Critical Role The Vanishing | Critical Role | Campaign 4, Episode 20 Part 1
Apr 2, 2026
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Bolaire Lathalia (portrayed by Taliesin Jaffe)
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Murray Mag’Nesson (portrayed by Marisha Ray)
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Azune Nayar (portrayed by Luis Carazo)
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Octus / Player Characters (Luis Carazo / Azune Nayar & others)
Bolaire Lathalia (Taliesin Jaffe), a curator and forger, helps manipulate perceptions. Murray Mag’Nesson (Marisha Ray), an arcane trickster, handles disguises and subterfuge. Azune Nayar (Luis Carazo), an arcanist lieutenant, leads magical forensics at the Palazzo. They investigate vanished arcanists, scrubbed magic, staged illusions, and a staged massacre that blurs truth and memory.
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Partial Rituals Create Anchored Spirits
- The Seekers' return to the Tenebral Reaches reveals spells can bridge life and the underworld without fully restoring the dead.
- Octus uses the Stone of Nightsong to briefly summon Tertia's spirit, showing partial rituals leave ghosts anchored and vulnerable.
Coping With Family's Violent Legacy
- Octus and companions process the violent death of Dame Gaia and reflect on family reputations and trauma.
- Intimate conversation reveals Thimble's family history overshadows kinder relatives, grounding character motives.
Blank Spell Tablets Enable Covert Forgeries
- Stolen blank spell tablets let low-quality forgeries masquerade as true glyphs, enabling covert magical tampering.
- Horus links missing blanks to the janky Misty Step glyph that fooled investigators, tying theft to the palace mystery.