Umberlee

A depiction of Umberlee

Umberlee was the 743 pantheon goddess of the sea. As of 1178, she was the only living member of the 743 pantheon, until her replacement by Tatyana.

## Description

### Appearance

* big fish😳
* variable number of eyes (usually 4, 2 in a scene that never happened, 6??)
* can have legs

### Personality

* Boastful, proud
* Highly critical
* She's everything to me

## Background

* Sometime during/after 1043: While all the other 743 gods moved on, Umberlee bided her time
* 1108: With a gaggle of baby gods in power, Umberlee flooded the world
	+ She imprisoned Jistaji, goddess of forests, immediately following the flood
* Sometime 1128-1129: Umberlee imprisoned and tortured Brinn, god of illusions, for his plan to steal her trident. In 1129, Lindell, goddess of thieves, facilitated Brinn's escape from Umberlee's imprisonment. Umberlee imprisoned Lindell in Brinn's place.
* Maq'kua was her champion for some time. Then they snapped and killed her girlboss circle
	+ Xerax showed them that the release of power upon Umberlee's death would raze Toril, so Maq'kua dropped their lantern and retired
* The Forsaken Scales made two compasses, the Torrent Guides, that point to Umberlee's storm.
* Umberlee made deals with Dale Diamondback and Lord Angeles Ninetides, members of the Dreadstaal Imperium's governing council.

### Girlboss Crew

Umberlee's allies in the 1178 pantheon consist of evil deities of related portfolios, many of which being successors to the 743 pantheon's Gods of Fury. Unlike her allies in 743, however, Umberlee's allies in 1178 operate under her, as she is the most powerful and influential deity of the era.

As of 1178, all but two of Umberlee's girlboss crew have been slain by Maq'kua.

* Tome of Boundless Knowledge/Xerax, LE god of knowledge
	+ Umberlee was meant to be the only person who could break the seal on Xerax's Hoarder Hole and end his self-imposed isolation. That's not how it went down.
	+ Xerax had a champion: Filirious, who Umberlee requisitioned for an attack on the Truncheon (Session 30)
	+ Umberlee is able to use the Tome without any ill effects.
* Tungl, NE goddess of the moon
	+ By commanding Tungl to bring forth a blue moon, Umberlee is able to access Xerax's realm whenever she pleases.
	+ Tungl's subservience also resolves the issue Umberlee had with the 743 goddess of the moon, Selûne, who would guide sailors to safety via celestial bodies.
	+ Tungl had a champion: Phase, who Umberlee requisitioned for an attack on the Truncheon (Session 30)
* Tsera, CE goddess of the hunt (deceased)
	+ Tsera had a champion: Gildradon, who Umberlee requisitioned for an attack on the Vistage (Session 30)
* Kelthuzar, NE god of darkness, loss, and big worms (deceased)
	+ Kelthuzar had a funny guy: Kelthu'psi, who Umberlee requisitioned for an attack on the Truncheon (Session 30)
* Cirus, NE god of wild nature (deceased)
* Venot, CE god of storms (deceased)
	+ Venot had a champion: Wyren, who Umberlee requisitioned for an attack on the Vistage (Session 30)

## A Greater Game

In Session 19, the Barovian Freedom Fighters arrive in the year 1178, with the Bootstrap Device requesting an ornate trident. Upon harassing the first person they see, the party learns that it is specifically Umbelee's trident, and that Umberlee caused a global flood sometime in the past century that killed 70% of Toril's land-dwelling population.

The Freedom Fighters meet Umberlee's former champion Maq'kua in Session 22, who informs them that outright killing Umberlee would cause a catastrophic release of power that would wipe out all life on Toril. They agree to help the party find Umberlee under the condition that they do not try to kill her.

In session 25, Xerax mentions that Umberlee described the 743 goddess Ioun as "weak" and "boring".

In session 30, Umberlee sends her goons to attack the ships the Barovian Freedom Fighters are aboard (not including Xadriel and Maq'kua's dinghy). An unused line from Wyren implies that Umberlee was directly controlling the lightning storm over the Vistage.

### Session 31

Umberlee greets Maq'kua and Xadriel by sneering at the former and waterboarding the latter. She whisks the duo to [historians have other things to do and will surely finish this account later]

Weeks after her challenges\*, Umberlee publicly executes Brinn in the Dreadstaal Imperium. However, Brinn survives (albeit in a diminished form) through a magical coin.

\*Historians are unsure as to how long Xadriel was unconscious between his capture and the challenges beginning—thus, the chronology of the challenges in relation to other events is disputed.

### Session 32

Continuing the challenges from the session prior, Umberlee something something Fish Time 😊

The third challenge is the musical battle as per promise list

### Session 33

Umberlee visits Tokili on the Vistage to deliver Xadriel's remains and take back the Tome of Boundless Knowledge.

## Trivia

* Umberlee occasionally manifests altars to herself at major population centres "as a threat".
* Umberlee is not responsible for seabirds.
* After killing Brinn, Umberlee delivered his cloak clasp to Lindell.

## Gallery

Session 31 thumbnail, umberlee pictured right i'm sorry this one is very funny to meSession 32 thumbnail, in which Umberlee (centre) participates in her musical challenge, accompanied by Xerax (left) and Kelthuzar (right)Umberlee visits Tokili in Session 33Session 34 thumbnail, depicting Umberlee (centre) in a Ritual of Renewal
1. ↑ Brinn. “The Ballad of Lindell.” 1178, Kaitbaen, Abandoned Theatre.
2. ↑ You have to dig through the EN\_WYREN voiceover files to find this.
3. ↑ From the author of Curse of Strahd 2's résumé, under "Contact Information"
4. ↑ As above; under "Skills"
5. ↑ As above; under "Education"