Astrid Hofferson

**Astrid Hofferson** is a female viking warrior of the Hooligan tribe. She's striking, tough, beautiful, and her determined and strong personality makes her hard to impress. Astrid is 15 years old in *How To Train Your Dragon*, 16 in *Defenders of Berk*and in *Riders of Berk*, 18/19 in *Race to the Edge*, 20 in *How To Train Your Dragon 2*, and 21 in *How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World*. In spite of her initial fall outs with Hiccup and disdain toward dragons, Astrid ends up becoming his lifelong confidante, thanks to Toothless, and quickly adapts to a life with dragons.

She is Hiccup's love interest in the first movie and the series, and his longtime girlfriend by the time of the sequel. The third movie conclude with their wedding and later shows them with their two young children, Zephyr and Nuffink.

Astrid does not appear in the original series but is said to be based on the character Camicazi from the books.

Astrid's name is North Germanic for *"Divine*

*Beauty".*

Personality

## 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 her dragon 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. In Team Astrid, she blamed herself for Dagur’s attack on Berk, despite being fully aware she couldn't have done anything to prevent it. Her guilt and responsibility toward her family probed her to take immediate actions. Similarly in Fright of Passage, Astrid’s innate pride and sense of duty drove her to face the Flightmare on her own, without any regard to herself. Even as an adult, Astrid is willing to go rouge and defy direct orders to ensure the safety of her loved ones.

Astrid grew more even and level-headed upon entering adulthood, but is still shown to be fiery under intense circumstances. On *Race to the Edge*, she exhibited vulnerability, gentleness and was much less prone to violence; preferring capture-missions over kill-missions. She had also become more openly talkative and closer to her fellow riders. Astrid is an empath and has especially been a great support to Hiccup and Heather, letting them both confide in her on several occasions. She still strives for perfection and could come across as condescending at times as pointed out by Ruffnut, but she is able to own up to her mistakes, yet again demonstrating a never-ending will to improve herself. In the following episode, Astrid pulled a prank on the twins as payback for *Loki’s Day*, showing significant growth in her playful side.

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.

## Appearance

Astrid is small for a Viking, but this gives her the advantage of agility in Dragon Training. She has long blonde hair worn in a braided ponytail at the back of her head with long bangs at the front which cover the left side of her forehead. She usually wears a leather band across her forehead. In *How To Train Your Dragon* Astrid wears a steel-blue shirt, tan cloth bracers on her arms (each bit of cloth goes between her first and second finger), and a red skirt decorated with spikes which is worn over the top of a black skirt, and dark blue leggings. Astrid wears a belt decorated with silver skulls with a pouch tied to it around the waist of her skirt and metallic shoulder guards adorn her shirt. She is rarely seen without her trusty battle axe.

In *Dawn of the Dragon Racers* and ***Race to the Edge**,* Astrid's shirt is in a darker shade of blue and her red skirt has less spikes on it. She still wears the same shoulder guards and arm wrappings. Her hair is still kept in a french braid but her bangs have been cut off in length, no longer covering half her face. Astrid has also stopped wearing kohl around her eyes.

In *How To Train Your Dragon 2*, Astrid's appearance now has her hair more neatly designed as it's parted to her left with her hair still braided on the back. Her outfit now has more fur around her shoulders, that takes the form of a hood, along with a red shirt. She still wears her shoulder guards and belt, but now has arm bands that are larger and with fur now. Like before, she still has her axe.

## History

### How To Train Your Dragon

Astrid is first seen at the beginning of the film during a Dragon raid, helping by putting out fires with Snotlout, Fishlegs and the twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut, while Hiccup (doing an introductory narration) introduces her to the audience. After Hiccup is sent home by his father, Astrid is among the group but does not join in their mockery of Hiccup.

She is later seen with the other students in Dragon Training, along with Hiccup. During their first encounter with a Gronckle as their first lesson, Astrid is shown to be the star pupil as the other students are knocked out of the lesson one by one. Later, in the Great Hall, the other students mock Hiccup's performance and Astrid doesn't hesitate to criticize him either.

Gobber hands the students the Dragon Manual for the group to study and Astrid is one of the only ones to have read it besides Fishlegs and Hiccup. During the student's next lesson - this time against a Deadly Nadder in a labyrinth - Astrid again comes out on top. Angered with Hiccup getting in her way, she is quick to berate him by saying that they're about to inherit their parents' war and commands him to figure out what side he fights for. That night, Astrid is listening to Gobber's stories about dragons with the others when she notices Hiccup suddenly leave without saying anything. Although curious, she thinks nothing of it.

At the next lesson, the students are facing a Hideous Zippleback in paired teams: Astrid with Ruff, Hiccup with Fishlegs and Snotlout with Tuff. Due to Snotlout and Tuff's jeers, Astrid and Ruff lose their buckets of water, which they needed to douse the Zippleback's spark-breathing head. While Hiccup loses the last bucket of water, Astrid is shocked to see Hiccup somehow frighten the Zippleback back into its cage by merely motioning to it. As the lessons progress, it soon becomes apparent that Hiccup is becoming better and better, always seeming to have a way with the dragons and exerting control over them. He soon overtakes Astrid as the star pupil, which stirs her jealousy even further. After one particular lesson, Astrid vents her anger in the forest by throwing her axe into trees when she sees Hiccup sneaking around. She attempts to follow him but loses sight of him through the foliage.

