Astrid (The Hybrid Chronicles)

## Astrid

The Angelic Daughter of Aphrodite

Gadreel (Father)

Nephilim (Cousins)

Angels (Aunts/Uncles)

The Winged (Declared Family)

*"My name is Astrid and I am the most powerful member of The Winged. My life is to kill those who dared to harm my family. My brother may not be able to end you, but I will.*
―Astrid to Arya
**Astrid** is Alexander's younger twin sister and Helena's best friend. She is a minor protagonist in Rise of the Chosen Ones and a major protagonist in Apocalypse Rising. She is the third in command of The Winged, acting as Helena's lieutenant. As the daughter of Aphrodite and Gadreel, a cherubim, she is one of the most powerful members in The Winged and one of the greatest hybrids in the world.

For thousands of years, she was The Winged's main weapon against Arya, the spy of The Demonic Skull. Upon meeting the Chosen Ones, Astrid helped them find Rocael's location. When the Apocalypse started, she and her teammates allied with The Demonic Skull and Team Chosen Ones. Astrid assisted in stopping Rocael in his rampage and fighting the forces of Hell.

During the second war against the Old Ones, Astrid defended The Winged against them. Although The Winged was nearly overwhelmed, they were saved when the Chosen Ones defeated the leaders of the Outer Gods.

Astrid is part of the Olympian family and a member of The Winged.

## Early History

* Childhood
* The Winged

## The Hybrid Chronicles

* Rise of the Chosen Ones
* Apocalypse Rising

## Personality

Astrid is brave, determined, kind-hearted, and fiercely independent. She has a strong conviction towards who she is and what she can do. She is stubborn and rebellious, never backing down from a challenge. Although Astrid often gets frustrated whenever she fails to do something, she will always get back up and try again.

Though brash and sometimes prideful, Astrid is a noble and selfless person and a loyal friend towards those she cares about. She has an easier time interacting with children than most other adults, acting as an older sister to the younger recruits of The Winged and quickly establishing a rapport with Perseus and Seraphina.

Astrid can be suspicious and unfriendly towards those she deemed a threat towards The Winged as she acted politely but coldly towards Linarian, Cal, and Jack and showed no mercy towards Arya during their fight. Still, she acknowledged the Chosen Ones' courage and seemed impressed by Arya's power, even complimenting her on her prowess.

In Apocalypse Rising, Astrid showed a brighter and friendlier side to herself and became more extroverted. She placed her faith in the True Archangels and openly accepted help from The Demonic Skull, understanding that they were all rallied behind the same cause.

