The Childish Goddess

The Childish Goddess, named Aileo, is the daughter of Islena and Grim. Known for being incredibly shallow, vain, and stubborn, Aileo's main concern is the amount of followers that she has.

Aileo's one and only creation would be the Alimenti. Her first followers pleased her so much that she granted them the ability to increase their power by drawing on the energy around them. A first her followers were overjoyed. They could eat the energy of anything and anyone and use it to live longer and stay beautiful their entire lives. The power was too uncontrolled, however, and those 'gifted' with this ability found that they could kill people with the force of their hunger, and if they did not feed then their bodies would waste away in order to feed itself. They pleaded with Aileo to take the power away, and the goddess was furious that they would deny her gift to them. Instead of removing the power of the Alimenti, she merely placed restrictions on it and made it so that entire bloodlines would be cursed as Alimenti.

Centuries passed and many of the Alimenti lines died out, having destroyed themselves as their bodies grew too hungry. By then the government had realized what an asset their abilities were, and pleaded with Aileo to consider creating a new bloodline. She refused to give the power away freely, but claimed that any who performed a ritual in her name and declared her their patron could become an Alimenti. Since then it became an incredibly well-kept secret that the former Council of Temperance had been turning certain members of the intelligence agency into Alimenti.