Timeline of Campaign 3

Campaign 3 of Critical Role takes place in 843 PD (Post-Divergence), beginning in the month of Brussendar. The following is a timeline of the campaign, placed in the context of the main Exandrian timeline. It includes a number of significant events that take place before and that have not yet occurred but have been predicted to be upcoming by the characters.

Pre-campaign events

 * According to their daughter Fearne Calloway, Birdie and Oleander Calloway enter Exandria, leaving Fearne with Morrigan. Birdie believes that this happened six years before the campaign.

Duscar 810 PD
 * In Whitestone, Laudna is killed and her body hung in the Sun Tree by Delilah Briarwood as a threat against Vox Machina.

Misuthar 812 PD
 * Bertrand Bell accompanies Vox Machina into Pandemonium.

around 814 PD or 815 PD
 * Imogen was born

about 823 PD
 * "A couple of decades" before Campaign 3, the people of Hishari performed a "reckless" ritual, destroying the village. Ashton Greymoore, a "very young" member of the village, was subsequently found wandering near Bassuras in Marquet and was put into the Greymoore State Home.

831 or 832 PD
 * Birdie and Oleander Calloway meet in the Feywild.

833 PD
 * Imogen Temult begins having recurring dreams of a red storm.

between 831 and 836 PD
 * Fearne Calloway is born in Exandria during a Ruidus flare.

836 PD
 * While traveling through the ruins of Aeor, the Mighty Nein repair the Aeormaton Devexian. Devexian goes to find his other Aeormaton associations, ultimately resulting in Aeormatons being reintroduced to Exandria as they come online over the next few years.
 * Ruidus first appears in the Feywild. It is quickly hidden from view by the Unseelie Court. At some point after this, Birdie and Oleander witness Otohan Thull and Ludinus Da'leth working with members of the Unseelie Court to build a device related to Ruidus. Birdie and Oleander steal the Moontide Crown from the device.


 * In Zephrah, Otohan's echoes attack Keyleth, killing Orym's husband Will and his father-in-law Derrig.
 * According to Birdie, she and Oleander enter Exandria, leaving Fearne with Morrigan. Their daughter Fearne believes that this happened ninety years before the campaign.

Years before 843 PD
 * The Nobodies are hired to steal from Jiana Hexum's home in Jrusar. Ashton Greymoore suffers a fatal head injury. The rest of the Nobodies leave Jrusar.

840 to 841 PD
 * Imogen and Laudna begin traveling together.


 * A couple months before (set on 18 Brussendar), the Rayia family hires the Division of Public Benefit to clear out creatures from a silver mine near Evishi. Almost every member of the group, including Dancer, is killed.
 * About a week later, the Rayia hires Ashton Greymoore to investigate what happened. Ashton finds Fresh Cut Grass as the only survivor. They bury the others and return to Jrusar.

late Thunsheer or Unndilar 843 PD
 * After having been previously driven out of Uthodurn after a dispute with Oltgar, Chetney Pock O'Pea is bitten by a werewolf and contracts lycanthropy a couple months before (specifically the night set on 1 Sydenstar).
 * Some time after, he was found by members of the Claret Orders. Though they initially tried to kill him, they did not because he could exercise some control over his lycanthropy.

Unndilar 843 PD
 * About one month before (set on 18 Brussendar), Imogen and Laudna arrive in Jrusar.
 * A handful of weeks before (set on 23 Brussendar), mysterious assailants kill Balan and Zeyar Lumas and severely wound their bodyguard Oshad Breshio. Shortly after, Oshad's friend Jarett Howarth notices similarity between this attack and the one on Keyleth. This ultimately causes Keyleth to send Orym to Jrusar to investigate.
 * "Not but three months" before (set on 8 Fessuran), the Cerberus Assembly forcibly takes over an excavation site from members of the Grim Verity at the Aydinlan Seminary to begin building a Malleus Key.

Brussendar 843 PD
 * About one month before (set on 15 Sydenstar), Dancer is seen alive in Bassuras.

