Althing (character)

"Farewell, Master... I hope...... for your good health..."

- Althing as she returning to her planet

Althing (アルシング) is a minor character introduced in Plunderer. She is an alien that was sent to the Earth from space alongside with the original Ballots 300 years ago.

Past Events
Not much is known about Althing's past. However, according to Alexandrov Grigorovich, she was an alien that had fallen to Earth from unknown origins deep in space during the Nuclear War along with the original Ballots. The United Nations Force would use the Ballots and it's voting system to ban the nuclear weapons and temporarily stop the war from continuing. This voting system eventually shared the same name as Althing by everyone in the world. Firenda would also eventually create many Ballot Replica based on Althing's powers and abilities. Althing has been referred as the god since then.

At some point, Althing chose Schmelman Bach as her master and vessel by casting a life link ability, which would grant him supernatural powers and immortality. Althing would remain with Schmelman for the next 300 years.

Last War Arc
During the final battle between Althea Royal Guard and Special Service, Schmelman went to face his adoptive son Licht Bach in order to stop the endless war and conflicts. After Schmelman was defeated and Licht came up with a perfect solution to end the war, Schmelman calls Althing out and she finally reveals herself to the world. Schmelman explained to Althing that humans have found the solution to save the planet, her powers and abilities are no longer needed and there's no reason to keep him alive for any longer. Althing accepted Schmelman and humanity's requests and disabled all Ballot functions and proceeded to return to her own planet.

As Althing was returning to her planet, she wished Schmelman good health and proceeded to heal him so he could live without her Life-Link.

Abilities and Power
Althing's count is unknown, although most of the powers and abilities the characters used throughout the series were borrowed from her energies via Ballots or directly blessed by her like Schmelman for example.


 * Power Bestowal: Althing can give superpowers to others who can synchronize themselves with her,


 * Life Link: Althing can connect her life-force with another being. As long as Althing is still alive, the other being she linked with would never die.


 * Health Manipulation: Although it wasn't stated, it was hinted that Althing has a ability to heal or control a person's health condition, as shown in the epilogue where Schmelman is still alive despite his supposedly "death" at the end of final war.

Trivia

 * Althing is a Scandinavian term. "Al" means "all" while "thing" means "parliament".
 * Althing's character design looks similar to those of Angeloid from Minazuki Suu's previous works, Sora no Otoshimono.