Astrid Eklund

==Introduction==
==Biography==
Only child to Erik and Lana Eklund, born in the back of the RV her parents were living in while trekking across North America with their community. That was how she lived - never staying in one place too long, traveling in a caravan of "family" members with a common background of being cultural outcasts and a common goal of not supporting any country or government while looking out for themselves. Her education was given at campground picnic tables and in the box of half-ton trucks by various members of their community. She wasn't hampered by this - if anything, she and the other children in this rag-tag group excelled in this environment and benefited greatly from the practical nature of learning while living.
Although they moved around frequently, it didn't affect Astrid as much, given that the group moved with her, meaning that all her friends and family came to each new location they went to. Friends made outside the group were plenty, but superficial - fun to hang with until they left the area, then all but forgotten by the time they arrived at the next location. She kept in touch with a few by electronic means when she had access to such, but being nomads meant no mailing address and no internet access (cell usage was only for necessities, so only really available when in cities with open wifi) so options and opportunities were few. Communication with family still not in North America was minimal too, but shared widely with the group.
It was news that was shared one night as everyone wound down around the fire that sent her to Los Santos. Word had come from "back home" about two brothers on the run arriving in the US. The man Astrid considered one of her many uncles looked both excited and worried as he spoke, even if he didn't know a lot of what was going on or what they were running from. When the next night he sat by the fire, Astrid asked him for more information on the brothers. He told her all he knew of them, including what he hoped for them - that they plan to make a home for themselves in Chumash.
Perhaps out of a sense of "family pride" or the desire of the forever traveler to set down roots for herself, after discussing it with the community, she decided that she was going to help them. Her "uncle" tracked down a means of contacting one of the brothers, and soon thereafter, she rolled her chopper out of the hauler it lived in, stuffed her things in the saddlebags, and set off for Los Santos.
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