Campaign events
References are to the start of the day. Where possible, this is when midnight or a new day is said to occur. Otherwise, this is when a long rest is completed. The date of the first day in was determined by counting days backward from, stated to take place on 14 Syndenstar and the twenty-eighth day of the campaign.

Brussendar 843 PD

 * Three groups of visitors to Jrusar—Imogen Temult and Laudna; Fresh Cut Grass and Ashton Greymoore; and Fearne Calloway, Orym, and Dorian Storm—defeat a group of animated objects in the street.
 * Bertrand Bell suggests that they would work well as a single group and offers to introduce them to Ariks Eshteross, a benefactor searching for help from talented adventurers.

19 Brussendar
 * The now-singular party proves themselves to Eshteross.
 * As a further test, Eshteross asks them to investigate thefts from his textile warehouse. They discover evidence of brumestone smuggling and, at dusk, shadow the warehouse manager, Danas, to the smuggler Dugger. Dugger escapes, but Eshteross considers their findings a success and begins an ongoing professional relationship with the party.
 * Late in the night, Bertrand is killed by Dugger in an alley. Simultaneously, Imogen has a nightmare in which she sees Bertrand.

20 Brussendar
 * Holiday: Elvendawn, or Midsummer
 * While it is still dark, the party looks for and finds Bertrand's body. They take him to Eshteross' manor, and Eshteross begins arrangements to send the body to Whitestone.
 * During the day, the party discovers Dugger's connection to the Hubatt Corsairs, who further point them to Dugger's home. There, the party kills Dugger.

21 Brussendar
 * The party checks in with the Hubatt Corsairs.
 * Eshteross tasks them with investigating mysterious disappearances at the Dreamscape Theater. In the course of their successful investigation, they meet Cyrus Wyvernwind and Chetney Pock O'Pea.
 * Chetney, impressed by their ability, contracts them to find Gurge Kisgregg.

22 Brussendar
 * The party discovers that Gurge was kidnapped at the request of Vali Dertrana and taken to the Moon Tower. They discover a secret room beneath Vali's office in the Moon Tower and agree to return after midnight to investigate further.
 * Ashton visits Jiana Hexum, who suggests she has a job for them in Heartmoor Hamlet.


 * At midnight, the party encounters Ira Wendagoth in his lab beneath Vali's office. They successfully rescue Gurge, but Ira destroys the Moon Tower and escapes.
 * After taking a long rest through the morning, the party meets with Eshteross and deduces that Ira and Vali are working for Armand Treshi. Estheross plans to begin working against Treshi at the upcoming Chandei Quorum ball.
 * They speak with Oshad Breshio in the afternoon about similarities between the recent murder of the Lumas twins and a years-ago attack on Keyleth in Zephrah.
 * Chetney purchases an overpriced chisel set from Tuyen Otwana.
 * Imogen discovers a study by Kadija Sumal on her recurring dreams that involved her mother, Liliana Temult, as a subject.

24 Brussendar
 * The party buys clothes for the ball, then magical items and supplies at the Trove of Marwa.

25 Brussendar
 * They speak with Ela Lumas about her sons' research interests, as they were the last to borrow Kadija's study from the library; Ela points them to Roe Estani, a friend and academic present at their murder.
 * Imogen has a nightmare in which she sees the Lumas twins.

26 Brussendar
 * The party makes masks for the ball.

27 Brussendar
 * The party meets with Estheross to discuss the details of attending the ball. Eshteross tasks them with replacing Treshi's personal ring with a magical tracker during the party.

28 Brussendar
 * The party and Estheross attend the ball. They successfully swap Treshi's ring and interrupt Emoth Kade as she stole from the private rooms of partygoers.
 * Cyrus, attending the ball as an accomplice to Emoth, is nearly arrested by the Green Seekers for the destruction of the Moon Tower.
 * The party is named Bells Hells.

29 Brussendar
 * Shortly after midnight, Eshteross sends Cyrus and Dorian to be smuggled to Tal'Dorei via skyship.
 * During the day, the party is intercepted by the Green Seekers, and the two groups work together to capture Emoth in the Shade Mother's lair in the mines beneath the city.
 * Imogen falls asleep curled around a shard of the gnarlrock found in the lair. She has another dream, one in which she is holding the gnarlrock and is comforted by it.

