Astrid Chevalier
The Basics
Race: Elf
Affiliation(s): The Night's Blessed, The Chimeriad, House Chevalier
Sibling(s): Dacien (deceased), Dacien (quantum)
Spouse: Carmilla Chevalier
Title(s): Warrior of Darkness
"Only love can kill me."
Tell me if this sounds familiar: Astrid was discovered in critical condition, alone and dying, by a Viera named Rosmet, out there in the Greatwood. Cold, scrawny, and starving, there wasn't much for the Viis to work with. Nevertheless, she raised this elfling as a daughter, teaching her how to hunt, fight, and survive. Sadly, there was little she could do for the other child with her.
But you'd be surprised how far a Viis upbringing can bring a scrawny elf girl. Where her brother from the Source was stoic, Astrid was sanguine. She fought and cackled, delighting in pain and violence rather than flinching away from it. It would take the influence of her mother and the Night's Blessed to give Astrid anything to offset her "cheerful nihilism" about life.
And then there was the girl from the Crystarium, with the tanned skin, the infectious smile, and the fisherman's art. This woman would absolutely smite Astrid, who'd long sought her complement. For once Astrid was more than surviving, she was happy.
But then the Scions came, with Eulmore after them. It was in the middle of the conflict with her religion's enemies that she'd encounter the brother that, though he'd died in this world, was alive in another. And now he was here. And he was one of the Warriors of Light.
And just as she'd regained him, Emet-Selch nearly took him away again. And when he and his friends from the Source left, Astrid realized she could follow...
Timeline of Events
-Due to sineater attacks and the general threatening nature of the Rak'tika Greatwood, Astrid's biological family is unable to survive, eventually being wiped out. She is left alone in the wilderness as a child, doomed if not for Rosmet's intervention.
-Astrid comes of age under Rosmet's parenting, adopting a good chunk of her foster mother's culture. Astrid develops a sanguine attitude toward life, but this is counterbalanced by her suffering intense sorrow when it comes.
-Encountering the Night's Blessed in her travels, Astrid ultimately converts, finding the religion's teachings the only logical answer to her nihilistic outlook.
-Astrid meets Carmilla, a Hume from the Crystarium, soon falling in love and eventually developing a romantic relationship.
-The Chimeriad arrives on the First, re-uniting Astrid with a version of the brother she never knew, but from the Source.
-After the Chimeriad return to the Source, Astrid decides to propose to her lover Carmilla, who accepts.
-Unsatisfied with leaving her brother or her mother to their troubles unaided, Astrid discovers a way to travel to the Source.
-However, upon her arrival, the Source's balanced elements result in Astrid's normally struggling Darkness element overwhelming her.
-Fray manifests to Astrid, offering a way for her to make it to her friends... if she can master the Dark Within.