Liam saying "You won a BAFTA" is peak Ashley energy.

29:57 Liam describing Orym with the Bell’s Hells as “trying to be Keyleth but EVERYONE is Grog” 😂😂

Ashton’s dynamic with Laudna is so interesting. Laudna had no say in her first death, she was tricked and betrayed, and she woke up alone, looking like a monster. She was alone for so long, but somehow she has found people who love her, she’s found her own piece of happiness, she’s turned out relatively ok. So if Laudna can go through all of that, and still be a good, happy person, then there must be something wrong with Ashton, from his perspective. But they don’t want to admit that, so they want to poke and pick and claw until he finds something wrong with Laudna, so he can say “Look! It isn’t just me! Life truly is just horrible, and we’re all miserable!” “You can’t be as unlucky as me, and still be this happy, because if that’s true, then that means there’s something wrong with *me,* something *I* need to fix. Ands that’s not right, because that means all this time I’ve spent miserable, angry, and alone has been for nothing.”

i love how the opening conversation started as a bit and then became an actual conversation.

Orym is like a cold glass of plain water after working outside on a hot day. He is just refreshing when everyone else is coke or hard liquor.

Now I'm just waiting for Ashley to turn into a platypus. The king of all awkward animals.

I want a one-shot, or ExU-style mini-series, of Beau and Caleb hunting mages from the Cerberus Assembly, or other rogue mages causing trouble

