Rain O'Fire Frazier

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“	Why do you think my share of the powers breaks things apart? They’re thematically tied into who we are! And my share is to shatter things because I was fucking shattered, right then!	”
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Rain O’Fire Frazier,<ref name="II4.7 e77"/> known as Precipice is a grab-bag cape, reformed member of The Fallen, and a member of Breakthrough.

Personality

Rain denied that he was suffering from Kiss/Kill syndrome with the other members of his group trigger, but admitted that he would take "any help I can get" fighting them.<ref>17593Q183H17953R9713E714693: You need help. You’ve got a case of Kiss/Kill like I never saw and I don’t think they’re reaching for the chapstick.
of5: You’re wrong
17593Q183H17953R9713E714693: About the need for help?
of5: It isn’t Kiss/Kill.
of5: I’ll take any help I can get. - Excerpt from Glow-worm P.4</ref>

As the only member of the chatroom group who lived outside the City, he hoped to move there as well, although there were difficulties with this plan.<ref name="P.6e1">Curious_Cephalopod: …the problem is we’re so geographically spread out. even if we discount R.
of5: I’m aiming to move into the city. There are complications
Heart_Shaped_Pupil: your friend
of5: a lot of things. - Glow-worm P.6</ref>

He went through a major shift in his personality because of his trigger.<ref>Interlude 5d II</ref> Initially an angry, broken, and brainwashed member of a cult, Rain grew to see the error in his ways and felt deep regret and shame for his past actions. It was initially believed that this could have been due to cluster cape bleed-through from his cluster mates, but it was eventually proven that his shift in character was genuine.<ref> When we give up our tokens, we give up aspects of ourselves. We change the other. Cradle’s been constantly giving up his tinker ability. To Jonathan and me, then to me alone.

He knew.

Giving us the ability to tinker, and making us into monsters. That’s how we bleed through.

Her hand shook as she touched the barrier.

The most galling part of it all- the Fallen boy had never been given anything. Until now. No bleed-through. Just him. - Excerpt from Interlude 12.e II</ref>

Rain has a tendency to use more religious swears when he is stressed.<ref>“What the hell do we even do about this?” Rain asked. “Christ.”

The swearing was a nice touch. In figuring out how to present the best picture for our would-be attackers, we’d started talking to each other about our tendencies and habits when stressed, reminding one another, or pointing out things we did that we weren’t even aware of. I’d told Rain he amped up the religious swears when the stress was at its highest. - Excerpt from Breaking 14.2</ref>

Relationships

Erin

Rain's friend Erin was good with computers and helped him research.<ref name="P.4e1"/> He said that he was not taking good enough care of her.<ref name = "P.4e4"/> Heart_Shaped_Pupil speculated that this friend was the reason he had not moved to the City.<ref name="P.6e1"/>

Rain is in love with Erin, but unfortunately for him, the feelings are not reciprocated. Knowing this full well, Rain has still claimed that he would die for her.<ref>“I’d die for you,” he said. “But I can’t be Fallen.”

“Then fucking die, Rain.”- Excerpt from Interlude 5d II</ref>

Mall Cluster

Rain's clustermates absolutely despise him, and actively want him to die. All three have implied that they want him to die in the most miserable and painful way they can possibly think of.

Tristan and Byron Vera

Capricorn described Rain as his "best friend", and Rain agreed that they got along the best of the Chatroom group. Cap offered to travel to visit Rain and help protect him.<ref name="P.6e1 e2">Cap: do you need me to come? My brother and I can visit, hang out, offer you some backup. I might not remember much about the nuances of the corp team, but I have pride in my ability in a scrap
of5: I appreciate that.
Cap: it could be fun. you’re the closest thing I have to a best friend atm, so we might as well hang at some point.
of5: Oof. Yes. We get along best, out of the group. It would be good in other times, maybe. But I don’t know what vectors they can use to attack or track me. This whole thing is a mess.
Cap: I’m so glad I don’t have to deal with the cluster-trigger clusterfuck - Glow-worm P.6</ref> Rain claimed to be the person who knew Capricorn best.<ref>of5: As the person who knows capricorn best, I’m going to step in and say this convo should end. It’s going to end in hurt feelings. - Glow-worm P.6</ref> Ashley also listens to him.<ref name="II3.3 e678">“This was an idiotic game, and I. Don’t. Play. Games.”

“Count down from ten,” Rain said.