The following night, Astrid hears crash from Hiccup's stall at the blacksmith shop and finds Hiccup is "Acting weird -- well, weirder" and then suddenly disappearing, further deepening her doubt.

Not long after, Astrid and Hiccup are the only students left in the race to see who gets the right to slay their first dragon. They are faced with the Gronckle when she threatens Hiccup to stay out of her way. Despite Astrid's best efforts, she still ends up losing when Hiccup immobilizes the Gronckle in little to no time at all. The Viking Elder, Gothi, denies Astrid the right to kill the Monstrous Nightmare and instead gives it to Hiccup.

This time, Astrid manages to follow Hiccup to the cove he's been visiting after training, along with her trusty axe. Astrid then begins interrogating Hiccup on the real reason for his sudden improvements in Dragon Training as well as his riding vest which he has never shown in public. Astrid then notices the figure of Toothless which appeared to alarm her, as she pushed Hiccup down with her as she dove to the ground, but before she can recognize Toothless, Hiccup distracts her by admitting that he is "through with the lies" as well as "making outfits", which causes Astrid to twist Hiccup's arm painfully "for the lies" and hit him hard with the handle of her axe "for everything else", which finally provokes Toothless.

Thinking that Astrid is a threat to Hiccup, Toothless charges out with a loud and aggressive roar and is about to attack. Hiccup grabs Astrid's axe, casts it away and stops Toothless in mid-pounce by telling him that Astrid is a friend. After an introduction to one another, during which Toothless snarls at her, Astrid realizes that the reason Hiccup had beaten her in Dragon Training was that he had befriended a dragon, which was the hated enemy of the Vikings, and runs off in anger to tell the villagers. But in the middle of the forest, she is snatched up and placed screaming on the pinnacle of a tree by Toothless and Hiccup where he asks for a chance to explain.

She refuses to hear any explanation, yet Hiccup manages to talk her into letting him show her instead and she climbs onto Toothless behind Hiccup (Toothless snarls at her as she gets on). Hiccup tells the Night Fury to gently land. However, Toothless is not so tame as that and deliberately scares Astrid with daring flying maneuvers until she finally apologizes to the dragon. Toothless finally stops and takes her and Hiccup on an extraordinarily brilliant flight above the clouds and Berk. She gradually becomes more comfortable with Hiccup and even rests her head on his shoulder. Astrid is amazed by the flight and what she sees, realizing just how wrong she was about Toothless and Hiccup.

During the flight however, when reminding Hiccup of the oncoming event on which Hiccup "Will have to kill a dragon", Toothless suddenly flies towards parts unknown and the group soon find themselves in a flock of dragons carrying their kill and food towards none other than the Dragons' Nest. Astrid and Hiccup are shocked to discover the dragons steal and raid from the village to feed a monstrous dragon called the Red Death in order to avoid being eaten themselves.

When they get back, Astrid wants to tell the village about what they saw but Hiccup manages to talk her out of it for the time being, fearing the other Vikings will kill Toothless. Impressed by Hiccup's persistence on keeping Toothless a secret and his loyalty to Toothless, she agrees and suddenly punches him on the arm "for kidnapping her" before kissing him on the cheek "for everything else."

The next day, Hiccup has to take his final exam and is expected to kill his first dragon, the Monstrous Nightmare. Astrid wishes Hiccup good luck and agrees to make sure the Vikings don't find Toothless if something goes wrong, but adds, "Just...promise me it won't go wrong." to which he never gives an answer. She watches as Hiccup faces the Nightmare and tosses aside his weapon, shield and helmet, intending to show the Vikings the truth about dragons. But Stoick, infuriated by his son's traitorous behaviors, screams for the match to stop and strikes the handrail of the ring.

The noise frightens the Nightmare, driving it to attack Hiccup, which is exactly what Hiccup tells Astrid he's worried about. Astrid gets into the arena and tries to help Hiccup escape but ends up in danger as well until Stoick gets into the ring to help them. Astrid manages to clamber out but Hiccup ends up in the Nightmare's claws before he's saved by Toothless. Toothless fights off the Nightmare but won't leave Hiccup, thinking the Vikings are threats and almost kills Stoick in the process. The Vikings swarm Toothless and Astrid has to stop Hiccup from interfering so he doesn't get hurt. Later she hears that Stoick disowns Hiccup.

Astrid attempts to comfort Hiccup for his losses after the Vikings set sail for the Nest and the deadly Red Deathwhich the Vikings aren't aware of. She asks why Hiccup didn't kill Toothless that first chance, saying she wants to remember what he says. Hiccup finally tells her that he didn't because at that critical moment, he saw that Toothless was just as scared as he himself was; for him it was like looking in a mirror. Astrid's words then motivate Hiccup to try to save the tribe and do "something crazy".

