Bells Hells

 are an adventuring party that met and joined together while they were all in Jrusar, Marquet in the summer of 843 PD. They are the protagonists of the Third Campaign of Critical Role.

Founding
Three small groups came together near the Spire by Fire Inn in Jrusar when a magical disturbance nearby created several animated objects that threatened to attack innocents in the street. One group, Ashton Greymoore and Fresh Cut Grass, had been at the Inn looking for employment; another pair, Imogen Temult and Laudna, had been shopping after inquiring about how to enroll in a prestigious university in the city; and Dorian Storm, Fearne Calloway, and Orym had been sent to Jrusar on a search mission to locate Oshad Breshio. As they spontaneously coordinated to fight the animated objects, Bertrand Bell arrived and was impressed by the seven individuals' effectiveness as a combined team. Bertrand, who knew Lord Ariks Eshteross was looking for talent, promised to make introductions to high-placed people in the city to help the seven with their various goals, and took them to see Eshteross.

Fighting Crime in Jrusar
At the request of Lord Eshteross, the party investigated the Prudaj Textiles warehouse, looking to stop ongoing thefts. They found a ledger with evidence that the warehouse manager, Danas, was covering up the loss in warehouse stock. Tracking Danas, the party arrived at the Weary Way Tavern just in time to witness her murder at the hands of her partner in crime, a pale dwarf known as Dugger, who overpowered the group with the aid of a number of shade creepers and made his escape. That evening, while taking a late-night stroll, Bertrand Bell was cornered by that same individual, who swiftly took his life. Seeing Bertrand in a recurrent nightmare of hers, Imogen raised the alarm, and Bertrand's body was found soon after. Going back to the tavern room where they fought the dwarf, the party found a hidden hole under the desk that seemed to be as deep as the spire itself. With information from the Hubatt Corsairs, the group found out where Dugger lived. The dwarf exhibited strange abilities, like a viscous physical form, but the party was able to kill him and avenge the death of Bertrand.

As they looked for clues related to Oshad Breshio, the group also investigated disappearances at the Dreamscape Theater and disposed of the spitting mimic that was responsible. After the fight, they were approached by Chetney Pock O'Pea, who hired them to find his missing guide, Gurge Kisgregg, and offered to help them until they could find him. Before they could begin their search, they were accosted by Dorian's brother, Cyrus Wyvernwind, who let them know that he was working with the Hubatt Corsairs and that he had a big bounty on his head. The group began looking for Gurge, and found out that he turned into a terrifying beast and was taken by the bounty hunter Artana Voe to her client, Vali Dertrana, the business commissioner of the Mirror Towers. With help from Lord Eshteross, the group entered the Moon Tower where Vali worked, and Chetney snuck into a secret passageway. He heard a conversation between Vali and someone named Ira, but his presence was noticed, and he escaped by crashing through the window. The group split up for a few hours, and Ashton paid a short visit to his employer, Jiana Hexum. It was revealed that she was the one who put a bounty on Cyrus' head, and that Ashton owed her a debt.

Returning to the Mirror Towers in the middle of the night, the entire group infiltrated Vali's office. At the end of the secret passageway, they found Ira Wendagoth, an eerie-lookie fey also known as the Nightmare King, who was keeping Gurge in a cage. Chetney attacked, revealing his true identity as a werewolf. The party released Gurge and battled Ira and the furniture that he made come to life. Ira left the scene after activating a powerful magical reactor, and the group ran away just before the tower was blown up.

The next day, the group visited Lord Eshteross to tell him about Ira, and they were able to determine that he was working for Armand Treshi. The party decided to attend a ball later that week to try to meet him, and to then leave town to do a job for Jiana Hexum. They took some time to relax in a bathhouse before they visited House Lumas to meet Oshad Breshio, the man Keyleth had tasked Orym to speak to and learn about his attack. They then went to the Starpoint Conservatory, where Imogen was finally allowed in to research her powers. She found out that a study had discovered several individuals across Exandria who were prone to the same dream as her seemingly caused by the celestial solstice, including her mother, Liliana. In the following days, Imogen saw two figures holding hands amidst the storm in her dream. She thought it might be the Lumas twins, who were the last known people to have read the study she found. The group also got together to purchase outfits and create masks for the ball.

The day before the ball, Eshteross met with the group to discuss their plan. Dorian was to appear as himself, with him and Eshteross as guests while the others acted as their respective entourage. During the Dance of the Crossroads, they managed to replace Armand's prize ring with a traceable, enchanted copy. Ashton was targeted because of his mask of the Nightmare King and challenged to a duel by General Ratanish, leader of Paragon's Call, and loses. While spying on Armand's date, lady Emoth Kade, Chetney found out that she was meeting up with Dorian's brother Cyrus. Following her to the guests' private chamber, he realized that she could command shade creepers. The others arrived as Emoth killed several guards in a form similar to Dugger's. They managed to kill her shade creepers but Emoth escaped, saving a single guard, who asked who they were. Laudna finally gave the group's name: Bell's Hells. As they returned to the ball, Dorian saw his brother being arrested by the Green Seekers and threw a smoke grenade, managing to sneak him out of the area. After clearing up some things with the guards, the rest of the group headed back to Eshteross' estate to reflect on the evening. Seeing as Cyrus was a higly wanted fugitive, Eshteross offered to smuggle him out of the city to Emon on his skyship, and Dorian decided to go with him, saying goodbye to the rest of the group.

Name
Immediately after the party was first formed, Bertrand Bell began suggesting names, which the rest of the group ignored. However, after his death (and after hearing of Ashton's former team, the Nobodies) the party actively began looking for a name. They asked several people what word first popped into their mind when looking at the group.

During the masquerade ball held by the Chandei Quorum, Imogen first used the name Bell's Hells to refer to the party when Dunot, a guard that they saved from Emoth Kade and her shade creepers, asked what to call them. Later that night when Dorian was making his leave with his brother Cyrus, he asked the others if they liked that name, to which they toasted.

Suggestions

 * Sir Bertrand Bell and his Sorcerous Swords (by Bertrand Bell)
 * Bertrand's Bells (by Bertrand)
 * The Shit Handlers (by Dorian)
 * New Nobodies (by Ashton)
 * Bell's Hells (by Imogen and Laudna)
 * Focus, Group (by FCG)
 * "First Word" suggestions:
 * Trouble (by Yash Mangal)
 * Eclectic (by Lord Eshteross)
 * The Sweetest (by Zhudanna)
 * Lucky (by Tefta)

Allies and friends
Player Characters

NPCs


 * Ariks Eshteross
 * Cyrus Wyvernwind
 * Milo Krook
 * Yash Mangal

Enemies

 * Dugger
 * Ira Wendagoth
 * Emoth Kade

Trivia

 * This party is the first to feature returning characters from a different Critical Role series: Orym, Fearne, and Dorian appeared in Exandria Unlimited, and Bertrand appeared in and.
 * Chetney, while not a returning character, is based on an existing character: Chutney Chocolatecane from.
 * Jester Lavorre from Campaign Two was also a returning character, but not from a Critical Role production.
 * Unlike the Mighty Nein, this group's appearance was not teased before the campaign began airing. This was likely to avoid spoiling the fact that existing characters would appear in the series.