Long time no see all. Likes and comments are appreciated so others can see this. ❤ 4SD Ep 11 Timestamps 0:00 - Previously on… 0:38 - Pickles and Cucumbers 1:22 - Kentucky MF Drink 2:30 - Rollin for Tavern Keep 3:19 - Ashley is Tavern Keep 4:55 - Moppo! Broomie’s Replacement 5:09 - BAFTA Winner Ashley Johnson 5:57 - Intro actually starts 6:22 - WTF is Up with That 6:42 - The Fey Realm 6:58 - Nana Morri and the Bird House 9:18 - Fearne’s Friends and Cathy 9:44 - Ashley’s visit to Versailles 10:45 - Fearne’s Wildshape 12:19 - Destroying the Key 12:37 - Feelings on the Fey Realm 13:40 - Kathy 14:00 - Fey Dragon 14:39 - Portable Hole Idea 15:35 - Fey Entity on the Dragon 16:26 - Dani reminding the cast of lore during episodes 16:58 - The Apogee Solstice (Medium) 18:36 - Caleb & Beau 19:08 - Expecting Caleb 20:16 - Low level and Ludinus 20:33 - Caleb getting Collared 20:48 - Enjoying Failure (and Skyship Plan) 21:45 - Keyleth and Vax 22:29 - Unable to Sleep 22:48 - Liam’s Thought Process (The Attack on Zephrah) 24:25 - What if a Character is dead 24:46 - Last Leaf on the Tree 25:30 - Beau & Caleb better be fine 25:57 - Separated (Where’s the trio at?) 26:47 - Backwards in Time 27:30 - Keyleth getting curb stomped 28:20 - Last of Us Reference 28:38 - Fearne misses Orym (Morally Gray + Orym) 30:10 - Keyleth surrounded by Grogs 30:40 - Dark Orym (Liam dodges the question) 31:06 - The Guests 33:02 - Made to mess with Sam and Travis 33:26 - Watching from the sidelines 35:00 - Travis’ expressions 35:58 - Tower of Inquiry 36:57 - Marisha pulls a block 37:20 - What has been your favorite scene that your character wasn’t a part of? 40:19 - Liam pulls a block 40:49 - What have you discovered about your character that has surprised you the most? 42:28 - Winners and losers or interventionist gods 42:55 - Laudna and Ashton conversations 45:42 - Orym’s backstory thoughts 46:20 - Exandrian Mind Palace 47:20 - Synthetic Memories 48:05 - Ashley loves making the others uncomfortable 49:47 - Travis’ reaction to Fearne’s decisions 50:32 - Tal picks a block 51:04 - Daily Routines 52:45 - Not Trusting Pate 53:36 - Ashton’s Routines (Pain Management 54:21 - Chronic Pain (Dani pitches in) 56:29 - Ashley picks a block 57:02 - Do you have any favorite spell or class feature that you love using? Which one is the most fun? 58:28 - And now it’s time for… And with that. 58:39 - The Deep Dive 59:11 - Liam goes first or does Ashley? 59:43 - How is Orym feeling, knowing that he is the one who called Keyleth in for this mission with the Ruby Vanguard and that he now has an answer for why Zephrah was attacked? 1:00:44 - Ashton possibly could be connected to the dark Ashari cult 1:01:04 - No matter what you say Liam, Orym’s gonna turn at some point 1:01:14 - Delilah in Orym 1:01:33 - Is Fearne worried about her own magic, since things seem a little topsy-turvy? 1:02:10 - EXU Duo separation (Dog Walker not present) 1:03:24 - Only Sending was Affected (School of Magic look up) 1:03:55 - What was it like for Laudna to watch Imogen struggle with her choices? Did Laudna ever feel a similar conflict regarding the Ruby Vanguard? 1:05:28 - Cyclical 1:05:40 - Sending is an Evocation Spell 1:05:58 - Getting rid of the gods, but also the consequence of releasing Predathos 1:06:58 - Understanding Imogen’s struggle, but also Laudna was murdered by these people (Sarenrae brought Laudna back) 1:08:06 - Can’t deny the gods exist 1:08:42 - Limogen (New ship name, folks? Or just a drink) 1:09:52 - Ashton Devil’s Advocate (maybe come up in a future episode, but also anger when we get to Earth, Wind and Spooky) 1:12:12 - Caduceus 1:13:05 - Tal & Marisha: Conversation about deaths and loneliness, what was that heart-to-heart like for both of you? 1:14:32 - Astrological Taliesin 1:17:35 - Having something to lose 1:19:26 - Life and Love is hard 1:20:04 - Orym kept Dorian in the loop on everything occurring with the Apogee Solstice, but learned that the Crown Keepers are dealing with a tense situation regarding Opal. Is he worried about his friends in Tal’Dorei? 1:21:01 - Hopeful for an EXU Part 3 1:21:28 - How did Fearne feel listening to Ludinus’ justifications for his actions while in Kadija Sumal’s office? What was that experience like for her? 1:22:17 - Fearne is afraid of Ludinus 1:22:59 - Liam & Marisha: What was it like having Beau and Caleb show up? All three of your campaign characters were sharing a map, for a moment. 1:24:09 - Seeing Vax 1:26:18 - Ashton referred to themselves as having “extremely useful damage” - what is their relationship like with their abilities? (Doesn’t understand so others don’t as well) 1:28:41 - Three Witches, Three Bodyguards/Knights, and a Robot 1:29:21 - Liam & Tal: Chetney directed Orym and Ashton to kill the Paragon’s Call halfling who surrendered. How did this affect them? If Ashton hadn’t stepped up to kill him, would Orym have done it? 1:30:10 - The locket (Tal’s thoughts) 1:31:36 - Liam’s locket interpretation 1:32:11 - What does Fearne think about Ira? 1:33:00 - What Laudna thinks of Ira? 1:33:50 - Marisha’s final three questions (Hates not knowing where Imogen is, Loves Pate as a familiar, “Just held her hand”) 1:34:51 - What did Ashton mean by FCG is dangerous in a way they don’t understand? What does Ashton think about FCG’s desire for martyrdom and newfound faith in the Changebringer? 1:37:04 - FCG being a bomb 1:37:57 - Liam pulls from the tower 1:38:12 - If you could spend one day with your character, how would you like to spend it? 1:39:30 - Tal pulls a block 1:39:52 - What would you or your character’s room in Widogast’s Nascent Nein-Sided Tower look like? 1:42:09 - Marisha pulls a block 1:42:42 - Can you share a particularly immersive narrative moment, or moment in the story that brought you to the surface of Exandria? (C2 spoilers) 1:46:16 - End C1 spoilers (skip to 1:47:00) 1:46:25 - Ashley pulls a block 1:47:05 - What would your character’s favorite movie genre be? 1:50:09 - BREAK STARTS 2:03:00 - BREAK ENDS 2:03:26 - Level 1 (Marisha Ray Trivia) 2:04:24 - How has Orym felt seeing Imogen and others waffle on whether to stop the Vanguard? (Orym doesn’t think Imogen will turn) 2:05:35 - Silly voice starts 2:06:08 - Was it difficult for Ashton to call in a favor from Jiana Hexum? What do they think of her and their situation now that there has been a bit of distance? 2:07:16 - Level 1 End 2:07:45 - Liam & Ashley are Mobsters 2:08:33 - Level 2 2:08:38 - What was it like for Fearne to see Nana Morri physically come to her rescue and fight off the Fey dragon? 2:09:14 - Rhyming in that episode 2:09:50 - What did Laudna think of the Fey Realm? Too much spooky? 2:10:14 - If y’all could have any item from Nana Morri’s collection what would it be? 2:11:46 - (C1 Spoilers) What was it like to see Vax return to save Keyleth but then be used in this plot? What was going through your mind in that moment? (Forever and ever and always) 2:12:39 - What inspired the shenanigans of Ashton’s time with Violet and the Kenku? 2:14:10 - Level 2 Failed 2:14:24 - Level 2 Take 2 2:15:40 - Fearne is Ruidusborn and was part of the group that helped power the Malleus Key. How does she feel having been forcibly made a piece of this plot to release Predathos? 2:17:24 - Pâtè isn’t with Laudna. How do you feel about not having Imogen or her rat bird familiar? 2:18:26 - Shimmer 2:19:40 - Level 2 Complete 2:20:02 - Rhyming (Laura’s Achilles) 2:21:12 - Replaying Level 2 2:22:54 - Level 3 Start (Pro Mover Tip) 2:23:59 - Who in Bells Hells would be least helpful in a move? 2:25:52 - What would Laudna want to make with Nana Morri? 2:27:32 - What did it mean to Orym to have Seedling given to him by the Wildmother specifically? (Stories of his own, but also stupid kids toys) 2:29:10 - Level 3 Complete 2:30:43 - A wild Moppo appears 2:30:56 - Outro music 2:32:00 - Post-Credit Scene Let me know if I missed anything. These come out while I’m in the middle of school, so it’ll be a few hours before I’m able to get all the Timestamps done. Thanks for your patience. Is it Tuesday yet?

