Clarota

Clarota is an archanist Illithid. He is portrayed by Matthew Mercer.

Background
Clarota originally was part of the Illithid hive that Vox Machina traveled to. He was cast out from his hive for having The Mark of the Arcane, something that his people viewed as an ill omen. He watched as his people were taken over by K'Varn, and in an effort to protect himself, he created a helmet that stopped K'Varn's influence from having any sway over his mind. He made his way up closer to the surface to avoid being found by K'Varn's forces, and was slowly starving, barely surviving off of the creatures that unfortunately chanced upon him.

The Duergar Warcamp
Clarota was first encountered by Keyleth and Vex'ahlia when they decided to scout on their own, against their parties wishes. They found a path leading to his home in a cave behind a waterfall. He was dirty, wearing rags, and had a large scar on his face.

He was enticed to join Vox Machina on their quest further into the mines when he was promised revenge against K'varn. He wanted to free his hive from K'varn's influence, in hopes that by becoming their hero, they would be forced to allow him to rejoin the hive.

The group managed to come up with a plan to attack the Duergar warcamp situated across an underground canyon by flying over to the barracks and attacking the leaders of the army. They were ultimately successful, and managed to get information on how to breach the Duergar stronghold known as the Emberhold from the general. Clarota ended up eating the general's mind when he tried to escape. The entire party was forced into a quick escape when an alarm sounded, during with time Clarota was nearly killed by an arrow.

Breaching the Emberhold
Making their way down, the group was able to use knowledge gained from the Duergar general to find a hiidn backdoor into the Emberhold. However, in so doing they alerted the strongholdto their presence. Making their way from the bottom floors, Vox Machina completed their mission of finding Lady Kima when they raided the dungeons. Kima and Clarota immediately hated and mistrusted each other. Kima stated that he would betray them once they had used up their usefulness while he stated she would kill him in her sleep. It took nearly all the members of Vox Machina to convince them to form a temporary truce.

Making their way up towards the Throne room, the group created a diversion that allowed them to attack the king and queen directly. However, during the conflict Kima and Tiberius were turned to stone by basilisks, and Grog was mentally dominated and captured by the queen who broke the throne room ceiling, causing lava to quickly fill the Emberhold. Clarota ended up saving Kima as the group fled, and Vax sustained very bad burns on his foot when lava engulfed it.

The group decided to rest an recover, during which time Kima and Tiberius were unpetrified. When Vex

Clarota did not view himself as being able to be friends with anyone, but was willing to see himself as an ally to the party. The party frequently attempted to call him Clarence due to his odd name, but he quickly grew angry and insisted that they call him by his real name. he ultimately betrayed them when they had fulfilled their role to him by helping him reconnect with his hive.

Death
Following the defeat of K'varn and the end of it's control over the Elderbrain, Clarota betrayed the party to the Illithid and was subsequently killed by them.