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BASIC INFORMATION

Full Name: Althaea
Nickname(s)/Alias: the House Spirit, the Ghost, the Kitchen God
Age: ????? A few centuries at least
What universe does this character live in?: The human world/Earth
Species/Race: Minor god

APPEARANCE
Hair: Ginger; longish and a little wild
Eyes: Sharp and green
Complexion: Healthy and rosy
Clothing: Mismatched or handmade; a hodgepodge of offerings from past families, sweaters that were outgrown and peasant skirts that went out of style and boots that lost their will to stand up, though she typically prefers to go barefoot.

PERSONALITY
Personality: Horrendously shrewd and old-fashioned, but warm and generous to those who are kind to others
Likes: Good food smell, random acts of kindness, music, full kitchens, bonfires
Dislikes: Quarrelling, rude people, silence, empty hearths, crying children, black magic

DETAILS
Althaea, quite simply, is a house deity; she has the power to manipulate the fortunes of those who live within her domain. Though her power is limited to manipulating fortune and fate and enhancing magic within the house in which she dwells, she is powerful and is capable of great, however latent, karmic machination. Her influence is hardest felt when times are at their hardest; families who fight and argue and disrespect her place in the home have terrible luck, thanks to her, while families that stick together through rough seas and show her due veneration are dealt a gentler hand. She is a quick judge of character, and does not take long to learn a person's nature. She is naturally drawn to people who are kind to other living things, regardless of their outward personality, and white magic users.

Althaea was once bound to one home, but has since been forced to move from time to time, as through the decades and centuries her dwellings are destroyed through fire, storms, old age, and demolition. She originally inhabited a farmhouse in Italy in the 1600's, but has moved through the years and has been all through Europe. Over centuries, she has cultivated enough power to take physical form, but can only maintain it within the confines of the home. Those who have formed pacts with Althaea are rewarded with better luck and higher yield in their craft, and oftentimes lone inhabitants find a welcome companion in her.