28:20 “Ellie, get in the moon” is my favorite thing now

I was like "two and a half hours? they sure are enjoying doing this aftershow" and then i remembered the murder subplot

What's crazy is when it was happening to Kiki and she was being attacked, I could see Marisha doing the hp math in her head and the realization of "oh fuck..."

So much love to Dani and Taliesin for being so open and honest about their chronic pain! They are both so amazing and do so much for CR and the community, and it's such a special kind of happiness of seeing chronic pain being talked about like this.

I will now patiently wait for fan art of Orym dressed as Keyleth surrounded by Grogs in the size, shape, and dress of the rest of BH.

Having guests come in and actually play important characters from BH's background is a genius move.

I don't know how many people saw it, since not even the captioner knew what Taliesin was talking about, but I love the fact that Ashton's side quest was a Leverage episode. Really cements the fact that Ashton belongs in a heist group

It's interesting to see Taliesin bringing up the 'waking up from being dead all alone' and it being a significant groundstone for Ashton's character after it was subtext to Mollymauk/Kingsley in last campaign. Because Molly woke up in a grave that Lucien's dug for him, but Kingsley woke up surrounded by MN because Molly made friends that he loved and who loved him.

Why is no one talking about how smooth and cool Tal was when he pulled his first block from the tower? Threw the piece out, followed by the block flip? Rad as hell

Every time Taliesin comes on and talks about Ashton it's mind-blowing. So deep and sad and subsequently beautiful

Best 4 sided dive yet! Talesin & Marisha’s discussions were insane to listen too and Ashley being the audience surrogate/host was perfect. You could also see Liam enjoying just soaking in the other player opinions. More of this!

Loved the part at 43:10 where Marisha and Taliesin talk about Laudna and Ashton, their emotional intelligence is of the charts, such great deep stuff.

