Rachel

Rachel is a spear-wielding Seven Duke of the Saharan Empire and a descendant of Dehakel, the legendary spearman who served the empire's founder. Her desire to understand why she has not become a legend drives her into a prolonged duel with Kirinus, after which the two cooperate against Berith. Although she initially embodies imperial pride and discipline, Rachel accepts Basara's criticism of the old empire and continues serving under the new order. (Chapters 1004–1005, 1035, 1046, 1054, and 1172)

Biography

Recurring role and later consequences

Rachel enters the story after the death of her childhood friend Rigal. She grieves, but believes that a duke cannot neglect public duties for private sorrow, so she contains her emotions and immediately turns to a question that has troubled her for years. As Dehakel's descendant and an inheritor of his spear arts, she has reached extraordinary heights without becoming a legend. She therefore seeks Kirinus, a renowned spear teacher, intending to test whether his insight can reveal what she lacks. Their confrontation begins from rivalry rather than simple hostility: Rachel wants an answer that status, bloodline, and mastery have not supplied. (Chapter 1004)

The duel exposes her power and rigidity. Rachel materializes her will as intangible spears, pierces Kraugel, and erects a wall of will that even the Sword Saint must consciously overcome. His use of spear techniques angers her because of the imperial disgrace surrounding Piaro, and she redirects that anger toward Kirinus. After nearly two months, however, neither spear user has gained a decisive advantage or meaningful instruction from the other. Rachel ends the contest instead of pursuing an empty victory and turns toward the War God's secret techniques, until Kraugel persuades both rivals that fighting the great demon Berith offers a direct path to growth. (Chapters 1005 and 1035)

Against Berith, Rachel's rivalry becomes productive cooperation. Her manifestation of will disrupts the demon's alchemy, while Dehakel's fifth style, Salamander, produces yellow fire strong enough to burn him. The mental burden of maintaining her intangible weapons limits how long she can dominate the field, so she and Kirinus fight back-to-back and create time for Kraugel rather than attempting to claim the raid alone. Rachel later burns away metal vines threatening the imperial dukes, recognizes Piaro's heroism despite the empire's old judgment of him, and combines her attack with his to wound Berith. These choices show a practical capacity to set inherited resentment aside when survival demands trust. (Chapters 1046 and 1051–1052)

The battle also reshapes Rachel's political conduct. When she meets Grid, she states that Rigal's death will not determine relations between their states; private loss remains subordinate to her office. She later identifies Prince Edan's attempt to seize her as the act of a future traitor, survives with Kraugel's aid, and remains a pillar of the empire through its transition. Under Empress Basara, Rachel initially responds with her customary severity, but accepts the charge that imperial arrogance produced weakness and pledges herself to building a stronger state. She enforces Basara's authority in Arc and remains composed when other nobles try to provoke conflict with Grid. (Chapters 1054, 1071, 1172, 1251, and 1340)

Rachel's later appearances place her within the durable alliance created by those changes. She recognizes Kraugel's swordsmanship when Lord displays it and, years later, accompanies Grenhal to check on Basara. The visit unexpectedly reveals Basara's intimate relationship with Grid and her pregnancy; Rachel understands the situation, withdraws without disrupting it, and shares the discovery with her fellow duke. Her latest scene therefore presents neither a renewed rivalry nor a break with the new empire, but the same mixture of awareness, restraint, and loyalty that has defined her mature service. (Chapters 1394 and 1885)

Appearance and personality

Rachel is forty at her introduction, yet appears youthful and beautiful. She has long, wavy blond hair and carries herself with the dignity expected of a Seven Duke. At her formal meeting with Grid she wears a red dress, and her bearing is sufficiently commanding that her high rank is apparent even outside armor. (Chapters 1004 and 1054)

She is proud, strict, and emotionally controlled. Rigal's death wounds her, but she refuses to let grief halt her duties or dictate diplomacy. Her frustration at failing to become a legend can make her combative, particularly when Kraugel's spear work evokes Piaro's history, yet she is capable of abandoning an unproductive duel, cooperating with rivals, and revising imperial prejudice when confronted by evidence. Rachel's pessimism survives the regime change, but Basara's candor converts it into a commitment to reform rather than resistance. (Chapters 1004–1005, 1035, 1051, 1054, and 1172)

Abilities, classes, and skills

Rachel bears the Spear Saint designation and inherits Dehakel's styles. Her defining power is a manifestation of will that forms invisible or intangible spears and defensive walls. These weapons can penetrate a formidable swordsman and interfere with Berith's alchemical transformations because they are not ordinary matter. She also uses Salamander, the fifth spear style, to generate yellow flames, and her large-scale thrust is compared to a dragon's Breath. Her technique combines overwhelming reach and force with precise battlefield defense. (Chapters 1004–1005, 1046, and 1051)

Her power has explicit constraints. The manifestation depends on finite mental strength, preventing indefinite use against Berith, and Kraugel can perceive and neutralize it after recognizing its nature. Kirinus remains her equal across a months-long engagement, demonstrating that lineage and force do not guarantee progression or victory. Rachel advances less through a newly documented transformation than through better tactical interaction: she coordinates with Kirinus, supports Kraugel, and joins Piaro's timing to damage an opponent none of them can efficiently defeat alone. Her latest appearances document continued rank and judgment, but no later spear evolution. (Chapters 1005, 1035, 1046, 1052, and 1885)

Relationships

Kirinus is Rachel's rival and eventual battlefield partner. She seeks him for insight into legend, fights him to a standstill, and then accepts that their duel is no longer teaching either of them. Against Berith, their equal footing becomes complementary teamwork, allowing both to contribute without resolving who is the superior spear user. (Chapters 1004, 1035, 1046, and 1054)

Kraugel first demonstrates that Rachel's manifestation of will can be read and countered. He later redirects her rivalry toward Berith and rescues her during Edan's attempted coup. Rachel consequently treats him as more than an intrusive swordsman, and she recognizes the lineage of his techniques when Lord performs them. (Chapters 1005, 1035, 1071, and 1394)

Basara receives Rachel's service after becoming empress. Rachel's severe outlook initially clashes with Basara's reforming judgment, but she accepts that the Saharan Empire's arrogance must end, supports the new direction, and enforces Basara's commands. Her later concern for Basara is personal enough that she rushes to check on her, then discreetly retreats after discovering the empress with Grid. (Chapters 1172, 1251, and 1885)

Grid changes from the foreign king connected to Rigal's death into an acknowledged ally. Rachel deliberately separates grief from state relations, respects the strength and charisma she witnesses, and ultimately operates within the imperial order that Grid and Basara build together. (Chapters 1054, 1340, and 1885)

Items

No notable items are documented for Rachel in the supplied corpus.