Overview

Astrid lives alone in the outskirts of their hometown, living in a dead tree. However, Faith lives relatively close by, so Astrid is forced to deal with Faith every now and again when Astrid goes out to go on shopping trips. Introverted, she hated how chipper and bouncy Faith was. Until one day, Astrid had enough. She gave Faith a thorough talking to, and while the other was upset, She eventually toned it down for Astrids sake. A bit surprised, Astrid welcomed the change and simply tolerated her afterwards, eventually growing to quietly enjoy her company. Astrid works as a hunter, honing her attacks to have incredible strength. However, neglecting her wings a bit, she's quite a slow flier.

Personality

Quiet and reclusive, Astrid dislikes people and generally tries to avoid them, but does occasionally long for attention. She can be quite grouchy and rude, but she is very honest with her displeasure.

Appearance

Astrid is a moderately toned harpy with white skin and large black wings. She has yellow dye on her hair and wears a large overcoat slitted dress. She also wears ripped jeans She has a fairly large jagged tail. She has 3 talons per foot, 2 in front, 1 in the back. Her hair is long and very well taken care of.

RELATIONSHIPS

x : Astrid X Faith
Disliked her at first, but the two have worked out some differences and Astrid doesn't mind her company on scheduled days.

x : Astrid X Thunder Faith
Has no real opinion on them, a sort of live and let live situation where both ignore the other.

x : Astrid X Apricot
Comes in to her store to buy things, neither talk much and simply do their business.

x : Astrid X Nyrial
Hearing Faith's story about them makes their skin crawl, finding Nyrial as nothing more then a creep.

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Commmentary

Astrid originally was an alternative universe Thunder Faith, where Thunder Faith was a human, and Faith was the minor deity. This is why they share very similar traits, like their colors and general attiutude. However, that idea fell through and I decided to make Astrid more of a 'Shadow the hedgehog' version of Faith. While Faith is fast and does small, but quick damage, Astrid is slow, but does large, heavy hits. Astrid is also short for Astraphobia, the fear of storms. Astrid has gone from a simple reskin to a whole extra character.

Trivia

Astrid appeared in the mid-ish years of FSHE, acting as a heavy damager. She used to have a charged homing shot. I think if I did her now, I'd go all in on a powerful blast attack.

Astrid is specifically based off the Long-Tailed Widowbird, a bird with an exceptionally long tail. Faith was made design first, real life second. Meanwhile Astrid was made off an actual bird, and designed afterwards. I thought it'd be fitting for a harpy with an exceptionally long tail to work as a human Thunder Faith, considering Thunder Faith has a long tail as well.

Despite being colored and designed after Thunder Faith, I'd say Astrid is more of a Fire-element user, something that is created by lightning. Astrid likely doesn't use much magic at all, considering she prefers her actual body for fighting, but I think in a pinch, she uses slight fire magic to cook some food on the go, after a hunt. Since Thunder Faith claimed the Yellow color, Astrid gets more of a Orange-yellow color.