Astrid Hedwig

Art by the wonderful Jade-the-Tiger!

### Secret Heart's Desire

My destiny is everything my heart desires. Being the next leader of the Valkyries is all I could ever ask for, and fighting with my sisters by my side is all I wish!

### Oh "Curses!" Moments

Deep inside my confidence, there hides a fear that I will not be enough for my sisters...

### Favourite Subject

Ragnarok Sparring! We must be ready if Ragnarok happens tomorrow.

## Relationships

### Parents

* Brunhild (mother)
* Unknown father

### Other Family

* Hildr (aunt)
* Eira Lifebringer (cousin)

### Best Friends Forever After

The Valkyrie Squad is the best family I could ever ask for. Torni Thorson is also a little sibling to me.

### Pets

Alfihild is my pet pegasus. She's the best.

## Other Information

### Powers

* Chooser of the Slain
* Death Sense
* Afterlife Transport
* Semi-Immortality
* Enhanced Strength
* Superhuman Durability

### Skills

* Leadership
* Swordsmanship
* Combact Skills
* Fighting Abilities
* Hand-to-hand Combact

### Interests & Hobbies

* Fighting/Sparring
* Death-Related Things
* Gastronomy
* Midgardian Culture
* ABBA

*Lady* **Astrid Sigrdrífa Hedwig**, commonly referred to as only *Astrid Hedwig* and nicknamed *Ari* by her closest friends, is a 2017-introduced and all-around character. She is the daughter of *Brunhild*, the current leader of the Valkyries, Asgardian Elite of Warriors ruled by Odin, as well as a Valkyrie-in-training herself. Astrid currently attends Ever After High through the Mythology Program. Faithful and devoted to her fate and in love with her legacy, she sides with the **Royals** in the destiny conflict, and is beyond excited to become the next Leader of the Valkyries.

## Character

### **Personality**

Astrid, as expected from the next Leader of the Valkyries, is a **born leader**. She fearlessly takes head of situations, and knows where she's going. She is **focused**, **unafraid of standing up for her beliefs and for the ones she loves**, and lives to lead, guide and protect her beloved sisters. Always **loyal** to her people and loved ones, Astrid would never leave anyone behind, and continuously makes sure she's providing her best and only her best for those who need her and look up to her.

As a natural leader, Astrid carries all the traits of such: she is **confident** and **sure of herself**, and knows how to discern what she wants and what is better for everyone. She has excellent **persuasion abilities**, and can easily make people believe in her and her credibility, and knows how to impose respect and *makes sure* she is **respected** by others. Unsurprisingly, Astrid never carries insults, either towards herself or her Valkyrie family, and always tends to solve problems either by talking or starting a fight, if necessary. Not only does she guarantee respect for herself, but also for her sisters and pantheon. After all, being a member of the Asgardian Warrior Elite requires a lot of honour, admiration and credibility.

Deep down, though, Astrid **hides a giant fear of not being enough** for her sisters, family and people. She never lets out her insecurity, as she must put her sisters' necessities above everything else, including her own needs, but suffers with the worry that she will not be as good as her mother. Astrid overworks herself just to make sure she will succeed flawlessly in her future job, and will be able to guide and defend her dear valkyries and her precious Asgard, her beloved home to which she dedicates her whole immortality.

Astrid, despite being occasionaly rather **violent** and **aggressive**, is actually a very **caring** girl who takes a **motherly** figure to everyone around her. She's always providing everyone what they need and won't rest until everyone is feeling good, safe and sound. She is not very good at demonstrating her love with words or displays of affection, but will do so by stepping in front of a blade that come in your way, standing up in your favour against someone that has offended you, or just being there offering her shoulder for you to cry on if you need.

Additionally, Astrid can be described as a **brave** and **strong** girl who is also **fearless** and willing to taking risks if she has to. She wants to be a good **role model** for those who surround her and for those who need someone to look up to, and wants to take a **maternal** figure not only for her family, but also for her people. Astrid is a **warrior**, above all things, and her sole purpose in her life (as Astrid herself has set) is to protect and serve her nation, for the well-being of everyone.

### **Appearance**

Astrid is a particularly teeny, but musculous young lady with copper skin and dark brown eyes. She sports long, wavy dark brown hair with lighter caramel highlights, which she tends to keep up in Norse hairdos. Ari prefers the ancient Norse fashion and includes a lot of armours in her outfits, which are composed mostly by the colours blue, white, silver and gold, and her motifs include wings and Norse runes. She has a tattoo representing her status as a Valkyrie (*a pair of wings*) on her left forearm.

