Traveler Info: Yes, in the first campaign before they leave the Feywild Garmilie reveals himself to be an Archfey named Artagan. They only interact with him as Artagan in two total episodes of campaign one, so while he was not a very important character this definitely happened, and is not just a cameo for campaign 2
@aisarikka Yes 'the deal' with an archfey is what directly and indirectly leads to all the delightful chaos that is TravellerCon. Without Vox Machina, he'd never have gotten loose.
They interact with him a bit more than two episodes. He is still minor for VM. The reveal to the party (just like in the show) is later though. Not on this visit to the Feywild. I look forward to his return. One of the most epic representations of an Archfey ever. Also the cast was def surprised when they found out in M9. Laura was not though, because she actually specifically asked for it when making Jester. It was her story from the beginning.
@@undeathghost5627 It was definitely during the Echo Tree episode where he revealed himself. I distinctly remember Travis grabbing Garmelie's furry butt and throwing it over at least one of the rivers surrounding the Shademurk. And it's when they left the bog that Artagon appeared. Then he only showed up one other time to **** *** and do some **** *******...in return for a favor.
It's not just the voice actor who did amazing. Before Percy introduces himself, their father whole body is facing sideways in the chair. Then, he only turns to Percy out of respect for nobility. Would be rude otherwise especially for an ambassador. When Kiki says something, he doesn't even turn his head. Just a disapproving glace at another "diluted blood" half-elf. Even though he still faces Percy when he addresses the group, he turns his head to display that they are not worth his time. The animators really studied body language.
I just wanted to say that out of all of RUclips, this was one of the Legend of Vox Machina reactions I was most looking forward to ahead of time, this episode, on this channel. Someone who didn't know that Artagan was going to be showing up, but who would know who he was on sight! What a fun reaction combo!
Actually, the players definitely did talk about it after truly meeting the Traveler for the 1st time. After the episode ended where he revealed himself to Jester, they were all like "omg that's definitely him" (tho they only said his name). They didn't say "remember when we saw him here in campaign 1", but they did say "oh shit I remember that guy, is it really him?" And talked about it a little
Their choice to have Syldor voiced by Troy Baker was fantastic. There is a great moment in an interview where Troy is asked about Syldor and he has this whole fleshed out idea of who he is that is amazing to hear.
During the watch along, Troy mentions having a bit of... doubt? envy? self-awareness of limitation? something like one of those, or all of them, at doing a voice like Syldor's where he drops down in his register. He kinda motions over his shoulder at Travis and comments something to the effect of "I'm not one of *them*."
Syldor Vessar is a jerk. Devana and Velora, however, they love the twins. And finally, Vex got pushed too far and cursed out the old man. And I’m glad you caught that bit about Keyleth being good with a blade. Her in-game ability scores even reflect that (STR 14, DEX 15). I’ve seen plenty of reactions to this episode but not many ever bother to comment on it. She even twirled it and threw it like Vax would to get his hand free to finish the job. Clutch teamwork from our battle couple here. Also… just the imagery of Kiki with Vax’s dagger in hand. You love to see it. And I love that her Tree Stride-Fire Elemental combo was taken straight from the campaign. And unlike the campaign, Vex fought Saundor one-on-one here in that archery duel… and won. Even got that sneak attack with the arrowhead, as befitting of her ranger/rogue multiclass in the campaign proper.
During Jester's inception, Laura wanted her to be a purple tiefling, but Taliesin had the same idea, so Laura decided to chose blue instead. She also intended for Jester to be a Warlock, with Artagan as her Archfey patron, but Travis was also interested in the class. Jester ended up becoming a Cleric, and Matthew Mercer told Laura she could worship Artagan.
I think Matt was actually a bit cagey about whether or not she could worship Artagan. She mentioned after the episode that she actually had doubts that the Traveler was Artagan, and so she was excited at the reveal, too, which was perfect.
An interesting change: in the campaign VM actually got to see Garmelie in his true form before they left. It further reinforced nothing is as it seems in the Fey Realm their quirky guide included.
Traveler info: Laura Bailey wanted to make a warlock to an Archfey with Arty as the patron. Travis said “Oo warlock” and made Fjord. Laura then asked Matt to keep Arty but play a cleric to Arty. Thus Arty became The Traveler.
Traveler Info: Laura Bailey said in an interview once that she originally wanted to play a warlock of the archfey in campaign two but Travis was quicker. She really loved Arty in the few times they interacted and thought he would be a great patreon. She and Matt switched over to cleric but kept Arty as the source of her powers.
Traveler info: All the Garmelie stuff is canon. Vex finding him sketching and grabbing him. The sketches he did. Him traveling with them through the city. They did make a deal with him to get one of the guard captain’s hats and to secure a threshold crest which Percy and Keylith fulfilled to the letter but not the intent. And yes he was Artagon the whole time.
I WAS SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS TO DO THIS EPISODE💖💕 i want to see ya'll reaction to this episode🥰💕 I was squealing when Percy did the thing. And I LOVED IT💕💕💕💕💕
I'm so glad that Wilhand was introduced in the same episode that we had to deal with Syldor. SOMEBODY in the party should have a good parental figure in their lives (who didn't get killed by adventurer backstory).
