After Amazon Prime Video struck gold with the animated adaptation of Critical Roleis the first D&D campaign, The Legend of Vox Machina, The Mighty Nein is in progress, which will adapt the second. Critical Role is a web series that follows professional actors as they play Dungeons and Dragons across dozens of episodes, creating fascinating campaigns and beloved fantasy characters. The Mighty Nein is the second campaign of its kind presented in Critical Roleand the animated adaptation will follow a group of adventurers who must prevent an arcane artifact from falling into the wrong hands.
Set within the same universe as The Legend of Vox Machina, The Mighty Nein will feature the same actors playing different characters in an adventure set many years later. The announcement of The Mighty Nein comes parallel to the success of Prime Video Vox Machinewhich has already been renewed for a fourth season. It also suggests a possible expansion of the franchise, as each of the Critical RoleThe campaign’s stories are ripe for adaptation into an animated series. Although many details are under wraps The Mighty Neinis already shaping up to be a proper sequel to Vox Machine.
Latest news from the mighty Nein
Work is halfway through the animated series
With little news emerging since the new animated series was announced, the latest update confirms that The Mighty Nein It’s half done. As reported by PC Gamer, Critical Role cast member and CEO Travis Willingham spoke candidly about the series’ progress, saying “It’s definitely more than half over, and I think everyone will be very moved by the result.” Willingham mentioned that the writing is complete and that it was sent to the animator, who will then design the look of the show.
Read Willingham’s full comments here:
“We’ve written the entire first season. The storyboards are all being locked in, if they haven’t already. So we’re going to our overseas studio. We’re getting animation tests and seeing things come back into color. We’ve designed all the characters. Magic spells and effects are being considered. We’re talking about music and how it will be different from Vox.
“So it’s definitely more than halfway done and I think everyone will be really excited about the result.”
The powerful Nein is confirmed
Prime Video gives the show the green light in 2023
Coming off the success of Critical Roleanimated series, The Legend of Vox Machina, Prime Video quickly greenlit The Mighty Nein in early 2023 (through Variety). At the time, it was confirmed that the voice cast would return to reprise their roles from the original. Dungeons and Dragons campaign, but little else was revealed outside of what was apparent in the original Powerful Nein history. To announce the new program, Prime Video released a brief clip which featured campaign choice lines highlighting a dramatic scene of the gaming table used in Critical Role.
Since then, few details have emerged about the upcoming animated series, but it was announced in October 2024 that writing and storyboards are completeand that things were sent to the animators. There’s no telling how long the animation process will take, and no release window has been provided. An approximate animated sequence was released in July 2024 which shows the first meeting between Fjord and Jester.
Mighty Nein Cast Details
The familiar voices of Critical Role return
Very similar to the cast of The Legend of Vox Machinathe next Powerful Nein series will be voiced by the original actors from the Critical Role campaign. This means that eagle-eyed viewers will recognize the vocal talents of Travis Willingham as half-orc sorcerer Fjord Stone, alongside Laura Bailey as tiefling cleric Jester Lavorre. Liam O’Brien will appear as Caleb Widogast, a human wizard, while Sam Riegel plays the elf rogue, Nott the Brave. Ashley Johnson plays the barbarian Yasha Nydoorin, and Marisha Ray will play Beauregard “Beau” Lionett, a human monk.
Taliesin Jaffe will likely pull double duty as Mollymauk “Molly” Tealeaf and Caduceus Clay, while a new role will likely be dreamed up for Critical Role Dungeon Master, Matthew Mercer. It’s unclear who will appear in supporting roles throughout the series.but the original Prime Video will likely turn to familiar voice actors from Vox Machine also.
The cast of The Mighty Nein includes:
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The role of the powerful Nein |
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Travis Willingham |
Fjord Stone |
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Marisha Ray |
Beauregard “Beau” Lionett |
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Taliesin Jaffe |
Mollymauk “Molly” Tealeaf/Caduceus Clay |
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Ashley Johnson |
Yasha Nydoorin |
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Sam Riegel |
Not Bravo |
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Liam O’Brien |
Caleb Widogast |
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Laura Bailey |
Jester Lavorre |
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Matheus Mercer |
Unknown |
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History Details of the Mighty Nein
An epic campaign is available
The Mighty Nein is already shaping up to be a multi-season adventure and may even surpass The Legend of Vox Machina with its complexity and high fantasy excitement.
However The Mighty Nein is a quintessence Dungeons and Dragons campaign, it differentiates itself The Legend of Vox Machina because of its cleverly conceived political stories and richer characters. The basic premise of the campaign is that a band of adventurers are tasked with crossing the continent of Wildemount while trying to prevent an all-out war between the Dwendalian Empire and the Kryn Dynasty. This opens the door for exciting action, but also introduces subplots relating to political corruption.
In addition to all this, Adventurers must stop the god of eternal darkness, Tharizdûn, from escaping his prison and plunging humanity into an apocalypse. With all this and more coming soon, The Mighty Nein is already shaping up to be a multi-season adventure and may even surpass The Legend of Vox Machina with its complexity and high fantasy excitement.