"She's new, I don't recognize her" That's the councilor who took Vox Machina on the airship and told them not to 'fuck things up' in the beginning of season 1.
Once upon a time Matt Mercer has been gifted 4 chromatic dragon miniatures as a "Critmas" gift by a friendly critter. This storyline is the result of that gift.
RIP to Lance Reddick, amazing voice actor and actor. This whole episode was just Matt flexing on the whole party and letting them now shit just got real
@@pedrogabrielduarte4544 he died from heart disease, but apparently his family has a problem with that. But he was only 60 and had many amazing film/tv roles and VA roles. One of my favorite roles of his is in Fringe
When I first watched this episode, I didn't know going in that Lance Reddick was in it, but I knew I recognized the voice when Thordak first spoke. Looked it up and yup. RIP to a legend
Yeah, it really is a tragic that we lost him so early. He was an amazing actor, and he was an excellent pick to voice Thordak. I don't know who they'll get to voice Thordak next, but they've got big shoes to fill.
"Well if he survives Vax is gonna have to give him a happy ending." I see you already completely understand pretty much everything you need to about Gilmore.
For context, when Grog attacked the dragon in Critical Role, Travis honestly thought he had a chance. Matt told him to roll for his attack and Travis very happily announced that he rolled 19. And then Matt said, "19 is a miss". That's when they realized they had to run away.
Yep, 75,000 to 90,000 dead out of a few hundred thousand. More died in the lead up to this arc's completion. The most horrific death toll in modern Emon history.
Fun Tidbit, and I can't remember which interview, episode snippet, etc, that this was in but Matt, the DM, mentioned once that Thordak was changed from a normal Red Dragon due to what he'd gone through in his backstory. Lots of in-game references point me to think that Matt was meaning that Thordak was becoming something from an older edition of DnD: A Catastrophic Dragon, which were dragons that were infused with one of the Elemental Planes. Thordak was likely turning into a Volcanic Dragon, a dragon from the Elemental Plane of Fire.
The Chroma Conclave consists of: - Brimscythe (Blue Dragon) the one killed by Vox Machina - Thordak (Red Dragon) the leader of the group - Raishan (Green Dragon) she has poison breath - Umbrasyl (Black Dragon) he's the acid one - Vorugal (White Dragon) Ice breath
Don't forget their cool nicknames. - Brimscythe, The Iron Storm. - Thordak, The Cinder King. - Raishan, The Diseased Deceiver. - Umbrasyl, The Hope Devourer. - Vorugal, The Frigid Doom.
This was bonkers in the original campaign. VM had spent years playing in Emon, and they were close friends with a bunch of NPCs there. The arcanist that was trying to protect Uriel's family was basically one of their main quest hubs. And Matt burned it alllllll down.
Dragons are very rare. It had been a long while since one was last seen - Allura mentioned that her team had fought a red dragon "years ago" back in S1E2. So facing 4 must have been unbelievably horrifying. (They also have Terrifying Presence, which would cause many to react rather badly)
Fun little fact: The two kids (one of them with their eye covered up) that are concentrated on throughout the episode (the ones Keyleth meets at the gate, Pike protects with her shield, and Scanlan sees peeking around the corner that convinces him to go) are a cameo of Sam Riegal's (Scanlan) kids!
Scanlan tripped over the legs of a guy in this episode. It was the same character who was loving the song from season 1 episode 3 during the briarwood battle.
2:28 dragon arnt the most common creature but those reactions are mainly because they're normal people who realize that they're about to die horrifically
14:45 Umbrassyl, the black acid dragon, was there at that meeting - it's Raishan the green poison dragon who was missing - well spotted though. 03:45 "she's new" Allura Vysoren - we saw her a couple of times last season. She was the main contact Vox Machina had in the Council. Another fan favourite NPC you're now getting to see a different side of. 5:30 That was a 19 at the table... And missed. First sign the party was way over its head. I agree on the variety of design, Titmouse really went out of their way to make each dragon look incredibly unique with so much personality in each design. I love that you're getting into Season 2 now. Moving from Kickstarter production into Amazon money now and they really push the bar in this season and a lot of great character stories on their way.