Traveler Info: As I recall the whole cast was cheering and gasping for air when it became clear that the Traveler was Artagan. I think some of them had had suspicions - but it wasn't until after the cupcake incident, when Artagan decided to show himself without being cloaked and they could see his red hair, that their suspicions were confirmed.
Yeah, they stayed as quiet as they could to let Laura have her moment, but you could see it written on their faces. When Matt ended the show they popped off. I think Travis and Taliesin were the loudest. It was a hype moment.
During the Saundor speech in the campaign i searched and searched for the music he used and even used similar words in my campagin for a player similar to vex's the way matt plays Saundor is so fucking good, and the speech is even better
In the campaign Garmelie wanted (I want to say he called them threshold crests just like in M9 but might be wrong) what Syngorn used to move between planes. Can't say more without spoilers.
The Traveler/Garmelie/Artagn had a significant role in the Vox Machina campaign. He will be showing up again in the future when the party has a future trip to the Fey Realm. You may remember a certain iconic scene he has with Vex near the end of the Vecna arc.
Literally as soon as I saw the “pill” and how big it was all I could hear was Professor Farnsworth from Futurama saying “good news, it’s a suppository”. 🤣🤣🤣 Also since we have had both Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd on this show I hope that somehow we get the rest of the Fellowship Of The Ring to guest star on this show.🤞🤞
Regarding Artagan (Mid-Late C1 & C2 Spoilers) They did meet Artagan twice in Campaign 1, first when he revealed himself after the Saundor fight and later during the Vecna arc when the party had to escape to Feywild, it was also when they made a deal with him to build a door that would allow him to cross over to Prime Material Plane in exchange for manipulating time in their favor so only an hour would pass during their absence (aswell as... ekhm ekkm doing something to Vax). If I remember well they did built the door "off-screen" after the campaign, which is what technically allowed him to eventually meet Jester. The cast did have a reaction during the Artagan reveal, though it was a quiet and slow realization which is probably why you may have not remembered it. Laura specifically said to Matt when she created Jester that she wanted to worship Artagan, Matt took that and created the Traveler persona which Laura initially took as him taking a different direction but during the reveal you could see a big smile come across her face, she knew it was all a ruse :)
That's also because originally Laura intended Jester to be Warlock with an Archfey patron, but changed it to Cleric after Travis told her about his character concept with Fjord.
Get you a man like Percy who can bestow you a title and build you a magic weapon Also, they added some ridiculous detail to Fenthras - there’s no physical string. Instead, a magic string appears to match the type of arrow fired (I.e. lightning, fire, etc)
Percy can't build magic weapons; canonically to the series, Percy HATES magic. He's a scientist, engineer and inventor; the arrowhead is pretty much a grapple arrowhead, and it's purely a mechanical device.
@@JulianCommodus yeah, I THINK it was like a barrage arrowhead in the campaign and not a grapple arrowhead. But he did give her a special mechanical(not magical) arrowheads multiple times thoughout the campaign but also specifically at this point in the campaign. His gifts to her was him flirting with her, essentially. Because yeah, you're absolutely right Percy hates magic bc he doesn't understand it being a man of science. The only magical item he ever ever created was The List. But that weapon was created with the help of the demon that he summoned... He does get another magical gun that isn't as powerful as The List but if I recall correctly he found that gun...he didn't create it himself.
@@AnxietyRat Percy did build a grapple arrow for her after Underdark, along with three exploding arrows. The arrow you're thinking of is a siege arrow, which was designed to burrow and shatter a wall. The one we saw in LOVM has blades that jut out at the base after initial impact, making the arrowhead expand within the point of penetration. The primary purpose of that is to better secure the head in whatever object it's embedded in. That's a grapple arrow. Also, Percy didn't enchant the List; two of the barrels were enchanted with ice and fire, but Percy paid to have them enchanted by someone else (possibly Gilmore.)
@AnxietyRat From what I know, Percy doesn't necessarily hate magic (he has a few spells from the magic initiate feat, and he has a lot of magical items he utilises pretty heavily, (Spider climb boots being the most common) but he just doesn't have the ability to actually make things with magic.
Matt didn't voice Syldor here, it was Troy Baker who just added layers of disdain... sooo good. And you're not remembering things because they did specifically change things in both seasons just to tweak some storytelling they way they wanted so it flowed better, plus to keep things fresh for those who were familiar with the campaign itself. :)
The actor who is Vax and Vex's father is Ashley Jensen partner in crime from The Last of Us game Troy Baker and Pop Pop voice by legendary Henry Winkler.
I was waiting for you to get to this episode just to see how you would react to Garmelie’s real form! I find it most pleasing when people who only watched C2 find out that there is this whole craziness with The Traveler in C1 😊
Traveller Info: Man, I was looking forward to your reaction to that Artagan reveal XD Yeah, he was in C1 and he even revealed himself to them as an Archfey before they left the Feywild. And as for C2, the players _did_ react to the reveal, they just didn't say anything explicitly because they wanted to avoid spoilers for non C1 critters and to not take away from the moment I assume.
Traveler info: As others have already said this was true to the campaign but for the Teaveler,when making the backstory Laura did ask Matt if it was possible for the Traveler to be Artie but I don't remember if she asked him to consider or how it was asked but she as a player didn't know for sure til the campaign 2 revealed.
