Althea

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Althea is a member of Iuz's Greater Boneheart.

Greyhawk Character
Althea
General info
Home:Empire of Iuz
Alignment:Chaotic Evil
Gender:Female
Species:Human
Class:Cleric 20
Patron deity:Iuz
Dates
Age:37 in 585 CY

Description

Appearance

Althea is 5'6". Her hair is black and her eyes are green.

Personality

"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

Althea is a High Priestess of Iuz, one of two to hold this position, the other being Halga.

Abilities

Home

Althea is the Iuz-appointed ruler of Molag, 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.

Equipment and possessions

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

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

Althea holds a particular enmity for Eclavdra, likely fearing her growing presence in Iuz's court.

Allies and minions

Althea keeps numerous fiends in her service, ad bodyguards and handmaidens in her quarters in the Boneheart Citadel.

Other acquaintances

Activities

History

In Iuz the Evil, Althea is 37 years old, which implies she was born in 548 CY.

Works

In Living Greyhawk

Creative origins

Publishing history

See also

References

Notes

Citations

  1. WGR5 Iuz the Evil (1993), p.pg88.

Bibliography

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic Type Description Product Page/Card/Image

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
Tulian Saltheart (Queen) Non-player character Dwarf, Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e 64