Rafaela



Rafaela was Claymore #2 in Luciela's time and Claymore #5 in Clare's time. She is first seen as Irene's pursuer. Her power is considered equal to that of her elder sister, former Number 1 ; Luciela. She is one of the longest lived Claymores, disregarding Awakened Beings.

Appearance
Rafaela has short hair with an silver eyes. Her left eye is nothing but a trademark jagged scar.

Luciela's Time
Rafaela and Luciela's past is unknown but they were brought to the Organization as the Organization's first experiment using a soul link to control an Awakened Being. The experiment fails causing her elder sister, Luciela, to lose control and fully awaken. Rafaela lost an eye and the Organization lost over half their warriors when Luciela went on the rampage. She was blamed for the experiment backfiring, because of her 'weak heart'. Rafaela intentionally did not heal her eye. In fact, she surpresses her Yoki completely in the vain hope that she can somehow bring Luciela back.

Rubel informed her that, in order to neutralize the risk of her Awakening herself, she had stripped of her number and symbol. As she said, it was as though she had died and she was ordered to keep a low profile like a dead person.

She was allowed to wander around the towns surrounding the Organization in disguise, where she heard about Alicia and Beth being taken into the Organization and ran into Teresa as a trainee. She was amazed to learn that Teresa could survive through a wilderness of Yoma and wild creatures to come to that area.

Clare's Time
On a stormy night, Rubel finds her taking shelter in a small cave. There, he informed her that Teresa is dead, along with Irene, Sophia and Noel, and Priscilla has awakened. He mentions that Priscilla's Awakening will break the deadlock between the three Abyssal Ones and the one most likely to be wiped out is Luciela. Thus, since they are so short-handed, the Organization invited Rafaela back in exchange for information regarding her elder sister.

Rafaela accepted the offer and Rubel correctly guesses the reason: she feels there is a last thing she has to do. She wishes to find her sister, who she believes she failed, and, instead of a futile attempt to bring her back to her human form, kill her.

After Seven Year Time-Skip


In the new arc, Audrey (#3) told Clare that she heard Rafaela died. If she were in fact alive her aura would be untraceable by now, same as Galatea.

Riful reveals to the recently captured Renee that she had found Rafaela and Luciela soon after Luciela died. She also tells Renee that Rafaela felt responsible for Luciela's awakening. So, Rafaela killed awakened Luciela to fulfill her duty as a soul link and a sister. In the process, Rafaela unconsciously injected all her life force into Luciela's dead body. This deed killed Rafaela but fulfilled her loyalty to Luciela. After Rafaela merged with Luciela's body, both of them entered a vegetative state. Riful plans to use Renee's yoki manipulation to make them awaken.