Astrid rounds up the other students and Hiccup teaches them enough about riding and controlling the various dragons. Astrid stops Snotlout's attempt to grab a weapon when training the Monstrous Nightmare. Finally they fly off to rescue their tribe from the Red Death which has broken out of the Nest to attack. Astrid sits astride the Deadly Nadder and drops off Hiccup so he can free Toothless from his chains while she goes to help the others fight the Red Death.

Astrid and Stormfly nearly end up getting eaten and she's knocked off her dragon. Thankfully, she's saved as Toothless catches her, and she enjoys a heart-quaking flight upside-down. Hiccup drops her off as he and Toothless lead the Red Death into the sky where they fight it and send it plummeting to its doom in a massive,fiery explosion.

When it seems that Hiccup has died in the fight, Astrid is brought to tears at seeing the sight before her. When Stoick announces that Hiccup survived, she is overjoyed at the news. When Hiccup finally wakes up back on Berk to a new village of dragons and Vikings living together (along with his prosthetic leg), Astrid punches him on the arm again for scaring her and then kisses him on the lips tenderly. Aside Stormfly, Astrid joins Hiccup, Toothless, and the other Vikings with their dragons as they soar together into the sky.

### How To Train Your Dragons 2

Astrid is first seen in the beginning of the film, where she participates in dragon racing with her friends on Berk, during which she emerges victorious. During the race, Hiccup's father, Stoick, happily refers to her as "my future daughter-in-law," which suggests either that the relationship between Astrid and Hiccup has progressed to the point where he sees them getting married or that Hiccup and Astrid are actually betrothed. After winning the race, she then almost immediately flies off to find Hiccup and Toothless, eventually catching up with them on an island in the remote areas of Berk (which Hiccup had labeled Itchy Armpit). Hiccup reveals to her that he has been avoiding his father who has pressured him to become Chief. The news of Hiccup becoming Chief makes Astrid overly excited, but Hiccup is unsure if he is ready to take on such a duty. As Hiccup begins to doubt himself, claiming he is not like his father and hasn't met his mother since he was a baby, Astrid comforts him and tells Hiccup what he is searching for is not out there, but inside himself. She then gives him a kiss on the cheek before they both see smoke coming from the distance. After discovering the destroyed fortress of Eret, Son of Eret, and hearing about the tyrannical Dragon God by the name of Drago Bludvist, they fly back to Berk to inform Stoick of what they have heard and witnessed. Stoick then orders the villagers to fortify and protect the island from a potential attack as Hiccup chases after him in a desperate attempt to reason with him, with Astrid following them. Astrid persuades Hiccup not to go back to Eret, only for Hiccup to give her a light kiss on her cheek before flying off on Toothless as the hangar doors are closing. Astrid flies off on Stormfly to catch up with Hiccup, barely managing to fly through the closing doors, seconds before they shut. They return to Eret to try to stop him from capturing dragons. Just then, Stoick and other dragon riders catch up to them, and Hiccup decides to go find Drago himself to try to reason with him. After he flies off on Toothless, Astrid mounts Stormfly as she prepares to follow him, but Stoick stops her, instead ordering her to lead the riders back to Berk before she can even take off.

Later, when Hiccup fails to show back up at Berk, Astrid thinks Hiccup was captured by Drago and his men, unaware that Hiccup is actually with his long-lost mother, so she kidnaps Eret so that he can show them the way to Drago. At first Eret declines, but Astrid drops him from a great height before getting Stormfly to catch him, scaring him into taking them to Drago. The group is captured shortly after arrival and sentenced to be executed. Eret then defects and assists Astrid in freeing Stormfly. After Astrid finds Hiccup, she is relieved and asks him where he has been. Hiccup then tells her about his mother Valka and she is surprised and in disbelief to see her still alive. Soon, Stoick is killed by Drago and his Bewilderbeast using a mind-controlled Toothless. Arriving at the scene of Hiccup and Valka crying over the dead body of Stoick, she rushes over to Hiccup and places her comforting arm on him tenderly while he is crying on Stoick's hand. Drago's Bewilderbeest then takes control of all the other dragons - including Stormfly - and heads for Berk with a much larger dragon army. Astrid and the others shoot flaming arrows onto Stoick's ship to give the chief a funeral. She then listens as Hiccup declares that he will continue his father's legacy and that they will go back to Berk, defeat Drago, and rescue Toothless and the other dragons. They fly back to Berk riding on baby Scuttleclaws, who are immune to the Bewilderbeast's control. During the final battle against Drago and his Bewilderbeast, Astrid cheers Hiccup on as he and Toothless face off against the evil Dragon God. After Hiccup and Toothless return the dragons back to their side and defeat Drago and his Bewilderbeast, Astrid is happily reunited with Stormfly and hugs her. She walks over to Hiccup, happy to see what he has finally found, reminding him that it was inside himself what he had been searching for, as she had told him earlier. She teasingly pokes his chest, causing the glide fin on his back to pop out, and they both laugh. Hiccup then pulls Astrid into another kiss, saying, "Come here, you." After the kiss, she celebrates as Hiccup is coronated the new Chief of Berk.

