Raine Whispers

Raine Whispers is a major protagonist in the Disney Channel animated series , serving as an unseen protagonist in Season 1, one of the two overarching protagonists (alongside Camila Noceda) of Season 2 and a major character in Season 3.
They are the head of the Bard Coven who are secretly the leader of the Bards Against the Throne (later known as the Covens Against the Thrones), a resistance group planning to stop Emperor Belos from enacting the Day of Unity. They are also the ex-lover of Eda Clawthorne, though their relationship is restored by the series end.
Following the Day of Unity, Raine, alongside the other Coven Heads, would be turned into a literal puppet by the Collector before being possessed by Belos, who was looking for a new host due to his own body becoming unstable.
They are voiced by Avi Roque as an adult and by Blu de Barrio as a child, both of whom are also non-binary.
==Overview==
Raine is the new head of the Bard Coven and secret leader of B.A.T.T. (Bards Against The Throne). They are also non-binary. Raine secretly uses their position to gain inside knowledge of Emperor Belos' master plan, and work with other rebels to prevent his schemes from coming to fruition. Among these rebels is Eda Clawthorne, their childhood friend and ex-girlfriend.
==Appearance==
Raine has brown skin, whiteish green hair with white streaks, and green eyes. Similar to Willow, they wear rounded glasses, as well as one earring on their right ear. 
After being freed from Belos's possession, they gain two streak-like scars under their eyes, resembling tears. During the epilogue, Raine's hair has turned pale. 
For clothing, Raine normally wears a white shirt with a black waistcoat that has a maroon collar with gold trim and buttons, a brown belt and pants as well as dark grey boots. 
As a St. Epiderm student, Raine wore a light blue tunic with a white center, a brooch with an amber gemstone as well as red sleeves and pants representing their bard stream. After transferring to Hexside, they wore the standard black tunic, belt and cowl with the red bard stream sleeves and pants. 
During the epilogue, Raine's glasses are now gold in color and they wear a pale grey tunic with gold clasps, a brown belt and pants, brown leather shoes as well as a mint green coat with dark green trim, notch lapels and shoulder pads. The green of their hair has completely faded; suggesting the strain of Belos possessing them caused some premature aging. They have swapped earrings with Eda and they wear a reddish pink and maroon ribbon with the Titan's skull on it. 
== Personality ==
Raine are known to be a shy person. They get stage fright and get nervous when making public speeches. However, they're not afraid to stand up for what they believe in, even if it means risking their own life. They disapprove of Emperor Belos forcing witches to join covens and stealing magic, which was why they worked hard to become a Coven Head and find people who wanted to change things, starting the small rebellion known as the Bards Against the Throne (aka the BATs). Before, they never could overcome their fears until they met Eda, who encouraged them to face their fears. The two had known each other since they were students at Hexside. They even dated for a while, until Raine decided to break up on the day they joined the Bard Coven, due to Eda's tendency to push people away.
Raine are also very headstrong and willing to do what's right, even if it means hurting them. As such, they would feign loyalty to the Emperor in order to keep Eda from getting into trouble even though it hurt both of them emotionally. Even when weakened by Belos's toxic body, Raine would try to resist his control, even managing to regain full bodily autonomy several times until Belos finally reaches the Titan's heart and relents control.
==Powers and Abilities==
*Magic: As a witch, Raine is able to use magic. Like all witches, their connection to magic comes from a sac of magic bile attached to their heart. Having earned the rank of coven leader, they are undoubtedly very powerful. Withe Belos's comment that they were always too powerful for his liking, it's possible Raine's magic surpasses that of even other Coven Heads, making them nearly on par with a pre-season 2 Eda herself.
**Bard Magic: Raine is able to use music to manipulate the world around them. This allows them to nullify spells from other witches, make things levitate, send out energy waves, create shields and take control of any people who can hear their music. 
***Violin Playing: Raine are a skilled violinist and uses their violin to cast their Bard spells. 
***Instrument Summoning: Raine can also summon and dematerialize musical instruments at will, as they did to summon their violin and Eda's lute.
*High Intelligence: Raine is rather intelligent as they managed to keep the B.A.T.s a secret for a while, as well as managing to fool Terra into believing they were brainwashed by her tea for weeks, long enough for them to covertly gain more info on the Day of Unity's true nature. They are also skilled at coming up with plans, though their plan to halt the Day of Unity was foiled thanks to earlier knowledge of their betrayal leading to a contingency plan.
*Leadership Skills: While rather shy and prone to stage fright, Raine are more than capable of leading others in times of need, as shown from how they manage to formulate a plan to stop the Draining Spell and execute it near flawlessly except for when Eda was found out thanks to a contingency plan.
*Indomitable Willpower: Raine's willpower is exceptionally strong as they manage to resist Belos's brainwashing for extended periods of time, even regaining the ability to speak which Hunter couldn't do except for in short bursts. Belos himself comments that Raine was always too strong for his liking, showing that he did struggle to fully control them. They even managed to remove Belos forcefully from themselves by using bard magic, showing that their willpower was capable of overcoming the emperor's. It's also somewhat implied that Raine managed to will themselves into cancelling the Collector's puppet spell, which is thoroughly impressive as while Amity managed to free herself and her friends, she only managed to move a single finger to scratch out a light glyph and activate it.
==Gallery==
Raine possesed.png|Puppet Raine possessed.
Raine blushing S2E7.png|Raine blushing.
Img 9361.png|A young Raine and Eda.
Raine-whispers-the-owl-house-1627165318.jpg|Raine relaxing.
Raine holds Eda S2E7.png|Raine with Eda.
Tumblr e74bbe52e2fd2238a28ce11324c4fcf6 681922d8 2048.jpg|Raine and Eda shaking hands.
Darius, Hunter and Eberwolf.jpg|Raine, Darius, Hunter, and Eberwolf.
King2881% 29.webp|Raine being ask by Terra if Belos was gone to give them paradise when the Draining Spell takes affect.
King2882% 29.webp|Raine glares at Terra and tells her that Belos isn't giving them paradise.
King28143% 29.webp|Raine saves Eda by removing her arm before the Draining Spell could destroy her.
King28145% 29.webp|Raine past out from the Draining Spell as Eda attends to them.
PuppetRaine.jpg|Raine as a puppet.
File:Watching and Dreaming - 3909.webp|Titan Luz, Eda, Raine, and King facing off Belos.
Watching and Dreaming 29.webp|Raine along with Eda and King finishing off Belos.
Watching and Dreaming - BYE21% 21.webp|Raine and everyone else saying goodbye.
==Trivia==
*They made a pictured cameo when they were in Hexside in "Wing it like Witches".
*Raine broke up with Eda because of her curse and her denial of her mental health, worrying that their continued relationship could detriment her even more.
*Raine is the first ever Disney character to be non-binary. Their voice actor Avi Roque also considers them to be transmasculine.
*Proof that the Boiling Isles is very accepting of all orientations and identities, Raine is referred to by their proper pronouns during their days in Hexside.
*Despite being non-binary, Raine's pronouns were masculine in some dubs, such as the Latin Spanish dub of the Owl House, upsetting many fans and their voice actor Avi Roque. These problems were later rectified by either using gender-neutral pronouns, using xenopronouns or avoiding the use of pronouns when referring to Raine altogether.
*It appears Raine once participated in the Bonesborough Brawl as in Alador's champion picture in "Reaching Out", one can see a younger Eda tending to an injured Raine, implying that they fought and got beaten up in the competition.
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