This article may contain spoilers for Critical Role campaign three.

It’s a great time to be a fan of Critical Role, the Dungeons & Dragons streaming show featuring voice actors from a variety of well-known games and shows. On Saturday, June 15, the core cast will perform their first live show as Bells Hells, a fascinating and fraught group of characters.

“I should probably think about it like it’s real, right?” joked Liam O’Brien, sitting in front of shelves stacked with comics and assorted collectible figurines. I’d call O’Brien a fan favorite on the show, but all of the regular cast members are pretty much fan favorites. Still, his characters play a big part in the Critical Role lore: the villain Vax’ildan from campaign one and The Legend of Vox Machina (which O’Brien is an executive producer on), everyone’s favorite sorcerer Caleb Widogast from campaign two, and now Orym of the Air Ashari, a halfling fighter who often serves as Bells Hells’ stabilizing presence. They’ll need that presence on Saturday, when the company tackles its first live show as Bells Hells together, despite nearly 100 episodes into the campaign.

Part of that is due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that launched campaign three, which meant Critical Role couldn’t have staged a live show even if they wanted to. But it does mean that instead of low-stakes, early campaign adventures to perform in front of a live audience, the party is deep, literally and figuratively. But O’Brien isn’t worried about one thing, at least: the group’s ability to spin a story together, based on their own trust and friendship with each other.