calling for help from Tartarus despite his apparent death in The House of Hades. Nico decides to try to find out what happened to the friendly Titan with Will's help and rescue him if need be. He will be a main character in the upcoming book The Sun and the Star. Rachel Elizabeth Dare Rachel is a mortal girl who can see through the Mist, the force that obscures gods and monsters from most mortals. Her father, Will Dare, is a rich businessman, a fact which she is rather adverse to. She first meets Percy in The Titan's Curse at the Hoover Dam. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, she guides Percy through the Labyrinth to Daedalus's workshop. It is hinted that she has some romantic feelings for Percy which are noticed by Annabeth who becomes extremely jealous. In The Last Olympian, she has strange visions about the war. Later, after she talked to Chiron, she decided to become the new Oracle of Delphi, according to her fate. She gave up her feelings for Percy to her duty. Her appearance makes things easier for both Olympians and Greek demigods. Her first act as the Oracle is to deliver the next Great Prophecy, setting the plot of the Heroes of Olympus series. She is contacted in The House of Hades to ask for Reyna's assistance to bring the Athena Parthenos back to Camp Half-Blood. Following the loss of Delphi to Python, as revealed in The Hidden Oracle, Rachel stops visiting camp and begins a frenzied attempt to regain her foresight, not helped by Apollo's disappearance. Once informed of Apollo's arrival, Rachel returns and learns that not only Delphi is lost, but also three other Oracles, and that only Rhea's Dodonian Oracle is still valid. She becomes upset upon learning of the existence of other Oracles, as Apollo hasn't told her before. In The Tower of Nero, Rachel regains her powers of foresight after Apollo kills Python. She plans to take the summer off before returning to work as the Oracle full time. She also provides Nico and Will with a prophecy. She has red hair and freckles, is skilled at painting and drawing, and occasionally shown as a non-ADHD foil for her demigod teammates. Percy remarks on her ability to stand still for a long time at a charity event. Due to her power of foresight, Rachel knows a great deal