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  • Опубліковано 12 кві 2023
  • Arkhan the Cruel, is a dragonborn paladin barbarian, and a champion of Tiamat. Arkhan was a former hired killer who was imprisoned and nearly beaten to death in an attempted forced conversion by a religious cult. Arkhan was able to break his chains and murder his captors, aided by visions and power granted to him by the five headed chromatic dragon goddess, Tiamat. Thus, the Paladin chose to become an Oathbreaker and took up worship of the Scaled Tyrant.
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  • @dungeonlootarmory
    @dungeonlootarmory  Рік тому +141

    Arkhan is played by Joe Manganiello in Critical Role Season 1 Episode 113 "The Final Ascent" and Episode 114 "Vecna, the Ascended".

  • @joehutchcraft1675
    @joehutchcraft1675 Рік тому +632

    Still the most hands down best heist ever pulled on critical role. It is still mentioned and even became cannon in Descent into Avernus.

  • @jacquestrahan8405
    @jacquestrahan8405 Рік тому +338

    What's crazy is he is now official canon in the lore of D&D. He shows up in one of the rulebooks. Think it's one about Avernus or 9 hells or something.

    • @KnicKnac
      @KnicKnac Рік тому +20

      You are correct. Baldur's Gate Descent into Avernus

  • @TheJerbol
    @TheJerbol Рік тому +152

    Watched that shit live, it was one of the highlights of an absolutely insane climax episode

  • @CruciferWarden
    @CruciferWarden Рік тому +101

    The undead dragon he raised from birth but was killed and raised by Delilah

  • @alexbosse8528
    @alexbosse8528 10 місяців тому +53

    He was pretty handy in that fight though, gotta hand it to him.

  • @TheArklyte
    @TheArklyte 10 місяців тому +41

    >Breaks no oath for he had taken none
    >Becomes oathbreaker paladin
    Maybe he becomes just A paladin of Tiamat?

    • @comteraffayn8351
      @comteraffayn8351 9 місяців тому +3

      No his class is clearly Oathbreaker (multiclassed Barbarian if I recall)

    • @AllyOJustice
      @AllyOJustice 7 місяців тому +1

      Think it's because it came out before Wizards made the Oath of Conquest?

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte 7 місяців тому

      @@comteraffayn8351 ehm. Are you sure that you understand the meaning of the word "oath breaker"?

    • @comteraffayn8351
      @comteraffayn8351 7 місяців тому +2

      @@TheArklyte "As an Oathbreaker paladin, Arkhan is required to be evil. In exchange, he has immense power to control and raise undead creatures; the ability to frighten other creatures; and a +4 bonus to melee attack damage.
      Arkhan multiclassed as a barbarian, granting him several abilities, including the capacity to go into a frenzied, reckless rage."
      It took me ten seconds to look into the Vox Machina Wiki, I don't care for your semantic Arkhan is an Oathbreaker by choice of his player

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte 7 місяців тому +1

      @@comteraffayn8351 take ten seconds more, but now do something useful and connected to the context of the argument and google which oath had he taken and broken?

  • @DungeonFireS
    @DungeonFireS 10 місяців тому +24

    he just wanted all the xp that the deathknight would give.

  • @SamiAM0001
    @SamiAM0001 Рік тому +157

    Can't wait to see this in animation

    • @killtoa98
      @killtoa98 Рік тому +8

      Well briarwood are already dead so i think they just removed it

    • @taggy1317
      @taggy1317 Рік тому +44

      ​@Crispy McBacon Briarwoods die like 3 times my friend.

    • @natsu626s
      @natsu626s Рік тому +18

      ​@Crispy McBacon you're a new fan aren't ya

    • @EsquilaxM
      @EsquilaxM Рік тому +12

      I hope they do. It depends on how they work in the hand of vecna and if they can use Arkhan despite any complications with rights

    • @Ozgarthefighter
      @Ozgarthefighter Рік тому +10

      ​@@EsquilaxM Luckily, Joe Mangenello is the sole owner of Arkhan and friends.

