Astrid the Fox/History

==Backstory==
===Early life===
Astrid Alessia was born on 6 December 1997 to a very poor family. From a young age, she lived with her uncle in one of the poorest cities in the Southern County of the Anglian Islands. The city was run down, grey and dull with the only exciting events being petty thievery and drunken brawls. Living alongside her and her uncle was her older sister, Amelia who was roughly four years older than her. Amelia had to look after Astrid due to the fact that her uncle could cared less about her and more about when his next beer was coming. The two got along well and would often go out for walks and, if they could scrape up enough money, go shopping for various items.
===Crescent Lane===
During one of those days out when Astrid was about 12 years old, she and her sister decided that since they had a small amount more than usual, they'd stop at a local bakery and get some freshly baked bread, rather than the dry tasting supermarket brand. As they purchased their treat, a car pulled up to a bank across the way and soon after, screaming could be heard. Amelia turned around and walked quickly out of the bakery after telling her sister to stay put. From what Astrid could see, she was trying to reason with the bank robbers. Then, her sister move a foot too close and was shot in the stomach by one of the robbers. Soon after, armed police units arrived and arrested the robbers. Amelia was unconscious due to blood loss and was taken immediately to the closest hospital.
===Aftermath===
Astrid was left in the town saddened and in shock. When she got home, she told her uncle, who for once, cared slightly, though not enough to take Astrid to visit her in hospital. A week after the tragic event, a letter was sent to her uncle stating that Amelia had died. With that, Astrid lost all hope that she'd be able to see her sister again. She remained silent for weeks after. She didn't speak to her uncle or anyone she met on the streets and she generally preferred to be alone. When she finally did begin to speak again, she was quiet and incredibly formal.
A few months later, she decided that she'd take up archery and so, joined an archery club, primarily to take her mind off of recent events. Luckily for her, it was free to join and it also gave her something to do. This was one skill that she particularly excelled at, hitting the bull's eye frequently. This drew attention to herself, which she liked a lot because she was finally getting respect from someone, something that her uncle gave to no one.
===Homeless===
Shortly before her 14th birthday, Astrid's uncle died, leaving her nearly penniless and homeless. She quietly left her home town in Southern County and, using what little money she had, traveled north-west, towards The Capital. When she arrived, she'd hoped to make more money begging on the streets, but made very, very little. After a few days of begging, a strange man visited her, knowing of her through her appearances in newspapers as a skilled archer. He said he was from a group known simply as "The Clan" and had asked her to join. Because he offered her a place to call home in return for her skills in archery, she agreed to go with him out of desperation.
===The Clan===
During her time with The Clan, she honed her skill with the bow, learned basic hand-to-hand and close quarters combat as well as learning how to kill a target quickly, quietly and discreetly. During her training, she felt herself changing. She was becoming more and more vicious towards the targets and dummies, shooting directly in specific weak spots and slicing them with more strength. There was one thing she didn't know about The Clan though; who were their targets? She always thought that she was being trained for the army or the government.
Eventually, her final part of the training came along. She was placed in a pit, almost like an arena and given her dagger, her bow and nine arrows. The first of her two challenges was to fight a death hound, a creature created by one of the umbrakinetics in The Clan. She dodged it multiple times before it decided to pounce. She shot it straight in the forehead, making it turn to ash in mid-flight. Then her second challenge rose in front of her. It was to kill a man. An innocent man. Astrid questioned it heavily and then down-right refused, finding it completely wrong. She was then forced to watch as another member quickly and mercilessly murder the man in cold blood. She was then ordered to rest by the Prophet. She couldn't. She was so shocked and angry, that she did something that she'd soon regret.
Astrid went on a silent killing spree in the night, using the skills she learned to kill everyone in The Clan, stopping them from killing any more innocent people. Unfortunately, this meant that she was alone again and homeless once more. Shortly after the incident, she decided that she would use her new found skills to help with the many problems in the world, both big and small. She dedicated herself to defending the people of Mobius, even if her previous alliance with The Clan meant that she was feared by some.
==Recent History==
Note: This section is likely to remain incomplete for some time as it covers the events that take place in Saviours of Mobius.
