Critical Role: Winter's Crest Festival

The Critical Role: Winter's Crest Festival comic was the first official comic series based on one of Vox Machina's pre-stream adventures. The comic was written by Marisha Ray and Taliesin Jaffe with art by Wendy Sullivan Green. It debuted on November 18, 2015, and continued until December 24, 2015, after its planned run of six strips.

#1: Welcome to the Winter's Crest Festival
Released on November 18, 2015, the first set of four panels of the comic depicted Vox Machina's first Christmas adventure at Winter's Crest Festival in Westruun. Receiving a handbill for the festival, Vox Machina eagerly decides to celebrate. The final panel foreshadows future events with a blue, egg-like crystal in the town square.

#2: Target Practice
Released on November 25, 2015, the second set of four panels shows Vex'ahlia and Percy playing a target practice festival game while Trinket watches with surprise.

#3: Holiday Hats
Released on December 02, 2015, the third set of four panels features Keyleth, Percy, Pike, Scanlan, Grog, and Trinket shopping for hats. In the background, Vax'ildan appears to be shoplifting a hat and Vex'ahlia argues with the shopowner over prices.

#4: Drunken Revelry
Released on December 09, 2015, the fourth set of four panels shows a variety of Vox Machina's holiday contests and antics, once again including the frozen egg.

#5: Yuletime Grog
Released on December 16, 2015, the fifth set of four panels shows Grog, passed out from food and alcohol, being decorated as a winter's festival tree by the other members of Vox Machina.

#6: The Winter Witch of Westruun
Released on December 24, 2015, the sixth and final issue of ten panels pays off the foreshadowing of the frozen egg from previous issues. The egg cracks, then bursts in a powerful wintry explosion, freezing Vax'ildan into an ice statue. A nude woman emerges from the crystal and retreats through a portal, followed by Vox Machina (except for the frozen Vax).

Vox Machina

 * Vax'ildan
 * Vex'ahlia
 * Tiberius Stormwind
 * Scanlan Shorthalt
 * Grog Strongjaw
 * Keyleth
 * Trinket
 * Percival de Rolo
 * Pike Trickfoot

New

 * Skysunder

Trivia

 * Parts of this comic are based on the cast's real-life Renaissance fair experience.
 * This was the first official comic series for Critical Role, followed by Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins.
 * The Winter's Crest festival at Westruun was adapted into a comic a second time in Vox Machina Origins III #3.