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Nibedita Sen @hernibsen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Hey!! Did you know Penguin Random House has the first section of Chapter 1 of CHILDREN OF EMPIRE free to read on their site right now?? If you want to read a sad wizard* talk about green beans, and meet his small creepy student, go to the link below! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760755...

Chapter 1

Caleb

He buys a house in Rexxentrum. It is small, a cottage really, much like the humble homestead in which his parents raised him. There is a room in which to cook and eat, a room with a bed, and a room for his books, and that is enough. Let the Cerberus Assembly peer down upon the city from the shining jagged heights of the Candles. Caleb Widogast does not need a grand tower of stone and silver, nor one of glass and steel. If the walls of his cottage ever seem to close in on him, all he need do is choose a doorway and tesserate the space between threshold and lintel, unfolding it outward into nine polyhedral floors of pure possibility.

His tower exists in the space between thought and memory: mortared with geometry, roofed in axioms. It can conjure every book he has ever read, fill its larders and laboratories with the rarest meats and metals, resurrect a haunted memory, and hold a sea of stars. His tower is his will made manifest: mind, magic, and heart woven together into a feat of arcane engineering few mages can hope to replicate.

ou put this thing into the ground, Caduceus once said to him, and it’s going to do what it’s going to do. It doesn’t know its purpose, but it’s moving toward green beans. The gods plant us, and we move toward the fruit we will eventually bear for them. Destiny has planted you here and now, and it hopes that you will bear its fruit.

The alchemy of life takes water, seeds, and sunlight and transmutes them into green tendrils that put out coin-sized leaves. Caleb adds wooden stakes for them to climb and remembers apple orchards and swaying fields of wheat. His mother scattering feed for chickens, his father turning the earth.

He wants to believe this twisted trunk can still bear good fruit. He wants to be not the scythe, but the hand that sows.

His student nods, unsmiling. He’s never seen this girl smile. Elielor is what his mother would have called an old soul in a young body. Not literally so, though her ash-lilac skin marks her as being of Kryn descent. She is Dwendalian-born, and only fifteen, with the colorless hair of the myrk’alfen and small curling horns that hint at something infernal in her family tree.

A difficult lineage to wear so visibly in the Empire, even for the daughter of well-off merchants. Now more than ever.

“Does it need to be amber?” she asks.

“An excellent question. The short answer is no.” Caleb picks up the largest amber nugget and runs his thumb along the rough edge. “The long answer is, make your tools match your task. You will recall that amber adheres most closely to the principle of combustibility. This means it shares my affinity for fire. Then there are its other attributes. It is organic. Resinous. It congeals and preserves. Do you know the one shortcoming shared by all basic dimensional storage spells currently in circulation?”

The book cover for "The Mighty Nein: Children of Empire", written by Nibedita Sen and illustrated by Nikki Dawes. It shows Caleb Widogast and Beauregard Lionett against a swirling purple background.

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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

LIVE FROM CRITICAL ROLE LAND 🎲 👀 A whole heap of new adventure is heading your way! Join us for all the latest news from our table and beyond - LIVE this October 14th on Beacon.tv, YouTube, and Twitch! LEARN MORE ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmNxZhfmzzY

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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Assassins storm the Hallowed Round as the life of one Schemer hangs precariously in fate's hands... 🗡️ #CriticalRole Campaign 4, Episode 37 - "Death to Tyrants" is now available on YouTube! WATCH CRITICAL ROLE CAMPAIGN 4 ⬇️ youtu.be/xckCQHYpGhE

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Lio🌿@MCM Londong AA H-02 @kroovv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Critical Role ✨ #CriticalRole | #Art

An illustration of the cast of critical role season 4. From top left we have Julian a human man with long dark hair and an angry expression. Then Katagin ruggid human man with dark haik long hair hes looking out towards the viewer. Beside him is Teor a beast folk with the appearance of a large grey Lion with yellow eyes. On the row down from the left we Murray a dwarf with red hair and a beard braided across her chin. Tyranny a pink demon with white hair and goat eyes. Beside Tyranny is Wicander a human with minty blue hair and white markings on his face. Then next to him is Vaelus an elven woman with white hair and magical markings going up her face covered by chainmail. Down again from the Left is Azune a human man with red hair and a distinctive birthmark that runs from his forehead and down the side of his face. Beside him is Occtis a gaunt human with dark hair with his pet fox Pin Cushion siting on his shoulder. Then there is Bolaire a personwith wild red hair and a spooky white mask. Then down and to the left again is Thaisha an Orc with curly dark hair. Then Thimble a pixie with green wings like a dragonfly then beside her is Hal, another orc with grey hair and a beard. They are surrounded by a golden frame decorated with Falcons

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

the WPBL clearly had better hitters than pitchers. Teams averaged 8 runs per game. The league's total batting average was .340. And then the greatest women's baseball pitcher of all time pitched the league's first complete game shutout in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the championship series

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Today in Sports! 🃏 A Queen and an Ace 🃏

Ayami Sato just gave the greatest pitching performance in WPBL history. PLUS: A requiem for the Connecticut Sun, your weekend Sports! viewing guide, and more!

