Critical Role The Vanishing | Critical Role | Campaign 4, Episode 20 Part 2
Apr 7, 2026
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Bolaire Lathalia (portrayed by Taliesin Jaffe)
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Halandil "Hal" Fang (portrayed by Liam O'Brien)
Guest
Murray Mag’Nesson (portrayed by Marisha Ray)
Taliesin Jaffe — performer playing Bolaire Lathalia, quick-witted and analytical. Liam O’Brien — performer playing Halandil 'Hal' Fang, steady investigator and ally. Marisha Ray — performer playing Murray Mag’Nesson, driven and probing. They explore disappearances of arcanists, unsettling blue-flame magic, layered mural sorcery, tense interrogations, and a hunt for a missing witness. Stakes rise as strange conjuration and necromancy surface.
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Recorded Curse Reveals A Deliberate Cover-Up
- The recording at House Divinos contained a harmful magical residue that injured Inspector Grotto and hinted at a cover-up of Octus Taconus's murder.
- Grotto reports a hidden floor recording and claims the Divinos family disappearance was scrubbed, implying deliberate erasure of evidence.
Murray Implanted A Massacre Narrative In A Witness
- Murray manipulated Grotto's memory, implanting a narrative of a massacre at House Divinos to ensure the report would be taken seriously.
- The group combined illusion and divination to make Grotto believe he had witnessed Octus's murder.
Blue Flame Acts As A Magical Signature Pointing To Demidus
- Blue candle flame served as a signature or message linked to Demidus, tying him to events at Divinos.
- Bolaire and Murray associate that unique blue flame with prior tricks by Demidus, making him a person of interest.