Fetching Fables & Frosty Friends

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

Previously on Critical Role
So: The Mighty Nein have made their way to Eiselcross, after agreeing to be hired by Lady Vess DeRogna of the Cerberus Assembly.

''You made your way across the Frigid Depths in an icebreaker ship known as the Midnight Hammer, did some battle, made your way to Balenpost, the Cerberus Assembly-handled outpost here for the Empire on the south end of Foren, the largest landmass within the region of Eiselcross. There, you made some friends, gathered some supplies, and prepared yourselves to journey northward with Vess and your hired guide, Dagen Underthorn, the following day. During the evening, you Scryed upon Mollymauk and discovered that he was taking some sort of a tome, a weirdly front-backless bound tome, from a comfortable room, and seemed to peer back at you -- could see you and converse back towards you in the middle of your Scry.''

''After this chilling exchange, you all bed down for the night and the next day begin to wonder why Vess hadn't come to meet you. When you went to inspect her area on the third and upper floor of the fort of Balenpost, you discovered her room had an open window, a thick layer of snow, and her body lay strewn across the bed, blood pouring from her head and various orifices. You inspected, gathered her body, set it within your amber and wore it to keep it under wraps. Using illusion, you convinced the individuals who were curious about why there was some commotion at Balenpost that Vess DeRogna was still alive and that they do not have to worry about anything. In these moments, you quickly gathered your things, met up with Dagen, and set out northward from Balenpost with none the wiser for the time being of what has transpired.''

So, Mighty Nein, carrying your magically-sealed corpse of Lady Vess DeRogna, member of the Cerberus Assembly, and your fantastic guide Dagen Underthorn, you leave into the frozen expanse, the distant white snowy horizon of Eiselcross, northward.

The Mighty Nein

 * Beauregard Lionett
 * Caduceus Clay
 * Caleb Widogast
 * Frumpkin
 * Fjord
 * Jester Lavorre
 * Veth Brenatto
 * Yasha Nydoorin

New

 * Gestoff

Returning

 * Dagen Underthorn
 * Cree/Lucien ''(via Sending)

Quotations
Caleb: Is it one of us? Caduceus: Give it time. Dagen: Only been a day, friend. There was this rowdy bunch out of Syrinlya, Uthodurnian folk. I think I told you that's where I came from. Too boisterous. Too loud. When you're trying to make your way across landscape like this, you want to keep quiet. Just a bunch of fuckin' dwarves singin' about what they had for breakfast, about what they had for lunch, tales of mysteries to the north. I mean, they had beautiful voices, but they just wouldn't shut the fuck up. One day, we got ambushed and they all got torn apart. I was the only surivivor. I just feel bad for the poor halfling they dragged along.
 * Yasha: (after sampling Dagen's flask) I've never had a drink that's crunchy.
 * Jester: (to Dagen) Are you secretly in love with me?
 * Beau: Who is the worst person you've ever escorted?