Astrid Kaine Vellamo

Age: 22 Years Old

Additional Appearance: Astrid is a tall woman with a actively fit body. She isn't quite cute or drop-dead gorgeous but she has enough reserved beauty to make up for her rough exterior. Although she never uses sexuality to an advantage. Astrid has olive skin which contrasts to her almost silver hair and blends well with her golden eyes. Sometimes in a different sunlight, her eyes turn bronzed and look amber. Her pink lips also blend well with her skin tone and create a sense a balance. She is lithe in figure because of her long legs and slim frame, but not frail; she is fairly agile, and while she’s not exactly super strong enough to lift monoliths, she is by no means weak, either. Astrid appears younger than her biological age at twenty-two. She is 5'7" and weighs a total of 170lbs, most of it is muscle.

Clothing: While on occasion she isn’t too timid to dress in anything fancy, Astrid has a casual, slightly modest manner of attire. This is mostly due to the fact that it’s not practical to enter the field of battle in shorts, skirts, and dresses (unless circumstances catch her by surprise). For the most part she dresses fairly simple and her casual attire consists of either black or white tee-shirts, and jeans. In colder weather, she tends to dress in her leather or jean jacket. The only occasions where she would wear a dress or any outfit that was flowing would have been during an off day where relaxation was in order. However, she keeps it to bandages and a slip on/off dress that she can pull off easily just in case. Bandages can rip or be pulled off easily enough so if the situation calls for battle, she can be ready to shift.

Weapon: Astrid's weapon of choice is a short curved dagger in her right, dominant hand and a straight blade in her left. She is able to fight dual-weaponed so she prefers this technique.

Faction: Werecat Refugees

Rank: Leader of the Troop

Animal: Jaguar

Background: Astrid grew up kitted by the mothers of Central pride a few years before the Great War. The lionesses of the Pride often helped to raise each others cubs since they were a "treasure" and had to be watched. They took great care of her if not being overprotective, and overly doting since her litter and one other had been the only ones during that season. She was a playful kitten, and diligent in training even then. She sometimes however had a soft side to those she loved, like her sister Larissa. As she began to get older, her personality began to mellow out and she focused on becoming just like her father who was the current leader of the Central Pride at the time. She rose above her peers and secured a position among the Pride as lieutenant to the leaders and gained her own squadron. When the War broke out she was one of the first to protect the borders and help other clans who needed it. While her comrades feel around her, she made sure to keep herself and Larissa safe without fail.

There was one time where Astrid had been in danger, where her life had almost been forsaken was when she went out to defend the border and encountered a rogue wolf. The wolf and her fought for an hour at most and they tore at each other until each of them almost passed out from blood loss. The wolf staggered away and left her to lay broken on the soft soil that grew dewy as morning came and troops came to search for her. Since then, Astrid has never been too fond of wolves or any beast in particular.

After the war passed, there was a peace time where the prides were relaxed and calm. Life was good and Astrid even had a suitor to get mated to in the fall a few months later but this was all disrupted when a new male came along and took the peace so easily.The day her father died, all the females mourned and she was the first at his bedside as a lieutenant although she wished she would have been there as his daughter but there was no use since the new male would have killed her because she was directly related. John Harperman came in and spread his tyranny by killing the previous leader, her father and loved one, and took over the pride. Although she was going to tolerate him until he began showing his corrupted ways and she figured out how he had gotten in so easily. He had cheated and used Eliza as a way to get in without notice. Astrid, destroyed by her father's death and torn between loyalty to the new leader decided to live life quietly and protect what was hers. Meanwhile John had mated with many females and Eliza was quick to use the newfound authority found within John's tyranny to spread lies about the previous leader, boss the others around, and act like a spoiled queen.

Finally one day Astrid stood up mournful and pissed, and attacked Eliza in return for the vicious slap she had "earned" for disobeying the spoiled queen's orders. Eliza didn't come out the winner but Astrid had intended to fight but only to show her what would happen. The scuff had left Astrid with many scars but hot satisfaction ran deep after that day because Eliza never again commanded her but Astrid could see the hate in her eyes. However, when the order for her to mate to John came unexpectedly, she decided to leave after bringing in her squadron to the idea.

Now, up to present day, her and the troop are on the run and she can only hope to make sure they stay safe.

Personality: Astrid tends to be pretty sarcastic, cold, and authoritative, though she isn’t without a sense of humor. It can be said that she fits more into the “deadpan snarker” category. It doesn’t help that she has a bad habit of not being able to take people seriously sometimes, particularly when they express any sort of interest in her; she tends to brush them off. It’s easier for her to pretend that people are just being insincere most of the time. In any case, she prefers to keep things professional — mostly where a professional relationship is concerned such as her line of work, and very rarely does she ever like to get herself involved in any intimate affairs unless with her own troop.

Surprisingly, however, she can be pretty patient. It’s just that when her patience finally runs thin that she has a danger of losing her temper, going against that professionalism and letting her thoughts and emotions get ahead of her. Astrid can be gentle and nurturing, almost maternal — especially with children. She does like kids, regardless of the fact that she’s never had any herself. She approaches with a welcoming nature to most people that she has chosen to like. She’s often self-sacrificing. This could be considered her greatest strength or weakness, as she has a penchant for putting the wants and needs of others before her own wants and needs especially when it comes to her loved ones. If someone is in danger, she can be pretty compulsive without always thinking things through.

How do you feel about the other faction: She feels they are a tool to change the fate of an entire pride. Why not use it?

Theme Song:
Coldplay - U.F.O
Lord I don't know which way I am going
Which way the river gonna flow
It's just seems that upstream, I keep rowing
Still got such a long way to go
Still got such a long way to go

Then that light, hits your eye
I know, I swear,
We'll find somewhere the streets are made with gold
Bullets fly, split the sky
But that's all right, sometimes sunlight comes streaming through the holes

Thank for reading! <3