If you watch the watch party q+a that critical role had for episodes 7-9, you should hear Troy Baker's thoughts and insights on Syldor. Every one of these q+a's are eye-opening but seeing how Troy view Syldor just shines a whole different light on the situation. Also love how Saundor is essentially an incel, I know Matt described him that way but they did such a great job translating in into an animation!
Having seen the whole season (no spoilers) the only thing I wish is that they'd had one more episode that could have been dedicated to the trip to the bog and finding/encountering Saundor. I really like how they handled it and how they used him, but he translated into such an effectively creepy villain and the way they used him to needle her specific issues was so effective I wish we could have seen that fleshed out to a full 26 minute showcase episode for Vex.
One extra Traveler note (C1 spoilers): - - - - Other than the M9 tie, the other reason they might have included Artagan here is because VM makes a deal with him which probably helped make sure the Venca battle wasn't a TPK. His request was messed up, and forever clouded my opinion of him in campaign two lol.
Artagon reveal: Artagon actually reveals himself as an archfey before they leave the feywild in the campaign. So, really, they toned down the connection in the show for this part. Episode 63 3:52:08 if you are interested in the source.
Traveler info: It happened in the stream pretty close to the show. Except that in the stream artagen revealed his true form before they left the fey wild. Spoilers for campaign 2 Above the table, the players did react when the traveler finally revealed himself.
When Laura created the character Jester, she wanted for her deity to be garmilie, as initially she was going to be a warlock of archfey, but then changed cleric, once Travis took warlock, so mat made alterations so that she could be a cleric l, even though he was technically a god, so mat and Laura knew all the time about it and the rest didn't during campaign 2.
The Grog thing didn't happen, eventually Kraven Edge just sucked Grog's soul out of his body and he was stone dead. Through threats and a few other means they were able to get Grog's soul back and then banished the blade to a pocket dimension they'd been to pre-stream. Grog never lost any of his muscles or had that awful suppository, only thing he lost was a Cursed but enchanted weapon, so he went back to I thiiink his great axe until he got a new magic weapon, a normal one that can't talk or mess with his head. And Wendy, your reaction at the end made my day.
Another thought: this has only recently occurred to me, but in the same day Percy gives Vex that trick arrowhead, it's immediately rendered obsolete when she gets the Fenthras Bow. So, Vex will probably never use that arrowhead in archery. 😄 I wonder if Percy lamented that at some point in the campaign.
Re Grog losing his strength: I think they took the metaphor and made it a physical condition he had to overcome to give more weight for what was to come in his development this season. It wasn’t in the campaign. You are right - Craven Edge was sent to a pocket plane and everyone went to the Fey Realm
Actually, they had a pretty big reaction, behind the scenes, if you look at the top row when Matt is describing what the Traveler looks like, you'll see them figuring it out but stay quiet until Matt called the end of the session. None of them wanted to interrupt the story, but the cast talks for quite a while after the end of the game play. Here is a clip of the reveal moment, though heads up... the video starts a couple min's earlier than the actual reveal, does help set the timeline, but if you remember where you are you can easily skip to right around the right point. ruclips.net/video/TyLbHQTO4Q0/видео.html
It has some super tough competition from prettymuch every other episode, since this season has ZERO time for filler and they're ALL packed, but I think this episode might just be my favourite for S2. It's not as huge and loud as, say Episode 1, but gosh they cover a lot of story and character moments.
I believe in a talks machina episode, laura said that after meeting garmelie/artagan she fell in love with him and that directly inspired her choice to become a cleric (originally wanted a warlock) of the traveler, using the archfey patron. the dick jokes were what made it happen lol
Traveller Info: Laura chose to have the Traveler as her patron. Originally she wanted to play a warlock, but then Travis wanted to play one, so she asked Matt if she could switch to playing a cleric and have Artagan be her god. There was a precedent with Kash getting his power from Vesh, who is not technically a god. The players likely figured that the Traveler was Artagan long before the big reveal, so they wouldn't have freaked out too much
Traveler/Artagan of C2 is the recurring NPC of Garmelie/(probably Artagan, if they give us the 2nd visit to Fey realm in future episodes). Matt used him in both campaign, yet to see if he is in c3
Traveler Info, spoilers for C2 (and kinda C1 but nothing more than was spoiled in the reaction video): In C1 Garmelie revealed himself to be the Archfey Artagan right after the party finished with Saundor. The party calls on him for a favor later in the campaign, so while he has some import to their journey he's ultimately a minor character. Between C1 and C2, when the players were deciding on their new characters, Laura saw the Fey Warlock patron and the pact of the tome. She thought it would be fun to play as Artagan's warlock since it would be a callback without being a direct connection to Vox Machina (Matt didn't want 'oh, we're Vox Machina's kids!' or any of that), and her tome could be a dirty sketchbook like Garmelie's. But then she made the mistake of talking about how cool warlocks are in front of Travis. He hadn't come up with a character yet and convinced her to let him play a warlock instead. So she decided to bring back Jester, her cleric of the Traveler that she'd used in a couple of non-CR one-shots, and worked with Matt to mix in her feylock ideas.
Artagan was not a small char in c1. He may or may not show up again. ;) and the cast had a huge reaction when he showed up in c2 especially Marisha and Travis.
Laura originally wanted to be a warlock with Artagan being who she had a pact with but when Travis decided to be one, she changed it and Matt said he'd work something out. She wasn't 100% sure he was artagan though until the reveal.
