the woman that is talked about who taught Patica magic, was the mortal form of the raven queen before she ascended, and killed the previous god of death, who erased all who knew her real names memory. and who used said solstice to both have great enough power to do so only cause of the solstice.

The Mages of the Age of Arcanum seemed to forget that the only reason they have magic is because the God GRANTED them that ability to use magic. As they say, Pride comes before the Fall.

When the Raven Queen ascended to godhood, the memory of the original Goddess of death disappeared, and the name of the wizard who ascended also vanished.

Milus Phren was the low level Magister that came to Nydis basically asking to be included into favors they usually give to higher level people. The Elven woman who's name no one remembers, that's a reference to the woman who ascended to be the Raven Queen, her old name was whipped from the world.

42:21 ahhh you caught it good job 😂 remember, Zerxes is considered very special bc he is a devotionless paladin, someone who weilds divine magic without a deity. I know others have explained that technically in the verbiage of the dnd class paladins do not have to make an oath to a God, their power technically comes from the oath itself. CR very much employs that loophole in their lore but it's worth keeping in mind the VAST majority of paladins in exandria are devoted to gods. In this time period Zerxes is potentially the only one of his kind. Wonder what that fact would do to a person in this environment 🤔

Great reaction. 22:11 - Laerryn’s personality is different from Aabria’s personality. Aabria is a DM herself and knows the ins and outs of D&D’s rules pretty well. In fact, before C3 started, they did an 8-part miniseries that started off the Exandria Unlimited idea and Aabria was the GM for that series and Matt Mercer was a player in it. [but I wouldn’t recommend you watch it until you finish C2] Aabria has also GM’d different seasons of Dimension 20. Also, any time she has played a PC in other people’s games, her characters tend to have big drives and generally don’t apologize for how they are in life. She black and a woman, two things ppl on the Internet tend to dislike, so she gets a TON of flack from ppl but I genuinely love what she’s given to the actual play community online. 26:24 - Joe, you’re doing a fantastic job of being able to distinguish between the actors and the characters and any flack you give is towards the characters. A LOT of ppl online have problems separating the two so you are miles ahead of much of the online community. Bravo. PS: yes, every actor on EXU Calamity is killing it. It’s sort of insane how good EXU Calamity is. 38:01 - It’s the Matron of Ravens. They already mentioned that when the mortal woman who became the Matron did her Ritual of Ascension, she struck from the minds of everyone/the universe the identity of the previous god of death & the Matron’s former mortal name. 1:06:02 - I too was greatly frustrated by the hubris of (most) of these characters. But that’s just a testament to the actors in this show really going for it. It takes a lot of bravery as an actor to play unlikeable characters. But everyone was on board in being just terrible people and I have to applaud it.

Fun fact if you didn't already know this. But Laura voices Kid Trunks.

Hello hello I'm back! - In C1, Vox Machina, specifically Grog, managed to acquire a jar that could produce any consumable "drink". He mostly summoned ale, and on occasion water, but for shits and giggles he tried summoning mayonnaise. And it WORKED lmao hence the joke - All knowledge of the Matron of Ravens before she ascended was completely erased from Exandria the moment she became the goddess. So what Brennan implied to Marisha was that Patia learned about the leylines converging and things like the Apogee Solstice SPECIFICALLY from her. But Patia just doesn't remember her because nobody does. :D Sorry I've been absent from the last one, but it was a really good reaction and I had no notes! I'll add more here if there's more to add ✨

More calamity Let's go 🎉🎉🎉 🧙🏻‍♂️🔥🧙🏻‍♂️🔥🧙🏻‍♂️🔥🧙🏻‍♂️

That 5 investigation check to follow the labyrinth. The explanation is the MOST 'I need him to get there, abort roll, ABORT ROLL' I have ever seen, but that's how it goes sometimes.

Yo, Joe! Let's gooooo! Also, I'm 5'4, too. Shortkings rise up!

I know it's a small thing, but you've pronounced Aabria's name wrong, and I think you should fix that. (Also pronouncing Exandria wrong, but that's not someone's name, so it's not a big deal.)