Matron mentions
NOTE: The below data excludes Downfall.
Total: 135
| Episode | Timestamp | Description | Mention type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C3E012 Make It Fashion | 02:33:16 | Ela Lumas says the Duskmaven works in mysterious ways | Mention | |
| C3E012 Make It Fashion | 02:33:29 | Matt tells the party that "Duskmaven" is the Marquesian name for the Matron of Ravens | Out of character | |
| C3E012 Make It Fashion | 02:41:01 | Imogen reassures Ela Lumas that the Matron brought them together for a reason | Mention | |
| C3E013 A Dance of Deception | 03:07:38 | On a successful religion check from Laudna, Matt tells the party that Ratanish is wearing a symbol of the Duskmaven | Out of character | |
| C3E019 Omens Above | 00:33:46 | On a successful history check from Orym, Matt tells the party that the Matron of Ravens was rumored to be Ruidusborn | Out of character | |
| C3E021 Fight at the Museum… | 03:41:16 | The cast debates whether or not horses have souls and suggest visiting a temple of the Raven Queen to find out | Out of character | |
| C3E027 A Race for the Prize | 02:28:04 | Matt mentions that all of the Paragon's Call members are wearing Duskmaven pendants | Out of character | |
| C3E028 The Deathwish Run | 00:33:49 | Matt mentions that the Paragon's Call members competing in the Deathwish Run are wearing Duskmaven pendants | Out of character | |
| C3E032 A Stage Set | 03:04:18 | The party goes inside the Paragon's Call fortress and sees prominent Duskmaven decor (specifically a golden buzzard skull, a Marquesian cultural representation) in their main conference room | Out of character | |
| C3E043 Axiom Shaken | 03:06:25 | Ebenold Kai tells Bell's Hells that Otohan Thull was once a pious follower of the Matron of Ravens but lost their faith sometime after the Apex War | Mention | |
| C3E043 Axiom Shaken | 03:28:29 | Matt tells the party that the domains of Ethedok and Vordo, the eaten gods, were partially taken up by other gods; for instance, the Matron now covers winter and fate | Out of character | |
| C3E043 Axiom Shaken | 03:29:09 | Liam confirms that Predathos was imprisoned long before the Matron ascended | Out of character | |
| C3E044 Bawdy Basement Belligerence | 03:18:02 | Imogen asks the captured Ruby Vanguard mage what will happen to people after they die if Ludinus gets his way and the gods are gone | Mention | |
| C3E045 Ominous Lectures | 02:16:11 | Ludinus tells Imogen and Fearne that the gods erected the Divine Gate not to protect humanity but to protect themselves, citing the Age of Arcanum broadly and the Matron specifically | Mention | |
| C3E046 Night at the Ligament Manor | 00:28:12 | Nana Morri tells the party that she isn't a master of fates; that's the Matron. She can just sometimes tangle the skein. | Mention | |
| C3E046 Night at the Ligament Manor | 01:54:12 | The party debates whether Ludinus or indeed anyone has a right to kill the gods, and Fearne clarifies that the Matron did it, so it seems like anyone can | Mention | |
| C3E051 The Apogee Solstice | 02:26:04 | The party learns from a captured enemy guard at the solstice that the Call made everyone wear Duskmaven symbols as part of their attire | Mention | |
| C3E051 The Apogee Solstice | 04:35:52 | After Matt calls the end of the episode, the cast clarifies what just happened, i.e. that the Champion of the Matron of Ravens got orbed | Out of character | |
| C3E052 Far From The Others | 02:51:06 | Imogen asks Deanna what would happen after you die if there's no Matron, and Deanna tells her that the gods and the afterlife don't have much to do with each other. The Matron guides people to a place that existed before her and will exist after her. | Mention | |
| C3E055 Hope Within History | 00:59:57 | Chetney asks if there is a temple to the Matron in Uthodurn | Mention | |
| C3E055 Hope Within History | 01:16:21 | Chetney notes that the Vanguard was very focused on the Matron and wonders if the outcome for the Matron would be different than for the other gods/whether her temple is now cracked or broken | Mention | |
| C3E055 Hope Within History | 01:29:44 | The Duskmaven is casually mentioned as related to there being hungry souls trapped in and wandering the Savalirwood | Mention | |
| C3E055 Hope Within History | 03:01:28 | Chetney mentions visiting the Matron's temple again to see if it's damaged, and the party again wonders what happens after you die with no god of death | Mention | |