Actually, although Artagan doesn't appear alot in c1, his role is very memorable, and there was definitely a reaction from the cast when his identity is revealed in c2 (see ruclips.net/video/TyLbHQTO4Q0/видео.html )
Can I just simply say that the fact Grog is so willing to admit to Wilhand he messed up shows how much he trusts him. Slight spoilers, but goliath herds tend to be brutal and vicious towards any weaklings. For Grog ro go from that to immediately confessing to Wilhand that he messed up is huge.
@richardthecowardlylion5289 you say the traveler didn’t exist in critical role is not giving mercer nearly enough credit. Whether garmelee was originally a separate character or whether mercer always new he was the traveler but never revealed it in campaign one. Only person who would know is mercer
Artagan Spoilers: I can't believe you forgot what comes next with him ! He is not just a small NPC in C1, he is one of the most memorable out of the sheer... shock... about what is going to happen :) I can't wait to see it ^^ Also calling him "The Traveler" instead of Artagan was a HUGE spoiler for everyone that didn't watch C2 ^^*
Arty's cameo isn't fan service, it's an Easter eggs they just Sprinkled in. It's also establishing that the Gods of Exandria have existed long before we meet the party they speak with.
It isn't even an Easter egg. Vox Machina interacted with Arty in the Fey realm in the campaign. They are actually specifically WHY he's able to be in Exandria in campaign two. They, after a couple interactions with him, eventually created a doorway for him so that he could get out of the fey realm. Without Vox Machina he would still be trapped.
Sildor(Vax and Vex's father) is racist and hates them because they're half elves. As for Velora, they did curse more in front of her in the game. As she was sitting in Vex's lap though, Vex would cover her ears at the appropriate moments.
So Grog Spoiler: They sent it to a separate dimension, but only after Pike had to disconnect Grog's soul. Because Cravenedge actually kills Grog and a revivify doesn't work.
He is reval to the team thatbis real name is artagan the second time they go to the fey wild.... And they promise something to him.... Wont talk about that
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something-your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." -Steve Jobs
He is incredible too, one of my favourite VA's! And another friend of the cast, pretty sure he worked with Travis YEARS ago on a game or something like that
@@gazriddell9493 In addition to anything they may have worked on together, they shared an agent and Travis was the best man at Troy's wedding. The story of the elaborate prank that Travis played before the bachelor party is great: ruclips.net/video/Z-_5sJVvZKU/видео.html
@@gazriddell9493 It's always possible, but I doubt it will happen. As close as Troy is to Travis, Laura, and Ashley since well before the their D&D campaign started, he has never been on. I think if he was interested at all, they would have gotten him on as a guest or in a one shot before now.
Campaign 2 Spoiler: The entire reason Jester liked to draw what she drew was because "Garmelie" taught her that. Laura, herself has confirmed that she took that from Campaign 1 when creating Jester.
Man, what is it with all these streaming animated series having asshole fathers?? Invincible has a couple (Omni-Man, Eve's adoptive dad), and of course, Syldor here. To top it all off, they're all apparently bigger assholes in the shows than they were in the source materials. Shock value, maybe? 🙄
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Traveler Info:
Yes, in the first campaign before they leave the Feywild Garmilie reveals himself to be an Archfey named Artagan.
They only interact with him as Artagan in two total episodes of campaign one, so while he was not a very important character this definitely happened, and is not just a cameo for campaign 2
And VM agreed to a deal with Artagan, which they eventualy did post-campaign, that's very important to how he's even in campaign 2.
@aisarikka
Yes 'the deal' with an archfey is what directly and indirectly leads to all the delightful chaos that is TravellerCon.
Without Vox Machina, he'd never have gotten loose.
Also during the reveal in C2, the players definitely reacted to it. I recall Laura going “it’s Artagan!”
They interact with him a bit more than two episodes. He is still minor for VM. The reveal to the party (just like in the show) is later though. Not on this visit to the Feywild.
I look forward to his return. One of the most epic representations of an Archfey ever.
Also the cast was def surprised when they found out in M9. Laura was not though, because she actually specifically asked for it when making Jester. It was her story from the beginning.
@@undeathghost5627 It was definitely during the Echo Tree episode where he revealed himself. I distinctly remember Travis grabbing Garmelie's furry butt and throwing it over at least one of the rivers surrounding the Shademurk. And it's when they left the bog that Artagon appeared. Then he only showed up one other time to **** *** and do some **** *******...in return for a favor.
Even though I knew Percy revealing Vex's nobility title was coming, I still went "WOOOOO HE SAID THE THING"
Wendy's reaction to the traveler reveal was amazing!
Best Traveler reaction ever!
The slight change in Their father's voice when he realised he's talking to nobility, is so good.
It's not just the voice actor who did amazing. Before Percy introduces himself, their father whole body is facing sideways in the chair. Then, he only turns to Percy out of respect for nobility. Would be rude otherwise especially for an ambassador. When Kiki says something, he doesn't even turn his head. Just a disapproving glace at another "diluted blood" half-elf. Even though he still faces Percy when he addresses the group, he turns his head to display that they are not worth his time. The animators really studied body language.
