Roy

Roy
Species	Human
Class	Lord
Promotion	Master Lord
Affiliation	Lycian League
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Blue
Weaponry	Sword of Seals
Base	Pherae
Relatives	Roland (ancestor), Elbert (grandfather), Eleanora (grandmother), Eliwood (father) Lyn, Ninian or Florina (possible mother)
Voiced by	Jun Fukuyama
Debut	Super Smash Bros. Melee

Roy is a character from the Fire Emblem series and the star of Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsuguri.

Background

Roy is the son of Eliwood, a skilled swordsman and the marquess of Pherae. Roy's mother is unconfirmed. Depending on the ending of Fire Emblem 7, his mother is either Lyn, Ninian or Florina. A young Roy is seen in the game's epilogue, set ten years later. The epilogue depicts Eliwood visiting Hector, his friend and the marquess of Ostia. Roy is introduced to Hector's daughter, Lilina, and they become quicky friends. Several years later, Roy was sent to Ostia to study to become the new marquess of Pherae one day.

When Roy is fifteen, Bern has conquered to neighboring kingdoms. In order to prevent this from happening to the Lycian League, each province has to send an army to defend the nation. Roy's father is ill, so Eliwood calls Roy back from Ostia and tells him to lead Pherae's army in his place, in the first chapter of Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsuguri.

On the way to Araphen, the province closest to Bern territory, Roy meets Guinivere, a princess of Bern. She ran away from her home country in order to stop the imminent war between Lycia and Bern. Hector was killed in battle soon afterwards. This prompted Roy to vow to protect Guinevere and Hector's daughter Lilina, as well as to stop King Zephiel's plans for world conquest.

Roy was chosen to lead the Lycian League Army after Hector's death. He was successful in gaining aid from Etruria by appealing to his old mentor, Cicilia. They later wound up having to save Etruria from supporters of Zephiel, when they took over. Eventually, the decision was made to travel into Bern and end everything by battling Zephiel. Gunivere entrusted Roy with the Fire Emblem, which was needed to open the Shrine of Seals and gain one of the Divine Weapons, the Sword of Seals.

Possible Fates

In the twenty-second chapter, Roy attacks Zephiel's castle to stop his plan to allow dragons to take over the world and wipe out humanity. Zephiel is overcome and killed in the following battle. If the player did not collect all eight of the Divine Weapons, the game would end at this point.

If all eight of the weapons were found, Roy and his group press on in search of Idoun, the Dark Dragon that Zephiel had awakened. Roy eventually finds her in the Dragon Temple. In the process he learns the dragons' side of the story and begins to pity them as well as the Dark Dragon. If Roy strikes the final blow on Idoun, instead of being killed she will be knocked out and sent to Arcadia, where the elder was able to restore her soul.

Roy returned to Pherae and rebuilt the areas in Lycia damaged by the war, rejecting positions in the courts of Bern and Etruria. Depending on whom he hes Support conversations with, Roy ends up marrying either Lilina, Cecilia, Sophia, Thany, Lalam or Sue. In his ending with Lilina, their marriage is used to unite the Lycian League into the Kingdom of Lycia.

Other Roles

Roy is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee. It's unknown if he will return for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, especially with the inclusion of Ike, a character from a more recent Fire Emblem game.

Trivia

• Roy was only included in Super Smash Bros. Melee to advertise Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsuguri in Japan. Originally, he wasn't going to be included in the American version of the game.