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Altea Aquila is one of the main characters from the ADV visual novel series Jain no Ikenie. She is one of the protagonists in the first game, and the main antagonist in the second and third entries.

Altea makes small appearances in Bianca's storyline, though she is completely absent in Mashikyuu Seijou Bianca ∞ Noein. Either way, these are implied to be non-canon.

Altea is the princess of the Aquila Kingdom. She is known across the land for her extraordinary beauty. Has blonde hair, blue eyes, and notoriously big breasts.

• Jain no Ikenie 1 ~Shokushu-hime Altea~

To end the terrible drought that has ravaged her beloved kingdom, Altea offers herself to be sacrificed to the demon sorcerer Aldebaran.

Aldebaran implants tentacles on Altea's back without her noticing, much to her horror. She is also subjected to a lot of torture by the sorcerer and a female spirit called Vega Lyra, usually by assaulting her with their own tentacles.

Later on, she befriends another girl called Deneb Swan, the princess of a nomadic nation. Deneb was also offered as a sacrifice to Aldebaran.

Deneb and a reluctant Altea plot to kill Aldebaran once he lowers his guard. Which Deneb manages to do by plunging a dagger on him.

However, Vega takes over Altea's body by touching Aldebaran's blood, revealing her husband planned to revive her by using Altea as a vessel. Then Vega attacks Deneb. Altea, still having some control of her body, manages to use her tentacles to put Vega down, and save Deneb.

Aldebaran is defeated, and the revival of Vega is prevented. Thanks to both Altea and Deneb's efforts, the world is now at peace, and the Aquila and Swan nations form a prospering alliance. And so, Altea and Deneb became best friends.

The story ends on a unsettling note: Inside Altea's heart, a dark flame is slowly burning hotter and hotter. And nobody notices she is changing.

At the end of Bianca's storyline, Altea reveals she destroyed her own home world.

• Jain no Ikenie 2 ~Onna Yuusha to Shuudoujo - Hateshinaki Zecchou~

By the time the story rolls around here, Altea has absorbed the power of the witch Vega, further awakening the demonic nature within her own heart.

Any traces of her former sweet and caring personality are completely gone, and now she harbors a cruel, manipulative and hedonistic personality, finding utter joy in tormenting other people with her tentacles.

The heroine Rigel and her sidekick nun Capella are on a quest to defeat the witch Altea. Rigel has a demon sealed within her called Tartarus, far more terrifying than Altea herself.

After wandering around a forest, Rigel saves a blonde girl from a monster, unaware that said girl is Altea.

To show her gratitude, Altea invites an unsuspecting Rigel to her house and eat some soup filled with "medicinal" herbs. Tartarus is highly suspicious of Altea. Against Tartarus' advice, Rigel drinks the soup, and falls unconscious. As it turns out, Altea was luring her into a trap.

Once Rigel is awake, Altea proceeds to torment her to the point of forcing Rigel's soul to abandon her body.

Tartarus is now in control of Rigel's body, albeit too weakened. Altea proposes an alliance; If Tartarus lends Altea his power, she can rule the world, and he will get complete control of Rigel's body to do as he pleases. Tartarus, unimpressed, refuses her offer. Altea uses some magic to weaken him even further, with the intent of turning him into a loyal pet.

Out of nowhere, Capella breaks into the house and seals both Altea and Tartarus away, and Rigel is returned back to normal.

• Jain no Ikenie Gaiden

Altea appears bfiefly at the beginning, where she is seen laughing maniacally. It is implied Altea has been appearing in Kouta's dreams, and is responsible for implanting tentacles on him, leading to the events of the game.

• Jain no Ikenie 3 ~Shin Shou: Nerawareta Gakuen~

The story is now set in modern day Japan. Altea's ghost is accidentally summoned by a bunch of schoolgirls playing kokkuri-san, and seizes the opportunity to regularly torment the school's female students with her many tentacles. Aside from sadistic pleasure, Altea does this to gather life energy from the student body, so she can become stronger. On public, she pretends to be a transfer student.

This does not go unnoticed by Aoi Miyako, a member of a demon-hunting clan, who has come there to investigate this strange phenomenon. Her childhood friend Fukakusa Inaho tags along to help her however she can.

With the help of her classmate Kagurazaka Kaya, Inaho confronts Altea, and uses her magical powers to burn Altea to a crisp, letting out a terrified scream in the process.

Kaya then reveals she was the real Altea all along, and the blonde girl who has been wreaking havoc on the school was just a shadow. She was simply toying with everybody.

Miyako shows up just in time to save an exhausted Inaho from Kaya's assault. Miyako gives a speech about how wonderful her friendship with Inaho is, combines Inaho's power with her sword, and slashes Kaya's body in half with it.

After cursing the humans who managed to defeat her, the tentacle witch Altea is destroyed for real this time.

There is irony in Altea's final words: She expressed disgust at Miyako and Inaho's friendship, when in the past she had formed a strong bond with Deneb.

And before perishing, Altea felt outraged at the fact that she got defeated by humans, clearly having forgotten she was originally one.

Reference Material (External Link)

Reference Sheet (Japanese)

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Note regarding her name

At first it was theorized that her intended name was Altair Aquila, since all of the characters from her storyline are named after stars and constellations. Altea is her official name in the English version Sweet Sacrifices (localized by JAST), and it was previously thought to be mistranslation.

In fact, there is a scene where Deneb calls her Altair for a couple of dialogues, before going back to Altea. This may have been an oversight from the localization team.

However, an official response from CHAOS-R was sent through email, confirming that Altair was only ever used during production, and they themselves instructed JAST to localize her name as Altea.