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The Mighty Nein Cast Answer Their 50 Most Searched Questions

The cast of The Mighty Nein (Travis Willingham, Marisha Ray, Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Sam Riegel and Matthew Mercer) visit with WIRED to answer their 50 most searched for questions.

Released on 11/19/2025

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Everybody rock in your chairs for three seconds.

Three, two, one.

[chairs rustling] [cast laughing]

Perfect.

Hi, we are the cast of The Mighty Nein,

and we are here to discuss the top Googled questions

about The Mighty Nein.

[upbeat energetic music]

Is The Mighty Nein in the same world as Vox Machina?

It is. Go on, world builder.

Yes. It is.

Out of this world.

What's the name of the world?

I don't know.

No, I mean, it's Tal Dorei.

It happens in in Tal-

No, it does not.

Exandria.

[all cross-talking] What's happening?

Are you deliberately trolling?

Kind of.

Yes, it all takes place in Exandria

while Vox Machina takes place primarily in Tal Dorei

and a little bit of of Vasselheim and Asura.

This takes place in a different continent called Wildemount,

in which the politics are a little different.

Where does The Mighty Nein take place?

As previously stated. [everyone laughs]

But it's a good chance to mention the Kryn Dynasty.

That's true. Oh, yes.

Yes, in Wildmounts, there are two major factions

at play with this story that involves the Dwendalian Empire

and the Kryn Dynasty.

And you'll have to watch the show

to see how good a friends they are not.

You gotta take a gamble and throw it

over your head once, see if you hit me in the eye.

All right, the question is, is Fjord a half-orc?

Half-orc, half-fuckin' stud.

[all cheering] [all cross-talking]

[bell dinging] [everyone laughing]

Heard it here first.

What city did The Mighty Nein first meet in?

[everyone exults]

Charleston Wald? Did we?

Charleston Wald.

Well done. Yeah.

Wow, the velocity on that! He did cosplay as gambit.

I did. So-

That's all you gotta do, kids.

Why are The Mighty Nein called that?

[everyone chatters]

I love the way it's phrased.

'Cause it sounds almost cynical.

We actually had a text thread about this,

trying to figure out what the group name was gonna be,

and we came up with all sorts of amazing suggestions.

And then I feel like you just took it over.

I will agree with that,

But it's because Zemnian is an adopted version of German.

And thematically is a big fat no

to the corrupt powers that be.

That's right.

And it just rolls off the tongue.

It does.

What food is Jester known for eating?

Sweets, donuts, candy?

Pastries. Pastries? Cupcakes?

Cinnamon rolls?

Lollipops. Boom, done.

Bear cloths? How tall is Mollymauk?

Six feet in heels.

He's very tall.

He's at least 5'11. 5'11.

Yeah. 5'11 is short.

Which city is Essek originally from?

Rosohna, which is the capital

of the Kryn dynasty in Xhorhas,

which is an area deeply scarred since the calamity

in the history of Exandria.

But it is a perpetually night covered city.

It is the seat of the Kryn dynasty.

It's pretty cool.

You should check it out. For bonus points,

can anyone spell it? R-O-H-

No? S-A-H-N-N-H-A-H.

Sam got it none.

Go for it. What weapon

is Yasha most known for wielding?

Ooh.

Well there's two. Yeah.

We have the Skingorger.

Skingorger.

Just to make sure that you knew what it was.

And the Magician's Judge.

What is Dunamancy?

[everyone exults]

You should answer that one, Marisha.

Yeah, go for it. Magic.

[everyone laughs]

I mean, not really.

You can elaborate. It's cool magic.

No, it's a fundamental magical force

that is mysterious across most of Exandria

that is steeped into an entity called the Luxon

that is a mythological core of the Kryn Dynasty's religion.

But it is more or less a magic that can seem to tamper

with time, space, gravity,

and is quite powerful and mysterious.

So Dunamancy wouldn't exist without the Luxon?

You don't know.

Okay. He'll never tell us.

It's like you-

You get it all together, but it's already there.

Here, Sam. This question is,

what did Jester, oh, that's Laura's character,

do to Braius, my character. Absolutely nothing.

She's never done anything wrong in her entire life.

[everyone laughs]

She ruined his life. Whoa!

He was assigned to protect a temple

and Jester destroyed it.

Thereby-

Should have done a job better.

Getting him fired and causing him to turn to the dark side

and follow the Prince of Darkness.

But it wasn't malicious. I mean, it was intentional.