Three witches and their body guards +a robot lmaooo 😂😂😂

everyone is SO convinced that orym is hiding some deep dark secret. I really think hes just a nice little guy lol

54:22 I had no clue that Talisen actually struggled with chronic pain. He is definitely doing a great job at representing people who struggle with chronic pain through Ashton. Ashton is one of my favorite characters because of how strong he is. He pushes through the pain to protect the people he cares about, and that is something that I admire. 💚

52:27 Liam's Pate took me off guard with how good that was

I can relate to what Liam calls "synthetic memories" _so freaking much_ ... I have lived a whole other life in my head with my DnD character and not even 10% of it has come out in game yet and most of the rest will never come out. Yet, it feels like "true" memory of a life lived... the mind is strange at times :)

Flando is missing, all is not right with the world

Taliesin's little "oh you get me :)" was adorable xD

Ashley's reaction to Taliesin's reading of FCG should be in the Hall Of Fame. 1:36:37

As someone with an autoimmune condition that has caused me chronic pain for the past 15+ years, I thoroughly enjoy seeing how Taliesin portrays Ashton.

I wasn't ready for the wave of angst when Taliesin was talking about Ashton's feelings of being abandoned and just thinking about how he would feel that FCG tried to message Orym and not them.

Now I picture Cadeceus working on sanctifying the rebuilt house and temple and on the last day the magic gives out because of Predathos and the Wildmother and him being like "I'ma go slap that bitch God-eater back to the moon"

When I saw that this week's 4-sided dive was Liam, Marisha, Ashley and Taliesin, I was SO happy

1:19:05 So Ashton's main theme is the same as in The Last of Us. The fear of loss is making him resistant to emotional bonds, but not immune.

I love how Liam fully committed to his character voice in the gaming section. He only broke character when he answered questions

As someone that suffers from Chronic migraines, I relate to taliesin/ashton so much. I had no idea that Dani also suffered from Chronic illness, but hearing Dani talking about dealing with people when all you want to do is sleep or scream or throw up or Taliesin talking about Ashton dealing with his Chronic pain and anger issues by drinking enough to pass out at night both hit me really hard. Thankfully, I have a good enough support structure that I don't need to abuse pills or alcohol to survive, but I can easily see how someone in my/our position would do that. Thank you Taliesin for putting so much work into your characters to make them relatable and putting so much of yourself into them even though it must be difficult.

One of my favorite parts of this show is just opening it up to hear the cast talk about something completely random, especially with this episode lol. Idk how going from Broomey's death to Liam talking about pickles can be so entertaining but it is indeed, and I love it.

"If you dont know what you are doing, no one else can either" It reminded me instantly of Grogs "If i dont see where i am swinging, neither do you" from TLOVM

Someone should make a compilation of fern being told no.

Seeing Ashton and hearing Taliesin talk about him hits really deep. This campaign started almost exactly a year after I had brain surgery to save my life. I had to have part of my skull and brain removed and as a result I have permanent nerve damage, I have tremors, and I struggle to walk and stand for extended periods of time. I'm very limited in what I can do now, and I live with pretty severe chronic pain. I am a completely different person now, and I can very much relate to the toxic, abusive, angry side that Ashton has. It's take a lot of work and therapy to get out of that, but I'm still in pain. What happened to me still defines what I'm able to do every day. It's changed how I view the world and others.

"What if we bounced back 3 days" With a small evil moon locked in the sky? Yeah, no thank you, I've played Majora's Mask.

By far the best 4 sided dive yet, the long uninterrupted conversations and deep insights from Taliesin make this a lovely and engaging watch.

This might be my favorite 4-Sided Dive yet. They got so in depth with their conversations, and you could see how much thought they were giving it. Obviously there's a time constraint, and stuff they don't want to reveal yet, but I would watch them introspect and posit theories for any length of time.

Taliesin had a lot of great emotional insights this episode -- so much of what he said caught me off guard.

29:40 Marisha is a HUGE fan of Ashley apparently xD

I really enjoyed the conversations between Marisha and Taliesin. They really have a *lot* going on with those characters.

I loved Liam mentioning the Matron scene at the end of C1. He lingers there for a sec while the next question comes in and I love that these stories are so deeply important for them. Like, hearing Tal talking about how he can walk through Whitestone in his head, and how Liam has a part of his mind that lives in Zephra...it really shows how important this story is to them. And to us.

Fsr Liam's character voice throughout them playing Moving Out brought me a very specific joy

I feel so honored that Taliesin really took his assignment of understanding the punk scene seriously. Like, Ashton is so fucking real for me, because I’m surrounded by people just like them.

