Gender: Male
First Appearance: "By The Grace Of Oberon" by Don A. Martinez.
Other Appearances: All subsequent parts of Gargoyles: Clan Manhattan by Don A. Martinez
Created by: Don A. Martinez (Coyote the Bando)
Vital Stats:
Height: 8'2"
Weight: 380
Wingspan: 12'
Age: Unknown (see below)
Interests: Medicine, magic, Rosanna
Not much was known about Rain until the Rokkans'
blitzkrieg over the globe, destroying all of the world's gargoyle
clans. When they came over Guatemala, a magic link in the pendants
of the Guatemalan clan ... of which Rain wears one ...
finally revealed to him the truth about his parents, his heritage ...
and his destiny.
It was then discovered that Rain is the son of Turquesa
(a transplanted Guatemalan clanmember on Avalon)
and Coyote the
Trickster. He was conceived shortly after
the death of Turquesa's clanmate Jade at the hands
of the Weird Sisters. Coyote
vowed revenge for Jade's death upon the Sisters, and made an attempt
to permanently separate himself from Oberon's
Court
for this purpose.
He came to live with Turquesa, splitting his time between Avalon and
the real world (where he watched over Rose Maza
as
"Mrs. Thorogood"). Over the course of a few weeks on Avalon, the two
grew closer, and eventually fell in love. Their love
was consummated on one fateful Avalonian night when Coyote turned his
magicks on himself, making him a gargoyle for one night.
Three days after his conception, Rain's egg was lain. A day later, it hatched.
Rain lived his life in the small patch of rainforest transplanted to Avalon by his mother and Jade. After growing to adulthood, Avalon Clan member Lina found him. Eventually she volunteered herself and Rain to go to Manhattan, as Avalon's champions against the Rokkans. His first major role in the war was when he helped nurse a badly injured Rosanna through a night hiding from the Rokkans during an attack. The seeds of romance between Rosanna and Rain were planted here. Later, Rain helped Slash, Coyote and Alexander Xanatos investigate the Labyrinth, searching for a secret stockpile of weapons Alexander's father had left there years before. Even with Coyote, he had no idea how the trickster would be involved in his life.
Rain's feelings eventually began to surface when he stood at the battlements watching Rosanna during a later battle, and finally leaping upward to catch her when the retro-virus she'd been infected with nearly killed her. He confessed these feelings that he felt to Angela while waiting for Rosanna to come out of surgery. Much to his relief, when she did come out of the operation, her feelings were mutual ... much to Lina's displeasure.
In the first few weeks after the operation, Rain took the role of a companion to Rosanna as she recovered. He finally gave her a token of his love that Christmas, a necklace with a small Avalonian crystal (Rain's good luck charm) as the pendant.
Rain's past was finally revealed to him when the spirit of the late Zafiro called to him through Jade's pendant, revealing everything he needed to know about his past and his destiny. That destiny was told to Rosanna by Coyote subsequently, while she was angry with Rain about his secret. At the end of this story, she finally came to terms with Rain's past, and vowed to him that she wanted to be a part of his life, no matter where it took him. She had finally accepted the path chosen for him by his father, as his destiny ... to confront and destroy the Weird Sisters.
Rain is a fiercely loyal companion, the one you always want to have
at your side in a fight. This is why he's been so
valuable to the Clan during the Rokkan invasion. His knowledge of medical
treatments, both semi-magical and natural, serve to
make him the de facto field medic.
Rain seems to possess the typical abilities and traits of all gargoyles. There seems to be no evidence of traces of his fay heritage, but such abilities that would come from that may simply have yet to manifest. He wears the magical pendant owned by his mother's friend, Jade, which prevents him from entering stone sleep like other gargoyles. As stated above, he is skilled in various forms of medicine, and is a good warrior.