Yeah... the Blue Dragon last Season was, at most, Adult... those Dragons, are Ancient Dragons, with the Red one being the biggest Dragon ever seen :) So big , that in the D&D Version of this attack, he picked up the black Dragon and threw him, because the black one was hesitating to follow an order.
Yeah, Brimscythe is a Young Adult at best. As of when this part of the game was played, the remaining members are all Ancients. If they were to redo this with the current classification, Thordak would be a Great Wyrm, the step *above* Ancient.
Raishan has an AC of 22, just to give you an idea. Here's a small clip comparing table to screen (there are no spoilers) and when the music cut out and came to Travis's face - that legit happened and couldn't have been more perfect! ruclips.net/video/ltuL7HdayFU/видео.htmlsi=VcXx-Bic9avyVqP6
They do a great job in this episode of capturing the feeling from the game, imo. When Matt dropped 4 ancient dragon minis on the table, and proceeded to lay waste to this city FULL of lore, built up over something like 5 years (on and off stream) of campaign, none of the players are expecting it, and there's nothing the characters can do but run. At the end of the episode (after the session ends) the whole table looks sort of dazed by the scale of it, including Matt, and he says "I just destroyed something that I built. It's a really weird feeling."
It was like watching a kid destroy a beautiful sandcastle they made. A horrible tragedy but they made it so you can’t really do anything to stop them????
Maybe you figured it out already, but just in case you get confused: There are four dragons. A red that breaths fire, a white that breaths ice, a black that breaths acid and a green that breaths poisonous gas. Many people confuse the the black and green dragon, I don’t blame them. At the end of the episode it is the green dragon that is missing, not the black one. To make it easier to track you can keep in mind that the green one is the only female of the group. She is the one who killed sovereign Uriel.
Another bit of information, the four dragons and breath weapons were: Black- Acid Green- Poison Red- Fire White- Ice And lore wise dragons are normally solitary creatures, the immense power of them working together is truly a terrifying idea in the world of D&D
Oow, you're into some character growth across the board in this season. So many great episodes you still get to see, can't wait on your reactions of passed through fire and killbox :)
Uhhh, you forgot episode 3! It's probably THE pivotal moment of the entire campaign (my opinion of course lol, but one roll changed A LOT). I personally look forward to his reaction to episodes 3 and 10 (as well as a very specific moment in episode 11 😂)
The biggest shock about the dragon attack is that dragons almost always they with their own kind(color). So these 4 different dragons working together is unheard of
Especially when you take into consideration they were working with a blue dragon seen previously. We see four here and a fifth earlier. Five different Chromatics in an alliance is a terrifying prospect
5:23 you can watch a short clip (45 sec) of this moment in the campaign by searching for 19 misses on YT. Things got real. This episode was fantastic. They did a great job of showing the absolute chaos and helplessness people felt watching the campaign. The players were overwhelmed and outmatched. Glad to see you back to this show on YT. Looking forward to ep2.
In DnD there's 2 main categories of true dragons. A true dragon is a draconic creature that grows more powerful as it ages. The 2 groups are Chromatic and Metallic. Chromatic dragons are evil, and these are ancient dragons, which means they're all around 1000 years old at least. Thordak is also clearly amped outside of normal power. 4 Metallic (Good) dragons working together would be incredible. 4 Chromatic dragons of the same type working together is absurd, Chromatic dragons usually barely like being together even to raise children. 4 Chromatics of different colors working together is terrifying. 4 ANCIENT chromatics working together, is world ending. In DnD ALL the most powerful top tier creatures with the highest challenge ratings, they're basically all dragons. Outside of the Chosen of Gods like Mystra the goddess of magic, the biggest threats are dragons. Dragons are insanely strong, and they are indeed all magic. Specifically they're all natural Sorcerers. That's why one of the Sorcerer subclasses is DRACONIC sorcerer, so you can imagine what kinda magic a proper dragon would have. And ancient ones? The strongest dragons can throw out 9th level spells like candy. Then of course flying is just inherently broken, then their breath weapons are stupid powerful as well. So yeah, this is NOT a good situation. Like the ONLY thing worse than this is if a literal god showed up to throw hands!