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warmer-gaze @warmer-gaze.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Foren, the largest island of Eiselcross, is bisected by the River Inferno, magical lava thought to have its origin in the Fire Plane... (I could have gone for something sunny and warm for @exandriaartists.bsky.social's #CeerArrSand project, but noooooo) #criticalRole #criticalRoleFanart

Digital painting of lava flowing into an ocean with icebergs, steaming as it hits the water. The cliff landscape is dark and dramatic, with sunlight just touching the tops of snowy mountains in the background

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Lio🌿@MCM Londong AA H-02 @kroovv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Vox Machina✨ #CriticalRole | #Art

An illustration of Vox Machina from Critical Role season 1. From the top we have Vax, a half elf with long brown hair, wearing black armour with large black raven wings. He looms above Grog a Goliath barbarian, hes smiling with a wild grin, flexing with Scanlan and Pike on his shoulders. Scanlan on the left is a gnome bard playing his lute and Pike is a gnome Cleric raising a pint of ale to the viewer. Under Scanlan is Trinket the bear with Vex a half eld ranger with brown hair and a blue outfit. Beside her on her right is Keyleth a half elf druid with red hair and a large cloak made of leaves and besides her is Percy a human gunslinger wearing a finer blue clothing and holding a gun, above him is the shadow figure of Orthax a demon with red glowing eyes and a sharp toothy grin

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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

IT'S GOING TO BE LEGENDARY IN LONDON 🇬🇧 ✨ We couldn't be more excited to announce that the one and only Abubakar Salim will be MCing our epic Red Moon Requiem LIVE Show in London, England, this October 26th! LEARN MORE & FIND TICKETS ⬇️ critrole.com/event/echoes-of-exandria-london

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ccattnipp.bsky.social @ccattnipp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

bad mood so professor widogast is here to fix that #criticalrolefanart

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Keegan Matheson @keeganmatheson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

He's done it. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., in the 150th game of the season, has his 1st home run at Rogers Centre. He watched every second of it before he took a step. #BlueJays

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Jonah Walker 🔜 MCM London L-11 @galacticjonah.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's been so long since I had time to draw some decent fanart, let a lone the whole group. But finally here is the companion piece to last year's Campaign 4 illustration~ Good old Mighty Nein~! #CriticalRoleFanart #CriticalRole

A digital illustration showing Critical Role's Mighty Nein in a dynamic group composition.

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Hella Hannah 🌟 [Comms Open!] @hellahannah.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The first Przewalski’s foal born on the steppes of Kazakhstan in 200 years <3

A digital sketch of a Przewalski’s horse mare and foal trotting on a blank background. The text beneath them reads “restoring the species with mama”

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I've seen everyone sharing that US Dialect Quiz so I decided to make my own, much crappier, CANADIAN DIALECT QUIZ to guess where in Canada you're from

A flow chart I have created with multiple questions and the answers determine where you're from.

Question 1 is do you call it a hydro bill (which then branches down to ON, QC, BC, MB) or an electric bill (which then branches down to SK, AB, NS, NB, PEI, NL)

Question 2 is do you call it a cabin (BC, MB, AB, SK) cottage (ON and atlantic) camp (northern Ontario) chalet (QC) or bungalow (Cape Breton)

To delineate BC from MB: do you call it dinner or supper

To delineate southern Ontario rural or big city: have you heard of a stag & doe

To delineate SK from AB: do you call a hoodie a bunnyhug

And finally to delineate NL from the other atlantic provinces: whaddayat? (Correct answer: dis is it b'y)

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Can someone tell me whose fuckin' lake this is

A comparison of Canaidan cities on Lake Ontario and American cities on Lake Ontario

CANADA (pop.)
Toronto 2,794,356
Mississauga 717,961
Hamilton 569,353
Oakville 213,759
Burlington 186,948
Oshawa 175,383
Whitby 138,501
St. Catharines 136,803
Kingston 132,485
Ajax 126,666
Pickering 99,186
Belleville 55,071
Total 5,346,472

USA
Just Rochester, 206,108 people

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Laura Mackenzie @kiwidrawer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I need to know if he glows in the dark #Criticalrole #Criticalrolefanart #Criticalroleart

