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| previous team = [[Coil's Organization]] | | previous team = [[Coil's Organization]] | ||
| base of operations = [[Brockton Bay]] | | base of operations = [[Brockton Bay]] | ||
| classification = [[Master]] 5, [[Striker]] 5 | | classification = [[Master]] 5, [[Striker]] 5<ref name="list"/> | ||
| web serial = [[Gestation 1.5]] | | web serial = [[Gestation 1.5]] | ||
| family = mother (abandoned) | | family = mother (abandoned) | ||
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'''Rachel Lindt''', also known as '''Bitch''' by her allies and '''Hellhound''' by her enemies, is a member of the [[Undersiders]]. | '''Rachel Lindt''', also known as '''Bitch''' by her allies and '''Hellhound''' by her enemies, is a member of the [[Undersiders]]. | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
Rachel has a squarish, blunt-featured face with thick eyebrows, auburn hair, and a muscular build being naturally inclined to fitness, with constant activity needed to force around her dogs when they are grown to monstrous size. She wears heavy jackets with thick fur collars and/or hoods, heavy boots, and a dollar store Rottweiler mask. Taylor was of the opinion that Rachel was rather butch. Later, she began to wear a mask [[Skitter]] made for her that resembled one of her enhanced dogs, [[Brutus]]. | Rachel has a squarish, blunt-featured face with thick eyebrows, auburn hair, and a muscular build being naturally inclined to fitness, with constant activity needed to force around her dogs when they are grown to monstrous size. She wears heavy jackets with thick fur collars and/or hoods, heavy boots, and a dollar store Rottweiler mask. Taylor was of the opinion that Rachel was rather butch. Later, she began to wear a mask [[Skitter]] made for her that resembled one of her enhanced dogs, [[Brutus]]. | ||
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Rachel's personality is obfuscated by several factors. One is her lack of education that has left her largely illiterate and forced her to adapt to the world in other ways. Another is her relationship with her dogs. Possibly as a consequence of having triggered at a young age,<ref name="2.2"/> her already weak social skills and empathy were overridden refocusing on her power's target: Canines. | Rachel's personality is obfuscated by several factors. One is her lack of education that has left her largely illiterate and forced her to adapt to the world in other ways. Another is her relationship with her dogs. Possibly as a consequence of having triggered at a young age,<ref name="2.2"/> her already weak social skills and empathy were overridden refocusing on her power's target: Canines. | ||
As such the bearing of teeth and direct eye contact used in normal human interaction | As such the bearing of teeth and direct eye contact commonly used in normal human interaction seemed threatening to her.<ref name="I11a"/> While frequently and erroneously labeled a sociopath due to this adaptation Rachel has gained an unparalleled grasp of dog handling for her age. She can easily distinguish individual dogs of the same breed.<ref name="28.6>[[Cockroaches 28.6]]</ref> Rachel continues to struggle to communicate with others but makes an effort nevertheless. | ||
She approaches many of her relationships as a struggle for dominance, though she holds on to her relationships with those who she actually trusts with every fiber of her being. The personality she presents as Rachel and as Bitch are almost indistinguishable. This likely stems from her homeless years where her identity was known to the public and was actively hunted by Protectorate teams. | She approaches many of her relationships as a struggle for dominance, though she holds on to her relationships with those who she actually trusts with every fiber of her being. The personality she presents as Rachel and as Bitch are almost indistinguishable. This likely stems from her homeless years where her identity was known to the public and was actively hunted by Protectorate teams. | ||
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==Abilities and Powers== | ==Abilities and Powers== | ||
[[File:Bitch.jpg|thumb|left| | [[File:Bitch.jpg|thumb|left|450px|[http://fav.me/d9lqnx0 Illustration] by [http://sandara.deviantart.com/ sandara] on deviantart]] | ||
Rachel has the ability to empower dogs to vastly increased size - in the order of three thousand or more pounds - enhanced strength, durability, agility, and an asymmetrical covering of bony plates, spikes, exposed muscles, and calcified flesh. Her power has affected her ability to socialize with humans, having hardwired it to better understand canines. She was capable of using her power at range, and on multiple dogs at once.<ref name="I11a">[[Interlude 11a]]</ref> | Rachel has the ability to empower dogs to vastly increased size - in the order of three thousand or more pounds - enhanced strength, durability, agility, and an asymmetrical covering of bony plates, spikes, exposed muscles, and calcified flesh.<ref name="list">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pgn9rgYutpBqJg1lSBP3NHnq9WK4ToLq9K4ys_I4cRc/edit#gid=0 Wildbow's Parahuman List]</ref> Her power has affected her ability to socialize with humans, having hardwired it to better understand canines. She was capable of using her power at range, and on multiple dogs at once.<ref name="I11a">[[Interlude 11a]]</ref> | ||