### **Hobbies and Interests**

#### **Fighting/Sparring**

Astrid is a warrior, so unsurprisingly, her favourite and main hobby is fighting. She has a large knowledge in using different types of weapons and is, especially, a skilled swordswoman. If Ragnarok happened tomorrow, Astrid would probably be ready to fight it. She dedicates her life to training and likes to do so, as it helps her not only with her destiny, but also with calming down. Honestly, she isn't particularly careful while sparring, and she totally hates to hurt one of her fighting class mates - but it happens quite often. She's glad she has Liv by her side most of times.

#### **Gastronomy**

Astrid is highly interested in Gastronomy and always looks forward learning new dishes, and loves to bake and cook. She's an expert in Norse Cuisine and always provides her girls Norse and Viking dishes when they're feeling homesick.

#### **Midgardian Culture**

Ari knows next to nothing about the Earth culture, so she likes studying it in her free time. She finds the story of Midgard fascinating, but has some trouble with understanding it sometimes.

#### **ABBA**

Astrid is a huge fan of "the glorious ABBA", and met the band on her very first day at Midgard. She can't stop listening ever since, and her playlist is composed, exclusively, by ABBA songs. She firmly refuses to believe there are cool bands other than ABBA, and gladly got all the valkyries into it as well.

## Myths

### **Viewpoint on Destiny**

Astrid is the daughter of Brunhild, the current leader of the Valkyries and, therefore, heir to her legacy. Astrid takes pride in her destiny and lives for it, and cannot wait to serve Odin one day and fight in his name, as well as choosing his einherjar. As told before, she sides with the Royals in the destiny conflict, but supports the Rebel cause for unknown causes. Astrid would never say "no" to her legacy and hopes to be an excellent Valkyrie someday, and an exceptional leader.

## Powers/Abilities

* **Chooser of the Slain:** Astrid, being a valkyrie, can choose those who will die in battle and those who will win. As a future leader, Astrid feels a great responsibility for doing so and hopes she can be wise in her decisions.
* **Death Sense:** Astrid can sense someone's death, either if it's close or not.
* **Afterlife Transport:** Astrid is able to transport the souls of those who she and the valkyries chose to go to Valhalla.
* **Semi-Immortality:** Unless wounded to the point that she cannot recover, Astrid will be able to live forever.
* **Enhanced Strength:** Astrid, being a valkyrie, is gifted with supernatural strength.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Being a demi-deity, Astrid is fairly more durable than a regular human.
* **Leadership:** Astrid, as mentioned before, is a born-leader and has been trained ever since childhood for her role of leader of the Valkyries.
* **Swordsmanship:** Though skilled in using many different weapons, Astrid excels in using swords, and is especially seen with her magical sword, Calder.
* **Combact Skills:** Self explanatory. Going through a intense training everyday ever since she was a kid, Astrid is a skilled fighter.
* **Fighting Abilities:** Self explanatory.
* **Hand-to-hand Combact:** Self explanatory.

## Class Schedule

**1st Period:** Scythes and Swords with *Professor Hercules*

**2nd Period:** Ragnarok Sparring with *Mr. Tyr*

**3rd Period:** Philosophy 101 with *Sir Wenchang Wang*

**4th Period:** Rogues and Assassins with *Mr. Gilgamesh*

**5th Period:** Epics 101 with *Ms. Calliope*

**6th Period:** Marksmanship with *Mister Vulcan*

## Outfits

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TBA - *Doll line created by ShadowSpirit020*

## Trivia

* Her birthday is on March 23th, making her an Aries.
* "Hedwig" is more of a second name, not really a last name. Astrid, different than most of her Valkyrie friends, doesn't have a last name.
* Astrid means "Divinely beautiful" in Norse. Hedwig is a Germanic name consisting of the two elements hadu "battle, combat" and wig "fight, duel".
* She, along with her mother, was granted the title of "Lady" by Odin.
* Ari speaks with an Asgardian accent.
* Ari's favourite food is Kjøttkaker, a Norwegian dish.
* Astrid has a large scar on her belly, slightly under her bellybutton. It's there due to an accident she had when she was still a kid and a sword cut her abdomen while fighting with someone else.
* She loves ABBA, and is their biggest fan. Her ringtone is "Dancing Queen" and she gladly got all her valkyrie friends into it as well.
* Astrid isn't aware that there is any music other than ABBA in Midgard. She firmly believes the glorious ABBA is the only possible existent music.
* Given the events of **Fimbulvetr**, that precedes Ragnarok, Astrid is a little scared of tough Winters and is paranoid about them.
* Astrid tends to include a lot of emojis into her texts.
* Astrid is partly Norwegian on her father's side.

## Gallery

Old Astrid designAstrid's MoodboardAstrid 2.0 by my loveliest Jade-the-Tiger!Obviously this was made by Jadie. I'm pretty sure Astrid gave Liv a killer look after this...Ari and Liv Mercybringer. I wonder why I took so long to post it here...Astrid and her future daughter, Sansa