Astrid Hofferson-Haddock

Astrid Hofferson-Haddock (or just **Astrid** for short) is Toothless’s close friend and Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III’s girlfriend, later wife in the *How to Train Your Dragon* franchise.

Her strong personality usually makes her hard to impress but once befriended, she makes a very loyal and compassionate friend.

Astrid rides a Deadly Nadder named Stormfly.

## Appearance

Astrid is skinny and has thin arms. She has blonde hair with a messy braid back and is tied with a brown strip, she has bangs that cover her left eye and two parts of hair on both sides of her face, she also has a leather one with metal studs. In the first movie, Astrid wears a multi-toned striped turquoise sleeveless shirt, leather fabric bracelets on her arms (each piece of fabric goes between her first and second fingers) with bandages on top of them, a skirt embroidered with spikes, skulls and a light brown bundle surrounding it with another dark brown one cut in the shape of triangles under the embroidery, under both skirts there are dark blue pants. It also has spiked shoulder pads and a skull and crossbones at the end of each shoulder pad. She has freckles all over her face, her eyes are strong blue with quite long eyebrows, she has large and noticeable ears and a dirty right arm. Her weapon of choice is an ax given to her by her mother.

In Dawn of the Dragon Racers and Race to the Edge, Astrid's shirt is blue and her red top skirt has fewer spikes, and her black skirt underneath is replaced with a red skirt. She still wears the same shoulder protectors (this time, with a red leather strap holding them in place) and arm bandages, but now has red leather knee pads on her leggings. Her hair is still held in a poorly braided braid, but she has swept her bangs to the side and no longer covers half of her face. Astrid has also stopped using kohl around her eyes, her face is still similar and she still has very long eyebrows, she has a round, medium-sized nose, a wide jaw giving a round shape to her face and flat cheeks.

In How to Train Your Dragon 2, Astrid's appearance is too exaggerated and her hands and knees are considerably smaller. She now wears a red sleeveless shirt with a dark spiked skirt that matches her boots. Her hair is even more bleached from the sun and a hideously done little braid ends in a very messy one that covers her left shoulder. Astrid also wears a fur hoodie, usually draped over her back and shoulders along with metallic shoulder pads. Astrid's hoodie is fastened with a chain threaded between two silver skull zippers. The small silver skulls that decorate her belt match the ones used to fasten her sweatshirt. However, her usual bandages are replaced by large and thick bracelets covered with skin, her face has the nose very close to the mouth and the eyes are smaller and above, she has many freckles all over her face but they are very little visible, and she continues having very flat cheeks. Astrid still carries an ax, but its design is considerably different from her previous ones.

## Personality

Astrid is dutiful and immensely devoted to her cause.

She used to be patriotic of the Viking way until dragons became an integral part of Berk.

Competitive by nature and highly dedicated, Astrid works hard to achieve her goals.

In *How to Train Your Dragon*, she pushed herself to become a better fighter.

After bonding closely with Stormfly, Astrid’s focus shifted to becoming a masterful dragon rider.

In the sequel, she is the champion of the Dragon Races.

Astrid is emotionally driven, and as a warrior, sworn to protect those she holds dear.

Though lessened with maturity, she can be short-tempered and somewhat of a perfectionist at times, especially true before the integration of dragons.

Further exacerbated by her emotional personality, this can lead her to act impulsive and irrational.

In the first movie, Astrid was solely focused on training and the war, often isolating herself and ignoring the other teens.

When Hiccup began surpassing her, she grew visibly upset over his sudden improvements.

Fueled by jealousy and suspicion, she started to follow him discreetly, eventually leading her to interrogate him in the cove.

Astrid grew more even and level-headed upon entering adulthood, though she was still quite fiery under intense circumstances.

She has also proven to be greatly reliable and is Hiccup’s most loyal supporter.

Her methods of encouragement vary, but she rarely outright give him the answer to his problems.

Instead, she boosts up his confidence and stands by him as he walks through the solution at his own pace.

Her supportive nature also extends well beyond Hiccup.

She has often shown compassion to the rest of her peers and has especially let Heather confide in her on numerous occasions.

By the time of *How to Train Your Dragon 2*, Astrid has adopted an optimistic and relaxed outlook on life.

Although slightly cheeky and overconfident at times, she is more emotionally secure because of her steady relationship with Hiccup.

Her sense of adventure and exploring is also apparent, but her ongoing competitiveness and rigid approach to grave situations remains.

As an adult, she is generally more spirited and playful, and loves to goof around with Hiccup, Stormfly and Toothless.

## Skills & Abilities

She is a skilled warrior and dragon tamer.

## Family

* Hiccup (Husband)
* Two Children