Aeonian Anglerfish

The **Aeonian Anglerfish** was a mysterious and powerful god, whom the party first learned about from the Rainbow Trout.

## Abilities and traits

### Spells / Abilities

The Aeonian Anglerfish was described as a very powerful force, having *"the ability to warp the very threads of reality himself."* The Rainbow Trout told the group that the Aeonian Anglerfish can *"spin back time like the hands of a mini clock"* and can even bring life back to those long dead.

## History

The Aeonian Anglerfish inhabited the southeast of Beartoggle, a powerful force, who's presence could be felt many miles away, so said the Rainbow Trout. At around the time the group left Barovia, the Rainbow Trout was disturbed to feel that suddenly everything in that direction was blank.

The Anglerfish had in fact been trapped away deep under Beartoggle Lake by dark forces who had also conjured a terrifying orange dragon. The Anglerfish discerned that the power behind this was that of Savnok the Inscrutible. They were able to make contact with an elf by the name of Thalia, who had been travelling across Six Rivers, and had stopped over in Beartoggle City. The Anglerfish told her of a secret door in the base of the dam, which could used to reach them, and that the door could be unlocked by finding its four giant keys. One of these was the key to the suite at the Toggle Hotel, and another was in the possession of the Sooty Gang. They did not reveal to Thalia the whereabouts of the other two keys. The Anglerfish also told Thalia that three other dark powers were loose in Six Rivers, but they did not say who.

Thalia took to the streets of Beartoggle to raise awareness of the Anglerfish's plight, standing on street corners and passionately telling anyone and everyone who passed by. On one such occasion, she was preaching in the Scarlet Market when the party arrived in the city. She later met them in secret to pass on all she had learned and pleaded with them to help free the Anglerfish. No sooner had she done so, when she began to shimmer magically and was suddenly spirited away.