===The Hunt===
A few months after dealing with The Clan, Astrid hears news of a demonic, dog-like creature roaming through the forests of Southern County in the Anglian Islands. After seeing a blurred picture of the creature in a local newspaper, she instantly recognised it. It was one of The Clan's death hounds. She then sets out to deal with the creature.
During her hunt for the death hound, she spots someone running with a black figure tailing them closely. She sprints after them, knowing that the person was in trouble. She managed to get ahead of the person and pulled them off to the side, covering their mouth with her hand. After telling the person to stay silent, she pulled an arrow from her quiver, placed it on her bow's string, aimed and fired directly at the hell hound's head, killing it instantly.
The male fox that she had saved thanked her and introduced himself as Blake. In return she introduced herself and told him about the death hound. Before Astrid departed, Blake told her that if she was ever in Central City and needed a hand to call him and gave her his phone number. The two of them thanked each other and went their separate ways.
===Aiding the Swordsman===
Deeming the Anglian Islands to be safe for the moment, Astrid decided to go and see what was happening in the United Federation's capital. So, she boarded a ship as a stowaway and began a journey that lasted a few days. Eventually, she arrived in Central City and explored the area for a few hours to get a better understanding of her surroundings. 
In the early evening of that same day, near the waterfront, she heard gunshots coming from somewhere nearby. She quickly hurried to investigate and found that a karate dojo was being raided by gunmen. She made a very quick entrance, smashing through a skylight on the building and knocking out two of the attackers in the process. Before the rest of them knew it, another gunman was knocked out by the assassin. After watching this event, the gunmen realised that she might be a bit more than they can handle and ran.
The teacher at that dojo, a swordsman called Dustin, thanked the assassin and, like the hunter back in the Anglian Islands, offered to repay the debt whenever she found herself nearby.
===Saving the Kinetic===
A week after helping Dustin, Astrid found herself tailing a number of police officers and vehicles. Something terrible had happened. A small shop near the heart of Central City had exploded and were chasing the person who caused it. As she ran and jumped from rooftop to rooftop, she noticed that the culprit was a boy, not that much younger than her. She watched him as he lost the police and ran into an alleyway. He quickly jumped into a dumpster and hid from the police. Astrid, being curious, jumped down into the alley and opened the dumpster to find a scared and now very dirty mink. The mink immediately took notice of Astrid, but saw that she wasn't a police officer. She advised him to follow her to a safer place and, knowing that he had no other choice, did so.
After a lot of sneaking around through Central City, the two of them found themselves in quite a run down area of the United Federation's capital city. The two of them hid in an abandoned house and began to talk. The young mink introduced himself as Arin, but didn't say much else. He was shy, but he did say that the explosion wasn't his fault. He said that it was his psychokinesis. He didn't know how to properly control it yet. After getting to know each other for a few hours, Astrid chose to leave Arin. Before she left however, Arin asked if she needed any help, feeling that he needed to return the favour. Astrid smiled and said that she'd let him know if she ever did.
===The Deadly Jewel===
Roughly twenty months after the events between her and The Clan, Astrid overhears a deal between two people. One offered money while the other offered the locations of two ancient and dangerous object known as 'warrior stones'. Astrid knew of the dangers and decided to turn in a few favours from some new allies. Together, Astrid, Blake, Arin and Dustin set out to follow the dealer's client, leading them to Soleanna, the City of Water.
When they arrived, they looked for any leads they could eventually tracking the client to the Great Forest, where they'd set up a camp to dig up the ancient gem. After creating a plan to get the gem out of the hands client, they began their assault on the camp. During the assault, they found out that the dealer's client was Joseph Watts, a young teenager that Astrid freed during her time with The Clan. After Joseph refused to relinquish the gem, he ran to a nearby helicopter and began to leave. However, as it left the ground, Arin used his cyrokinetic powers to send shards of ice flying everywhere, hitting the helicopter in the process.
Joseph, now injured and in front of a severely damaged helicopter, had the Warrior Stone taken from him by Astrid. The group had one final conversation with the hybrid and then left him there so that the inbound authorities could deal with him. Not soon after, they gave the gem to the police in Soleanna City, then found a place to rest for the night.