## Abilities, Skills, and Talents

* **Strength and Fighting skills:** She's an exceptionally skilled warrior which has been proven several times throughout both the film and the series. She has defeated several older and more experienced warriors, such as Alvin the Treacherous and could hold her own for a while against others as well as several dragons. She's presumably the most accomplished fighter among the teens, if not along with Snotlout. Her weapon of choice is a double-sided axe and she is quite formidable with it. She has also shown to have great strength to lift heavy objects and able to push a wild Monstrous Nightmare little bit.

* **Dragon Riding and Training:** Next to Hiccup, she's the best Rider among the teens. She works very well with Stormfly and they're usually able to synchronize their moves accurately. On Outcast Island she was able to tame a wild Monstrous Nightmare, (although with a little more difficulty than Hiccup in *Defiant One*) and the Nightmare came to her rescue later, showing she was able to gain its loyalty. She was able to ride the tame Nightmare and also has ridden on Hookfang. When she had learned the dragon call of the Deadly Nadder, she was able to train them to fly in a perfect formation. When she temporarily became Hookfang's Rider, she figured out the hidden ability of 'Wing Blast'.

* **Speed and Acrobatics:** These are undoubtedly her top physical skills. She's able to perform a variety of acrobatic feats like handsprings, cartwheels and flips even while riding Stormfly. She was also able to swiftly dodge the attacks of a wild Deadly Nadder and the Flightmare.

* **Intelligence:** Even though most of the strategies and solutions to their problems are made mostly by Hiccup and Fishlegs provides most of the knowledge, she herself has proven to be valuable and capable in this department as well. She was the only one who wasn't fooled by Heather and was the one to come up with the idea to get the Book of Dragons back from Outcast Island. She has also always given useful advice to Hiccup enough and he always takes them to heart.

* **Dragon Call:** Astrid learned to call Stormfly and other Deadly Nadders using a wolf-like howl.

* **Actress:** She dressed up as Heather to get into Outcasts Island as she manage to fool everyone there until Alvin the Treacherous figured it out.

## Relationships

### Hiccup Haddock

At first, Astrid is shown to be disinterested in Hiccup - due to her thinking he is not like the other Vikings. However, whilst the other Vikings actively ridicule Hiccup, Astrid seems more suspicious towards him, only becoming angry with him due to his incompetence in the Arena. Her dislike for him grows into jealously when he becomes more skilled at 'fighting' dragons than she is. Despite the initial problems in their relationship, Astrid later grows to where Hiccup becomes her main love interest as she kisses him twice (albeit after punching him on the arm both times). Beyond the romantic elements of their relationship, Astrid and Hiccup are the closest human friends that either has. In the *Riders of Berk* series they appear to have a budding relationship, but they are quite shy and awkward about it. Their romantic attachment is more suggested in their dynamic and interaction then outright stated. Whilst Astrid maintains more of her initial stern, authoritative demeanor with the other Vikings, she opens up more when alone with Hiccup, and apparently feels safe showing a considerably softer, more whimsical side of her personality to him. The two are incredibly close, with Astrid acting as Hiccup's confidant when he needs advice on personal problems, and often pair off from the others when needing to achieve something especially difficult. Astrid's feelings for Hiccup usually manifest themselves as extreme devotion and protectiveness, as she is always the first to aid him in any situation and the last to leave him, which Hiccup reciprocates towards Astrid. It appears to be an unspoken assumption that Astrid will accompany Hiccup on his adventures, more so then the other Vikings, and will usually invite herself along regardless. On the rare occasions that they are separated by mitigating circumstances, she is shown to worry greatly about him and is always overjoyed to be reunited with him. In *When Lightning Strikes*, Astrid is the first person that Hiccup seeks out before leaving the island, and when Hiccup tells Astrid that he is leaving with Toothless the first thing that she asks if he will come back. Despite his assurance that he will return when the villagers all realize that the lightning wasn't because of Toothless, Astrid appears sad and distraught. She had also hugged Hiccup in front of Gobber when he returned from rescuing Johann in *Frozen* and she was also willing to wait outside in the cold while she was suffering from Eel Pox for Hiccup to come back and was very happy to see him return in *The Eel Effect*. These actions suggest that her crush on him is getting harder to hide.

It is possible that Astrid had feelings for Hiccup before the events in the movie, due to her immediate change in behavior during the first flight. She might have just ignored this since Hiccup didn't meet the usual Viking standards. When Hiccup was thought to be dead after he defeated the Red Death, Astrid is the only Viking to be brought to tears, meaning she took it the hardest, besides Stoick. She did say in *Thawfest* that one thing she "always liked about Hiccup" is that he was a gracious loser, further supporting this theory. She is also in a sense Hiccup's moral guide, keeping him honest. Astrid remains a close friend of Hiccup in *Gift of the Night Fury*, as Astrid and Hiccup both advocate the idea to make up new holiday traditions to cheer the tribe up, and they discuss the prosthetic Hiccup makes for Toothless so the Night Fury can fly on his own. It's never officially confirmed if they've become a couple. Even so, near the end of the special, Astrid comforts Hiccup when he's missing Toothless, and even kisses him on the lips and hugs him. She still likes to tease Hiccup however, as she did with him when she noticed Toothless had entered the Great Hall, before she giddily turned him around so he could see Toothless was back.