Her power also affects other canines, such as wolves. In fact, her power seems to work far more effectively on wolves than domestic dogs; the transformations of her wolf were sleeker, stronger, more symmetrical, caused less strain to herself and the wolf even when she worked the transformation faster. It is not shown how her power would affect other canines, like coyotes or dingoes. The downside of that, however, is that the wild canines take far more effort to train, not having been domesticated over generations. Rachel kept [[Bastard]], her wolf, with her constantly for the first few years, and even then the training might not have been effective if she hadn't raised it from a puppy. | Her power also affects other canines, such as wolves. In fact, her power seems to work far more effectively on wolves than domestic dogs; the transformations of her wolf were sleeker, stronger, more symmetrical, caused less strain to herself and the wolf even when she worked the transformation faster. It is not shown how her power would affect other canines, like coyotes or dingoes. The downside of that, however, is that the wild canines take far more effort to train, not having been domesticated over generations. Rachel kept [[Bastard]], her wolf, with her constantly for the first few years, and even then the training might not have been effective if she hadn't raised it from a puppy. | ||
Rachel cannot, however, automatically control the dogs that she empowers. She has gotten around this drawback by training her dogs to respond to whistles and specific commands. She has also shown some skill with her power, as she participated in more fights her dogs steadily gained more durability, to the point of being able to take lightning bolts from Behemoth.{{Cite}}<!--see Crushed-->. Further, according to her, she can select for certain traits when she is empowering her dogs, this is not just limited to how big she lets her dogs grow, but includes things like selecting for agility or power power when enhancing them.<ref name="e.4"/> <!--"Rachel gave her companion a bit more power. Size at the expense of flexibility." or she just made bastard a bit bigger and the extra mass took away options--> | Rachel cannot, however, automatically control the dogs that she empowers. She has gotten around this drawback by training [[Bitch's Dogs|her dogs]] to respond to whistles and specific commands. She has also shown some skill with her power, as she participated in more fights her dogs steadily gained more durability, to the point of being able to take lightning bolts from Behemoth.{{Cite}}<!--see Crushed-->. Further, according to her, she can select for certain traits when she is empowering her dogs, this is not just limited to how big she lets her dogs grow, but includes things like selecting for agility or power power when enhancing them.<ref name="e.4"/> <!--"Rachel gave her companion a bit more power. Size at the expense of flexibility." or she just made bastard a bit bigger and the extra mass took away options--> | ||
Using her power tires Rachel out, and the faster she uses it, the faster she tires<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/hive-5-2/#comment-342 Comment by Wildbow on Hive 5.2]</ref>. Therefore, she prefers having time to slowly increase her dogs' sizes, rather than having to rush the job. The size increase does not last forever, and when her dogs decrease in size again they shed the extra muscle and bone like an outer coat, meaning the dogs have to be extracted from the mound of flesh. She feels her power as an internal vibration radiating outward, reverberating off her dogs.<ref name="I11a"/> | Using her power tires Rachel out, and the faster she uses it, the faster she tires<ref>[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/hive-5-2/#comment-342 Comment by Wildbow on Hive 5.2]</ref>. Therefore, she prefers having time to slowly increase her dogs' sizes, rather than having to rush the job. The size increase does not last forever, and when her dogs decrease in size again they shed the extra muscle and bone like an outer coat, meaning the dogs have to be extracted from the mound of flesh. She feels her power as an internal vibration radiating outward, reverberating off her dogs.<ref name="I11a"/> | ||
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find the official timeline--> | find the official timeline--> | ||
Quickly gaining a reputation as a super-villain she was christened Hellhound by the media, though she preferred Bitch. Rachel was eventually approached by a proxy for [[Coil]] that said if they worked for them she would be provided with | Quickly gaining a reputation as a super-villain she was christened Hellhound by the media, though she preferred Bitch. Rachel was eventually approached by a proxy for [[Coil]] that said if they worked for them she would be provided with safety and security for herself and her dogs.<ref name="16.13">[[Monarch 16.13]]</ref> Joining the [[Undersiders]], Rachel worked with them for a few months engaging in robberies and similar crimes. Rachel would later chase off Spitfire, and try to keep the Undersiders from expanding.{{cite}} | ||
