The Legend of Vox Machina, S2 E5: “Pass Through Fire”

Vex stands in front of snowy rocks with one hand on her hip, tossing a pouch with the other.

Recurring Themes:
– Parental Absence: The episode deals with the memories and emotions of a character’s parent going missing when they were a child.
– Visions of death: A character repeatedly has dreams and hallucinations of death and dead people.
– Cursed Magical Items: Multiple characters deal with magically forced use of items.
– Fire: contact with the fire plane causes fires and lava throughout the episode. Characters are repeatedly burned.

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The Legend of Vox Machina, S2 E4: “Those Who Walk Away”

Vax stands in a red scene. Behind him to the left is Ioun, a goddess depicted as a dark woman in flowing robes with long flowing hair, and 3 stars on their forehead. Behind Vax to the right is The Everlight, a goddess depicted as a dark woman crackling with energy floating in front of a golden disk of light.

Recurring Themes:
– Hallucinations: A character has terrifying hallucinations. Some cause the character to freeze in battle.
– Petrification: Throughout a battle, characters are turned to stone.
– Loss of control: A character accepts a new fate that feels out of their control.
– Gore: Death and dismemberment.

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