Against the Tide of Bone

is the ninth episode of the third chapter of Critical Role. Exhausted and facing an undead army, Vox Machina prepares to storm Whitestone Castle! Thankfully, they're about to get some help from divine intervention...

Recap
"The party of Vox Machina, having traveled across Tal'Dorei to the city of Whitestone to seek a pair of seemingly vicious and evil individuals known as Lord and Lady Briarwood, members of the past that Percy's family fell to oh so many years ago, leaving what he thought was the sole survivor to the de Rolo family. Upon coming to Whitestone, finding its people downtrodden and oppressed by the Briarwood rule, as well as the cutthroats and mercenaries that they had brought along with them when they took the city, now given lordship and plots of land, rule over this entire town. The word began to spread of possible new rebellion, as [the party] trudged through the town leaving burned marks, burned houses, and very, very slaughtered people in the process, very bad people. As these murmurs began to continue to roll and coalesce, [they] spoke to a number of individuals in the city that were involved in previous failed rebellions, and seemed to build up what may be the last chance for Whitestone, as part of this information was revealed that Percy's thought-dead sister Cassandra still existed within the castle, and had been what people thought the only living de Rolo and bastion of hope within the city—now there were two.

"Upon triggering the initiation of this, the party split: Scanlan Shorthalt running to one of the nobles' home, while the rest of the party went to the other, to set a diversion at the same time. It may not have worked as intended, but it definitely worked, as we had an epic bard versus goliath rainstorm rooftop showdown. The rest of the party made their way into Count Tylieri's home, destroyed his vampiric self, and got some information out of the guards before escaping into the town, which has now gone into chaos.

"Many of the townsfolk have become the militia that they've been preparing to be. Armed with whatever they could find, they've managed to take down a number of the large hulking zombie giant guardians throughout the city. Many lives were lost in the process and the battle is ongoing. As [Vox Machina] rushed towards the center of the town to check in on the Sun Tree, finding all the previous bodies that resembled members of Vox Machina cut from its boughs, [they] saw, swarming into the center of the city, a large horde of skeletal undead, clattering forth into the dark, as the sun has now set over the horizon, the rain beginning to pour heavily onto the center of the town. There were efforts meant to keep the army at bay, as [they] all rushed towards the west to escape the immediate fray."