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<ref name=" | <ref name="6.8"/>[[Tangle 6.8]]</ref> | ||
Coil broke the silence, “Bitch. I am aware of your collection of dogs. More than one isolated building containing strays and dogs due to be euthanized. Animals that you rescued, retrieved and gave shelter.” | Coil broke the silence, “Bitch. I am aware of your collection of dogs. More than one isolated building containing strays and dogs due to be euthanized. Animals that you rescued, retrieved and gave shelter.” | ||
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“No. I would not interfere with your business. I respect your passion. But at the same time, I know it likely pains you, that you have only so much time to spare, to visit these locations, to feed these animals you have rescued and give them the individual attention and care they need.” | “No. I would not interfere with your business. I respect your passion. But at the same time, I know it likely pains you, that you have only so much time to spare, to visit these locations, to feed these animals you have rescued and give them the individual attention and care they need.” | ||
<ref name="16.13">[ | <ref name="16.13">[[Monarch 16.13]]</ref> | ||
“You promised me safety, security, so long as I joined this team. I’ve never been less safe, less secure. Everybody lies through their teeth. Maybe there’s a couple of them I can stand anyways, but they’re still liars, they’ve made me a liar, and you’re the worst liar of them all. It’s fitting you wear a snake on your costume.” | “You promised me safety, security, so long as I joined this team. I’ve never been less safe, less secure. Everybody lies through their teeth. Maybe there’s a couple of them I can stand anyways, but they’re still liars, they’ve made me a liar, and you’re the worst liar of them all. It’s fitting you wear a snake on your costume.” | ||
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Rachel had her [[Cassie|newest minion]] send a letter to Weaver, she expresses thanks for all that taylor did for her while saying that while she did not know when she will she her again they should both try to remain alive until they can see each other again. | Rachel had her [[Cassie|newest minion]] send a letter to Weaver, she expresses thanks for all that taylor did for her while saying that while she did not know when she will she her again they should both try to remain alive until they can see each other again. | ||
==== [[New Delhi]] ==== | ==== [[New Delhi]] ==== | ||
Largely part of search and rescue efforts | Meeting [[Weaver]] for the first time in | ||
Largely part of search and rescue efforts she was | |||
Rachel uses her dogs to carry one end of a chain imbued by [[Foil|Foil's]] power, cutting through [[Behemoth|Behemoth's]] lower leg. She goes back for a second run, only making partway through the leg before the power runs out. | Rachel uses her dogs to carry one end of a chain imbued by [[Foil|Foil's]] power, cutting through [[Behemoth|Behemoth's]] lower leg. She goes back for a second run, only making partway through the leg before the power runs out. | ||
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*"Words" ~ Rachel in response to most platitudes | *"Words" ~ Rachel in response to most platitudes | ||
*"Everyone likes the manipulative assholes after they’ve had a chance to do their manipulating." ~ Rachel to [[Satyrical]] | *"Everyone likes the manipulative assholes after they’ve had a chance to do their manipulating." ~ Rachel to [[Satyrical]] | ||
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“A shame. Your other headquarters, where I moved your collective belongings, that will be her station. Barker and Biter here showed up for the Endbringer fight, and I got in contact with them. They, alongside these three young individuals,” he gestured to the two parahumans, and three college-aged kids who looked rather intimidated, “Will work under her. Barker and Biter profess to be fearless, and should have little difficulty managing the dogs, even when Bitch’s abilities are at work. The men and the young lady I’ve provided have some degree of training in veterinary medicine or handling dogs. Let her know this. She is free to accept them or refuse them as she sees fit.” --> | “A shame. Your other headquarters, where I moved your collective belongings, that will be her station. Barker and Biter here showed up for the Endbringer fight, and I got in contact with them. They, alongside these three young individuals,” he gestured to the two parahumans, and three college-aged kids who looked rather intimidated, “Will work under her. Barker and Biter profess to be fearless, and should have little difficulty managing the dogs, even when Bitch’s abilities are at work. The men and the young lady I’ve provided have some degree of training in veterinary medicine or handling dogs. Let her know this. She is free to accept them or refuse them as she sees fit.” --> | ||
== Trivia == | |||
* There are inconsistant sources on the age Rachel was when she triggered. It is pointed out that she did not really keep track of her age. | |||
== Fanart Gallery == | == Fanart Gallery == | ||
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Rachel Lindt, also known as Bitch by her allies and Hellhound by her enemies, is a member of the Undersiders.
