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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No one embraces darkness as a trait of personality as Mr Taliesin… I love all of this, from music to ambience.
Are we sure he embraces it, and not that he just exudes it?
@Steve Freeman well.. I mean, it is entirely possible.
The darkness is an embodiment of Taliesin.
Normally it’s the other way around, and concepts are embodied by people, but it’s reversed for him because that is just the scope of what Taliesin is.
Well, he did have millenia to learn and perfect it.
Let’s get a Taliesin/Trent Reznor collab
So cool to see Talesin giving us a peek into their early childhood years in the early 1900s
He’s a lot older than that. By 1907, Taliesin has been around for at least 1200 years.
Pretty sure he’s the most recent form of a pagan god, or a primordial demon that’s gone native.
@Kahlan Williams I’m putting my money on “eldritch horror entertaining himself by meddling in human affairs (and DnD)”
Childhood? More like fifth millennia. This current form is but a reincarnation that holds a fraction of their true gothy power.
Well, THAT childhood as he has experienced many.
So happy Taliesin is sharing his family history with us
can we take a second to appreciate the magnificence of their costumes?
Which one looks like they should be teaching at Hogwarts the most?
you mean their friday night attire? yeah
In Taliesin’s case: Does it count as a costume if it’s your day to day outfit?
This is going to be AMAZING love to see Robbie and Anjali back
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.
Same, it’s an exquisitely produced trailer!
Art Deco and Taliesin go together real well.
So nice of Taliesin to let them film at his place!
So nice that taliesin is given the space to speak about his second millennia.
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😂😂😂😂😂😂
I know right lol
its so taliesin 😭
Loveing Taliesin, loving the costumes, loving the story pitch, but dam that score send shivers down the spine
Taliesin and Mercer are taking us into the Twilight zone..
I’m here for it
Robbie Daymond and Anjali Bhimani! Two of my favorite guests; always amazing to see them in CR!
Yes! I’m so happy!
Hard agree! I especially like seeing Anjali in a Miriam-esque persona again. Give me that fun size soft power!
Yes, Robbie’s back!