Draft:Mighty Nein

Mighty Nein is a forthcoming animated fantasy series being produced by Metapigeon, Titmouse and Amazon Studios for Amazon Prime Video. The show will be based on campaign two of Critical Role. The show was announced in January 2023, and work on the project had begun by the March.

Setting
Mighty Nein is set in Exandria, a fictional world created by Matthew Mercer in 2012 for his personal Dungeons & Dragons campaign which then launched as the actual play web series Critical Role in 2015. Most of the story takes place on the continent of Wildemount, which is located to the east of Tal'Dorei, the setting of The Legend of Vox Machina. It takes place at a time of very high tensions between the Dwendalian Empire and the Kryn Dynasty—two of Wildemount's major powers, which are divided by the Ashkeeper Peaks mountain range—and war is imminent.

Western Wildemount is governed by the Dwendalian Empire and is ruled by King Bertrand Dwendal. A council of powerful archmages called the Cerberus Assembly act as advisors to the House of Dwendal. The Empire regards the region of Xhorhas, which occupies the eastern side of the continent, as an inhospitable wasteland. Xhorhas is governed by the Kryn Dynasty, is ruled by the Bright Queen Leylas Kryn, and is primarily home to the drow and other races considered to be monstrous. The Menagerie Coast occupies the southwestern coastline next to the Lucidian Ocean and is governed by the Clovis Concord, a coalition of eight city-states that includes Nicodranas and Port Damali.

Production
In January 2023, it was announced that Critical Role Productions had signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios to create film and television series, while also announcing an animated series based on the Mighty Nein campaign. Variety reported that "under the deal with Amazon Studios, Critical Role will continue to produce under its production banner, Metapigeon". The series will be animated by Titmouse, Inc. In early March 2023, Critical Role cast member Liam O'Brien revealed to ComicBook.com that work on project had begun. In a June 8, 2024 post on X; it was revealed that voice acting had begun.

The cast were involved in the character design process.

Broadcast
The upcoming series is set to be streamed on Amazon Prime Video.

Other media

 * Mighty Nein will be an adaptation of the second campaign of the web series Critical Role. As part of a sponsorship deal between Critical Role and D&D Beyond in 2018, an animated ad spot for the platform was produced which featured the Mighty Nein characters in combat. The animated ad "opened doors" for The Legend of Vox Machina (2022), the first Critical Role animation adaptation, to be produced.