Despite there being no direct confirmation, in Race to the Edge, that Hiccup and Astrid are a couple their relationship is shown to be closer and stronger. In *When Darkness Falls* there are several instances which point to the complex relationship that has develop between the two to this point and establishes a theme that carries through the entire series. When they first land on Dragon's Edge and Hiccup takes charge of having them set up the camp Snotlout complains about liking "whiney Berk Hiccup" more than "Princess outpost Hiccup" to which Astrid replies, "I know, right?" before giving Hiccup a secret double thumbs up. Then the next day when everyone is pushing their ideas for the outpost Astrid smiles when Hiccup states that they need one idea, as if she fully expects Hiccup to choose her design and then gets upset when Hiccup states that everyone else's ideas are good. However, what is perhaps the most telling is the layout that Hiccup chooses for Dragon's Edge. Hiccup placed his hut right next to Astrid's hut and they are closer together than any of the other huts.

In *Have Dragon Will Travel Part II*, Heather asks Astrid if she and Hiccup are a couple. First, Astrid panics and throws her axe into the top of a tree. Then she adamantly states the two are just friends, though appears a little nervous on the matter, and it is clear that Heather doesn't buy her denials. Also, when Heather states that Hiccup is kind of cute Astrid smiles and says, "I guess. If you like that unassuming, heroic, dragon rider type." Then at the end, Hiccup feels sorry for Astrid losing a friend, knowing the two got really close. Astrid then puts her arm around Hiccup and states, "But I still have you."

In Night of the Hunters Part I, when Stormfly gets captured leaving Astrid stranded in the water, and she doesn't show up back to campsite after sunset, a concerned Hiccup along with the rest of the dragon riders go out and look for her. Hiccup soon finds her sinking to the bottom of ocean, which he dives down and saves her. He repeatedly says her name until she finally gains back conciseness with a reply, What took you so long? Hiccup, who is now relieved says "Oh thank Thor", and he hugs her, holding her so close in the rain.

Astrid was very uncomfortable about keeping the secret about Heather from Hiccup, as she had never lied to him before. When he did find out, he was hurt that Astrid kept this information from him.

By the time of the sequel, Astrid and Hiccup are an official couple, boyfriend/girlfriend or possibly betrothed. She even teases him in an affectionate manner, and calls him babe when they are fighting Drago's army. They are comfortable sitting very close to each other, as opposed to in*Animal House* when they nervously moved away from each other. They are even so close that Astrid casually braids Hiccup's hair. Astrid also helps Hiccup in personal problems he can't figure out on his own. Also, she has displayed greater loyalty, trust and protectiveness towards Hiccup, just like Valka throughout the movie. They even exchange a few cheek kisses and a kiss on the lips at the end.

### Stormfly

Much like the relationship between Hiccup and Toothless, Stormfly seems to be Astrid's best dragon friend.

Astrid first met her in the arena as a training dragon. She hit the Deadly Nadder with Hiccup's shield, but Stormfly still let Astrid ride her in the battle against the Red Death. Afterwards, Stormfly became Astrid's dragon. The two are very close and have similar personalities. Both are competitive, beautiful, and can be somewhat violent occasionally. Stormfly is not adverse to having other people ride her besides her Rider. Still, she's very loyal to Astrid, and is protective as well. Astrid seems to have lots of confidence in her dragon as she says that even though she's beautiful, she's still very tough. In *How To Train Your Dragon 2*, they both have a much stronger, closer bond with each other. As we can all see Astrid has grown close to Stormfly and loves her very much.

When Stormfly was captured by the Dragon Hunters in *Night of the Hunters Part I,*Astrid showed deep concern and fierce determination to get her dragon back.

### Sneaky

Sneaky is a Terrible Terror that Astrid trained in *Worst in Show*. She has a good friendship with Sneaky as she trained him for stealth.

### Snotlout Jorgenson

Astrid seems to honestly be repulsed by Snotlout the majority of the time. In *When Lightning Strikes*, when Snotlout suggest that they build a big statue of himself as Thor and kisses his biceps Astrid makes a gagging motion and says that she just threw up in her mouth. Also, in *Appetite for Destruction*, she appeared to find the thought of kissing Snotlout repulsive to use as a her losing a bet, she stated that she would "kiss Snotlout on the lips" if Hiccup's and Fishlegs' airmail worked. When the airmail system worked she quickly broke her word and threatened Hiccup when he teased her. And in *Total Nightmare* when Snotlout says that Hookfang must have picked up a few pointers from his master in regard to "the ladies", Astrid replies that she doubts it because the female Monstrous Nightmare isn't dry heaving. Every time Snotlout tries to get close to Astrid, she punishes him with something, such as when she threw a rock at him and flipping him for hitting on her in *Free Scauldy*. In*A View to a Skrill Part I* when Snotlout puts his arm on her shoulder she forcefully throws it off, aand when he is later struck by lightning takes a sort of pleasure in his inability to speak properly, stating that he is "better than okay". In *Free Scauldy*, she was paired up with Snotlout on patrol, and was annoyed with him constantly flirting with her.

