Scaldseat (episode)

is the eighth episode of the eighth chapter of Critical Role. Vox Machina descend into the heart of an undersea volcano to find the forge of the gods.

Previously on Critical Role
"Vox Machina, in facing the terrible threat of Vecna returned to physical form, went to seek audiences with a number of the deities of Exandria. After getting Blessings and fragments of the essence of three of the gods, they discovered that Vecna had completed the Ritual of Seeding and ascended into godhood. However, discussing with Ioun, the Knowing Mistress, it will take a little bit of time for him to both understand the extent of his power, to claim his domains, and expand beyond just his current condensed avatar form, so time is of the essence. Not to mention that in order to claim the full strength, there needs to be a showing of power and faith, something to gather attention and faith from the masses.

"So with that information, Ioun imbued upon Grog the ability to blacksmith, and Percival the knowledge of the construct of these divine trammels, things that could possibly be used to seal, and have been used previously to seal a god, as killing them is a very, very difficult and dangerous thing.

"Vox Machina discovered the place where these can be crafted is called the Core Anvil, once belonging to the Allhammer, the deity of construction, design, and craftsmanship. It resides beneath an underwater volcano known as Scaldseat off the shore of a city called Shorecomb in Issylra. They also had a little run-in with Vecna recently, taunting them all.

"Vox Machina found themselves in Vasselheim, went to the Trial Forge to speak with Earthbreaker Groon and discovered what would be required to attempt to make contact with Kord. Vax'ildan made communion with the Raven Queen, and in declaring his complete faith in her, she offered a piece of her essence to give them the third seed with which to make a third divine trammel.

"They all fell asleep within Scanlan's Magnificent Mansion. Scanlan cast True Polymorph on himself to take the form of a planetar and...did whatever he did in that form as they all went to sleep that evening."

Vox Machina

 * Taryon Darrington (absent; mentioned only)
 * Doty 2.0 (absent; not mentioned)
 * Keyleth
 * Percival de Rolo
 * Scanlan Shorthalt
 * Grog Strongjaw
 * Pike Trickfoot (DM-controlled)
 * Trinket
 * Vax'ildan
 * Vex'ahlia

New

 * Fenna
 * Captain Santy
 * Senth

Mentioned

 * Delilah Briarwood
 * Ioun
 * Kaylie
 * Moradin, the Allhammer
 * Raven Queen
 * Sarenrae
 * Sprigg
 * Vecna