Appearance
Rachel has a squarish, blunt-featured face with thick eyebrows, auburn hair, and a muscular build being naturally inclined to fitness, with constant activity needed to force around her dogs when they are grown to monstrous size. She wears heavy jackets with thick fur collars and/or hoods, heavy boots, and a dollar store Rottweiler mask. Taylor was of the opinion that Rachel was rather butch. Later, she began to wear a mask Skitter made for her that resembled one of her enhanced dogs, Brutus.
In the years since she relocated to Earth Gimel she has put on more muscle mass, height, a tan, toughened feet, and had let her hair grow out longer.
Personality
Rachel's personality is obfuscated by several factors. One is her lack of education that has left her largely illiterate and forced her to adapt to the world in other ways. Another is her relationship with her dogs. Possibly as a consequence of having triggered at a young age,<ref name="2.2"/> her already weak social skills and empathy were overridden refocusing on her power's target: Canines.
As such the bearing of teeth and direct eye contact commonly used in normal human interaction seemed threatening to her.<ref name="I11a"/> While frequently and erroneously labeled a sociopath due to this adaptation Rachel has gained an unparalleled grasp of dog handling for her age. She can easily distinguish individual dogs of the same breed.<ref name="28.6>Cockroaches 28.6</ref> Rachel continues to struggle to communicate with others but makes an effort nevertheless.
She approaches many of her relationships as a struggle for dominance, though she holds on to her relationships with those who she actually trusts with every fiber of her being. The personality she presents as Rachel and as Bitch are almost indistinguishable. This likely stems from her homeless years where her identity was known to the public and was actively hunted by Protectorate teams.
Rachel was heterosexual,<ref name="SB1">Spacebattles</ref> and, as an adult, was in a casual sexual relationship with Biter. She was happy that he didn't "make it more than it should be".<ref name="e.4">Teneral e.4</ref>
Relationships
Taylor Hebert
Rachel tried to hurt Taylor in her first meeting in an attempt to keep an "outsider" from joining her group. Rachel gained respect for Taylor after she retaliated for this assault.
Following the Undersiders falling out with their employer, and proving that Skitter had not actually betrayed her for what Rachel thought was the second time she held Taylors hand was they went to the hospital to check their injuries.
They ended worm as close friends.
Lisa Wilbourn
Though Lisa can get along with Rachel it is Taylor that makes the connection that rachels power has changed her mind into focusing on dogs.
Brian Laborn
Rachel respected Brian as the leader, and Grue as leader of the undersiders. but she did not have much connection with him simply following his orders
Abilities and Powers
Rachel has the ability to empower dogs to vastly increased size - in the order of three thousand or more pounds - enhanced strength, durability, agility, and an asymmetrical covering of bony plates, spikes, exposed muscles, and calcified flesh.<ref name="list">Wildbow's Parahuman List</ref> Her power has affected her ability to socialize with humans, having hardwired it to better understand canines. She was capable of using her power at range, and on multiple dogs at once.<ref name="I11a">Interlude 11a</ref>
Her power also affects other canines, such as wolves. In fact, her power seems to work far more effectively on wolves than domestic dogs; the transformations of her wolf were sleeker, stronger, more symmetrical, caused less strain to herself and the wolf even when she worked the transformation faster. It is not shown how her power would affect other canines, like coyotes or dingoes. The downside of that, however, is that the wild canines take far more effort to train, not having been domesticated over generations. Rachel kept Bastard, her wolf, with her constantly for the first few years, and even then the training might not have been effective if she hadn't raised it from a puppy.
