Leviathan

"They must be made to see that their monstrous god is mortal. Vo narr node activate dungeon coast 02.wav"

- The Academic

The Leviathan is the Lair boss within The Sacred Pier, found in the Shroud in Darkest Dungeon II.

Description
When the coastal villages were engulfed by the waters and the enigmatic monoliths of dark carved stone surfaced from deep beneath the ocean's floor, there was one more entity of note that would find it's way to the now sodden shores of the Shroud. It is unsure if this beast of unknowable size and strength was lured here by the half-sunken pillars of supposed ritual, or if those were heaved from beneath the abyssal darkness by the will of the creature. That did not matter to the desperate Fisherfolk, who saw this Leviathan's appearance as a chance to yet save themselves from the cruel, unrelenting waves of the ever-growing ocean. Praised and worshiped as a savior and a god, the Leviathan sits at the end of the Sacred Pier cobbled together by it's new followers, built from whatever remnant of timber and rope could be salvaged from the inundated remains of their former homes. Curiously, their putrid and rotting excuse for a church is decorated abundantly with tuning forks; whether they exist as part of some occult ritual or as wards to keep the aquatic monster at bay, it is unclear. As it's home is shrouded in mystery, so too is the nature of The Leviathan and it's true goals and plans for those who have sought it's help and received it's blessing. It may never be known just how complex, or how primordial it's mind truly is.

Combat Skills
At first glance, the Leviathan would seem capable of biting the heroes clean in half without much effort. However the creature seems to have no interest in consuming it's victims; instead, the creature will opt to barraging the heroes with sprays of pressurized, parasite ridden waters, and clouds dense mist. As it fights, it's webbed hand will emerge from the water, in order to pummel and pull it's helpless victims under the tide, where they would be drowned by the briny ocean. Should it's hand be too severely injured to be used anymore, it will retreat under the dark waters, only for another undamaged one to re-emerge in it's stead, from a seemingly endless supply of limbs hidden by the shadows cast from the ocean's floor.

The Leviathan's attacks are characterized by cleaves that stress, debuff and marks the party with.

Leviathan's Hand
The Leviathan's Hand has only one actual damaging attack, however its Undertow attack will capture targets with tokens, removing them from the party and making them suffer HP damage and stress until the hand is destroyed, at which point they are released.

Strategy
The Leviathan is a fight that will (author has been undertowed. Defeat the hand to release them).

Trivia

 * The Leviathan closely resembles the Pelagic Grouper from the first Darkest Dungeon game.