Elysium | Critical Role: VOX MACHINA | Episode 104 

Jarethenator smh

it is definitely ironic. gods can you imagine if she had to completely skip the session?

@@technoviking5490 they would have waited you couldn’t do it without her

@@technoviking5490 Boon of the Poobah was used, it summons Pike and avoids a shopping episode. Oddly enough the reagent scheme of the spell puts 1 platinum into Grog's coinpurse...

Ashley was so exicted!

scanlan is the cutest ;~;

I have no clue why, but that scene brought tears to my eyes. He seemed so amazed and happy that someone actually listened

And then there was the prayers that he didn’t want her to share...

And then starts begging her to keep that shit to herself. Such a Scanlan moment.

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Mortals, defiant to the end.

I believe you mean Momstah. 😉😊

I kinda feel that Matt had conveyed the sheer presence of Pelor very well. To show such dissrespect to a god in his own sanctum. That shit was smite-worthy. Cool and in character but man im not sure she should have gotten away with it. The gods take themselves very seriusly

Gnomes are between 3'1" and 3'7"

@@Elaksomfan To be fair, smiting the recently appointed Champion of the Everlight (who resides in the same plane as him), isn't a good look for a non evil deity. Especially when Pike only threatened him if he hurt another mortal for being not good enough to be his Champion (something a deity of redemption would take issue with).

Yet nobody finds this to be a problem. It's literally the shittiest behaviour anyone could show towards a family member. "Hey I stole your stuff........too bad you died. " Then she steals a gods soul stones. I guess Vex still hasn't learned her lesson about greed.

@@MrBottlecapBill maybe because Vax has horded magic items so completely that he can equip NPCs more than he can share with his companions. Displacer cloak. Keen dagger. At least 2 other magic blades and 1 other cloak. The ring of invisibility. And he literally never, once, asked if anyone in the party needed them. Honestly, he doesn't even need the boots of haste. He can fly at eagle speed all battle. And his 3rd attack is for a max of 10points. But *Vex*is the greedy one, when she can actually use the boots.

In my mind, I think Vex stealing Vax’s boots is a way for her to feel like she has control. She (nearly permanently) lost her brother, Vecna’s wreaking havoc and nearly caused a TPK, and shit’s gotten really real. They all feel kind of powerless. So she steals his boots to regain some control. I mean, sure, it’s probably also a gag, since they keep joking about how unbalanced and OP the boots are in Vax’s hands. Or, y’know, on his feet.

I agree that Vex still shows greed, but I feel like keeping the boots is also a /reaction/ to his death, rather than greed /in spite of/ what happened. No-one could ever be adequately equipped to deal with an oncoming apocalypse, or the fact that someone you love has perhaps only days to live. Vex is no exception, so she doesn't know any good way to deal with what's happening - but she DOES know how to wind her twin up, how to provoke a reaction from him and get into a good old-fashioned sibling argument. And the twins have squabbled over the boots multiple times before, if I remember correctly, so I reckon it's something of a beacon of normality in the midst of utter chaos.

@@shawngillogly6873 I agree that Vex could use the boots better than Vax, as she deals more damage per hit, but I disagree with your implication that Vax is being in any way greedy with his items. For most of the items that he holds to himself, only he or Vex really has any use for. Many of the items require attunement, or does something other characters either have no use for or can already do. Case in point, Grog once asked for either the boots or Whisper to boost his mobility, but found out he can't equip them as he already had three attuned items. Scanlan liked the Invisibility ring, but can already cast the spell himself so it wasn't important to him. The only items that has relevance to other characters are the Invisibility ring and the Displacer cloak, and both were given to lovable NPCs that the group implicitly gave permission for them to use. I don't see what's wrong with that. The group prefers that Tova survives the hells even if it meant giving away a legendary item, and that's their choice. The daggers and blades meant nothing to the rest of the party as only Vax really used them. And before you say anything about not giving away party items even though no one can use them, remember that Grog gave away the freakin Holy Avenger. The problem here is not Vax holding onto an item that another character can use better than he does. It's Vex taking away and keeping another character's item without their permission. She does this multiple times, to both PC and NPC alike. She only gets away with it with one instance of alignment shift because the group doesn't mind it. That kind of shenanigans would not fly at most other tables, certainly not any table I've ever been.

