Avowed One-Shot

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Avowed One-Shot

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Episode

Specials, Episode 92
(E4E01a)

Airdate

2025-02-18 19:00 PST

Running time

5:11:18

Episode link

VOD

Starring
Anjali Bhimani – Ylva Ilende SungWon Cho – Hasporo Whitney Moore – Minette Marisha Ray – Sabel Travis Willingham – Galen and Matthew Mercer as the Game Master

Order
Previous	Next
"Freaky Thursday: A Bells Hells Charity One Shot" (Sx91)	"Suikoden One-Shot" (Sx93)

Airdate Order
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"Give and Take" (E4x01)	"Seven of Them" (E4x02)

"Avowed One-Shot" (Sx92) is a special one-shot sponsored and inspired by Obsidian Entertainment's new game release, Avowed. Gamemaster Matthew Mercer leads Anjali Bhimani, SungWon Cho, Whitney Moore, Marisha Ray, and Travis Willingham on an adventure through the fictional world of Eora that was first introduced to players in the Pillars of Eternity franchise.

Synopsis[]

Pre-show[]

Matt welcomes everyone to this special episode in collaboration with Xbox and Obsidian Entertainment inspired by their new game "Avowed", out now.
The players introduce themselves.

Introduction[]

Welcome to Eora, a vast and mysterious world of magic, politics, and discovery where empires weave and rove over their interests in the many gods who have presided in ages past over the Wheel, the cycle of rebirth the soul undertakes with each passing. The soul itself is a studied thing, a being's own essence, and its mechanics themselves are studied across many lands within the field of animancy. Texts and great machines recovered from the ancient civilization known as the Engwithans pertained to and manipulated souls in ways that are still not fully understood. But such matters carry little interest where our story begins, as a sizable prison ship recently set sail from the Aedyran capital city of Highcrown, heading northward.

This ship, the Dancing Umbrage, carries a cargo of numerous convicts of varying degrees of notoriety, shackled, then prepped into the ship for arrival to the Living Lands, the northern frontier island where numerous settlements and foreign colonies now seek to expand and claim dominion over the region's diverse geography and bountiful resources. Rumors swirl of unnaturally abundant landscapes and uncovered relics belonging to prehistoric culture, and the pursuit of such interests requires labor. No labor is cheaper than prisoners without choice, prisoners that now wait within the belly of the Dancing Umbrage, pushing onward across a choppy sea as a storm brews beyond.

Part I[]

Break[]

Part II[]

Featured characters[]

Player characters[]

Galen (Godlike)
Hasporo (Aumaua)
Minette (Orlan)
Sabel (Dwarf)
Ylva Ilendne (Elf)

Non-player characters[]

Warden Renzano (human, warden on prison ship)
Laira (orlan, fellow prisoner)
Eleanora Simon (mentioned, presumed human, "friend" of Minette)
Medran Glacyath (elf, fellow prisoner)
Figrun (aumaua, fellow prisoner)
Alcento (dwarf, fellow prisoner)
Edeah Koliatte (mentioned, author of discovered journal)
- Dornylsie (mentioned, colleague of Edeah)

Quotations[]

Trivia[]

References[]

Art:

Specials

Set in Exandria

Canon	"The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06) • "CelebriD&D with Joe Manganiello" (semi-canon) • "Liam's One Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (Sx36) • "The Search For Grog" (Sx42) • "The Search For Bob" (Sx45) • "Dalen's Closet" (Sx47) • "The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade" (Sx49) • "Exandria: An Intimate History" (Sx61) • "The Mighty Nein Reunited Part 1" (Sx73) • "The Mighty Nein Reunited Part 2" (Sx74) • "Exandria: An Intimate Appendix - Ruidus and the Gods" (Sx75) • "The Mighty Nein Reunion: Echoes of the Solstice" (Sx79) • "Tag Team at the Teeth – The Misty Ascent" (Sx97) • "Tag Team at the Teeth – Beyond the Shroud" (Sx98)

Battle royales	"Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale!" (Sx08) • "Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale: Take II" (Sx10) • "Critical Role – Level 17 Battle Royale!" (Sx19) • "Critical Role One-Shot: Epic Level Battle Royale" (Sx30) • "Vox Machina vs. Mighty Nein" (Sx57) • "Guest Battle Royale" (Sx64)

Other	"Critical Trolls for Extra Life" (Sx02) • "D&Diesel" (Sx03) (semi-canon) • "Critical Role Extra – The Return of Liam!" (Sx15) • "CelebriD&D with Game of Thrones' John Bradley" (semi-canon) • "Critical Role: Bar Room Blitz" (Sx21) • "Critical Role: Grog's One-Shot" (Sx26) • "Trinket's Honey Heist" (Sx27) • "Honey Heist 2: Electric Beargaloo" (Sx35) • "Honey Heist 3: Tova’s Honeys" (Sx39) • "Stephen Colbert's D&D Adventure with Matthew Mercer" (Sx43) • "Dignity: An Adventure with Stephen Colbert" (Sx67) • "A Familiar Problem: Sprinkle's Incredible Journey" (Sx68) • "Choose Their Adventure...Again!" (Sx81) • "Freaky Thursday: A Bells Hells Charity One Shot" (Sx91) • "Total Party Kill: Chicago Live 2025" (Sx95)

Q&As

"How to Score a Massive Hit" (Sx01) • "Wizard World Gaming Portland Panel" (Sx07) • "Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale!" (Sx08) • "Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale: Take II" (Sx10) • "Critical Role EXTRA – Liam's Quest!" (Sx12) • "Critical Role's 'The Dating Game' Panel – SDCC 2016" (Sx13) • "Critical Role Answers Your Questions at SDCC!" (Sx14) • "Fireside Q&A with Matthew Mercer" (Sx17) • "Talks Machina Live With Brian W. Foster And Critical Role! (SDCC 2017)" (Sx20) • "Talks Machina: Campaign Wrap-up" (Sx31) • "Talks Machina Fireside Special: Q&A with the Critical Role Cast" (Sx33) • "Fireside Chat & NPC Build with Matthew Mercer" (Sx34) • "Fireside Chat with Sam Riegel" (Sx40) • "End of 2019 Fireside Chat" (Sx50) • "Explorer's Guide to Wildemount Q&A and Fireside Chat with Matthew Mercer" (Sx53) • "Critical Role Campaign 2 Wrap Up" (Sx56) • "Exandria Unlimited Wrap-Up" (Sx59) • "Kith & Kin Fireside Chat Q&A" (Sx63) • "Game Masters of Exandria Roundtable" (Sx69) • "Exandria Unlimited: Calamity Wrap Up" (Sx70) • "San Diego Comic-Con 2022 - Critical Role Q&A Panel" (Sx71) • "San Diego Comic-Con 2023 - Critical Role Fireside Chat & Cast Q&A" (Sx77) • "Critical Role: Sick Day" (Sx82) • "Candela Obscura: Game Master Roundtable" (Sx86) • "San Diego Comic-Con 2024 - Critical Role Fireside Chat & Cast Q&A" (Sx87) • "Anime NYC 2024 - Critical Role Fireside Chat & Cast Q&A" (Sx88) • "Wrap Up: Campaign 3 and the Era of Reclamation" (Sx94)

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