Ashley whirled on him. I left the ground, flying closer, stopping when things didn’t escalate further.

“Count down from ten,” Rain said. “That’s what Mrs. Yamada says, isn’t it? When you’re wound up.”

“It’s fine when she says it.”

“It should be fine when any of us say it,” Rain said. “Count.”

Ashley tensed. I could see it in her shoulders and the way the tendons stood out in her hands.

Everyone was silent.

I waited. Ten seconds passed. Then the fifteenth, then the twentieth.

“Feel better?” Sveta ventured.

Ashley turned, staring Sveta down. “No.”

“Count down from a hundred,” Rain said.

“I’m not going to-”

“Count,” Rain said, his voice soft. “Please. You’ve said before, when you get like this, there’s a part of you that’s saying you don’t want to act this way, and you can’t listen to it. So listen to the numbers first, then listen to that part of you.” - Excerpt from Glare 3.3</ref>

Chris Elman

He played videogames gifted to him by Strange_Mammal.<ref name="P.4e2">of5: you know this site. I want search terms to find some people. Articles, anything else. Would need to cover a lot of bases. Normal site search limits # of terms.
Heart_Shaped_Pupil: uh. that hard. you want packaged search string
Heart_Shaped_Pupil: i can try
Questionable_Mammal: you’re looking for others in your set?
of5: yes
Questionable_Mammal: I can make attempt. gimme time. you might want to fine tune after.
Heart_Shaped_Pupil: aw!
of5: Thanks. I owe you one.
Questionable_Mammal: I got games btw. Will give on next meet.
of5: I owe you two - Excerpt from Glow-worm P.4</ref> Rain was devastated when he found out the secret behind Chris' identity.<ref>Blinding 11.2</ref>

Kenzie Martin

He described Heart_Shaped_Pupil and Strange_Mammal as "good kids".<ref>Heart_Shaped_Pupil: we’ll figure out a plan of action later >:)
of5: Thanks. And thanks again, c.
of5: You’re good kids. - Excerpt from Glow-worm P.4</ref>

Sveta Karelia

He mentioned that he was extremely happy that Kraken_in_a_Jar returned, noting that the balance of the group had been "weird" without her.<ref name="P.8">Glow-worm P.8</ref>

Victoria Dallon

Victoria finds Rain frustrating sometimes, but recognises that he is trying his best. Their respect for each other grows the longer they spend time together.

Appearance

Rain is a Caucasian teenager with dark dirty blonde hair dressed in heavily used clothing,<ref name="">Another person had entered the room. A boy, Caucasian, with shoulder-length brown-blond hair. He had a cut under one eye and another cut on the bridge of his nose. His jeans were ripped at the knee and his shirt was baggy, a size too big for him. The sleeves were long, red where the torso was white, and they had been rolled up to the elbow. His sneakers had seen a lot of abuse, by the looks of it. The white parts were brown and grey in a way that made me suspicious that even a thorough cleaning wouldn’t get them purely white again. He looked sixteen or seventeen.

“But yeah, damn, I don’t look good enough in a dress, so I have to concede. Hey Rain,” Tristan said.

“Heya,” the boy who was apparently called ‘Rain’ said. - Excerpt from Flare 2.5</ref> and perpetually healing from different scraps and cuts. He keeps his long hair, per Mama's instructions.<ref name="I4cII e2">Her fingers traced his shoulder-length hair. “I told you to grow your hair long, back then.”

“Yes, mama,” he said.

“Do you remember why? Any boy of mine that does anything to catch my eye, good or bad, I have them do it. [...] The girls know it, but the boys sometimes need to learn it. I’m content to let either be my soldiers, but that requires zeal. Not everyone has it. Not everyone cleaves to their role and position. Everyone has responsibilities, and it takes a soldier to obey. [...] The hair is to remind you that if you won’t be a soldier for the families, we’ll have you be a slut. We’ll get children out of you. If you fail at that, if they’re sickly or disobedient, we’ll geld you like we would any of the farm animals.” - Excerpt from Interlude 4c II</ref> He later cut it short when he got the chance.<ref>Rain sat past the divider, facing down the tribunal. He’d cut his hair. - Excerpt from Torch 7.1</ref>

Erin, under considerable stress, compared him favorably to Nick Cage at the same age.<ref name="5d e7">Once I started thinking like that, I started thinking about how you looked nice. Kind of 90’s bad boy, with the long hair, ripped jeans and flannel, very Bender in Breakfast Club, except you’re way more attractive than Nick Cage.”