I just wanted to say that out of all of RUclips, this was one of the Legend of Vox Machina reactions I was most looking forward to ahead of time, this episode, on this channel. Someone who didn't know that Artagan was going to be showing up, but who would know who he was on sight! What a fun reaction combo!
Actually, the players definitely did talk about it after truly meeting the Traveler for the 1st time. After the episode ended where he revealed himself to Jester, they were all like "omg that's definitely him" (tho they only said his name). They didn't say "remember when we saw him here in campaign 1", but they did say "oh shit I remember that guy, is it really him?" And talked about it a little
17:56 They did! It was right at the end of C2E94, which I'm glad that Wendy didn't remember it because it made for a great reveal reaction!
Keyleth actually used the Fire Elemental form + Tree Stride combo in the game and it was every bit as effective as you see here.
Their choice to have Syldor voiced by Troy Baker was fantastic. There is a great moment in an interview where Troy is asked about Syldor and he has this whole fleshed out idea of who he is that is amazing to hear.
During the watch along, Troy mentions having a bit of... doubt? envy? self-awareness of limitation? something like one of those, or all of them, at doing a voice like Syldor's where he drops down in his register. He kinda motions over his shoulder at Travis and comments something to the effect of "I'm not one of *them*."
VM did indeed meet Artagan as himself in the campaign, and even make a deal that enables him to become the Traveler in C2
Regarding the changes, it's like we're getting new Vox Machina content at the same time as seeing our favorite old stories. Masterfully woven imo.
Syldor Vessar is a jerk. Devana and Velora, however, they love the twins. And finally, Vex got pushed too far and cursed out the old man.
And I’m glad you caught that bit about Keyleth being good with a blade. Her in-game ability scores even reflect that (STR 14, DEX 15). I’ve seen plenty of reactions to this episode but not many ever bother to comment on it.
She even twirled it and threw it like Vax would to get his hand free to finish the job. Clutch teamwork from our battle couple here.
Also… just the imagery of Kiki with Vax’s dagger in hand. You love to see it.
And I love that her Tree Stride-Fire Elemental combo was taken straight from the campaign.
And unlike the campaign, Vex fought Saundor one-on-one here in that archery duel… and won. Even got that sneak attack with the arrowhead, as befitting of her ranger/rogue multiclass in the campaign proper.
During Jester's inception, Laura wanted her to be a purple tiefling, but Taliesin had the same idea, so Laura decided to chose blue instead. She also intended for Jester to be a Warlock, with Artagan as her Archfey patron, but Travis was also interested in the class. Jester ended up becoming a Cleric, and Matthew Mercer told Laura she could worship Artagan.
I think Matt was actually a bit cagey about whether or not she could worship Artagan. She mentioned after the episode that she actually had doubts that the Traveler was Artagan, and so she was excited at the reveal, too, which was perfect.
An interesting change: in the campaign VM actually got to see Garmelie in his true form before they left. It further reinforced nothing is as it seems in the Fey Realm their quirky guide included.
I hate Vex and Vax’s father, but their half-sister is absolutely adorable.
Their stepmother also loves the twins. :)
"Who taught my daughter to say, 'Blue sparkly poo?!'"
@@brettcoon9773 "shit's a good word too!"
@@brettcoon9773 Vax: "Shit's a good word too!"
Grog: "Are we doin' that now? PENIS WRINKLE!"
Traveler info:
Laura Bailey wanted to make a warlock to an Archfey with Arty as the patron. Travis said “Oo warlock” and made Fjord. Laura then asked Matt to keep Arty but play a cleric to Arty. Thus Arty became The Traveler.
Traveler Info:
Laura Bailey said in an interview once that she originally wanted to play a warlock of the archfey in campaign two but Travis was quicker. She really loved Arty in the few times they interacted and thought he would be a great patreon. She and Matt switched over to cleric but kept Arty as the source of her powers.
Traveler info:
All the Garmelie stuff is canon. Vex finding him sketching and grabbing him. The sketches he did. Him traveling with them through the city. They did make a deal with him to get one of the guard captain’s hats and to secure a threshold crest which Percy and Keylith fulfilled to the letter but not the intent. And yes he was Artagon the whole time.
I WAS SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS TO DO THIS EPISODE💖💕 i want to see ya'll reaction to this episode🥰💕
I was squealing when Percy did the thing. And I LOVED IT💕💕💕💕💕
I'm so glad that Wilhand was introduced in the same episode that we had to deal with Syldor. SOMEBODY in the party should have a good parental figure in their lives (who didn't get killed by adventurer backstory).
I really loved the contrast between the twin's horrible father and Pike (and Grog's!) Pop-pop. Wilhand is such a terrific parental figure.
Hey! congrats on the writing gig! It's ok to take your time with this, I'm just happy to have the videos coming :D slow but steady
Thank you so much!!
Traveler Info:
As I recall the whole cast was cheering and gasping for air when it became clear that the Traveler was Artagan. I think some of them had had suspicions - but it wasn't until after the cupcake incident, when Artagan decided to show himself without being cloaked and they could see his red hair, that their suspicions were confirmed.
Yeah, they stayed as quiet as they could to let Laura have her moment, but you could see it written on their faces. When Matt ended the show they popped off. I think Travis and Taliesin were the loudest. It was a hype moment.
@@Chaosm03 I love that the entire cast is respectful of each other. When one person has a story moment or a combat victory, no one else steps on it.