| C3E055 Hope Within History | 03:23:34 | The party drops by the Matron's temple in Uthodurn and asks if the priests can still feel her; they are told that she is distant but still there | Mention | |
| C3E057 The Sorrow of Molaesmyr | 03:21:19 | The party finds Ludinus's notes, which include a section about the Matron obsessively wondering what her name was because "there is power in names" | Mention | |
| C3E059 Somewhere Out There | 03:23:21 | Prism tells the party that she named her raven Mother after the Matron of Ravens, who is a big thing in the Shadow Realm | Mention | |
| C3E059 Somewhere Out There | 03:41:32 | Prism mentions again that the Matron is the main deity of the Shadow Realm and she ascended to godhood on her own, which affects Prism's feelings about the gods dying | Mention | |
| C3E060 Faith or Famine | 00:40:48 | Prism creates a minor illusion of the Matron of Ravens to test whether illusion magic is being amplified | Mention | |
| C3E060 Faith or Famine | 00:44:04 | Orym mentions the Matron of Ravens referring to Prism's illusion | Mention | |
| C3E060 Faith or Famine | 01:32:30 | Prism thanks the Matron that the town has alcohol | Mention | |
| C3E060 Faith or Famine | 02:28:57 | Elder Joan Abaddina describes Ludinus as the first mortal since the Matron to fill the gods with fear | Mention | |
| C3E061 Crisis of Faith | 01:07:15 | Prism calls out the Matron's name in combat | Mention | |
| C3E061 Crisis of Faith | 01:45:04 | Matt mentions that blood is a powerful tool in the worship of the Matron | Out of character | |
| C3E061 Crisis of Faith | 01:48:10 | Prism mentions the Matron while casting blood magic | Mention | |
| C3E061 Crisis of Faith | 03:59:00 | Elder Abaddina says the eidolons do not seem to fear Predathos, and remarks that it's odd that the Matron, as the goddess of fate, has not given more of a warning | Mention | |
| C3E064 Reunited | 02:32:16 | Prism says the Night of Ascension is a Shadow Realm holiday celebrating the Matron's ascension | Mention | |
| C3E064 Reunited | 02:55:42 | The party discusses godhood and Prism says the Matron went from being a mortal to being a god | Mention | |
| C3E065 A Path of Vengeance | 01:50:09 | Fearne asks Ajit Dayal if there is a Duskmaven temple in Jrusar | Mention | |
| C3E065 A Path of Vengeance | 02:41:11 | Chetney, Fearne, and Orym arrive at the Duskmaven temple in Jrusar | Out of character | |
| C3E065 A Path of Vengeance | 02:48:06 | Fearne asks the person in the Duskmaven temple if she can still communicate with the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E065 A Path of Vengeance | 03:01:30 | Chetney, Fearne, and Orym have a vision of the Matron after drinking from waterfall in her temple. They see the Malleus Key and the black orb caught in its beam, from which they hear screaming. They also see a massive white mask. | Appearance | |
| C3E065 A Path of Vengeance | 03:11:37 | The party discusses the vision and the screaming orb, and Matt mentions the Champion of the Matron as a historical figure | Out of character | |
| C3E065 A Path of Vengeance | 03:13:45 | The party discusses the way that Ludinus is always ahead of them, and remember that the priestess at the Matron's temple said you need faith to turn the tide | Mention | |
| C3E065 A Path of Vengeance | 03:16:26 | FCG talks about the Changebringer, saying that she can affect the world and she needs them, just like the Matron and the Dawnfather do | Mention | |
| C3E065 A Path of Vengeance | 03:19:21 | Imogen asks if the group that had a vision from the Matron is going to worship the Duskmaven now | Mention | |
| C3E065 A Path of Vengeance | 03:26:31 | Chetney jokingly prays to the Duskmaven | Mention | |
| C3E065 A Path of Vengeance | 03:30:04 | Chetney again jokingly tries out Duskmaven worship | Mention | |
| C3E067 Bloody Flowers | 04:27:36 | Fearne mentions to Teven Klask that she's met the Matron. (Teven does not like the Matron.) | Mention | |
| C3E068 For The Tempest | 01:06:05 | Chetney asks Graz'tchar about the Matron. Graz'tchar has heard of the Matron but doesn't know much. | Mention | |
| C3E068 For The Tempest | 02:00:43 | Orym tells Keyleth about their visit to a temple of the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E068 For The Tempest | 02:03:01 | Fearne notes to Keyleth that she (Keyleth) seemed upset when the Matron was mentioned | Mention | |
| C3E068 For The Tempest | 02:04:10 | Laudna asks what would happen to Vax if the Matron were gone and Keyleth says she doesn't know | Mention | |
