Sam Reigel’s character has caught our interest from the first moment he stepped onto the scene in Critical Role Campaign 4. For one thing, the stats of one Wicandar Halovar just did not seem to align with his Cleric class. Many pondered whether Wicandar was really a Sorcerer in disguise. And while we still haven’t seen any concrete evidence of this. Critical Role Campaign 4 episode six seems to somewhat imply that Wick is a god. And given that Critical Role Campaign 4 is VERY interested in the idea of gods, I mean, hey, it’s possible. There’s still a lot we don’t know about gods in Aramán, so who is to say that Wicandar “Wick” Halovar isn’t one? We already know that he has SOME divinity in him, at the very least.
Wick Halovar Is Technically Created From the Blood of a Celestial, an Almost God
Earlier in Critical Role Campaign 4, we learned that Wicandar Halovar technically does not come fully from flesh and blood. Wick’s father was created when his grandmother, Photarch Yanessa Halovar, used the blood of a Celestial, a former servant of Tansul, the sun god, as a component in a Wish spell that resulted in the birth of Wick’s father. As such, Wick’s father, Godard Halovar, is a half-angel with a full set of wings and eyes that emit beams of pure light. And that makes Sam Reigel’s Wicandar Halovar at least partially divine/god-like in Critical Role Campaign 4.
We can’t speak to Wick’s mother, Iris, and her connections to divinity beyond noting that she is a woman of strong belief in the light. In Critical Role Campaign 4 episode six, Wick recalls his mother telling him, “You don’t have to meet darkness with darkness. What you beam, you become. And you’re my little beam.” It is worth noting that Iris is the goddess of rainbows in Greek mythology, and Critical Role loves to hide an Easter egg in a name.
House Halovar’s Candascent Creed Is False, But Wick’s Belief in the Light Is Real
House Halovar fought on behalf of the gods during the Shapers’ War, they are known as a “Priestly House.” But after the death of the gods in Aramán, House Halovar created a religion called the Candescent Creed. Instead of bringing a god back into the mix overtly, which was forboden, House Halovar claimed that the Candescent Creed worshipped the light in Critical Role Campaign 4. Of course, as many religions do, this religion was mostly a cover to build support, wealth, and power for their House. But not everyone in House Halovar saw the concept as false.
Wicandar Halovar is a true believer in the light, the hope, and the goodness it brings. In Critical Role Campaign 4 episode six, Sam Reigel’s successful religion check helps to see if Wick’s religion can do something other than what it was created for; it helps him to understand something new about the religion that is very momentous… That although there are many lies in the Candescent Creed its message is right. Light can guide to goodness. And as Wick understands this, Brennan Lee Mulligan says something very interesting: “The god of the sun was killed 70 years ago, but the sun still shines. Forms break, titles change, but truth remains forever. ” It does sort of seem to imply there is still a place for a god of light to exist or to form anew in Critical Role Campaign 4, and perhaps that god is Wicandar.
And, indeed, as Wicandar comes to understand these truths about his religion and his light, he transforms into something very much like a god. Rising off the ground, light and luminous wings burst out of him, and all around him the plants of the forest grow, berries ripening, flowers blooming, the power of fairies grows. Radiance fills everything—the radiance of Wick Halovar’s divinity and the sun itself.
The Fairies of Hawthorne’s Glade Call Wick a God
In fact, the fairies and other fae creatures of Hawthorne’s Grove immediately bow to Wick, outright calling him a god in Critical Role Campaign 4. And although the light fades down from Wick, and he does not appear to seem or feel any different, it does feel like the fae might know a god when they see one.
What Does It Mean to Be a God in Critical Role Campaign 4?
Of course, this all begs the question: What does it mean to be a god in Critical Role Campaign 4? We don’t know too much about the gods of Aramán because, of course, they were all killed before the campaign started. We’ll have to wait and learn what qualifications are needed to be labeled as a proper god in this campaign.
Is Wicandar Halovar a God on Critical Role Campaign 4?
So, is Wick Halovar a god? It kind of seems like he might have just become the first new god to be born in Aramán since the death of all the other gods in the Shapers’ War. Indeed, as his mom told Wick, when he beams he becomes. Well, Wick beamed light and it seemed like he became… a god in Critical Role Campaign 4.
Is that fortune or misfortune for him, though? We don’t yet know. But it certainly could make for a good story.
More About Critical Role Campaign 4
Critical Role Campaign 4 premieres Thursdays at 7 pm PT on Beacon.tv and is streamed to Critical Role’s YouTube and Twitch channels at that time, with the VOD available for everyone the following Monday at 12 pm PT and podcast episodes available in two parts: the first one week after the premiere, and the second on the following Tuesday.