“You’re rambling, and-”

“I’m terrified,” she said. - Exerpt from Interlude 5d II</ref>

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He was often visibly scraped and tired, to the point that Victoria thought it unusual to see him not looking beaten up.<ref>Rain walked up until he was beside me, double-tapping and removing the necklace that powered his identity, and setting the backpack with its heavy battery onto the table by the door as the second ‘skin’ fell away. Now his ordinary scruffy self, he ran fingers through his snow-damp hair. Odd, to see him with no visible scrapes or scuffs, no lines under his eyes. He looked simultaneously younger and older. He also, I noted, had a bit of stubble, and it wasn’t sixteen year old wannabe stubble. His jacket was lighter than the weather warranted, but he wore multiple layers- a mix of clothes I’d seen him in before and new ones. He met my eyes. - Excerpt from Polarize 10.4</ref>

When operating as a cape he wore a raggedy, hooded costume with a metal mask like a robot.<ref name="I4b II e1"> - Excerpt from Interlude 4b II</ref> He later updated his mask to resemble a circuit-board, with glowing red lines, and acquired similar gloves.<ref>Sveta opened the door. Rain and Swansong were putting their masks on. Circuit-board face, with circuits cutting fissure-like zig-zags, gloves doing much the same, all black, with lines that glowed dully with a red light from within. A slight change from before. A hooded costume top covered his hair, which wasn’t new. - Excerpt from Polarize 10.5</ref>

His first true 'hero' costume is silvery-white, decorated with glowing cracks and tinker attachments, with added toolkit and metal boots. It includes a hood and a mask like his previous costumes, though the circuit pattern that was previously on his mask is now a glowing crack.<ref>Rain was in costume, with a silvery-white hood and upper body to the costume, a glowing crack running through one of the eyes of his gunmetal mask and down to the edge near the cheek. His mechanical forearms and hands, attached at the elbow, were smaller than his ordinary hands but still five fingered and dextrous, colored the same way as his mask, with finer glowing cracks running along them. The lower body of the costume didn’t hug him, but it wasn’t quite ‘pants’ either. Silvery-white panels, some devices and weapons, and decorative tinker attachments contrasted the darker material. More of the decorative attachments joined the fabric to his metal boots, and bridged the divide between the upper and lower half of the costume. - Excerpt from Breaking 14.2</ref>

Abilities and Powers

Rain has a background of living rough and away from civilization, acquiring skills not seen in urban circles,<ref>Interlude 4b II</ref> and talents.<ref name="5.6">“There’s a lot of unusual happening with him lately, I don’t know what conclusions to draw from that,” Tristan said. “He gives himself a hard time because he doesn’t realize that he has a lot of inner strength and a lot of general talents the rest of us don’t have. I think he’s capable enough to come out of this intact, barring the worst case scenarios.” - Excerpt from Shadow 5.6</ref> Consequently, he had trouble with computers, initially needing help using Parahumans Online<ref name="P.4e2"/> and was noticeably ignorant about multi-triggers, although he did know some.<ref name="P.4e1"/> Regardless of this he is socially adept.<ref name="II3.4 e1">“He’s a guy, a little older than me. Glasses. He’s the person with the tinker power. I haven’t picked up much about him, but he doesn’t interact with people much. Less than Snag or the woman, and Snag is an asshole and the woman is mute, so that should tell you something.”

“There’s an advantage in that,” Tristan said. “If they aren’t socially adroit and you are-”

“I’m not,” Rain said.

“You’re better off than they are and that counts for something,” Tristan said. - Excerpt from Glare 3.4</ref>

Rain claimed his powers were fairly mediocre; a blaster power that makes people or objects he shoots with it fragile for a brief time, the tinker ability to make low-quality prosthetics, the ability to spread small amounts of guilt and doubt over an area, and a preternatural ability to catch his balance.<ref name="II2.6">Flare 2.6</ref>

In addition to his powers, he and the other members of his group shared dreams.

Blaster Power

Rain's primary ability was a blaster power that renders the target fragile.<ref name="II2.6 eBlasterPower">“The powers wax, wane, and shuffle around. I try to keep track. He was loaded to bear on that day, if I’m remembering right. The only power he didn’t have a lot of was mine, and maybe a little bit less of his own.”

