Critical Role followers have been final surprised by the closing moments of final evening’s episode, as DM Matt Mercer revealed a significant twist that nobody noticed coming. [MAJOR SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 111 AND CAMPAIGN 2 FOLLOWS.] For a number of episodes, the Mighty Nein have been trying to find clues concerning the Eyes of Nine, a sinister sentient metropolis lurking on the Astral Plane. While a lot will not be identified about this new potential enemy, it does appear to have a connection to Mollymauk Tealeaf, a former member of the Mighty Nein (performed by Taliesin Jaffe) who died throughout a rescue try gone terribly mistaken. After a number of episodes of trying to find solutions, the celebration determined to make use of converse with lifeless to speak to Mollymauk’s physique to see what info they might be taught. However, the celebration found that Molly’s grave was empty, resulting in Jester (performed by Laura Bailey) to forged scry and seeing Mollymauk strolling via the snow…seemingly alive.
While Mollymauk’s physique appears to be as soon as once more among the many residing, this does not imply that the character is really again. Fans could keep in mind that Mollymauk was as soon as generally known as Lucien, the chief of a cult-like group of adventurers who died throughout a ritual to succeed in a wierd metropolis crammed with energy and magic. Lucien returned to life with no recollections of his previous life, and took to calling himself Mollymauk, adopting a wholly new persona and distancing himself from his previous. Due to the 9 eye-shaped tattoos on Molly’s physique, followers theorized that Lucien was trying to mission his soul into the Astral Plane the place the Eyes of Nine is positioned and that his soul was someway minimize off from his physique within the course of. After Molly’s demise, it is definitely doable that Lucien discovered a strategy to return to his authentic physique, or that Molly’s physique has a brand new occupant.
Molly’s seeming resurrection is without doubt one of the largest twists of the collection and appears to be pushing the game in direction of even larger threats and adventures. With the Eyes of Nine looming within the background, we might be heading in direction of one other an epic storyline centered round the one Critical Role PC who died in the course of a marketing campaign and wasn’t introduced again to complete his story.
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