<div class="floatleft">(http://i60.tinypic.com/2a6330j.jpg)</div>Astrid (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=1125571)<br/>Background: Astrid was born on one of the many satellite communities that dot the galaxy. The darkness of space was very homey to her parents who had escaped from the Shadow Plane to find fame and glory. They found neither, instead becoming scrap traders on the galactic rim.<br/><br/>Earning enough to keep themselves fed took up so much time that their daughter was neglected and left to her own devices more often than not. Thankfully she stayed away from drugs, less thankfully she got into more fights than most orcs her age. Fights she won, a feat in and of itself considering the amount of showboating that she did, but not fights that showed off any thoughtfulness. Astrid's problem was that she was both impulsive and an idiot.<br/><br/>She never managed to pick up a trade and was only given the chance to be a guard once before people realized it was a bad idea. Eventually she was given an ultimatum, find a job or leave. She did both, signing onto the first ship's crew that would take someone who's only skills were beating things in the face and terrifying people.