We support a hot, angsty drow’s rights to wrongs. We truly do. And so, we’re very excited to see The Mighty Nein ‘s beloved NPC Essek, played by Matt Mercer in the campaign, join the animated TV series as a full-fledged main character in his own right. Of course, that means we’ll be seeing more of all parts of Essek, the good, the bad, the hot, the sad, and… the war criminal. Gulp! But that’s the price we pay for getting more, and a more evolved form, of one of our favorite characters. Nerdist sat down with The Mighty Nein TV series’ showrunner, Tasha Huo , and she gave us a tease of what’s to come for us and Essek in the campaign. Here’s what we learned.

Transforming Critical Role ‘s The Mighty Nein campaign into a TV series gives the storytellers the freedom to get into

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