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ccattnipp.bsky.social @ccattnipp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

wizard cats babysitting (sorry Beau) #criticalrole #shadowgast #beauyasha

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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#CriticalRole is now available to watch on your favorite Apple, Roku, Amazon, or Google Smart TV - PLUS all our adventures can now be downloaded for offline viewing on the go with the Beacon.tv iOS & Android apps! ✨ SIGN UP WITH A FREE MONTH FOR NEW & RETURNING MEMBERS ⬇️ Beacon.tv/BringAParty

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Olileigh-art @olileigh-art.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The wizards Wanted to try out a pure white background since that's something I never do #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt #EssekThelyss #CalebWidogast #MightyNein

A digital painting of Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss from Critical Role. Caleb is embracing Essek from the back, his right hand above Essek's waist, his left hand on Essek's arm right below the shoulder. He is placing a soft kiss on the other man's neck. Essek's right hand is holding Caleb's, his left arm bent at the elbow with his hand relaxed in the air. His head is slightly angled to the back, elongating his neck. They're both wearing simple white shirts, Essek's is slightly falling off his right shoulder. Caleb's hair is gathered in a low bun, both his hair and beard have a few streaks of gray in them. Essek's hair is shoulder length, parted on the side, the bottom of it curled outwards. The background is pure white, softly illuminating the figures from the back.

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Beacon @hellobeacon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Watch the best bits of #CriticalRole Campaign 3, Episode 115 - "To the Arx Creonum" on YouTube with Abridged today! WATCH CAMPAIGN 3 ABRIDGED ⬇️ youtu.be/IkrjGm73grU [Artwork by 🎨Elaine Tipping]

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Katters @heehoocoffee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yussa Errenis

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Jonah Walker 🔜 MCM London L-11 @galacticjonah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Another recap episode has dropped, you know what that means! For the great Convergence of all groups I got to create 15!!!! whole illustrations, wow! It's hard to pick a favourite, I'm having so much fun with these <3 (Spoilers ahead as always.) #CriticalRole #CR4

Full colour digital illustration showing a long-necked blue dragon emerging from a lake. Stars glitter in the nightsky above, but there is the hue of dawn at the horizon. Three figures (Azune, Vaelus and Hannen) watch in awe.

Digital illustration in black and white: Shown is the entire cast of player characters of Campaign 4, gathered in Hal's house. The attention is centred on Occtis reuniting with Thimble.

Digital illustration in black and white: Julien, Bolaire, Tyranny, Wick and Teor speak to the demon Tsul'rekshi

Digital illustration in black and white: A new orcish celestial emerges. A massive, glowing figure steps out of a mural into a dark night as Thaisha watches in wonder.

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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

When the Plank King uncovers Kingsley's plot to overthrow Darktow, the would-be usurper must call upon the Mighty Nein as he finds himself hunted by the Revelry... Our entire Darktow Live Show is now available to watch on YouTube! 🌊 👑 WATCH OUR EDINBURGH LIVE SHOW ⬇️ youtu.be/YtRIyPuyfCw

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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

WE MISSED YOU, CAD 🍄 💀 💕 We had to show off this gorgeous, unused art of the much-missed Caduceus Clay (Taliesin Jaffe) from our [PROJEKT] Funball live show! 👀 WATCH OUR BERLIN LIVE SHOW ON YOUTUBE ⬇️ youtu.be/TiSzh-k1ars [ Artwork by tshortik.carrd.co 🎨 ]

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Maddy 🖤 @drawsmaddy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Wizardly affections 💜🧡 #CriticalRoleFanart #CriticalRole

A digital illustration of Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast from Critical Role. There are four panels, each showing Caleb and Essek kissing in different ways with different terms of affection written in the panels. In the top left panel Caleb is kissing Essek's hand and the text reads "dear". In the top right panel Essek is kissing Caleb on the cheek and the text reads "dear one". In the bottom left panel Caleb is kissing Essek on the forehead and the text reads "my dear". In the bottom right panel they're kissing on the mouth and the text reads "my love".

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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Mighty Nein must brave a twisted dimensional dungeon when an experiment gone wrong transforms the Folding Halls of Halas into a malevolent maze... 🇩🇪 🟠 Our legendary Berlin Live show is available to watch now on YouTube! WATCH [PROJEKT] FUNBALL ⬇️ youtu.be/TiSzh-k1ars

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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

As rival factions descend into the ruins, the travelers uncover something ancient beneath the scars... #AgeOfUmbra: Sallowlands finale episode, "The Ancient Wound", is now available on YouTube! WATCH AGE OF UMBRA ⬇️ youtu.be/HioKGVD7pYg

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emma @vasira96.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Thaisha Lloy the woman that you are!!!

