Profession: Head of a viking household, seamstress.
Physical Description:
Personality: Blunt, resourceful, determined and extremely practical.
Brief History: The child of warriors, sister of warriors, wife of a warrior and mother of future warriors, Astrid is a viking through and through. A mother of four, she ran the household after both her parents were killed, raising her youngest siblings as she did so. Married at fifteen to Sven, her eldest child Arne was born not long after. Sigrid followed, and Hródolf was born a few years after that. She ran the household, she kept the animals and ensured the crops were planted and harvested, she looked after the money and raised the children while Sven went off and vikinged about. So far, so normal.
And then she was taken by the Gods themselves to live in the stars with her long-dead Mam, her younger sister Brenna and all manner of other people. Hródolf was with her when she was taken, so he came with her. She adapted. Eventually. Lady Frigga had to do a quick spell to teach her English, and there was a crash course in modern technology, and it was all very odd. But she found a place to live, and made friends - the Torrance/Stone family in particular, especially once Brenna married Dan - and gained new family since her mam adopted her new sister Zu. And she did not have to tend to the animals or deal with the crops or any of that, so she had time to do what she enjoyed, which was make clothes. Sewing, knitting, all sorts. She set up a "shop" with her sister Zu, and they made clothes, altered others, and restocked their supplies when there were doors to other places open.
One door was both amazing and cruel, because it led home to her Sven and her children. And then it closed. And a few weeks later, Astrid realised that she was pregnant again. Hródolf was an adult at this point, thanks to Station Magic and the will of the Gods, so she had been missing having a little one around. Bittersweet, really. Sven and her having another child when he would never see them.
Hulda was born on the Station in February, a few weeks after Dan's birthday. The little girl is just over a year old now, and just as curious and fearless as all Astrid's other children.
Skills/Powers/Abilities: Astrid is a regular human with no special abilities. She knows how to defend herself from swords and knives. She is a skilled seamstress and can knit, crochet and do naalbinding, and has been shown how to use Youtube in order to learn all kinds of fancy stitches. She can tend to most farm animals, plant and harvest crops, and she can deal with Grumpy Toddlers like you wouldn't believe.