Candela Obscura: The Circle of The Crimson Mirror | Episode 2

Candela Obscura: The Circle of The Crimson Mirror | Episode 2 | The Gilded Graveyard

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Past horrors resurface as the Circle of the Crimson Mirror attend a masquerade, along with Newfaires major powers.
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@crispy7335 Ай бұрын

You die a hero or live long enough to see Percy look like Lord Briarwood

@k.o.l.2237 23 күн бұрын

Underrated comment 🤣👏

@crispy7335 Ай бұрын

Liam's DMing and Taliesin's freedom to stop pretending he isnt a reincarnated soul from the victorian era. I wish we had 100 episodes of this.

@kathrynwilliams2302 28 күн бұрын

I CANNOT handle the thought of only having one more episode with this group. Please make this a full campaign!!!!!

@ashleywilliams7141 27 күн бұрын

I can’t get enough! Such a great table, the GMing from Liam is so fresh and unique. The roleplay is fun and dynamic, ugh!! It’s so GOOD! I’m so happy to see others enjoying it as much as I am. 😏

@Superdummy803 16 күн бұрын

Laim was born to GM a Candela game. He's so good.

@Barmander 5 күн бұрын

Reincarnated soul assumes he ever died in the first place!

@jessedasilva7908 Ай бұрын

Came for the eldritch horror, stayed for the attempt of making Romeo & Juliet canon in Candela

@thebookofive Ай бұрын

Romeo & Juliet in Candela = hats in the Burrow's End lol

@emiliobustamante2401 Ай бұрын

Its amazing how Liam just, dissapears, when he plays NPCs. Also Grimora's "caretakers" sure take their job seriously, their charge goes missing days and the first thing they do when she walks in is chastise her for costing them money.

@sarahraynore6713 Ай бұрын

Somehow I keep getting surprised when the doctor character freaks out because they broke their hippocratic oath, but I still eat that shit up

@alexandertiberius1098 Күн бұрын

I've never really liked that trope, no one anywhere has ever sworn the hippocratic oath, most people thought he was a bit of a tool.

@zombiecookieproductions1116 Ай бұрын

Find someone who looks at you the way Liam looks at Taliesin when he describes the dinner scene in his apartment.

@michaelkausalik4062 27 күн бұрын

These two love each other. Whether it’s brotherly or biblically I cannot say. But I have dreams.

@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll Ай бұрын

Liam is so fucking good at this. And that scene between Leo and his dad - just looking at Taliesin's expression afterwards makes me mildly queasy. Too real, man. Too real.

@junezhang6267 29 күн бұрын

I love how beautifully INTENSE the parts everything got where Doctor and Leo recalled their past trauma. Leo and Edgar are two very different people by all means. One is flamboyant, hedonistic, always the center of attention, good at using words to swoon everyone around. One is low-key, plain and simple, socially awkward. Yet these two share a shockingly similar trauma: losing their sister in a mystical event that seemly changed their life forever, and still haunting them till this day. So when their pasts caught up to them at the same time, the same place, and they both broke under it, everything just became even more chaotic and intense on top of their life threatening situation. I’m looking forward to learning more about their backstories, and what their reactions would be when they learned about each other’s past and find out how similar they are. My favorite part of this episode is when Leo wrote the extra note to Edgar, and Edgar’s reaction to it. 1:50:57 The dynamic between these two is just on point 👌 On the surface it seems these two couldn’t get along so well, as how they themselves admitted, since how different they are, but obviously they care about each other in their own ways. I’m so glad that Alexander asked about the content of the note, otherwise we would have missed this very cute interaction. 1:48:13 I also like when Edgar told the head of the hospital that he didn’t own him anything. The slight confusion in his eyes and voices was almost like that Edgar didn’t understand why the man would think he owned him a debt. It really just showed how sincere Edgar was, and how he treated “saving other people’s lives” as something that he was supposed to do, not something that he did for favors. The way Alexander portrayed this character is just, PERFECT.

@PancakeMonster359 Ай бұрын

2:08:36 Liam just couldn't resist bringing that Raven Queen aesthetics to Candela haha

@sweatydanny Ай бұрын

When he described that one couple with the man in a mechanical mask with gears on it and the woman with peacock feathers, I was like "Perc'ahlia?"

@AngelousVita Ай бұрын

I just want to say that I think Liam is an amazing Game Master. He is everything I wish I could be when it comes to running a game.