  • @thefirstofthelastones8952
    @thefirstofthelastones8952 10 місяців тому +23

    Real talk... I wanna see this foo in season 3 of The Legend of Vox Machina.

    • @Blazieth
      @Blazieth 3 місяці тому +2

      Honestly, I doubt very much that season 3 will include Vecna. Season 2 ended with just _one_ of the Chroma Conclave being dealt with. They still have three more to go, and those are both HUGE.

  • @jacksheep80
    @jacksheep80 Рік тому +30

    he also has a good chilli recipe

  • @edizicu9853
    @edizicu9853 Рік тому +12

    Hope we see him in the series!!!

  • @frederickbeuttler2811
    @frederickbeuttler2811 10 місяців тому +20

    Man, Vox Machina just does not have good luck with Dragonborn...

    • @Ragnarra
      @Ragnarra 8 місяців тому +1

      No they do not.

    • @FathersUnited-fu
      @FathersUnited-fu 8 місяців тому

      I'm Tiberius Stormwind from Draconia.

    • @angeloinciong2822
      @angeloinciong2822 21 день тому

      They kinda did? With the necromancer that missplaced his flying broom

  • @lil-raft5967
    @lil-raft5967 5 місяців тому +1

    Bro is a known Ninja Looter 😭

  • @kyleanderson449
    @kyleanderson449 Рік тому +9

    New bbeg acquired

  • @Bastion83
    @Bastion83 Рік тому +5

    JOCKS MACHINA!

  • @emperorxander666
    @emperorxander666 Рік тому +3

    Cant wait till this is animated

  • @SkoomaGodDovahkiin666
    @SkoomaGodDovahkiin666 Рік тому +3

    Arkhan would donut Drizzt. CMV.

  • @matthewscorner2990
    @matthewscorner2990 Рік тому +5

    Oh. So that's what happened. I saw the clip where he did that, but had no context.

    • @Zandwalf
      @Zandwalf 22 дні тому

      Its kinda emplied that Tiamat wanted the power of Vecna for herself

  • @FallenHalo000
    @FallenHalo000 6 місяців тому

    Oh, can't wait for THAT season!

  • @cy2no189
    @cy2no189 Місяць тому +1

    "singlehandedly"

  • @ChiefAWES0ME
    @ChiefAWES0ME Рік тому

    Awesomeness

  • @XxDragonXxChaos
    @XxDragonXxChaos 9 місяців тому +1

    is there a build for this kinda character in baldurs gate 3?

  • @Roddheel-ih5ki
    @Roddheel-ih5ki 6 місяців тому

    One of my top 5 critical role moments

  • @Badname2011
    @Badname2011 Рік тому +4

    Was this done by kevin conroy? Talking about Arkham?

    • @rekkwaffle7668
      @rekkwaffle7668 10 місяців тому +1

      Could be ai. I lot of these types of short videos are completely ai from the script to the voice and art.

  • @jeremybeamer3029
    @jeremybeamer3029 7 місяців тому

    Ooh, I can’t wait to see that in the animated series!

  • @fordprefect5967
    @fordprefect5967 6 місяців тому

    The moment was indeed crazy but the moment itself? I as a DM would have had a roll or two for and the other characters react to. He literally cut the hand off, his hand, put Vecna’s hand on, and then teleported out in one round. I get that Matt at the time had too wrap up the entire campaign in one episode at that point but it was slightly annoying for me

  • @xeschire706
    @xeschire706 11 місяців тому

    Dragonborn?! More like Gorgonopsidborn! XD

  • @adamxei9073
    @adamxei9073 24 дні тому

    Sooooooo. They gonna follow up on that? Did I miss a one shot or spin off about it?