Early the next morning, Astrid found herself in Castle Town, observing the Altar of Flames in all it's beauty. As she did so, a wolf walked up next to her and began a very awkward conversation. After quickly realising that this wolf was after something, Astrid questioned him. He introduced himself as Jacob Lawson, an agent for G.U.N's Science and Intelligence Division and said that he would be recruiting Astrid for a mission. Reluctantly, she accepted.
===Gaining Trust===
Ten minutes after they met, a black SUV arrived at the Altar. Astrid and Jacob both sat in the back passenger seats of the SUV and departed. Astrid was told by Jacob that she'd been chosen for evaluation as a potential G.U.N agent, to which she immediately refused. After being told the mission details, however, she reconsidered, but only to help him take down a very dangerous individual known only as "The Broker".
Eventually, they entered G.U.N's Osiris Base, a facility located below sea level in the Emerald Ocean, outside of Soleanna. After an altercation regarding who the vixen had previously allied herself with, they met up with Lieutenant Kim, who ran the facility. With him, was a cat, who introduced herself as Private Katherine Treske. It was soon reveal to Jacob that Katherine would be trained under his wing in his mission to take out The Broker. Jacob was visibly unhappy with this, but Astrid welcomed this additional help. She and Katherine soon struck up a conversation with one another as they walked to the armoury.
Hours later, the team had arrived in the Empress Desert, which is located roughly 15 kilometres south-west of Soleanna. Outside the Broker's lair, the group were sneaking around, avoiding mechanical guards. Astrid noted that these robots were very similar to the ones she fought in the Great Forest the day before. Having reached the front entrance, Katherine hacked it, while Astrid and Jacob patiently waited. Soon, the fox spotted a guard heading towards them, though as she readied herself for an impending battle, the technically adept cat had hacked the door. The team of three entered the lair with moments to spare.
With Katherine directing them through the base, they eventually come across a non-robotic guard. Jacob, who had planned to kill him, is told to wait by Katherine, who gives Astrid a dart gun. Armed with a paralytic drug, Astrid conceals herself in the shadows of the hallway. Eventually, she gets close enough and fires the gun, putting the guard both to sleep and into a state of paralysis. Astrid and Lawson began walking towards the guard, leaving Katherine to get a full overview of the base. Astrid told him that he was being harsh towards the Private, which lead him to snap at her. Katherine then caught up and revealed that behind the previously guarded door was an elevator which could be opened with a hand print. With their unconscious guard lending a hand, the doors opened and they entered, heading deeper into The Broker's lair.
As they exited the elevator, they saw two more non-robotic guards, who attempted to sound the alarm. One failed, the other succeeded. The team knocked them both out and proceeded into a mess hall-like area, which was filled with guards. With the alarms raised and plenty of guards in the area, it posed a slight challenge to the team, though in the end, they prevailed. They then came across another door, this time in the mess hall. With it using a holographic system, the lock on this door was a lot harder to crack, so it took Katherine some time to unlock. While she was cracking the lock, Astrid and Jacob were challenged by an enormous robot, which aimed to kill all three of them. While the two fought it, it activated a protective shielding. However, Astrid found a weak point and got rid of said shielding. Now weakened, Astrid used this opportunity to destroy the robot as Katherine finally opened the door to a darkened room.
As they entered, a booming voice asked them questions, while referring to their individual pasts. In Astrid's case, the voice referred to her involvement with The Clan and the death of her uncle and sister. After Astrid promised to gut him if he mentioned her sister's name again, The Broker revealed himself, stating that she could try, though she may not get far. The Broker was a huge rhino and very muscular. He wore strange armour which would soon be reveal to be stolen G.U.N tech. Using his incredible strength, he lifted his desk above his head and threw it at Astrid. She used it as a way to launch herself towards him, however, he unfortunately was ready for this. He punched Astrid in the left side of her chest, breaking her ribs and rendering her unable to fight, leaving him for Jacob and Katherine to take on. Eventually, the two brought the rhino to his knees, before Jacob killed him in cold blood. Katherine was furious with him and the two argued before Jacob headed back for the elevator. As Katherine helped Astrid up, the assassin told the Private that she agreed with her. When they reached the surface, there was a helicopter waiting for them, which took them to Central City, where Astrid would be temporarily hospitalised.
===Before the Storm===
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===Engulfed in War===
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===Five Years of Pain===
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