Traci (protagonist)

Official concept art of Traci by Mikael Leger.

Traci was originally the name of a WR400 android and the cut fourth playable protagonist in *Detroit: Become Human*. She had around five to six scenes written by David Cage, but he later made the decision to remove her due to the increasing complexity of the branching narrative.

Her name was repurposed in the final game to refer to all WR400 androids. It is unknown if all WR400 androids were also originally named "Traci" or if it was a unique name that she chose for herself.

## Biography

There is little known about Traci. According to *L'Art de Quantic Dream*, Traci was going to disguise herself as a human and work as a journalist, where she could attempt to “tip the scales in favor of one side or the other" depending on the player's choices. The artbook also uses the name "Nathalie" to refer to her, likely to avoid confusion with the repurposed name. According to concept artist Mikael Leger, "Her initial story arc was amazing" and describes her as *'the'* Traci. He also confirms that "Nathalie" was an alias she could assume as part of her undercover journalism work.

There is concept art depicting Traci at Ferndale Station. It is unknown what circumstances would have led to this scene taking place.

According to concept artist Mikael Leger, there was a scene where Traci was going to be nude under a white coat. This was probably going to take place during her chapter at the Gilmour Hotel, as she appears to be wearing the same white coat in the concept art of those deleted chapters.

## Personality

It is unknown what Traci's personality would have been like.

## Appearance

Traci is depicted as a young female android with shoulder-length blonde hair and brown eyes. All "Traci" models in the Eden Club shared this exact same appearance.

Industry insider Tom Henderson has stated that Traci would have been able to "morph her face and body" as part of her abilities as a WR400. It is possible that this would have played into her ability to disguise herself for her work as a journalist.

Concept art of the Eden Club depicts Traci wearing a lacy black dress and a lingerie set. Later, she is shown wearing a knee-length black coat with heels at Ferndale Station and the Eden Club.

Traci's concept art uses the likeness of Israeli-American actress Alona Tal. Tom Henderson has also stated that American actress Amber Heard was used as inspiration for her.

## Gallery

Traci wearing her hair in a bun and a white coat, also depicted at Gilmour HotelTraci in her black coat, as depicted at Ferndale StationConcept variations of TraciConcept art depicting Traci arriving at the Gilmour Hotel in a taxi while wearing her white coatConcept Design of Gilmour Hotel from the official Digital ArtbookConcept art of Traci in the lobby of Gilmour HotelTraci speaking to someone outside the Eden ClubTraci escorting a client at the Eden ClubTraci awaiting a clientTraci at Ferndale Station
## Notes

* Gregorie Diaconu, associate game director, states about the fourth protagonist that "we did rework that character, and that character, a version of them, ended up in the game as an NPC". The idea of "Traci" as an android did get repurposed.
* Much of Traci's story seems to have been based off of Madison Paige from Quantic Dream's prior title, Heavy Rain.
	+ Madison was also a journalist who controlled the public's impression of the game's lead character, Ethan Mars (who Markus shares some similarities with). In a cut scene, it would have been revealed that Madison had been revealed to be a war correspondent, similar to how Traci would have eventually fought in Markus's revolutionary war.
	+ Madison was also originally planned to have long blonde hair, similar to her mo-cap actress, Jacqui Ainsley.
* According to unconfirmed reports, Traci's initial character draft and storyline caused an internal controversy within Sony that was a contributing factor to why her POV was chosen over the other three for removal. While it is not currently known exactly what aspect of her storyline may have caused the controversy, insider Tom Henderson seems to point to her engaging in sex work as being a primary factor.

## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230504060300im\_/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EMEvoTOU4AAKL9y?format=jpg&name=large
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLZdZPSCYxo&t=4276s
3. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/DetroitBecomeHuman/comments/8t2p1k/hey\_im\_david\_cage\_writer\_and\_director\_of\_detroit/e14a9m0/
4. ↑ https://www.artstation.com/blogs/mika/RGWm/23-september-2014
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/Susuwataridelux/status/1452166486479491073
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/\_Tom\_Henderson\_/status/1441386556648878080
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLZdZPSCYxo&t=4244s
8. ↑ https://twitter.com/\_Tom\_Henderson\_/status/1441031256792174603