## Physical Appearance

As the daughter of Aphrodite, Astrid is extremely beautiful and elegant. She looks like a young British woman in her prime, around early to mid 30's. She has dark brown hair and azure blue eyes and stands around 5'7" (feet). She wears various different clothing: trench coat, formal buttoned, shot sleeve shirt underneath, slim fit pants, black colored, flat strap belt, and black, ankle-length, high-heeled boots. Like all female members of The Winged, she has the marking of The Winged symbol on her right shoulder.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Lower Tier Nigh Omnipotence (2nd Strongest Abstract Entity):** As the daughter of a high-ranking angel and a powerful deity, Astrid is an exceptionally powerful hybrid whose powers developed over her lifetime. She is one of the most powerful members of The Winged, rivalled only by Helena and Alexander. Her powers were potent enough for her to defeat Arya, one of the most dangerous members of The Demonic Skull whereas Alexander was unable to.
	+ **Aether Magic:** As a Nephilim, Astrid is able to perform a form of magic that allows them to utilize Aether, the celestial element, either magically manipulating it or using it to cast spells.
	+ **Creative Force Manipulation:** Astrid can create, shape and manipulate creative forces. Thanks to this power, she can wield great power over creation like creating things on a cosmic scale and control the foundations of the universe.
	+ **Esoteric Energy Manipulation:** Astrid can manipulate energy that doesn't abide by the laws of science and physics. She is able to perform various paranormal feats of power as well. The energy she manipulates comes in many forms like physic, magical, and ethereal.
		- **Mana Manipulation:** Astrid is able to use mana to counter the spells and temporarily take away someone's magical power.
	+ **Life-Force Manipulation:** Astrid can create, shape and manipulate life-force, the fundamental force that allows life to appear/exist, grow and flourish throughout the universe. She can control her own personal life-force that dwells within her, allowing her to achieve a vast amount of power and great abilities considered to be beyond that of normal beings.
		- **Animancy:** Astrid can create new forms of life, grant life to the lifeless, animate things, and manipulate the life force of the universe and those connected to it.
			* **Divine Healing:** As the daughter of a Cherubim, Astrid can heal herself and others by using divine energy and power.
			* **Resurrection:** Astrid is able to bring others back to life. However, her resurrection powers will only work if the True Archangels or Archdemons allow that person to be brought back to life.
		- **Pure Element:** As a Nephilim, Astrid can create, shape and manipulate the elements of a purer, beneficial nature.
		- **Telekinesis:** Astrid can impart powerful telekinetic energy onto matter, allowing her to move and pin objects and beings alike with her mind. She once threw a dresser with enough force to knock out a demon.
		- **White Arts:** Astrid can utilize the White Arts. She mainly uses this power for purifying evil spirits, dispelling curses, and healing wounds and illnesses.
		- **Aether Physiology:** As a Nephilim, Astrid is able to transform her body into Aether, a unique celestial element permeating throughout the universe and existence. By having a body made of Aether, Astrid has access to divinely abilities that involve the elements, cosmos, spiritual, transcendental and primordial forces.
			* **Non-Corporeal Form:** Astrid possess an incorporeal form, allowing her to interact with both physical and non physical realties as an incorporeal being.
				+ **Extrasensory Perception:** Astrid can see almost all supernatural activity all around her. She can sense any object, location, or person not protected by higher beings.
				+ **Immortality:** Being a Nephilim, Astrid is immortal. She is strong, flawlessly healthy, and forever exempt from the passing of time. She is immune to aging and illnesses as well as most forms of physical harm in the universe.
					- **Invulnerability:** Astrid is impervious to permanent harm by most means. When stabbed with Arya's knife, she seemed unfazed, merely pulling the knife out of her chest and continuing to fight. Only beings that rival or surpass her in power may kill or inflict true harm on her.
				+ **Intangibility:** Astrid can phase through solid matter in order to make it pass physical obstacles and be unaffected by most attacks.
				+ **Invisibility:** Astrid is able to become invisible to most beings in the universe, including angels. The only ones who can see her are beings that equal or surpass her in power.
				+ **Shapeshifting:** Astrid can alter her body, transform her appearance, and take someone else's form.
				+ **Angelic Possession:** As a part angel, Astrid can possess a human. Like all angels, she needs the vessel's consent. However, as she has a physical body, she doesn't need to possess anyone.
				+ **Quintessence Force:** Astrid is able to generate energy infinitely and indeterminately. The infinite energy she produced can be put to a number of uses, such as enhancing her physical and mental attributes to a greater level, generating almost any energy, and powering any invention or technology.
					- **Life-Force Generation:** Astrid can generate life-force/life energy.
				+ **Supernatural Condition:** As the daughter of a high-ranking angel and a powerful deity, Astrid is a very powerful hybrid. Her power outclasses most hybrids, angels, demons, and supernatural creatures. She can be rivalled or exceeded by Transcendent Hybrids and Primordial Species and is surpassed by the Primordial Entities.
				+ **Teleportation:** Astrid can teleport herself and others nearly anywhere in the entirety of all creation. Unlike most angels, she is able to enter places that are carved with Enochian Sigils and powerful spells.
	+ **Love Manipulation**: As a daughter of Aphrodite, Astrid has a level of control over the emotions of love, lust, etc.
	+ **Emotional Insight**: As a daughter of Aphrodite, Astrid is extremely good at reading people's emotions. In Rise of the Chosen Ones, she was able to translate the expressions on the Chosen Ones' faces into a real conversation by just reading them even though she didn't know them very well yet.
	+ **Charmspeak**: Astrid has the power of charmspeak, which allowed her to influence others with enhanced vocal persuasiveness. Her power has gradually became increasingly powerful throughout her life to the extent where it could even affect high-ranking angels and deities. In Apocalypse Rising, Astrid's skills in charmspeaking had evolved to the point where she was able to make both Rocael and Lucifer hesitate for a few seconds.
	+ **Beauty**: Regardless of how she looked and what she wore, Astrid is always able to radiate beauty, which sometimes prevented enemies from willingly attacking her even as she charged them head-on. She can attract people when she walks by and it is implied that she can change her physical features - Alexander once mentioned that her eyes sometimes change color, like a kaleidoscope going from azure to green.

## Items and Equipment

* **Angelic Blades** - Astrid utilizes duel angel blades that she uses to fight supernatural creatures.
* **Cherubim Bow & Arrows** - Left to her by her father, Astrid possess a bow and a seemingly never-ending supply of arrows. The arrows are powerful enough to injure and even kill beings of similar power.

## Weaknesses

Astrid possess all the standard weaknesses of a lower Transcendent Hybrid.

## Trivia

* Her clothing style has often been compared to Castiel's.