Liam O’Brien reveals his interest in writing a Mighty Nein or The Legend of Vox Machina script and breaks down how the cast is involved in the writing process. The Legend of Vox Machina is an animated adaptation of Critical Role’s first campaign, with the upcoming Mighty Nein series adapting the second campaign. Each campaign is hundreds of hours long with multiple story and character arcs, but the series needs to condense these arcs into a much shorter story while keeping the important plot points and character beats.
Travis Willingham and Sam Riegel have co-written an episode of The Legend of Vox Machina for both seasons. During an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, O’Brien shares his desire to write an episode of The Legend of Vox Machina or Mighty Nein. He also explains how the cast is involved in the writing process for the animated series.
Screen Rant: Are you interested in writing an episode either for The Legend of Vox Machina season 3 or for Mighty Nein?
Liam O’Brien: I would love to. We’re all involved in the writing process to a degree. And I definitely have hopes to wade in with Sam and Travis. Aside from that, there are weeks where we get in and brainstorm and kick around ideas. All the cast looks at every script and weighs in and bounces ideas. And so I can point to things in every episode that came from one of us in the cast in the revision process. But we also have immense trust in Sam, Travis, and the writers on our show.
How The Cast Gets Involved In The Legend Of Vox Machina Writing Process
Travis Willingham and Sam Riegel have really helmed The Legend of Vox Machina as the executive producers, working most directly with the writers. The two scripts they co-wrote feature big moments for their characters, Grog and Scanlan, through character growth and important backstory revelations. However, the entire cast is instrumental in telling Vox Machina’s story in the animated series.
Each of them has created and played these characters for years while collaboratively building out the world and story during Critical Role’s first campaign. O’Brien’s insight into how they help with The Legend of Vox Machina scripting process sheds new light on how the series is able to capture each character, the world, and the story arcs so well while shaping them from a new perspective with the writers. O’Brien is a seasoned storyteller, and each of his characters has complex arcs and relationships, like Caleb in Mighty Nein and Vax in The Legend of Vox Machina.
The second season of The Legend of Vox Machina ended with Vax fully accepting his destiny as the Matron of Raven’s Champion. There are more important character beats for Vax as he fully embraces his role and how it changes his relationship with the party, especially Keyleth and Vex. Vax balancing his destiny with his evolving relationships could be the perfect springboard for O’Brien to write an episode. The first season of Mighty Nein could also be ideal, with O’Brien really establishing who Caleb is as an individual and as part of this ragtag group of misfits.