Essential Function and its gaming imprint, Darrington Press, are having a banner yr. Not solely is the troupe’s highly-anticipated new tabletop role-playing sport, Daggerheart, presently in open beta (and free to obtain!) however its collection with Darkish Horse Comics is coming to a heartfelt conclusion. After exploring the backstories of Jester Lavorre, Nott the Courageous, and plenty of different beloved characters, now it’s time for everybody’s favourite firbolg, Caduceus Clay, to take heart stage.
Immediately Polygon can share unique 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 guide options artwork by Selina Espiritu (Essential Function: the Mighty Nein Origins — Caleb Widogast, Essential Function: The Mighty Nein Origins — Fjord Stone), lettering by Ariana Maher, shade by Eren Angiolini, and canopy artwork by Gus Allen and Angiolini. Right here’s the official description:
Generations of the Clay household have tended to the cautious rituals within the Blooming Grove. However when corruption begins to creep in on their sacred house, the Clays depart one after the other to hunt solutions. Quickly younger Caduceus and Clarabelle are the one ones left, and when a harmful burial quest falls to Caduceus, he should go away the Grove to do the household’s work.
Essential Function: The Mighty Nein Origins — Caduceus Clay involves guide shops, together with Amazon and Barnes & Noble, on June 4 with a retail worth of $17.99. It arrives in comedian outlets a day later, on June 5. Pre-orders are open now.