Althea
| Althea | |
|---|---|
| Names and titles | |
| Title(s): | High Priestess |
| General info | |
| Home: | Molag, Empire of Iuz |
| Alignment: | Chaotic Evil |
| Gender: | Female |
| Species: | Human |
| Class: | Cleric 20 (591 CY) Cleric 18 (585 CY) |
| Patron deity: | Iuz |
| Dates | |
| Age: | 37 in 585 CY |
Althea is a member of Iuz's Greater Boneheart.
Description
[edit | edit source]Appearance
[edit | edit source]Althea is 5'6". Her hair is black and her eyes are green.
Personality
[edit | edit source]"She is an arrogant, cold, controlled woman, who treats her juniors with an air of menace and condescension. When she is angered, she reacts with a cold, Icy [sic] calm, her words full of menace and threat. She may be chaotic, but she is a disciplined priestess, not prone to making foolhardy or over-hasty decisions."[1]
Religion
[edit | edit source]Althea is one of two High Priestesses of Iuz and she constantly vies and schemes against the other—Halga.
Abilities
[edit | edit source]Between 585 CY and 591 CY, Althea hones her powers, rising to become one of the most powerful divine spellcasters in the Flanaess by 591.[2]
Home
[edit | edit source]Althea is the Iuz-appointed ruler of Molag in 585 CY+,[2] replacing the Horned Society following Iuz's conquest. However, like her fellow Boneheart members, her time is divided between here and Dorakaa, with Lesser Boneheart Marynnek ruling in her absence.
Possessions
[edit | edit source]Befitting a top spellcaster in service to Iuz, Althea possesses many magic items complimenting her existing spellcasting abilities. These include a blackstaff, bonewand, ebon skull, rings of free action and spell storing, a phylactery of faithfulness, a special figurine of wondrous power that animates into a goat-headed nalfeshnee and two candles of invocation.
Relationships
[edit | edit source]While competing with Halga to be the superior High Priestess, Althea simultaneously keeps a tenuous alliance with her, forming a faction opposing the others in the Greater Boneheart, such as Kermin Mind-Bender and another faction formed between Jumper and Null.
Enemies
[edit | edit source]Althea holds a particular enmity for Eclavdra, likely fearing her growing presence in Iuz's court.
Allies and minions
[edit | edit source]Althea keeps numerous fiends in her service, ad bodyguards and handmaidens in her quarters in the Boneheart Citadel.
Activities
[edit | edit source]History
[edit | edit source]Althea is 37 years old, and most likely born in 548 CY.[1]
In Living Greyhawk
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]Citations
[edit | edit source]- ↑ a b WGR5 Iuz the Evil (1993), p.83.
- ↑ a b Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), p.61.
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Sargent, Carl. WGR5 Iuz the Evil. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993. Item code TSR9399. ISBN 978-1560765844
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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Althea | Non-player character | [C18][3e C20], | Artifact of Evil | 189 |
| Althea | Non-player character | [C18][3e C20], | Dragon magazine #290 | 108 |
| Althea | Non-player character | [C18][3e C20], | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 27, 28 |
| Althea | Non-player character | [C18][3e C20], | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 61 |
| Althea | Non-player character | [C18][3e C20], | Oerth Journal #14 | 40,41,42 |
| Althea | Non-player character | [C18][3e C20], | WGR4 The Marklands | 20, 21, 38 |
| Althea | Non-player character | [C18][3e C20], | WGR5 Iuz the Evil | 7, 15, 26, 35, 38, 40, 41, 53, 76, 83, 84, 86, 87, 89 |
| Althea | Non-player character | [C18][3e C20], | WGR6 City of Skulls | 26, 36 |