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Critical Role's newest storyline explores the fresh setting of Aramán, an environment vastly different from the well-known former world where previous campaigns unfolded. Within this world, the gods were destroyed by humanity only within living memory, magic has gone wild, and society must figure out how to rule their communities lacking celestial direction.

The Realm of the Fourth Campaign

Whereas Exandria exemplifies a universe characterized by deities, this new world is defined by their total nonexistence. Seven decades past, a transformative battle unfolded, and people slayed the remaining of the Gods. With the seven shaping deities eliminated, people had to make do by themselves in a changed existence, filled with wild arcane forces and instability.

Our primary setting for the premiere is Dol-Makjar, positioned on the eastern border of an area known as Kahad. Dol-Makjar greatly honors the freedom fighters of the Shapers' War. Sculptures of these heroes project from the barriers of the city, resisting nearby peaks like they're holding them back.

While Dol-Makjar serves as the beginning location, numerous other locations are named during the story. Initially there's the Rookery, which appears to be the cultural neighborhood of the city, where performers, writers, thespians, and everything in between dwell. Throughout this district that the story unfolds most of our time during the initial installment. This is also where the dramatic space, the Dithyramb of Azgra, can be found.

Beyond Kahad exists another city called Dol-Rungja, yet the notable concerning this settlement remains revealed.

Tir Cruthu embodies the land of mythical beings and an enigmatic location outside physical reality. Apparently this fairy realm has disappeared, however, and the portal to the magical dimension has been closed. The significance regarding this event is yet to be explained, but it appears to influence Thimble, who has now begun to age since being shut off from that dimension.

Lastly, there is the Mournvale, a land remote from the main city and in which this character and a religious order reside. It appears the realm of elvenkind, but once more, numerous details continue to be unexplained at present.

The Narrative of Campaign 4

The story commences in the community of the primary setting. At the start of the installment, the city's inhabitants are gathered for a very important occasion: the putting to death of the central figure. According to the official, this individual will be executed for acting as "a traitor, arcanist, killer, and open sedition against the city and the citizens." The character previously a celebrated soldier, but currently he's regarded as a criminal by the Chamber of Lords-Advisory to the Revolutionary Council.

During the execution, thirteen different characters with ties to him come together to watch. These constitute the primary characters for the campaign, consisting of one character, Occtis Tachonis, a third person, a fourth character, a fifth individual, a sixth person, a seventh character, Teor Pridesire, Tyranny, a tenth character, an eleventh individual, a twelfth person and Vaelus. A handful of these individuals attempt to rescue the prisoner; though, the attempt proves unsuccessful and Thjazi meets his end.

This event sets into motion the events of Campaign 4, but all elements is tightly connected to the contemporary background of the setting of Aramán. Seven decades before present circumstances, after the Shapers' War with the last god meeting destruction, humanity had to reckon with the dilemma: how to proceed? Magic swiftly turned wild and unpredictable absent deities existing, and the mystery about where the souls of departed people travel, given that the gods have ceased around to transport them to the afterlife, continues to be answered.

Inevitably, people banded together and commenced creating their society fresh. Though, unsurprisingly, certain individuals supported the direction this changed existence should appear. While we don't know too much about the War of Axe and Vine, it's discussed quite a few times in the initial installment, and Thjazi was considered a war hero after that conflict finished. Though, after two years, he launched the Falconer's Rebellion against the ruling families of the settlement. The motivation is still explained, but given that Thjazi observes that these powerful families "are stronger than ever", it's reasonable to conclude multiple conclusions: the Rebellion failed and the Sundered Houses' authority continues to be absolute in the settlement of this location.

Moreover, with magic functioning unpredictably, it appears to be managed and strictly supervised. Remarkably unlike from the way sorcery is seen in a far more favorable perspective in the familiar world.

The Characters of the Fourth Campaign

Alongside the primary characters, viewers meet numerous notable supporting characters in the city of Dol-Makjar.

Initially there's, unsurprisingly, Thjazi Fang. A scoundrel, a thief, an insurgent, a passionate individual, a brother, a celebrated figure: The individual acts as the focal point about which the initial installment {centers|focuses|revol