“Right,” I said. “Which is yours?”

“Uh. Mine is a blaster power,” Rain said. “It’s pretty mediocre. I shoot things or people and they’re vulnerable to being broken for a short while after. To put it simply.” - Excerpt from Flare 2.6</ref> The name of his primary shard is Cloven Stranger.<ref>Heavens 12.f</ref> He creates a slightly bent blade of silver light in his hand, which curves in the air when he throws it, like a boomerang. The blades create long silver lines of fragility on the target; if the target is struck, they split along the line. This power is not Manton Limited,<ref name="II3.4">Glare 3.4</ref> but when it does hit a target, it will affect any covering it has before affecting the flesh, such as clothing.<ref name="I4b II e935">Instead, fabric draped over Rain’s head.

“Replace it,” his uncle said. Perhaps the eleventh and twelfth words Rain had ever heard the man say to him.

Rain reached up and pulled the fabric away. The plaid shirt. Sliced across the middle. His uncle was fine, because-

Because, Rain realized, closing his eyes, the power only affected one thing at a time. It would hit clothes first, the person second. - Excerpt from Interlude 4b II</ref> The blades glow strong enough to be an adequate replacement for a phone light.<ref>He paused, after pointing, then created a blade of silvery light.

“Problem?”

“No,” he said. “Just realizing I’m an idiot. Just realized my blades shed more light than my phone.” - Excerpt from Blinding 11.6</ref>

Rain's blades are powerful enough to affect an Endbringer even at their lowest.<ref name=2ofthem>We closed the distance, and the blade met the Simurgh’s silver flesh, carving out a shimmering silver line, so close in color that it looked like there was no line at all. From shoulder to back, to hip.

[...]
I couldn’t drop Rain, or risk losing him, which meant I had to use me. I kicked out, hard, my foot meeting the silver line. It flared, bright, and the Simurgh’s wings spread out around us, until they were ninety percent of what I could see. The pain of the jolt reaching my ribs and collarbone made my vision split. I couldn’t see straight.
[...]
Below us, more than half of the Simurgh’s body, including one arm, some smaller wings, and both legs, lay on the basement level of the facility. The accumulated damage from the Wardens, Rain, the beams, and the temperature shifts had added up enough for it to break away entirely. It lay there, limp and still. - Excerpt from Last 20.7</ref>

On one occasion, he suggested that this was the only one of his abilities that got a "boost" sometimes as part of the multitrigger schedule.<ref>“My blaster power can get a bump some days. My others, no. They stay at about that power level. The others change it up more, they’ll act on days they’re strong.” - Excerpt from Flare 2.6</ref> However, this wasn't entirely true: he received a boost to this power every five days, but did get boosts to the others according to a longer, more complex schedule. On the days when his blaster power was boosted, the blades he could throw were larger, faster and more numerous, and the lines lasted 10-20% longer.<ref name="II3.4"/>

Prosthetics

Rain has a Tinker ability that allows him to build fragile, physically weak prosthetic arms.<ref name="II2.6 eTinkerPower">“I’ve got a tinker power, I make extra arms and hands. They’re not very good. Barely above what I’d be able to make on my own, fragile enough that if you grab something wrong they can break, no strength, ugly. The prosthetic focus is part of why I was introduced to the group, I think.
[...]
I wasn’t much help, because I’m a really bad tinker,” Rain said. - Flare 2.6</ref> He has a knack for building tactile feedback pads that allow the user to connect a prosthetic to themselves and control it like its a part of their body. He tends to wear two smaller arms while in costume, both connected at the elbow.

He is able to perform basic maintenance on Ashley's arms, but cannot completely repair them.<ref>Torch 7.3</ref> He managed to create some tentacle attachments for Sveta out of the remains of some of Ashley's prosthetics.<ref>I flew closer, just to double check it wouldn’t spin around, and I saw Sveta perched on the fence by the light. I stopped short when I saw the disjointed tentacles poised around her.

“It’s okay,” she said. My eyes were adjusting to the gloom, but the adjustment to seeing her face was helped by the fact her face was as pale as it was. I could see the black tendrils at her face and around her battle damage. “These are courtesy of Rain.”

It was what he’d been talking to her about on the ground.

The ‘tentacles’ were arm segments, repeated over and over. Black tendrils snaked through the connecting mesh, but didn’t snake out, which was the important part. - Excerpt from Gleaming 9.10</ref>

This ability comes from his connection to Grasping Self.