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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

THE MIGHTY NEIN BROUGHT HOME AN EMMY! ✨ Congratulations to Howard Chen! So incredibly proud of the entire cast and crew of #TheMightyNein, and Critters like you that helped bring our animated adventure to life! 💕

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Sam Riegel @samriegel.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Holy crud #TheMightyNein won an Emmy! Congrats to our incredible design team, and especially Howard Chen on his achievement

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Adrián Ibarra Lugo @ailustrar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Cover illustration for The Mighty Nein: Stories Untold by @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, an anthology of stories featuring characters from the second campaign of @criticalrole.bsky.social Foreword by Taliesin Jafee and 9 stories by nein awesome authors. Go check it out! AD: David Stevenson

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Olileigh-art @olileigh-art.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This started as a redraw of that one moment during the fjorester wedding but somewhere along the way I completely changed the reference still the same moment just a different pose #TheMightyNein #YashaNydoorin #BeauregardLionett #Beauyasha

A digital drawing of Yasha and Beau from Mighty Nein (Critical Role) kissing during the wedding of Jester and Fjord

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 02/08/2026

let's take a moment also to celebrate the first absolute meatball down the middle getting fucking crushed. the first woman in pro baseball league history to get her shit rocked

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Mo'ne Davis scores the first run in WPBL history for the LA Queens (although New York now leads 7-2)

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KarrahE @karrahe.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Fjord! ☠️🌊 #CriticalRole

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Dani Carr @itsdanicarr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Oh hey! Polygon has an exclusive excerpt of my Mighty Nein: Stories Untold story about Essek! Check it out and pre-order at your friendly local bookstore!

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"Emily Wilson should be grateful for Nolan's film". "She's not grateful enough." "How dare she critique a filmmaker's work." "She's not a filmmaker, so she should shut up." "She's trying to stir up controversy to sell books." The sexist responses to Wilson's critique are wild.

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🦊Foxxology🦊COMIC PETITION! @foxxology.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's Thursday (but still no c4) #criticalrolefanart

digital illustration of thaisha lloy from critical role campaign 4

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ccattnipp.bsky.social @ccattnipp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

pov: you’re the spectral cat #shadowgast #criticalrolefanart

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zmeess [commissions open!] @zmeess.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

commission for @aceofbasedesires.bsky.social, who requested an illustration of one of the scenes in @violettressed.bsky.social's fic 'The Bone That Has No Marrow' (link in the replies)! #shadowgast

digital fanart of Essek and Caleb from Critical Role, illustrating a scene from "The Bone That Has No Marrow", a fanfiction by ao3 user VioletTressed. Essek is a young-looking dark elf with pale grayish-purple skin, shoulder-length wavy white hair, and small pointed ears. he is wearing a dark purple outfit that consists of a long-sleeved fitted turtleneck, a tunic with geometric pleating and wide shoulders, and dark leggings. Caleb is a human in his early forties, with light freckled skin and dark auburn chin-length hair and beard with streaks of white in them. he is dressed in a white collared shirt, the rest of his torso hidden under a blanket.
Essek is sitting cross-legged on the wooden floor against the side of a bed. there is a pillow in his lap, and Caleb's head is resting on it. one of Essek's palms is resting against Caleb's chest, while the other hand is hovering over Caleb's hair, just shy of touching. Essek's head is bent down, watching the sleeping Caleb with a tired and conflicted expression.
on top of the soft cheerful quilt on the bed behind them, there is a rigid supine figure covered with a white sheet. the night scene is illuminated by the gentle orange-yellow shine of a crystal set on a nearby nightstand, as well as a much more muted glow of luminescent tree fungi growing on one of the wooden beams supporting the wall. the shelves above the bed are full of various knick-knacks and containers, bunches of drying flowers suspended from the ceiling. a round window just above the bed overlooks some treetops and a slightly clouded grayish night sky.

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Nikki Dawes @nikkidawes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My cover for #CriticalRole Mighty Nein - Children of Empire AD: David Stevenson Coming in November!

Beau stands in front of Caleb in a library. Beau has her fists clinched, with one raised, ready to strike. Caleb is gathering dunamantic magic while clutching his book. They are both in their high level uniforms.

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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🇩🇪 🎲 WEEKLY SCHEDULE 💀 🏜️ Experience our [Projekt] Funball Live show early on Beacon.tv this Tuesday, before we return to the table for more #AgeOfUmbra: Sallowlands this Thursday! READ OUR FULL WEEKLY SCHEDULE ⬇️ critrole.com/programming-schedule-w…

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ccattnipp.bsky.social @ccattnipp.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

how could i leave the purple guy without his boyfriend #shadowgast #criticalrolefanart

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