[center]"Life is short, so am I."

"You've really gotta hand it to short people, because we mostly can't reach it."

"I maintain a good perspective on life because I'm always looking up."[/center]


Name(First and Last): Astrid Ashbourne

Age: 17

Gender: female

# Of Years You've Attended CHB: 17

Godly Parent: Hebe

Which Side You're On: Athena

Appearance: 
[img]http://i.imgur.com/04qhmgK.jpg[/img]

Astrid is tiny. That is the one thing that is said about her the most. Skinny and short it's very easy for her to be missed in a large crowd. When she is not surrounded by 'giants,' as she calls everyone at a normal height, she tends to attract attention. Her hair is bright red, and she loves to keep it down, hanging to around mid-back. The intensity of the color brings out the paleness of her skin, making her seem almost paper white. The only alteration to her pale skin is a series of light freckles on either side of her petite nose. Her face is rather pretty with sharp eyebrows over large sky-blue eyes. Her eyes are always full of curiosity.

As for her non-immediate physical appearances Astrid has a series of piercings. The regular earlobe piercings in addition to three more on the left side, reaching up to the top of her ear. On her belly button she has a piercing of a small heart. Her ears are slightly pointed at the end, which in addition to her size gave her the nickname the elf.
 
Attire: 
Astrid's attire mostly consists of t-shirts and jeans. She doesn't care much for dresses or shorts, especially not short shorts. Her favourite color of all time is blue, because she learned somewhere that the color blue brings out positive emotions in people when they see it. When it gets cold she loves wearing hoodies that are way too big for her small size. She thinks it brings out for tiny size, making her look cuter.

Skills: For your blackmarket goods Astrid is your girl to go to. She has all the contraband and is the main distributer of smuggled items. Her power is extremely helpful in getting all sorts of banned stuff. Anything from expensive circuits for the Hephaestus kids to cellphones for the Aphrodite kids wanting to snapchat. Even the occasional wine bottle for Dionysus. 

Powers: Astrid has the ability to teleport to anywhere she has ever been in her life. After a sharp pop or crackling sound, she will disappear from one place and into another. She can use this to teleport into the sky for surprise aerial attacks, and teleport away to grab some sort of weapon. In a fight Astrid is very useful as she can provide weapons quickly, or avoid alarm systems with ease. When actually fighting Astrid loves to teleport in between attacks. She will usually start with a quick teleport away to grab a bat or tennis racket, before coming back to slam it into her foe. That or just drop stuff on their head.

Personality: Astrid has always had a personality to match her size. She is jumpy, excited, bubbly, and constantly full of laughter. While not a prankster or a jokester she loves to make people laugh and loves to laugh along side them. On first appearance Astrid is incredibly outgoing, often making new friends with complete strangers. She always had an easy time fitting in at school, and quickly became popular simply because she was so approachable and interesting. She is incredibly accepting of people, not caring about sexuality, gender, or appearance, as long as they don't have a problem with it. However, she does look down on the drugged and depressed.

Occasionally Astrid hits a mood she calls the "rush," but what doctors would just call selective ADD. It is basically a surge of adrenaline she gets when she is excited. As far as she knows it's not linked to any sort of power of hers, but she absolutely loves it. It usually occurs when she is doing something she is interested in involving cognitive thinking. If you can pull her away from her work, she will begin to talk very fast before quickly getting distracted and going straight back into her work.

When describing Astrid, the words often used are curious, observant, energetic, and enthusiastic. She is always ready to go out and do something, anything to keep herself busy. When sitting still she will almost constantly be moving, tapping her fingers, curling her hair, or twirling something between her fingers. Observant is not what is instantly thought of when thinking of Astrid, but anyone who knows her well can see that she is constantly noticing things so as to never miss a moment. This way she can see the bigger picture in a every moment. Contrary to observant, energetic and enthusiastic is easy for people to describe Astrid. She never holds her tongue when an idea comes to mind, and doesn't mind telling it to the first person who is willing to listen.

Where Astrid's personality has it's downfall is when she is put into leadership positions. For some reason her approachability and popularity seem to make herself an appropriate candidate for leading, despite her hating it. She finds that it often is boring, repetitive, and monotonous. What Astrid finds most important is the need to feel like she is pushing boundaries and exploring untouched ideas. Anything that hasn't been done before, she is willing to try.

Relationships for Astrid have always been easy. She seems to believe that it is her height that is most appealing about her, but for most people it's just that she doesn't make them nervous. Unfortunately while starting relationships have been easy, the in between hasn't. Astrid puts tries too hard in the relationship, trying for perfectionism. She changed herself and pushed her personal boundaries in her relationships for the sake of her significant other. For the most part she didn't mind pushing her own boundaries, just that she had done it for the wrong reason. After a breakup she often places herself under sole responsibility, crushing her self-esteem. 

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History:
Astrid arrived at camp when she was just a little baby. Really more of a newborn. Freshly swaddled in a blanket, binky stuck in her mouth, and eyes wide open, she appeared at the camp entrance without anyone knowing how she had arrived. The campers hadn't know what to do with the baby, but the fact that she was at camp meant it was one of them, so they took her in and raised her as one of their own. Astrid grew up surrounded by these campers and the powers that they held. Due to being so closely encompassed with all the abilities, she quickly developed her own. Teleportation. What a damn gift! The first time she had teleported she was only 13. Running towards the mess hall, a loud crack had filled her ears and left her stumbling over a root. Of course she had landed face first on the ground. The second time was only seconds later when she, in a daze, tried pushing herself into a sitting position and ended up hanging from a tree. It soon became obvious how she had arrived at the camp, she had teleported as a little baby, away from her home and family. 

Quickly after learning about her power, Astrid began to master it. She had an entire camp of people that had raised her to show her how to control her teleporting. Using her newfound ability she, for the first time in her life, left camp. She had always lived in camp, so this was a huge thing for her. She traveled around the world, visiting all sorts of places, learning and remembering them, so she could later teleport back. Then she returned to camp, ready to become the black market leader that she knew she was born to be.