Long May He Reign

is the one hundred fortieth episode of the second campaign of Critical Role.

Previously on Critical Role
''So, last we left off: the Mighty Nein had made their way to the living city of Cognouza, where the Somnovem have existed and called out to the Nonagon, and now you. Upon meeting the Somnovem Omega — their combined consciousness, in itself the nexus, the consciousness of all those who once lived in the Cognouza Ward — as you spoke, Lucien, utilizing your distraction, seemed to assail them with a cluster of intuit charges, and as you fled hearing his laughter in the distance, you returned to find what remained of the Somnovem and Lucien ascending up into the city of flesh itself.'' ''You absconded to the surface to find out what or how you were going to deal with this, and there you found a newly-reborn Lucien combined with the Somnovem, the eyes of the Eyes of Nine protruding from various stalks from his body. He seemed to be pontificating with you about his newly-acquired existence and understanding, and then grew extremely angry when he realized that you had prevented him from jumping the city to the Prime Material Plane like he had planned to at this moment. Upon which, on the rooftops above the city of Cognouza, you did battle, flying around on the threads of the Astral Sea, blasting with spells, diving for cover, and damaging, trying to take down this new form of Lucien.''

''Upon taking a bit of damage, he decided to head back into the center of the city, but not before leaving you all with a number of newly-exposed eyes, as many of you have begun to find red eyes of the Somnovem newly emblazoned upon your bodies. In that brief moment, you give chase down through the hole to the center, and there you find yourself amongst a partially-ruined city: stone structures, towers, buildings, and writhing fleshy masses that they liquefy into, as you now sit at the very center, the very core of Cognouza itself.''

The Mighty Nein

 * Beauregard Lionett
 * Caduceus Clay
 * Caleb Widogast
 * Frumpkin (not mentioned)
 * Fjord
 * Jester Lavorre
 * Mollymauk Tealeaf
 * Veth Brenatto
 * Yasha Nydoorin

Returning

 * Essek Thelyss
 * Lucien

Trivia

 * Molly's resurrection ritual is the first one to fail. Although the initial Revivify attempt on Scanlan Shorthalt failed in, the later full resurrection ritual succeeded.