Rachel cannot, however, automatically control the dogs that she empowers. She has gotten around this drawback by training her dogs to respond to whistles and specific commands. She has also shown some skill with her power, as she participated in more fights her dogs steadily gained more durability, to the point of being able to take lightning bolts from Behemoth.[citation needed]. Further, according to her, she can select for certain traits when she is empowering her dogs, this is not just limited to how big she lets her dogs grow, but includes things like selecting for agility or power power when enhancing them.<ref name="e.4"/>
Using her power tires Rachel out, and the faster she uses it, the faster she tires<ref>Comment by Wildbow on Hive 5.2</ref>. Therefore, she prefers having time to slowly increase her dogs' sizes, rather than having to rush the job. The size increase does not last forever, and when her dogs decrease in size again they shed the extra muscle and bone like an outer coat, meaning the dogs have to be extracted from the mound of flesh. She feels her power as an internal vibration radiating outward, reverberating off her dogs.<ref name="I11a"/>
Her ability also has a restorative effect on it's subject, while it cannot heal old injuries it can deal with cancers, parasites, poisons and other damage and disease, it's use generally increases the overall health of the subject.<ref name="7.3>Buzz 7.3</ref>
At the beginning of Worm, Bitch has three dogs that are trained to obey her while under the effects of her power: Brutus, Judas and Angelica. This number increased exponentially as she gained the resources to rescue, care and train more dogs.
History
Background
Rachel was neglected by her parents until they abandoned her and she was put into the system. She was passed along several foster families. Until, when she was fourteen, her abusive stepmother tried to drown a puppy Rachel had found to punish her and she triggered.<ref name="I11a"/> The puppy wasn't actually a dog.<ref name=WoG1>Comment on Reddit</ref> The empowered puppy then killed her stepmother, maimed her foster siblings and destroyed the house.<ref name="2.2">Insinuation 2.2</ref>
Rather than go to a parahuman detention center and be institutionalized, Rachel ran. Not knowing how to read, interact with people, or having any other skills, she survived by resorting to crime and being the meanest thing around to protect herself and her new family. She survived on her own despite pursuit by the authorities for close to two years.<ref name="2.2"/> Quickly gaining a reputation as a super-villain she was christened Hellhound by the media, though she preferred Bitch. Rachel was eventually approached by a proxy for Coil that said if they worked for them she would be provided with safety and security for herself and her dogs.<ref name="16.13">Monarch 16.13</ref> Joining the Undersiders, Rachel worked with them for a few months engaging in robberies and similar crimes. Rachel would later chase off Spitfire, and try to keep the Undersiders from expanding.[citation needed]
Story Start
She would fail to do this effectively when they recruited Taylor. She tried to size her up as her own test for the new member.
Post-Leviathan
Rachel allowed Taylor to rejoin the Undersiders despite her betrayal of the group. Later, during the assault on the PRT Headquarters to steal information, Bitch intentionally sabotaged Skitter in hopes of getting her arrested. She failed and after a confrontation allowed skitter back into the group.
Post-Slaughterhouse Nine
Rachel and her group, were attacked by one of the Dragon suits.
Post-Echidna
Rachel had her newest minion send a letter to Weaver, she expresses thanks for all that taylor did for her while saying that while she did not know when she will she her again they should both try to remain alive until they can see each other again.
New Delhi
Meeting Weaver for the first time in Largely part of search and rescue efforts she was
Rachel uses her dogs to carry one end of a chain imbued by Foil's power, cutting through Behemoth's lower leg. She goes back for a second run, only making partway through the leg before the power runs out.
Post-Timeskip
She spent much of her time in the unoccupied earth before coming to see Taylor on her birthday. She would later assist in the collective action against the Slaughterhouse 9000.
Golden Morning
Bitch assisted during the conflict of the Golden Morning; Scion severely injured several of her dogs. Bastard was severely mutated when the heroes tried to save him using a Lab Rat formula while he was under the effects of her power.
Quotes
- "Words" ~ Rachel in response to most platitudes
- "Everyone likes the manipulative assholes after they’ve had a chance to do their manipulating." ~ Rachel to Satyrical
Trivia
- There are inconsistant sources on the age Rachel was when she triggered. It is pointed out that she did not really keep track of her age.
Fanart Gallery
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Illustration by Holocene from spacebattles
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References
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