Welcome to the scariest dragons I've ever seen in fantasy. Forget Drogon, forget Smaug, forget all those others you've seen elsewhere. The Chroma Conclave are genuinely terrifying foes and a prime example of the terror and destruction dragons can bring. The name Chroma Conclave refers to the fact that all five members are Chromatic Dragons (Red, White, Blue, Green, etc) rather than Metallic Dragons (Gold, Silver, Bronze, etc). Chromatics are usually evil, Metallics usually are benevolent if not outright good. Quick breakdown of the group, there are five in total. Brimscythe the Iron Storm, the blue dragon with lightning breath from the first season. The youngest of the bunch at about 100ish years old, he's *barely* a young adult and is easily the weakest of the bunch. Umbrasyl the Hope Devourer, the ancient black dragon with acid breath/secretions. Voiced by Matt Mercer who previously voiced Sylas Briarwood and is the DM of Critical Role, the story teller behind the game this show is based off. Cruelest of the Conclave members. Vorugal the Frigid Doom, the ancient white dragon with ice breath. Most brutal and animalistic of the bunch. Raishan the Diseased Deceiver, the ancient green dragon with poison breath and the only female member of the Conclave. Probably the most cunning of the group. Finally there's Thordak the Cinder King, the ancient red dragon with fire breath, so ancient in fact that if the Conclave were designed using today's classifications of dragons rather than what they used back when this part of the game first aired, he'd be a Great Wyrm which is the classification *above* ancient, getting into god-like territory. Most powerful of the Conclave and arguably one of the most powerful beings in all of Exandria. What makes the Chroma Conclave so terrifying is that every member could be an epic boss battle on their own and could justifiably be the ultimate bad guy of the show. Chromatics hate each other and *never* work with each other, but the realization that five of them have united for this single cause is enough to scare the shit out of anyone and a clear sign of how unimaginably powerful Thordak is that he has convinced the others to serve him. Chromatic team ups simply don't happen, so for five of them to make an alliance is simply unheard of.
"She's new, I don't recognize her"
That's the councilor who took Vox Machina on the airship and told them not to 'fuck things up' in the beginning of season 1.
Once upon a time Matt Mercer has been gifted 4 chromatic dragon miniatures as a "Critmas" gift by a friendly critter. This storyline is the result of that gift.
RIP to Lance Reddick, amazing voice actor and actor. This whole episode was just Matt flexing on the whole party and letting them now shit just got real
What exactly happened to him?
@@pedrogabrielduarte4544 he died from heart disease, but apparently his family has a problem with that. But he was only 60 and had many amazing film/tv roles and VA roles. One of my favorite roles of his is in Fringe
When I first watched this episode, I didn't know going in that Lance Reddick was in it, but I knew I recognized the voice when Thordak first spoke. Looked it up and yup. RIP to a legend
Yeah, it really is a tragic that we lost him so early. He was an amazing actor, and he was an excellent pick to voice Thordak. I don't know who they'll get to voice Thordak next, but they've got big shoes to fill.
7:17 "how many f*cking dice is that?"...
Yes
"Well if he survives Vax is gonna have to give him a happy ending."
I see you already completely understand pretty much everything you need to about Gilmore.
For context, when Grog attacked the dragon in Critical Role, Travis honestly thought he had a chance. Matt told him to roll for his attack and Travis very happily announced that he rolled 19. And then Matt said, "19 is a miss". That's when they realized they had to run away.
