So I am playing a pretty amoral mage. She does not revel in evil, but sees it as a shortcut.

i thought she would be perfect for DB. started that early. When astrid showed up..when she does....and you are in that locked place...astrid said "someone has to die"

so I killed astrid. :0 not my original plan. I saved the game. then reloaded. going to eventually do it both ways I think.

hah!

I wanted to kill her for being all kidnappy and annoying. but I wanted the DB questline.