Critical Role and its gaming imprint, Darrington Press, are having a banner year. Not only is the troupe’s highly-anticipated new tabletop role-playing game, Daggerheart, currently in open beta (and free to download!) but its series with Dark Horse Comics is coming to a heartfelt conclusion. After exploring the backstories of Jester Lavorre, Nott the Brave, and many other beloved characters, now it’s time for everyone’s favorite firbolg, Caduceus Clay, to take center stage.
Today Polygon can share exclusive pages from Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins — Caduceus Clay. Written by Matthew Mercer, Taliesin Jaffe, and Kendra Wells (Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas) the book features art by Selina Espiritu (Critical Role: the Mighty Nein Origins — Caleb Widogast, Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins — Fjord Stone), lettering by Ariana Maher, and cover art by Gus Allen and Angiolini. Here’s the official description:
Generations of the Clay family have tended to the careful rituals in the Blooming Grove. But when corruption begins to creep in on their sacred space, the Clays depart one by one to seek answers. Soon young Caduceus and Clarabelle are the only ones left, and when a dangerous burial quest falls to Caduceus, he must leave the Grove to do the family’s work.
Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins — Caduceus Clay comes to book stores, including Amazon and Barnes & Noble, on June 4 with a retail price of $17.99. It arrives in comic shops a day later, on June 5. Pre-orders are open now.