She was either dying of laughter or contemplating if she should find a better hope for the world

​@@0pulsar0 I would hope immortal dieties at least can see humor.

@@annageorge8406 seeing how they got her helpanyway seems like she dose

Maybe she'll be able to afford an internet connection so she can actually know useful things, now. 🙄

@@zoopdterdoobdter5743 really?

@@zoopdterdoobdter5743 that is incredibly rude

It wasn't just one session though, it was four months of filming in New York. And Pike was missing from Vox Machina for a long while in world as well. And knowing Matt's depth of world building I'm actually not surprised at all that he made Pike's dedication to her goddess so pivotal for the last chapter of thier adventure, if nothing else to than balance out her missing out on everything between locking up Orcus' horn to more than half the Briarwood arc.

This actually would impede the animated series. I originally assumed that Pike/Ashley's absence would be retconned into participating in way more of the battles. But this plotline would necessitate her being absent at least some amount

His performance gives me chills just thinking about it

Best moment of the episode

Travis is truly fantastic throughout the series. He's very consistently in character and it's great

They've been through Hell and high watter too xD

Well, hell and a heaven.

And they tell you black is really white, The moon is just the sun at night And when you walk in golden halls You get to keep the gold that falls!

@Chris Upchurch, yes, need to see how Gilmore is! :)

Just fine, thank you.

Have Gilmore and Tary met yet? That is the most important question to me.

Have you seen Gilmore and Tary in the same place?

didnt doty break the jaws of 2 guards while tary and grog were inside?

Yes...that gunpowder dude is the BEEEEEEEEST

That comment was just golden and I couldn't stop laughing. Talisen is just a boss at quick one line responses.

That tree reminded me a bit of kashaw

Bruh I was dying laughing, so good.

@@leonw5956 Yea, except not a bit but a lot xD

I knnnoowww I love it!

🥲

Just don't call him Dawndaddy.

ooooooo, good catch!

Im so glad it wasn't just me that got Cash vibes from that Sun Tree 🤣🤣🤣

I got Cash vibes too. I was like Cash in tree form.

Yup. My head instantly jumped to cash too. 😂

Same here. Hillarious

Thank you! I was thinking just the same. It had such Kash vibes, it was amazing.

She's already threatened the Raven Queen by then. The Monstah fears no God XD

Epic Walrus Pike is the one true God

Cap'n caviar 'Cause She's a MONSTAH!

Monstahhhhh!!!!!

If anyone can genuinely get away with threatening a god, it's Pike.

ick

@@trucetruce335 I feel obligated to reply to this with the fact that Laura and Travis are not only married but have a son. So...you can take your "ick" and leave it at the door.

alexaaragon21 I’m aware. I still think ‘shipping’ real people the same way we ship fictional characters is gross, even if they are actually together.

@@trucetruce335 just to clarify, this isn't a matter of me shipping them but of me enjoying their relationship. I don't have 175k word Baileyham fan fiction under my pillow. I just appreciate the love between them, and how supportive Travis is of his wife when she's role-playing her heart out. I use the acronym "OTP" because #relationshipgoals wasn't in my vernacular two yours ago.

Rebecca Barbosa oh makes much more sense. OTP makes me think shipping and certain “character” implications that are not good when applied to real people.

Speaking of art, but that portrait of Gilmore?! 😍

Timestamp?

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@@ikma87 Thank you!

This episode hits differently with what’s going on in C3

a lesser dm would kill them for being disrespectful in the presence of a god

Nat 20 on his insight check.

Matt thinks of the game very thematically. Keyleth was a totally inappropriate choice. She already had a vestige from a different god. Ideally the bearer of the dawnmartyr would've been great but the whitestone connection would've been a second best case.

or he just initially planned for Vex to choose Pelor and was being subtle in saying, "this is not the right choice". it had nothing to do with a keen eye and everything to do with trying his best to coax the players in the direction he had already planned. all you have to do is look at past events to see this. he very specifically set up certain characters to have special relationships with certain gods.

I could actually imagine either Vex or Percy being Pelor's champion. But (without seeing where this leads further yet) I suppose Percy might be more Ioun guy.

MY EYYYEEESSSS!

