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Critical Role's fourth campaign delves into the fresh world of Aramán, a landscape vastly different from the established Exandria where past campaigns took place. In this realm, divine beings were slain by mortalkind only within living memory, magic has gone wild, and civilization must figure out how to rule their communities lacking celestial direction.

The Setting of This New Adventure

While Exandria embodies a universe defined by deities, this new world is marked by their total nonexistence. Seventy years ago, a transformative battle unfolded, and people destroyed the last of divine beings. All seven divine creators eliminated, people had to make do on their own in a new world, filled with wild arcane forces and doubt.

The central location for the first installment is Dol-Makjar, which is situated on the eastern edge of an area known as Kahad. This mountain city deeply respects the rebellion figures of the defining battle. Sculptures of these heroes extend from the fortifications of the community, pushing against adjacent highlands as if keeping them at bay.

Although Dol-Makjar serves as the beginning location, multiple additional places are named during the episode. The first is the Rookery, evidently the cultural area of the community, where musicians, poets, thespians, and everything in between dwell. Within this district that viewers experience most of our time during the first episode. Furthermore Halandil's theater, the Dithyramb of Azgra, is located.

Deeper within Kahad sits a different settlement called Dol-Rungja, although its notable regarding this place is still explained.

Tir Cruthu represents the domain of mythical beings and an obscure realm separate from mortal existence. Evidently this fairy realm is gone, however, and the door to the fae realm was sealed. The implication behind this remains revealed, but it's evident to impact one individual, who has started to age since being shut off from that world.

Ultimately, there is the Mournvale, a territory far from the main city and the place an individual and the Sisters of Sylandri dwell. It appears the domain of elven folk, but similarly, many aspects remain unexplained currently.

The Story of Campaign 4

The story begins in the city of the primary setting. During the opening of the premiere, the Dol-Makjar citizens assemble for a significant gathering: the execution of the central figure. According to the announcer, the character is going to be killed for being "a traitor, sorcerer, assassin, and open sedition against the settlement and the citizens." This individual formerly a military legend, but currently he's seen as a criminal by the ruling council to the administrative body.

At Thjazi's execution, numerous distinct individuals with relationships to him gather to observe. These represent our main cast for the story, including one character, another individual, Thaisha Lloy, Halandil Fang, a fifth individual, a sixth person, Wicander Halovar, Teor Pridesire, a ninth person, Sir Julien Davinos, an eleventh individual, Kattigan Vale and a thirteenth character. Several of these people attempt to rescue the condemned man; nevertheless, the rescue doesn't work and he meets his end.

This event triggers the narrative of the fourth campaign, but each aspect relates closely to the recent history of the setting of this universe. Seventy years prior to present circumstances, after the Shapers' War with the final deity getting destroyed, people needed to confront the issue: what comes next? Sorcery rapidly became uncontrolled and erratic without the gods existing, and the uncertainty about the final resting place of deceased individuals travel, now that divine entities are not present to transport them to the next world, still has yet to be resolved.

Naturally, humanity joined forces and began to build their life anew. Nevertheless, unsurprisingly, some people approved of what this new world might develop. While we don't know too much about the War of Axe and Vine, it's mentioned quite a few times in the initial installment, and this individual was seen as a war hero after that war came to an end. Nevertheless, after two years, Thjazi initiated the Falconer's Rebellion against the powerful clans of Dol-Makjar. The reason why is still revealed, but considering that this individual observes that the Sundered Houses "maintain absolute authority", it's reasonable to conclude multiple conclusions: the insurrection proved unsuccessful and the clans' power continues to be total in the community of Dol-Makjar.

Furthermore, with magic functioning unpredictably, it seems to be managed and kept a close eye on. Quite distinct from arcane practices is seen in a much more favorable perspective in the familiar world.

The Characters of the Fourth Campaign

In addition to the primary characters, viewers meet numerous notable NPCs in the community of Dol-Makjar.

The first is, naturally, Thjazi Fang. A rogue, a thief, a revolutionary, a romantic, a sibling, a hero: The individual acts as the focal point about which the premiere {centers|focuses|revol