right before they fall asleep.

And the kids just stood there and took it.

This is probably the best CR animatic I've ever seen. Chills man

Oh man... Really well done, especially with the way the Hag looks.

WHERE THE VIEWS AT??? THIS IS DOPE AND THE CAMERAWORK AND PERSPECTIVE IS SO GOOD

Ok but I love the idea that the mighty nein were just fucking around and one of them said " lets tell ghost stories!" And each told bad stories and then Caleb turn came up and he was like "ja ok, sure" And he finishes his story and they all look at each other and are like "holy fuck caleb"

This is one of the best CR Animatics I've ever seen.

Oh, that gave me chills. That was fantastic.

This was AMAZING! Just as I imagined it!

I love how the parts that the Waldhexe take from the children mirror Eodwulf, Astrid and Caleb: Eodwulf's mind, Astrid's sight and Caleb's heart. And how the Empire is built on the blood and bones of the innocent. Kudos to Liam to use narrative telephone to tell a metaphorical story delving further into his character's tragic backstory

This completely flew over my head the first time I heard this story. Your animation is brilliant and the visuals helped clear up the questions I had about the story, so thank you. :)(:

Good gods Liam is a good storyteller. And you are too!

YES! he brought this up in the most recent episode i believe when talking to trent he brings up "feeding the fields" or something along those lines!

Wowie I'll admit I'm new to the scene and only I recently got to the part where he briefly talks about his past with 2 other members. This was amazing to watch.

Ooh, I got chills. That's some nice work.

Deserves more views. The concept of this animation is very good :D

I only like this one story out of all of the casts, and I have listened to it so many times. This is incredible!

This is freaking awesome!!! OMG!! The quality of this animatic complements sooo well with the spectacular and spooky story of Liam. Thank you so much !! Hope u receive tons of love for this.

Some seriously excellent work here KunKun! :D

Beautiful work captured the mood perfectly

Daaaamn, that was amazing! Liams voice ofc, but your illustrations did it justice!

Having lived and studied a year in Germany, and generally being a moody boy, Liam captures much of the German (and Germanic, we Danes and the other Scandies have it as well) "geist". "WILKOMMEN IN DER DUNKELHEIT!" (Till Lindemann, 2009) "Das feuer liebt mich" (Till Lindemann 2005, paraphrasing a cautionary German children's tale from 1845 "Die gar traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug" - "The Very Sad Tale with the Matches": A girl plays with matches, accidentally ignites herself and burns to death)

So glad someone animated this

god this is awesome. When he sends his fire up to form the children augh its so good

i love this so much!! thank you

Great job... Loved it so much

Well done this gave me goosebumps

I think it is interesting to realize all three tributes can kind of have the same outcome. You wont believe the truth, you cannot see the truth and the truth will not matter.

Oh. My. God. Liams story is just so amazing and your animatic really did its jov well.

Holy. SHIT. I've watched that narrative telephone literally dozens of times, and I never realized it was about Caleb. Bravo!

Amazing work. Well done.

Stunning work, beautifully captured 👏 👏 👏

Amazing. I'm sure Liam would love to watch this!

This is amazing! I've been waiting for something like this, thank you so much!

Holy cow this is so gooood!!! Amazing animation! And amazing detail!

This was absolutely amazing, you are so talented! Thank you!

God i love your animations so much

Good job!

This put a chill down my spine

Your animatic is so good!

Why do i see this so late.... Awesome work! My favourite story by far!

This. Is. Absolutely amazing. Holy shit i got actual chills.

This is wonderfully animated! You really captured the mood!

Oh my gosh! Thank you so much. This telephone episode combined with this animation is perfectly fit. Totally makes sense in this context.

This is so good I love it

Great work!

I've watched this so many times I've lost count . . . So goooood *chef's kiss* . . .

Amazing artwork, keep it up!

Can't wait for Liam's next story, and to see what great animatic you make from it, definitely gonna be subscribing

Wow!!! This is truly amazing😍 thank you