Baaald baaald baaaald baaaald

When he started describing him I was like: "...He's *_Mr. CLEAN??"_* 😂

"You sir are EXTREMELY bald."

He's BALD?!

Who says it wasn't written? ;) I'm joking, there's a really funny april fools article out there that calls out Critical Role on the supposed script following in the most hilarious of ways. 😆

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"She is your champion"

@@KingNefiiria That's cool. I kind of calling what Liam did writing regardless of the fact that he composed it on the spot. Semantics I supppose but a player must act both as an actor and a writer for their PC.

I love what Vax said, it was great. But I love even more what Percy said: "She is my heart and my judgment and the future I have chosen." That* is epic! And so, so spot-on for Percy.

Matt kinda let that one slide i feel like. Red dragons are obliterated on sight no matter what especially from anything that inhabits Elysium. Then again he didn't get Primus and the Maruts involved with Vecna's shenanigans.

Freakin beautiful. All the way back to the beginning.

Sam's quick thinking and flawless chefs kiss moves are underappreciated even tho he's appreciated all the time.

So 1 twin taste the revenge kill the dragon who killed their mother, and the other twin forgive(fenthras word) and accept red dragon form to clear the trial.

​@@CreepyWilly pretty sure they know it isn't a real red dragon. They can see with their true sight that it's a half-elf transformed into a red dragon with magic. Lol.

Or about 53.8 Smoots!

I think the real question is how powerful should we rate Grog in Radditz though?

Ahh yes. Use anything but the metric system to measure things

100 hour metric day

cut to now, with the tlovm animation team using percy for scale lmao

I mean, as a good deity of harvest and crops, he is love, he is life. He doesn't channel Shrek, he IS Shrek.

you can see all their faces. they each realized what Percy said

Sam C I was expecting Pike Armor to change from a symbol of Pelor to sarenrae after she got her blessing.

It's cool because Pelor protected Sarenrae and now his armor saved the life of her champion. Literally prevented her from being disintegrated.

@@BordrKing it's poetic, in a way....

@@jamesgarlick4573 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bxU2eqZtYmc.html

Sam C I ship it

No, trees grow out of the destroyed souls vex kills.

Ironic quote coming from Grog and history with the Deck of Many Things.

I got very aggravated by their paranoia here as I found it unnecessary, albeit unintentional, abuse towards Grog. The poor man can't enjoy the bounty of Pelor because his friends think the fruit might be souls? And what kind of goodly god would do that to his followers?

@@MorinehtarTheBlue well pikes god has souls as sand on a beach sooooo not that far fetched

@@bopqw1055 Pelor turning someone who follows him in to food is a terrible thing. It's apocryphal and a serious lapse in judgement.

Oh my god that would be amazing, give him a 7th level spell slot lol.

samtrue3 I would die... of joy!

grog with 1 level 9 spell slot that scales with strenght

He'd probably rather be the champion of Kord, but who knows?

Abelhawk someone should point you towards the concepts of humor and irony/sarcasm

im watching this now and im weeping

im watching that scene now and im weeping

Really wish Scanlan had named a metallic dragon but yes any representative of the breed works for this.

@@MorinehtarTheBlue I think now that the Twins' vengeance on Thordak is complete, they have less of a grudge against red dragons, obviously they still would kill them as they're naturally evil but they should have no qualms about using them.

That means she gets advantage on all rolls right? xD

@@MorinehtarTheBlue The red dragon is the best dragon i think to represent the fact that she embrace her past and what she is ( the red one are the greediest and one did kill her mother) and when talking to a god i think honesty is the best approached

The guards wouldn't have let them in with that name. :D

Evija3000 I mean if they said the Super High Intensity Team, they might not have realized lol

They haven't been the Shits since before it was a show called Critical Role so I find it hard to be attached to the idea. It would be a funny scene but I'm sure Pelor's sense of dignity would have pushed him to use their individual names in order to avoid it.

Sarenrae: Sorry Pelor, can't come over, I've got the SHITs. Pelor: well, it's contagious, now I have the SHITs.

Because she fucked up and should never have said anything. Vex is currently working and prayed to pelor for the hunt and Marisha is a druid....melora is her god. Marisha just doesnt think half the time. Thats why matt said twice..." Yea...anyone else??"

