Rachel Krod

> "If you want, I can sedate you." - Rachel, Severed Strings 11
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* Strings
* Child
* Coma
* SRN

Sen Sakahara (Aunt)

## Appearance

Rachel is a petite Japanese woman with an incredibly pale complexion. She wears transparent star-shaped shades in order to slightly cover her eye. Her hair is often tied up in a Star-Shaped bun, and has a soft pink tint to it.

When Rachel's hair hits the sunlight just right, the reflected rays often look like stars shining in her hair.

She dresses in loose, flowy garb, often opting for skirts or dresses rather than pants. She wears fingerless gloves with the symbol of Star Road on the back of the hand.

Her voice is soft, and breathy. She lacks any sort of filter on what words come from her mouth, so she is usually curt or even sinister on accident.

## Background

Rachel was born to Kallisto and Allistaire Krod in the year 2106.

In her early years, Rachel explored the city of Electros with her best friend, and eventual girlfriend June Brando. June and Rachel could normally only meet when their parents were busy, as both sets of parents attended similar galas. June's parents were being blackmailed by Speedwagon, whilst Rachels were actively assisting him in his research on the Requiem Arrows.

Eventually, both June and Rachel were admitted to the Speedwagon Hospital. Speedwagon took Rachel and June to Star Road thereafter to perform the operation, as both were extremely likely candidates. It was this procedure that gave Rachel her stand, however she was also put into a coma which lasted for 12 years.

When she woke up, the world was different, June was dead, and the Star Road party needed her help to take down Edwin in his madness.

## The Star Road Foundation

After Star Road Now, in 2135, Rachel used the funds from Joestar Realty and the Speedwagon Foundation to restart Star Road in an attempts to protect children with stands from being manipulated like she was. The Star Road foundation acts as a day care, and an outreach program to find kids who are potentially at risk of suffering stand-related traumas. They also have a department called "The Nightmare Department", dedicated to containing potentially dangerous stand-related objects, named after the Nightmare Stands that paved Mr. Electros's path to "salvation".

## Abilities

Due to being comatose for 12 years, Rachel has an incredibly weak immune system, and next to no physical combat skills, however she has learned how to use her stand to fire a gun with wicked precision.

### Aspiring Agate

For a while after Star Road Now, Rachel picked up the Aspiring Agate from Edwin on a whim. She kept it with her, quite unsure of what it did until it eventually was uncovered in Episode 8 of Severed Strings, and partially destroyed.

## Trivia

* Rachel and June were designed to mirror the artist's name "World's End Girlfriend", and refer to the concept of a lover one can never reach, who's always present at the end of the World. Nocturnes were created to support this idea. June's Stand, [Hurtbreak Wonderland], is from one of the artist's albums.
* Rachel's voice was designed to be the exact opposite of Edwin's. Slow and methodical, versus fast and energetic.
* Rachel was the first character to break the limitations of physical stats, with a 6 Brains.
* Rachel's last name is a reference to the song "We're Not Alone" by Son of Dork. Daughter of Krod, haha. The name "Rachel" is a reference to the film Blade Runner.
* Rachel does not wear shoes. If forced to for some reason, she wears the thinnest of ballet flats.