The Throne Room

is the seventh episode of the first season of Critical Role. With an uneasy agreement struck between Lady Kima of Vord and Clarota, Vox Machina quietly begins a search of Emberhold. Lady Kima means to strike a blow against their unseen enemy by cutting off the head of K'Varn's military forces. The party battles its way through the fortress and, with some quick thinking from Tiberius, manages to gain the upper hand against the duergar king, Murghol, and his queen, Ulara. The king falls, but victory comes at a price...

Announcements

 * Travis Willingham (Grog) is not joining the cast for this episode.
 * Promo kits are still available. For every 50 subscribers there will be a draw in the chat.
 * Every 10 subs, Steam keys for different games will be given away.
 * Promoted their charity, 826LA.
 * There will be a giveaway from Espionage Cosmetics, with the winner selected at the break.

Recap
''The party were given a mission to seek out a female halfling paladin, named Lady Kima of Vord, who had been missing while on a vision quest, seeking a deep dark evil that had grow beneath the dwarven city of Kraghammer. The party traveled to the city, delved deep within its caverns and ended up in the Underdark — a landscape of terror and darkness. They allied themselves with an illithis, Clarota, who is exiled from society and wishes reentry by saving them from K'Varn. After a series of battles with the duergar and illithid, they found there way into the duergar fortress, Emberhold, where they save Lady Kima from torture. A tenuous alliance between Kima and Clarota was forged and they all head back to the main floor of the fortress.''

Part I
Two duergar are now in the hallway on the main floor. Vax slips by down another hallway that is empty and keeps going. Vex whispers angrily, "Why are you doing this?" Vax finds a smithy and invites an invisible Scanlan and Clarota to follow him. As they catch up, Vax moves around to the second door to the smithy and throws his Keen Dagger into the base of the duergar blacksmith's skull.

New

 * Unnamed duergar blacksmith
 * King Murghol
 * Queen Ulara

Returning

 * Clarota
 * Lady Kima of Vord
 * Sarenrae (mentioned only)

Quotations
Vax: "I continue to creep away, from my sister, specifically."
 * Vex: "Maybe you can put yourself in a box and walk around in it."
 * Scanlan: "Wait! What about us." and "Why don't you just keep going forever?" [In response to Vax's scouting ahead, alone.]
 * Scanlan: [singing] "We're walkin' down a hall. Nobody's watching us."