@@imperialknight3942 she does my head in so much

You know, this is why I am kinda excited for C2.. At this point, Keyleth as a character is irredeemable for me. Just I am absolutely annoyed whenever Keyleth is put in the spotlight. I am curious what Marisha ends up playing in C2 and if it is atleast better than this character.

​@@thefonz8373 marisha as a player and an actor improves a lot in campaign 2 imo. I do think that keyleths character as a whole is actually quite good it's just that marisha the player made a lot of mistakes( which she is allowed to as a human) but also a lot of good decisions.

@@imperialknight3942This!! Her god is CLEARLY Melora, and she never even goes to get help from her!!

Not nervous breathing, more, "what of it?"

Sarenrea: THAT'S MY GIRL!

Bro if any of them were to fight Pelor, it would be Pike and she WOULD win.

@@TheBrywarrior90 Pike: *whips Pelor around Hulk style* Pelor: *sputters on the ground* Pike: Puny God. Serenrae: OOOOOHHHH!!!! *Cue air horns*

@@bonniefazman9065 Absolute masterpiece

Underrated comment.

And then came Marisha.

@@Warmakayeah, you could hear Laura’s panic in her voice, as Marisha fumbled with the spells. You dont do that, when there is a limited time to get things done. It also felt really weird that she was asking to champion Palor, when it was obvious it should be Vex, not Keylith

Yes!!! It should have been Laura/Vex but acknowledgement from any of them would have been nice. Sam is so smart and thoughtful. He's my hands down all time favorite on both campaigns with Travis a close 2nd. I love them all but Sam is pure magic 🖤

@@OmANnIe Sam is The Best!!! And I am also a BIG fan of Travis.

Sam is consistently the MVP

@@Crit_Cat_82 Yes, he certainly is 🙂

It was so great but I think it was probably a bit tense with the timer. She did give him the broom willingly though which is a pretty big deal for her haha Potential Spoilers However as you probably know by now she also thanks him by helping him back, which I love.

Lawrence Moesker yin and yang there is balance

Actually, harvest is fall, did he say summer? I might have missed that.

In D&D canon, Pelor is usually described as the god of agriculture (the harvest), summer, life, time and naturally, the sun. Of course different editions/iterations of Pelor may vary the exact domains he has power over, but that's the general consensus. The Raven Queen is the god of death, winter, and fate. The Raven Queen in canon was a sorceress who actually ascended to godhood by killing the previous god of death Nerull. He was a terrible guy who was evil/enjoyed killing and made undead armies during the Dawn War, so when she died, Nerull chose her bright, shining soul, and named her his queen 'Nera'. She knew he was collecting bound souls for power, and quietly amassed power/learned how to overthrow him, then released the bound souls and destroyed him, before taking on his mantle as the god of death. That's why she detests undead. And why she is unaligned, and goddess of the TRANSITION - she doesn't WANT people to die, just allows fate to do its thing. The god of death, not of the dead.

@@averylfong4843 which is good; I feel like the god of death should be neutral, so that souls go to their intended afterlife, rather than having to fear their fate (it doesn't mean people don't fear death, but it does allow for a smoother transition. I feel the same way about Kelemvor in the Forgotten Realms setting).

Lawrence Moesker this is so fucking beautiful. Thank you

Not enough zeroes lol

What!? 9000!? There's no way that can be right!

Hot damn

yeah that was awesome. I love Percy so much. "The Burrowing Eyeball?!?!? Are you sure??"

Life needs things to live

I don't know, Percy had a lot of winners this episode. "What a beautiful tree you've found, it casts so much shade." I amazing.

The "I don't believe it will work" quip was brilliant too.

Percy is the king of unnoticed one liners

Yes agree. But the episode felt so pact with story line this week that I was still completely satisfied somehow. Usually longer the better

manic mania sadly this is true...nevermind its not sad i love this show

manic mania

ITMEJP also has 4 hour long dnd content and I think he had been doing his show longer than critical role, but don't quote me on that.

manic mania I mean you not watching a lot of RU-vid doesn't mean this is the only channel that puts out unedited streams, lol...

