Astrid Hofferson

Astrid Hofferson is a young viking girl of the Hairy Hooligans tribe who goes to school with Hiccup and owns a Deadly Nadder dragon. She is striking, tough, energetic, and beautiful. Her determined and strong persona makes her hard to impress, but Hiccup can't help but be smitten. Therefore, Astrid is Hiccup's love interest, in spite of initially not liking Hiccup's friendship with Toothless. Though she quickly is interested in Hiccup's problem with initially trying to keep Toothless a secret, and helps with his problems.

Astrid does not appear in any of the books in the original series. It is possible she is based on the character Camacazi from the books.

Physical Appearance
Astrid is very athletic. She is thin for a viking but is agile in Dragon Training. She has blonde hair with long bangs that cover the left side of her forehead, and a braided ponytail in back. She usually wears a leather band across her forehead. She also wears a skirt with spikes and a pouch on her hip.

Personality
"I'm more of a take it down with an axe and then lop its head off kind of girl" - Astrid

Astrid is determined and extremely dedicated to becoming a Viking Warrior. She is generally uninterested in the other teenagers, preferring to study and train on her own to become a better fighter. In the beginning, she has the most success in Dragon Training.

She quickly becomes jealous of Hiccup and is frustrated by his success over her in Dragon Training. While the other teenagers support Hiccup and are in awe of his success, Astrid is not amused and gets angry at her lost status as strongest among the group. She also reveals her suspicious side, following and spying on Hiccup to discover his secret. Astrid finds out about Hiccup's relationship with Toothless by appearing sitting on a rock sharpening her axe. She looks around and Hiccup tries to stop her from finding Toothless. Astrid demonstrates her strength by bending Hicupp's arm back. Toothless sees that and comes bounding to rescue Hiccup, thus Astrid finding out about this double life.

Relationship with Hiccup
Astrid at first doesn't like Hiccup for not being a real viking, and then her dislike for him grows into jealously when he becomes more skilled at "fighting" dragons than she is. Despite the initial problems in their relationship, Astrid later grows to like Hiccup and kisses him twice with shyness after punching him on the arm in the movie: One time is on the cheek, the other at the end on his lips.