Break you down to build you up again.

It's true.

It all works out at the end. It all works out.

What is the Dynasty's word

for souls that have been reborn?

Consecution. Consecution.

Very good. Ding, ding, ding.

Well done. Spell it.

R-O-H. [everyone laughs]

Here we go. Oh,

what language does Caleb Widogast speak?

He speaks the language of Zemnian,

which is remarkably similar but not identical to German.

Slightly different accent.

Yeah, it's coming back.

What is Mollymauk's real name before he became Mollymauk?

Well, Molly doesn't know,

so I don't know why you should either.

You will find out but I will say it's mysterious.

Oh, he doesn't wanna answer. No, I don't.

I feel like this is like a spoiler.

Marisha?

Yes. What kind of monk

is Beauregard? A badass one.

[everyone exults]

She is a monk of the Cobalt Soul,

which is kind of like a investigator librarian monk.

The Cobalt Souls, they're like keepers of knowledge.

They've got awesome libraries and she's a badass.

What class does Nott belong to?

Nott, my character.

Not the brave, best character,

is a bit of a trickster, a bit of a thief.

A bit of a scamp.

A bit of a- A scamp?

She's of the scamp class. From School of Hard Knocks?

She's Beauregish.

She's Thivi.

She's, I don't, I don't remember.

Enamored of Minataurus. An alcoholic.

Yes. There you go.

She's of the boozer class. Yeah.

Fourth level boozer.

Who are the Cerberus Assembly?

Bastard people. The Cerberus Assembly.

Pieces of shit. Well,

they're a bunch of mages.

They're one of the powerful units

of eight arch mages within the Dwendalian Empire

who are not just seats of power,

but have influence over various aspects of culture

and the throne's influence within the empire.

Throw up behind you. I'm not scared.

Ah!

Now for the important- Yes.

Hard hitting questions.

Is there any romance in The Mighty Nein?

I love how-

There's no reason to drop the card.

You're sitting still- This-

Is there romance in The Mighty Nein?

No. Yes, there is.

You bet your soggy bottom there.

So much. There's feels,

there's lust, there's jealousy.

Slow burns.

There's some boy-boy.

There's some girl-girl.

There's some boy-girl. Hookups.

Wow. Yeah.

What ship did Fjord once serve on?

Boat Yasha, a hundred percent.

[everyone laughs]

Wait, what was it called?

Oh, I can't answer my own question.

I should know this.

We made a whole show about it.

Well, and it wasn't the squall leader.

No, your original ship.

Tell him. Travis,

this is your question. Tell him, you got it.

You wrote this in your backstory.

[everyone cross-talking]

The number of times you must have Googled this

to get it on that list. He knows it.

I forgot. [everyone laughs]

What is the name of Yasha's Patron?

Oh! You know this one, Travis?

I do. Yasha does have a Patreon.

She does. It's called Yash Queen.

[everyone laughs]

Yasha's Patron, if you can call it that,

is named Obann. Isn't that a brand

of alcohol? Yes, it is.

Yeah, it's delicious single malt.

Lovely scotch. Yeah.

Laurie, answer this question.

Oh, okay.

What do Molly's tattoos represent?

Regret. Wow.

No, they represent change.

It's all things that begin anew.

We had to flip it a bit in the animated.

Look, well, that's what it says in the animated one

because I just watched the episode.

Well, if you read the comic book,

if you read the comic book. No.

You would know that it's just a bunch

of seriously wonderful life choices

that may or may not have ended well.

And one for you because Yasha's cool.

Oh, so it represents bullshit.

It represents bullshit. That's Molly's really-

That's what all tattoos represent.

Thank you. Leave it to Laura

to make this cooperative game competitive.

What organization does Beau work for?

Oh, the Cobalt Soul.

But there is an even more like subset of the Cobalt Soul,

which are kind of like the spies of the organization

and they're called Expositors.

And you kind of get to see Beau come into that.

Hang on. Wait, wait.

I'm gonna give Travis's wish.

Oh God. Oh God.

Did it go right in Matt's face?

Did it go right in Matt's face?

It gave up. Oh, I dunno why.

It's not me. It's not me.

It's the card.

What weapon does Jester often summon with her trickery?

I like you had to fight down the Jester voice

that started- Really did.

I'm trying. I'm trying so hard.

It is a giant spiritual lollipop made out of pure magic

and sunshine and it will cut a bitch.

Oh.

What is the name of Caleb's cat?