That week where having Delilah in a body bag isn’t the most interesting thing happening. Lol

I figured that was the case already that they wed, there were two instances hints were dropped. Once when vex noticed Alluras(dont know how to spell her name) wedding ring. Matt said something along the lines of "interesting you would notice this" and then the 2nd instance was when Vex and Vax were catching up Vex kept talking about keeping secrets.

He's the biggest fan of Vex and Percy and its so sweet to see how much he supports his wife.

@@seraphlord It's so funny how Laura was dropping hints to liam in that conversation that there was something else there and to ask about it but liam didn't notice. It was a little frustrating bc i wanted to see that play out but i definitely enjoyed it the way it went

he actually makes the face first when pelor first poses the question!

He IS the smartest one in the group-

Well, I would bet her blessing would give him an INT boost!😆

He has an intelligence of 6, he knows what he's doing.

Someone else mentioned this as a joke but if I was GM I'd totally have done it. Sure there are other gods that might be more similar to Grog in disposition but you could make the argument that being dim-witted and wanting to learn to read he has more reverence for learning than any of the others.

30noir him learning to read is low-key my favorite part of the whole vox machina arc. It doesn’t take up a lot of time, it’s good for some fun jokes whenever it comes up, and it works perfectly with his gentle giant character

The fan art is still an important part of the show for me. Especially for this episode. The drawings of Vax’s armor surrounded by ash, and the one of Terry crying in a corner, hoping his friends are ok actually made me pause the video just to try and absorb the emotion in the image.

@@confderatechocolate4645 I would love to see the fanart remixed for campaign presentation. Imagine the art and the events of the video being coordinated.

xD

Missed out on a tearful reunion I think

Feels like the rulers would follow Erathis rather then Pelor

I think so, too. Percy strikes me as the type who had faith growing up, hence why he learned Celestial, but after the tragedy and trauma of what happened to his family, he abandoned faith because neither it nor Pelor's general influence over Whitestone did anything to protect them from the necromantic scourge of the Briarwoods. As he grows older and the influence of Vex and the rest of Vox Machina brings him further out of the darkness that consumed his heart, I think he'll eventually come to reforge some of that faith again, albeit probably in a very particular form.

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She's a true momma bear. Or gnome. Whichever you prefer.

This. Even Vox Machina getting a personal audience with Sarenrae is a bit of a slap in the face. And if they collect such a champion blessing for each member oh boy! Even Vax and Grog (if he gets Kord's blessing) are kind of upstarts to a degree.

Cash: "Oh c'mon! I married a god and didn't get half of what Vex got. This is bullshit"

@@MorinehtarTheBlue naw, Pike has done a bunch to bring back the church of Serenrae. She is highly deserving of being Serenrae's Champion.

@@Rowlurorowf No, you're right there. But I was more of the inclination that the rest of the group were definitely jumping the queue.

@@MorinehtarTheBlue i thought it was because of what the raven queen said to vax way back when he was first becoming her champion. She told him that he and his friends were fate touched, and that if not her, then other gods would try to collect them because they are special in some way.

Ladies, get yourselves a man who talks about you like Percy does about Vex

Just dropping a bomb and walking away... that's Taliesin

@@deleria010 and vax too, let us not forget he started the “i walk away” trend

... Well he does now you've put the idea in my head!

Rosie same.. I’m a cleric of Sarenrae irl now.

and what im happy about, is that he accurately depicted her pathfinder form

You should get the marshmallows out of your drink

It happens... even gods need to be careful of powerful mortals. Did you notice that Sarenrae's island is growing? Structures coming *back* ? ...thats the power of a mortal, to a god. Gods get their power from mortals. In their faith. So, Pike has already changed the balance of power in the planes. Not alone, but she was the one that made it happen. From *one* decision. She's likely the most powerful practitioner of Sarenrae's clerical faith in that version of the Prime too. Though Pike would never usually put an emphasis on that often, it *does* make her a major player in divine circles, least as far as mortals go.

I was stunned and so impressed with Pike when this happened. What a fucking badass. What a Monstah

to be honest for Pelor it would be like a chihuahua barking at a T-Rex. Why bother?

@@xiconp1993 Because that's not the point. It's about the intensity of the emotion. It does lack for some self-awareness but if you care you should be willing to die for it regardless. Throwing your life away recklessly to be sure but you have to appreciate her style.

