Whisperer

Elder Leviathan of Control, Patron of Manipulators and Manipulated

Among Elder Leviathans, there are those who collect, rule, destroy, enlighten, and consume. But the Whisperer, also known as the Whispering Thief, uses its immense power and global reach to stir and revel in the petty dramas of mortals. Like many Leviathans, the Whisperer was born with the phrase "The Strong Survive" - but it knows that true strength is more than magic, teeth, or lore. It, like its kin the Howling Melody, understand the lessons of the Astral Plane, The Masked One, and The Masked One Automata: that detachment is power, the world is a game, and to witness the story is to be above the story. But, unlike Melody, the Whisperer rejects grand meanings and performances and creeds. No, the Whisperer isn't here to be self aware. The Whisperer is here to be the audience.
An audience is a kind of predator. The Whisperer stalks the world tracking the scent of delicious stories and overwrought emotions. It is an expert at sensing potential and imagining how to arrange the pieces perfectly. The Whisperer needs everyone to retain agency, but is not above giving a push. The ending can't be predetermined but the conditions can be manipulated. Indeed, the Whisperer knows that good manipulation is strength. Ideally, manipulation that leaves everyone else culpable in their own destruction (good for drama).
Maybe you love drama. Maybe you love causing drama, starting drama, or manipulating drama yourself. Or perhaps you hate it, but it follows you. If so, lucky you! You might just find yourself randomly chosen by the will of the deep ones to be dragged dreaming into the Astral Plane, to be assessed by the Whisperer! The experience isn't quite so fun to be on the receiving end, unfortunately. It likes to frighten people. It could start realistically, then melt into an uncanny nightmare; maybe it will just plunge right into your worst fears and memories in cutting realism. Whatever the case, you are under close examination. It wants you to be a good actor. Your part may be the cunning puppetmaster if you are lucky (it will want to see you navigate its nightmare social world with guile). Maybe it just wants to see how compelling your anguish is. Either way, good news, if your dreams didn't dissolve into being terrified and laughed at in a weirdly realistic nightmare, you got the part. Now, the spotlight is on you as the eerie puppets in the seats clap and cheer. Will you take its power and become a perpetual object of amusement? Or are you boring?
Warlocks of the Whisperer are its eyes and hands in the world, feeding it stories. Some are bumbling, incendiary fools who create endless problems for themselves and others without any clear awareness of what their patron is or what is going on (they had a weird dream once? They shoot beams?). Some are manipulators just like the boss, fellow voyeurs eating the same dish. Doesn't even mean they are bad people necessarily, even if the mindset can be dehumanizing. 
The petty emotional nature of the Whisperer's cravings make it one of the "good" Elder Leviathans - it likes extreme emotion, but "bad thing happens everyone dies" is a lame story. It can push its warlocks into places where it can view the suffering and drama that surrounds evil or disasters, but since it wants stories those warlocks can end up playing heroic roles. It is still a spiteful, petulant, mean-spirited creature that loves laughing at people stupidly ruining their own happiness, but to those who specialize in Leviathans and warlocks that is not the worst thing out there. It is a reality tv producer in alien heaven: not pleasant, but better than an alien demigod that wants to deep fry your brain or devour cities.
The Whisperer, in its magic, loves the uncanny, the dark, and the scary. The power that a good scare (or even a mild creep) has over people satisfies its ego. A Whisperer Warlock's spells might reflect that spooky aesthetic. 
The Whisperer rules the waters between Maradia and Ekraht, though it can be found around North Ekraht at times.

Current Location

Astral Plane

Species

Leviathans