Keyleth: "Raishan's at the top of my list." Percy: "I don't recommend lists."

Does anyone else think that Percy could've very easily become one of the hardest villains if the rest of Vox Machina hadn't defeated Orthax?

When his WHOLE family was named, that shook me.

I really love the methodical, easy feeling of the piano with this, it really complements the concept of 'the list', distilling a series of murders and vengeance into a simple checklist. Easy to follow, easy to cross off, easy, easy, easy, right up until it's not.

it takes a brave man to walk into darkness... it takes braver man to walk out

*later in the series* Keyleth: But she's highest on my list. Percy:...I don't recommend lists. He has grown so much

the composition is amazing and the lyrical structure evocative, but what's really impressive and I think any Critter worth their salt can agree is the emotion behind the vocals. The piano sets the stage for the emotional piece but it's the delivery of the lyrics that really sell it and when the names of the traitors are read off and one can hear the barely held venom in the vocalists delivery, well it's hard not to imagine Percival slowly loading Pepper box as he spits Ripley's name.

"Keep the Fury burning raw. Reign on them destruction, Unending shock and awe..."

"I cast Hex on myself." -Percy

This so damned evocative. The part where you speak of the hallways filling with screams was chilling because for a brief moment I felt like Percy, being pulled from the room by servants and hearing the screams of the dying, familiar, family and friends. The sounds of his childhood being murdered ringing in white and red stone walls. Percy was always my favorite character and I never saw his flaws as being half the sins that Taliesin does but if I ever wondered for a moment of his motivations, that image that I knew but never considered was all it would have taken.

Percy is my all time favorite. His condratictory personality. His dark desires and demands. Percy had a plan to kill every vox machina member if they ever turned on him. He studied them enough to know how to take them all out without a problem. His ending had me in tears. When he felt all was gone, vax had been taken and his contract wasn't working. He slumped against the wall and cried saying he missed his family. It was in this moment percy realized he had thought everything that had happened was the machinations of a dying man in jail. And realizing it actually was real broke him.

If this is to become a musical I could really see a later echo on the briarwoods arc of the part where Percy lists the names after a certain betrayal in his eyes and then listing his foes and family mixed up (maybe even Vox Machina members as well), as he grasps the morality of having one of his own standing between him and his vengeance.

I’m running a D&D game set in Tal’dorei. One of the taverns the party will be heading to soon is near Whitestone, and I’m totally having a bard there singing this...

This has an eerie feel of Steven Sondheim; both "The Gun Song" from Assassins and aspects of "A Barber & His Wife" and "Joanna" from Sweeney Todd. I think Taliesin would approve!

I`ve found it just now and from the 1st lines it broke my heart to a million pieces. The moment he says the names not of his enemies, but of his family, who also all had become... a simple list of names. Oooof. Chills, Chills. So much hidden and revealed pain in these words. I want to hug both Percy and Cass and comfort them till the end of the world. And these tears in _your_ voice at 4:00, when saying " My family`s voices rising up, steadying my hand". This is an acting, real acting in the song. Thank you very, very much.

Imagine this playing over the credits at the end of some of the animated series briarwood episodes

While watching episode 6 of the Legend of Vox Machina this song resurfaced in my memory. I’m glad I remembered this and came back, it’s just as amazing as I remembered.

1:28 - "Our once great name, their faces fade, reduced to a list." 4:30 - "What little good that I could do, I can finish a list." These are the best lines in my opinion. Their once great name _reduced_ to a list. Just, damn... That's raw. How many great people were reduced to a list? Not the famous ones, but great people you personally know, that just one day were reduced to a list, in a death ledger in some office. "What little good that I could do, I can finish a list." And that... Check the box, this task is done, move on to the next one. You wrote it in such a way to make revenge so mundane. Just a list. A simple list. Anyone can finish a list. Making a list makes tasks seem trivial, and that is what you made revenge out to be. A trivial task, a simple task to be done, a task so feasibly accomplished. Amazing writing, simple yet with complex undertones. It delivers directly, it doesn't get cluttered or tangential with flowery prose, it's just someone wanting to finish a simple list. No need for it to be all that complicated. It's just a list. Great work. I really believe this should be somewhere in the official show. A bard. Maybe even a sidetrack. A bonus at the end of some episode, or released separately on their official channel. Anywhere, as long as they make it official.

