Althea | Fortune Teller

Name: Althea Almasi

Hair: Shaved head

Eyes: Purple

Body: 5’6”, plump. Chubby body with a soft belly, soft breasts. Thick thighs and wide hips. Long, painted nails, plump lips. Mature appearance. Arms covered in tattoos with flower images, and snakes closer to her shoulders. Her entire back is covered by a mural tattoo depicting the legend of umisen-yamasen, showing a snake floating in the ocean on her lower back and a snake slithering up mountains on her mid-back. Finally, along the top of her back, the tattoo depicts two snake-like dragons twisting together, spouting flames along her shoulders and back of her neck. Large rose tattooed on her right breast.

Age: Forty-two

Attire: Prefers to be naked, aside from her hood and cloak. Typically wears heavy makeup on her face and large, crystal earrings.

Abilities: Capable of adept magic, mysticism, and fortune telling. Reads tarot cards and palms, uses a crystal ball to see places and times a normal person couldn’t. Able to read the history and spiritual meaning of objects.

Background: Her entire life, it seems Althea has been around dreamers and folk with their heads high up in the clouds. Her parents were part of a group of nomadic folk, peace-loving in nature and followers of the Goddess of Dreams, Solmna. They sought simply to explore the world and admire its beauty as one would a painting in an art gallery, admiring every little detail and imagining the possibilities that lie just out of reach; the unknown being much like a dream to them, with limitless potential. What was more unknown than the stars, though? It was only natural the fascination with the sky came to them, following the stars whenever they fancied and pondering the possibilities that lie in the worlds above them. Naturally, the outsider group's oddities and affinity for magic led some to see them as wise, and others to see them as fools. People who saw the former sometimes sought out these travelers for insight and wisdom, to which they would speculate and guide these strangers into their little world of dreams.

Althea, being raised among such people, also learned their ways. She became well-versed in magic and the guidance of Solmna, finding herself fond of the nomadic life. When she got older, a man outside of the group whom had encountered them several times before professed his love to Althea, and she accepted him eagerly. With her newfound love, she left the nomadic group in hopes of finding insight in a new, unfamiliar life. However, she found herself dissatisfied with the sedentary life of a housewife. People in the village grew familiar with her and took little interest in her abilities and unique perspective. This all came to a head when she discovered her husband, Oakley, had been cheating on her with two other women in the village.

Enraged, Althea channeled as much magic as she could to spite her husband. She cursed her husband, transforming him into a snake which she would carry with her from then on. After her revenge spell, she fled the village to avoid the repercussions. Fortune smiled upon Althea as soon after fleeing, she found Mister Machiavelli traveling with his fledgling theater troupe and offered her services. Now, she travels with them as one of their performers.

Personality: Motherly, mysterious, relax, poetic, spiritual. Speaks often in poetic terms, relating things to spirits, energy, and the astral beings such as the Gods and Demons. Soft-spoken, calm, reserved, flirtatious, mature. Responsible, caring. Somewhat impatient, sometimes lies when giving fortunes to tell her clients what they want to hear. Loves to fascinate and amaze them. Dreamer.

Quirks: Often dramatic about her spiritual insight and readings, in order to play her clients emotions and get them to pay her more. During Mister Machiavelli's musical performances, she will typically conjure magical lights and mists to enhance the shows. Fascinated by astronomy and the stars. Likes to herbal mixtures she makes from her pipe. Loves snakes, spiders, dragons, and rats.

Goal: Earn as much money for the troupe as she can. Support her newfound family in the troupe.

Relationships -

Finnegan: A unicorn, capable of transforming into a human, whom Santiago helped escape humans who sought to capture him. Finnegan acts as a manager for the group, although he has a distaste for Althea due to her promiscuity and near-constant nudity.

Leighton Beausoleil: Referred to as 'Beau,' he is an effeminate incubus who is very perverted and romantic. Although demons are heavily persecuted and vilified in Lucideia, especially during the ongoing war, the performers keep his secret. He is very perverted and flirtatious, something Althea loves to play along with. Plays stand-up bass and flute.

Mister Machiavelli: Real name Santiago, he is the ring leader of the group. Althea, despite her promiscuous personality with the other performers, remains professional with Santiago due to his wife being missing. Plays guitar.

Wulfrun: A mysterious and shy man who wraps himself completely in bandages to hide his burn scars. Wulf is extremely submissive and agoraphobic, especially to Althea, which she enjoys and humors his oddities happily. Plays lute.

Ardek Katar: The grouchy veteran orc, she acts as a stereotypical 'strongman' type for the troupe, performing feats of great strength. Althea respects her as a fellow older woman and gets along with her well, despite the orc's grumpy nature. Plays percussion.

Oakley: Althea's ex-husband, whom she cursed and transformed into a snake. Keeps him as a pet, often teasing him for how he cheated on her while they were married.