: Vox Machina manages to secure an audience with Sovereign Uriel and the Tal'Dorei Council . Scanlan introduces the team with a bawdy, improvised song, and they are eventually hired—partly because Uriel is impressed by Vex’s bear, Trinket .

Vex's twin; tries (and fails) to defuse a bar fight with coins.

: The team travels to the Shalesteps , where they face the beast: a massive blue dragon named Brimscythe . The battle is a disaster; the group is completely outmatched, and they only survive because the dragon eventually flies away.

: Initially, the group decides to take their remaining gold and run. However, after discovering that the village they just visited has been completely destroyed by the dragon, their guilt—and a rare moment of selflessness—leads them to resolve to finish the job. The Vox Machina Lineup Key Trait in Ep 1 Vex'ahlia Senses a "draconic" presence during the council meeting. Vax'ildan