Pushed over the edge, and her previously aggressive responses doing nothing to deter Snotlout, Astrid turns the tables on him by pretending that he has finally won her over. She then begins to flirt back in a saccharine manner, which quickly scares Snotlout into submission, much to Astrid's enjoyment. In *Race to Fireworm Island*, Astrid shows a gentler side in the face of Snotlout's obvious worry about Hookfang, telling him that there is nothing wrong with caring and almost crying when Hookfang is supposedly mortally wounded by the Fireworm Queen. Also, in *Total Nightmare*, Astrid did show concern for Snotlout when he decided to go up against a Titan Monstrous Nightmare. By *How To Train Your Dragon 2*, it is revealed that Snotlout has given up his pursuit of Astrid, since she has officially been in a relationship with Hiccup for some time by this point, and has transferred his affections to Ruffnut. It is known this improved their relationship.

### Heather

Astrid at first believed Heather's story about being attacked by pirates like everyone else, but later sees her running off in the middle of the night. She then becomes very suspicious of her. She was also a little jealous that Hiccup had been spending time with her, and not their appointment to meet up. Astrid suspicions grow as Heather becomes more and more interested with the Book of Dragons. Hiccup isn't bothered by this, or when Astrid tells him about the other night. Heather says she couldn't sleep so she went for a walk. Later, Astrid catches Heather with Stormfly and warns her not to give her the "innocent routine." Heather simply replies that Astrid is too smart for that. She also pushes her buttons when it appears that Stormfly likes Heather. Astrid soon discovers that Heather is working with the Outcasts. She tries to warn Hiccup, but Heather beat her to Hiccup's room, where she pretends she was sleeping the whole time. The next day, while Hiccup is looking for the Book of Dragons, Astrid bursts opens the door telling him "little miss innocent" stole Stormfly. Finally putting two and two together, the teens go after Heather. When they catch up to her, Astrid jumps onto Stormfly's back from Toothless, and starts wrestling with Heather over the book. By the time they reach Outcast Island, Astrid accidentally knocks Heather off Stormfly, with the book. Snotlout catches her, but the Book of Dragons is now on Outcast Island. Heather is then locked up in the Berk prison while the teens try to figure out a plan to get the Book back.

Later on, Heather tries to tell Astrid she did what she did because Alvin had her parents, though she doesn't believe her. When Astrid disguises herself as Heather to get the Book of Dragons back, she learns Heather was telling the truth that Alvin really did have Heather's parents. Astrid then tries to save them but is found out by Alvin and is forced to show him where Hiccup and the others are. The teens and Outcasts begin to fight and the Riders are soon overpowered. Then to their surprise, Heather and Stormfly show up. Astrid apologizes for not believing her, but Heather says she wouldn't have believed herself either. The two girls the ride Stormfly and grab Heather's parents. Once they all return to Berk, with the Book, Heather thanks them for their help, especially Astrid. The two hug, as they have finally become friends. Astrid and Hiccup then wave goodbye to Heather as she and her family sail home.

When they met up three years later, after Heather trapped Astrid and Stormfly in a cave. While angry at first, she did say the "chicken move" brought back some memories. Astrid also enjoyed how much more of a fighter Heather had become, and was extremely impressed by her battle axe, wanting one for herself. The two even spent time together throwing axes, as well as having some "girl talk." When Heather wanted to go after Dagur again, Astrid was hesitant, hurting Heather's feelings. Not wanting her to go alone, Astrid convinces the other Dragon Riders to join Heather, as long as it remained a capture mission. Astrid and Heather snuck aboard Dagur's ship, quietly taking out his men. Before Heather could finish Dagur off, Hiccup arrived revealing Heather and Dagur were actually siblings. With this shocking news, Heather decided to leave Dragon's Edge. Astrid was saddened by this, and tried to convince her to stay.

When it had appeared Heather betrayed the Dragon Riders, Astrid was very angry with her, like how it was when they first met. However, Heather told Astrid that she was actually spying on the Dragon Hunters and agreed to keep her secret from the others. Astrid and Heather were able to work well together in convincingRyker and Dagur that they were enemies when she and the other riders were captured the Dragon Hunters. In her role as Astrid's contact, Heather supplied with information on the Dragon Hunters' targets and their leader, Viggo Grimborn. Astrid later admitted to the other Dragon Riders about their plan. By the time of*Maces and Talons Part I*, Astrid grew very concerned about Heather's role as a spy and wanted to pull her out. When Viggo figured out she was a spy, Astrid feared what the Hunters would do to Heather. She was very happy that Heather managed to escape and the two girls and Hiccup drove Flightmare away.

### Stoick the Vast

It is unknown about the length of Astrid and Stoick's relationship, but what Stoick yelled during the Dragon Races when Astrid won is that he is looking forward to his her becoming his daughter-in-law. The exact meaning of this isn't clear, it could be interpreted that he is simply looking forward to his son's girlfriend becoming something more, or it could literally mean what Stoick said that Astrid is going to be his future daughter-in-law, which would mean that Hiccup and Astrid are betrothed. Astrid was greatly saddened when Stoick died in *How to Train Your Dragon 2*, and fired a flaming arrow onto Stoick's ship to honor her chieftain.

