Editing Critical Role (section)

==The Mighty Nein==
The Cast of Characters in Season 2. (2018-2021)

===Beauregard "Beau" Lionett===

Socially awkward, lesbian [[human]] [[monk]] played by [[wikipedia:Marisha Ray|Marisha Ray]]. The Korra to Keyleth's Aang. Surly and cynical, a self-professed jerkass. Turns out to have been running from successful wine merchant parents who were so outraged by her bootlegging their wine that they had her kidnapped by a monastic order, the Cobalt Soul, with the instructions to literally "beat the indiscretions out of her". The characters has a lot of ups and downs throughout the series, ranging from a relatable youngster, trying to find a surrogate family after her real one abandoned her, to an insufferable self-righteous brat who uses her privileged position and the backing of the Cobalt Soul to get what she wants. Halfway throughout the series Beau eventually finds her balance and becomes a dedicated expositor to the Cobalt Soul, being vital to end the war in Wildmount and expose the corruption inside the empire, while still holding to some of her cynicism. Currently holds the record for bedding the most Guest Characters.

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===Caduceus Clay===

Serene, asexual male <s>[[Firbolg]]</s> goatfolk [[cleric]] played by [[wikipedia:Taliesin Jaffe|Taliesin Jaffe]]. He is the team's chef, and soundly loathed by much of /tg/ for cementing the "Firbolgs are hornless [[minotaur]]s" meme started by the campaign with his official art. Besides that his most notables traits are his love for tea, grown in a cemetery and always referred by the name of the family the plant grew on and not the plant itself. Played by Molly's actor after his previous character's unfortunate demise.
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===Caleb Widogast (born Bren Aldric Ermendrud)===

Played by [[wikipedia:Liam O'Brien|Liam O'Brien]]. A worldweary, mentally scarred vagabond [[human]] [[wizard]] ([[Transmuter]]) with large crystals inserted into his forearms. [[grimdark|Was trained/brainwashed into becoming a mage-assassin and given the final task of killing his parents for subversion]]. Turns out he was compelled magically to do so and subsequently went mad from revelation. He was committed to an insane asylum for over a decade before getting his faculties back and breaking out, meeting up with Nott along the way.

Caleb is usually well-liked by the fandom, due to his brotherly relationship with Nott, pet familiar cat Frumpkin, German accent, and Liam actually incorporating the use of material components in his descriptions of spellcasting. However, he also felt in many of the same pitfalls as Vax'ildan, being over-the-top edgy and angsty. 
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===Fjord===

Played by [[wikipedia:Travis Willingham|Travis Willingham]]. Male [[half-orc]] sailor turned [[warlock]], ultimately multiclassing to [[paladin]]. Suffers from an inferiority complex due to being raised among human society, and imitates his former captain down to the accent for a large portion of the series. Once he loses his warlock powers derived from an eldritch horror, he comes clean and converts to a nature deity to regain his former abilities and multiclass. Probably everyone's favorite C2 character due to Travis finally being able to play a high-intelligence character after playing Grog for 3 years and the de-facto leader of the party for a good part of the campaign.

Fjord was also Travis Willingham's first experience playing a character with romance involved. Travis was infamously someone who did not want to do romance in D&D, and when Laura Bailey learned of this, she played a character who would try and seduce him. Travis was incredibly uncomfortable for most of the early campaign, however he eventually came around, much to everyone else's amusement. In interviews on the talk show, Travis mentions how Laura knows how to play at him and she was making the entire ordeal hard for him. 

Overall Fjord is pretty popular and he is one of the better parts of campaign 2, somewhat being its equivalent to Percy and the Pirates Arc vacuum-tight character driven vibe being compared to the Briarwood Arc and praised for the same reasons. 
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===Jester Lavorre (born Genevieve Lavorre)===

Played by [[wikipedia:Laura Bailey (voice actress)|Laura Bailey]]. <s>Annoying</s> Spunky, <s>[[Chaotic Stupid]]</s> playful, mischievous female [[tiefling]] [[cleric]] of the local god of trickery and chaos. Has blue skin instead of red and an affinity for frost instead of fire, which might be because she's actually half tiefling and half (water) [[genasi]]. Daughter of a courtesan and raised exclusively indoors, she has major issues dealing with reality but keeps an upbeat attitude possibly out of necessity. Her dad is a crime boss known as The Gentleman, which the fans predicted might be the case almost as soon as he was introduced but wasn't revealed until dozens of sessions later. Generally the most beloved character, balancing a chaotic and impulsive nature with almost childlike innocence and a thick eastern accent. Also the most lewded probably do to the fact that her mother is a prostitute and her fascination with harlequin novels (particularly Tusk Love). 

Jester also ended up in a romantic relationship with Fjord, which was part of a long con on the part of Laura to get Travis to do D&D romance. Given they are married to each other in real life, and how he admitted in interviews he would block her out if she try, it was still impressive she managed to get him out of the shell. Even though some might criticize it as a bit cringy, it is really funny watching Jester and Fjord. 

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===Mollymauk "Molly" Tealeaf===

[[Gay Purple Man|Flamboyant purple-skinned male]] [[tiefling]] [[Blood Hunter]], introduced as a traveling circus performer and con-man. Waking up in a shallow grave with no memory of his past and with his neck completely covered in scars and adorned with various eye tattoos across his body. Molly is a literal and figurative peacock, wearing a colorful robe covered with religious symbols of nearly every deity and delighting in telling outrageous lies with no thought for who believes them. Despite his mischievous, carefree and sometimes downright hedonistic attitude, he still manages to be endearing and kindhearted when it matters. Molly grew to be an overall favorite among the fans and the party due to these traits, and for a time was ironically the party's moral center, balancing mischief and outrageous hijinks with a desire to not harm those who didn't deserve it. Brutally murdered in the 26th episode, and many a tear was shed. Had somewhat of a 'cult following' after his death with many 'What If' scenarios being drawn if he had been alive, partially too he came to represent the promising start of the campaign before the fall in quality after the Pirate's Arc (even though he died way before that).
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===Nott the Brave/Veth Brenatto (née Smyth)===

Played by [[wikipedia:Sam Riegel|Sam Riegel]]. A skittish, kleptomaniacal, booze-addicted female [[goblin]] [[rogue]] with an immense sense of racial self-hatred going on, Nott became a surprise hit on /tg/ due to her endearing personality and being a mainstream depiction of the "cute goblin" meme, with some hints from her players that she's even a canonical [[shortstack]]. Then it was revealed that Nott is actually a [[halfling]] called Veth, who was cursed into the form of a goblin by a vengeful goblin shaman for killing said shaman's husband. She ultimately broke the curse and returned to her original form. Ironically, /tg/ generally considers it a ''downgrade'' in terms of attractiveness.
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===Yasha Nydoorin===

Played by [[wikipedia:Ashley Johnson (actress)|Ashley Johnson]] Goth-styled lesbian fallen [[aasimar]] barbarian with a [[grimdark|tragic past involving her lover from another tribe being murdered when they tried to run away together]]. Has apparently become the Chosen One for the setting's [[Tharizdun]], which is ominous. Like Pike wasn't really developed for a good part of the campaign due to Ashley's absence while filming Blindspot and worsened by the character's low Charisma score.

However once Blindspot had ended, and Ashley returned to CR on a permanent basis she was given the opportunity to fully flesh-out a character for the first time since the beginning of the show. There Yasha is shown to be one of the kinder members of the Mighty Nein (besides Caduceus), showing great patience and understanding with her comrades and a general willingness to make them feel at ease despite her size and strength. These changes eventually lead her to be redeemed by the Stormlord and become a Protector Aasimar.
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