| C3E068 For The Tempest | 02:40:59 | Chetney mentions that the Great Tree of Atrophy, with its links to life, death, and renewal, feels very Matron-y | Mention | |
| C3E068 For The Tempest | 03:02:43 | Fearne says that she's confused because she thought Ludinus was obsessed with the Matron because he also wants to ascend, and Chetney says he thinks Ludinus just wants to level the playing field | Mention | |
| C3E068 For The Tempest | 03:05:18 | Keyleth says she thinks the Matron has ensured the Rite of Ascension cannot be used again | Mention | |
| C3E069 Nice | 01:48:49 | The party discusses the gods and Orym, Fearne, and Chetney mention their collective vision at the Matron temple | Mention | |
| C3E069 Nice | 01:59:04 | Laudna says she has a feeling that the Matron doesn't look kindly on someone like her | Mention | |
| C3E069 Nice | 02:00:19 | Travis says he thinks the cleric who was there after Eshteross died (Weva Vudol) was of the Duskmaven | Out of character | |
| C3E070 Embattled in Bassuras | 00:54:04 | Matt describes Duskmaven pendants (golden bird skulls) worn by assailants at Imahara Joe's | Out of character | |
| C3E070 Embattled in Bassuras | 03:12:49 | Matt describes a Duskmaven brand on one of the assailants at Imahara Joe's (and the party collects seven Duskmaven necklaces from defeated assailants) | Out of character | |
| C3E076 A Gathering of Heroes | 02:38:02 | Laudna says there's a Matron temple in Whitestone, or at least there used to be | Mention | |
| C3E076 A Gathering of Heroes | 03:01:15 | Chetney asks if there's a Matron temple in Whitestone | Mention | |
| C3E076 A Gathering of Heroes | 03:02:22 | FCG mentions that some of the party has had a run-in with the Matron once before | Mention | |
| C3E076 A Gathering of Heroes | 03:02:46 | FCG asks Ashton if they want to come to the Changebringer's temple with thim, but Ashton is curious about "Raven Queen shit" | Mention | |
| C3E076 A Gathering of Heroes | 03:06:14 | Matt describes the Altar of the Raven, a fairly modest place of worship with a massive sculpture of the Matron of Ravens and a smaller sculpture of Vax | Out of character | |
| C3E076 A Gathering of Heroes | 03:22:16 | In the temple, from inside a sarcophagus, Orym mentally tells the Matron that he's sorry for her friend. He hopes she's holding up and that they can help. | Mention | |
| C3E076 A Gathering of Heroes | 03:26:01 | The Matron appears in a vision to Orym, Ashton, and Chetney while they are inside sarcophaguses at her temple. They see the Matron looking down at them from the bottom of a hole. She has chains on her wrists that dangle into the hole, and as the party climbs/pulls the chains, they break. The matron turns into hundreds of free-feeling ravens that fly away. | Appearance | |
| C3E077 The Promise and the Price | 02:39:48 | Imogen heads to Whitestone's Dawnfather temple, and Taliesin asks if the Matron temple is nearby | Out of character | |
| C3E077 The Promise and the Price | 02:50:25 | Imogen sees the statue of the Matron and hears a raven's call as she exits the Dawnfather temple after asking for help with Laudna's Delilah situation | Out of character | |
| C3E078 Fractures | 01:15:57 | After throwing rocks at the windows of Whitestone Castle with Chetney, Fearne walks to the Temple of the Matron | Out of character | |
| C3E078 Fractures | 01:17:57 | Fearne arrives at the Temple of the Matron | Out of character | |
| C3E078 Fractures | 01:20:18 | Fearne talks to the Matron and says she made a bad decision and is scared, and she's looking for guidance. She likes that the Matron was normal and then wasn't anymore. | Mention | |
| C3E078 Fractures | 01:22:06 | Fearne leaves her postcards with the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E078 Fractures | 01:23:38 | Fearne encounters a group of ravens: an adolescent with one leg and two adult ones that bring it food | Out of character | Implied the ravens were sent by the Matron |
| C3E078 Fractures | 03:28:05 | Fearne tells the party that she left her postcards with the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E078 Fractures | 03:45:38 | Nana Morri talks about fate and how she rarely knows exactly what will happen if she tugs on a thread. She says there are some threads that only the Matron can view, cut, and weave | Mention | |
| C3E078 Fractures | 03:50:04 | Fearne asks Nana Morri what she thinks of the Matron and is told that it's complicated, but they have an understanding | Mention | |
