Fjord basically completely dismissed Jester saying "and we can find more information about Vandren too" the episode before last when they were near the temple. I thought that was a big character reveal about his true motivations, but it might just have been some loosey goosey role playing from Travis when he was caught up in the excitement of the moment. These are the kinds of things I found frustrating in this arc as someone who's trying to read into character motivations and role play choices. According to Travis's own words on the Talks Machina year-in-review, he has no plan and just does whatever he's feeling in the moment, so I guess I shouldn't have tried to take deeper meaning out of anything Fjord did/does? I'm still a bit torn on whether he has some sort of long con, or if Travis just plays at having a long con in order to give his character the appearance of more depth.
Also Jester saying "If we find Vandren, will you stop talking like him?" seemed like an educated guess on her part. She knows Fjord talks with a different voice now from when she first met him, and that Fjord has said Vandren was an important role model to him, but Jester has never met Vandren. How would she know how he spoke? I wouldn't take that scene as gospel, personally. But maybe Laura let something she knew from home conversations slip on purpose. She seemed intent on creating dialogues and scenes to flesh out Fjord over the course of his arc.
I do find it odd that Fjord's true(?) voice sounds so posh. Not exactly what one expects from an orphaned half-orc who was raised by sailors who may or may not have had Texan accents, but the choice in accent could also mean literally nothing.
We don't know this, though.
The Vandren reveal last ep, with Clay actually contacting him, just blew up my and so many people's "Fjord is Vandren" theories.
Well, what did Matt actually tell Taliesin that Vandren was doing?
"Staying out of sight... Making amends"
Pretty vague, and can be interpreted in different ways. Caduceus also didn't contact
him, he contacted Melora who answered his question of "what's Vandren doing right now?" Matt seemed pretty tickled when he was formulating how to phrase it, too. It leaves room for theorizing.