30 Brussendar
 * Bells Hells meets with Jiana Hexum, who contracts them to compete in a wager with Evon Hytroga in Heartmoor Hamlet.
 * They leave Jrusar for the Heartmoor.

31 Brussendar
 * A day of uneventful travel.
 * During a night watch, Laudna tells Orym that she died as a warning to Vox Machina in 810 PD.

Sydenstar 843 PD

 * A day of uneventful travel through stormy weather.
 * During night watches, Imogen and Fresh Cut Grass connects to one another's memories by mutually casting Detect Thoughts and Orym tells Chetney about Will, his late husband killed in the attack on Keyleth.

2 Sydenstar
 * A day of uneventful travel as they pass into marshland.
 * During a night watch, Bells Hells encounters a fairy-lure mantrap.

3 Sydenstar
 * Bells Hells arrives in Heartmoor Hamlet.
 * They prepare for the heist at the museum and speak with Estani about Lumas twins.
 * After nightfall, they view Ruidus through Estani's telescope and see storms on its surface similar to the storms in Imogen's nightmares.
 * Imogen has another nightmare. She runs into the storm and encounters an unidentifiable woman and other figures inside it.

4 Sydenstar
 * Bells Hells further prepares for the heist, then gathers at the museum to begin the heist at midnight.

5 Sydenstar
 * Bells Hells and The Verdict compete to steal an earring from Evon's museum, and Bells Hells wins the wager.
 * They take their long rest throughout the morning.
 * In the afternoon, Chetney has a tense meeting with Zadro Ichlen, Estani warns of the Grim Verity, then the party begins their return to Jrusar.

6 to 8 Sydenstar
 * Days of uneventful travel.
 * Reading the letters he stole from Evon, Ashton learns that the boxes he was hired to steal from Jiana long ago are from Wildemount, then sent to someone else through Jiana as an intermediary.

9 Sydenstar
 * Bells Hells report their success to Jiana, who releases Ashton from their debt.
 * They meet with Eshteross and learns that Treshi fled to Bassuras in disgrace; they agrees to pursue him there.
 * Chetney speaks with Ajit Dayal to learn how to find the Gorgynei.
 * In the night, Chetney terrorizes Tuyen for overcharging her wares.

10 Sydenstar
 * Bells Hells boards the Silver Sun, a skyship in Eshteross' employ.

11 Sydenstar
 * The Silver Sun is attacked by skirath.

12 Sydenstar
 * A day of uneventful travel.
 * Imogen confides in Laudna her concerns about the gnarlrock. Laudna, under Delilah's control, breaks the gnarlrock and apparently absorbs its magic.

13 Sydenstar
 * The party battles a dusttra early in the morning.
 * They arrive at Bassuras in the evening, where they rent a room at the Raha Den.

14 Sydenstar
 * Holiday: Morn of Largesse
 * The party wanders the streets of Bassuras and meets Dusk after saving them from a band of cutthroats.
 * The group, together with Dusk, has lunch at the Taste of Tal'Dorei.
 * They track Armand's ring to the Bank of Renewal bazaar and scouts the Seat of Disdain.
 * Dusk speaks with their master Zathuda about their mission to eliminate the Calloways.
 * Imogen has another nightmare, this time more clearly seeing a gray-haired woman in armor.


 * Holiday: Highsummer
 * The party is confronted by members of the Paragon's Call regarding their scouting of the Seat of Disdain the prior day.
 * Ashton, Chetney, and Imogen visit All-Minds-Burn.
 * Dusk, Fearne, and FCG visit Esmer, and FCG learns Dancer may still be alive.
 * Laudna and Orym spot Treshi as they continue to stake out the Seat of Disdain.
 * The party convenes at Imahara Joe's and puts a down payment on two crawlers for a potential Deathwish Run before moving to the Undercarriage for a night's rest.

