Media chronology


 * This page is about the in-universe chronological order of released Critical Role media set in Exandria. You may be looking for the Timeline, which lists all known events of the Critical Role universe in chronological order.



Exandria Unlimited: Calamity
Set in the Age of Arcanum, following the Ring of Brass as they uncover a hidden corruption beneath the city they've sworn to protect, and attempt to prevent the Calamity.

Vox Machina - Kith & Kin
Follows Vex'ahlia and Vax'ildan in 807 PD, before they joined Vox Machina.

Vox Machina Origins Series I
Vex'ahlia, Vax'ildan, Scanlan, Grog, Keyleth and Tiberius cross paths in Stilben as they investigate shady business going on in the town and the neighboring swamp. Together, they take down Iselda, a member of the Myriad.

Vox Machina Origins Series II
The group leaves Stilben in search of Grog, who disappears overnight. They meet Pike and her great-great-grand-father in Westruun and save Grog from a lich, and later meet Percy as they look for components for a ritual to remove a phylactery implanted within Grog's chest.

Vox Machina Origins Series III
After paying off their debt to Drez Vina, Vox Machina enjoy a week in Westruun's lap of luxury. But that costs coin, which has a bad habit of running out. So to keep themselves in the black (and the taverns, and the brothels) they agree to join an underground fighting ring. But before they can bash their way to cash, their attention is snagged by the case of a missing child.

Winter's Crest Festival
Vox Machina attends the Winter's Crest festival in Westruun and enjoys the festivities, until a giant egg hatches and reveals a nude woman who freezes the festival over.

This summary covers the events of the Vox Machina Origins and Winter's Crest Festival comics, albeit with minor differences, and so overlaps with them in the chronology. This retelling of Vox Machina's adventures covers events spanning from the initial meeting of the members of Vox Machina in Stilben to their departure for Kraghammer. In addition to events in other material, this special covers the party's initial meeting with Syldor Vessar in Emon; their adventures within the city's underground river system; their meeting with Allura Vysoren; their encounter with the blue dragon Brimscythe; their fight against the glabrezu controlling the King's family; Pike's death and resurrection; their fight against the Dread Emperor; and the construction of Greyskull Keep.

Before and possibly during Keyleth's and Percy's six months respite, while Greyskull Keep was constructed. "Manganiello and his party find themselves in an abandoned temple while looking for an ancient relic. But it certainly won't be easy! Mercer's going to throw a lot of obstacles in the path of these adventurers, and not everyone is guaranteed to make it out of the temple intact. Along the way, an epic tale will unfold."

The Legend of Vox Machina
*The events of the show are considered a separate canon from Campaign 1.

The first season begins with Vox Machina facing Brimscythe and followed by the adaptation of the Briarwoods arc.

*The events of this one-off special episode may not be canonical.

Some time before the attack of the Chroma Conclave, several members of the Clasp set off on a heist in Emon. These events may have happened before or during Campaign 1.

Campaign 1: Vox Machina
The first main campaign of Critical Role covered events spanning less than two years, including the defeat of K'Varn; taking down the Briarwoods and reclaiming Whitestone; recovering several Vestiges of Divergence; taking down the Chroma Conclave; traveling to the Nine Hells; and banishing Vecna. These events take place from 810 to 812 PD.

*The events of this one-off special episode may not be canonical.

Sometime between and, Grog hosted a game of "Bunions & Flagons" within Scanlan's mansion.

Immediately after the end of Campaign 1, Vox Machina ventured within the Plane of Pandemonium in search of Grog's captured soul.

After recovering Grog's soul, Vox Machina looked for the githzerai who made off with their only way home.

One year later, Vox Machina reunited in Dalen's Closet for Vex'ahlia and Percy's official wedding.

*The events of this one-off special episode may not be canonical.

Two years after the defeat of the Chroma Conclave, in autumn of 813 PD, Trinket and his crew set out to steal some honey during a Hazel Festival in Westruun.

*The events of this one-off special episode may not be canonical.

Seven months and 28 days after their last Hazel Festival, Trinket and his crew reunited in Whitestone and attempted to liberate a honey depot at Tova's request.

*The events of this one-off special episode may not be canonical.

Three months after, Tova gathered a new team of lady bears for a new High Bear Nation mission.

The Mighty Nein Origins
Set between 816 PD and 835 PD, the series explores the lives of the Mighty Nein before they all met in Trostenwald.

Fourteen years after the end of Campaign 1, Taryon Darrington welcomed new members within his brigade and led them through a dangerous journey in search of glory.

Campaign 2: The Mighty Nein
Nearly 25 years after the end of Campaign 1, a new group of adventurers met and began traveling together. The events covered in this campaign include the Mighty Nein saving the town of Alfield, facing the Iron Shepherds, turning in Avantika to the Plank King, allying themselves with the Bright Queen, battling Obann and the Angel of Irons cult, bringing the War of Ash and Light to an end, liberating the island of Rumblecusp, and stopping a long-lost part of Aeor from returning to Exandria and wreaking its madness on the world. These events take place from 835 to 836 PD.

The events of this one-off special episode are not canonical.

As the War of Ash and Light looms over the Dwendalian Empire, Lucky Jack, Yasha, Beau, and Nott are seeking revenge on Madrak.

The events of this one-off special episode are semi-canonical.

Around the beginning of active hostilities in the War of Ash and Light, the children of the lycanthropic Lorelei family were summoned back to Castle Lorelei by a letter from their father, and encountered the unexpected upon returning to their ancestral home.

The events of this one-off special episode are likely not canonical. Two months after the War of Ash and Light broke out in the north, a team of scrappy and stressed out familiars is on their way to explore Nicodranas, while the Mighty Nein explore leads toward the second Cloven Crystal.

Exandria Unlimited
Set in late 842 PD to early 843 PD, a group of adventurers in Emon get entangled with the Nameless Ones and investigate a strange rune in the Scar of the Cinder King.

Campaign 3
Set in 843 PD, new and returning heroes group up in Jrusar for a job.

Exandria Unlimited: Kymal
Set in 843 PD, Dorian Storm reunites with the Crown Keepers as they embark on adventures in the city of Kymal.

The Tales of Exandria: The Bright Queen
Set in 855 PD, what might be the final piece of the Luxon appears and Leylas Kryn sends Quana to collect it... with consequences that may threaten the entire Kryn Dynasty.

Uncertain Time Frame

 * (The events of this one-off special episode may not be canonical.)
 * (The events of this one-off special episode may not be canonical.)