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Essek and Caleb at Jester and Fjord's wedding party, k-i-s-s-i-n-g

#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt #CriticalRoleSpoilers #shadowgast

digital fan art of Essek and Caleb from Critical Role, at Jester and Fjord's wedding, sitting on a bench and kissing.
Essek is a young-looking slender dark elf with light lavender skin and shoulder-length white hair, which is artfully curled and pinned back. Caleb is a light-skinned thin human in his early forties, with auburn chin-length wavy hair and a full beard.
they are both dressed in formal clothing, cream and light pink to match the colors Jester had picked for her wedding. Essek is wearing a silk shirt with bishop sleeves and a straight neckline that exposes his neck and a wide pearl choker; he also has slacks on, short enough to reveal his boots with metal toe-tips, as well as a coat made of thick matte fabric, with wide geometric shoulders and layered hanging sleeves. it is caught at the waist with a wide sash, the coat's two floral frog closures open. Caleb is dressed in form-fitting pants tucked into white boots, a leather strap around one of his thighs. he has a long-sleeved shirt on under a light pink sleeveless coat made of delicate floral brocade. there is a large white flower tucked behind his ear. both of them are wearing a bit of make-up: Essek has white lipstick on his bottom lip, and Caleb's eyes are accentuated with fiery red eyeshadow.
they are sitting on a bench outside, leaning into each other, Essek placing a kiss on the corner of Caleb's mouth. Essek's left hand is guiding Caleb's chin towards him with a delicate finger, while his right is resting in Caleb's left. there is a flowering branch above them, soft pink petals lying on the white cobbled stones beneath their feet. the ocean is visible behind them, the setting sun shining right behind the couple's heads, illuminating them in warm orange glow.

November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM

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zmeess ☂️ commissions closed

@zmeess.bsky.social

was struck by sudden inspiration to paint everyone's favorite hot boy with watercolors 🎨
#art #watercolors #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt

a shoulders-up watercolor portrait of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role. he is depicted as a young-looking slender drow with light gray-purple skin and short white hair. there is a silver ornament hooked around his pointed ear, shaped like a small leafed branch. his shirt is filled in with almost black purple ink, allowing his face, neck and right hand to stand out; the hand is up by Essek's face, the fingers touching his lips in a pensive gesture as he looks off to the side. the background behind his head and in the upper right corner is sectioned off and filled in with the same ink as his shirt, balancing the composition and providing a dark backdrop for Essek's light hair.

October 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM

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DefilerWyrm | Tom

@defilerwyrm.art

Matt is voicing Essek in M9 Animated, CONFIRMED
Also white eyebrows are canon
#MightyNein #EssekThelyss #CriticalRole #crspoilers share.google/unF9CLkhsxqz...

Screen grab of Essek from Mighty Nein Animated.

Matt Mercer, who created the world of Exandria and serves as Critical Role's de facto Dungeon Master, voices Essek, a crucial figure during a certain conflict that involves the Kryn Dynasty, the larger Empire in Wildemount, and a stolen artifact. "One of the things Matt harped on over the years is that, as much as everybody loves their favorite hot boy, Essek Thelyss, he for a very long time was not a very good person," Willingham comments.

Similar to how LVM adapted the more nefarious characters to the screen, like the Briarwoods, The Mighty Nein will expand upon Essek's story, showing story material that happened "off screen" (metaphorically speaking, since there are no screens in a table-top campaign). "You'll see the machinations both happening in the Empire and the Dynasty, all the things moving behind the scenes, and really who was Essek," Willingham continues. "How did he get to be in the place where he was, moving these large pieces and affecting a large portion of the world in The Mighty Nein?"

July 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM

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Sophie Poulin

@sophie-poulin.bsky.social

#dnd #rpg #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons #gaming #dndmemes #tabletopgames #fantasy #dungeonmaster #dice #criticalrole #tabletoprpg #tabletop #dndcharacter #tabletopgaming #miniatures #dnddice #roleplay #miniaturepainting #dnd2024 #dndmeme #dndpodcast #mtg

July 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM

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teallinum | commissions open

@teallinum.bsky.social

an illustration for my art raffle winner @7eahaus.com UwU #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanart #Shadowgast

Shadowgust, Caled Widogast and Essek Thelyss from Critical Role 's Mighty Nein dnd campaign
a prize for he winner of my art raffle
and I was so glad to draw my boys, they're precious ;w;

July 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM

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wunkus

@wunkposting.bsky.social

when the tank and the rouge choose the same species #dnd #criticalrole #fantasy #funny #memes #ratsofbluesky #rats #raturday #ttrpg #rpg #tabletopgames

July 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM

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zmeess ☂️ commissions closed

@zmeess.bsky.social

i had to sketch him real quick before bed or it would have been a no sleep kind of scenario for me

#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt #CriticalRoleSpoilers #EssekThelyss

digital head shot sketch of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, a semi-realistic redraw of the animated series screen shot that was posted in the recent Entertainment Weekly article. the screenshot itself is pasted to the right of the sketch as a point of reference. Essek is depicted as a young-looking dark elf with short hair, with longer wavy bangs swept to one side. his pointy ears are decorated with ear caps, and he is looking intently at something in front of him and a bit down, with a tired but intrigued and analytical look.

July 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM

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peyton @ comms open ⚡️

@luckyfin0.bsky.social

feels like a good day to repost this :) so excited for the nein and hopefully eventually these guys #criticalrolefanart

July 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM

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raven

@dmbakura.bsky.social

happy fathers day have i mentioned that i love dadgil dadgil dadgil dadgil!!! #devilmaycry #dmc #vergil #nero

June 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM

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cait (and adonis)

@cait.bsky.social

as ever, if you ask people if they think art should exist for their enjoyment they will say yes, and then if you ask them if the people making the art should get paid for it they'll tell you "no that's a fake job"

i’m just ken @shepardcdr.bsky.social · Jun 13

if you think every voice actor is a millionaire, you are not immune to propaganda and would not survive the winter, sorry.

June 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM

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Teaweltzer

@teaweltzer.bsky.social

Frames 6/7 of 9 for the @criticalframes.bsky.social project! I had gotten another frame that was really close to the first one so for the sake of my sanity, I just shifted it over, adjusted, and added more on Percy #criticalframes #criticalrolefanart