16 Sydenstar
 * Half of Bells Hells, led by Ashton, talks with Ratanish and convinces him that they are interested in working with Paragon's Call. They are introduced to Otohan Thull, who has them prove themselves to her in a Deathwish Run; Imogen recognizes Otohan as the woman in her dream.
 * The race was held at dusk. After eliminating all other competitors, Bells Hells wins.
 * Chetney quietly tells Dusk he believes them to be hunting Fearne's parents.

17 Sydenstar
 * Fearne is reunited with Birdie Calloway. Dusk reveals their true form, reintroducing themselves as Yu Suffiad. Yu agrees to give Birdie a month to finish the Veilscatter Scope so that she, Oleander Calloway, and Ira can view Ruidus at the Apogee Solstice, and Birdie agrees to return the Moontide Crown to the Unseelie Court afterward.
 * Birdie and Bells Hells leave Bassuras to see the scope at the "Calloway Hideaway".
 * Through the scope, Imogen and Orym see a lattice around Ruidus and a city on its surface.
 * Ira steals the Moontide Crown from the scope and escapes.
 * Fearne confronts her parents about feeling abandoned.

18 Sydenstar
 * Over Sending, Dancer tells Fresh Cut Grass she never wants to see them again. The stress causes Fresh Cut Grass to shut down, then attack Chetney. The group realizes that the creature that killed the Division of Public Benefit in the previous Thunsheer was Fresh Cut Grass.
 * After returning to Bassuras, Bells Hells speaks to Dancer and learn more about how she repaired Fresh Cut Grass and about her relationship to him. She agrees to speak briefly to him but cannot at this time forgive him for the attack.
 * The party goes to Imahara Joe, where they ask him to open up Fresh Cut Grass to try to see what caused him to go haywire. Joe also tells them about D, the merchant that sold FCG's body to Dancer, and about The Care and Culling from the Age of Arcanum.
 * The group is settled into the barracks at the Seat of Disdain. Ashton recognizes the boxes Paragon's Call is moving are those that they were hired to steal of Jiana Hexum long ago. Chetney locates Treshi within the building.
 * During a sandstorm, Artana Voe and her allies attack Paragon's Call at the Seat of Disdain. Bells Hells takes advantage of the cover to capture Armand Treshi and escape, but are waylaid by Otohan Thull, who single-handedly kills Orym, Fearne, and Laudna, and goads Imogen into triggering a psionic awakening, then vanishes. The party is able to Revivify Orym and Fearne, but lack the resources to resurrect Laudna.
 * The party returns to Imahara Joe for a place to hide from Paragon's Call, where they regroup and interrogate Treshi.

19 Sydenstar
 * Imogen Sends to Xandis, telling them they're ready for pick-up, as well as to Ariks Eshteross to warn him about Otohan and to ask for help in resurrecting Laudna.
 * The Silver Sun arrives and the party embarks back towards Jrusar.

20 Sydenstar
 * The Silver Sun runs into a sandstorm, during which the party falls off the ship and encounters a creature in the sand, but manage to escape.

21 Sydenstar
 * The Silver Sun hits a tailwind, regaining a day lost to the previous sandstorm.

22 Sydenstar
 * Clear skies as the ship passes into the Oderan Wilds.

23 Sydenstar
 * The skyship arrives in Jrusar at sunset.
 * Bells Hells checks in with Eshteross, then delivers Treshi to Orlana Seshadri. Imogen and FCG delve into Ashton's memories, and nearly get trapped in his mindscape.

24 Sydenstar
 * Bells Hells meet with Keyleth to see about resurrecting Laudna. Keyleth transports them via Plants to Whitestone.
 * Keyleth secures the group an audience with Percival de Rolo, who reluctantly summons Pike Trickfoot to perform the resurrection. She senses that Delilah's and Laudna's souls are merged and stops the ritual.
 * With Vex'ahlia de Rolo's help, Pike casts a spell to send the spirits of Bells Hells to the plane where Delilah's and Laudna's souls linger.
 * After navigating a twisted mirror of Whitestone, Bells Hells defeats the shade of Delilah.
 * Laudna is successfully resurrected.
 * Imogen has a dream, and Fresh Cut Grass accompanies her through Shared Dream. Imogen sees Eshteross pass into the storm. The storm clears, and they see that they are on the moon.

