A bit confused about Ilaoi's title here, during the Bilgewater I saw a picture of the Bearded Lady. It showed a giant serpent with tentacles around the mouth (thus "bearded") rather than an actual Kraken.
So, shouldn't it be Serpent Priestess?
Ebonmaw Dragon2 votesIts a Serpentkraken... or a Krakenserpent... im not sure about it.
Waffletimewarp3 votesKrakenwyrm, that's the given term in the Bilgewater lore.
Ebonmaw Dragon1 votesKrakenwyrm, that's the given term in the Bilgewater lore.
Nah, the Krakenwyvm is not Nagakabouros, its a different species of Kraken.
Duke Anax1 votesactually Nagakabouros' depiction I saw, could be inspired by the Krakenwyrm.
Helmight2 votes"Kraken" is a bit of a catch-all term that just means "big damn sea monster."The term was originally intended for just tentacley guys like the Kraken from the Pirate of the Caribbean movie, but it applies to a lot of different sea life nowadays. Since Illaoi is a "Kraken Priestess", it's clear that Bilgewater uses a similar definition.
Duke Anax1 votesNever new it is used for other sea monsters, becasue krake is the german (and soem other norse) word for octupus, that's where the term comes from. Always thought it was limited to giant octopus.
Helmight1 votesIt typically is reserved for tentacley monsters like the octopuses and squids you've seen, but I've seen the term used before for other monsters. MTG actually just did a Greek mythology-themed world where all of the sea monsters were known as krakens, even though few of them were tentacled (in fact, Scourge of Fleets looks a lot like the Bearded Lady now that I think about it). So, it's not too far-fetched to assume that Riot'd use the term for their sea monsters as well.
Sensei Ochiba1 votesYeah, as a mythological entity with a very limited description, it can be used much like Leviathan to describe a wide range of sea monsters.
The real issue is that Illaoi clearly spawns tentacles, lending more toward the octo-squid traditional identity, rather than the serpentine creature we're shown.
hermescostello2 votesOne of Illaoi's voice clips has her saying something about "hydras, serpents, krakens" and how those are just parts of Nagakabouros and those labels come to be because of someone else's relative view of the creature rather than knowing what the entire thing looks like.
Sensei Ochiba1 votesImagine you stick your hand into a pool of water. You know it's part of a bigger being, but the fish might see it as five separate monsters, or a single five-headed monster. Reality is perception.
CrazedPorcupine1 votesWe're never really told who/what Nagakabouros looks like. Honestly, I really like the tentacle mechanics.
Duke Anax1 votesNo question about the mechanics, just questioning what the tentacles are attached to. A simple head, like your regular old Kraken or an entire serpent body.
GreenLore1 votesIts like the bearded lady has a kraken stuck to her face,the kraken is probably more like an aspect of nagakaboru(hope i wrote that right)
Valkyrous1 votesKraken is the word used to describe creatures of serpentine, so an Octopus would be a Kracken