![]() Kennit desires Althea, perhaps because she strongly resembles her nephew Wintrow, who reminds Kennit of himself. He himself visits her regularly, bringing meals laced with a sleeping drug. Kennit locks Althea in Wintrow's room (formerly Althea's own room), forbidding his crew to see her. Taken prisoner, Althea finally sees Wintrow again, whom she disdains since he now follows Kennit. Eventually, the Paragon finds Vivacia and the two ships engage in battle that results in the capture of Althea and Jek, who believe the crew of the Paragon dead, and vice versa. She is protective of Clef and close friends with Amber and Jek, and still single-minded in her pursuit of the Vivacia. However, after one sailor's attempt to rape her and Althea's subsequent beating of him and almost throwing him overboard, she earns the crew's respect and eventually rekindles her relationship with Brashen, now captain.Īlthea becomes first mate after Lavoy mutinies. Although she performs well, the crew is opposed to her on account of her gender. Upon learning that their family liveship has been stolen by King of the Pirate Isles, Captain Kennit Ludluck, Althea, Amber, and Brashen concoct a plan to rescue Vivacia by sailing out to her on the mad ship Paragon, which Amber funds the reconstruction of.Īlthea sets off on Paragon, serving as second hand. She develops a friendship with the beadmaker Amber. She sails home.Īfter reuniting with her family in Bingtown, Althea does her best to help slow the Vestrits' decline in fortune along with her mother and sister, now reconciled with her. Although they both have feelings for one another, Althea and Brashen decide it would be best that they not be together, and leave each other on bad terms after Althea admits her gender to the captain of the Reaper and is thrown off the ship.Īlthea then joins the crew of the liveship Ophelia and becomes the object of the affections of Grag Tenira. She regains her confidence, however, after discovering that she has a talent for skinning. She joins the crew of the Reaper, a slaughter ship, alongside Brashen Trell under the name "Athel." There, she realizes she is not as good a sailor as she thought herself to be, having only had the experience of the captain's daughter and not an actual working crew member. Keffria and Ronica begin to question their course to install Kyle as captain, despite Kyle's assurances he will treat his slaves gently.Īlthea, meanwhile, holds onto Kyle's angry promise that if she can earn the approval of even one reputable ship's captain, he will give her Vivacia. Kyle soon makes his plans known to make Vivacia a slaveship, to Althea's and the rest of the family's horror, as a liveship will not tolerate so much human suffering. Kyle, a Chalcedean who believes women have no place aboard ship, removes Althea from Vivacia and installs his son Wintrow Vestrit, whose schooling as a priest Kyle has interrupted for this purpose. At her father's death, Althea is shocked to learn that her mother has given Vivacia to Keffria's husband Kyle Haven.
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