[hider=Astrid Hansen] [hr][hr][h1][b][i][color=82ca9d][center]Astrid Hansen[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h1] [center][img]https://media.giphy.com/media/CIbIJyMtW5GqQ/giphy.gif[/img][/center] [hr][hr][h3][b][i][color=82ca9d][center]Character Summary[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=82ca9d]Name:[/color][/b] Astrid Bodil Hansen [b][color=82ca9d]Aliases:[/color][/b] Valkyrie [b][color=82ca9d]Age:[/color][/b] 34 [b][color=82ca9d]Birthday:[/color][/b] January 1st [b][color=82ca9d]Ethnicity:[/color][/b] Norwegian-American [b][color=82ca9d]Birth Place:[/color][/b] Minneapolis Minnesota [b][color=82ca9d]Location:[/color][/b] Georgia Renaissance Festival [b][color=82ca9d]Gender:[/color][/b] Female [b][color=82ca9d]Major/Minor:[/color][/b] N/A [b][color=82ca9d]Occupation:[/color][/b] Shield Maiden (Viking Reenactor) [b][color=82ca9d]Languages:[/color][/b] English/Norwegian [hr][center][img]http://www.depepi.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/vikings-lagertha-6-depepi.com_.gif[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=82ca9d][center]Appearance[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=82ca9d]Height:[/color][/b] 6'0" [b][color=82ca9d]Weight:[/color][/b] 155lbs [b][color=82ca9d]Build:[/color][/b] Athletic [b][color=82ca9d]Eyes:[/color][/b] Blue [b][color=82ca9d]Hair:[/color][/b] Blonde [b][color=82ca9d]Skin Tone:[/color][/b] Fair [b][color=82ca9d]Tattoos/Scars/Piercings:[/color][/b] Numerous Viking inspired tattoos that cover a large portion of her body. Several ear piercings. Multiple scars on her flesh; arms, legs, back. [hr][center][img]https://66.media.tumblr.com/ac418ed6dfcf16815e376f57fdde5273/tumblr_o2sw3vvOFF1s7xoeto3_500.gif[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=82ca9d][center]Psychology[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [i][color=82ca9d][center]Fiercely Loyal * Sarcastic * Adaptable * Snarky[/center][/color][/i] [b][color=82ca9d]Sexuality:[/color][/b] Bi-Sexual (Usually preferring males) [b][color=82ca9d]Relationship Status:[/color][/b] Divorced [b][color=82ca9d]Personality:[/color][/b] Astrid might has well have been born a thousand years ago. Even though she was born in a large city and raised there her views are still tucked away in the Viking ages when it comes to many thing. She actually enjoys not having electricity and surviving off the land. Every day is like she is raiding and pillaging some new town. If it weren't for all the Walkers running around this would be her perfect idea of life. She is a survivor, even before the outbreak, and loyal to a fault when it comes to her friends. If you become one you will have one until you die because in her mind she isn't going to die until she is ready. Damn the Walkers. She can be kind and is very motherly in her ways but she is rather rude at times. She is sarcastic and has a snarky streak that runs a mile long. Thankfully most don't see this side because it usually comes out in Norwegian instead of English, but the look on her face can give her away. She cannot keep a secret to save her life and what she says is always truth, sometimes too much truth. To get around this though she will speak in riddles from time to time. She won't lie but she will circumvent telling you the all out truth if she can avoid it when needed. [b][color=82ca9d]Habits:[/color][/b] Braiding her hair, picking at hew nails [b][color=82ca9d]Hobbies:[/color][/b] Star gazing [b][color=82ca9d]Fears:[/color][/b] [list][*] Losing her sword [*] Having to put down a friend [*] Snakes[/list] [b][color=82ca9d]Likes:[/color][/b] [list][*] Reading [*] Polishing her sword [*] Talking in Norwegian so others don't know what she is saying [*] Gardening [*] Taking care of her horse [*] Cold days[/list] [b][color=82ca9d]Dislikes:[/color][/b] [list][*] The Heat - Why the fuck are we in Ga again? [*] People messing with her braids [*] People messing with her horse [*] People touching her things [*] Coffee [*] Getting more stitches[/list] [hr][center][img]https://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/tumblr_mk2vtgxywq1rzwhj0o4_250.gif[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=82ca9d][center]Cards