Saw it live. The panic was real!
Travis's surprised Pikachu face was the best
According to Matt he wiped out between 75 000 to 80 000 inhabitants in that episode
That's a lot of blood on his hands for playing God.
@@jonathan4158 think that's the most kills he did in 3 campaigns so far, you should check out the episode cause the entire crew was just dumbstruck
Yep, 75,000 to 90,000 dead out of a few hundred thousand. More died in the lead up to this arc's completion. The most horrific death toll in modern Emon history.
Fun Tidbit, and I can't remember which interview, episode snippet, etc, that this was in but Matt, the DM, mentioned once that Thordak was changed from a normal Red Dragon due to what he'd gone through in his backstory. Lots of in-game references point me to think that Matt was meaning that Thordak was becoming something from an older edition of DnD: A Catastrophic Dragon, which were dragons that were infused with one of the Elemental Planes. Thordak was likely turning into a Volcanic Dragon, a dragon from the Elemental Plane of Fire.
"You guys need to recruit an ally dragon somehow"
Gosh, that would be nice indeed, preferably even two
Your reaction to Thordak's fire blast is definitely one of my favorites. The other was "He's a god-damn nuke! He's a nuke! He's a nuke!"
The Chroma Conclave consists of:
- Brimscythe (Blue Dragon) the one killed by Vox Machina
- Thordak (Red Dragon) the leader of the group
- Raishan (Green Dragon) she has poison breath
- Umbrasyl (Black Dragon) he's the acid one
- Vorugal (White Dragon) Ice breath
Don't forget their cool nicknames.
- Brimscythe, The Iron Storm.
- Thordak, The Cinder King.
- Raishan, The Diseased Deceiver.
- Umbrasyl, The Hope Devourer.
- Vorugal, The Frigid Doom.
"-Thordak (Red Dragon) the leader of the group" transformed from the norm by the nuclear goop.
I'll see myself out now.
This was bonkers in the original campaign. VM had spent years playing in Emon, and they were close friends with a bunch of NPCs there. The arcanist that was trying to protect Uriel's family was basically one of their main quest hubs. And Matt burned it alllllll down.
Fun fact! The white dragon is voiced by the same guy who voices Vax.
And the dragon is voiced by their dungeon master.
Dragons are very rare. It had been a long while since one was last seen - Allura mentioned that her team had fought a red dragon "years ago" back in S1E2. So facing 4 must have been unbelievably horrifying. (They also have Terrifying Presence, which would cause many to react rather badly)
Fun little fact: The two kids (one of them with their eye covered up) that are concentrated on throughout the episode (the ones Keyleth meets at the gate, Pike protects with her shield, and Scanlan sees peeking around the corner that convinces him to go) are a cameo of Sam Riegal's (Scanlan) kids!
Scanlan tripped over the legs of a guy in this episode. It was the same character who was loving the song from season 1 episode 3 during the briarwood battle.
Good old Reginald
Oops, dead* Reginald 😂
2:28 dragon arnt the most common creature but those reactions are mainly because they're normal people who realize that they're about to die horrifically
14:45 Umbrassyl, the black acid dragon, was there at that meeting - it's Raishan the green poison dragon who was missing - well spotted though.
03:45 "she's new"
Allura Vysoren - we saw her a couple of times last season. She was the main contact Vox Machina had in the Council. Another fan favourite NPC you're now getting to see a different side of.
5:30 That was a 19 at the table... And missed. First sign the party was way over its head.
I agree on the variety of design, Titmouse really went out of their way to make each dragon look incredibly unique with so much personality in each design.
I love that you're getting into Season 2 now. Moving from Kickstarter production into Amazon money now and they really push the bar in this season and a lot of great character stories on their way.
Between this and Delicious in Dungeon, been quite the month of showing how powerful Dragons are to an unprepared party.
