Candela Obscura | Official Trailer

We're thrilled to announce Candela Obscura, a brand new game, in a brand new world, using a brand new system!

Candela Obscura is an ongoing horror drama that follows an esoteric order of investigators as they use centuries of knowledge to fight back a mysterious source of corruption and bleed. Leveraging improv and gaming as story mechanics, the series features the Candela Obscura game, which is run on the Illuminated Worlds System, both created by Critical Role’s publishing company, Darrington Press.

The first chapter of Candela Obscura stars veteran voice actors Robbie Daymond, Laura Bailey, Anjali Bhimani, and Ashley Johnson and the story is led by Matthew Mercer.
The show will premiere on May 25th at 7pm Pacific on Twitch & YouTube and continues on the last Thursday of each month. Podcast and VOD will be available two weeks after its initial broadcast. Learn more here.

Candela Obscura was originally created by Taliesin Jaffe and Chris Lockey, with Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall serving as lead designers and writers. Steve Failows serves as our director and co-produced this project alongside Maxwell James.

Lightkeeper: Taliesin Jaffe
Music by Colm McGuinness

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[nickn.]

So nice of Taliesin to let them film at his place!

[cyanic]

I loved Shadow of the Crystal Palace, so seeing Taliesin do another horror thing is gonna be really cool. What's very interesting is that Matt is the GM, and Taliesin is the Lightkeeper, I don't know what that means yet in terms of gameplay, but it's really intriguing

[ocarinaofthewild]

When taliesin dresses up he always kills it

[jondee]

I love that CR is branching out in a similar way to dimension 20. I love the long campaign's but some short seasons exploring new genres are long overdue

[dadosyleyendas]

No one embraces darkness as a trait of personality as Mr Taliesin... I love all of this, from music to ambience.

[EdieDawnJay]

This is going to be AMAZING love to see Robbie and Anjali back

[betahammer]

So happy Taliesin is sharing his family history with us

[DreamingSpaceOG]

Good to see taliesin using all the centuries of knowledge he’s acquired over his immortal life to good use!

[AshtarteD]

Anything with Taliesin, Laura and Robbie has my attention.

[reptilusreptosis]

Ashley as a rough-and tumble-street magician is something greater than this world deserves.

[cupcakesimulation]

Even though we see Taliesin in the beginning of every CR episode, it feels like it's been forever since hearing his voice. And I do so miss hearing his voice.

[brittanywhitmire]

OMG...can we please have Taliesin narrate some audio books I love this!

[elijahh]

Robbie Daymond and Anjali Bhimani! Two of my favorite guests; always amazing to see them in CR!

[Zalagath]

I perfectly picture Taliesin super excited, like a lil kid, for this exact recording. He always And I can't wait to watch this

[ember]

can we take a second to appreciate the magnificence of their costumes?

[Smilexx]

Is it just me or does Taliesin give off strong Curator vibes from The Dark Picture Anthology? Love it! Also love the very Call of Cthulhu touch, very excited!

[JigglinJewels]

So Talesin and Matt finally get to really show their horror penchant and skill on the main CR channels? Oh I'm fucking down for this

[DustinKreidler]

Robbie and Anjali? In a darkly horror-ish setting?! So much YES!! Thank you, Critical Role, for providing something I didn't even know I needed... and yet clearly do! (Taliesin, this world looks awesome. Huge props to you and Chris, Spenser and Rowan for the hard work!)

[twothirdsanexplosive]

I have to rewatch this because I was so mesmerized with the visual design and contrasts that I didn't really hear any of the words. Props to the production team for their choices and execution.

[daughterofdemeter]

My brother & I met Taliesin by chance at Star Wars world last month. I never expected to have a chance to meet any of them, let alone my shameless favorite, and he was awesome you guys 🥹 So humble and kind. Makes me even more excited to see what he does next 🖤