| “ | To hear Althea tell it, her ability was the sort of thing that came in useful during hot summer days, but which she’d never thought of as a defense weapon until two hollows began devouring the minister before her very eyes. | ” |
–Miss Wren, Hollow City | ||
Althea Grimmelwald was a female peculiar with the peculiarity of cryokinesis. She was slain by Caul with her own icicle.
Biography[]
She was once an apprentice to the Minister of Obfuscation and Deferment in the Peculiar Archives building until it was attacked by wights and hollows. In a panic, she froze the entire building, killing most except the Rogue Hollow and the wights who captured and escaped with Miss Finch, Miss Crow, and Miss Nightjar.[1]
Hollow City[]
Althea first appears inside the peculiar archives, which is frozen from her cryokinesis. She is sort of the protector of the building, since her ice is thick enough to keep out hollows and wights. Althea also acts like an assistant to Miss Wren while she works to coax 'Miss Peregrine' out of her bird form. She is seen mixing vials and putting them under 'Miss Peregrine's' beak and seems quite knowledgeable in the entire process of helping ymbrynes out of their avian state.
Death[]
Caul attempts to take Althea hostage, but she puts up a fight. She manages to get her hands on his legs and begins to freeze him, but Caul grabs an icicle from nearby and threatens to stab Althea if she does not stop. She continues to freeze him, so Caul plunges the icicle into her back, killing her. Her death causes all of the ice that was encasing the building to melt away.
Description[]
Appearance[]
Althea has long, hip length hair severely parted down the middle; small, round glasses; and thin lips that look as though they had never smiled. She has a voice as wooden as her expression and speaks very slowly.
Personality[]
She is naturally mulish, according to Miss Wren.[1] Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders states that she is known for her kindness to animals and young children, loyalty to her friends, and her sentimental poetry.[2]
Peculiarity[]
Althea is a glaciator, which means she has the ability make and manipulate ice. She can create giant ice sculptures, summon snow and hail, and freeze anything with a touch.[2]
Her peculiarity is remarkably powerful since Althea managed to encase the entire peculiar archives building in ice within only a few minutes. In addition, it made her hands abnormally cold.[1]
Trivia[]
- Both Miss Wren and Jacob said that Althea's cryokinesis was one of the strongest peculiarities they had ever seen.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hollow City (Chapter 12)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders (A Necessarily Incomplete Taxonomy of Peculiar Abilities)