Astrid

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Her story

Astrid has a rune carved on her forehead and a metal shield on her shoulders. Visible protection. A declaration of war on anyone who tries to harm you. This Viking with gray hair, ice-blue eyes, and an axe in hand didn't come to take care of you from the shadows. She came to stand in front of you and say "if you want her, you go through me first." Astrid is warrior protection. The kind that doesn't hide. The kind that intimidates. Each Astrid that is born is one-of-a-kind. The one that arrives for you will bring her own fierceness, her own way of carrying that shield that isn't only defense — it's warning. Her smoky quartz works with dense energies. It absorbs them, transmutes them, returns them to their source. Because the best protection includes making the aggressor taste their own medicine. "The shield isn't to hide behind. It's so they see you're ready for battle."