![]() ![]() The animation from Titmouse is beautiful here, showing a glow without just washing the canvas in yellow. She lands in the middle of the fray like a Marvel superhero, light emanating from her body. In Episode 9: “The Tide of Bone,” Pike saves the remaining six members, and all of Whitestone, from being overrun by an undead army. ![]() All she had to do was admit she had strayed from the righteous path in her time with Vox Machina, and pledge to always stay true to her morals. After extreme meditation and a frank conversation in the spiritual plane with the Everlight, Pike regains her powers. Not to be used for personal motivation, of course.Įpisode 8: “A Silver Tongue” catches up with Pike (Ashley Johnson), still trying to tap into her spiritual power at the Everlight’s temple. We can only hope that someday the “Scanthems,” as fans refer to Scanlan’s off-the-cuff ditties, will be collected into an album or playlist. The script, written by Riegel and Travis Willingham, stands out as one of the funniest yet. With witty songs to narrate the action, he takes down the soldiers with just his lute, his mystery potions, and of course his giant purple hand. Seeing Scanlan go on a solo mission, “Rambo” style, is the real treat of the episode, though. Scanlan may walk with a confident swagger, but he still wants the respect of his compatriots. Watching the purple gnome plead his case with the rest of Vox Machina, trying to win their confidence in his plan to distract a garrison of soldiers by drinking a bunch of mystery potions and seeing what happens, is both hilarious and insightful. Finally, Scanlan (Sam Riegel) proves he is not just the comedic relief, he’s also a warrior in his own right. They almost kiss before Keyleth comes to her senses: “What? Now? I mean this is the worst time!” Maybe there will be time for kissing at the end of this campaign.Įpisode 7: “Scanbo” packs both an awesome fight with immense character development. Best of all, in a spontaneous moment fueled by adrenaline and motivated by imminent death, Vax (Liam O’Brien) confesses his love to her, mid-battle. She even creates a signal in the sky by manipulating the clouds, to inspire the people of Whitestone. She figures out the Sun Tree is being poisoned by a dark power beneath the city and brings Cassandra back from the brink of death. But with six other interesting and unique characters barely able to get a minute of screen time to talk about their lives before Vox Machina, The Legend of Vox Machina was starting to feel like the Percival De Rolo Show.Īcross the three episodes, Keyleth (Marisha Ray) begins to shine- sometimes literally. Percy’s story is intricately tied to the Briarwoods and their control over Whitestone, so it makes sense that we’ve spent the most time in prior episodes learning about his past. Her character is incapacitated with a slit throat for most of the three episodes, so it’s a little too early to judge Creed-Miles in her first-ever voice-acting role.Īs for the core group of seven, it’s good to see some characters whose personal histories aren't extremely relevant to the current conflict get their due in these three episodes. Esme Creed-Miles, of Amazon’s Hanna, also joins this week as Cassandra de Rolo, long-lost little sister of Percy. Seeing Vedmire stabbed to death by a violent mob of Whitestonians is one of the only victories the peasant folk have seen in the series so far. Of course, McCann, who played Sandor “The Hound” Clegane in HBO’s Game of Thrones, is no stranger to brutes, but there’s no redemption arc here. RELATED: The Legend of Vox Machina Episodes 4-6 Review The deep timbre of McCann’s voice is used well here, giving a real sense to the character’s enormous size (he’s the largest humanoid we’ve seen in the series yet). Previously seen torturing Archie, Vedmire appears as the big bad of episodes 7 and 9. This week, the members of Vox Machina get closer to reaching the Briarwoods and figuring out what’s really going on in Whitestone.Īlongside Dominic Monaghan as Archie and Gina Torres as Keeper Yennen, this week’s stunt casting includes Rory McCann as the villainous Duke Vedmire. The Legend of Vox Machina continues to wow with impressive animation and a high stakes plot alongside deeply emotional character work. ![]()
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