Yeah... the Blue Dragon last Season was, at most, Adult... those Dragons, are Ancient Dragons, with the Red one being the biggest Dragon ever seen :)
So big , that in the D&D Version of this attack, he picked up the black Dragon and threw him, because the black one was hesitating to follow an order.
Brimscythe was the intern of the Chroma Conclave. He got the boring spying work while everyone else was getting ready for the attack.
Yeah, Brimscythe is a Young Adult at best. As of when this part of the game was played, the remaining members are all Ancients. If they were to redo this with the current classification, Thordak would be a Great Wyrm, the step *above* Ancient.
Raishan has an AC of 22, just to give you an idea. Here's a small clip comparing table to screen (there are no spoilers) and when the music cut out and came to Travis's face - that legit happened and couldn't have been more perfect!
ruclips.net/video/ltuL7HdayFU/видео.htmlsi=VcXx-Bic9avyVqP6
They do a great job in this episode of capturing the feeling from the game, imo. When Matt dropped 4 ancient dragon minis on the table, and proceeded to lay waste to this city FULL of lore, built up over something like 5 years (on and off stream) of campaign, none of the players are expecting it, and there's nothing the characters can do but run. At the end of the episode (after the session ends) the whole table looks sort of dazed by the scale of it, including Matt, and he says "I just destroyed something that I built. It's a really weird feeling."
It was like watching a kid destroy a beautiful sandcastle they made. A horrible tragedy but they made it so you can’t really do anything to stop them????
Maybe you figured it out already, but just in case you get confused: There are four dragons. A red that breaths fire, a white that breaths ice, a black that breaths acid and a green that breaths poisonous gas. Many people confuse the the black and green dragon, I don’t blame them. At the end of the episode it is the green dragon that is missing, not the black one. To make it easier to track you can keep in mind that the green one is the only female of the group. She is the one who killed sovereign Uriel.
Another bit of information, the four dragons and breath weapons were:
Black- Acid
Green- Poison
Red- Fire
White- Ice
And lore wise dragons are normally solitary creatures, the immense power of them working together is truly a terrifying idea in the world of D&D
So glad you're back to this show!
So glad you are starting season 2 and RIP Lance Reddick
Oow, you're into some character growth across the board in this season. So many great episodes you still get to see, can't wait on your reactions of passed through fire and killbox :)
Uhhh, you forgot episode 3! It's probably THE pivotal moment of the entire campaign (my opinion of course lol, but one roll changed A LOT).
I personally look forward to his reaction to episodes 3 and 10 (as well as a very specific moment in episode 11 😂)
@@Becky31389 true, although i prefer episode 4 with Vax's 'upgrade' ;)
Season 1: Scanlan’s Hand
Season 2: Scanlan’s Foot
Season 3: shudder to think…
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Season 3: Scanlan's Gone =P
@@georgercop 🤣faaaacts
Scanlan's cube?
@@georgercopLMAO
Beat me to it 😂
The biggest shock about the dragon attack is that dragons almost always they with their own kind(color). So these 4 different dragons working together is unheard of
Especially when you take into consideration they were working with a blue dragon seen previously. We see four here and a fifth earlier. Five different Chromatics in an alliance is a terrifying prospect
So glad to see you made it to season 2.
I’ve been waiting for this reaction!! Let’s goooooo!!!
5:23 you can watch a short clip (45 sec) of this moment in the campaign by searching for 19 misses on YT. Things got real.
This episode was fantastic. They did a great job of showing the absolute chaos and helplessness people felt watching the campaign. The players were overwhelmed and outmatched.
Glad to see you back to this show on YT. Looking forward to ep2.
In DnD there's 2 main categories of true dragons. A true dragon is a draconic creature that grows more powerful as it ages.
The 2 groups are Chromatic and Metallic. Chromatic dragons are evil, and these are ancient dragons, which means they're all around 1000 years old at least. Thordak is also clearly amped outside of normal power.
