Juvah

"*I have ruled as warden of the island for many years now, but I will die one day, just like the creature that gave us this meat. When that time comes, Ochette, the island will become your burden to bear.*" —*Juvah*

**Master Juvah** is a character in *Octopath Traveler II*.

Ochette's master and leader of the Beastlings who live on Toto'haha. He hopes she will one day become a protector of the island.

## Profile

### Appearance

He is a large white lion with markings on his back.

### Personality

He is the leader of the Beastlings and the wisest of them all.

## Story

### Prior to Story

Master Juvah took in a newborn Ochette, as he had heard a premonition regarding her and began to train her as a hunter. One day, during training in the ruins, Juvah presented her with two rare animals, the *lājackal* Akalā or the *malamaowl* Mahina, allowing her to pick one as a companion. After Ochette selected and befriended one, the other immediately was consumed by a dark aura, attacking the young hunter before leaving the ruins.

**Chapter 1**

Ten years later, Juvah confronted a small group of humans from the neighboring village, who were threatening the beastlings for the land. However, they were forced to retreat when Ochette arrived back from hunting, provoked one of them, and defeated him.

While eating with Ochette on the western hill, he told her that she will be his successor as the village's guardian as well as discussing the changing nature of the forest that has happened recently. Suddenly, they were confronted by another group of humans, this time led by Cohazeh, the neighboring village's chief, who offered them some food and apologized for the incident earlier before asking for assistance on rescuing a young girl from their village who was lost in the Tombs of the Wardenbeasts. Despite misgivings from Juvah, Ochette volunteered to go find her, to the former's reluctance.

While Ochette was away, the village suddenly came under attack by a mysterious monster. Juvah held off the monster while the villagers evacuated, but was injured during the fight. Suddenly, Ochette appeared to assist, but despite Juvah telling her to run, Ochette engaged the Dark Entity and after a tough battle, defeated it.

Before Juvah can take Ochette to the ruins to show her something, Cohazeh arrived with a small group, thanking them both for defeating the monster and rescuing the girl. As such, she declared the land feud over for the time being before departing. At the ruins, Juvah showed Ochette the prophecy regarding the Night of the Scarlet Moon, a calamity that befalls the island once every 400 years. Before Juvah went to sleep to recover from his wounds, he tasked Ochette to bring the three Creatures of Legend back to the island before the calamity started.

**Chapter 3**

Some time later, a recovered Juvah was resting on the island ledge when Ochette arrived back into the village, having succeeded in her mission to bring back the Creatures of Legend, though he took notice of Cataracta's absence after meeting Tera and Glacis. After being told of Cataracta's death and the child that was now in Ochette's care, he commended her and asked her to follow him to the Summit of Strife, where they were preparing for the night to come. There, he told Ochette more about the Night of the Scarlet Moon and its connection to the Shadow before Cohazeh suddenly showed up at the summit, wanting to talk more about land ownership again. Juvah dismissed her request before warning her about the calamity approaching. However, Cohazeh refused to believe him, but left the area with her group, warning Juvah that she'll be back.

Shortly after, the moon turned a blood red color, beginning the calamity. As Juvah asked her what she truly fought for and if she was prepared to face the unknown, shadow monsters suddenly attacked the group. After defeating the first two waves, a stray monster attempted to attack Juvah from behind before Ochette killed it. Suddenly, Cohazeh and several of the human villagers reappeared, their village having been attacked by the shadow monsters. As both village heads argued with each other, another larger wave of monsters attacked the group from both sides. After clearing the area, Juvah and Ochette immediately headed further into the Verdant Wood, where they were confronted by a larger shadow monster, which was quickly dispatched by Tera. Going through the wood, they arrived at Stormy Cape, where Glacis provided an ice bridge for them to cross to the Moonview Cliff. There, they confronted the animal that Ochette didn't choose ten years ago, mutated horribly by the shadow, but none of the attacks worked on it before Juvah witnessed Ochette being knocked off the cliff by its power.

Juvah rushed to the shore with the others where he discovered that Ochette had survived the fall and was greatly powered by the First Flame. He then saw Ochette confront and defeat the darkling before she comforted it in its final moments before witnessing the end of the calamity and dawn approaching as well as making peace with the humans.

During the following breakfast, he happily supported Ochette's decision to be a protector of the island.

## Trivia

* After completing Ochette's story, Juvah can be found on the Beastling Village cliff during the day.