| C3E086 Doorways to Darker Depths | 00:54:41 | Liam asks if he knows whether Lake Umamu was the one the temple to the Matron was sunk under | Out of character | |
| C3E092 Broken Roads | 00:58:38 | Matt describes various temple-affiliated sets of armor, including Duskmaven medallions, hanging from iron spikes at the Tishtan excavation site | Out of character | |
| C3E092 Broken Roads | 01:50:26 | Aabria references the fact that those with connections to the gods, including the Matron, have felt something off about those connections since the solstice | Out of character | |
| C3E092 Broken Roads | 01:53:56 | Erica describes Morrighan as a champion of the Matron | Out of character | |
| C3E092 Broken Roads | 02:05:23 | Aabria asks Erica what it felt like to Morrighan when she made her deal with the Matron | Out of character | |
| C3E092 Broken Roads | 03:22:16 | In combat with Opal, Morrighan isn't immediately sure what to do next because she's waiting for the Matron to say something to her | Out of character | |
| C3E092 Broken Roads | 03:26:04 | Aabria says that the raven connected to the Matron has flown away from Morrighan | Out of character | |
| C3E093 Bittersweet Reunions | 00:29:31 | Aabria makes a joke about paladins of the Matron of Ravens with Haste | Out of character | |
| C3E093 Bittersweet Reunions | 00:37:40 | Morrighan asks the Matron what she should do | Mention | |
| C3E093 Bittersweet Reunions | 00:39:59 | Erica mentions that the Matron is into blood magic | Out of character | |
| C3E093 Bittersweet Reunions | 00:40:29 | The Matron appears to Morrighan in a pool of blood and asks what she's fighting for | Appearance | |
| C3E093 Bittersweet Reunions | 01:57:18 | As Morrighan leaves to escort the spirit of Cyrus, Aabria says Morrighan's time with the Matron is just beginning | Out of character | |
| C3E093 Bittersweet Reunions | 03:43:27 | Dorian says his best friends became champions of the Matron and the Spider Queen | Mention | |
| C3E093 Bittersweet Reunions | 03:54:44 | Laudna asks about Dorian's friends who went off with the Matron and Spider Queen | Mention | |
| C3E098 The Nox Engine | 00:39:03 | Teven mentions the Matron's threads of fate in describing Fearne's pact with the Lord of the Hells—her thread now runs dark with his influence | Mention | |
| C3E098 The Nox Engine | 01:03:44 | After being asked what gods the Hells follow, Chetney tells Braius that they have interfaced with the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E103 Cages | 01:32:56 | Chetney mentions the group's prior vision of the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E103 Cages | 03:15:20 | Orym (via Matt) shares the story of Vecna's ascension using the Matron's stolen rites (and of how Vecna was sealed away) | Out of character | |
| C3E103 Cages | 03:18:01 | Matt compares the architecture of the Duskmeadow to the temple where the previous vision of the Matron occurred | Out of character | |
| C3E103 Cages | 03:20:30 | Imogen says the Matron must have been pissed off by the dead awakening in the Vasselheim catacombs | Mention | |
| C3E103 Cages | 03:43:51 | Matt introduces the three representatives of the Matron at the Exandrian Accord | Out of character | |
| C3E104 The Cradle's Convocation | 00:31:43 | Laudna shows the Bright Queen an image of Emhira | Mention | |
| C3E104 The Cradle's Convocation | 01:30:54 | Keyleth says someone dear to her had a strong connection to the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E104 The Cradle's Convocation | 01:40:20 | Keyleth describes the Matron as "a challenged but necessary, lonely figure" | Mention | |
| C3E104 The Cradle's Convocation | 03:16:18 | The party discusses what happens after you die if you don't follow a god, and Ashton says the Matron would know | Mention | |
| C3E105 Collecting Legends | 01:25:13 | Laudna invokes the Matron in trying to persuade the Exandrian Accord of her own worthiness | Mention | |
| C3E106 Unseelie Interrupted | 01:38:52 | Nana Morri explains that the Matron is the one who weaves the threads of fate; she herself just sneaks in and tugs them | Mention | |
| C3E106 Unseelie Interrupted | 01:41:09 | Ashton asks if the Matron can come to, or retrieve people's souls from, the Fey Realm, and is told that her sway exists across all realms | Mention | |
| C3E107 Under the Arch Heart's Eye | 03:50:09 | The Arch Heart mentions another god that wants to let go | Mention | Later confirmed to be the Matron |