'Balance'

Rain described this ability as allowing him to "catch my balance or secure my footing more easily [...] lets me turn on a dime or keep from falling over."<ref name="II2.6"/> He later elaborated that it effectively let him stop and freeze in position no matter what inertia he is under.<ref name="4.2 e2">He stepped back, then jogged a few steps, stopping mid-run, as if he’d frozen in time. He hadn’t, though. While suspended at an angle someone else would have tipped over, he twisted around and put a foot out to one side. He moved in another direction, back to his board.

“Any limitations? If I used my full strength and threw you, would you only slow down?”

“No. I’d stop. If I timed it right, I could fall from a plane, hit terminal velocity and then stop myself just before hitting the ground. It’s- it’d be useful then, it’s useful if I want to not fall over or if I want to maneuver a bit. But it’s not that amazing as powers go.”

He wasn’t lying, then. Not about that. There were uses, but it did sound somewhat limited for even a secondary power.

He seemed to read something in my expression, because he had further protests, “It’s really not that amazing. I have to wait between each use of it, and it’s not something I can build a name or identity around. The emotion power has no impact or visual side to it, so it’s out too.” - Excerpt from Shade 4.2</ref>

He could use it to step out of a moving train and immediately come to a dead stop on landing, or to stand on a slope without slipping,<ref>He climbed over the railing and jumped, while the train was going well over a hundred miles an hour.
Hands out to his side, his bag in one hand, other empty, his feet touched the slope, and he stopped. No momentum, nothing to suggest he’d been on a speeding train a matter of seconds ago. The fact he stood on a slope didn’t seem to matter, as he didn’t slide, slip, or fall. - Glare 3.5</ref> or even float in air for a short moment. It has a cool down time and can not be used continuously.<ref name="4.2 e2"/>

Emotion Power

Rain's emotion power spread mild guilt and doubt over an area. Capricorn noted that it was possible not to notice being under its' effects.<ref name="II2.6"/>

Victoria figured out that this ability could be used as a conditioning technique. That is, mistakes made while under the influence of this power seem even worse, so the people under the effect will strive even harder not to make those mistakes again.<ref>Blinding 11.8</ref>

While boosted by tokens given to him by Love Lost, his emotion power provides feedback to him, allowing Rain to identify where people are within the space that he is using his power. It also allows him to identify people within a group who are more susceptible to the doubt he gives them, letting him subtly push their emotions and actions.<ref>Heavens 12.6</ref>

This ability comes from his connection to Anguished Heart.

Cluster Group Dynamics

Main article: Rain's Cluster

The powers in Rains cluster wax and wane according to a complex pattern, although he believes that his powers are never very strong.<ref name="II2.6"/> Specifically, he receives a boost to his primary power every five days, and the day after a random member of the group receives a boost to a random power.<ref name="II3.4"/>

While searching for the other members of their group trigger Rain used the following keywords, among others: sever, prosthetic, emotion, acrobatics, mover power, emotion-affecting, claws.<ref name="P.4">Glow-worm P.4</ref> One member of the multi-trigger group displayed the ability to run on walls, an emotion-affecting roar, and wielded tinker-like metal claws with which they that could tear down doors and other barricades with ease.<ref name = "P.4e4"/> Another, Snag, displayed advanced prosthetic limbs that doubled as weapons that delivered an intense emotional "charge", and the mover ability to "leap" long distances without moving his limbs. However, Rain noted that Snag's powers would have been muddled-around that day, and his mover power was usually the strongest.<ref name="II2.6"/>

Every night, every member of the group saw the others in their dreams. In the dream visions they were unmasked, and it was possible for Rain to pick up clues about the others' situations and plans.

History

Background

His parents were early members of the Fallen, even changing his name to fit with their religious theme.<ref name="II4.7 e77">“They had your whole childhood to work on you,” Erin said.

“Doesn’t excuse it,” Rain said.

“No. But it explains it,” she said.

“Your whole life?” I asked. My first time speaking in this conversation, maybe. I wasn’t sure – I was in a different mode.

“My parents were early adopters, mostly on the fringe. They got more into it as it grew. Renamed me early enough I don’t remember my original name. Rain O’Fire Frazier.” - Excerpt from Shade 4.7</ref> Originally they belonged to McVeay branch, but Rain got traded away to Mathers<ref>“Were you Crowley?”