### Gobber

When Astrid was a small child, she wanted to get revenge on the Flightmare for turning her "fearless" uncle into a frozen one. However she was stopped by Gobber because she would need "more than that wee axe". Gobber is shown to be somewhat friendly with Astrid, regardless of the situation.

### Toothless

Astrid and Toothless are both hostile to each other during their first meeting, which ends with Astrid fleeing the scene. In an attempt to change Astrid's mind about dragons, Toothless reluctantly agrees to help Hiccup kidnap her. With their first encounter still afresh in mind, Toothless decides to take her for a spin as soon as she seats herself on top of him. It's only after she voices her apology to Hiccup, Toothless slows down and ascends into the skies, offering her a new perspective of the world. Overridden by joyous realization and taken aback by the beauty of it all, Astrid smiles for the first time in the movie. She then proceeds to tell Toothless he is amazing, making him smile back at her.

Toothless and Astrid bond over their mutual affection for Hiccup and greatly appreciate each other's presence in his life. In *Gift of the Night Fury* Astrid is ecstatic to see Toothless return and reunite with Hiccup. Similarly in*How to Train Your Dragon 2*, Toothless gives Astrid a big tongue-lolling smile when she arrives on *Itchy Armpit*. As he runs up to her, she gives him a loving scratch under his chin, showing they have developed a close and comfortable relationship. Astrid also makes a mention of riding Toothless for Hiccup once Hiccup becomes too busy with his Chiefly duties, implying she has flown Toothless before.

### Valka

Astrid was surprised to learn Hiccup's mother was alive and looked positively awed when she saw her on topCloudjumper taking control of all the dragons.

There was little interaction between Astrid and Valka in How to Train Your Dragon 2, but they appear to get along well in Dragons: Rise of Berk. They often train dragons together and give one another compliments. Valka is also openly supportive of Hiccup's relationship with Astrid and even offers them relationship advice.

After witnessing a quarrel between the young couple one morning, Valka voices her concerns to Gobber. She is worried Hiccup and Astrid will make the same mistakes as she did in her relationship with Stoick. She even attempts to talk to Hiccup and Astrid about it but they inform her they have already made amends since morning and are off to a picnic on Perilous Paradise island now. Valka quickly learns the young riders have good communication and don't hold grudges against each other for long, and decides then to never interfere again.

In *Breakneck Bog*, Astrid supported Hiccup's search for the long-lost gift from Valka and encouraged the other teens to help.

### Fishlegs Ingerman

These two have a good relationship. Astrid and Fishlegs never really show any type of argument except when during the Terrible Terror training competition. Fishlegs also helps out Astrid on how to get near the Flightmare. She does shown to hurt him when being treated wrong and tries to defend him from Snoutlout for being slow. The only time Fishlegs repulsed Astrid was when Fishlegs was hypnotized into Thor Bonecrusher and acted liked Snotlout. As Bonecrusher, Fishlegs had one-sided attraction to her like snotlout. It repulsed her though.

### Ruff and Tuff Thorston

Like Hiccup's relationship with the twins, Astrid's relationship with the twins is rather basic. She had almost no interaction with Tuffnut but did seem to interact with Ruffnut, as the two were shown back to back watching for the Zippleback and when Tuffnut commented on how Hiccup and Astrid looked like a couple, Ruffnut said, "She could do better", indicating she and Ruffnut may get along, although she did pull Ruffnut away when she briefly flirted with Hiccup just prior to taming Hookfang. In the television series, she gets easily annoyed by their antics and does not trust their abilities either. While she considers both annoying, she seems to find Tuffnut slightly more annoying, as she will hit him when extremely annoyed with him, (as seen when she mercilessly hits him with a skeleton arm when she finds out he, Ruffnut and Snotout pranked them on Breakneck Bog), but she has not hit Ruffnut. She also does care for the twins, as she states "I'll almost miss them when they don't come back" when Hiccup sends them and the rest of the riders to separate parts of the island to find and remove old Dragon traps. It is also presumed in *A View to a Skrill Part 2* that she went along with the rest of the riders who looked for the twins after they went missing until both she and her Dragon became too exhausted to look further and rested, indicating she does genuinely care for them.

### Eret, Son of Eret

Astrid's relationship with Eret is rocky at first, with Eret trapping Stormfly. Then, when Hiccup decided to surrender himself to Eret, she showed her reluctance to be captured while complaining to Hiccup. However, Astrid got much more time to get to know Eret than Hiccup did, as she managed to capture him quite early on in the film. When Eret double-crosses them and gives them away to Drago, Astrid is visibly and understandably upset, and feels betrayed. However, he does eventually save Stormfly, help to bring down Drago, and joins the Dragon Riders' ranks.