I actually love that you guys are behind cos it lets me revisit the show and I love your individual perspectives. Great reactions guys ❤
Thank you so much!
During the Saundor speech in the campaign i searched and searched for the music he used and even used similar words in my campagin for a player similar to vex's the way matt plays Saundor is so fucking good, and the speech is even better
In the campaign Garmelie wanted (I want to say he called them threshold crests just like in M9 but might be wrong) what Syngorn used to move between planes. Can't say more without spoilers.
Percy and Vex's moments were great this episode :)
The Traveler/Garmelie/Artagn had a significant role in the Vox Machina campaign. He will be showing up again in the future when the party has a future trip to the Fey Realm. You may remember a certain iconic scene he has with Vex near the end of the Vecna arc.
Pretty sure that was Vax lol
Literally as soon as I saw the “pill” and how big it was all I could hear was Professor Farnsworth from Futurama saying “good news, it’s a suppository”. 🤣🤣🤣
Also since we have had both Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd on this show I hope that somehow we get the rest of the Fellowship Of The Ring to guest star on this show.🤞🤞
I thought she was going to scream chaos reigns with the hand signals.
lol you’re gonna get so much of that when they air MM.
Regarding Artagan (Mid-Late C1 & C2 Spoilers)
They did meet Artagan twice in Campaign 1, first when he revealed himself after the Saundor fight and later during the Vecna arc when the party had to escape to Feywild, it was also when they made a deal with him to build a door that would allow him to cross over to Prime Material Plane in exchange for manipulating time in their favor so only an hour would pass during their absence (aswell as... ekhm ekkm doing something to Vax). If I remember well they did built the door "off-screen" after the campaign, which is what technically allowed him to eventually meet Jester.
The cast did have a reaction during the Artagan reveal, though it was a quiet and slow realization which is probably why you may have not remembered it. Laura specifically said to Matt when she created Jester that she wanted to worship Artagan, Matt took that and created the Traveler persona which Laura initially took as him taking a different direction but during the reveal you could see a big smile come across her face, she knew it was all a ruse :)
That's also because originally Laura intended Jester to be Warlock with an Archfey patron, but changed it to Cleric after Travis told her about his character concept with Fjord.
Funny thing while watching this RUclips suggested ep 63 of Vox Machina "The echo tree" 🤣
Oh and seeing the Traveller 🥰❤
Get you a man like Percy who can bestow you a title and build you a magic weapon
Also, they added some ridiculous detail to Fenthras - there’s no physical string. Instead, a magic string appears to match the type of arrow fired (I.e. lightning, fire, etc)
Percy can't build magic weapons; canonically to the series, Percy HATES magic. He's a scientist, engineer and inventor; the arrowhead is pretty much a grapple arrowhead, and it's purely a mechanical device.
@@JulianCommodus yeah, I THINK it was like a barrage arrowhead in the campaign and not a grapple arrowhead. But he did give her a special mechanical(not magical) arrowheads multiple times thoughout the campaign but also specifically at this point in the campaign. His gifts to her was him flirting with her, essentially.
Because yeah, you're absolutely right Percy hates magic bc he doesn't understand it being a man of science. The only magical item he ever ever created was The List. But that weapon was created with the help of the demon that he summoned... He does get another magical gun that isn't as powerful as The List but if I recall correctly he found that gun...he didn't create it himself.
@@AnxietyRat Percy did build a grapple arrow for her after Underdark, along with three exploding arrows. The arrow you're thinking of is a siege arrow, which was designed to burrow and shatter a wall.
The one we saw in LOVM has blades that jut out at the base after initial impact, making the arrowhead expand within the point of penetration. The primary purpose of that is to better secure the head in whatever object it's embedded in. That's a grapple arrow.
Also, Percy didn't enchant the List; two of the barrels were enchanted with ice and fire, but Percy paid to have them enchanted by someone else (possibly Gilmore.)
@AnxietyRat From what I know, Percy doesn't necessarily hate magic (he has a few spells from the magic initiate feat, and he has a lot of magical items he utilises pretty heavily, (Spider climb boots being the most common) but he just doesn't have the ability to actually make things with magic.
Matt didn't voice Syldor here, it was Troy Baker who just added layers of disdain... sooo good.
And you're not remembering things because they did specifically change things in both seasons just to tweak some storytelling they way they wanted so it flowed better, plus to keep things fresh for those who were familiar with the campaign itself. :)
The actor who is Vax and Vex's father is Ashley Jensen partner in crime from The Last of Us game Troy Baker and Pop Pop voice by legendary Henry Winkler.
I was waiting for you to get to this episode just to see how you would react to Garmelie’s real form! I find it most pleasing when people who only watched C2 find out that there is this whole craziness with The Traveler in C1 😊
This episode is so full of Percy/Vex romance, I love it ♥
Traveller Info:
Man, I was looking forward to your reaction to that Artagan reveal XD
Yeah, he was in C1 and he even revealed himself to them as an Archfey before they left the Feywild. And as for C2, the players _did_ react to the reveal, they just didn't say anything explicitly because they wanted to avoid spoilers for non C1 critters and to not take away from the moment I assume.