On The Table[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=82ca9d]Pre Outbreak Skills:[/color][/b] [list] [*] Sword Fighting [*] Shield Fighting [*] Horse Riding [*] Bow [*] Viking Survival Skills [/list] [b][color=82ca9d]Post Outbreak Skills:[/color][/b] [list] [*] Fletching [*] First Aid [*] Axe Throwing [*] Animal Husbandry [*] Leather Tanning [/list] [b][color=82ca9d]Current Supplies:[/color][/b] [list] [*] Current Clothing - leather corset, leather pauldrons, leather tassets, leather belt, linen viking period shirt, fitted trousers, knee high leather boots, various leather pouches, numerous pieces of vikingesque jewelry, sword sheath, under clothing [*] Shield [*] Long Sword [*] Viking Throwing Axe [*] Horse [*] Standard [*] 2 litter bottle with various types of sand in it [*] Dried meats [*] Patches of leather [*] Sexy fun stuff [/list] [hr][center][img]http://45.media.tumblr.com/9f25a18ae9b4bf98f8823c662cec51c9/tumblr_n4t8jynrAy1shlaiao1_500.gif[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=82ca9d][center]History[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=82ca9d]Your First Walker Encounter:[/color][/b] Heat stroke his one of the people that were coming to the faire. It didn't surprise her, the person was all dressed up not only in leather armor but chainmail and the heat had set in early. They thought they could handle it, they couldn't. The body was moved to a tent to stay there until the paramedics showed up. They showed up too late. The corpse decided it had had a long enough nap and began to go on an eating rampage through the faire. Apparently Ale and Turkey legs were not on its Weight Watchers Point Program. A sword to the skull later and Astrid had made her first true kill. It wouldn't be her last. [b][color=82ca9d]History Before Outbreak:[/color][/b] Life for Astrid before the break out was anything but your typical childhood. Daughter of two Norwegian-American's she was raised in the old ways. Her parents helped to start the reenactment movement for Viking History in the northern part of the country and when she was born she became part of that life. She never attended school properly, instead her mother homeschooled her. Astrid loved it. Every weekend they were off to some other part of the country, educating people on the ancient ways of the Vikings. As she got older her parents started to train her in warfare. How to handle a sword, a shield, and more. She was a shield maiden of old in her mind and it was an honor to carry on the family legacy. She quickly became the lead Shield Maiden in the troops reenactments, leading her people into "battle". The more believable they could make it the better. Week days were spent training and readying more good to sell to those that visited the various reenactment locations. Much of the down time was spent braiding girls hair for a price to bring in more money. After a time Astrid ended up being an extra in several movies and t.v. shows that focused on vikings. Wardrobe loved her. She always showed up in full gear, her hair braided wildly only made it that much better for them. She enjoyed it but she hated hearing the word "cut." She eventually stopped the minor acting career and returned to her troop. The next stop - The Georgia Renaissance Festival. Six weeks of Georgia heat in leather armor? Oh yay, but hey she would get to show off her shield skills once again. Why not? [b][color=82ca9d]History Since Outbreak:[/color][/b] The first couple of years after the outbreak were decent enough, at least as decent as they could be in the middle of the end of the world. The place had supplies and walls, that was a big step up from what most had. Not only that it had people, people who were used to living without the modern things. People who had spent years if not a life time holding on to the past. Those skills became invaluable during that time. Being able to live off the land and know how to handle a fight was a priceless endeavor. Astrid ended up doing what she always did, she fought. Granted now it wasn't against others in some staged battle, this was real. But when