Rachel Alucard

**Rachel Alucard** (レイチェル＝アルカード*Reicheru Arukādo*) is the head of the Alucard vampire family, and a former Bystander of the world. She is a playable character in the *BlazBlue* series.

## Appearance

Rachel is a young vampire girl with pale skin, long blond hair tied into two pigtails with black ribbons, and red eyes. She wears Gothic Lolita fashion with a frilly black gown and jacket, red ribbon bow tie, a red bat symbol design cross from the front to the back on her dress, another red cross on her shawl and bottom half, black pony heel boots with a red cross, and a red ribbon on her right ankle. Physically, Rachel is said to look around 12 years old, however, she gives off an aura of someone far older than what she looks.

When she was young, her appearance was similar that of her current self. She wore a black dress with a red cross in the center and a large, black ribbon on the back, black ribbons in her hair, a white blouse, white bloomers, and black slippers.

In *BlazBlue: Alter Memory* during the hot spring scene in Episode 5, Rachel is seen wearing a dark blue one-piece bathing suit with red lines on both sides.

Rachel bears an incredibly striking resemblance to Raquel Alucard, save that the two have a very different dress sense, have different eye colors, hair style and a difference in appearance of age.

## Personality

Rachel is a stereotypical aristocratic heiress. She has an almost enchanting air of dignity and grace, yet is sarcastic and condescending to those she considers lower than her, always expecting them to have the highest standards of formality when conversing with her.

Despite this, she does care deeply for her allies. Her butler, Valkenhayn, is fervently devoted to Rachel, as he was a loyal friend and respected rival to her father, the late Clavis Alucard, and she, in turn, treats him with a greater level of respect than anyone else. Rachel’s two familiars, Nago and Gii, despite taking punishment from her on a regular basis, remain loyal to her.

Perhaps her most intriguing relationship is with Ragna. Although Rachel would never admit to it, she loves Ragna for his determination and unwillingness to give up even when the odds are against him, wanting him to reach his full potential as a warrior and as a person. In *BlazBlue: Centralfiction*, her feelings for Ragna become more evident as revealed in her arcade mode. She becomes even more concerned when she finds out that Naoto’s existence is affecting Ragna. This is most notably the only time she lost her composure. In the end of the game, Rachel sheds a tear over his large sword, despite forgetting Ragna.

## Powers and Abilities

Rachel believes herself to be one of the most powerful individuals in *BlazBlue*, making it a point by often looking down upon others, unamused or not fazed by the attempts of her opponents, no matter how hard they fight. In battle she employs her familiars, Nago and Gii to do most of the fighting for her. It is also stated that she has mastered the art of sorcery; in direct combat, she is shown having control of wind and lightning. Her feats of power range from creating portals, to turning her clothes in weapons such as forks, knives, and swords. Rachel’s heightened power comes from her possession of the Sankishin known as Tsukuyomi. Boasting the ultimate defense, Tsukuyomi was able to block and completely nullify a blast from the Highlander: Takemikazuchi. Rachel also has the ability to teleport herself and anyone who is standing close to her. Her Drive is known as **Silpheed** (シルフィード *Shirufīdo*) which employs the use of her control over the element of wind to alter the flow of battle by affecting all, from the combatants to projectiles. Her Overdrive is **Elfried** (エルフリード *Erufurīdo*), which speeds up the regeneration of her Silpheed gauge. Rachel also has the ability Slave Red, which allows her to take control of any being she desires, bar Amane Nishiki.

As of *BlazBlue: Continuum Shift*, she lost much of her overwhelming power after forsaking her status as a Bystander. However, she still retains the ability to fight.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Rachel doesn't like to fight. Instead she observes and tells the others via telepathy strategies to defeat their opponents. During serious situations, she will help them and easily take down the enemies using her magic

## Trivia

Naming
* “Rachel” (רָחֵל) is a name Hebrew in origin and means “ewe”, a term used to describe an adult female sheep. Her surname “Alucard” is “Dracula” spelled backwards.
* Most of Rachel’s special moves, her Distortion Drives and her Astral Heat are all named after different species and genuses of plants, such as *Tiny Lobelia*, *Baden-Baden Lily* and *Tempest Dahlia*.
* The name of Rachel’s Drive, Silpheed, refers to Sylphid (or simply Sylph), the name of a mythological creature that represents the element of air and wind.

Appearance
* Unlike every other character in the game, when attacked with lightning from another Rachel, she just seems to ignore it (but Nago and Gii gets shocked). The other five characters who do not appear with human skeletons are Hakumen, Celica (where Minerva takes the hits for her), Hazama, Arakune and Hades: Izanami. Also, Nago and Gii take nearly all damage inflicted on Rachel in her place, with Gii blocking for Rachel in her blocking animations no matter how far he is from her, and Nago getting hit for Rachel instead.

Other
* Rachel’s birthday, October 31, is celebrated as Halloween in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. She shares her birthday with Drei.
* Even though she is a vampire, she dislikes drinking blood. She has only succumbed to her thirst once, with Ragna being her first and only victim.
* True to her vampiric heritage, on stages where other characters will have reflections, Rachel does not project one at all.
* Rachel and Bang both share a dislike of bell peppers.
* In *BlazBlue: Continuum Shift*, Rachel is shown to get very jealous at the thought of another female character eating alongside Ragna.
* In Ragna’s gag scenario in *BlazBlue: Chronophantasma*, Rachel and Celica are the only 2 female characters who were not unaffected by Popularity Glasses A. According to her, the glasses does not affect females who were already deeply in love with the wearer in the first place, hence Celica was safe. However, the very fact that she was not affected either could very well suggest that she was deeply in love with Ragna, just like Celica, or that she has some sort of immunity against the effect of the glasses.
* In *BlazBlue: Continuum Shift*, Rachel guides the player through Tutorial Mode, while in *BlazBlue: Chronophantasma*, she guides the player through the *Advanced- Expanding on Combos* section of Tutorial mode.
* Mori considers Rachel and Hazama to be the 4th and 5th main characters of the series.
* In English dub of *BlazBlue: Chronophantasma*, when Rachel uses her Impish Gypsophila move, she mispronounces it as “Impish Gypsophilia”.

Appearances in other media
* Rachel is a playable character in the MMO: Lost Saga. Other playable characters from *BlazBlue* include Ragna, Jin, Hazama, Hakumen and Platinum.
* Alongside Ragna, Jin and Noel, Rachel is a playable character in the MOBA game, *Chaos Heroes Online*.
* Rachel appears in Square Enix game *Lord of Vermilion III*, along with Tsubaki and Hazama.
* Rachel appears in *Fantasy War Tactics* alongside Ragna, Jin, and Noel.