Rachel Elizabeth Dare (Percy Jackson)

Infobox Percy Jackson character
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name = Rachel Elizabeth Dare


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first = "The Titan's Curse"
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nickname = Red-Headed Nightmare
alias = RED
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age = 14
born = 1994
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allegiance = Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
hair color = Red
eye color = Green
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creator = Rick Riordan

Rachel Elizabeth Dare is a fictional character in Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" stories. Unlike other prominent members of the series, she is born of two mortal parents. However, she has the ability to see through the Mist.

Character's background

Rachel originally appeared at Hoover Dam in "The Titan's Curse". She saves Percy Jackson from a squad of skeletons who are about to attack him by sending him into a restroom behind her and sending the skeletons to the generators.

In "The Battle of the Labyrinth" she unexpectedly shows up at Percy's new school, Goode High School. She is able to see that two cheerleaders are really "empousai" (empuses) and is able to help Percy escape from Kelli (one of the empousai). Later, Percy asks her for help in navigating Daedalus's Labyrinth in order to locate Daedalus. She sets off with Percy and Annabeth through the maze. The demi-gods are worried someone will miss her, but she explains that no one would care if she were gone and leaves it at that. After finding that Daedalus has struck a bargain with Kronos, she escapes with Percy and Annabeth. Eventually the trio finds Kronos's headquarters. Kronos has, however, inhabited Luke and attempts to chase Percy down. Rachel appears with Annabeth and Nico and throws her hairbrush at Luke's face, which momentarily confuses Kronos. She also mysteriously manages to convince a limousine driver to ditch his client and take her and the others around to look for an entrance into the Labyrinth. She also assists in finding the lost god Pan and is present for his death. Later she parts ways with Percy, Annabeth, Nico, Grover, and Tyson, but not before revealing that her father is a wealthy businessman who buys up land and turns it into malls. Pan's death affects her, mainly because of her father's job. She expresses interest in hanging out with Percy again, much to Annabeth's dismay. Percy promises to call her and mentions that he has memorized her number, much to Rachel's delight. Later, during his birthday party, Percy laments not thinking of inviting her over, but was too afraid to try.

Rachel grows more and more fond of Percy as a good friend throughout "The Battle of the Labyrinth", just as Annabeth grows very jealous of her. Rachel sees that Percy and Annabeth seem to have a lot more feelings for each other then they will admit. She can also see that Annabeth is jealous of her hanging out with Percy and tries to give him the hint that Annabeth likes him, too, but Percy doesn't seem to get it. It is, however, made clear that Percy does have some feelings towards Annabeth.

Powers/Abilities

*Has the ability to see through the Mist
*Can use the influence and wealth of her father to arrange services