Uk'otoa

 is a leviathan imprisoned under the Lucidian Ocean and Fjord's patron. As an NPC, is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Legend says that Uk'otoa is a large serpent-like creature with many eyes along its body. On the altar above Captain Avantika's door aboard the Squall-Eater, it's represented by an ouroboros with nine eyes.

Background
Uk'otoa is a creation of Zehir, the Cloaked Serpent, left to rule the entirety of the Lucidian Ocean as his proxy after he was banished during the Calamity.

The Ki'Nau of the Swavain Islands were granted the blessings of Uk'otoa. Captain Avantika expressed that, with this blessing, "nothing and no one could stand before them." However, the surviving worshipers of the Cloaked Serpent grew jealous, sealing Uk'otoa beneath the depths of the Lucidian Ocean and defaced the temples built in their name.

Fjord touched the yellow orb found in the Merrow lair and was immediately transported into a vision. He saw himself in a different place wearing different clothes in a human body. Standing over the body of its previous owner, Fjord held the yellow orb in his hand. The right hand in the vision summoned the same falchion Fjord has. He heard a voice in his head say "Potential". He felt uncontrollably hungry then pushed the orb into his stomach. It went into him painlessly as a voice said "Consume". The hunger went away. Suddenly feeling exhausted, he fell to his knees. Fjord looked into a nearby pond, and saw Vandren's reflection instead of his own. The voice said "Reward". Fjord came back to his own body looking into the pool where the orb was found, but orb was gone. The next time Fjord summoned the falchion it had a yellow eye in the center of the hilt.

Avantika
Uk'otoa communicated with Avantika through dreams. It is implied she less contact with Uk'otoa than Fjord, saying in "Dangerous Liaisons" that it had been "a few years" since her last dream. Avantika had a yellow eye similiar to the eye on Fjord's falchion in the palm of her hand. She claimed the eye appeared after she killed the previous owner of the Cloven Crystal. Uk'otoa granted her the power to manipulate water after she brought a Cloven Crystal to its temple on Urukaxl.

Fjord
Uk'otoa communicates with Fjord through dreams. Fjord claims he never had these dreams before joining the Mighty Nein. In his dreams, Fjord is often underwater and sees a giant yellow eye. Fjord's attempts to speak to the entity have resulted in single words or no response at all. So far he has heard the words: Watching, Potential, Learn, Grow, Provoke, Consume, Reward, Patience, Release in various dreams. Some of these dreams have physical side effects when Fjord wakes up, such as vomiting salt water and nose bleeds. The dreams have sometimes included people from Fjord's past- Sabian, Vandren, and Avantika. Fjord has only felt Uk'otoa's precense while awake when a Cloven Crystal was nearby. Fjord went to touch it and immediately entered a dreamlike trance. After the trance, Fjord's falchion appeared to have a Cloven Crystal resting within it.

Vandren
Vandren had a sword with an eye similiar to Fjord's before the shipwreck caused by Sabian. At some point in the past, Vandren was working with Avantika to release Uk'otoa, but changed his mind.

Notable Items

 * Cloven Crystals - Three orbs that are used as keys to unlock Uk'otoa. They are to be used in three temples scattered about. Two have currently been deposited in their respective temples located at Urukaxl and the Gravid Archipelago, the third and final one remains in Fjord's possession.

Quotations

 * "Consume"
 * "Watching. Adapt. Reward. Release." Said to Fjord within a vision after he inserts the key into the second temple.

Trivia

 * The players have a habit of repeating Uk'otoa's name in hushed whispers when a character speaks it out loud.
 * The unlocking of Uk'otoa's temples is similar in nature to the Seven Seals in the Book of Revelation. According to the Christian Bible, when a seal is opened, a divine judgment or apocalyptic event occurs. The first four seals are commonly known as the "Four Horseman of the Apocalypse": Conquest, War, Famine, and Death.
 * Avantika could be interpreted as a metaphor for Conquest. As a zealot of Uk'otoa, she has preached the gospel truth of her patron to her crew, and she seeks to advance Uk'otoa's goal of release. Likewise, Avantika's desire to rule the seas and the pirates of the Revelry can be viewed as the crown given to Conquest.
 * Time will tell if Fjord will follow in the footsteps of War. Like War, Fjord had divine power given to him. Fjord's falchion can be interpreted as the "great sword" given to War. War is said to unleash global war, as the kingdoms of mankind slaughter each other. Given the war ongoing between the Dwendalian Empire and Xhorhas, this hints that the war might have dire consequences for civilizations across Exandria. However, it is unknown what role (if any) Fjord might play in this war or any war to come, let alone if Fjord would seek world supremacy with or without Uk'otoa.
 * Uk'otoa's name bears close resemblance to the race of degenerate fishmen, the kuo-toa. Despite the similarity it is currently unknown, whether Uk'otoa, or its creator, the Cloaked Serpent has any connection to these creatures.