René Kincaid

René Kincaid
Debut	Trails through Daybreak
Seiyuu	Jun Fukuyama Hikaru Yuuki (younger)
Voice actor	Ben Lepley
Biographical information
Nationality	Calvardian
Age	25 (Daybreak) 26 (Daybreak II)
Date of birth	S.1183
Status	Alive
Affiliation	CID Presidential Office
Occupation	Integrated Analysis Agent Presidential Aide
Physical information
Gender	Male
Height	181 cm
Eye Color	Silver
Hair Color	Brown
Battle information
Weapon	Military gun
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René Kincaid (ルネ・キンケイド) is an aide and agent with the Integrated Analysis Department of the Central Intelligence Division. He was introduced in Trails through Daybreak.

Profile

Appearance

René is a tall young man with swept brown hair, silver eyes and and glasses. Kincaid leaves a stylish and competent impression with his well-ordered violet suit, which is complimented by his glasses, and he has many female colleagues who admire his smooth working demeanor. René uses a military pistol in combat.

Personality

René is an intelligent and pragmatic individual who is open to taking advantage of both his own and others' positions in order to achieve ends. He maintains a calm and analytic demeanour and is not easily unnerved. As the most senior of the three childhood friends, he has been able to watch over the other two from a unique position and has been subtlety manipulating them to help them find happiness with one another. René is not one to let the past get in the way of his goals and he holds great ambition towards becoming president one day.

Background

René was born to a businessman's family who moved to Oración for work purposes. There, he met Elaine Auclair and Van Arkride and the trio became firm childhood friends. René is the eldest of the three by about a year and constantly looked out for the other two. When they all attended Aramis Academy, René quickly ascended to become student council president with Elaine as his vice-president. he noticed early on that Elaine and Van had feelings for one another and subtly watched them and prodded them to help them get together. René himself had a girlfriend of his own at the time. René made no secret of his ambitions and left to join politics after graduation, taking a role in the Central Intelligence Division's integrated analysis department.

Trails through Daybreak

Under the supervision of his capable superior, he has been able to handle himself well in a department divided by the president's aim, while dealing with a vast number of matters on a daily basis, and reliably gathering information and conducting operations at the local level.

Van and René become aware of each other's positions and don't hesitate to take advantage of them. René helps spring Van from the police's custody and has Van cooperate with him. Not willing to only let the Bracer Guild make use of Van, René also asks Van to help with monster extermination requests and states he will match any payment the Guild are offering. René continue to provide information and update Van wherever it is possible and beneficial to his aims. René is not fond of Van's tendency to call him by his first name and insists he use his surname.

When investigating the whereabouts of a missing unit of Eisenschild, René admits that said unit was engaged by a squad of Hercules special forces as combat training, but that they broke free of capture and haven't been since. As an apology for situation, René sends over all the information he has.

René impresses Kilika Rouran with his remote management skills when meeting with her following the Langport incident. He also helps van out by providing information on drug movements and composition in Tharbad. René drives Sherid Asval to his meeting with Van regarding a request in Basel, and briefs him on the situation in the city. It is made clear that René is part of a confidential project being worked on by the government and is working with Agnès Claudel's father. René advises Agnès on her position and what resources are available to her. Later, He informs Van that the president authorised the Marduk Company to take action in Basel and at the conclusion of events there, it is revealed he is working with the president Roy Gramheart.

René is in charge of coordinating the government's response to the situation in Oración and Almata, and is keeping track of all the various factions heading to and active within the city, delivering this information to Van. Before they travel there, René has been revealed as the presidential aide and drives Gramheart to meet with Agnès who is revealed as his daughter and intends to head into the city despite the danger. When Hercules beta unit is wiped out by Arioch and the game threatened, René assures everyone it was not under his orders and was a separate faction of the CID acting without consent.

When Almata's forces are wiped out, René requests Van's assistance in apprehending trace elements and members of their organization in the capital. René joins the party in person as an apology for everything that has happened so far and heads one of the groups when they divide into two. During this time, René reveals details about Van and René's shared past. He attends the party at Montmart Bistro afterwards but leaves for work as the evening draws in.

On Revolution Day, René meets with Ellroy Harwood and Kasim Al-Fayed in what others view as a scary combination. When Pandemonium envelops the city, René teams up with Van's party to secure the area but departs after they find more allies so that he can find his own men and get a fuller grasp of the situation. He assist the party breach Genesis Tower by destroying a demon pillar with a sniper rifle from a nearby building.

René celebrates the New Year with Van and Elaine, going out for drinks with them.

