Astrid (Skyrim)

 is the leader of the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary of Falkreath, Skyrim. Married to Arnbjorn, a fellow Dark Brotherhood assassin, she holds the responsibility of finding new recruits. She offers the Dragonborn many of the Dark Brotherhood's main quests. She is usually found in the first room of the Sanctuary.

Personality
Astrid decrees her unbeatable dictatorship, comparable and stronger than even the The Five Tenets. She tires of the laws and restrictions that limit the brotherhood, deciding that a sort of family-like unity benefits the members of the brotherhood better than structure.

Innocence Lost
Successfully killing Grelod the Kind for Aventus Aretino causes Astrid to kidnap the Dragonborn while they're sleeping. She brings them to an abandoned building and asks her to kill one of three hostages. Regardless of whom the Dragonborn kills, Astrid gives the player directions to the Sanctuary, and invites them to join her "family".

Should the Dragonborn choose to kill Astrid instead during this encounter, Commander Maro learns of the deed, and tasks the Dragonborn with eradicating the remaining members of the Dark Brotherhood.

Whispers In The Dark
Astrid asks the Dragonborn to spy on Cicero, as she suspects he is plotting with another member of the sanctuary to destroy the brotherhood. The Dragonborn obeys, hearing the Night Mother speak and becoming her Listener. Threatened by the Night Mother's choice, Astrid reclaims her authority by sending the Dragonborn on off-handed contracts until she investigates the contract the Night Mother told to the Listener.

Destroy the Dark Brotherhood!
Upon the attack on the Dark Brotherhood's sanctuary, many of the Assassins of the Dark Brotherhood fall, including Astrid. She begs the Dragonborn to kill her by performing The Black Sacrament, dubbing the Dragonborn her replacement as leader of the brotherhood and admitting she was wrong for defying the Night Mother. She also explains that she negotiated with the Penitus Oculatus, Commander Maro, into revealing the identity of the Dragonborn in exchange for political immunity. Maro went back on his word, attacking the Sanctuary. After Astrid's death, the Dragonborn and the remaining assassins move to the Dawnstar Sanctuary, where Cicero fled.

Quests

 * With Friends Like These...
 * Sanctuary
 * Mourning Never Comes
 * Whispers In The Dark
 * The Silence Has Been Broken
 * Bound Until Death
 * Breaching Security
 * The Cure For Madness
 * Recipe for Disaster
 * To Kill An Empire