@NinjaDeathSlap Ай бұрын

I've never paid much mind before now to how the timelines of the different circles we've seen so far relate to one another, but the couple of Tide and Bone references in this episode now have my head spinning over where in relation to the events of the other seasons this is taking place.

@Misfit_Kitten Ай бұрын

Liam said in the chat that this was a prequel to Tide and Bone.

@FictionRaider007 Ай бұрын

Beauty of an anthology series. Anything could potentially be retroactive foreshadowing or a stealthy continuation of things we've seen somewhere else if the idea interests the Gamekeeper enough to incorporate it.

@thegriffin88 Ай бұрын

Headcanon: My own character Carlos (Weird, human illegally experimented on during the war, a human with the skeletal structure of a lion. According to the papers that didn't burn was supposed to be turning into a sphinx) now lives in the 4th Pharos because of the sheer amount of bleed and brain scars he took during the final battle of Needle and Thread. He uses the claws he grew (causing his nails to fall out first, need that body horror) to carve rocks into baseballs for Shawn's carin. Shawn was the one who rescued him. Candela just kinda lets Carlos live in there because he can't return to the surface as he is now, which is way more fucked up looking, and because he's relatively harmless. Also sometimes they want to poke at him. For science. So he would have probably said "Hi!" to Crimson Mirror.

@thegriffin88 Ай бұрын

Further headcanoning: My Tide and Bone duo, Voirrey Irving and Gef (Journalist/Weird, from urban myth you can google them) carried over from Tide and Bone because Voirrey and Gef still want to know what Gef is but didn't want to give up each other for it (The Goddess tested them in the climax of Tide and Bone but they want the answers together, they're best friends.) and Voirrey uses her job at a popular tabloid to cover up some of Candela's workings. Sensationalizing the minor things so nobody looks at the really weird stuff going on. Although she feels out of place in this circle. She is the new girl after all.

@butHomeisNowhere___ Ай бұрын

Is it just me or is the storytelling in this similar to Dark Souls storytelling? Where you have to gather bits and pieces of lore and connect them together because they aren't explicitly told to us. I love it, this show is SO good

@SmolAngryBi Ай бұрын

I think my favourite thing about this chapter is how fleshed out the world feels. Every NPC feels like an actual person to me and I love it!

@ashleywilliams7141 27 күн бұрын

Agree, agree, agree!! 🙂‍↕️

@imthestein Ай бұрын

Break begins: 2:16:39 and Break ends: 2:26:39

@masterjaczor9892 Ай бұрын

I love that Liam O'Brien has some references to the previous Candela Obscura. Like he mentions the Antiquarian and talks references an old man (Cosmo) and a puppy following him (probably Gadot).

@SajarErbraTerof 13 күн бұрын

I was looking for that comment! ❤ I was so happy when he describe that. So I guess this storie take place before the circle of tide and bone.

@symphonixblades 12 күн бұрын

also Malcolm being a security guard at the Glass Cat and the owner is Cordelia Glask (which was a character from Tide and Bone played by Gina Darling)

@alex_gorod 6 күн бұрын

Damn, Leo's memory of his tragedy was so good!!! Liam asked and Taliesin fuckin delivered.

@ashleyv91939 Ай бұрын

2:10:50 “You Are Too Much, Taliesin Jaffe”!!!☺️

@alleyesonme61686 Ай бұрын

I'm only 40 minutes away from knowing what you're talking about 😆

@kab6754 Ай бұрын

I love that organizations and persons outside of Candela are aware of the weird and the bleeds. It fleshes it out and adds more depth to the world; like, absolutely the rich and powerful would hold secret auctions selling weird occult magic stuff!

@SUZE. Ай бұрын

Hearing Taliesin describing Leo's alone time, with the cooking and music playing.... made me think Leo is based on Hannibal Lecter. Just me?

@endreverland811 Ай бұрын

This is one of my absolute favorites of anything on Critical Role. Already knew that Liam is an incredible GM and that Taliesin is an amazing actor. But holy Sh!it, what a brilliant performance by Alexander Ward. I still have chills as I write this. Man, hoping he gets invited again to CR. Hands down my favorite guest.

@marablackledge 26 күн бұрын

I’m tempted to boot Calamity from the top of my list to be a very close second… Will have to see how the final ep plays out. I LOVE this series.

@marablackledge 26 күн бұрын

When Edgar washes his hands? I was spellbound! I hope he comes back!!

