Rachel
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| Rachel | |
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| Physical description | |
| Species |
Human |
| Gender |
Female |
| Hair color |
Blond |
| Eye color |
Green |
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Rachel was the former "playmate" of Princess Violet and the adoptive daughter of Dell Brandstone. She was considered to be a particuarly special young girl, and participated in many important events. Rachel was responsible for hindering Darken Rahl's efforts to gain the last Box of Orden, and later kept the Stone of Tears from the hands of those who would use it to help free the Keeper of the underworld.
Later, Rachel helped to rescue First Wizard Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander and the sorceress, Adie, from the clutches of Emperor Jagang, before being instrumental in hindering the plans of the witch woman Six, through her rare talent of artistry. Ultimately, Rachel learnt that she was descended from the royal family of Tamarang and was its rightful Queen.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early Life
Rachel spent some time in an orphanage, where she would occasionally meet Brophy. One day, she was chosen to be Princess Violet's playmate.
[edit] Darken Rahl crisis
As the playmate to Princess Violet, Rachel was used to getting slapped, barely getting any food, and other kinds of mistreatment. She often had to follow Violet as she went about doing whatever it was that the princess felt like doing. One day, when Violet and Rachel were in the royal jewel room, Violet decided to throw a treasured box to the floor. Rachel, not wanting to be in trouble from the Queen, dived for the box and caught it. Neither knew, but the box contained one of the Boxes of Orden.
Later, Rachel met Wizard Giller, who gave her a doll that he called a trouble doll. He told Rachel to tell her troubles to the doll and the doll would make her feel better. Rachel named the doll Sara. However, she had to hide the doll, otherwise the Princess found it and would throw it into the fire.
When he received news of Darken Rahl's early arrival in Tamarang, Giller asked Rachel to do something that would be the most important thing she would ever do. When she agreed to do it, he hid the box that contained the Box of Orden in a loaf of bread that Rachel stole from the kitchen. He then had Rachel run away from Tamarang with the loaf of bread.
After running away from Tamarang, Rachel ran into Richard Cypher and Kahlan Amnell. Initially scared of Kahlan because of her long hair, she eventually started to like the two, but misunderstanding a statement made by Kahlan, she ran away from the two in the middle of the night.
[edit] Tear in the veil
Zedd entrusted Rachel with the Stone of Tears when it appeared after Darken Rahl's ritual.
[edit] Imperial Order War
Chase had taken Rachel back to his home in Westland and started her on her teachings like Zedd had asked Chase to do. He taught her how to use many weapons and how to protect herself.
However, Friedrich Gilder, a man with great respect for the boundary wardens, came to Chase and told him that Zedd and Adie had been captured and the Wizard's Keep had been taken by the Imperial Order. With Rachel, Chase traveled to the Imperial Order camp and acted as a member of the Order in order to make his way to Zedd and Adie. When he got there, he found the Mord-Sith Rikka and the D'Haran, Captain Zimmer also there to save them. With their help, they all escaped.
However, Zedd had only moments before activated a spell called sunset spell that when the sun set, it would blow up, destroying the other stolen items that the Order had stolen from the Keep. Chase and the others appeared just in time to save them all and rescue them from the camp before the spell came alive and killed them.
Chase and Rachel, along with Rikka, took Zedd back to the Wizard's Keep, where Zedd asked him and Friedrich to become "Keep Wardens", the new guards of the Keep.
Later, Chase and Rachel set off to get Chase's family and bring them to the Keep to live.
When the witch woman Shota visits the Wizard's Keep, she told Richard and everyone else that Chase had been hurt. When asked about Rachel, she knew nothing. She had found Chase after he had been run through by the former Seeker, Samuel, who in turn also kidnapped Rachel, but Shota did not know about that. She had taken Chase to some people she knew could help heal him. He eventually recovered.
Rachel was delivered to the witch woman, Six, and the now Queen of Tamarang, Violet. Back to being treated like dirt, Rachel slowly watched for her chance to escape, eventually getting her chance. She was greeted outside of the palace by the now recovered Chase. Afterwards, Chase and Rachel headed back to the Wizard's Keep.
[edit] Personality and traits
Rachel was a young girl of around ten, with short blond hair, that was cut raggedly. She had sparkling green eyes and a keen intelligence for one so young. Rachel was noted by two wizards as being a person important in future events. She has even been named as a 'pebble in the pond'.
When Rachel reappeared, after her years in Westland, she was nearly a foot taller than when last seen and her blond hair was no longer short and raggedly cut, but worn long. Rachel had furthered her intelligence and was now skilled in the use of knives; Chase taught her many things.
[edit] Appearances
- Wizard's First Rule (First appearance)
- Stone of Tears
- Naked Empire
- Chainfire
- Phantom
- Confessor