Can anyone answer? Oh,

it's the name of my cat from when I was a little boy.

Frumpkin.

Frumpkin's a cat. Hey, that was gentle.

Yeah, you can answer this one.

Okay.

What is Beau's signature combat style?

Oh! It's like so good.

[everyone laughs]

I mean, you know, she's like pop-pop.

Yeah. She's a monk.

She's badass.

She's light on her feet. Parkour action.

Topping up, jumping on top of-

Topping. Yeah.

She's topping.

Topping off. Top it up.

Don't forget DMS.

Dope Monk Shit.

Don't Monk Shit. Melee mostly.

I think Dope Monk Shit is the official thing.

Yeah. Just put it back. Throw it.

Just put it back. Okay.

What sword does Fjord wield?

I know that second sword, I don't know the first one.

You remember the first one? Other

than it was gross and you didn't wanna touch it.

It smelled like fish.

But it didn't have a name, right?

It does technically. It does?

The sword of fathoms. That's such a good name.

Covered in barnacles and stuff in the light.

And then what was the second one?

The gamblers blade? That's Bertran bell.

Star Razor. Star Razor.

Yeah. Dweghvar.

What God does Essek worship?

Trick question. [everyone cross-talking]

Trick question. Essek worships no god.

Ooh. Whoa.

What is re-

Nope. No. Yeah.

And take two. Back to one.

What is Residuum? Nailed it.

Residuum is like a, it's like a rock.

It's like a crystal but it's like it enhances magic.

Where's it come from? It's like an element.

Well, it comes from many places in Exandria,

but a lot of it comes from Whitestone.

It's like cubic zirconium.

Yeah, but worth a lot more money.

What weapon does Nott use most often in combat?

Her signature weapon of choice is her charm.

Oh God.

But she uses a hand crossbow and fingering.

[everyone laughs] Conde Nast.

[everyone laughs]

What class is Caleb Widogast is?

He is a master practitioner

of all things arcane and magical and feces.

Oh. Oh wow. Jesus.

Good lord. This is getting intense.

But learned magic versus like innate magic.

Yes. Yes.

How does Nott first meet Caleb Widogast?

How did you two meet? Burning Man.

[everyone laughs]

What were you wearing, Noel?

We were both of our characters were

on the run outlaws from various forces

that were trying to capture us or chase us away

and we bonded in our outlaw-dum.

What accent does Jester Lavorre have?

Yeah. You know,

nobody knows.

It's not actually from any particular place.

It's just kind of like what came out of my own mouth.

It's an amalgamation of sounds.

Baulksalvgarian.

Yeah. Two wild and crazy guys.

Slightly Eastern European and generally.

Who is Beau's mentor in the Cobalt Soul?

So she was originally, I guess,

under the mentorship of someone named Zenof.

He's not a great person but once again-

They also don't make good TVs.

You'll find that out on your own.

But she really kind of came

into her own under Expositor Dairon who's a badass.

Mysterious badass. That's a hardcore card.

I know.

It's got wicked velocity. Oh man.

What are we gonna do with that?

How did Molly come back to life?

You know, sometimes you just keep going.

It's a surprise.

Nice. Oh no,

I almost gave you a haircut.

Where is Yasha Nydoorin from?

She is from the waist of Xhorhas.

There you go. [everyone laughs]

Oh, yeah.

How tall is Fjord? Tall enough.

5'11. 5'11.

That's exactly what I was gonna say.

[everyone laughs]

Yeah, baby.

I don't know but those boots might have lips in 'em.

What is Essek's title within the Kryn Dynasty?

He's the Shadowhand. Hot the Shadowhand.

Why is he called that?

That was not your last name.

[everyone laughs]

Essek Shadowhand.

[everyone cross-talking]

Now once I think about it-

The New Hampshire Thelysses

We've talked about this. Okay.

The New Hampshire Thelysses.

Yeah, he's the Shadowhand.

Shadowhand, his position more or less represents a master

of Dark Arcana, an intrigue- Can attest.

Yeah.

The green guy.

He's just master of hand stuff.

[everyone laughs]

He does shadow puppet.

[everyone laughs] He's really talented.

[Marisha] It's all under the table.

What is that? What?

Well, I was trying like a dog.

No gang sign. What is the name

of Yasha's Tribe?

You gonna make it up right now.

Oh, oh, oh.

Is it the Dodgers? No,

but I do think it starts with a D.

Wait, Matt, you know it? Yeah.

Yeah.

The Do, do, do- Dolorav.

