{"id":2155254,"date":"2025-11-13T23:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2155254"},"modified":"2025-11-13T23:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:55:14","slug":"the-mighty-nein-will-continue-hidden-matt-mercers-tradition-shares-showrunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-mighty-nein-will-continue-hidden-matt-mercers-tradition-shares-showrunner\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MIGHTY NEIN Will Continue \u2018Hidden Matt Mercers\u2019 Tradition, Shares Showrunner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Critical Role<\/em>\u2018s<em> The Mighty Nein<\/em> campaign is heading to Prime Video in the form of a new animated TV series. This time around, long-time <em>Critical Roll <\/em>Game Master, Matt Mercer, will have a main character to embody. Everyone\u2019s favorite NPC Essek will be a major part and main character of <em>The Mighty Nein<\/em>\u2018s TV series, and Matt Mercer will be bringing him to life. But does that mean we won\u2019t get any more hidden Matt Mercers, a tradition begun by Prime Video\u2019s first <em>Critical Role <\/em>animated series, <em>The Legend of Vox Machina<\/em>? NO! <em>The Mighty Nein<\/em> showrunner Tasha Huo confirms that the tradition of hidden Matt Mercers will remain alive and well, even as Mercer takes on Essek as a full-blown character.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Critical Role\/Prime Video<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here\u2019s what Tasha Huo had to say about how we\u2019ll see Matt Mercer appear in <em>The Mighty Nein<\/em> TV show:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mb-4 border-l-2 pl-5 italic text-tertiary\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yeah, it\u2019s really nice to have Matthew as Essek because we can have him as a main character as is well-deserved. But of course, there are always hidden Matthews.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Well deserved, indeed. But we\u2019re glad that fun of sussing out where Matt Mercer is popping up won\u2019t come to an end on <em>The Mighty Nein<\/em>. In <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Legend-Vox-Machina-Season\/dp\/B09PZG2979\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Legend of Vox Machina;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Legend of Vox Machina<\/a><\/em>, Matt Mercer appeared as a variety of characters from guards to zombies to doomed resistance members, alongside the larger characters he voiced, including the vampiric Sylas Briarwood. We don\u2019t know exactly how Matt Mercer will manifest in <em>The Mighty Nein<\/em> TV series or which characters he\u2019ll embody, but we bet it will be in even more fun ways. We\u2019ll just have to keep our eyes and ears peeled for the hidden Matt Mercers among us. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/the-mighty-nein-showrunner-tasha-huo-interview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:You can read our full interview with Tasha Huo here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">You can read our full interview with Tasha Huo here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Mighty Nein<\/em> premieres on November 19. The new <em>Critical Role<\/em> series will premiere with its first three episodes. In the meantime, you can catch up on <em>The Mighty Nein<\/em> campaign today and start speculating about which of Matt Mercer\u2019s characters might appear when we least expect it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/the-mighty-nein-will-have-hidden-matt-mercer-characters-reveals-showrunner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:THE MIGHTY NEIN Will Continue \u2018Hidden Matt Mercers\u2019 Tradition, Shares Showrunner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">THE MIGHTY NEIN Will Continue \u2018Hidden Matt Mercers\u2019 Tradition, Shares Showrunner<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nerdist;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Nerdist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critical Role\u2018s The Mighty Nein campaign is heading to Prime Video in the form of a new animated TV series. This time around, long-time Critical Roll Game Master, Matt Mercer, will have a main character to embody. Everyone\u2019s favorite NPC Essek will be a major part and main character of The Mighty Nein\u2018s TV series, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2155255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[412630,370029,382462,348018,412629],"class_list":["post-2155254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-animated-tv-series","tag-critical-role","tag-main-character","tag-matt-mercer","tag-matt-mercers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/THE-MIGHTY-NEIN-Will-Continue-\u2018Hidden-Matt-Mercers-Tradition-Shares.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2155254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155256,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155254\/revisions\/2155256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2155255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2155254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2155254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2155254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}