“McVeay, kind of. My aunt and uncle were more into it than my parents, I think. We had irregular visits to or- or by some intense, religious people that everyone listened to. A lot changed as we moved around, sometimes we camped, sometimes it was trailers, but a few things were constant, like religious services, extended family being there, and those intense, scary people. Then I was sent to the Mathers, along with my aunt and uncle. A bunch of the original people I know from childhood were already there- or here. Are still here.” - Excerpt from Pitch 6.7</ref>.

March speculated that of5 was a member of a recent group trigger that took place at a mall, and included a man,<ref>Flare 2.6</ref> a woman and two unidentified boys. March currently surmised<ref name="P.4e4"/> that of5 was one of the boys, who they nicknamed the "runt", and who the others were coordinating against.<ref name="P.4e3"/>

At some point he met up with the other members of the Chatroom group.

Glow-worm

On August 20th of Y1, he used a library computer to search Parahumans Online for information on multi-triggers, making several comments on old threads whose links had been broken by Gold Morning.<ref name="P.4"/> His friend helped him with this work. When she got bored, he entered a chatroom with several other parahumans he worked with<ref name="P.4e1"/> and asked them for help.

He was approached online by March,<ref>Decryption of the code used in the chapter on Reddit</ref> who offered him information on multi-triggers, and provided info and speculation regarding which group-trigger he was a part of and what the other members were up to.<ref name="P.4e3">17593Q183H17953R9713E714693: You’re clearly looking for info on multis.
of5: Yes
of5: I am.
17593Q183H17953R9713E714693: I can provide.
[...]
17593Q183H17953R9713E714693: You’re part of the new cluster from the mall.
of5: No comment.
[...]
17593Q183H17953R9713E714693: The one I talked to said there’s a woman, two boys, and him. I’m going to assume you’re the one I’ve termed the runt. The smallest, easiest target.
17593Q183H17953R9713E714693: The woman is gathering funds to hire mercenaries and come after you. The one I talked to hired an information broker to find you. Her name is Tattletale. She’s good. She has resources. including the mercenaries I just mentioned. She’s also preoccupied for now.
17593Q183H17953R9713E714693: A favor from me to you.
17593Q183H17953R9713E714693: That leaves you & the last one. It sounds like all 3 are coordinating vs. you. - Excerpt

from Glow-worm P.4</ref> He took seriously at least one piece of March's information, that the others of his multi-trigger were working with Tattletale.<ref name="P.7e1"/>

With Strange_Mammal's help, he found a news story on one member of his multi-trigger.<ref name = "P.4e4">The second individual seems to be a grab-bag cape. She was a woman with a fanged mask covering her lower face, and a form-fitting dress with a slit up the side of one leg. She displayed a mover power [fourth term] with the ability to run on walls. She produced an emotion-affecting [third term] roar, which broke the ranks of one of the cooperating teams, and had metal claws [second term] which looked to be of tinker make. These claws may have been what enabled her to tear [First term not met, but within allowance] down doors and other barricades with the ease she did.
[...]
of5: Thank you, c.
Questionable_Mammal: I thought that one result looked good
Heart_Shaped_Pupil: pretty nasty customer
of5: It is. She is.
Heart_Shaped_Pupil: are you looking after your friend?
of5: not nearly enough - Excerpt from Glow-worm P.4</ref>

On August 22nd, Rain mentioned in the chat that he had "some indications that some people are after me. More than they were the day before yesterday." He forcibly defused a brewing argument between Capricorn and Strange_Mammal.<ref name="P.6">Glow-worm P.6</ref>

Heart_Shaped_Pupil discovered that Tattletale was off-world, offering of5 a reprieve from the possibilities her allies would attack him.<ref name="P.7e1">Heart_Shaped_Pupil: Tattletale is out of town. They probbaly won’t attack without her around to act. There is a repreive. I got some info on her late last night too
Cap: that’s great. hopefully he swings by the library and we can let him know.
[...]
Cap: good work on the tattletale info. strategy will be so key if R ends up in trouble. you a champ. - Glow-worm P.7</ref> On August 23rd, he mentioned that "someone put a hit out on me ... Nothing is happening just yet" to the newly-returned Sveta.<ref name="P.8"/>

Early-Ward

Met a new member of the team who turned out that she had met a member of his multitrigger group.

Showed up too late to take part in the training exercise but was able to corral Ashley when she had an outburst.

