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If you only know Laura Bailey from her characters out of the Critical Role universe, you might think of her roles as mostly heroic. Both her avatars in The Legend of Vox Machina and The Mighty Nein, after all, go about saving the realm of Exandria every day. But take a look at Bailey's video game work and you'll see a trend of far more morally grey characters - from ABby in The Last of Us Part II to her more recent turn as Invisigal in Dispatch. It's a vein that runs deep in Bailey's career, and recently, the beloved voice actor spoke to why.

Specifically, Bailey got into her love of complex characters at San Diego Comic Con 2026, where she was a guest at the hour-long Dispatch panel. The event's moderator, fellow Dispatch voice actor Erin Yvette (AKA Blonde Blazer) was the one who brought up Bailey's history of less-than-noble characters, asking "What is it about characters like Visi that you run toward them, when everybody else is running away?"

"I don't know what other characters you're referring to," Bailey responded, which of course got a laugh from the crowd. Those fans love their Invisigal, folks.

"I'm always drawn to the anti-hero," Bailey continued, "I think playing a character that is complicated is a lot more fun. To be able to take someone who you understand what makes them tick and what makes them unlikable makes them vulnerable... I think that's far more interesting."

Pretty solid reasoning, Laura. Which is not to say we forgive Abby, mind you.

With two animated series on Prime Video, Campaign 4 in full swing, and so much more Exandrian lore to come, Critical Role is showing no signs of slowing down. That's why the adventuring party at Popverse are here to bring you everything we can from those nerdy-ass voice actors & Bo., including:

• Critical Role release schedule
• Critical Role's Campaign 4 characters ranked
• How to watch Critical Role in order
• Ways for you to relive the Critical Role panel from ECCC '26
• Taliesin Jaffe on playing Mollymauk Tealeaf for Campaign 2 vs. playing him for Prime Video
• Matt Mercer's homebrew warrior class (created originally for Vin Diesel)

...and much, much more. Roll initiative, player. Magic awaits.