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that one targeted elbow into Verin's side told me everything i needed to know about that sibling relationship (i know they love each other)

edelgarfield

the way essek pauses & clearly gets flustered before saying he wants to talk to his partner before bed like honey no one is holding a gun to your head you dont HAVE to tell everyone how smitten you are but no they opened the floodgates & now he needs to mention his partner every 5 seconds or he'll die

toaarcan

Bell's Hells: [Dramatically self-destructing as Delilah asserts more and more influence over Laudna]

Essek, one room over: "No, you hang up first~"

feluart

Cat's and Jean's friendship is very important to me 🫂

tali-zorahs

in 2020 i tagged my mighty nein cuddle pile fanart “it’s been two years since my last critrole cuddle pile art maybe i’ll have another in 2022″

i genuinely could not pass up a chance to prove past me right, so: here i am, with an updated cuddle pile. when is it in the timeline? i don’t know, i don’t care.

bumble-b-goode

i completed the set

shrugsinchinese

Honestly Caleb, what did you expect

bumble-b-goode

i completed the set

in physical pain that travis didn’t put hungry like the wolf by duran duran on the chetney playlist

#bell’s hells #chetney pock o'pea #i still hate bells hells i’m sorry #additionally i miss dorian So Much #bring my baby boy back #critical role

pyrohydriscence

I see everyone's Essek is the Shadowbaker and submit to you all: not only is this Essek, this isn't even close to Essek's weirdest alias. There is almost certainly a description of Essek on the Bright Queen's wanted list that lists his most likely haunts - anyplace with tons of books, any place with tons of ancient/forbidden magic, etc.

So Essek has, with the help of the Nein worked out a variety of different roles. Sure, he still logs plenty of hours hitting the books and experimenting, often hiding out with Caleb but Essek makes sure he breaks up those times to throw off any of the Bright Queen's agents for both their safety. He has centuries to fuck around with temporal magic, why not try some new things?

He's been the Shadowbaker. He's been a pirate under Kingsley Tealeaf who was famed for his ability to appear in exactly the right place in battle. He's been a dealer in the Luck's Run casino who always knew when someone was cheating. He was a mysterious monster hunter in Vasselheim who went by various feline themed nicknames. He's made magical shoes in Emon on commission for Gilmore (and boy howdy, the Nein's exuberant affection did not prepare him for the concentrated laser beam that is a flirty Gilmore). He's been a bartender at Rumblecusp who made the wildest concoctions the tourists have ever encountered and whose bartender advice always boiled down to "make sure you have some good friends to turn to".

In his own way, Essek and his endless string of identities is his own version of Consecution.

i’m catching up on c3 and i’m only one episode 4 but like. is the shadow baker essek. i want the shadow baker to be essek. please.

#critical role #c3 #bell’s hells #shadowbaker

chalkbird

yeah yeah "haha long hair murph" shut up. can we just talk about how good everyone is looking this season?? siobhan's hair?? lou growing out his dreads?? ally just being a lil guy?? zac fully throwing himself into the acting?? brennan completely embracing this universe created by his mom?? emily axford doing it for the girls and the gays?? they're all so amazing and clever and fun and handsome i'm so happy for them

emerging from my shadowgast cave to say that i love barry syx ( and the rest of the wurst ) so much

#barry syx #a starstruck odyssey #the wurst crew

ESSEK’S ICON IS THE UMBRELLA IM SOBBING

#essek thelyss #critical role #i’m crying #i spent $20 on this and it’s worth it

it took me too damn long to realize anthony burch and ashley burch were siblings