Panicked when his groups spying revealed that his trigger group was coming for him and planned Rain's prolonged death. He was convinced by Tristan and Byron to come clean to the rest of the group. Rain did.

Afterward he had an interview with Mama Mathers.

Met up with March in a moment of desperation, and recruited her help with the upcoming attack on the Fallen.

During the fight with The Fallen, Rain gets into a skirmish with Snag. Shortly after Snag impales himself on Rains broken tinker arms, Rain uses his power on Snag to create lines inside of Snag's body. Snag moves, thus killing himself and knocking the living cluster members unconscious.<ref>Shadow Interlude 5.y: “No,” the boy said. Snag took a step forward.  With his second step, he brought his one intact arm up, and drove it down in a heavy punch.  The boy let himself be hit, only bringing his arms up to shield himself.

The impact, dampened as it was, vibrated through Snag’s body.  He felt the line at his neck rupture.  The blood from his head and neck flowed down and out through the open wound, which extended from shoulderblade to clavicle.  With the blood, he felt his thoughts struggle, and he dropped to the ground.- Excerpt from Interlude 5y II</ref>

Post-Fallen fall

Took part in the meeting with the Undersiders over hologram.

He turned himself in to face justice after the Portal sabotage, and was sentenced to prison along with Ashley.

Rain was mastered by Goddess alongside the rest of his team, and took part in Goddess' Takeover as a result. After her death, most prisoners followed the Red Queen to Earth Shin, but Rain stayed in Gimel and rejoined the team.

Post-Goddess' Takeover

Went on a shopping trip with his team.

Was present for the investigation into Love Losts actions in Lyme Centre.

Managed to avoid being shot in the aftermath of the Navigators Incident, and helped put up a fight against their attackers.<ref>Polarize 10.13</ref>

Rain joined a team consisting of Victoria, Foil, Parian, Chastity Vasil, Candy Vasil, and Aroa Vasil to find Love Lost. They did not find her, but instead got into a conflict with a team of capes that included Lord of Loss and Nursery. Assisted Victoria in defeating Lord of Loss, by using his emotion power on her.

After discovering that the other teams had been carved up by Cradle, Rain assisted Sveta in gaining control over her body with his emotion power. Rain was a part of the team that went on the Hunt for Cradle.

Upon arriving in Earth N, Rain informed the group that it was about time for him to pass out into the dream room. When he did, he discovered that Colt had joined Love Lost in her section of the dream room. Unbeknownst to him, Cradle had started the process of draining Love Lost and Colt, causing them to slowly disappear from the dream room. Cradle offered Rain his tokens, but Rain did not trust the villain and refused to take them.

Victoria used Chastity to wake Rain up, using her power. Rain was noticeably more angry than usual, due to Love Lost having thrown her tokens at him as he was leaving the dream room.

With his boosted emotion power, Rain manipulated several mercenaries in Cradle's Army, attempting to create dissension in the ranks. He also let Cradle stew in a full blast of doubt, that hit him when he woke up.

Later on in the fight, Rain was trapped in the maze created by Cretan, and attacked by Cradle.

After being forced into a corner by Cradle, Rain agreed to let the villain take him, and presumably bleed him dry, in order to stop him from killing anyone else and undoing all the severing he had done. This turned out to be a fake out on Victoria's part however, and he was swiftly saved by Sveta. As a result, Cradle was captured.

Post-Time Bubble Pop

Breakthrough was a signed to a public relations mission by Cinereal. Rain and Ashley took a lead on it and were able to disarm the accusations of Gary Nieves. However, the incident had bigger consequences, and rose suspicions in Earth Shin leaderships.

After the Shin Diplomatic Crisis, Rain joins his team on the raid against Teacher. He argued in favor for Love Lost and Colt to join them. During the battle, he confirms for Antares to kill a man. Later, she returns the favor when he has the choice to kill Valefor.<ref>“Do I?” Rain asked.

My turn to answer.

Aware of Colt, I nodded.

The silver blade caught Valefor around the middle. Chastity pulled him off balance, and he landed firmly and uncomfortably in a sitting position atop a jagged heap of concrete. The concrete didn’t matter as much as the solid landing, which made the silver line split.

Upper half slid from lower half with an audible sucking sound. - Excerpt from Dying 15.8</ref> He also plays a major role in driving back Mama Mathers.<ref>Interlude 15.z II</ref>

Post-Attack on Teacher

Makes friends with Golem and Bullet Time.<ref>From Within 16.2</ref> Is part of the battle against Deathchester and present during the subsequent negotiations.