## Aeonian Anglerfish Facts!

* 293: Fins, Gills, Angles, Scales, Eyes, Fins, Dorsal Pieces and Teeth: The party get their first glimpse of the anglerfish when entering the Beartoggle lake: "You do see in the ahead distance, a pulsating, almost neon, very bright blue, caerulean blue light. So it looks like it's something off away from you, but somewhat on the same level you guys are currently." / After some hours of walking: "Before you, as this clears and you're able to see further away, it's still pretty dark, but you see over in the distance there is this, I'll describe it as a small butte. A rocky escarpment that's flat on the top. [...] On top of it is the source of this glowing blue light. So it's this pulsing blue light. You can see there... looks like sort of a watery orb. A clear orb, sort of plopped right on top of this butte. And from within that, this blue light is pulsing, and you can see it even from this distance. It's pretty far away. You can see at the bottom of this orb, sort of on its side, there is this fish that's laying there, sort of weakly flopping about, seems to have some sort of a glowing light source attached to it that is pulsing this blue light. And for you to see it from this distance, this fish has got to be massive. And speaking of massive, wrapped around the base of the butte, you can see easily from here even, an orange, serpentine shape. And you have a pretty good guess from what you've seen or heard that this would be [...] upside down dragon. And it is wrapped around and sort of curled up, maybe sleeping or waiting, who knows. [...] You can see the legs up in the air, the lighter underbelly exposed, wrapped the whole way around this relatively sizable topographical feature."
* 294: Come In Yoisful: Will: "The Anglerfish is apparently the god of this place."
* 295: I'm the King of Beartoggle Lake!: Alex: "How big is the Anglerfish?" [...] Eric: "It's that's smaller than the dragon, but it's big." / "The Aeonian Anglerfish it's laying on its side, sort of weakly flopping around at the bottom of this orb. And occasionally a few drops of water drip down from the top of the orb onto it. [...] Inside the orb, the Anglerfish kind of flops around. And the face of it is turning more towards you. And it's this hideous maw of these weirdly scarily pointy teeth. Again, it's on its side, it's kind of a flat kind of fish when it's on its side. And its head is weighing limply on the side, sort of dimly glowing, but it eventually flops its way around and you can see its eyes a little bit rolling back in its head, but you see it kind of focus on you all and you all hear very quietly, 'Heeey, who are you guys?'" / The Anglerfish's voice is a surfer dude kind of thing. / Raphina: "Do you do you need water? Do you need to get out of the orb?" Anglerfish: "Yeah. I'm a fish man!" / The Anglerfish seems to imbue Batthwack's sword with power to help him break the orb: "You reach back with your sword, one-handed, because you have your shield back. And you swing hard at the orb. And the Anglerfish's light, blue light thing, glows a little more brightly than you'd seen it. And your sword glows with that same energy, that same light, and you slice right into the glass. And you're bracing your arm hard, expecting to smash into this and feel the reverberation of that, maybe chip away at it or something like that. And you slice through it. [...] You cut through the glass of the orb, make this big long arc through and you feel the power of this light in your sword."
* 296: Stilled By the Majestic Boringness: When they start to heal the Anglerfish: "the main thing you notice is that the glowing light starts to intensify" / "You run up and hug the Anglerfish. It's very slimy. Very big." / Anglerfish: "And you guys can, if you want, you could just call me Aeon." Raphina: "Ian the Aeonian Anglerfish?" Anglerfish: "It's easier to say. Less of a mouthful, you know?" Alex: "It's spelled I-O-N?" Eric: "No, it is spelled A-E-O-N." / More healing: "It kind of puffs up a little bit. You see a shine come over his scales. Basically, life pours into him. And his dangling light is now glowing very brightly." / When Batthwack introduces himself: "I've never heard that name before. I've heard a lot of stuff." / "The light on its little stalk thing glows super bright and this ray of blue light blasts through. It completely dissipates the fog cloud and smashes directly into the dragon, and the dragon is infused with this blue glowing light. And I'll just tell you what that means. What that means is that any typical attacks that you roll an attack roll, have advantage, and any spell saves or any saves that the dragon has to roll, it will make with disadvantage. [...] You guys can now see the Anglerfish swimming right there with this ray of blue light, it's a constant beam illuminating the dragon." / The dragon describes the Anglerfish: "Now come on, you don't want to be around with ... Look at that ugly fish! Yeah, I gotta point. I know. I know. I see that look on your face. He's gross." / The Anglerfish's healing ability: "This blue beam is still there, but the orb glows this orange contrasting light and everybody that can see the light feels this warmth roll over them. And you can gain 13 hit points."
* 297: I Would Use the Word "Rubbing": Anglerfish: "I can come with you, maybe? No, I can't. It's these flippers, man, they're having some trouble flipping." / Rosco: "Well, that's good. Feeling good is a good thing." Anglerfish: "Yeah, that's what I say every day, dude! Like a lot. I say it a lot, in different ways. But you know, like, that's like what I'm always saying." Rosco: "What's another way to say it?" Anglerfish: "It's like, you just do you, man. Or like, Hey, I'm living your life and living fine. Those are just some of the ways you could say it, just off the top of my my head."
* 298: AS YOU FIIIIISH: Anglerfish: "Those doors man, it's Savnok or was Savnok. He like does bad shit with your mind. Like, I didn't even know who I was half the time in that orb. It was harsh." / "People call me the [...] Aeonian Anglerfish, but I go by Aeon usually." / Anglerfish: "I'm not that serious, man. I mean, this was some serious shit we had to deal with. Right? But like, it's all right, like, people can listen to me or not. Whatever. I'm cool." / "I, like, spawned out of just the fucking essence of everything, man." [...] Will: "If you were at the prime of your health? What could you do, DUDE?" Anglerfish: "I'm feeling better already. You want me to do something for you guys? I mean, you guys earned it! I get like one fucking rad thing every year, but you guys totally... whatever, you guys figure it out and I'll... I could do some fucking fucking gnarly shit, man."
* 299: Like a Zen Rake: Anglerfish: "My fucking life force got, like, sucked into, like, making a fucking dragon that, like, spit goo that exploded. That's a lot of fucking energy, dude, like, I'm just starting to get it back now." / Anglerfish: "You guys saved me, like, I owe you something. I owe you big time, man. I mean, I'm running low on juice. I don't know if I'd be able to, like, do what I normally could, which is, like, fucking anything, man." / Alex: "Does this Anglerfish have dead eyes or is it cool-looking, you know? Is he all bright and happy, so does he seem...?" Eric: "No, it looks like a creepy fucking anglerfish." / Eric (describing how the Anglerfish could hear Adam's description of Rosco's mood): "Kind of omniscient or at least mostly omniscient." / The Anglerfish gives Rosco water-breathing ability: "The Anglerfish opens his mouth and swims towards you, and he blasts a blast of bubbles into your face." / "[The Anglerfish] closes his mouth and then opens it. And then this weird, oddly human tongue, he sticks it out. On it is... it actually looks kind of like Will's Immovable Rod in shape, but it's got this intricate scrollwork on it."
* 300: Clearly Not, Based on This 2-Hour Conversation: Eric (when Batthwack touches the Anglerfish's fin): "The fin is actually kind of a little warm, which is weird for a fish. But it's not a bad warm." / Anglerfish (when Will asks him to create the whole city of Tivoli next door to Beartoggle): "Like, if it were me, like, full whatever, like, yeah man, I could. I'm not there yet though, dude." / Eric (when the Anglerfish conjures money out of thin air): "He reaches out with this fin and he pulls it from your ear, and then there's just a pile of gold." / Eric (when the Anglerfish gives Will the ability to detect when he's being stolen from): "His orb thingy glows this bright light and green. And the beam from it is cast, and perfectly outlines Will." / The Anglerfish heals everybody: "His orb glows that red/orange from before when you guys got healed a little bit, but it's a lot brighter and a lot longer. You all have full hit points." / Anglerfish (when Rosco calls him a demigod): "I don't know, like I said a couple times, I don't know about that word, 'god', man, or whatever. Whatever it is." / Anglerfish: "Maybe we'll see each other, maybe not. I don't know. [...] I'm probably gonna swim around for, like, a couple of years. Like, it feels good to be able to move."

## Quotes

* Rosco (after the Anglerfish told him that being healed felt good): *"Well, that's good. Feeling good is a good thing."* The Anglerfish: *"Yeah, that's what I say every day, dude! Like a LOT. I say it a lot, in different ways. But you know, like, that's like what I'm always saying."* (Ep297)
* Anglerfish: *"You gotta believe, man. Not only in yourself, but in, like, shit."*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 188: Guys, Did You See What I Just Did To Him?
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 257: Majestically Boring
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 258: Raphina and the Woims
4. ↑ 247: He Still Doesn't Know He's on a Podcast