### Hookfang

She first meets Hookfang at the Kill Ring where she tried to protect Hiccup by throwing a hammer at his face. Like the other riders, Astrid would have thought that Hookfang was a wild and aggressive dragon. Later though, she is shown to bond with him when she switches dragons with Snotlout. Astrid was also very concerned when Hookfang was dying in Race to Fireworm Island, but was relieved with joy when the Fireworm Queen restored his flames. Though Hookfang did try to show some affection to Astrid, she wasn't to happy about it. She was however, impressed with how powerful Hookfang was and also finding the hidden ability of his with Wing Blast.

### Gustav Larson

Astrid, like the other riders, saw Gustav as a tiny Snotlout when he became dragon rider in training. By the time Gustav was 16, Astrid was as annoyed with his attraction to her just like Snotlout when he fantasized about she and him in Gone Gustav Gone.

## On Yen Sid's Team

After the Dragon Battle with Drago Bludvist, she now know that Eret, Son of Eret is a new Dragon Rider of Berk, just like her friend, Heather. Weeks later, while talking to Eret, she admits to him that she has feelings for him; in return, the feeling was mutual. But, when Hiccup found out that she and Eret are now a couple, he saw that he made a friend depressed in loneliness... again.

But, one night while Eret was trying to find Hiccup as she was flying in the sky to find him, she saw a bunch of dark-looking dragons coming straight in front of her. As everyone saw the dark dragons and a hooded figure fighting, they tried to help the figure with their dragons, including. But when all the others were defeated too easily, only Hiccup was standing. When both the hooded figure and Hiccup defeated the dark dragons, they were able to save everyone else who were about to be attacked by the dark dragons that were actually Dark Creatures from the Darkness.

After the thanks, the hooded figure, that defeated the Dark Creatures with Hiccup, took off her hood to show a teenage girl with ocean blue eyes and golden blonde hair, and that girl was none other than the reborn daughter of Yen Sid: Andi G.: The Savior of the Ten Kingdoms. When her viking friends, Fishlegs, Snotlout, and Tuffnut, saw Andrea with their own two eyes, they were awestruck to see such a beautiful woman who saved them from the Dark Creatures, causing her to fake vomit; indicating that she hates her friends at the actions they make. But, when she looked at Hiccup, she saw that he was the only boy who didn't fall for her, as he was pondering on why she looked familiar.

As soon as Andrea was about to leave, she asked if Hiccup would like to join her team she is rebuilding for her father. To that offer, her ex-boyfriend accepted her request; knowing her, it'll take Hiccup away from all of his friends and her (also indicating she still has feelings for Hiccup). And when her ex-boyfriend joined, so did she, her friends, Eret, and Valka, Hiccup's mother.

A few weeks later, while being on Yen Sid's Team, she was watching Hiccup practice some new moves and training harder with Toothless, the Night Fury, in the new training room Andrea gave him. But, as he took off his shirt to get rid of the sweat, he bumped into a girl, but not just any girl... it was Merida! As she began to blush and started to look furious that Merida saw her ex-boyfriend shirtless, she saw that Hiccup said that he was sorry; she then saw Hiccup showing his apologies as he bowed down and kissed the palm of Merida's hand to show his sincere apology; but to both her's and Hiccup's surprise, Merida was just simply blushing at his actions. They couldn't speak to each other until they went on a mission together with Andrea, causing Astrid to feel guilty that she lost Hiccup for Merida.

Later on, she started to spy on Hiccup and Merida, while they were on missions or while Hiccup and Merida were on dates alone. When she saw that she is the only one who knows of Merida's and Hiccup's forbidden affairs, she began to talk to Andrea to find out if it was true or not. But when she talked to Andrea about the little secret she found out, all Andrea can say is that they are just being friends and hanging out just so the two of them can get to know each other; at this, she realize that Andrea must already be aware of Hiccup's and Merida's time together, causing her to believe she is jealous.

## Trivia

* Astrid's name means "Divine Beauty" in Old Norse which fits into her description.
* Astrid is the first teen who has a real life name. The second being Heather.
* Astrid is the only teen who hasn't been seen wearing a Viking helmet. However, she did wear one as a child in *Fright of Passage*.
* Astrid is right-handed.
* Compared to the second movie, Astrid wears eyeliner in the first film all the way to the series. If you lay pictures out of the two movies side by side, you could easily see that she does, in fact, wear eyeliner in the first film.
* She is the Academy's Sharp Class Dragons expert despite the fact that her favorite species, the Deadly Nadder is now a member of the Tracker Class.
* She seems to create very difficult Flight Club training missions, such as "Hand-to-Claw Combat" and "Spine-Dodging."
* She is Hiccup's second-in-command in the Berk Dragon Training Academy and Dragon Flight Club.
* In "A Tale of Two Dragons", Snotlout throws cod at Astrid and retorts "What's wrong Astrid, I thought you like cod?", implying she likes cod.
* Astrid sees hitting people as her way of "communicating".
* In a deleted scene from the first film, Astrid says her axe belonged to her mother.
* Astrid has only been seen without her shoulder pads in *How to Start a Dragon Academy* and *Smoke Gets in Your Eyes*.
* America Ferrera refers to Astrid as being Hiccup's "Number one defender and champion" by the time of the second film.