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'''Althea Vestrit''' is the younger daughter of [[Ephron Vestrit]] and [[Ronica Vestrit]], younger sister of [[Keffria Vestrit]].
When we first meet Althea, she is a willful tomboy but through trials and adventures she grows up a lot and learns more responsibility.
== Childhood ==
After the [[Blood Plague]] killed kills the three Vestrit sons in their youth, Ephron Vestrit saw sees fit to make Althea the heir to his [[liveship ]] [[Vivacia]]. For all intents and purposes, Althea grew grows up on the Vivacia and fully expected expects to be named its captain upon her father's death. Instead, no sooner has Vivacia quickened then Althea finds Ronica has given Vivacia to Keffria's husband [[Kyle Haven]]. Kyle, a [[Chalced|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.
Kyle also removes Ephron's first mate [[Brashen Trell]], a social outcast who Ephron redeemed, from Vivacia's crew, and soon makes his plans known to make Vivacia a slaver — to Althea and the rest of the family's horror, as a liveship will not tolerate so much human suffering. Keffria and Ronica begin to question their course to install Kyle as captain, despite Kyle's assurances he will treat his slaves gently.
Althea is a longtime friend of the liveship [[Paragon]], whom who she first met as a little girl.
== Appearance ==
== Adulthood ==
After Kyle kicks her off Vivacia, Althea vows to get her ship back. She flees home and with help from [[Amber]] disguises herself as a ship's boy named "Athel Vestrit," and works her way through a voyage on a seal-hunting ship, the [[Reaper]]. On that voyage she meets again with Brashen, who does his best to protect her and to help her be a good sailor without being obvious; there is tension between them as well as friendship. She proves very efficient at skinning the animals and packing the meat, and wins the respect of the captain.