Traveler info:
As others have already said this was true to the campaign but for the Teaveler,when making the backstory Laura did ask Matt if it was possible for the Traveler to be Artie but I don't remember if she asked him to consider or how it was asked but she as a player didn't know for sure til the campaign 2 revealed.
the insane thing is that by taking them from there mother he did the one good thing he ever did, Saved there lives
Dustin, the voice of Syldor is from the man, the myth, the legend Troy Baker.
This is definitely my favorite reaction to this episode, because "Traveler"!
If you watch the watch party q+a that critical role had for episodes 7-9, you should hear Troy Baker's thoughts and insights on Syldor. Every one of these q+a's are eye-opening but seeing how Troy view Syldor just shines a whole different light on the situation. Also love how Saundor is essentially an incel, I know Matt described him that way but they did such a great job translating in into an animation!
Having seen the whole season (no spoilers) the only thing I wish is that they'd had one more episode that could have been dedicated to the trip to the bog and finding/encountering Saundor. I really like how they handled it and how they used him, but he translated into such an effectively creepy villain and the way they used him to needle her specific issues was so effective I wish we could have seen that fleshed out to a full 26 minute showcase episode for Vex.
And the cover of the sketch book has a gate on it.
One extra Traveler note (C1 spoilers):
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Other than the M9 tie, the other reason they might have included Artagan here is because VM makes a deal with him which probably helped make sure the Venca battle wasn't a TPK. His request was messed up, and forever clouded my opinion of him in campaign two lol.
Artagon reveal:
Artagon actually reveals himself as an archfey before they leave the feywild in the campaign. So, really, they toned down the connection in the show for this part.
Episode 63 3:52:08 if you are interested in the source.
Traveler info:
It happened in the stream pretty close to the show. Except that in the stream artagen revealed his true form before they left the fey wild.
Spoilers for campaign 2
Above the table, the players did react when the traveler finally revealed himself.
Another great reaction. Thanks for sharing with us.
When Laura created the character Jester, she wanted for her deity to be garmilie, as initially she was going to be a warlock of archfey, but then changed cleric, once Travis took warlock, so mat made alterations so that she could be a cleric l, even though he was technically a god, so mat and Laura knew all the time about it and the rest didn't during campaign 2.
It's all these changes that help make LOVM such a fresh take on a classic story.
The Grog thing didn't happen, eventually Kraven Edge just sucked Grog's soul out of his body and he was stone dead. Through threats and a few other means they were able to get Grog's soul back and then banished the blade to a pocket dimension they'd been to pre-stream. Grog never lost any of his muscles or had that awful suppository, only thing he lost was a Cursed but enchanted weapon, so he went back to I thiiink his great axe until he got a new magic weapon, a normal one that can't talk or mess with his head.
And Wendy, your reaction at the end made my day.
Another thought: this has only recently occurred to me, but in the same day Percy gives Vex that trick arrowhead, it's immediately rendered obsolete when she gets the Fenthras Bow.
So, Vex will probably never use that arrowhead in archery. 😄 I wonder if Percy lamented that at some point in the campaign.
Re Grog losing his strength: I think they took the metaphor and made it a physical condition he had to overcome to give more weight for what was to come in his development this season. It wasn’t in the campaign. You are right - Craven Edge was sent to a pocket plane and everyone went to the Fey Realm
Actually, they had a pretty big reaction, behind the scenes, if you look at the top row when Matt is describing what the Traveler looks like, you'll see them figuring it out but stay quiet until Matt called the end of the session. None of them wanted to interrupt the story, but the cast talks for quite a while after the end of the game play.
Here is a clip of the reveal moment, though heads up... the video starts a couple min's earlier than the actual reveal, does help set the timeline, but if you remember where you are you can easily skip to right around the right point.
ruclips.net/video/TyLbHQTO4Q0/видео.html
It has some super tough competition from prettymuch every other episode, since this season has ZERO time for filler and they're ALL packed, but I think this episode might just be my favourite for S2. It's not as huge and loud as, say Episode 1, but gosh they cover a lot of story and character moments.
I believe in a talks machina episode, laura said that after meeting garmelie/artagan she fell in love with him and that directly inspired her choice to become a cleric (originally wanted a warlock) of the traveler, using the archfey patron. the dick jokes were what made it happen lol
01:49 They did - after it straight up killed Grog. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Spoiler for c2: Garmelie was one of the personas the Archfey Artagan went by in C1. This takes place before he became the Traveler and met Jester.
Woo! Congrats on the new job!
Thank you!!
Laura really like garmiilie and his arc fey real id so it really inspired her when she created Jester.
Traveller Info:
Laura chose to have the Traveler as her patron. Originally she wanted to play a warlock, but then Travis wanted to play one, so she asked Matt if she could switch to playing a cleric and have Artagan be her god. There was a precedent with Kash getting his power from Vesh, who is not technically a god. The players likely figured that the Traveler was Artagan long before the big reveal, so they wouldn't have freaked out too much
02:45 What is this superb owl everyone keeps talking about? Owls are pretty dumb birds, if I recall correctly.
Traveler/Artagan of C2 is the recurring NPC of Garmelie/(probably Artagan, if they give us the 2nd visit to Fey realm in future episodes). Matt used him in both campaign, yet to see if he is in c3
Traveler Info, spoilers for C2 (and kinda C1 but nothing more than was spoiled in the reaction video):
In C1 Garmelie revealed himself to be the Archfey Artagan right after the party finished with Saundor. The party calls on him for a favor later in the campaign, so while he has some import to their journey he's ultimately a minor character.