During the dreamroom invasion Rain protected the kids, who were accidentally brought in, which got him seriously wounded. While wounded he taunted Cradle, forcing him to approach the heroes.<ref name="II16.10">From Within 16.10</ref>

After Breakthrough was caught by The Wardens, he was temporarily benched, but was quickly returned to action to participate in cape stand-off with Earth Shin. Rain used this as an opportunity to bond with Golem and Cuff.

The Ice Breaks

Precipice was alongside The Undersiders and Breakthrough during the oversight duty of Titan Oberon and Eve.<ref name="II18.3">Radiation 18.3</ref>

His powers had not much effect during the clash of titans, since he still was weakened from the dreamscape invasion. In the later stages of the fight he took care of the wounded.<ref name="II18.6">Radiation 18.6</ref>

Once his dream time had arrived, he was tinker-linked with some patrol officers, including Gilpatrick. Together they were sent out on a sabotage mission on the virtual side of The Shardspace, with Colt and Love Lost joining them on the other side.<ref name="II19.b">Infrared 19.b</ref> Rain took a stand against Anguished Heart's avatar to let people evacuate the room, and was subsequently saved by Love Lost. Together with Colt they disconnected Titan Skadi from Oberon's network,<ref name="II19.2">Infrared 19.2</ref> He persuaded Matryoshka and Bijou against reckless intervention into Case 53s' powers,<ref name="II19.c">Infrared 19.c</ref> and passed a message to the ghost of Contessa. This appeared to go through to her, as she and her Titans stopped actively attacking the surrounding capes.

In the morning he rejoined Breakthrough at the battlefield and explained his actions to them. It led to Antares and Lookout deciding to attempt to access the Firmament's virtual properties from real space.<ref name="II19.6">Infrared 19.6</ref> Together they visited Contessa's crystal inside the Shardrealm.<ref name="II19.7">Infrared 19.7</ref>

Rain suffered some unspecified injuries in the later fights.<ref name="II19.z">Infrared 19.z</ref>

He participated in the Wardens' battles against The Simurgh and Machine Army, tagteaming with Sveta to not get bogged down in killer robots.<ref name="II20.1">Last 20.1</ref>

After Breakthrough's return to the Wardens Complex and run-in with Bloodplay he followed Sveta to seek and protect Dinah Alcott.<ref name="II20.4">Last 20.4</ref>

He was temporarily disabled by The Mathers Giant under The Simurgh command.<ref name="II20.5">Last 20.5</ref> After recovering Rain and Antares bisected the Endbringer.<ref name=2ofthem/>

Rain willingly accepted Victoria's plague one of the first. During the Long Dream Colt and Love Lost kept his company.<ref name="II20.11">Last 20.11</ref>

Ward Epilogue

He agreed to go with Foil and Parian and do community service until he turns eighteen, he's not allowed to work as a cape and he's on probation.<ref>“Contributing to the community… but not as a cape.”

“Not as a cape,” Lily said, firmly.  “For… how many years?”

“It would be until he turned eighteen.  A year and a half.  We’d consider it,” the man said.  “I’d have to check.  And of course, it would have to be okay with Rain…” - Excerpt from Last 20.e2</ref>

Chapter Appearances

Ward Chapter Appearances

{{#if:Flare|{{#if:Flare|Flare|Flare}}|Flare}} 1. Flare 2.1 {{#switch: debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 2. Flare 2.2 {{#switch: debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 3. Flare 2.3 {{#switch: debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 4. Flare 2.4 {{#switch: debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 5. Flare 2.5 {{#switch:debut debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 6. Flare 2.6 {{#switch:yes debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 7. Flare 2.7 {{#switch:yes debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} x. Interlude 2 II {{#switch: debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}}

Trivia

• At one point, the character that would eventually become Rain was potentially going to become the protagonist of Ward.<ref>'Warlordm 02/23/2019

Was their ever consideration for a cluster cape to be protagonist of Ward?

Wildbow 02/23/2019 Yeah, Warlord. Rain. :p

Wildbow 02/23/2019 Wasn't actually Rain-rain, but the basic power principles and cluster shape were there while I was turning the idea over in my head & writing some drafts.'

From WOG Repository</ref>

Fanart Gallery

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