Lady Althea

Lady Althea
Affiliation	Ascalonians
Type	Human
Profession	Mesmer
Level(s)	5
Campaign	Prophecies
Image(s)
Location in Lakeside County

Lady Althea is the daughter of Duke Barradin, and is romantically involved with Prince Rurik. She can be found next to her Actors Stage in Lakeside County. She is a Mesmer and quest giver in Ascalon (pre-Searing).

Locations

• Ascalon (pre-Searing)
  • Lakeside County

Quests

Quests given:

• A Mesmer's Burden me primary

Quests involved in:

• The Rogue's Replacement me primary
• A Second Profession
• A Gift for Althea
• The Duke's Daughter

Skills

• Ether Feast

Dialogue

"Hail and hello. How can this humble Mesmer help you?"

Notes

Spoiler alert: The following text contains spoilers relating to the story of Guild Wars Prophecies.

• After the Searing, she is captured by the Charr and sacrificed to their "fire gods" in the Flame Temple Corridor, becoming Ghost of Althea. This sets the scene for the quest Althea's Ashes.

Trivia

• Althea's name is a possible reference to To Althea, From Prison, an English Cavalier poem by Richard Lovelace
• There is a character named lady Althea in the story "His lordship Clark Kent", published in Action Comics #107 (march 1947).
• The quest Althea's Ashes is possibly a reference to the book title Angela's Ashes
• Althea wields a Cane (Illusion) and a Wooden Buckler, whereas many NPC caster classes wield a wand/off hand set or a staff.
• She uses the same skin as Koro Sagewind.