In the title sequence, a raven is the first thing the audience sees, winging through the sky before transforming into an outpouring of golden light that threads itself through the intro. Ravens have been a running theme throughout The Legend of Vox Machina from the jump. After opening the sarcophagus of the fallen champion, Vex (Laura Bailey) is stunned by a bolt of black energy, and raven feathers fall around her limp form in the aftermath. As they seek out the Deathwalker’s Ward in the champion’s tomb, they encounter murals of the Matron and Purvan, depicting the Matron’s champion kneeling and large birds tearing apart enemies on a battlefield. If you watched episode 3, “The Sunken Tomb,” you know that death’s influence surrounds Vox Machina. Season 1 introduced viewers to Pike Trickfoot’s goddess, the Everlight, and as the crew enters the city of Vasselheim in episode 2 they note the various temples to the Wildmother, the Stormlord, the Lawbearer, and the Matron herself. Of the Tal’Doreian pantheon, the Matron is one of just a few gods that Vox Machina have encountered in the animated series. Haeck, mentions that the few temples that feature the Matron depict her as a “tall, pale woman wrapped in dangling black linens, her onyx-black hair straight and never-ending, her face obscured by a white porcelain mask.” The companion tome The World of Critical Role expands slightly on the Matron of Ravens’ backstory, noting that she is believed “to be the only mortal to have successfully achieved godhood, eclipsing the previous god of death” and that she values “embracing one’s destiny.” Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, written by Mercer, Hannah Rose, and James J. During the first episode, we get what is potentially our first glimpse of the Matron, stalking through the bodies strewn around Emon wearing a pale mask and flowing black robes - Vax’ildan (Liam O’Brien) is the only character to witness her passage. Kash’s deep dive and Osysa’s commission aren’t necessarily the first encounters Vox Machina has had with the death goddess. He discusses the Matron’s champion, Purvan Suul - the best-named character in Critical Role history? - and Zahra Hydris (Mary Elizabeth McGlynn) mentions that the goddess “won’t let her treasures go so easily.” Legend of Vox Machina season 1 offered justice for KeylethĪccording to a quick rundown by Will Friedle’s Kashaw “Kash” Vesh in episode 3, the Matron of Ravens is Tal’Dorei’s version of a death goddess.
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