Roy: Difference between revisions

|gender=Male

|race=*[[Human]] <small>(May also have [[Manakete]] heritage depending on parentage)</small>

|age='''Born:''' Year 985<ref>Inferred based on Roy's age in the extended epilogue of {{FE7}}, set 15 years after the main game.</ref>

|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&Ａ / page08|site=''The Binding Blade'' official website}}</ref>

|titles=*Lord of [[Pherae]]

*[[Eleanora]] <small>(grandmother)</small>

|nationality=[[Lycia]]n ([[Pherae]]n)

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

*[[Hero]] <small>(''Awakening'' [[SpotPass]])</small>

*{{title|Engage}}

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{{Quote|You have lost faith in humanity and in yourself. I believe in mankind, and I know that your lunacy must be stopped!|Roy, to [[Zephiel]]}}

===Early life===

[[File:Cg fe07 50.png|thumb|right|Roy and [[Lilina]] at age ten.]]

===The Disturbance of Bern===

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.

When all the legendary weapons of Elibe came together in the Bern throne room after Zephiel's defeat, Zephiel's former sword, [[Eckesachs]], reacted to their presence in Roy's army and emitted a light beam pointing to the [[Dragon Sanctuary]], the last bastion of Bern's army and the hiding place of the Demon Dragon, [[Idunn]]. Roy led a final charge on the Dragon Sanctuary, first defeating the final Wyvern General, [[Brunnya]], then invading its interior and learning the true history of [[the Scouring]] from [[Jahn]], the sole surviving true [[Manakete]]. Between Jahn's tale and the concerns of [[Fae]], Roy realized he could not kill Idunn; instead, Hartmut's sword in hand, he resolved to restore Idunn's lost heart.

=={{FE6}}==

Since Roy has no good 2-range options (with his only 1–2 range option being [[Light Brand]]s, which are scarcely available and only deal 10 damage at 2-range), he will suffer in the Sacae route. Those chapters have plenty of Nomads and Nomadic Troopers that can attack him from a distance and will often have the speed to double him. Roy will never be able to counterattack – and since his durability is lacking, getting worn down by ranged enemies is dangerous for him, leaving him in situations when he can be easily killed if he's not protected. While not as bad as the Sacae route, the Ilia route is also hard for him, but for different reasons: the obstacles that Roy has to deal in the Ilia route include lance-wielding [[Pegasus Knight]]s with weapon triangle advantage over him, and while they have such low constitution that they are noticeably weighened down by their lances, fighting them will still be risky because of the weapon triangle advantage, and on Hard Mode, he may be at risk of getting doubled by them if his speed isn't high enough. It also has plenty of difficult terrain in mountains or rivers that Roy has trouble navigating on his own.

When Roy gets his promotion at the end of Chapter 21 or Chapter 21x, he will be strong enough to hold his own in combat unless he has not been trained before then. Roy's promotion gives him significant stat bonuses across the board, and he gets a sword rank bonus that lets him wield most swords. With the [[Binding Blade]], he can attack at 1–2 range as well as fight [[Manakete]]s and kill them reliably. With a +2 bonus in constitution after promotion, he will also have just enough constitution to wield the Binding Blade without losing speed. The downside is that the promotion comes late. By the time Roy gets it, the player will have trained more capable combat units to use Divine Weapons. He also does not gain access to any new weapon types, limiting his reliable ranged options outside of the aforementioned Binding Blade and still does not give him control over the weapon triangle. Roy's promotion makes him a decent unit at worst, but does not make him exceptional.

=={{FE7}}==

===Role===

=={{FE13}}==

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| Sorcerer, Level 5

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|lvl=30{{h|+5|Granted by Rise Above}}

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|str=34{{h|+?|Granted by Rise Above}}

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==Endings==

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===

[[File:SSBU Roy.png|right|180px]]

Roy is a recurring playable character in Nintendo's ''[[smashwiki:Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' fighting game series. He first joined the series in {{SSBM}} for Nintendo GameCube and, along with [[Marth]], was one of the ''Fire Emblem'' series' first representatives in the games. He did not return for the sequel, {{SSBB}} likely due to time constraints, but was reintroduced as a [[downloadable content|downloadable]] character in {{SSB4}} and as an unlockable in {{SSBU}}.

===Notable merchandise===

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==Trivia==

[[File:FEFT Prerelease Roy Magazine.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Roy's old design featured in a Japanese magazine.]]

*Roy and [[Leif]] are the youngest main characters in the series; in their [[Fire Emblem: Thracia 776|main]] [[Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade|games]], both of them are fifteen years old. In the Japanese version of {{title|The Blazing Blade}}, [[Lyn]] is also fifteen in Lyn's tale, but the western versions changed this to eighteen.

* Roy is the only ''Fire Emblem'' character to appear in non-''Fire Emblem'' media before his own ''Fire Emblem'' game debuted, as ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' was released four months prior to ''The Binding Blade''.

FEFT Roy.png|Artwork of Roy from {{title|The Binding Blade}}.

FEA Roy.png|Artwork of Roy from {{title|Awakening}}.

FEE Roy portrait.png|Portrait render of Roy from {{title|Engage}}.

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