Rachel Trau (D-913)

## Rachel Trau

**Rachel Esther Trau** (born October 30th, 1996 as **Esther Rosenbaum**, אסתר רוזנבוים) was a freshman at John Robert Horner High School in Cramburg, Montana and a survivor of the supernatural pandemic that destroyed the United States of America in the late summer of 2010.

## Biography

### Early Life

After her parents died in an automobile collision when she was only eighteen months old, Esther was adopted as the only child of the moderately wealthy Trau family, by Deborah and Michael Trau, the latter of whom served as the town's dentist and was a close friend of Esther's father through their childhood synagogue.

As the Trau's had lost their own daughter to a miscarriage several years prior, they renamed Esther upon adoption and hid her adoption and death of her parents from her until they felt she was old enough to comprehend it, something Rachel would come to resent them for. While Rachel grew up in a secular Jewish family, they would still regularly practice Jewish traditions and holidays, including remaining kosher, to Rachel's personal disdain. She was also expected to remain familiar with a moderate amount of common scripture in order to appease Trau's Orthodox extended family and rabbi.

Before the outbreak, Rachel would frequently sneak out to attend older teen parties; she was also a drinker, smoker and engaged in the consumption of drugs and petty thievery. However, around her parents and at school; she constantly hid this side of her behavior, often cheating on tests to get good grades and upkeep her spotless reputation. She had also recently broken up with Dalton Rivière a short time before the outbreak after he had cheated on her.

## Personality

Rachel is rather shy and distant from others, despite being very kind and soft-spoken she has many issues with self-harm and esteem.

## Physical Appearance

In Apocalypse,

She also sports a small gold necklace around her neck, reading her birthname in Hebrew ("אסתר"). This was a belonging purchased by her mother and was reclaimed as a gift for an older Rachel shortly after her passing.

## Appearances

* *Reawakening (referenced)*

## Relationships

Family
* Noah Rosenbaum † - Father
* Zelda Rosenbaum † - Mother
* Michael Trau † - Adoptive father
* Deborah Trau † - Adoptive mother

Romances
* Lyla Painter - Girlfriend
* Dalton Rivière † - Ex-Boyfriend
* Liam Kendall † - Crush/Fling

Friends
* Samantha Richards † - Close Friend
* Jerome Campbell † - Friend
* Brandon Malveux † - Acquaintance
* Joshua Malveaux † - Fling
* Wilfred Cunningham † - Friend
* Derek Bailey † - Ally-turned-Friend
* Vishal Siddiqui † - Ally-turned-Friend
* Nick Brooks - Ally-turned-Friend
* Joseph Stieker - Family Friend
* Ajay Siddiqui † - Ally
* Meraj Siddiqui † - Ally
* Kieran Nguyen - Ally
* Melissa Everett - Ally
* Owen Anderson † - Ally
* Eden Anderson † - Ally

Enemies
* Hades Legion M.C. -
	+ Colton Ritter † - Enemy, attempted killer
* Cult of Azazel -
	+ Alexander King † - Enemy
	+ Scarlett Richards † - Enemy
	+ Jack Richards † - Enemy
	+ Nora Hewitt † - Enemy / Killer
	+ Oliver Ramsey † - Enemy
	+ Kim Ayer † - Enemy
	+ Parson Ling † - Enemy
* Thomas Compton † - Enemy, attempted killer
* Joaquin Marshfield † - Enemy, attempted killer

## Further Notes

* Several influences for the character of Rachel Trau include Max Mayfield, Beverly Marsh, Lauren Fields, Trudy, Lindsay Weir, Phoebe Spengler, Wendy Corduroy, Hera Karlsdóttir, Elsa Korr, Gaz Membrane, and Gwen.
* Rachel was initially created by Martin Kevil to be one of the primary protagonists of *Reawakening* earlier in development when the series was focused on The Fall of Cramburg.
* In earlier drafts of *Apocalypse*, Rachel would not survive the events of the novel, being either kidnapped by General Moore's unit or killed by Devraj Shankar before the survivors could escape Red Cedar, Minnesota.