you are killing monsters, it doesn't seem so bad. At least not later, the first kills are always hard. You still see your friends in those lifeless eyes. You know what they did when they were alive, you remember laughing with them. After a time it isn't so hard and it becomes second nature. Then comes the point where you start killing those that are alive. At first it is a last resort, to save yourself. You instead of them. After that you start weighing people, are they worth it? Will they become trouble? Even with the living you become less attached. If killing the dead and the living isn't bad enough there is always something else. Eventually food stores run low or disease gets in. A simple flu starts killing people and those people while knowing about the past know very little about modern medicine. Death tolls rise quickly and you are left standing there as you see everything you have fought to protect fall to ash around you. Do you stay or do you go? By the time that happened there were only her and one other left. They couldn't keep the large area going alone, didn't matter how fierce they were. Packing up a cart, burying supplies and bracing the walls as best they could they set off. They needed a new home or at least new people. So it began, the next year of their lives. Astra kept the woman close, learning from her and teaching her. The two are sisters in arms now and even though Astrid has retreated to this place in her mind of a true shield maiden, it has been a good place to stay for now. Though, how long can she remain in that state until it fully takes over and she forgets everything of a normal life. Is there such a thing anymore? Doesn't matter, you still keep moving. [hr][center][img]https://45.media.tumblr.com/19689ccc0764a6cbd250969f98d63926/tumblr_nmk7lhPmCX1tdy0nco1_500.gif[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=82ca9d][center]Extras[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=82ca9d]Character Quote:[/color][/b] Lo there do I see my father; Lo there do I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers; Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever. [b][color=82ca9d]Theme Song:[/color][/b] [url=https://youtu.be/zaFMODV9tTU]Tyr - The Lay Of Our Love[/url] [b][color=82ca9d]How Many Walkers Have You Killed:[/color][/b] I have lost count [b][color=82ca9d]How Many People Have You Killed:[/color][/b] Over a dozen [b][color=82ca9d]Why:[/color][/b] It's a bad idea to think you can rape and pillage a Viking woman [b][color=82ca9d]Anything Else:[/color][/b] ~provided in previous CS's~ [sub][color=ed1c24]*By submitting this CS in its completion I am stating I have read all the rules for this Rp and am agreeing to follow them to the fullest with respect and courtesy.[/color][/sub][/hider][hr][hr][hider=Relation Sheet][center][h1][color=82ca9d]Astrid Hansen[/color][/h1] [img]https://media.giphy.com/media/JR8TzYG6nrbz2/giphy.gif[/img] [color=82ca9d]{[/color][i]"Mouths closed, ears open."[/i][color=82ca9d]}[/color] ⚜ Respects ~*~ ☯ Neutral ~*~ ☮ Friends ~*~ ♫ Best Friends ~*~ § Tense ~*~ ♥ Crush ~*~ ⚤ Significant Other ~*~ ☠ Enemies [hr][hr][/center][center] ☮ [color=steelblue][b]Ashton Holloway[/b][/color] ☮ [i]"You talk too much."[/i] Astrid isn't much for talking which works for her and Ash. He isn't a bad guy and has a lot on his shoulders trying to keep this place running, especially with that vocal southern chic as his second. Astrid does what she can to help out around the place and when there is down time she can sometimes be found drinking with Ash. Neither really say a lot to each other but the silence between them isn't awkward. They will talk from time to time if they need to get something off their chests but other than that it is pretty quiet. He seems to need time to get over everything that happened the day she arrived in Newnan and a month in her mind is not nearly enough. [hr] ☯ [color=firebrick][b]James Grady[/b][/color] ☯ [i]"Makes good food."