Heart-to-Heartmoor

is the seventeenth episode of the third campaign of Critical Role.

Previously on Critical Role
''Last we left off, Bells Hells had seen their friend Dorian off with his brother Cyrus on Ariks Eshteross's airship to Tal'Dorei to keep them both safe for the time being. Upon looking to delve into some of the mysteries surrounding your recent ill luck in social endeavors here in Jrusar, you ran into the Green Seekers, a pair of well-known investigators here in Marquet and beyond. To build trust with them to absolve yourself of the growing mistrust they seem to have in encountering you, you together delved into the mines deep beneath the Smolder Spire in Jrusar, battled through shade creepers, and eventually stumbled upon on the trail of Lady Emoth Kade, the Shade Mother: a large misshapen entity that seemed to be the source of the ever-mutating shade creeper hordes that were tunneling through the city, stealing and thieving.''

''You managed to capture Lady Kade herself and roll her out while escaping the Shade Mother through the help of some ingenuity and the sacrifice of one magical rope into some drill machinery and left in the abandoned mine. After going your separate ways, you managed to gather yourselves and what strength you had left after a long, hard-fought battle. Bruised and battered a bit, you went and got rooms for the night there at the Soot and Swill, where you were looking over a glowing stone that you had discovered within the area of the shade mother's den, as well as you sleeping through an important date you had set.''

Bells Hells

 * Ashton Greymoore
 * Chetney Pock O'Pea
 * Fearne Calloway
 * Fresh Cut Grass
 * Imogen Temult
 * Laudna
 * Orym

Returning

 * Ariks Eshteross
 * Jiana Hexum
 * Milo Krook
 * Zhudanna

New

 * Willam, Lantern Spire stablemaster

Mentioned

 * Andy, a former crush of Laudna's
 * Anni Aughta
 * Armand Treshi
 * Dancer
 * Delilah Briarwood
 * Evon Hytroga
 * Master Faramore, Laudna's former employer
 * Gus
 * Isha Sabanis
 * Keyleth
 * Liliana Temult, Imogen's mother
 * Morri Calloway
 * Ogdes Friez
 * Oleander "Ollie" and Birdie Calloway, Fearne's parents
 * Olly
 * Orlana Seshadri
 * Shade Mother
 * Sylas Briarwood
 * Will, Orym's late husband

Quotations
Zhudanna: Very well, I'll be here when you return. Imogen: We hope so. Zhudanna: Goodbye! Laudna: Why do you keep licking it? Ashton: I don't know! Laudna: Can I taste it? [...] Oh, it's good.
 * Laudna: We'll be back in a few weeks.
 * Ashton: Tastes like rabbit saliva. Oof. Ugh.

Trivia

 * The party named their horses Sir Floppers, Rabbit, Loonch, Escargot, and Heart.
 * The RTA tattooed on Chetney's right shoulder stands for "Recognize the Alpha," his slogan based on old research on wolf packs that Matt emphasized was outdated and completely disproved.
 * This episode aired on 17 March 2022, and was designated as the 7th Anniversary Episode, celebrating Critical Role's first stream on 12 March 2015. The episode was also streamed live in theaters in both the United States and Brazil.