Critical Role's Matthew Mercer Appears In Hololive's Shattered Legends Teaser
Critical Role and Hololive are two of the largest English-language streaming fanbases in their respective mediums, and this footage is the strongest signal yet that the still-unannounced Shattered Legends is a TRPG project built across both.
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Hololive's English account posted new footage for Shattered Legends, the project revealed on September 30, 2026. The video shows Cover representative Motoaki Tanigo shaking hands with Matthew Mercer, the game master of Critical Role. A 20-sided die in the earlier teaser had already pointed toward a TRPG connection. On October 7, four Hololive English talents posted character silhouettes, and the full picture is set to be revealed over the coming weeks.
The footage comes from Hololive's English-language account and shows Motoaki Tanigo, representative of operator Cover, shaking hands with Matthew Mercer. Details of Shattered Legends remain largely unannounced. The project's existence was revealed on September 30, 2026, with a teaser featuring a 20-sided die rolling across a map and the line, "Life is like a die. You never know what will happen next." On October 7, Mori Calliope, Nerissa Ravencroft, Shiori Novella, and Gigi Murin posted silhouettes that appear to be characters. How Critical Role or Mercer will be involved is still unclear.
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