Ruud

Ruud Ruud's portrait in The Binding Blade. A knight put in charge of a castle on the border between Bern and Lycia.

Gender Male Race Human Nationality Bernite Starting class Knight Appearance(s) The Binding Blade

“

Loyalty to one's king. Bah. What a worthless notion. The world is ruled by neither king nor queen. It's ruled by gold!

”

— Ruud

Ruud (Japanese: ルード) is the boss of the second chapter of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. He is a knight of Bern who, blinded by his greed, imprisoned Guinivere when she stopped on the castle he was guarding.

Ruud shows no remorse on lying to Milady, Guinivere's bodyguard, when she comes to the frontier looking for her liege, and even berates one of his subordinates after being questioned on his actions.

Stats

Normal Mode Hard Mode Knight Level 5 Affinity -- Stats Max HP 24 Luck 0 Strength 10 Defense 10 Skill 2 Resistance 0 Speed 2 Constitution 13 Movement 4 Aid 12 Inventory Javelin Weapon Levels -- E -- -- -- -- -- -- Knight Level 5 Affinity -- Stats Max HP 30 Luck 2 Strength 13 Defense 12 Skill 5 Resistance 0 Speed 3 Constitution 13 Movement 4 Aid 12 Inventory Javelin Weapon Levels -- E -- -- -- -- -- -- {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

• Note: Hard Mode stats can vary in one or two points.

Quotes

Battle quote

“

Curse it all! Just when I thought things had finally turned my way...

”

— Ruud.

Death quote

“

Oof...Greed can only.. bring you...an ill fate...

”

— Ruud.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Ruud, Rude	Unofficial romanizations; see the Japanese name. The former is the one used in the most up-to-date fan translation patch.
Japanese	ルード	Ruud is both a Dutch diminutive for Rudolf, which means "famous wolf", and a Norwegian surname, meaning "clearing."

Gallery

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References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused in writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.