Insecurities, Jealousy, Petty Secretes, Faults; those are GREAT points to add to a character. NPC or PC. Even if some of those never turn up in game they'll affect how you'd play, how you'd act as them.

My favorite artifact from the St. Louis City Children's Museum is a quote written on a random wall in gold paint marker that says "if you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." And that quote has lived in my heart for a long time! (Please go to the City Museum if you get the chance!)

As a person with chronic pain, I love this about Ashton.

As another human who's got chronic issues, I just have to agree with Dani so much. I love all the characters so much but every once in a while when I'm reminded Ashton is in pain all the time it is like a little "hey you aren't alone" reminder. And logically I know I'm unfortunately not alone in the chronic pain/ issues community, but still. It's incredibly isolating and being represented well , in something that helps you escape just makes the whole world of cr feel more like home. Thank you all on the cr team who see this. You guys truly have something so special going on and it's been so amazing to be a part of the community for the last 2 years 💜

For anyone looking: the lyric Liam mentions (at 1:19:24) is, "Oh, how good it must feel to not love anything" from Matt Maeson, ♫ "Twisted Tongue" ♫ - and yeah wow the whole song is pretty on the nose for the recent episodes of this campaign.

54:40 As someone with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (A condition which a hallmark symptom of is spontaneous joint dislocation) I felt that "You were built poorly" on a cellular level.

I wish I could just have a long, long, long conversation with Taliesin one day. Like. To talk about life. It feels like one of those people who are going to gift you with a sentence you'll remember fondly for the rest of your life.

To add to Liam talking about the end of C1. Sam apologizing to Liam and then breaking down, that was some very raw stuff and made those moments so memorable. In my headcannon it makes sense that Scanlon would do the same to Vex, so I hope they animate that moment.

around 1:45:45 the most immersive moment(s) for me was in the first campaign, when they visited the 3 gods: Pelor, Knowing Mistress and Sarenrae, it was breathtaking, when they stepped in each of the domains and met actual gods of their world

i love when they just start talking about anything and everything, like they forget they are on a show and are just really good friends talking about this super fun game they play together, i could listen to them talking about this stuff for way longer then a 4-sided dive episode ever goes on for hehe :D

I forgot how long it was since the last one. When I saw broomy at the beggining I was like "WAIT?! I DIDN'T SKIP ANYTHING XD?!"

As someone who also deals with Chronic Pain? Ashton also means a lot to me too and I can't wait to see where their journey goes.

Prayer circle for one of Fearne's goofy wildshape forms to be a Dire-Capybara.🕯

At 1:35:19 in the VOD on twitch Aabria (Who's Quiddie in the chat) wrote this comment about what she'd say to Ashton: "Like, the game isn’t to play Traumolypmics with Ashton - it’s to tell him kindly and with absolutely certainty, life is hard. And here’s what happens if you stop. So why don’t you?" Which I've been thinking about a lot. And honestly, Part of me hopes it happens and part of me doesn't. Because I think it will be interesting but I don't think it will have the affect she intends. My first thought when she said it was that he would genuinely, with her description of the afterlife and how restful it was, think, "Yeah, why don't I stop? Why am I still here?" I think Deanna could easily plunge Ashton into a vague suicidal ideation accidentally while trying to pull the whole, "Life is hard for everyone, chin up, there's stuff to live for" routine. (FIY this is a bad approach to pull with chronically ill people, and it makes your face look infinitely more punchable.) Think about it. Her Description of the afterlife was incredibly appealing (And a storyline straight out of BtVS but that's another story). Ashton's clearly hanging on out of spite, stubbornness, momentum, and sheer willpower more than anything else. Imagine him really examining the reasons why he's still here and coming to the conclusion that there aren't really that many good ones. Maybe sticking around to take care of FCG, but They have the rest of the group to look after them now. Maybe trying to figure out what happened to his parents? But he watched them die so really what's learning more going to change, and he can find out everything he wants to know on the other side anyway. etc.

I really hope we're gonna get some sort of Dani cam again, I would've loved to see her face while Liam was talking about the synthetic memories. Love our Lore Keeper

I am holding in my heart, like a precious flame, that Orym truly is Just a Little Guy, and that he truly is just a good dude.

Nana Mori is something from my Labrynth/Dark Crystal/Jim Henson nightmares

'I don't know about Orym, but Liam, maybe.' 30:50 Genious

44:20 made me think of Bucky Barnes telling Sam Wilson, "If he was wrong about you, he was wrong about me."

