Rachel Roth

## Background

### 1992 - 1993: History

To understand the story of Rachel Roth, one must also understand the story of her mother & Azarath. Angela Roth was abandoned by her mother & it seems as though her father left well before that. She soon entered the foster care system, migrating from one uncaring family to the next. To find some peace in her life, Angela looked to religion to inspire her. She instead found herself in a cult. The cult catered to all her needs & Angela thought nothing of it, believing it to be how they introduce new members. The truth was that she was being used to summon a demonic being on Earth.

Blissfully ignorant to their intentions, Angela agreed to be part of the ritual. As it continued on, she soon became hesitant & asked to take a break but she was soon stood over by the demonic being. The cult offered Angela to be his bride, which he happily obliged. Though Angela resisted, the being known as Trigon left her with a child. Angela left that same night.

No longer able to live with the horror of what had happened to her, she tried to get help through counseling. She debated taking her own life until she was approached by a group calling themselves Azarathians. They recognized that she was pregnant with the child of Trigon & offered her a fresh start by inviting her to return with them back to their home. Though she was hesitant to fall in with another group, she obliged. What happened next was nothing that Angela could prepare for. She was soon taken to Azarath, a pacifistic society that had left Earth for their new home centuries ago. They convinced her that they could safeguard the child from Trigon's influence. Angela agreed & was provided with a new Azarathian name, Arella, which meant the "The Messenger."

### 1993 - 2006: Rachel Roth

Arella eventually gave birth to a daughter, giving her the name Rachel. However, the Azarathian monks called her Raven, meaning "Savior." Raven inherited great power from her father's demonic lineage & was blessed by the spiritual leader of Azaratath, Azar. It was clear at a young age that Trigon's evil influence had taken root in Rachel & that the demon would stop at nothing to take her under his wing as his heir. The Temple & its inhabitants did its best to use their abilities to protect her. Raven spent the next thirteen years of her life on Azarath, learning how to "control her emotions" by Azar & the monks in order to suppress & control her inherited demonic powers.

On her thirteenth birthday, Trigon made his way to Azarath to find Rachel. Realizing she could no longer stay, Azar sent Rachel to Earth to hide from Trigon & had her complete the ritual to seal the bridge between the two places. With tears in her eyes & her heart weighing heavy on her chest, Rachel completed the task. Knowing her father would still come for her, Rachel knew she needed to find some allies in helping her defeat her father.

## Romantic Relationships

* Rory Regan: Dated (*Unknown*)
* Wally West: Dated (2012)
* Garfield Logan: Boyfriend (*Unknown*)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Soul-Self**: Although all her power is magical in nature, she is able to use it with ease due to her Soul-Self. She is able to project her soul from her body into corporeal form (also known as astral projection), allowing her to use it to interact with the physical world, to affect others mentally & to teleport. Her soul-self takes the form of a double of her own body or more commonly, a large black raven. It was noted by her father Trigon that she only uses a small potential of her power.
	+ ***Astral Projection***: Through the use of her soul-self, Raven can project her consciousness into the mind, for therapeutic purposes (to aid in her own meditation, or to help calm an agitated ally), or for offensive attacks, rendering her enemies unconscious. Raven can manifest her "Soul-Self" through astral projection. It normally takes the form of either her human shape or a giant raven.
	+ ***Darkness Manipulation***: Her soul-self also lets her manipulate, generate and become living shadow and darkness. through said darkness she can effect and assume control of her physical appearance or the material of the earthly environment around her by merging herself within her shadow around it, erect constructs used for combat such as raven talons or tendrils with which to drag people into her personal void within the soul-self either transporting them from place to place or simply trapping them in a nightmare world of her own design.
	+ ***Empathy***: Raven has the psionic ability of empathy, the power to read, manipulate and absorb emotions, enabling her to feel the feelings of others, and has the ability to sense people and their souls and emotions. She can use her empathy to steal emotions from others, rendering them emotionally "numb"; to absorb the pain of injured people to ease their suffering & induce rapid healing (only minor injuries); and induce emotions into other people's subconscious to affect their mental state as she wishes
	+ ***Healing***: Raven has the power and ability to heal minor wounds and injuries, not only healing others but herself as well. Raven can absorb the pain of others into her own body in order to induce rapid healing for them and can heal herself by going into a trance of emotional calm.
	+ ***Telekinesis***: Raven has the ability to move objects with mind. She mostly demonstrates this ability by levitating boxes, buses & other inanimate objects into the battle, all fully enshrouded in the same dark mystical energy that composes her soul-self. She has, on several occasions, demonstrated that she can use her telekinesis on living things, though she prefers to take control of inanimate things because she has to put a little piece of her soul into her targets.
	+ ***Telepathy***: Raven harbors telepathic abilities and has been able to alter the dreams of others, read their minds, absorb information, erase their memories, and induce a sleep or comatose state in them.
	+ ***Teleportation***: Raven can instantly travel through space, almost like teleportation. However, according to her, she does not *actually* consider this teleporting because, instead, she simply instantly travels through dimensions.

* **Cambion Physiology:** As the half-demon daughter of the inter-dimensional demon Trigon, Raven is very powerful.
	+ ***Enhanced Durability***: Raven is able to withstand a certain amount of bodily harm & distress.
	+ ***Longevity*:** It is possible that Raven will have much longer lifespan than the average human due to her demonic nature.
	+ ***Magic***: Due to her demonic & mystical heritage, Raven can generate & control magical & mystical forces at will. However, she does not use this ability as often as her soul self.
* **Hand to Hand Combat**: Raven has shown to defend herself in battle against armed cultists.
* **Mechanical Aptitude:** Raven has learned about auto-mechanics from her friend Cyborg. She's learned enough knowledge to help when he was building a car.
* **Multilingualism:** She is fluent in several languages including English, Azarathian, German, Latin, Vlatavan, Ancient Sumerian & Sanskrit.
* **Occultism:** Raven is well-versed in the occult & is familiar with the magical & mystical rites from both her home dimension Azarath as well as Earth.

### Weaknesses

* **Strong Emotions:** As an empath, Raven has the ability to feel other people's emotions. But if she comes into contact with an individual with strong emotions whether good or bad, it will overwhelm her and bring her pain.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* She doesn't eat meat.
* She loves teen drama television shows.
* Rachel dislikes pineapple & think peoples that put in on their pizza are the worst kind of people.
* She has a tattoo of a raven on her back.
* She gets along well with Rose Wilson. Maybe its the daddy issues, having a dead mother, not wanting to discuss their feelings or all the above but the two hit it off well.
* She is also good friends with Lilith Clay. The two started on the team the same year & both were the youngest members of their squad. There was a large age gap between them two & the other members (i.e. Hawk & Dove).