@endreverland811 26 күн бұрын

@@marablackledge Yeah, Calamity was epic!,😊

@dcass1283 14 күн бұрын

He wasn't in anything with CR before? Def seems familiar, maybe it's just me

@endreverland811 13 күн бұрын

@@dcass1283 Had to double check, and you're absolutely correct. He played in the Elden Ring one shot. Haven't listened to it yet, but Will for sure when I paint tonight 😊😊

@avalonyennefer4470 Ай бұрын

Taliesen's performance of Leo's memory made me anxious, amazing

@irena4545 Ай бұрын

This is an insanely high level of gamemastering! I never thought that someome might ever beat Matt's performance for me but Liam did, and I am almost tempted to say, hands down. Everyone is giving great performance and I really love how the characters' backgrounds tie in but don't deter from the story taking place now, as I felt sometimes with the previous two circles. The only drawback - how am I supposed to fall asleep now, being so thrilled? :D

@LLCCB 16 күн бұрын

I love Leo and Malcom comforting Grimoria about her terrible family. One of the most interesting / awful things about Candela seems to be the terrible conditions in which many of their members suffer during their regular lives.

@xPIRATExCHICKx Ай бұрын

Love candela SO much. Love the spookiness, the sets, the outfits, the drama, the RP, everything! Switching up the DMs and players keeps things so fresh and interesting. It's cool to see the different DM styles and player dynamics. Eating up every second of this circle so far; can't wait for next episode!

@jorenthar9186 Ай бұрын

That's a nice description of Taliesin's apartment 😊

@Tfin Ай бұрын

I like the way this is structured as a series of short adventures rather than the long stories we've seen before that necessitated messing with the rules.

@meghanmcgowan7748 Ай бұрын

4:56:38 "I'm on the internet, you'll find it" mood

@aesclap21 22 күн бұрын

the scene at the Glas Cat is a little tragic as you have two characters of different circles of candela interact for a short amount of time. And this scene seems to be set in a time before what happened to the other circle, from which we know that most them will perish alone in the dark, while the Glas Cat burns down to cinder and ashes…

@lynnclark8791 Ай бұрын

Jesus Christ, Taliesin! What the hell? Just who were you channeling because it was horrifyingly fantastic.

@junezhang6267 29 күн бұрын

GOD I need the fanart of these characters wearing their masquerade outfit!!! Taliesin is way too good at describing these kind of fabulous and fancy things I’m so amazed

@kadoj 10 күн бұрын

Daaaaamn, Lycoris took a whiplash-inducing turn in that church during the combat...Alexander really pulled out absolutely _all_ the stops at the end there. Every last one.

@negate3 Ай бұрын

2:32:10 When the die rolls so high, and you cry "Oh my my!", that's Candela

@elischaotic4930 26 күн бұрын

Liam and Tal...IF I EVER CATCH YOU, IT'S ON SIGHT😭 Yall be makimg me scream at work, you gotta warn a guy 😂

@OlessanYT 8 күн бұрын

Edgar's handwriting defying the stereotype lol

@thebookofive Ай бұрын

4:10:00 omg it was such a powerful moment by Liam and Taliesin

@zlatan_2197 Ай бұрын

Now that VOD is back, I expect Flando to jump in with timestamps once again. Welcome back everyone!

@flandomaltrizian4603 Ай бұрын

An attempt was made, unfortunately it is not the case

@sethlost424 Ай бұрын

@@flandomaltrizian4603 no worries, dude, we get it! just good to know you're still around 👍

@zlatan_2197 Ай бұрын

@@flandomaltrizian4603 No worries mate, I know you're doing everything you can, you're appreciated either way. It's up to the platform to sort their things out, hopefully soon.

@imthestein Ай бұрын

What exactly is the VOD issue? I'm not familiar with this and KZfaq

@jordansedgwick8551 Ай бұрын

@@flandomaltrizian4603thanks for trying !

@ShonaCairncross-mq7kn Ай бұрын

Jeeez, Liam you have such a great sense of timing and the sounds...truly horrifying in that last confrontation. Overall this is my favorite circle; amazing work everyone!

@copperdragon9214 Ай бұрын

Bruh, get Imari as a guest on the main campaign, cause he is popping Candela after Candela. Edit: AND A TRIPLE CANDELA FROM ALEX?

@kathrynwilliams2302 28 күн бұрын

Finally caught up last night and I cannot handle the thought of only having one more episode with this group. Please PLEASE consider making more with this circle (and with @voiceofobrien's razor-sharp DMing!)

