Astrid Hofferson

Astrid is the most promising sheildmaiden (femal Viking warriror) of her generation, and the most promising dragon figher before the peace. Now she is the second best dragon trainer on berk behind Hiccup, his second in command, and his (sort of) girlfriend.

Appearance
Astrid is young, slim and pretty, with blond hair and blue eyes. She wears grey leather with a spiked leather skirt, dark blue leather pants, and brown boots. She has cloth wraps on her arms.

Personality
A consumate tomboy, astrid is tough, no nonsense and can hang (and often outclass) the boys. She also has a moderate femenin side seen mostly through her relationship with hiccup, though this is seen through her grabbing and kissing him.

Abilities
Being the best warrior of her dragon fighting class, Astrid is strong, fast, intelligent, and athletic. She is an expert in hand to hand combate and weaponry, particularly her giant battle ax. She is also a talented dragon trainer specilizing in deadly nadders, and is a competent enough leader and stratigest to be second in command of the Berk dragon academy, leading it in Hicucps absence.

Relationships
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III: Astrid is Hiccups friend, second in command, and (semi) girlfriend. At first holding him in the same low opinion that everyone else did, her mind was changed when Hiccup took her flying on toothless, and his determintation to protect him impressed her. She was devestated when she thought Hiccup had died fighting the red death, only to be overjoyed when he was found alive. In the gift of the night fury they are shown as close with Astrid having no trouble expression her affection, though in the television series Dragons: Riders of Berk, their relationship is more akward. Her common form of expressing affection toward Hiccup is grabbing him and kissing him.

StormFly: Astrids Dragon, a deadly nadder is Astrids dragon and close companion, almost as close as Hiccup and toothless. She has the dragon well trained to follow her commands, and they are extremely devoted to each other.

Merida DunBroch: In fiction, Astrid is often portrayed as Merida's romantic rival though when they arn't they can be great friends given their similar personalities.

Jack Frost: Jack and Astrid rarely interact, though his irrisponsible nature would put him in the same category for her as snotlout or other immature characters.

Rapunzel: Astrid would rarely interact with Rapunzel, though it is possible her sweet, somewhat naive nature would get on the tougher Astrids nerves.