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Critical Role is a weekly web series featuring a group of voice actors playing through Over the years, Critical Role has had a number of guest players, one of whom was actor Joe Manganiello playing a character named Arkhan the Cruel.
In an interview with recent campaign, Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus. In that campaign, Arkhan is a major NPC players can interact with, and among the items he wields is the Hand of Vecna, which he stole at the end of his time on Critical Role.
Where Players Might Find Arkhan in Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus is a standalone tabletop prequel campaign to the video game Baldur's Gate 3. Developers confirmed in a recent stream that events from Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus will be directly reflected in the world of Baldur's Gate 3. Players will begin their story in Baldur's Gate 3 in Avernus, the first plane of Hell — and also the place where Arkhan currently resides. But, even more tantalizingly, in an Instagram post promoting the release of Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus, Manganiello said, "I have a funny feeling this is only the beginning of the story..."
Given Manganiello's long history of working with Wizards of the Coast, it's not a stretch at all to guess that Arkhan the Cruel might appear in Baldur's Gate 3. Arkhan is in an on-going mission to free the goddess Tiamat, who is currently trapped in Avernus, offering plenty of ways players could pursue side-quests offered by Arkhan. And it's possible that other Critical Role characters could appear as well. The show has had a healthy relationship with the official Dungeons & Dragons team, from the sponsorship of campaign two by D&D Beyond, to the creation of an official Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook, Explorer's Guide to Wildemount (the setting for campaign two). There's every chance players could stumble across a cameo from the Mighty Nein as they stumble around the continent of Faerûn.
Source: Inverse, Joe Manganiello
Baldur's Gate 3 will be available in Early Access starting September 30th, 2020 on PC via Steam and Google Stadia.
