The Mighty Nein's changes to Yasha make Critical Role's best character even more badass

While Critical Role wasted no time in speeding ahead and covering as much as possible in The Legend of Vox Machina, they are taking a far more measured approach with the adaptation of their second campaign, The Mighty Nein.

This meant fleshing out the setting and factions of Wildemount, but also improving certain characters' backgrounds. However, if episode 6 “Many Gifts” is any indication, it looks like the show is using a much faster pace with one character’s backstory: Yasha Nydoorin (Ashley Johnson). And while that may end up being somewhat confusing, particularly for fans of both the animated show and the original campaign wondering what is — and isn’t — canon, it also opens up a number of exciting possibilities to make Yasha even more badass in The Mighty Nein.

[Ed note. Spoilers ahead for The Mighty Nein episodes 1-6 and Critical Role Campaign 2.]

Yasha fans have been waiting patiently since they last saw the muscular barbarian back in the first episode of The Mighty Nein. While........

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