25 Sydenstar
 * Bells Hells returns to Jrusar.
 * They discover that Eshteross was killed by Otohan. Chetney acquires several letters, including one granting them ownership of the Silver Sun. Orym recognizes a toxin used by Otohan to prevent resurrection, used in the attack that killed Will and Derrig, in Eshteross' blood.
 * Orlana, Bells Hells, and the Green Seekers make interment arrangements for Eshteross. Orlana contracts Bells Hells to find Otohan.

26 Sydenstar
 * Bells Hells meet with Xandis to discuss travel to Yios. The ship finishes repairs while the party does some shopping.

27 Sydenstar
 * The party embarks on the journey, projected to take 9 days.
 * Clear skies and safe travels.

28 Sydenstar
 * The ship reaches the Hellcatch Valley.

29 Sydenstar
 * The ship encounters a sandstorm and loses a day of travel.

30 Sydenstar
 * Clear skies in the day.
 * Ruidus flare: Imogen has a dream and sees her mother. The flare triggers Chetney's werewolf transformation, who attacks Fearne and Orym but is subdued.
 * Imogen wakes up as the flare ends, and she Sends to Liliana, who responds.

31 and 32 Sydenstar
 * Uneventful days of travel.

Fessuran 843 PD
1 Fessuran
 * The ship passes by Bassuras, during which they are hit by a squall and lose a day of travel.

2 Fessuran
 * Bells Hells are attacked by a flock of cockatrices and a chimera that they were fleeing from.

3 Fessuran
 * Holiday: Harvest's Close
 * The ship passes the Kaal Mountains and reaches the Gloomed Jungles of Aeshanadoor. As they enter a thunderstorm, the ship slows and flies lower.
 * They find an abandoned watchtower, which they descend into he jungle and call the Gorgynei. After an hour, several lycanthropes arrive, lead by Annaline. The Gorgynei take the party to their secret village, Barinak.

4 Fessuran
 * Annaline and several other Gorgynei lead Bells Hells through the jungle towards Zha'Vrollo.

5 Fessuran
 * The party arrives at Zha'Vrollo. Inside the Gorgynei and Chetney make an offering to a statue of Serataani and set up camp.
 * Chetney meditates at the statue until nightfall and has a vision of Sahyaadon. His trial begins as he transforms into a empowered werewolf and attacks the rest of the party. They defeat his empowered form, the trial a success.

6 Fessuran
 * Imogen Sends to Xandis to pick them up on the Silver Sun, arriving at mid-day. They continue travel towards Yios, passing over Qoreo.

7 Fessuran
 * The ship travels safely throughout the day, arriving to Yios at sunset, where they spend the night gambling at the Lakecap Skyport and Lounge.


 * The party tours the city, led by Landon Kreshawl. As they arrive at the Aydinlan Seminary, FCG is attacked by Shithead.
 * As Ashton follows another lead, the rest of Bells Hells is taken by Carolle to the home of Ebenold Kai. They break in and chase the spooked Ebenold and Baryn Vestisho through a Teleportation Circle to Ryn's laboratory on the Elemental Plane of Fire. There, they learn the truth about Ruidus, Predathos, and the two destroyed gods Ethedok and Vordo.
 * They return to Yios, where they are attacked by members of the Ruby Vanguard. They capture one, Tuldus, and learn about the group and its intent to release Predathos.
 * The party meets up with Asthon at the Seminary. While there, FCG and Laudna meet professor Vitro Isham and learn more about aeormatons, and Imogen and Fearne meet Kadija Sumal to discuss the Omen Archive, where Ludinus Da'leth interrupts and steals the archive. The party meets up with Ryn, who Plane Shifts the party to the Feywild.
 * They arrive in the Harrowcall Fens, where Fearne leads them to Ligament Manor to meet Morrigan. They spend the night there.
 * Imogen attempts to purposefully dream. FCG casts Shared Dream on her to allow themselves and Laudna to go with her. She successfully contacts Liliana, who is at the Tishtan excavation, who casts Imogen out of the dream.

