Grog! Grog! Grog!
Grog.
No.
Yes.
You've made the herd proud, Grog.
Please... no.
Why?!
Grog!
More.
Ah, what a lovely morning to find a Sphinx.
Fuck.
Didn't get enough sleep?
Huh? [stammers] Of course I did.
Lots of sleep
with really nice dreams where no one died.
I hunger.
Quiet, you.
I got nothing for you to eat right now.
You will feed me.
Ugh. Okay, okay.
Who you, uh, talking to, big guy?
Uh, no... the-the-the trees.
Yeah, Keyleth taught me.
Um... good luck with the termites, tree.
- Hey, Scanlan. - Hmm?
Uh, you notice Grog acting strange?
I mean, he's real dumb. It's kind of hard to tell.
Well, it's just...
He's so focused on that sword.
Come on, Pike. You can't fault a guy for...
♪ Playing with his sword now and then ♪
Why can't you ever just be sincere?
Your armor, you, um...
getting more used to it?
Hard to get used to a relic of the Goddess of Death.
Still, you have her vestige now.
Maybe you could ask her for help.
Ask the Matron of Ravens?
Somehow, I doubt she'd listen.
You could try.
Hmm.
Oh, man.
There it is.
Rimecleft.
The place I saw in that vision.
The entire range is eternally cold.
Well, except for Pyrah.
There's a myth about it, actually.
- A thousand... - Uh, m-maybe we just
save the myth? My balls are ice cubes.
Hard to believe we're gonna find a Sphinx
in this forsaken place.
I'm as cold as a corpse,
and I'd rather not repeat that experience.
Oh, no, Percy, I didn't mean...
No, please take it. I'm fine.
Here, let me help.
- Oh, hey. Neat trick. - Yeah, not bad.
That kind of brings me back to Sylas.
Remember when you, uh, melted his face off?
I like cold. Makes my niffles tingly.
So, uh... how you feeling, buddy?
'Cause, you know, lately you've been real fixated...
Oh, yeah, just a sec, Pike.
Come here.
- Whoa. Grog, what are you...? - Don't you worry, Scanlan.
- Uncle Groggy's gonna keep you warm. - Hey, hey, no, I...
Huh, this is actually kind of cozy.
But, Grog, that sword seems to...
- Oh, you want a bouncy? Come on. - Whoa...
A bounce, a bounce, a bounce we go.
Uh, guys?
What's this now?
Ancient runes?
What do they mean?
I believe I can read some of it.
Of course you can.
"Seekers," I think,
or "fools"?
"This land..." Ah. "Flee this land,
for dangers come from...
from paradise"?
Cryptic warning. How Sphinx-y.
"Paradise."
That could mean "heavens," right?
Like up in the sky.
Volantire.
I'm never gonna get bored of this.
More pillars.
Maybe if I...
There you are.
This is where I saw the entrance.
Uh, that don't look like no door.
I think that's the point.
You all coming or what?
Uh, anybody home?
Anybody home?
What is this place?
A temple, an old one.
- Aren't they all? - Not this old.
Built before the Divergence,
before the calamity between men and gods.
How do you know all this?
I just... know.
Very smart, and yet not smart enough
to heed my warnings.
Oh, not this again.
We were sent by Osysa.
My mate sent you?
It's been centuries.
Yikes.
Oh, but, hey, she wasn't, like,
with anybody else, if you're worried.
I am Kamaljiori.
Keeper of a knowledge you seek.
But before I reveal it,
you must prove your worth in a challenge.
Challenge. Yes, we sort of assumed.
What did you have in mind?
Mm.
How confident.
Then I shall let you choose.
Conquer the 70 Death Gorgons,
survive the Endless Labyrinth
of Misery,
or wound me.
Sorry, back up.
Did you say wound you?
In my eons of life, I have never felt pain.
Your challenge is to inflict an injury.
Any wound will do.
Uh, give us just a sec.
Guys, Death Gorgons
sound cool as fuck. Let's do that one.
Wh-What? No. Wound the Sphinx.
That dude is as old as time, and he's never felt pain?
Never stubbed his toe, poked his eye,
never had an ingrown hair on his peen?
You want to fight that?
We don't have to defeat him, just hurt him.
Ugh, any one of us should be able to land a single hit,
for fuck's sake.
Okay, Your Sphinx-ness? Hmm.
We choose to wound you.
A shame.
The Gorgons have been itching for a battle.
Very well, then.
Where are we?
We're in another dimension.
Each of you will have the chance to wound me
in a one-on-one battle.
Who dares go first?
Oh, uh, how about Vex?
Really, dude?
I'll go.
I'm not letting anything happen to you again.
You won't be able to overpower him.
Brawn's not really my thing.
Let my hunger...
All right, I'll go first.
No. Not now, Cravie.
We are in the middle of something.
Feed me,
or I will feed myself.
Ugh.
All right, okay. I'll get you blood.
Right. Let's do this, Sphinx.
The Deathwalker's Ward.
