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|name=Roy

|image1=[[File:FEFT Roy.png|200px]]

|caption1=Artwork of Roy from {{FE6}}.

|help_text1=The next heir to Pherae. The protagonist of this story.

|help_text3=The son of Eliwood, Marquess of Pherae, and a talented leader of its army.

|race=[[Human]]

*10 <small>(in {{FE7}}{{'}}s epilogue)</small>

*15<ref>{{Cite web|quote={{lang|ja|１５歳です。ピチピチなのです。}}|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/afej/q_and_a/page02.html|title=Ｑ&amp;Ａ / page02|site=''The Binding Blade'' official website}}</ref> <small>(in {{title|The Binding Blade}})</small>

|height=Approx. 160 cm<ref>{{Cite web|quote={{lang|ja|ロイの身長は１６０ｃｍぐらいじゃないかな～。}}|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/afej/q_and_a/page08.html|title=Ｑ&amp;Ａ / page08|site=''The Binding Blade'' official website}}</ref> (5'3")

|titles=

*Lord of [[Pherae]]

|family=

*[[Roland]] <small>(ancestor)</small>

|startingclass=

*[[Lord]] <small>({{title|The Binding Blade}})</small>

*[[Mercenary]] <small>({{title|Awakening}} [[Downloadable content in Fire Emblem Awakening|DLC]])</small>

*[[Hero]] <small>({{title|Awakening}} [[SpotPass]])</small>

|voice=

*[[wikipedia:Jun Fukuyama|Jun Fukuyama]]<br><small>(Japanese)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=337|title=Jun FUKUYAMA|site=Anime News Network|retrieved=2015-03-16}}</ref>

*[[wikipedia:Ray Chase (voice actor)|Ray Chase]]<br><small>(English, {{title|Heroes}}, ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'')</small>

|appearances=

*{{title|The Binding Blade}}

*{{SSBU}}

Roy is the [[Lord|main character]] of {{FE6}}, also appearing briefly as a child in the extended epilogue of {{FE7}} and as a [[Bonus units|bonus character]] in {{FE13}}. He is also a playable character in {{SSBM}}, {{SSB4}} as downloadable content, and {{SSBU}}.

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 ''Fire Emblem'' 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.  

Five years afterward, at the onset of the [[Disturbance of Bern]], Roy was in [[Ostia]] studying under the tutelage of [[Cecilia]], the Mage General of [[Etruria]]. During his studies, he was summoned home by Eliwood, who had fallen ill while Lilina was visiting; when he arrived back in Pherae, the region was under siege by a bandit mob led by [[Damas]], with Eliwood and Lilina barricaded inside the castle. With the assistance of his retinue of Pheraen knights, Roy subdued the bandits and reclaimed Pherae. Once there, he was tasked with leading the Pheraen army to join with the rest of the Lycian armies to oppose Bern's impending threat, owing to Eliwood being too ill to do it himself.  

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 [[Debias]] and [[Legance]] 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 - [[Zelot]], [[Trec]] and [[Noah]] - Roy challenged the rebellion and, for the first time in the city's history, successfully invaded Castle Ostia to defeat Legance 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 [[Arcardo]] 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 Arcardo, 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 [[Echidna]] along the way, and receiving another advisor: [[Elffin]] of the resistance. At the Isles' capital, Juteaux, Roy's army fought a Bernese unit as Arcardo fled the Isles, defeating a dragon left behind to defend the capital by the Bernese commander [[Flaer]].

Upon capturing Juteaux, Roy received news that a coup d'état had broken out in Etruria, under the leadership of Roartz and Arcardo. 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 [[Melady]], 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 Flaer; 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 (location)|Arcadia]], which was under attack by Bern. Afterward, Roy led a march on [[Aquileia]], 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.  

[[File:Ss fe06 roy and binding blade.png|thumb|right|Roy receiving the [[Binding Blade (weapon)|Binding Blade]].]]

The collapse of their coup d'état forced Roartz and Arcardo 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 Arcardo - 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.

With the rest of Elibe free, all that remained was Bern itself. Roy led the Etrurian army in an attack on the [[Shrine of Seals]], defeating [[Murdock]] and [[Galle|Galle]] of the [[Wyvern Generals]]. There, he used the [[Fire Emblem (item)|Fire Emblem]] entrusted to him by Guinivere to unlock the [[Binding Blade (weapon)|Binding Blade]], and was "chosen" by the blade as its new wielder to finish the war. With the Binding Blade in hand, the Etrurian army stormed the Bern palace, defended by Zephiel himself. Upon unlocking the throne room with the Fire Emblem, Roy confronted Zephiel, making one last bid to reason with Zephiel and convince him to end the war. His efforts at negotiation proved useless with Zephiel determined to stay his course, and in a final battle Zephiel was defeated by Roy and the Etrurian army.

With the war over at last, Roy attended the coronation of Guinivere as the new Queen of Bern, then returned to Pherae to rebuild the war-ravaged region. If he reaches an A support with [[Shanna]], [[Sue]], [[Larum]], [[Cecilia]], or [[Sophia]], he married her and the couple rules together over Pherae. If he reaches an A support with Lilina, the two married and united Lycia into a single kingdom.

Roy is the [[lord]] character for ''The Binding Blade'', and in every chapter except the [[Beyond Darkness|finale]] he is required to [[Objectives|seize the throne]] to clear the chapter. His death means an automatic Game Over.

|recruit=[[Breath of Destiny|Chapter 1]], automatically from the start

Roy is the main character of {{FE6}}. As such, he will be force deployed in every chapter and his death means an instant Game Over.  

Roy is not the best of units right off the bat: Lance, Alen, and especially Marcus are more durable and have higher mobility. He does have weapon advantage over the former two in the early levels, which can give him the edge he needs to stay relevant. Roy's growths are pretty high by ''Binding Blade'' standards and he can grow up to be quite potent in the early chapters of the game, especially when using the rapier against armored and cavalry foes. In hard mode, he does suffer a lot from his very low durability and may face death quite a few times. At the start of the game, Roy's only weapon in his inventory is the Rapier, which is highly effective against mounted and armored foes. However, Chapter 1 does not have any enemies of those archetype and the Rapier only has 25 uses before breaking. It is recommended to give Marcus's Iron Sword to Roy to conserve the durability of the Rapier. Don't be afraid to use the Rapier when the situation calls for it; a second one can be acquired in a chest in chapter 7.

He will however reach a wall after the Western Isles. Especially in hard mode, Chapter 13 is a huge change of pace that Roy would have a hard time keeping up with. He will most likely be level 20 sooner or later if he was used frequently in combat, preventing him from gaining any more increases to his stats outside of stat boosters, which may be better suited for his teammates. At level 20, Roy will likely be stuck with below average stats for a huge portion of his journey. Although his defense game can be augmented by utilizing terrain bonuses to improve his avoid rates, his offense is very lacking. While he may stand a chance against slow or axe-wielding units such as Pirates or Bandits, he will struggle against faster and/or durable units such as Swordmasters, Nomad Troopers (who are not affected by anti-cavalry weapons), and Wyvern Riders, with the latter being abundant in Chapter 21. Due to his low constitution and not enough speed growth to compensate, Roy will have a hard time wielding heavier weapons, negatively affecting his hit and avoid rates. Since Roy's sword rank caps at an A rank while unpromoted, he cannot wield Durandal. As such, if Roy is already at level 20, he is generally better off avoiding combat unless he needs to get out of a tight spot, since he will most likely lose his life if he gets swarmed by enemies.

For most of the game, his only job will be to seize thrones. Even then, his low movement of 5 spaces will make it time consuming for him to reach the objective by himself, often requiring help from mounted or flying units to ferry him over to the finish line. This is important to take note of as most of the prerequisites to unlock the sidequest chapters to obtain the Divine Weapons require the current chapter to be completed within a set number of turns.

Chapter 21 has a Secret Shop that sells stat boosters, which may be of interest to the player as they can be used to give Roy some much needed and long overdue boosts to his stats. However, doing so is extremely expensive and accessing the shop in the first place requires the Membership Card from Hugh. As Roy's promotion time is very close at this point in the story, feeding him an excessive amount of stat boosters, while not necessarily a bad thing, can be overkill.

When Roy's promotion finally happens at the end of Chapter 21 or 21x, his promotion bonuses and the acquisition of the most potent weapon of Elibe will make Roy a force to be reckoned with for the rest of the game, now being powerful enough to hold his own in combat; he will pretty much be as good as any other in chapter 24, and the MVP of chapter 25.

Roy appears briefly in the extended epilogue of ''Fire Emblem'', which takes place five years before the events of ''The Binding Blade''; here, his first meeting with Lilina is depicted. This epilogue is not present in the European version of the game. He is also mentioned by name in Eliwood's A-rank endings with [[Ninian]], [[Lyn]] and [[Fiora]] and referenced together with Lilina in his supports with Hector.

|strm=-1

|skills={{Item|13|Armsthrift}}<br>{{Item|13|Patience}}<br>{{Item|13|Aegis}}<br>{{Item|13|Axebreaker}}<br>{{Item|13|Sol|link=Sol (skill)}}

|strm=-1

|skills={{Item|13|Patience}}<br>{{Item|13|Sol|link=Sol (skill)}}<br>{{Item|13|Aegis}}

|skills={{Item|13|Patience}}<br>{{Item|13|Axebreaker}}<br>{{Item|13|Tomebreaker}}<br>{{Item|13|Sol|link=Sol (skill)}}<br>{{Item|13|Aegis}}

{{Reclass3DS

|spotpass=SpotPass

|baseb=Mercenary{{!}}'''Mercenary'''{{hover|*|DLC version}}

|basepA='''[[Hero]]'''{{hover|*|SpotPass version}}

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|weaponlvl={{Tome13}} E}}

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|weaponlvl={{Staff13}} E}}

|weaponlvl=--}}

Like all male bonus units in ''Awakening'', Roy has access to all base class and advanced class skills available to standard male units.

 

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!style="border:none" colspan="2" |  

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|style="{{roundbr}} border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Dual Strike+]]

If the player scans the Roy [[amiibo]] from the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series into the game when prompted, Roy will appear as an NPC [[Illusory Hero]] on the battlefield for one turn.  

|class=Illusory Hero

|classname=Lord

|inventory={{Item|15|Binding Blade|link=Binding Blade (weapon)}}{{hover|*|Hidden, cannot be traded}}

There are four different variations of Roy available to ''Heroes'', all of which are tied to his storyline appearance in ''The Binding Blade''. The normal variation of Roy is one of the characters available to be summoned by players from the game's initial launch. A brave variation of Roy was made available on August 31, 2017 as part of the summoning event surrounding the launch of the [[Brave Heroes]] update. A Valentine's variation of Roy was made available on February 9, 2018 as part of the summoning event surrounding the launch of the [[Love Abounds]] update. A variation of Roy termed "Blazing Lion" was first made available to players on February 27, 2019 as the game's fifteenth Legendary Hero.

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|atk_gp=6

|spd_gp=6

|def_gp=5

|res_gp=7

|HP_gp=7

|atk_gp=6

|spd_gp=6

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|res_gp=7

|HP_gp=7

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!style="{{roundtl}}; border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}; width: 60%;" colspan="2" | Skill

!style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}; width: 20%;" | Rarity

!style="{{roundtr}}; border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}; width: 20%;" | [[Skill point|SP]] cost

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh skill offense.png|24px]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Iron Sword]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" colspan="2" | Innate

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh skill offense.png|24px]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Steel Sword]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" colspan="2" | Innate

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh skill offense.png|24px]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Silver Sword]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|3}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh skill offense.png|24px]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Binding Blade (weapon)|Binding Blade]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|5}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | 400 SP

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh skill support.png|24px]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Shove]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|3}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh triangle adept 1.png|24px]]_{{{color|red|A}}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Triangle Adept|Triangle Adept 1]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|3}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | 50 SP

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh triangle adept 2.png|24px]]_{{{color|red|A}}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Triangle Adept|Triangle Adept 2]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|3}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | 100 SP

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh triangle adept 3.png|24px]]_{{{color|red|A}}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Triangle Adept|Triangle Adept 3]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|4}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh seal def 1.png|24px]]_{{{color|blue|B}}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Seal Defense|Seal Def 1]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|3}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | 40 SP

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh seal def 2.png|24px]]_{{{color|blue|B}}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Seal Defense|Seal Def 2]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh seal def 3.png|24px]]_{{{color|blue|B}}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Seal Defense|Seal Def 3]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|5}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | 160 SP

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|HP_gp=6

|atk_gp=7

|spd_gp=8

|def_gp=5

|res_gp=4

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!style="border:none" colspan="4" |Skill set

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!style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}; width: 20%;" | Rarity

!style="{{roundtr}}; border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}; width: 20%;" | [[Skill point|SP]] cost

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh skill offense.png|24px]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Iron Sword]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" colspan="2" | Innate

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh skill offense.png|24px]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Steel Sword]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" colspan="2" | Innate

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh skill offense.png|24px]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Silver Sword]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" colspan="2" | Innate

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh skill offense.png|24px]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Blazing Durandal]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" colspan="2" | Innate

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh skill special.png|24px]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Night Sky]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" colspan="2" | Innate

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh skill special.png|24px]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|5}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | 200 SP

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh skill special.png|24px]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Galeforce]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|5}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh darting blow 1.png|24px]]_{{{color|red|A}}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Darting Blow|Darting Blow 1]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|5}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | 50 SP

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh steady blow 1.png|24px]]_{{{color|red|A}}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Steady Blow|Steady Blow 1]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|5}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | 120 SP

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh steady blow 2.png|24px]]_{{{color|red|A}}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|5}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | 240 SP

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh desperation 1.png|24px]]_{{{color|blue|B}}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Desperation|Desperation 1]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|5}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | 50 SP

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[File:Is feh desperation 2.png|24px]]_{{{color|blue|B}}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | [[Desperation|Desperation 3]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | {{star|5}}

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}};" | 200 SP

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|HP_gp=4

|atk_gp=8

|spd_gp=2

|def_gp=6

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