When Critical Role’s first season of The Legend of Vox Machina premiered earlier this yr, the heroes had been going by the rising pains of being a just lately shaped adventuring celebration. By the time every little thing had wrapped up and the group was returning residence after killing the Briarwoods, everybody had leveled up and the expertise made them change into a greater workforce, if not a stronger household.

But one profitable quest was step one to their bigger story, a narrative which was put in movement as soon as the ultimate episode ended on a bunch of dragons coming to wreck the town of Emon. In each Dungeons & Dragons and most fantasy tales typically, dragons aren’t precisely pushovers, one thing that this primary look Legend of Vox Machina’s second season makes fairly clear.

Though Vox Machina acquired fortunate vanquishing that first dragon in season one, the quartet of chromatic dragons often called the Chroma Conclave current a significantly headier ask, and their solely hope is to assemble weapons able to killing the Conclave. The arc of the identical identify is the longest of the arcs within the precise “Vox Machina” marketing campaign (it covers episodes 39-83), and like with the “Briarwood” arc that comprised season one, shall be streamlined.

That stated, Legend of Vox Machina isn’t stopping at simply two seasons. During its New York Comic Con panel, the Critical Role solid revealed that the collection had been renewed for a 3rd 12-episode season, since in Matthew Mercer’s phrases, adapting this one arc can be “daunting.” But first on the docket is season two, which can arrive on Prime Video in January 2023.

Need a refresher? Prime Video additionally shared this “musical recap,” a must-watch for followers even if you happen to bear in mind all of the occasions from Legend of Vox Machina season one.

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