Rene acts as Prince Pietro's Seneschal, his personal assistant in overseeing Domain business. Before Gehenna began to loom over the heads of all Kindred, many in the city looked to Rene as the Kindred to go to in order to get things done. At any time, Rene would act in the Prince's place; this often includes accepting the Presentation of new Kindred in Seattle, and so it went with the Gangrel until their formal presentation to the Prince in Elysium.

Rene is obviously French, from his name and his looks, and he appears at first to be a cordial man, even friendly for a Kindred. However, his genial demeanor encourages others to speak while Rene listens, and so he learns much while revealing little. The Wayfarers got to know Rene gradually, figuring out from their fellow Kindred that the Seneschal was blood-brother to the Prince and had a hand in Pietro's rise to power. There's no doubt that Rene's influence is formidable, and not to be ignored.

As a final reckoning with the Prince is coming, it seems inevitable that the coterie will have to deal with Rene as well.