Critical Role Campaign 4 kicked off with an unprecedent number of player characters—13 of them in total. So many players couldn’t possibly fit comfortably into one campaign… Unless it was a West Marches-style game of Dungeons & Dragons. This means that the players divide themselves into sub-tables, each playing out their own story but very much impacting the other tables and their tales. Before Critical Role Campaign 4 even began, new Game Master Brennan Lee Mulligan announced that this time around, Critical Role would be taking on a West Marches-style campaign and would contain three sub-tables: the Soldiers, the Seekers, and the Schemers. The Soldiers’ Table was revealed to us in episode three of Critical Role Campaign 4. But the Seekers and Schemers were announced a little differently, via a “Meet The Characters of Campaign 4” featurette released by Critical Role to catch us up on what’s been happening, but have both now been confirmed within the campaign itself. So just who is a part of the Schemers’ Table in Critical Role Campaign 4? We must say, there are a few surprises. Let’s dive in.
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- Who Is Part of the Schemers’ Table In Critical Role Campaign 4?
- What Does It Mean to Be Part of the Schemers ‘ Table?
- What Has Brought the Members of the Schemers ‘ Table Together?
- Where Will the Schemers ‘ Table Campaign Episodes Take Place?
- What Will the Schemers ‘ Table Plot Consist of in Critical Role Campaign 4 ?
- What Episodes of Critical Role Campaign 4 Do the Schemers’ Table Appear In?
- More About Critical Role Campaign 4
Who Is Part of the Schemers’ Table In Critical Role Campaign 4?
Critical Role Campaign 4‘s Schemers’ Table consists of Halandil Fang played by Liam O’Brien, Bolaire Lathalia played by Taliesin Jaffe, Azune Nayar played by Luis Carazo, and Murray Mag’nesson played by Marisha Ray.
Murray and Bolaire, as part of the Schemers, we saw coming, but Azune and Hal are surprising choices for us!
What Does It Mean to Be Part of the Schemers‘ Table?
Game Master Brennan Lee Mulligan was very clear that the table a player and actor are a part of are more about their taste in playstyle than their specific character type. Still, joining the Schemers does seem to point to a certain kind of personality. When it comes to being part of the Schemers’ Table of Critical Role Campaign 4, Brennan Lee Mulligan explains, “The Schemers’ table is very much set in intrigue, espionage, skullduggery, and relationships with each other and other NPCs and institutions and the machinations of power. Their adventuring looks like cloak and dagger. There are enemies right here in your hometown, and they are moving against you as we speak.”
We’re excited to see what kind of shenanigans the Schemers get up to together.
What Has Brought the Members of the Schemers‘ Table Together?
Critical Role Campaign 4, episode five, officially brings the Schemers’ Table together. And indeed, they are united by their shared love and hope for the city of Dol-Makjar.
All four of the Scehemers are very invested in Dol-Makjar’s and its fate in different ways. Halandil Fang has finally built the theater of his dreams, the Hallowed Round, and wants his family and friends to find joy in the place he loves. Murray Mag’nesson has settled down in the Penterveral, a magic school in Dol-Makjar, and doesn’t want any annoying bureaucrats to disrupt her space. Azune Nayar is a part of the Arcane Marshal/Revolutionary Guard, literally the security force of Dol-Makjar, and finds joy through connecting to its people and keeping them safe. Finally, Boliare Lathalia, who is literally a mask, is truly “alive” for the first time in his role as curator at the Archanade, a magical museum in Dol-Makjar, where he had never before had a home.
Indeed, all four can also sense the unsavory forces of the Sundered Houses encroaching on their various institutions of Dol-Makjar. House Eisenfen has paid a visit to Azune’s workplace, hoping to privatize the Revolutionary Guard. While House Cormoray has made overtures to meddle in the Archanade. The Sundered Houses are also interfering in the Penteveral, trying to ban magic at a magic school. This connection to Dol-Makjar unites the characters who are part of the Schemers’ Table, giving them a common ground to stand on as they adventure further in Critical Role Campaign 4.
Where Will the Schemers‘ Table Campaign Episodes Take Place?
The Schemers will remain in Dol-Makjar during Critical Role Campaign 4‘s adventures—they hope to protect the city, its people, and heart.
What Will the Schemers‘ Table Plot Consist of in Critical Role Campaign 4?
In Critical Role Campaign 4, the Schemers’ Table plot will involve rooting out the rot in Dol-Makjar and its institutions. The Schemers’ Table is about to become heavily involved in figuring out the corruption in the Sundered Houses that’s currently infecting many different parts of Dol-Makjar.
In more specific terms, Azune Nayer laid out a plan to turn the Sundered Houses against one another. Azune believes they are not working together yet, although each has selfish and nefarious aims. Azune wants the Schemers to turn the Sundered Houses against one another to prevent them from becoming an undefeatable power.
What Episodes of Critical Role Campaign 4 Do the Schemers’ Table Appear In?
So far, the Schemers’ Table has unofficially appeared in all of Critical Role Campaign 4‘s episodes, that’s episodes one through five.
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 and podcast episodes available in two parts: the first one week after the premiere, and the second on the following Tuesday.
Originally published on October 28, 2025.