9 Fessuran
 * Morri gives some gifts and advice to the party, who set out towards Sun's Shadow.
 * Upon entering the Sablecast Grounds, Bells Hells are briefly accosted by a group of centaurs and sneak into the Shiver Keep. They successfully destroy the Malleus Key, but the explosion draws the attention of Zathuda. He pursues them on Gloamglut, but Bells Hells evades him long enough to pass through the gate to the Taloned Highlands.

10 Fessuran
 * The party travels through the jungle towards Gelvaan. At night FCG casts Shared Dream on Imogen, bringing Chetney and Laudna. She successfully finds Ryn at the Tishtan excavation, who has been petrified. As they wake up, Otohan Thull notices Chetney and FCG, dealing psychic damage to them as they wake.

11 Fessuran
 * The party arrives in Gelvaan, where Imogen speaks with her father Relvin.
 * Xandis picks the party up on the Silver Sun and begin traveling towards Bassuras. They reach out to multiple people via Sending to find allies for their upcoming attack on the Malleus Key at the Tishtan excavation.

12 Fessuran
 * Travel continues unabated. FCG reaches out to Pike Trickfoot.

13 Fessuran
 * The ship enters the Hellcatch Valley. Fearne and Ashton learn about how flying the skyship works. FCG reaches out to D.

14 Fessuran
 * The Silver Sun hits a dust storm, losing a sail and a day of travel.

15 Fessuran
 * The ship arrives at Bassuras midday, disembarking at the Calloway Hideaway. They convene with Ira Wendagoth and buy supplies and magic items in town. Ira joins them as they take off towards the Tishtan excevation.

16 Fessuran
 * The ship encounters a magically empowered dust storm triggered by the coming solstice, taking damage and losing a day of travel.

17 Fessuran
 * The party encounter another milder dust storm, and is persued by an ember roc. Fearne Polymorphs it into a goldfish, where it is lost in the storm.

18 Fessuran
 * Clear day of travel. Keyleth contacts the party via the Message Bloom given to Orym by Thrascuur, telling them that she's bringing aid to the fight.

19 Fessuran
 * The ship avoids an arcane storm.

20 Fessuran
 * The beginning of the Apogee Solstice
 * The party plans how to destroy the Malleus Key at the Tishtan excavation site, where they meet Beauregard Lionett and Caleb Widogast, who are planning the same thing. The party infiltrates the site and destroys more arcane batteries.
 * The Ruby Vanguard capture Beau and Caleb. Ludinus Da'leth uses a Luxon beacon within the Key to accelerate time forward by several hours. Ira Wendagoth and Xandis attempt to crash the Silver Sun into the Key, absconding via Dimension Door. Ludinus Da'leth casts Wall of Force, nullifying the impact of the crashing ship.
 * Keyleth arrives with the Ashari, but she is hit by a Power Word Stun from Ludinus and attaked by Otohan Thull, causing the Champion of Ravens to arrive and defend her. Liliana Temult casts a spell that compresses him into a lens, which is placed in the Key.
 * Ludinus activates the Key, firing a beam of energy towards Ruidus. Everything goes white, and Bells Hells find themselves separated into two groups.

21 Fessuran
 * Chetney, Fresh Cut Grass, Fearne, and Imogen wake up in the Crystalsands Tundra at dawn and begin traveling towards Uthodurn. They are attacked by a frost salamander but are rescued by Deanna and FRIDA.

22 Fessuran
 * The party continues towards Uthodurn unimpeded, then makes camp. Chetney has a conversation with Deanna but runs off as he notices the full moon of Catha.
 * Imogen dreams to see what's happening with Ruidus and sees that all of Exandria's ley lines are being funneled towards the red moon, a similar energy coming from Ruidus to Exandria.
 * FRIDA pursues Chetney and is attacked. The party converges as Chetney realizes he lost control, and he runs into the forest.