Perc'ildan

Perc'ildan is the slash ship between Percival de Rolo and Vax'ildan from the Critical Role fandom.

Canon
Percy and Vax were both members of Vox Machina, and were somewhat close. The two had a rather contentious relationship and would often but heads. Especially when it came to Percy's relationship with Vax's sister, Vex. Vax was overprotective of his sister, and worried that Vax didn't understand her the way he did. Often believing that he was more indulgent of Vex than understanding, while Percy saw Vax as being too insistent on keeping things stagnant. It didn't help that Percy accidentally triggered a trap that killed Vex, causing Vax to be furious with Percy, even after Vex was resurrected. Percy understood why Vax was mad at him, and didn't do anything to defend himself against his ire. Vax eventually came around to Percy and saw him as a brother, even hoping that they would fight like he and Vex do. Vax was one of the first too offer support in returning to Percy's home and Percy confided in him how happy he was too have a sister again.

Fanon
Perc'ildan is pretty popular among Vox Machina fans. Though the ship is only a more common pair in the overall CR fandom. Many fans joke that people like it due to some fans love of "edgy boys", as Percy and Vax both fit the overall trope. Though many of the shippers like their softer moments, especially when Percy can relate to Vax and his struggle with his darker side. Similarly to Vexleth, many fans also ship it as pointing out that Percy had chemistry with both twins. Some fans started to ship them after The Legend of Vox Machina came out, seeing the visual of their relationship making it easier to ship. Some even hoping that they might change the couples of the series, and have Percy and Vax get together at some point.

Some fans joke that the pair is the start of shipping Liam and Taliesin's characters through each campaign. As most ships between their characters tend to be popular for each campaign.

On AO3, Perc'ildan is the second most written ship for both Vax and Percy. It is also the fifth most written ship for Vox Machina. There are currently 425+ written works.

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Trivia

 * Vax is the only member of Vox Machina to call Percy "Freddie", which is derived from one of his middle names, Frederick.
 * Percy's fourth child is named after Vax.