Halcyon Renard

Halcyon Renard

Halcyon Renard - The CEO and founder of Cyberbiotics.

History

In his youth, Halcyon Renard fell in love with and married Titania in her "Anastasia" form; they had one child, Janine Renard (now Fox). Renard is a man with a strong belief in integrity and responsibility for one's actions, something that Titania/Anastasia increasingly found too rigid for her liking, resulting at last in their divorce. To Renard's grief, Janine also showed herself to have little fondness for his belief in honor and moral rectitude, and began a relationship with David Xanatos that saddened and angered him even more.

After the destruction of Fortress One by Demona during the Cyberbiotics raid, Renard personally financed the building of Fortress Two to replace it, and went on board it with Preston Vogel for its maiden flight. On that occasion, he met Goliath for the first time, who had followed the airship to prevent Xanatos from sabotaging it, and took him prisoner. Renard learned Goliath's story from him, and made it clear to him that he needed to take responsibility for the harm that he did during the Cyberbiotics raid, rather than blaming it on Xanatos. Together the two of them saved Fortress Two from Fox's attempt to sabotage it (with some help from Preston Vogel), after which Renard and Goliath became friends.

By this time, however, Renard had contracted a debilitating illness that had already crippled him, and which was now slowly killing him. As it progressed, he for once forgot his belief in integrity, and made a desperate effort to avoid his doom by forming an alliance with Tomas Brod in Prague. Brod stole the Golem for him, in return for a Cyberbiotics hovercraft, and Renard used a spell to place his soul inside the Golem. Goliath and Max Loew persuaded him that such an action was wrong, however, and in the end, Renard understood them and had his soul returned to his own body, to patiently await his fate.

Renard visited the Eyrie Building to attend the birth of his grandson Alex, and afterwards somehow learned of how Oberon intended to kidnap the child. He and Vogel entered the battle that followed to stop him, fighting against him in Fortress Two, but were finally defeated, along with all the other defenders.

Characteristics

Renard has a strong loathing for Xanatos, partly because of the latter's utter amorality, partly because Xanatos lured Owen and Sevarius away from Cyberbiotics, and partly because of his relationship with Fox.

Renard is currently dying of a crippling disease that he has had for some time now, which has already confined him to a high-tech wheelchair. It even renders him unable to participate much in the day-to-day affairs of Cyberbiotics.

Indeed, Renard will succumb to his illness at last, not long after the gargoyles' return to Castle Wyvern.

Production Background

Voice Actor: Robert Culp