The Dawnflower(Serenrae) would not approve threatening the Dawnfather but it was fun to watch

I think that the party thought she was referring to the gold and platinum the gates were made of, seeing the character is considered greedy. Kinda feels bad they didn't get the joke.

Perhaps a declaration but notice also that she doesn't get referred to by the title of Baroness but Lady of Whitestone for quite some time now. Titles generally don't respect elopement however and there is a shift because the Dalen's Closet One Shot set after evrrything else has their official marriage.

I HAD THE SAME F*ING THOUGHT!!!! I love these stupid nerds so much, it's not even funny.

👏👏🔥

I caught that and wondered if he just misspoke in the moment, but that’s even cooler

@@Revolos55 lmfao no, he really did just misspeak in the moment. This was not an intentional thing. The person who left this comment is looking way too deeply into that and is just straight up wrong lmfao

Long Tran It was more Matt than Pelor. With Matt screaming for Laura to say something.

That's because keyleth has the spire. She's supposed to be Melora's champion. I mean the blessings are sick, but the vestiges awakened have way more power. Pike gets wings for 10 min and its cool down is 7 days? Vax gets to fly for an hour and just needs to sleep it off. Melora will awaken key's spire and she will be her champion.

I mean, by that logic Pelor could be for Pike along with Sarenrae since Pike is wearing a vestige of Pelor. But I am assuming he is saving Melora or another natural god for keyleth if she so chooses. Granted Marisha did pick up on it early and backed down for vex.

Yeah, nobody, nobody was jumping on this one. Marisha putting Keyleth forward wasn't any kind of greedy move. It seemed more like a "We'd be idiots to let this go to waste."

Who's a champion of who?

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When she says she was talking to Pelor that was when she was doing her Whitestone initiation thing and she was communing with the Sun Tree.

i love what everyone said to the "what does she mean to you"

Year later, can still rely on these, thanks

the show will go one, they will start a new campaign with new characters

blackvial I actually meant the Vox Machina Show, not the CR Show. But, yeah. Still kinda makes me sad.

I am right there with you, only I've experienced it all in under 3 months time. I have however got enough glimpses of the Mighty nein to first not be excited and then really be excited for the coming campaign.

@@davidbergfors6820 Mighty Nein is amazing!!!! Looove, even more so than Vox. Love CR wholeheartedly ❤

Not sure if this aged well or poorly. ^_^

“Let’s get indoors. Or in a cave. Anywhere, just out of this.”

Another part Kashaw

😆😆😆🙌

*Kashew :)

hahaha I was thinking the same

A.K.A. Dick Tree 😁

Fernando Castro I was just thinking of the painting that Pike had done in the Feywild and the description of Keylith, hugging a tree that was desperately trying to push her away.

: D Reminds me of the Trees in the Wizard of Oz...

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Hopefully i can find this easily when i come back

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I wanma eat that fruit

How do I bring this to the top L

Its pike teaching him

VOX BABIES

@Brandun Armer The Emperor Protects.

@Brandun Armer The Emperor doomed Mankind with his arrogance, there will never be enough bolters..

Sly Marbo: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

i was thinking it sounds similar to High Heaven in Diablo's lore

Carey Roberts eeek a heretic!

that'd be an amazing plot twist

+Rain Dust I would have Grog represent the god of war I believe. The one that the monks serve under.

I have a sneaky suspicion that Vecna and Ioun are the same.

Stephen Quinn Nah.Vecna is just a mortal that has practically accended into a god rivaling the raven queen. Ioun is the god of knowledge critically weakened for the previous god war.

@Rain Dust, that would be boss! :)

SquishTheFish I think Percy won’t take on the role of champion since he’s so against religion.

I feel like there's supposed to be a connection between Ioun and Scanlan, since he has a Ioun Stone and it came up before when they sought the androsphinx.

@@viper2785 Well if that were the case the way it should have went was Tiberius being in the eyes of Ioun but then he died so Ioun shrugged their shoulders and said "the gnome will do"

SquishTheFish i

Those are my exact predictions. I'm late so it's long been decided, but I really hope I'm right. Kord is obvious, but Scanlan as the champion of the God of Mischief, illusions and joy and Percy as the champion of the godess of Knowledge and enemy of the Whispered One would be the sickest shit.