| C3E107 Under the Arch Heart's Eye | 04:24:54 | The Matron tells Laudna to come find her | Appearance (voice only) | |
| C3E108 Looming | 03:39:03 | Laudna mentions that the Arch Heart sort of alluded that the Matron was the other god with an opinion similar to his | Mention | |
| C3E108 Looming | 03:49:21 | Imogen says that maybe the party needs to speak to the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E108 Looming | 03:50:02 | Fearne says Nana Morri could reach out to the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E108 Looming | 03:53:41 | Imogen wonders if they're being manipulated to want to speak to the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E108 Looming | 03:54:12 | Imogen asks if the Matron can see the future. Laudna guesses that she can see versions. If she can, did she know her champion would get orbed? | Mention | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 00:27:38 | Laudna asks Fearne via message if they should ask Nana Morri about the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 00:28:31 | Laudna asks Nana Morri about her thoughts on checking in with the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 00:57:51 | The party resolves to go to the Matron's temple | Mention | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 01:03:15 | Chetney asks for directions to the Matron's temple | Mention | |
| C3E107 Under the Arch Heart's Eye | 01:07:11 | The party arrives at the doors to the Raven's Crest Cathedral | See note | Not a direct mention, but included for context in a larger Matron scene |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 01:10:20 | Chetney says to be careful, in case the god the Arch Heart mentioned wasn't the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 01:17:25 | The party arrives at the top of Raven's Crest | See note | Not a direct mention, but included for context in a larger Matron scene |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 01:19:24 | Lieve'tel introduces the Coven of the Veil, the high priestesses of the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 01:22:30 | Imogen explains that they're at the temple because they had a pull toward the Matron | Mention | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 01:22:51 | Lieve'tel explains that communing with the Matron requires a "leap of faith" (blood pool) | Mention | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 01:24:35 | The Coven of the Veil explains that the Matron exists in the space between life and death, and so meeting her in her realm requires walking in that space | Mention | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 01:42:27 | The party sees the Matron, then speaks to her | Appearance | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 02:01:44 | The show comes back from break and the party continues to speak to the Matron | Appearance | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 02:27:54 | The party rolls for initiative against the Matron's puppets of Liliana, Opal, and Vespin Chloras | Appearance | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 03:30:15 | The Matron is just Lady Gaga | Out of character | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 04:04:27 | Combat ends and the Matron appears to the party as a human-sized woman, then speaks with the party | Appearance | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 04:07:33 | The Matron removes her mask, revealing her face | Appearance | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 04:08:38 | The Matron didn't know what would happen to Vax | Appearance | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 04:11:13 | The Matron doesn't wish to die or flee, she wishes to let fate decide the gods' future—to let the peoples of Exandria decide what they want to happen next | Appearance | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 04:14:21 | The Matron explains why—and with whose help—she became the god of death | Appearance | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 04:24:29 | The Matron gives the party her mask so they can call on her aid in the future | Appearance | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 04:29:25 | The Matron misses her mortality, but she knew what she was giving up to do this. She hopes that even if the gods survive, humanity will renegotiate the terms of their relationship. | Appearance | |
| C3E109 A Test of Fate | 04:33:48 | The Matron talks about Laudna's fate | Appearance |