@thegriffin88 Ай бұрын

I think Talesin just described his own house. XD

@karencollins7076 Ай бұрын

Chat was thinking same

@thegriffin88 Ай бұрын

@@karencollins7076 I really want to see what's on his bookshelves. I can get great insight on people based on what books they have. I bet he's got some awesome gets. I'm getting into out of print fantasy /sci-fi

@jordansedgwick8551 Ай бұрын

I feel like every episode I try to figure out which one of them has to be a vampire, and it changes every time

@musstakrakish Ай бұрын

It's Tal

@ch1m3r4c0mpl3x 15 күн бұрын

I'm just here to express my appreciation for Liam sounding exactly like he could've been Imari's brother IRL

@Ella-yr2xf Ай бұрын

I love how slay everyone always is in these episodes

@MadameZabini Ай бұрын

Their commitment to the look is what gets me, because I’m terrified to try to “turn of the century” eyebrow look behind closed doors let alone for all the internet to see lol😅

@Macaburugaming Ай бұрын

Can you enlighten me as to what slay means?

@goolgepl2112 Ай бұрын

@@Macaburugaming "fabulous", "extravangantly good looking", not exactly "well-dressed" but something along those lines

@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll Ай бұрын

Let us all praise Jenny Newman, our lady and savior. (And HMU is killing it as well!)

@Superdummy803 16 күн бұрын

With the way they have set up Candela episodes with them all dressed in character and with how spooky it gets, I feel this show would lend itself very well to being told in front of a live audience. Not a stadium like they did for the MN a few months ago, something more intimate like maybe a black box theater setting that seats no more than 1 or 200.

@BarbaricoNumen 6 күн бұрын

Im LOVING candela more than regular CR, i Hope we'll get soooo many seasons of this ToT

@lisaslaikeu4095 Ай бұрын

We have a connection to Madame Glask?! :O

@uttkarshnarayan 16 күн бұрын

I like how folks costume/makeup updates with each episode depending on how much they've suffered lol

@phoebica Ай бұрын

I love this episode

@greenquartz Ай бұрын

I am loving this circle! They balance each other out really well.

@butHomeisNowhere___ Ай бұрын

@FaunoAtelie 6 күн бұрын

You mean a mistery

@greenquartz Ай бұрын

Alexander is giving me serious young Richard E. Grant vibes and I am so here for it!

@slashfilledmind 22 күн бұрын

No offence to the others, but this is by far my favorite Candela group. And Liam is doing great as the gm!

@mysticaledenflower4330 Ай бұрын

I am totally in love with all four of them.

@sarahraynore6713 29 күн бұрын

I just thought of this but I want to see Liam gm a game of Vampire or something similar so bad. Something very narrative and role-play focused, with lots of social intrigue

@Rhilika_Star Ай бұрын

Love this series, each Candela has been so different. Loving how drawn in I get with just a couple of episodes.

@shadronmythos9943 20 күн бұрын

Candela Obscura is one of my favorite avenues for horror stories.

@cannoneermike Ай бұрын

The amount of sixes in this episode!!!! The team's in fire!!

@kagemarunl Ай бұрын

Every "Candela..." gave me a rush! It was amazing to see! ♥

@SenterSen Ай бұрын

HELL YEAAAAH, LAST SESSION WAS FUCKING AWESOMEEE

@MadamFoogie Ай бұрын

Shoutout to all my Candelabrahs!

@JamesColeman1 Ай бұрын

Taliesen would make for a great film villain.

@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll Ай бұрын

He's probably happier this way, and I totally support the choice he made to quit (most) on-camera acting as a teenager, but sometimes I do wonder about what we could have had if he'd continued his Hollywood career.

@EarnestEgregore Ай бұрын

Really enjoying the characters that were brought and the story that's being built... Quite a wonderful aesthetic/vibe overall

@ashes4162 Ай бұрын

Another amazing bit of storytelling by the whole crew. I love that they embody every element of their characters. Cant wait for the next episode. Also the amount of luck in those rolls was crazy!

@kevinfog Ай бұрын

I love this season so much!

@miritskeen 7 күн бұрын

i love this circle with all of my heart and i love the brilliant choices by everyone (but especially alex ward!!!)

@toph2249 Ай бұрын

Hashtag Candelabrahs? We were having such a fun time in the live chat and not paying attention to the story in the slightest 🤣

@MadamFoogie Ай бұрын

Yes, it is a thing.

@rheakano9952 Ай бұрын

I wander if Leo got kicked out of his family because they assumed that he killed his sister and all of his friends that day. I mean, he was the only one who survived, so he must have been responsible, right?

@susannahmitchell5558 Ай бұрын

Why does this sound like Percival Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III?