The descent into Aeor was one of the most immersive moments for me too. I still imagine the ice caverns, and the intuits going off

I find these conversation so important in being able to connect to the characters and who they are, during actual game play things are usually happening so fast, and it's not always easy to understand their actions and choices. Ashton is one of those characters I've had a real hard time with, even though I myself suffer with chronic pain I find them so unreadable and unknowable, even when their motivations are clear...having Taliesin talk about Ashton like is is invaluable!

5:05 "You won a BAFTA" 🤣

"You're about to catch these flight of hands" -Liam

"Bells Hells is basically Batman villains/the Suicide Squad with Orymn being the only well adjusted one." That...huh. I never actually thought of it that way but yeah, with just a slight push more into villain territory I could totally see just about every single one of Bells Hells being a Batman villain. It wouldn't even take that much

I am so glad that the Leverage vibes I got from Taliesin’s kitchen adventure weren’t just me, and were intentional. That show needs more love

I wonder if Ludanis Got a hold of Patia's memory orb and gleamed some information from it that taught him how to build, or at least where to find, plans for the malious key. The age of Arcanum was full of wizards wanting to surpass or kill the gods so could be a thread.

Feels like the Dive is hitting it's stride

Loved everything about this group of people except the fact that Ashley was the only person from her group when we’re fresh off that episode and the other three can’t talk about their’s yet.

This is my favorite 4sided dive. They all gave such good insights into these characters. I'd love more like these serious ones about the world and less jokey .

i think that it’s really great to mention the interventionist gods, when ludinus of all people just wants to be the one intervening instead. it’s always ‘fun’ to see the people who are all about “freedom” turn around and say “oh, but just for me” could be great for ashton’s story and growth tbh

Ashley "I read scripts for a living" Johnson

The closing credits of 4-Sided Dive is such a bop, though.

I think one of many moments that really stuck with me throughout C2 was the scene where caleb showed his scars to the Nein. The moment of vulnerability and humbleness, as if he was pleading for help. That really got me. and of course when he told Essek “you were not BORN WITH POISON IN YOUR VEINS”

Oh god, I just realised that all the impulse control is in one party, Orym, Laudna and Ashton, and all the chaos gremlin people are in the other party

I lOVE that we got a glimps into Taliesins head and as to why Ashton are the way they are. I love them both so much, such interesting people!

Don't really know how to get questions in... But I would love to know from Travis specifically, and everyone else, what it's like to balance what you want to do as a player, and what your character wants, I'm sure Travis would love to infect all of exandria with "werewolf" but I also feel like that is the worst thing that could happen to Chetney...

For those what were wondering what Dani used for the episode description for episode 48: Bells Hells need to leave the Fey Realm behind, but the threats on their scent are extremely unkind...

53:35 Ashton talks about Chronic pain and DND as a therapeutic practice

My favorite thing about this campaign is how cerebral it is it makes you you really think about how these characters think in any situation. Last campaign was about finding their own place in the world especially the last half. Man I love Critical Role.

I loved how much everyone really enjoyed talking about their characters in this episode. Deep dives indeed!

"Life's hard when you're made of stone"

Ashley should 100% turn into an aye-aye lol

As a long term fibromyalgia Ashton is great. That deep seated anger is personal and very close to home.

Only halfway trhrough and this is by FAR my favorite Talks/4 sided dive episode in terms of awesome conversation and hearing the thoughts they didn't get to say in-game ♥♥♥

4:01 scientists where able to produce a single sound

marisha talking about kentucky without travis here to bully her for it :(

Love, love, love this show, and really loved the quiet shoutout to Leverage, which is one amazing show.

I love the super serious heavy talks. It's fun to see everyone's pov and reasoning

I would say I’m a Molly sun, Caduceus moon, and a Percy rising!

Bell's Hells trying to save the world, but seriously easily distracted. "Hey, we have to go and help.....SQUIRREL!!"

The convo at 42:52 is what I didn't know I needed in life I also didn't realize how much like Ashton I am until in-game convos happened 😅

It feels so nice for Taliesin to talk about chronic pain. As a person suffering from continuing pain and dislocation of joints, it is really nice to hear someone talk about it ❤