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is the eighteenth episode of the fourth chapter of Critical Role.

Pre-Show
The following videos played during the Critical Role pre-show, and will likely not be included in the final YouTube video of this episode:
 * The updated Critical Role fan art slideshow.
 * A CGI version of the live-action Critical Role opening sequence, created by Robert Dykstra.
 * "Be a Good Dog: Watch Pugmire"
 * A LootCrate commercial.

Announcements

 * LootCrate was pleased with their sponsorship of Critical Role during May 2016, so they returned to sponsor the show again.  Using lootcrate.com/criticalrole, fans can get a $3 discount on the basic subscription, or lootcrate.com/criticalroledx for the DX subscription.
 * [missing item]
 * San Diego Comic Con.
 * Taliesin's next episode of Signal Boost! airs [missing detail].
 * The next Dear Vox Machina article will be released on 2016-06-10.
 * The 50th episode's live-action opening sequence.

Break

 * A promo for The Concession Stand&apos;s screening with Geek & Sundry commentary of Night of the Living Dead, on 2016-06-11 at 8:00pm PDT.
 * LootCrate promotional video.  This video was repeated back-to-back.
 * Episode 11 of Signal Boost!, "From the Darkness, He Boosted..."
 * A LootCrate commercial.
 * A CGI version of the live-action Critical Role opening sequence, created by Robert Dykstra.

Post-Show
The following videos played after the Critical Role episode, and will likely not be included in the final YouTube video of this episode:
 * A LootCrate commercial.
 * A promo for The Concession Stand&apos;s screening with Geek & Sundry commentary of Night of the Living Dead, on 2016-06-11 at 8:00pm PDT.
 * A CGI version of the live-action Critical Role opening sequence, created by Robert Dykstra.
 * A LootCrate commercial.

New

 * Unnamed elderly woman in tavern
 * Unnamed young man at town meeting
 * Unnamed forty-ish-year-old woman at town meeting
 * Unnamed young boy drawing on the wall in the sewer
 * Joseph, an older man and friend of Kerrek
 * Kerrek (played by Patrick Rothfuss)

Returning

 * Amelia
 * Dr. Dranzel
 * Fassbender
 * Kaylie
 * Orin "Blackfoot" (corpse)
 * Shale
 * Umbrasyl (corpse)
 * Worra
 * Zanror

Quotations

 * Scanlan:  "You think any of my servants are boys?"