The Mighty Nein at a look:
- The Mighty Nein will drop on Prime Video in autumn 2025
- The animation relies on the D&D marketing campaign from the Vital Position net sequence
- Amazon has launched the primary sneak peek teasing the sequence’ characters
In case your coronary heart has been stolen by the group of mercenaries referred to as Vox Machina, you’re sure to like the Mighty Nein. Higher but, this group will now star in an animated sequence courtesy of Vital Position and Amazon Prime Video.
The success of The Legend of Vox Machina has paved the way in which for diversifications of different Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, which have been streaming on Vital Position social media channels.
In The Mighty Nein, we’ll hear the unique solid of the online sequence that additionally dubbed the characters in Vox Machina. Showrunner Tasha Huo is on the helm of the animated present, making certain that it maintains the darkish and tongue-in-cheek tone.
Is The Mighty Nein based mostly on Dungeons & Dragons?
Sure. Whereas Vox Machina is the primary marketing campaign of the Dungeons & Dragons net sequence referred to as Vital Position, The Mighty Nein is the second. It kicked off in January 2018 and concluded in June 2021, consisting of a complete of 141 episodes.
As with Vox Machina, The Mighty Nein is ready in a excessive fantasy, eclectic world named Exandria – although on a distinct continent. Within the new sequence, we’ll depart the already well-known land of Tal’Dorei, and transfer to Wildemount. Positioned on the northeast, the continent is break up into a number of states and geographical areas.
The Dwendalian Empire is a robust nation within the west, identified for its chilly climate. Xhorhas, dominated by the Kryn Dynasty, is inhabited by darkish elves, orcs, goblins, tieflings, and kobolds. On the Menagerie Coast, the confederation of city-states offers in commerce and cultural freedom. The floating archipelago of free cities, referred to as Draconia, was as soon as the homeland of humanoid creatures known as the Dragonborn.
When will The Mighty Nein be launched?
The Mighty Nein will premiere on Prime Video on Wednesday, 19 November 2025.
The spin-off of Vox Machina was introduced in January 2023. In October 2024, Travis Willingham, the co-producer of The Legend of Vox Machina, revealed that the work on The Mighty Nein is midway performed (by way of Polygon):
We have now written all of season 1. The storyboards are all being locked, in the event that they haven’t been already. So it’s off to our abroad studio. We’re getting animation checks again and seeing issues come again in shade. We’ve designed all of the characters. The magical spells and results are being thought-about. We’re speaking about music, and the way it’s going to be completely different from Vox.
Who’re the characters of The Mighty Nein?
The brand new animated sequence options seven protagonists:
- Nott The Courageous, voiced by Sam Riegel, was beforehand a halfling lady who, because of a curse, changed into a goblin.
- Caleb Widogast, voiced by Liam O’Brien, is a traumatised human wizard educated as an murderer for the Dwendalian Empire.
- Fjord Stone, voiced by Travis Willingham, is a half-orc sailor who comes into possession of mysterious magical powers.
- Beauregard Lionett, voiced by Marisha Ray, is a human monk working for the Order of the Cobalt Soul.
- Jester Lavorre, voiced by Laura Bailey, is a tiefling cleric who follows an invisible deity referred to as the Traveler.
- Mollymauk Tealeaf, voiced by Taliesin Jaffe, is a tiefling tarot reader working in a travelling circus.
- Yasha Nydoorin, voiced by Ashley Johnson, is a barbarian, exiled from her homeland, Xhorhas, for breaking her clan’s marriage traditions.
Moreover, Matt Mercer voices Essek Thelyss, a darkish elf and the wizard from the Kryn Dynasty.
The sequence voice solid additionally options:
- Mark Robust
- Alan Cumming
- Tim McGraw
- Anika Noni Rose
- Ming-Na Wen
- Auli’i Cravalho
- Rahul Kohli
- Jonathan Frakes
- Robbie Daymond
What’s the plot of The Mighty Nein about?
The brand new animation is ready round 20 years after the occasions of Vox Machina. The official logline for the sequence reads:
The Mighty Nein’ follows a bunch of fugitives and outcasts, sure by secrets and techniques and scars. However when a robust arcane relic referred to as ‘The Beacon’ falls into harmful fingers, they have to study to work collectively to save lots of the realm and cease actuality itself from unraveling.
Based on Willingham, The Mighty Nein will present how the primary characters met, relatively than presenting them as a bunch from the start (by way of Leisure Weekly):
We wish to scratch all types of itches. With The Legend of Vox Machina, we began with our heroes altogether directly. We actually wish to purchase into who these characters are from The Mighty Nein and the way they arrive collectively slowly — as pairs, generally staying lone wolves for so long as potential, and actually combating for what it’s they’re trying to obtain within the story. That’s the factor that actually goes to separate Mighty Nein from Vox. You’ll see all of them combating for their very own targets and actually resisting working collectively as a staff for fairly a protracted whereas.
Tasha Huo, the showrunner, added:
A giant factor that drew me to that present was simply the trauma of all of the characters. So the present displays a extra mature, extra elevated storytelling. There’s extra drama, there’s extra filmmaking concerned. We actually attempt to deal with the present like a live-action present, which is tonally completely different than Vox Machina, however nonetheless conserving throughout the similar world.
Due to the pictures shared by Leisure Weekly, we all know that season 1’s plot will contain a captivating and enigmatic elven wizard, Essek Thelyss. A purple-skinned and white haired mage is hailed as Shadowhand for his information of darkish mysteries and arcana. Based on Vital Position, the TV sequence will add particulars to Essek’s character that weren’t revealed within the sport.
Travis Willingham acknowledged:
You’ll see the machinations each occurring within the Empire and the Dynasty, all of the issues transferring behind the scenes, and actually who was Essek. How did he get to be within the place the place he was, transferring these giant items and affecting a big portion of the world in The Mighty Nein?
The Amazon sequence will, after all, comprise quite a few jokes and easter eggs that can entertain devoted Vital Position followers. Based on Sam Riegel, a voice actor and co-executive producer:
To not spoil something for the viewers, however your whole favourite gags, your whole favourite inside jokes and peculiar issues that occurred throughout the Marketing campaign 2 live-play, we love these issues too, and we’re going to attempt to protect as lots of these as potential. I received’t say how and when that joke is made, however should you cherished it within the marketing campaign, I assure it is going to make an look within the animated sequence.
Is there a trailer for The Mighty Nein?
Not but, nevertheless, Amazon launched three clips asserting the present.
At Comedian-Con 2025 in San Diego, Amazon offered a hilarious sneak peek from the sequence:
Here’s a clip from 2023 teases the sequence’ characters:
Amazon additionally revealed the clip sneak peek from the animation course of:
