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*10 <small>(in {{title|Blazing Sword}}'s epilogue)</small>

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{{Quote|I have faith in mankind. I will not lose to a man who has lost faith in his people and even in himself!|Roy, to [[Zephiel]]}}

'''Roy''' ({{hover|ロイ|Roi}} ''Roy'') is the son of Marquess [[Eliwood]] of [[Lycia]]'s House [[Pherae]]. In the [[Great Movement of Bern]], he was entrusted with the leadership of Pherae's army in opposing the invading Kingdom of [[Bern]] in lieu of Eliwood's illness, later becoming the leader of the Lycian army as a whole following the death of [[Hector]] of [[Ostia]], and ultimately assuming command of the [[Etruria]]n army.  He sought to assist Bern's Princess [[Guinivere]] in finding a peaceful resolution to the war, to prevent King [[Zephiel]]'s ambitions of exterminating [[human]]s and returning [[Elibe]] to the rule of [[dragon]]s.

Roy was born in the [[Timeline of Elibe|year 985]], five years after his father Eliwood defeated [[Nergal]] at the Dragon's Gate; his mother is not canonically identified, but in the gameplay of ''Blazing Sword'' she can potentially be [[Lyn]], [[Ninian]] or [[Fiora]]. During his upbringing, he was [[wikipedia:Wet nurse|wet-nursed]] by the Pheraen knight [[Rebecca]], and her son [[Wolt]] is considered his [[wikipedia:Sibling#Milk sibling|milk brother]]. At the age of ten, he and Eliwood traveled to [[Ostia]] to meet with [[Hector]], Eliwood's old friend, and Roy was there introduced to Hector's daughter [[Lilina]], and the two became close friends.  

 

Before heading to [[Araphen]] to join with the rest of the armies, on Eliwood's instruction Roy headed to the Lycia/Bern border to meet with a mercenary band led by [[Deke]], hired by Eliwood to bolster Roy's ranks.  During this meeting, he was approached by [[Elen]], who implored him to save her mistress from captivity in the nearby Bern fortress.  Roy challenged the Bern unit stationed at the castle and its master [[Rude]] and won, rescuing the noblewoman.  The noblewoman revealed to Roy her identity as [[Guinivere]], the princess of Bern and younger sister of King [[Zephiel]].  Guinivere had fled Bern in the hopes of meeting a Lycian representative in a bid to bring the war to a peaceful end.  Roy agreed to assist her in this goal and allowed her to join his army.

Roy's next destination was Ostia, to recover a weapon capable of fighting dragons and protect Lilina.  On his way, he was forced to fight against traitorous Lycian forces who sought an alliance with Bern in light of the imminent collapse of the League.  After defeating Lord [[Erik]] of [[Laus]] and the [[Thria]]n advisor [[Wagner]], Roy arrived in Ostia only to find it in the midst of a coup d'etat.  A rebellion led by the Ostian knights [[Devias]] and [[Leygance]] had seized control of Ostia, allied with Bern and taken Lilina hostage, opposed only by an [[Ilia]]n mercenary band under Hector's employ.  With the assistance of the Ilian mercenaries - [[Zelots]], [[Trec]] and [[Noah]] - Roy challenged the rebellion and, for the first time in the city's history, successfully invaded Castle Ostia to defeat Leygance and rescue Lilina.  His victory was short-lived, however, with the arrival of a Bern unit headed by Narcian, saved at the last minute only by the arrival of Cecilia and [[Perceval]] from Etruria, who placed Lycia under Etrurian protection and drove Narcian out.

The Etrurian assistance came with a cost, with the Lycian army - now headed by Roy - indebted to them for their protection.  On Etruria's orders, Roy's army was sent away from Lycia to the [[Western Isles]], an Etrurian colony, to fight the encroaching bandit infestation.  Cecilia informed him that the decision to deploy Roy came not from the Etrurian king or military, but from the Isles' governor [[Arcard]] and royal advisor [[Roartz]], without anyone else's involvement; Guinivere was left in Cecilia's care during Roy's campaign.  While initially determined to complete his set task as quickly as possible, as he progressed Roy instead learned of the abuse and enslavement of the people of the Isles at the hands of corrupt Etrurian governors, including Arcard, all to fuel the Etrurian mining industry in the region.  Roy elected to lead the army on a different mission in the Isles: to defeat the Etrurian occupation and free its people, earning the support and aid of mercenaries and the resistance movement led by [[Ekhidna]] along the way, and receiving another advisor: [[Elphin]] of the resistance.  At the Isles' capital, Jutes, Roy's army fought a Bernese unit as Arcard fled the Isles, defeating a dragon left behind to defend the capital by the Bernese commander [[Freya]].

Upon capturing Jutes, Roy received news that a coup d'état had broken out in Etruria, under the leadership of Roartz and Arcard.  Of the Etrurian army, only Cecilia has escaped being forced to serve the Revolutionaries and even she was now cornered with Guinivere in a castle in [[Missur]].  When Roy arrived to rescue her, she was confronting King Zephiel himself, who quickly overpowered and defeated her, seizing her castle for himself and finding Guinivere.  After Zephiel's departure, Guinivere was to be taken back to Bern by [[Milady]], her bodyguard, but instead the two rejoined Roy's army at Guinivere's insistence.  Roy led his army to recapture the castle and save Cecilia, defeating its defender Freya; at the castle after the battle, he found Cecilia and [[Sophia]], who had been tending to Cecilia's injuries.  On Sophia's advice, Roy led his army into the [[Nabata]] desert to find [[Arcadia (place)|Arcadia]], which was under attack by Bern.  Afterward, Roy led a march on [[Aquleia]], the Etrurian capital, and defeated Bern's General [[Narcian]] and freed Etruria from the Revolutionaries' grasp with the assistance of the [[Elimine Church]]'s influence.  

The collapse of their coup d'état forced Roartz and Arcard to flee Etruria to find shelter with Bern's army.  With King Mordred and the three Etrurian generals now in support of him, the Lycian and Etrurian armies merged into the single "Etrurian Army" with Roy as its commander.  The united army's first mission was to liberate [[Ilia]] and [[Sacae]], other nations already conquered by Bern. During the campaign, Roy confronted Roartz and Arcard - now reluctantly commanding small Bern armies - and challenged traitorous forces within both nations, the Djute tribe of Sacae and a faction of Ilian mercenaries; along the way, Guinivere related to him stories of Zephiel's history, his conflict with their father [[Desmond]] and how those events ultimately twisted him into deep-seated distrust of mankind.

Roy appears briefly in the extended epilogue of ''Blazing Sword'', which takes place five years before the events of ''The Binding Blade''; here, his first meeting with Lilina is depicted. This epilogue is not available in the European version of the game.

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Roy is a quite competent leader and warrior. Despite his young age, he manages to lead an ever growing army and gain people's trust wherever he goes. Idealistic and loyal, he is commited to protect those in need and fight for the right causes, even if this means fighting against old bonds. He is also understanding of people's desires and reasons, and feels that a victory obtained by sacrificing people is not a true victory.<ref>{{cite|'''Roy:''' I'm not rushing. I won't try anything impossible. But we must move as quickly as we can.<br>'''Cecilia:''' Why?<br>'''Roy:''' The quicker we move, the more people in need we can reach. Right?<br>'''Cecilia:''' ...Yes, that's true.<br>'''Roy:''' We are fighting to win this war. However, if we focus only on winning and ignore those people needing help, is that a true victory?|[[Roy]] and [[Cecilia]]'s B support|The Binding Blade}}</ref> Although his knights try to keep him away from the front lines, Roy refuses to, stating that the only way he can understand people and fight for them is to experience their hardships.<ref>{{cite|'''Roy:''' But I don't think anyone would listen to me if I only keep myself safe and start telling people what to do.<br>'''Lance:''' That's not true!<br>'''Roy:''' I'm not particularly smart, and I don't have much charisma, either. So I have to gain trust by experiencing the pain that everyone else is...|[[Roy]] and [[Lance (character)|Lance]]'s B support|The Binding Blade}}</ref>

Through Lilina and Wolt's conversations about Roy, though, the player can see a different side of him. According to Lilina, Roy is somewhat clumsy.<ref>{{cite|'''Lilina:''' It's about Roy... What do you think about him?<br>'''Bors:''' Well... I think he has grown splendidly well to be a wise and caring leader to us all.<br>'''Lilina:''' But the Roy I know would have mismatched buttons on his suit, and he wouldn't be able to do one dance step properly... So I always thought I had to take care of him.|[[Lilina]] and [[Bors]]' B support|The Binding Blade}}</ref> He tends to doubt his competence, heavily relying in Marcus and Merlinus' experience and support, and from what it is seen in Shanna's supports, he has trouble keeping himself in good spirits.<ref>{{cite|'''Roy:''' No. I was just thinking that you always seem so...free of worries.<br>'''Shanna:''' Hey! ...Are you making fun of me?<br>'''Roy:''' No! I'm envious.<br>'''Shanna:''' ...I still think I'm being made fun of.<br>'''Roy:''' No, I'm not making fun of you. You see, I have to always show people that I'm happy and confident because I'm the leader. But I often get depressed or become worried. Oh, I wanted to ask you, is there some kind of tip that you can give me to stay happy like that?|[[Roy]] and [[Shanna]]'s C support|The Binding Blade}}</ref>

Roy values friendship and family greatly. In his supports with Wolt, Roy shows he does not care about their social status, for he sees the archer as a brother and not as a vassal.<ref>{{cite|'''Roy:''' Wolt!<br>'''Wolt:''' Master Roy, is something wrong?<br>'''Roy:''' ...Just call me Roy. We grew up like brothers, you know.|[[Roy]] and [[Wolt]]'s C support|The Binding Blade}}</ref> He maintains a close relationship with Cecilia, his former teacher, and Lilina, his childhood friend, but is also friendly towards new people, such as Sue and Sophia. He is also not very good at handling women, and he is especially flustered by Lalum's forwardness.<ref>{{cite|'''Lalum:''' Roy...? Are you...trying to avoid me?<br>'''Roy:''' Ah... N-No! Not at all.<br>'''Lalum:''' Yes you are. As soon as I came, you stepped back. You're already prepared to dodge.<br>'''Roy:''' Y-You're imagining things.<br>'''Lalum:''' Your eyes are wandering...<br>'''Roy:''' S-So...|[[Roy]] and [[Lalum]]'s A support|The Binding Blade}}</ref>

''Short:'' Returned home and worked to rebuild Pherae.

''Long:'' Roy returned home to rebuild the lands in Lycia that were trampled on during the war. Although both Etruria and Bern offered him high-ranking positions in their courts, he never accepted any of them. Still, people always seemed to like him, and he left behind many legends during the course of his life.

Shanna gave up the path of the Pegasus Knight and went to Pherae with Roy, where they married. Rebuilding the battered land was a painful process, but her cheerful personality encouraged many people to rise up and help lead Lycia to prosperity again.

Sue accompanied Roy to Lycia, where she married him and became the mistress of Pherae. However, she never could cast away her love for nature, and her behavior sometimes troubled those around her, who were not familiar with Sacaean culture.

After returning home, Lilina became the marquess of Ostia, and married Roy a short while later. Together, Roy and Lilina united the Lycia Alliance and created the Kingdom of Lycia, a peaceful nation blessed with prosperity and harmony.

Lalum accompanied Roy to Pherae, where they married. Many voiced their discontent at bringing in a woman of unknown origins into the family, but Lalum's perseverence and unbending will earned her respect. She then proceeded to live happily with Roy.

Cecilia accompanied Roy to Pherae, where she helped rebuild the battered land. She eventually married Roy, continuing to offer him close support and aid as the duchess of Pherae.

Sophia accompanied Roy to Pherae, where they married. Although she was never very talkative, her wise decisions played a major role in the reconstruction of Lycia.

{{Quote|I won't give up! I have the sword of Hartmut, who pitied you and did not kill you! Everyone, leave the final blow to me!|Roy, in the [[Beyond the Darkness|Final Chapter]] of {{title|The Binding Blade}}.}}

===''Super Smash Bros. Melee''===

In his debut appearance in any game, Roy is [[smashwiki:Roy (SSBM)|a playable character]] in {{SSBM}}, wielding the Binding Blade.  He is unlocked through using [[Marth]] to complete Classic or All-Star Mode without using a continue, or by playing 900 matches in VS Mode.  He is a [[smashwiki:Clone|"clone" character]] of Marth, meaning they share many similar attacks and similar poses; compared to Marth, Roy is lighter but slower, his attacks are more powerful the closer the foe is to Roy himself, and some of attacks use fire. In competitive environments, Roy is viewed as inferior to Marth.

Roy is no longer playable in {{SSBB}}, with [[Ike]] replacing him as the second {{FES}} representative alongside Marth.  While it is possible that Roy was removed due to no longer being relevant as a recent main character of a game, it is also possible that he was intended to be included and was cut solely because of time constraints disallowing him to be finished for a timely release of the game. Through hacking, [[smashwiki:Beta elements#Scrapped characters|unused remnants of character data]] and [[smashwiki:Music (SSBB)#Removed tracks|an empty unused victory fanfare file]] have been found hidden within the game's data, suggesting the latter scenario.

Roy's sole representation in the completed game is as a [[smashwiki:Sticker|sticker]].

*Roy is the only {{FES}} main character in the series whose father survives the entire course of his starring game. In contrast, most main characters witness their father's death, while [[Marth]], [[Celica]], [[Seliph]] and [[Leif]]'s fathers are already dead.

File:Portrait roy fe07.png|Roy's portrait in {{title|Blazing Sword}}.

File:Cg fe07 50.png|Roy and Lilina's first meeting in {{title|Blazing Sword}}.

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