You've been touched by the Matron of Ravens.
What do you know about that?
A heavy burden, being the Matron's champion.
Fortunately for you...
...you won't live long enough
to feel its weight.
Vax!
Oh, shit.
What did you do to him?
Your brother lives,
but he will fall in the void forever
unless one of you can succeed.
So, who is next?
Fuck you.
Aw, poor girl.
You have no family left who actually cares for you.
Vex'ahlia!
Quite formidable,
but you clearly know not where your strength comes from.
Wait, what'd you just say?
Grog!
All right, fuck his rules.
We all hit him together before he can react.
Wait.
There's got to be another way.
Pike...
Oh, three at once.
How inspiring.
And futile.
Too easy.
Maybe he'll forget about me.
And you. All jokes and no heart.
I wonder how you convinced Osysa to put her faith
in your lot.
Osysa... [gasps] Osysa.
Before you vanquish me, O mighty Sphinx,
allow me a moment of utter...
sincerity.
It's cold outside ♪
And you're not all right ♪
Wish you could see her ♪
Wish you could hear her ♪
As the days go by ♪
Without you by my side ♪
Just want to be near you ♪
♪ All these tears I cry for you ♪
You're in my cold ♪
And hopeless heart tonight ♪
♪ But will we ever get to fly away? ♪
I never felt so lonely ♪
When we're worlds apart ♪
With no end in sight ♪
♪ Will we always have to live in the past? ♪
Staring at the hourglass ♪
And longing for a life ♪
With you ♪
Hmm?
You have done what no other has before.
Because of you, I feel pain.
For you have wounded my heart.
You got to be shitting me. That worked?
I never thought a mortal could possess
the wisdom to understand.
To channel such emotional depths,
you must know true love in your life.
Oh... yeah.
Yeah, guys, gals, anyone in between.
So much love in... my life.
Uh, actually...
I have no one.
And-and the thing is, I really... I want it.
I just can't seem to get it right.
Perhaps you need to stop looking
for love and let love find you.
Huh.
Never thought about that.
We're alive?
Who do we have to thank for that?
What rhymes with "Your eyes so lovely"?
How about,
"Nice thighs, yo, touch me," eh?
What the fuck?
Oh, you're back. Great.
Uh, come over. It's totally cool, guys.
Me and Kam are tight.
In my millennia of existence,
this is the wisest sage I've ever known.
The fuck?
I apologize for the formalities earlier.
It is a pleasure to meet you, Vox Machina.
And just in time.
He's gonna tell us where all the other vestiges are.
Not quite, wise one.
You will reveal them yourselves.
With this.
The vestige known as Mythcarver.
Connected to all myths
and legends, including the other vestiges.
Aw, but, Kammi, I didn't get you anything.
Whoa.
Mythcarver, show me ♪
Something good ♪
Whoa.
Guys, I'm somewhere else.
There's a weird sky,
pink mountains,
and a crazy forest with upside down waterfalls.
Reminds me of a drug trip.
That sounds sort of like the Fey Realm.
I see something inside this gnarly tree.
Oh, Vex, it's some badass-looking bow.
Isn't the Fey Realm on another plane of existence?
That's inconvenient.
A shift spell could get us there, but...
it might not work.
Kiki, think you could try?
Yeah.
- I could. - Now I'm in a city.
It looks familiar.
I think it's Westruun,
and it's been invaded.
There's a bunch of dudes who look like Grog.
One's got a vestige, big giant gauntlets.
They're glowing.
Uh, it's probably not important.
Okay. What is going on with you?
What was that?
We're not alone. I'm afraid you've been followed.
Everyone get down!
Yes.
The woman was right.
You have my thanks, gnome,
for finding me a vestige.
Come on, we got to jump in.
With Kam on our side, we can actually beat this fucker.
Split up.
Hit him where the Sphinx has drawn blood.
Aren't you supposed to be extinct?
Not yet, defiler.
I've got the hang of this now.
Oi! Up here.
Hey! Get off him.
Got you.
Does anyone have eyes on him?
Fly us out of here.
Let's go, Kiki.
Give me that jugular.
More! More!
Enough!
Now my prize.
No!
Oh, shit.
No, no, no, no.
Scanlan.
Kammi, no.
Thank you...
for showing me...
Osysa once more.
The vestige is mine.
Nothing can stop the Chroma Conclave,
least of all you.
I hunger...
For blood.
Hurry.
Bloody wonderful.
- Anyone see another way out? - I'll try to make us one.
Grog!
Grog, come on.
Come, meat.
Step it up, Keyleth.
Everyone get close.
But he's...
Grog, we got to go.
Yes.
- Grog! - More.
What are you doing? We got to leave.
More.
Grog, stop!
Uh... Wha...
Pike?
No.
Pike?
Come on, big guy. Move!
- Keyleth, spell! - I need a little more time.
We don't have it. Cast it now.
What happened to Pike?
- Where is she? - I...
I don't know.
And where's Grog?
And Scanlan?
Where are we?
Chirp.