I really love how Percy always said 'a dream'. His life was destroy, he has nightmares all nights. But the contract was a dream for him. When meeting a demon is a dream, meh, his life sucks a little XD

I imagine a Bard playing this on the piano at a quiet tavern, after learning of Percy's story.

this is an amazing song. i especially like the bit of percy listing out his family members, and the line 'suffer silently and smile'.

I am waiting for the last few episodes of Vox Machina to release before I send this song to my best friend, and I am so excited for her to hear it because she hasn’t seen the campaign but absolutely loves Percy! It’s been years since I heard this for the first time, and I still come back to it all the time.

this song puts a sickening feeling in my stomach and in a good way. as i listen to this, i started to feel the emotions that Percy was going through and now i feel like i must put those sick people down for what they did. This was truly amazing and i hope you keep doing this

Now I want to do a Tal'dorei campaign with a Lawful Evil Percy as an antagonist.

My family’s gone. I’ll not be free Till I can use my steel to be Their vengeance, be the monster That they need. Reminds me of my own character who slowly used a demon to gain more and more power to avenge his own family, and after the encounter he turned into a secondary boss fight.

*when you haven’t even seen the episode yet but don’t care cause this song is that awesome*

Musical Role or the Voice Machine, a Broadway tale of the heroes of Exandria.

I love this song because at the end of the day I dont know if these are Percy's thoughts or just Orthax driving him. Maybe it doesn't matter and it's both, but I love wondering. Thank you for this. Its simple, haunting, and beautiful.

I desperately need someone to make a fan video using this song and the animated series.

i cant stop listening to this, so good xD i really hope that Taliesin has heard of this

This is... overwhelmingly brilliant. There are so many wonderful parts, but the listing of his family, and his trying to keep that grief just another list is phenomenal

So good. So much power. Such a deep understanding of Percy's struggle. Love it.

With the show out now this song hits all over again. The moment I saw his gun light up in the Amazon show I had to come back to this song. So perfect!!

This feels exactly like something out of a critical role broadway show.

This is so good! I can't listen to this enough. Percy has such a good backstory.

I've had this stuck in my head since the recent video announcing the extended voice cast for the animated series. Had to come back and give it another listen, and it's still so good. Easily my favorite fan piece from the first campaign by far. (It's just so raw and satisfying to sing to.)

This song has become one of my favorite critical role fan songs. Like as in my top five

Great song! Would've been lovely to just hear 'Darling take off the mask' whispered at the end

This song makes me want a Critical Role Briarwood Arc musical

Are you thinking about asking the actor who played Percy in the Hamilton Cantata Pansophical to maybe perform this song? It would be amazing to hear his version of this! Love this song! You should be so happy with it

I want to see the musical this comes from! I can totally imagine a reprise of this after the Chroma Conclave, listing off the dragons he and Vox Machina to kill. There is always a List. This is truly an amazing work of art and it makes me love my fellow Critters even more.

The only way you could be this good is by sacrificing a small child to Orthax.

I know this demo was made years ago, but I would love to hear a remastered finished version. It's amazing as is, but I can only imagine what it could be.

When you clicked when you say "critical role" but you've only watched Campaign 2 and have no idea what's going on...

Simply amazing! Thank you for sharing!! It's a beautiful work that seems to capture Percy perfectly.

Hello! Today is the release date of Vox Machina on Amazon Prime! We’ve just had episode 3 that adapts episodes 23-26ish with the Royal Dinner & VM’s first Briawood encounter! This song is immediately after and perfectly places into Percy’s mindset in both the D&D stream & tv show!

This definitely has the haunted planning tones that I associate with musicals and makes me so sad and concerned. Amazing take on the list and the words flow beautifully together.

I know you didn't makes this for my birthday. But I think it's the best birthday gift ever.

I have fallen hard and fast back down the Critical Role hole, particularly in terms of Percy's storyline and I just keep coming back to this video! Do you plan on making any more pieces like this? I'm of the opinion that just about anything can make a great musical if done the right way, and this is such a great start in that kind of direction!! Thanks for sharing this!

this would be such a good song for a musical

We’ve gotten to the Briarwood arc in the animated series and I have returned to this song.

i still listen to this after all this time and it still gives me the feels

Had this song stuck in my head. Had to look it up again. This could most DEFINITELY be a part in a musical.