  • @kylesteinhauser2535
    @kylesteinhauser2535 8 місяців тому

    Multiclassing into barb is so weird since you can’t cast spells when raging

    • @Tdog_Ultra
      @Tdog_Ultra 8 місяців тому +4

      Using smites doesn't count as casting them, so its all good

    • @FathersUnited-fu
      @FathersUnited-fu 8 місяців тому +1

      A barbarian with smites is dangerous af

  • @sujirokimimame-xz2tr
    @sujirokimimame-xz2tr 9 місяців тому

    If they make this in prime series

  • @joshshin6819
    @joshshin6819 7 місяців тому

    loved this episode live. kinda saw it coming but was still awesome :)

  • @Mustang73737
    @Mustang73737 7 місяців тому

    I picked up the hand of Vecna in BG3. How did it go from here to there?

  • @someonebored0100
    @someonebored0100 9 місяців тому +1

    He better be in the show!!!

  • @Fae2705
    @Fae2705 10 місяців тому +3

    And he's completely ommited from the Amazon show.

    • @chrisos1053
      @chrisos1053 10 місяців тому +8

      Doesn't he not show up until way later?

    • @comteraffayn8351
      @comteraffayn8351 9 місяців тому +4

      He'll shows up when they get to the Vecna Arc wich should be last of the show

    • @FathersUnited-fu
      @FathersUnited-fu 8 місяців тому +2

      Yeah, why would he show up? They haven't even finish the Chroma Conclave Arc. Arkhan didn't show up until well after that.

    • @daloneling7405
      @daloneling7405 2 місяці тому

      ​@FathersUnited-fu the commenter is confusing him with the other dragonborn character in campaign 1 that was with the group for a while being played by a problem player.

  • @joshuaryals6358
    @joshuaryals6358 Рік тому +2

    Who played him?

  • @ephemispriest8069
    @ephemispriest8069 8 місяців тому

    Should have kept the other dragonborn.

  • @biomega99
    @biomega99 5 місяців тому

    Is this spoilers for the show

  • @-Meatlorf
    @-Meatlorf 11 місяців тому +3

    Still the most douchey way to end someone else’s campaign

    • @rekkwaffle7668
      @rekkwaffle7668 10 місяців тому

      Loool no it wasn't. Shut up

    • @comteraffayn8351
      @comteraffayn8351 9 місяців тому +1

      They all agreed and had fun with it, that's the most important I think

    • @-Meatlorf
      @-Meatlorf 9 місяців тому

      @@comteraffayn8351 100 percent fair. I just think it was a bit of a kick-in-the-dick on the audience's side

  • @Antilluminati
    @Antilluminati Рік тому +4

    Paladin Barbarian Champion of Tiamat? LOL no. So lame. No.. Paladins are Lawful Good.

    • @camdonturley13
      @camdonturley13 Рік тому +16

      Maybe in AD&D, but now Paladins can be just about any alignment, as long as they have a strong commitment and resolve to whatever tenets they follow. So an evil Paladin loyal to Tiamat is perfectly reasonable
      My father in law is a D&D veteran and he probably would’ve commented the same thing you did about all Paladins being Lawful Good haha

    • @wildcardlebeau
      @wildcardlebeau Рік тому +20

      Literally says oathbreaker in the video.

    • @williamcaldwell6823
      @williamcaldwell6823 Рік тому +6

      Yeeeaaaa as a general rule they lean towards lawful good sides. HOWEVER, Oathbreakers are a thing, buddy. There are exceptions to almost every rule as far as alignments and classes go, and people are free to play their characters how they wish (within the DM's limits of course). I don't think something as simple as alignment is enough reason to call a character "lame". I feel like it's how the character's set up and played as a whole that determines whether it's "lame" or not. That's just my two cents 🤷‍♂️

    • @TheMadMedek
      @TheMadMedek Рік тому +7

      The alignment chart is more of a character guideline than a rule. Paladins are simply a champion that take an oath. Players and creators boxed them into the lawful good stereotype

    • @shreddedyeet
      @shreddedyeet Рік тому +2

      I don't know many ways to frame something like an Oath of Conquest as Good, and although I don't have my PHB on me rn, I'm pretty sure Oath of Vengeance paladins are explicitly stated to be less likely to be Lawful Good aligned.

  • @imoweenlodestone5447
    @imoweenlodestone5447 Рік тому

    More like arkhan the fool