What is Rachel Elizabeth Dare?
{{Infobox character | color = purple | name = Rachel Elizabeth Dare | series = [[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]] | image = | caption = Rachel Elizabeth Dare | first = ''[[The Titan's Curse ]]'' | last = The Sun and the Star | creator = [[Rick Riordan]] | portrayer = | nickname = Red-Headed Nightmare (by [[Percy Jackson (character)|Percy Jackson]] and [[Annabeth Chase]]) | weapon=Blue plastic Hairbrush |alias = | species = [[Mortal]] | gender = [[Female]] | occupation =Oracle | title =The Oracle | weapons= Blue plastic hairbrush | family = | relatives = | religion = | nationality = }} '''Rachel Elizabeth Dare''' is a red haired [[fictional character]] in [[Rick Riordan]]'s ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]'' stories. Unlike other big characters in the series, none of her parents are [[Twelve Olympians|gods]]. Instead, they both are [[mortal]]. Despite this, Rachel has the ability to see through Mist, a thing that makes most humans unaware of the [[Twelve Olympians|Olympians]] and [[immortal]]s. She has the power to predict things, which is not common even with [[demigod]]s. Because of these powers, the [[Oracle of Delphi]] passes into her from the [[List of Percy Jackson and the Olympians characters#Others|cursed remains of the previous oracle]]. She therefore becomes the next [[Pythia|Oracle of Delphi]], Oracle of the Gods as well as the resident oracle at [[Camp Half-Blood]]. By becoming the Oracle, she gives up her [[Percy Jackson (character)#Romance|romance]] with [[Percy Jackson (character)|Percy]] because the Oracle must be a maiden. ==Background== ===''The Titan's Curse''=== {{Main|The Titan's Curse}} In this book, Rachel first appears at the [[Hoover Dam]] (in which they have a dam problem). [[Percy Jackson (character)|Percy]] is being chased by a group of Spartoi when she sneezes. Percy turns around and his sword, Riptide, goes through her body. He realizes she knows it is a sword. He also finds out that she can s