@rheakano9952 Ай бұрын

@@susannahmitchell5558 I don't know why it does to you. Percy never got kicked out of his family. He also was never blamed to have anything to do with their death. To me it feels like two wholly different characters and scenarios. I mean, Leo has a deep raging anger against his father and mother, that became very obvious. Percy had nothing like that.

@Casey2007 26 күн бұрын

Alex let a little Jaspar out there for a min when he read Leo's note. 😂

@Andi_orion 3 күн бұрын

Taliesin's eyes are so beautiful. Just adds to the tragedy.

@psyrolz1626 5 күн бұрын

Im halfway into the episode and I can already tell that Taliesin gave the cosplayers the greatest challenge yet (so amazingly done)

@anikaknudsen3379 Ай бұрын

I'm only twenty minutes into this episode, but I feel SO sure that Zora will betray them. Her mannerisms are off. The way she says, "No rest for the wicked." The fact her name is ZORA which means "FEMALE FOX" in Spanish. Maybe I'm just reading into things...

@magicalataj6168 Ай бұрын

I am excited for the episode and see what happens

@hasanriaz6808 Ай бұрын

So pumped for this !!!!

@danielashchegelskaya7021 6 күн бұрын

damn you for making me cry before even the first hour mark of the episode!!!! Stupid Malcolm being kind and shit!!

@mayonnaisewithbacon6099 Ай бұрын

Wooooo perfect thing to wake up too yes!

@user-xr9dv7lu4g Ай бұрын

This is amazing! AMAZING! This is the best Candela episode! I love it soooooo much!!!!

@GracetheYounger Ай бұрын

...Is Liam my new favorite horror GM

@MrSHADOWANGEL999 Ай бұрын

Bloody fantastic

@Foxbat320 Ай бұрын

I think Liam should look for a new career in ASMR is voice is so relaxing. Enjoyed the show keep up the good work .

@emmajk7433 Ай бұрын

Liam, excellent work!

@RelaxingRadiance Ай бұрын

Looks great!

@laurapetruzzi5814 Ай бұрын

Taliesin Sr., you are a treasure.

@justinisp9361 27 күн бұрын

I would love to see one of these short campaigns with Matt as a player.

@jakajaka22 29 күн бұрын

Bravo, Liam, bravo!

@anmarbhchrios Ай бұрын

I’m hooked!

@neonpixiee518 25 күн бұрын

This is hands down the best DnD I’ve ever seen

@jakeroon Ай бұрын

Talisin lookin super spiffy

@LLCCB 16 күн бұрын

I can't wait to see the last episode for this vivacious circle! So many secrets

@user-qi8nl9hd4e 28 күн бұрын

@comnix524 10 күн бұрын

I'm kinda in love with this group, it has become Grimoria and her three dads and I think that's perfect

@thebookofive Ай бұрын

Let's gooooooo!

@astrosplorer 4 күн бұрын

I love candela obscura. it's just so theatrical

@LLCCB 16 күн бұрын

Oh! A heist! How fun and potentially terrifying

@robertbishop5440 28 күн бұрын

Liam is incredible ❤️❤️❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@LLCCB 16 күн бұрын

These endings are so brutal. I feel for them all so much.

@gladosthecakeisalie 11 күн бұрын

That chest is like the Arc of the Covenant, but somehow even MORE ELDRITCH HORROR!!

@CJ77.8 27 күн бұрын

Liam’s speech at the start gives me Sam vibes from the speech he gives at the end of twin towers

@moth_enterprises Ай бұрын

I'm late but the episode is already starting great! Excited to see what happens next!

@devlogerio Ай бұрын

You know whats nicest in t The Gilded Graveyard? its the handsom gentle men in the teama!

@UltravioletRay Ай бұрын

I love the universe of Candela and it’s mechanics so much. However, I dont know if they changed the rules between episodes or something, but it seems like the item system is being used less and less with each saga. Like in the beginning it was clearly explained in the rules that you could have a certain amount of items and you could decide when and how to use them or even get them on the spot as long as it made sense narratively. And It made the story exciting and spontaneous (for example, Brennan using the dynamite in the second arc). For the past two arcs it feels like people have not been taking advantage of this system at all and I wish they would. I feel like the DMs need to emphasize the item system far more and encourage the characters to be creative because in the first two arcs the ways that they used the items were ingenious and now I feel like they barely use them at all. This is just my opinion of course 🙌🏽

@SmolAngryBi Ай бұрын

I think they use them, they just don’t describe them as much, like Malcolm’s gun and Grimoria’s smoke bomb