Brad Venable, voice of Cormag, Merlinus, Kostas, and Nader has passed away

[Dragoncat]

As many VAs, he was in a lot of things, but to us, he was those four in the title. His wife has told some of his VA friends, no news on cause yet.

Cormag, fly high with Glen.

Merlinus, stock heaven's convoy.

Kostas, you no longer need to steal to survive. Raid in paradise.

Nader, I guess you met the opponent you could not beat. Rest easy, Undefeatable.

[LoneStar]

That's unfortunate to hear. i was weirded out that the twitter account that the other VAs were at'ing was still posting, but those were automated posts.

[King Marth 64]

Dang, that's really sad to hear he passed away.

[twilitfalchion]

That's so sad. Terribly young to pass. May he rest in peace.

Edited January 8 by twilitfalchion

[Parrhesia]

8 hours ago, Dragoncat said:

Cormag, fly high with Glen.

Merlinus, stock heaven's convoy.

Kostas, you no longer need to steal to survive. Raid in paradise.

Nader, I guess you met the opponent you could not beat. Rest easy, Undefeatable.

This is weird and uncomfortable. Yes, he's the voice of four roles in the series. But he was a person, first and foremost. I don't keep up much with the US VA community, but it seems very tight-knit, and that he was a cherished part of it.

https://twitter.com/SimplyAllegra/status/1347478353427668992 Here's a thread of testimonials from Allegra Clark, who seemed particularly heartbroken by his death. I'm sure others have their own stories to share.

Let's come together and remember that actors are people, not just their roles.

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Edited February 13 by Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[NinjaMonkey]

On 1/8/2021 at 3:17 PM, Dragoncat said:

Cormag, fly high with Glen.

Merlinus, stock heaven's convoy.

Since when did FE's 6-8 have voice acting? FE didn't start using VA's until Path of Radiance. Or is there an anime I haven't watched or something?

Edited January 9 by NinjaMonkey

[BLSoldier]

1 hour ago, NinjaMonkey said:

Since when did FE's 6-8 have voice acting? FE didn't start using VA's until Path of Radiance. Or is there an anime I haven't watched or something?

Fire Emblem Heroes has voice acting, and those two characters that Dragoncat mentioned are in that game with voice acting.

Edited January 9 by BLSoldier

[Dragoncat]

On 1/8/2021 at 4:45 PM, Parrhesia said:

Let's come together and remember that actors are people, not just their roles.

Except I was just making a creative little thing about his roles, because people like to be creative and clever. Calling it "weird" and "uncomfortable" is a tad unfair.

Nobody is offended by this. Nobody thinks I'm saying he was not a person.