No matter how many times I listen to this masterpiece the awe never fades. Thank you, sincerely thank you.

4:16 Makes it sadder at the end as the names are listed off if you imagine Percy shooting each of them and then ending it off by placing the gun to his own head and firing.

Wow.....I'm utterly stunned. I can't believe how fucking amazing this is. Just wow. Wow.

... im at ep 18 and this gave me goosebumps .. ill come back after ep 24

Loved the desperation you put into the vocals. Very Percy!

oMY GOD THIS IS??? AMAZING!!!! :O dude i want this fucking series as a musical it would work sO WELL

Once again you've made something amazing!! Definitely looking forward to what you make in the future!

2 years later still a fucking masterpiece, seriously.

This is so good holy heck! I wonder if Taliesin is aware of this masterpiece...

Dude, this is amazing! I can't wait for an official announcement for the auditions! I have been working on singing for years, and would love to try out!

it is 2019 and I still find myself coming back to this video

The animation adaptation had brought me back

So I have no idea where to post this but this seems as good a place as any i had this idea for song from scandlan about an alternative time line where he got to use his wish to save Vax from the Raven Queen using his wish and the song would be called "I Wish" And it would start when she showed up to take Vax and slowly building up to the Ceshendo constantly referring to two words that will save everything and make everything work out and at after he reaches the Ceshendo he says simply "I Wish" And the rest of the song is him encanting his wish spell in true bardic form or even better a song called "For the Greater good" And it's about how he's torn between saving Vax and stopping the teleport spell in the final battle I would love that kind of song either one or even to be apart of making it happen you guys seem super talented and would love to see what you'll would be able to pull off with this concept

I got goosebumps, the song is great

I found this by happenstance, and I love it. Thank you for this hauntingly beautiful piece.

What a beautiful song. I love how you craft songs about Critical Role.

This is actually brilliant. I hope the cast gets to hear it.

Just holy shit, fell in love with this and damn near teared up.

Holy cow... this is amazing. I got chills from the lyrics and from the emotion behind the amazing performance.

god, this is so good!!! wanna try and memorize this song now i love dramatic stuff like this ugh it's so gooood

Oh fuck, this is so good. You're amazing!!!

I'm absolutely in love with this song, thank you

This brought a tear to my eye for Percy. So well done!

You are amazingly talented, the voicing acting you put into your songs is just striking

This is absolutely beautiful!! Keep up the amazing work!!

this sounds so cool, I was just doing homework and saw you posted a song. My friend siting next to me was was just like what's the name I want to listen to it to lol.

Man it's been a while since I've heard this one. Still hits so hard. Great job

I'm quite late but I'm here because of the legend of vox machina and I gotta say you nailed it. I have nothing more to add to what's been said.

I don't know how many times I've listen to this. I get goose bumps every single damn time.

So damn beautiful I created a whole new playlist for it. Anyone know if Taliesin has heard this yet? Because he needs to.

Been listening to this on loop for... a WHILE. Does not get old. Ever.

When Tal was talking about forgiving Riply, he said that it took to long and by that time Vox Machina managed to heal him. Something about that in the moment character discussion made me all feel all of the feels.

Gods I don't know why but this song has completely enraptured me I can't stop listening to it and I really want to learn it and sing it myself

I'm currently going through the first campaign (~E75ish) when I came across this song and I'm absolutely obsessed. It's so good. Amazing job.

Gosh I am so glad I found this! It's amazing!!!

This is honestly beautiful and amazing and I love it so much!!

this song is FANTASTIC and you do a barely clinging to sanity Percy so well.

I'm not sure how I'm only just now finding this, and stumbling across it in a Google Image search, no less, but I am so glad I did. Great work!

SOMEONE SEND THIS TO CRITICAL ROLE! WHAT IF THIS CAN BE USED IN THEIR ANIMATED SERIES?!?!

This song is the perfect amount of tragic.

I'm too obsessed with this. How haven't I seen it earlier??

I'm back again from my next CR rewatch. still love this!

Demo my ass... this song is an absolute masterpiece. Two words: CriticalRole musical.

This is fantastic absolutely fantastic. I feel it really captures the moment.

All these years later and I still love this. I hope this becomes a youtube hit.

wonderful, beautiful, gives me shivers and fond memories of Critical Role.

The Orthax part with 'Rain on them unending shock and awe' was powerful as all hell.