Between C1 and C2, when the players were deciding on their new characters, Laura saw the Fey Warlock patron and the pact of the tome. She thought it would be fun to play as Artagan's warlock since it would be a callback without being a direct connection to Vox Machina (Matt didn't want 'oh, we're Vox Machina's kids!' or any of that), and her tome could be a dirty sketchbook like Garmelie's. But then she made the mistake of talking about how cool warlocks are in front of Travis. He hadn't come up with a character yet and convinced her to let him play a warlock instead. So she decided to bring back Jester, her cleric of the Traveler that she'd used in a couple of non-CR one-shots, and worked with Matt to mix in her feylock ideas.
they run into arti again later....him and vax play a game....dont get choked up...
Artagan was not a small char in c1. He may or may not show up again. ;) and the cast had a huge reaction when he showed up in c2 especially Marisha and Travis.
Laura originally wanted to be a warlock with Artagan being who she had a pact with but when Travis decided to be one, she changed it and Matt said he'd work something out. She wasn't 100% sure he was artagan though until the reveal.
Dustin where did you get that jersey?! I want it!
Actually, although Artagan doesn't appear alot in c1, his role is very memorable, and there was definitely a reaction from the cast when his identity is revealed in c2 (see ruclips.net/video/TyLbHQTO4Q0/видео.html )
Can I just simply say that the fact Grog is so willing to admit to Wilhand he messed up shows how much he trusts him.
Slight spoilers, but goliath herds tend to be brutal and vicious towards any weaklings. For Grog ro go from that to immediately confessing to Wilhand that he messed up is huge.
Garmelee wasn’t revealed as the traveler in the campaign
@richardthecowardlylion5289 you say the traveler didn’t exist in critical role is not giving mercer nearly enough credit. Whether garmelee was originally a separate character or whether mercer always new he was the traveler but never revealed it in campaign one. Only person who would know is mercer
Congrats on the job!
Thank you!
Artagan Spoilers:
I can't believe you forgot what comes next with him !
He is not just a small NPC in C1, he is one of the most memorable out of the sheer... shock... about what is going to happen :)
I can't wait to see it ^^
Also calling him "The Traveler" instead of Artagan was a HUGE spoiler for everyone that didn't watch C2 ^^*
Arty's cameo isn't fan service, it's an Easter eggs they just Sprinkled in. It's also establishing that the Gods of Exandria have existed long before we meet the party they speak with.
It isn't even an Easter egg. Vox Machina interacted with Arty in the Fey realm in the campaign. They are actually specifically WHY he's able to be in Exandria in campaign two. They, after a couple interactions with him, eventually created a doorway for him so that he could get out of the fey realm. Without Vox Machina he would still be trapped.
@@AnxietyRat True but your explanation didn't drop a reference to his maybe-dead-all-along disguise.
Sildor(Vax and Vex's father) is racist and hates them because they're half elves.
As for Velora, they did curse more in front of her in the game. As she was sitting in Vex's lap though, Vex would cover her ears at the appropriate moments.
So Grog Spoiler:
They sent it to a separate dimension, but only after Pike had to disconnect Grog's soul. Because Cravenedge actually kills Grog and a revivify doesn't work.
They changed A AOT in the 7-9 "trilogy"
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"You could never give me what I need."
imagine the caliber of Percy's morning wood, if Vexahlia turns down a whole TREE for him.
Thank you, Scanlan.
He is reval to the team thatbis real name is artagan the second time they go to the fey wild.... And they promise something to him.... Wont talk about that
The traveler made appreance after the fight and will show up again in the final arc
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something-your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." -Steve Jobs
Lets go🔥😁👍🏻
Funny thing: in LOVM, Syldor is voiced by Troy Baker.
He is incredible too, one of my favourite VA's! And another friend of the cast, pretty sure he worked with Travis YEARS ago on a game or something like that
@@gazriddell9493 They are closer than that, Troy was Travis's best man at his wedding.
@@gazriddell9493 In addition to anything they may have worked on together, they shared an agent and Travis was the best man at Troy's wedding. The story of the elaborate prank that Travis played before the bachelor party is great:
ruclips.net/video/Z-_5sJVvZKU/видео.html
@@SpartanGibbles 😍🤩 wow, definitely need him to guest during the campaign now to see what shenanigans they could get up to
@@gazriddell9493 It's always possible, but I doubt it will happen. As close as Troy is to Travis, Laura, and Ashley since well before the their D&D campaign started, he has never been on. I think if he was interested at all, they would have gotten him on as a guest or in a one shot before now.
Campaign 2 Spoiler:
The entire reason Jester liked to draw what she drew was because "Garmelie" taught her that. Laura, herself has confirmed that she took that from Campaign 1 when creating Jester.
Man, what is it with all these streaming animated series having asshole fathers?? Invincible has a couple (Omni-Man, Eve's adoptive dad), and of course, Syldor here. To top it all off, they're all apparently bigger assholes in the shows than they were in the source materials.
Shock value, maybe? 🙄
spoilers for the traveler, I guess. Jeez.
Levels of exhaustion?
Critterverse
Well, I'm currently watching campaign 2, so I guess that's a one-way street on spoilers. 🫠