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Yuillegan:
I have wondered for years who Kincaid is, and what he is a scion of.

We know he is vaguely demonic in origin, but not totally. We also know that he is mostly mortal aside from his enhanced physical abilities. Finally, we know that he has lived for centuries and served as the right hand of Drakul. He was known as the Hellhound or simply the Hound of Hell.

Well I wondered about all this. Most of us assumed that a lot of it depends on what Drakul is. If he is an Outsider, why would a demon scion serve him (unless he was half Outsider himself)? Kincaid hasn't shown a lot of evidence of Outsider connection. Same for if Darkul is a dragon.

But if Drakul is the Devil bound to human form, that makes Kincaid's story more understandable. Hound of Hell indeed.

Strangely, I watched that Van Helsing movie from the early 2000s again the other night. And Van Helsing reminded me of Kincaid. An almost supernatural skillful mercenary with high-tech (especially for the 1800s) weaponry and abilities. So I wondered if Jim had watched this movie.

And then we find out the Dracula is considered (in the movie) the son of the Devil. One wonders if it sunk into Jim's head even back then. Yes, he had introduced Mavra and the Black Court back in 2001. But the concept of Dracula being the son of the Devil is an old one.

Bad Alias:
Here's the description of Kincaid from BR because it can't hurt:
--- Quote ---Something enormous, malformed, something silent and merciless and deadly. It had to crouch to keep from brushing the ceiling with the horns curling away from its head, and batlike wings spread from its shoulders to fall around it and behind it, to drag along the floor, and I thought I saw some kind of hideous double image lurking behind it like the corpsespecter of Death himself.
--- End quote ---
While the description is pretty generic winged demon, it reminds me of a balrog even though a balrog is a generic winged demon made of smoke and fire.

The image of Death could be a hint at who Kincaid is a scion of, or it could be the occasionally referenced ability of the Sight to show the future, i.e., Kincaid kills Harry. It could just be that Kincaid is steeped in death.

knnn:
I've long thought that Kincaid was a scion of Drakul himself, making him Dracula's (younger?) brother. 

I know there's a WoJ stating that "Kincaid made his Choice long ago", but in Blood Rites Harry describes the "the almost violent psychic pressure that accompanies a soulgaze" when looking at Kincaid.   This makes me believe that Kincaid has a deal similar to Goodman Grey where he gets to keep part of his Soul.

Con:
I like the Van Helsing analogy.

Something also of note is Kincaid was impressed by Harry's ability and power in Blood Rites, where even Harry admits he didn't let loose. But Kincaid says, he'd never seen a wizard let loose before.

So therefore we know that Kincaid has never actually fully dueled Ebenezar despite knowing he was the Blackstaff, and whatever went down between them.

I also suspect Kincaid doesn't just limit himself to supernatural contracts, but does some mortal ones as well. (click to show/hide) Goodman Grey did take out a mortal trafficking ring
Honestly the one thing about Kincaid that annoys me the most is that if Harry had called in his favour for Kincaid to back him up at Chitzen Itza we could of seen Kincaid all out on the battlefield, which I hope we see in Peace Talks or Battle Ground.

vultur:
I'm not sure how much help Kincaid would really have been at Chichen Itza. Kincaid is really deadly on a personal scale, and he's smart, knowing how to use modern weapons to deal with wizards etc. - but I don't know how well that would translate to a mass battle.

On a battlefield with the Lords of Outer Night and thousands of Red Court vampires, half-vampires, and human gunmen on one side, and three Sword-wielders, Lea, Eb (with Blackstaff in action), and Harry with fully-boosted Winter Knight power on the other... I don't think Kincaid would be much help.

Eb kills 200 of the gunmen in about a second. Harry crushes hundreds if not possibly thousands of "feral" Rampires with a huge gravity spell. Lea blows up two Lords of Outer Night with one shot.

Compared to that, sniping one enemy at a time isn't going to be terribly impressive. Especially since a shot in the head probably wouldn't be fatal to a Lord of Outer Night.

Kincaid is really scary vs. Harry because wizards are just human if you catch them without magical defenses. That doesn't necessarily translate to giving him a chance against the real supernatural powerhouses.

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