Rachel Phantomhive

***Countess*** **Rachel Phantomhive** (レイチェル・ファントムハイヴ, *Reicheru Fantomuhaivu*) is the late wife of Vincent Phantomhive and mother of "Ciel" and Ciel Phantomhive.

## Description

### Appearance

Rachel was a woman with long, strawberry-blonde hair and blue eyes. As a noble, she often wore elaborate dresses. Her sister once described her as beautiful.

### Personality

Rachel was a kind, gentle, patient, and unpretentious individual. She cared deeply about her family, which is demonstrated by how hard she worked to cheer up her sister. As a mother, she was rather strict; she occasionally spanked her sons when they misbehave.

Additionally, Rachel had asthma, which motivated her sister to become a doctor in a bid to cure her.

### History

Rachel was Angelina Dalles' older sister and met Vincent Phantomhive around the same time Angelina did. She fell in love with Vincent, and they married a few years later in 1874. In 1875, Rachel became pregnant and on a very snowy December 14, she gave birth to "Ciel" and Ciel Phantomhive. Angelina assisted her during the birth.

Due to her asthma, Rachel was not able to run around and play with Ciel and Elizabeth Midford much, although she took joy in watching Angelina play with them.

Her asthma also inhibited family outings. At one such occasion, Vincent and "Ciel", with Diedrich's assistance, even cooked for Rachel to help her get better. It did work so well that they could go on a boat ride the day after—however, without Ciel who had still not recovered. To cheer him up, Rachel, Vincent, and "Ciel" gathered flowers on their trip.

A day after Ciel entrusted to "Ciel" that he wished to open a toy store in London in the future, "Ciel" threw a tantrum and refused to get up and go to his lessons as he did not want to be separated from his brother by becoming Earl. Rachel comforted him and borrowed Vincent's blue Phantomhive ring to show "Ciel". Then, she and Vincent told "Ciel" that he and Ciel would always be brothers even if they went to live in different places and have different occupations and that "Ciel" would be able to assist Ciel with his dream when he was Earl.

When Angelina lost her husband and child after a horse carriage accident, Rachel frequently visited her at the hospital and tried to cheer her up. She acknowledged the gravity of Angelina's loss and wept for her. When she heard that Angelina would be out of the hospital soon, she insisted that Angelina would come to Phantomhive Manor for the twins' birthday party in celebration of her recovery.

However, on Ciel and "Ciel"'s tenth birthday, Rachel and Vincent were killed and left in the burning estate.

## Etymology

* "Rachel" comes from the Hebrew name רָחֵל (*Rachel*, "ewe").
* The surname "Dalles" is of Anglo-Saxon and Scottish origin. It is either a geographical surname derived from the Old English *dael* ("valley") and *hus* ("house") and given to people who lived in a house by a valley, or came from a place near Forres and is derived from the Ancient British *dol* ("pasture") and *gwas* ("dwelling"), meaning "living in the pasture."

## Trivia

* Rachel named her sons and gave them rather unusual names, much to the chagrin of Vincent's relatives.
* On her grave, her epitaph included the following inscriptions: "Died December 1885. We loved you. But God loved you best."
* Rachel shares the same voice actress as her son, Ciel.