Gameplay

Weapons

• Trails through Daybreak
• Trails through Daybreak II

Trails through Daybreak

	Name	Description	Location
	Legal Keeper リーガルキーパー	DMG+326 - ADMG+67 A gun for bringing judgment on those who break the law.	Finale: Default weapon of René (first appearance)
	Legal Keeper リーガルキーパー	DMG+352 - ADMG+72 A gun for bringing judgment on those who break the law.	Finale: Default weapon of René (second appearance)

Trails through Daybreak II

	Name	Description	Location
	Hawkeye ホークアイ	DMG+56 - ADMG+27	Default weapon of René
	Skyfish スカイフィッシュ	DMG+63 - ADMG+29	Purchase (2160)
	Skyfish+ スカイフィッシュ+	DMG+74 - ADMG+33	Upgraded Skyfish
	Peacemaker ピースメーカー	DMG+87 - ADMG+39	Purchase (2160)
	Peacemaker+ ピースメーカー+	DMG+102 - ADMG+45	Upgraded Peacemaker
	Phantom Sigma ファントムΣ	DMG+110 - ADMG+48	Act II Side B
	Quicksilver クイックシルバー	DMG+118 ADMG+53	Purchase (3960)
	Quicksilver+ クイックシルバー+	DMG+132 - ADMG+58	Upgraded Quicksilver
	Bear Assault III ベア・アサルトIII	DMG+152 - ADMG+67	Purchase (5080)
	Bear Assault III+ ベア・アサルトIII+	DMG+173 - ADMG+77	Upgraded Bear Assault III
	Desperado デスペラード	DMG+194 - ADMG+86	Purchase (6470)
	Desperado+ デスペラード+	DMG+218 - ADMG+97	Upgraded Desperado
	Moby Dick モーヴィディック	DMG+243 - ADMG+108	Purchase (8120)
	Moby Dick+ モーヴィディック+	DMG+270 - ADMG+120	Upgraded Moby Dick
	Black Gun 'Wotan' 黒銃ヴォータン	DMG+300 - ADMG+132	Onyx Steel weapon
	Black Gun 'Wotan'+ 黒銃ヴォータン+	DMG+325 - ADMG+145	Upgraded Black Gun 'Wotan'
	Black Gun 'Wotan' EX 黒銃ヴォータンEX	DMG+352 ADMG+158	Upgraded Black Gun 'Wotan'+

Crafts

• Trails through Daybreak
• Trails through Daybreak II
• Kai no Kiseki

Trails through Daybreak

	Name	Acquire	Cost	Delay	Power	Hits	Targets/Effect
	Arc Dominator アークドミネーター	Initial	40 CP	120 AT	160%		Single target
		Magic - All Stats Down Fires a magical shot that weakens foes.					STR/DEF/ATS/ADF/SPD-15% (20% chance each, 3t), MOV-1 (20% chance each, 3t)
	Exceed Rain イクシード・レイン	Initial	70 CP	135 AT	210%		Set cone (7 radius, 100 degrees)
		Physical - Impede, Ailment RES. Down Fires a series of pinpoint shots that rain down upon foes.					Interrupts casting of skills Ailment vulnerability×1.5 (100% chance, 3t)
	Dualizer デュアライザー	Initial	40 CP	120 AT	—	—	Single target (5 range)
		Support - Haste, DMG/ADMG UP (L) Uses a special pulse gun to power up a targeted ally.					Targets' turn occurs immediately after DMG/ADMG+30% (3t)

Trails through Daybreak II

	Name	Acquire	Cost	Delay	Power	Hits	Targets/Effect
	Arc Dominator アークドミネーター	Initial	40 CP				Single target
		Magic - Buff Removal
	Exceed Rain イクシード・レイン	Initial	70 CP				Area - Cone (L)
		Physical - Impede, Slow
	Dualizer デュアライザー	Initial	40 CP		—	—	Single target
		Support - Haste, DMG/ADMG Up
	Lethal Operation リーサルオペレーション	Initial	100 CP			9×E	Area - Circle (L)
		Physical - All Stats Down

Kai no Kiseki: Farewell, O Zemuria

	Name	Acquire	Cost	Delay	Power	Hits	Targets/Effect
	Arc Dominator アークドミネイター	Initial	40 CP				Single target
	Disaster Rain ディザスター・レイン	Initial	70 CP				Area - Cone (L)
	Dualizer デュアライザー	Initial	20 CP		—	—	Single target
	Lethal Operation リーサルオペレーション	Initial	100 CP				Area - Circle (LL)

Gallery

Trails through Daybreak

Character artwork by Katsumi Enami

Flashback

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HOT-SHOT: NEW YEARS 2022

Ending visual

White day artwork

Finalized concept artwork

Concept art

René's Orbal Gun concept art

Combat icon

Opening screenshot

Promotional screenshot

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Trails through Daybreak II

HOT-SHOT: SCHOOL DAYS

Suit Style

Opening

Promotional screenshot

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Kai no Kiseki: Farewell, O Zemuria

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Trivia

• René is the only playable character in Trails through Daybreak to not have an S-Craft. He wouldn't get one until the sequel.
• Prior to the release of Trails through Daybreak II, a series of videos were released providing details on various groups the CID are monitoring in the form of 'CID Case Files', which René narrates. The topics covered include: the D∴G cult, Iscariot, The Dominion, the Gardens and Ouroboros. In a stream on the 27th August 2022, René's Seiyuu, Jun Fukuyama gave a live narration of another report for Van Arkride and Elaine Auclair.

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