The Dolorav, the Dolorav.

Yes. Yes, yes. Wow.

What does that mean?

Does that mean anything or is that just cool?

I made it up. Okay, cool.

[everyone laughs]

Makes it very real. Yeah.

What is the name of the Pirate city?

This is from our campaign.

So for anyone who doesn't know,

I don't think we've explicitly said this

in this now 20 minute long video.

Mighty Nein is based off of our DD campaign.

Oh yeah. [everyone cross-talking]

We did that. So you can go watch it

on Critical World's YouTube channel.

[everyone laughs] Good.

So the name of the Pirate City based off

of our campaign is Darktow.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yes, it is. T-O-W.

Whoa. [everyone cross-talking]

What is the relationship between Yasha and Beau?

What? Well, they meet-

Stop it. [everyone laughs]

It's complicated. It's complicated.

It's complicated. We don't know yet.

We don't know yet. We don't know yet.

You gotta feel it.

You gotta-

You gotta feel it out with your fingers.

Feel it out. And maybe your tongues.

Complicated, combative even at times.

Yeah, but passionate. They totally get together.

[everyone laughs]

What is Caleb's ultimate magical goal?

It is to bend reality to his will.

And also hand stuff.

Always comes back to hand stuff.

Really does.

What race is Mollymauk Tealeaf?

Well, I mean, it's all the, oh God, I'm just dying.

Something Tiefling, which are kind of,

it's basically sexy people with weird horns

and multicolored hair and tails on occasion.

He's horny. Yeah, very horny.

Wouldn't that be fun to have a tail?

I've always thought about it.

It's pretty fun. Yeah, I would love it.

It would be so useful to have.

If it's prehensile otherwise it just gets in the way.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can put a lot

of jewelry on a horn too. I know.

There's so many- More piercings.

Room for accessories. Exactly.

It would make pants so hard though.

No, you just Velcro. Just Velcro?

Yeah, you just like,

you put it on that goes over the tail

and then you Velcro in the back.

Oh, Velcro's way smarter than having

to wiggle the tail in every single time.

Fantasy Velcro. Oh, what is this?

Hey, who is Fjord's original patron?

Yeah.

Fjord doesn't have a Patreon.

Fjord has an OnlyFans.

Only-Fjance. Only-Fjance.

[everyone laughs]

His patron's name is Uk'otoa.

[everyone whispers] Uk'otoa.

Uk'otoa is a demigod that has been locked away.

But you'll have to watch the show

to find out what that means.

I think the term is Snee Snake.

How old are the members of The Mighty Nein?

Do we have hard ages? Hardish?

[everyone cross-talking]

Probably. Yeah.

Beau's in her early twenties.

Yeah.

Essek like 28, I would say.

But wait, no, he's like a dark elf, right?

So he could be 200. That's true.

But he's a young one. He is.

He's young for that lineage.

Yeah, he's closest to like 70 something, I think.

Who's the eldest of the core group?

Caleb's early 30s.

That might be you then. But what about Nott?

Well wait, halflings age normal human way.

Spoilers. Oh, I mean,

delete the tape, delete the tape!

[everyone laughs]

We never said our ages.

No, we didn't.

I don't think we need to.

We know 6 or 7.

Only because we definitely know the exact number.

What race is Jester Lavorre?

She's the same as Molly.

Which is just fun and colorful.

She's a cinnamon roll. Who trained Caleb Widogast?

I did. Trauma.

Tuning in. Professor Fern.

Who did it?

I was born in the darkness.

We are so bad at this.

It was hair Trent Ikithon.

Ew. Of the Cerberus Assembly.

Cerberus Assembly. Yeah. It is the last one.

It's the last question y'all.

Oh my goodness gracious.

It's 'cause we didn't answer-

They're all falling asleep.

Do we win a prize?

Do we get a prize? We do, not you.

We will go to-

What weapon does Molly usually fight with?

Molly has a pair of twin scimitars that he found in the,

like back of a trunk in a disused prop wagon.

Yeah, they're actually kind of bullshit.

It's all from him. The real weapon is X-rated.

Doesn't something happen when you rub the dual scimitars

on your nipples? Well,

wouldn't you like to know?

There are two piercings though,

that he does fight with when they're off anyway.

We hope this has been informative for all of you.

Thank you so much for joining us.

We hope that some of it's been able to be broadcast

And those are all the questions.

Thank you so much for watching.

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Roughly 50-ish questions on the internet.

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