[/i] Astrid doesn't talk much to James, granted she doesn't talk much to anyone. He is friendly enough and she will smirk from time to time at his antics but that is about it. Their jobs don't have them really talking much at all and it is more of a passing thing. She doesn't have anything against him but she doesn't exactly have anything towards him either. Not a bad guy but like with a lot of people in Newnan she thinks he talks to much. [hr] Symbol [color=cyan][b]Kristina Smith[/b][/color] Symbol [i]"Thoughts on person"[/i] Relation Details [hr] § [color=tomato][b]Richard Johnson[/b][/color] § [i]"Hey Sexy."[/i] Astrid had a one night stand with Richard one evening. She didn't think anything about it until she was confronted by a very angry Southern Woman the next day. That was when she found out that Richard and Zoie had been a sort of item. Since then things have been tense with Richard and Astrid has fun with it. She isn't trying to get back in bed with the man but she likes fucking with him and making him worried that Zoie will take it the wrong way. God help him if he comes into the infirmary, she will have a much too sexy bed side manner just to frustrate him. Serves him right in her book, he should have told her he was tumbling in the hay with more than one girl. [hr] ☯ [color=f6989d][b]Zoie Crawford[/b][/color] ☯ [i]"She'll enter Valhalla."[/i] Astrid and Zoie don't really talk outside of work. After the thing with Richard it is better that way but thankfully neither woman has any real issue with the other. They work together well enough to get the job done and everything. Astrid sees her when she comes to see Froggy and for other things as well but they keep their talks about work only. She knows better than to bring up Richard around her, girl is still stinging from that. [hr] ⚜ [color=khaki][b]Victor Bonheur[/b][/color] ⚜ [i]"Good doctor, good teacher."[/i] Astrid respect anyone that has the knowledge and skill and personality fitting of a doctor. The man does a lot of good and has taught Astrid a lot over the last month while she has been working in the infirmary. It started out as more of a muscle position to help the Frenchman move things around and keep people that annoyed him away but slowly she has become a nurse in a way in the ward. She is a quick student and he has lent her several books from the infirmary on emergency medical care for her to study, which she spends a lot of down time reading. [hr] Symbol [color=6ecff6][b]Sophia Harris[/b][/color] Symbol [i]"Thoughts on person"[/i] Relation Details [hr] Symbol [color=a187be][b]Tatiana Korvo[/b][/color] Symbol [i]"Thoughts on person"[/i] Relation Details [hr] ♫ [color=orangered][b]Bridgette Vinters[/b][/color] ♫ [i]"Sister Valkyrie"[/i] Astrid and Bridgette have been together since the beginning of the outbreak, not something many people can claim these days. Astrid adores Bridgette in more ways than one. She loves her like a sister of battle, has her back no matter what, and would happily gut anyone that screwed with her. Granted she knows that Bridgette is more than capable of taking care of herself but that doesn't mean she won't step in when needed, if only to keep Bridgette from saying a bit too much. The two have shared a bed more than once but as far as romance goes there is none. Sometimes a girl just needs a bit of release and it's easier with someone you trust. [hr] ☮ [color=peru][b]Agnes Johannsson[/b][/color] ☮ [i]"Good hair, good frame"[/i] Astrid and Bryn are friends but some might not know it. They really don't say anything to each other, more of a series of nods and grunts between the two. What gives away that they enjoy being around each other usually comes once it gets dark outside. More than once you can find these two, along with Bridgette, around a fire. Bridgette going on and on as she always does, Bryn sitting on the ground in front of Astrid and Astrid in a chair behind Bryn as she braids her hair. The three have an understanding; Chicks before Dicks. [hr] Symbol [color=fff200][b]Niesha Burkstien[/b][/color] Symbol [i]"Thoughts on person"[/i] Relation Details [hr] Symbol [color=00ff00][b]Jack Hudson[/b][/color] Symbol [i]"Thoughts on person"[/i] Relation Details [hr] Symbol [color=fff79a][b]Ryan O'Reily[/b][/color] Symbol [i]"Thoughts on person"[/i] Relation Details [hr][/center] [/hider]