"Come one, come all, to toast the dying year.Astrid has prepared a feast for all of winter's wanderers. Her hearth burns warm and her table seats hundreds. As soon as night falls, she opens her gates and welcomes monster and innocent alike. She has been both. She knows that life flies by, no matter who you are, no matter what you've done. It is what separates the mortals from the gods.Few view death as a celebration. But then, few can see it through Astrid's eyes.Mortality, the chance to grow and change, is the greatest gift a soul can be given."
"There was a time she couldn't conceive of joy. Even now, the feeling seems a stranger to her, a guest she invited without truly knowing. Orcanix once convinced her revenge would be her joy, but even deep in the Goddess's thrall, she knew that was a lie.Astrid never delighted in destruction. Looking back, she wonders how she managed to build the Rebellion when her heart was so black with misery. She didn't want to hurt Ludmilla. She didn't hate Last Bastion, or its Vanguard soldiers. She just wanted to know why.What had she done to make her friend hate her so much?"
"Reconciliation. Surely such a thing is impossible. What friendship can survive two heinous betrayals? Astrid was sure she would one day meet Ludmilla in hell, and they could finish whatever was left of their fight there.Instead, her soul was found and forgiven. A lifetime of guilt disappeared from her shoulders all at once, and suddenly, she was pure. She couldn't say she deserved it, after everything she'd done, but when happiness finally came to her again, she welcomed it with open arms.Mortals fear death as an unforgiving end; that is their eternal folly. Astrid knows now: death is but the start of something new."
"Drain Attack"
"Vigor Impact"
"Savage Drain"
"Frenzy Force"
"Hunter's Armor"
"Attack Up Lv3"
"HP Up Lv3"
"Stun Resist Lv3"
"Greatsword Mastery"
"Rage Skin"
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