4 Metallic (Good) dragons working together would be incredible.
4 Chromatic dragons of the same type working together is absurd, Chromatic dragons usually barely like being together even to raise children.
4 Chromatics of different colors working together is terrifying.
4 ANCIENT chromatics working together, is world ending.
In DnD ALL the most powerful top tier creatures with the highest challenge ratings, they're basically all dragons. Outside of the Chosen of Gods like Mystra the goddess of magic, the biggest threats are dragons.
Dragons are insanely strong, and they are indeed all magic. Specifically they're all natural Sorcerers. That's why one of the Sorcerer subclasses is DRACONIC sorcerer, so you can imagine what kinda magic a proper dragon would have.
And ancient ones? The strongest dragons can throw out 9th level spells like candy. Then of course flying is just inherently broken, then their breath weapons are stupid powerful as well.
So yeah, this is NOT a good situation. Like the ONLY thing worse than this is if a literal god showed up to throw hands!
This is such a fun show
Heeey, you are back! Season 2 is a journey.
I love how much you love dragons and especially Thordak :D
YEESSSS! Been waiting for you to get back to Vox! 🤘😄
Yay season 2 let’s go! This is going to be helluva time!
When I saw a the end of Season 1 ending with the dragons flying to Emon my first thought about season 2 was "we are in for a treat!"
Welcome back been waiting for season 2
Yay it’s back!
Yes! It is time!
If you like dragons and Avatar (the last airbender) I highly recommend you watch The Dragon Prince
I got into watching critical role first then started watching this now. Absolutely love it and critical role.
I hope you will be watching Arcane soon ❤
FINALLY! YAY!
I love the look and power of Thordak, but hear Lance Reddick's voice is a bit sad. He gave us many great characters over the years.
Welcome to the scariest dragons I've ever seen in fantasy. Forget Drogon, forget Smaug, forget all those others you've seen elsewhere. The Chroma Conclave are genuinely terrifying foes and a prime example of the terror and destruction dragons can bring. The name Chroma Conclave refers to the fact that all five members are Chromatic Dragons (Red, White, Blue, Green, etc) rather than Metallic Dragons (Gold, Silver, Bronze, etc). Chromatics are usually evil, Metallics usually are benevolent if not outright good.
Quick breakdown of the group, there are five in total. Brimscythe the Iron Storm, the blue dragon with lightning breath from the first season. The youngest of the bunch at about 100ish years old, he's *barely* a young adult and is easily the weakest of the bunch.
Umbrasyl the Hope Devourer, the ancient black dragon with acid breath/secretions. Voiced by Matt Mercer who previously voiced Sylas Briarwood and is the DM of Critical Role, the story teller behind the game this show is based off. Cruelest of the Conclave members.
Vorugal the Frigid Doom, the ancient white dragon with ice breath. Most brutal and animalistic of the bunch.
Raishan the Diseased Deceiver, the ancient green dragon with poison breath and the only female member of the Conclave. Probably the most cunning of the group.
Finally there's Thordak the Cinder King, the ancient red dragon with fire breath, so ancient in fact that if the Conclave were designed using today's classifications of dragons rather than what they used back when this part of the game first aired, he'd be a Great Wyrm which is the classification *above* ancient, getting into god-like territory. Most powerful of the Conclave and arguably one of the most powerful beings in all of Exandria.
What makes the Chroma Conclave so terrifying is that every member could be an epic boss battle on their own and could justifiably be the ultimate bad guy of the show. Chromatics hate each other and *never* work with each other, but the realization that five of them have united for this single cause is enough to scare the shit out of anyone and a clear sign of how unimaginably powerful Thordak is that he has convinced the others to serve him. Chromatic team ups simply don't happen, so for five of them to make an alliance is simply unheard of.
Sweet we were hoping season 2 was coming!