Roy (Fire Emblem)
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| Roy | |
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| Fire Emblem character | |
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| First game | Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) |
Roy (ロイ Roi) is a fictional swordfighter from the Fire Emblem series of video games. His only appearances in the games are in Fire Emblem 6: The Sword of Seals (Fūin no Tsurugi in Japan) and a brief cameo in Fire Emblem 7: The Blazing Sword. His father is Eliwood, the hero of Fire Emblem 7: Blazing Sword, the first Fire Emblem game to be released outside Japan as the Game Boy Advance game Fire Emblem in the U.S.
Roy's deceased mother is never mentioned in name during Fuuin no Tsurugi. She could be one of Eliwood's three potential wives from the player-controlled characters in Rekka no Ken (the mysterious half-human/half-dragon dancer Ninian, the cheerful half-Sacaean Lord/Blade Lord Lyndis alias Lyn, or the serious Illian Pegasus Knight/Falcoknight mercenary Fiora). She's left unidentified on purpose, so that the player can decide for themselves who it is.
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Roy appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee on the Nintendo GameCube. He appeared in this game before appearing in his native franchise. This was done in part to promote the release of Fūin no Tsurugi in Japan.
He is one of four sword-fighters in the game, along with Link, Young Link and fellow Fire Emblem veteran Marth. Both Roy and Marth speak Japanese in all versions of the game.
In order to unlock Roy in the game, one must complete Classic or Adventure Mode with Marth. Upon completion, Roy will appear and challenge the player; successful defeat of Roy will unlock him. Alternatively, Roy can be unlocked by playing nine hundred complete versus matches.
Roy possesses a moveset similar to that of Marth. The main difference between the two is the location of their weapon's sweetspot. Whereas Marth's is a thin longsword and focuses its power at the tip, Roy wields a broadsword, and is most powerful at the center. This forces Roy to move closer to his enemy in order to inflict the most damage. In addition, Roy is comparatively slower, slightly heavier than Marth and also much stronger with Smash Attacks. He also falls faster.
Roy can use the Flare Blade, one of the game's strongest moves. The attack must be charged for a significant amount of time before it can be released at full power, at which it will also inflict 10% damage to Roy himself. Upon making contact, a fully charged Flare Blade will deal 50% damage to the enemy and can immediately knockout most opponents.
Roy is voiced by Jun Fukuyama in the game.
It was largely Roy and Marth's appearances in Super Smash Bros. Melee, along with their huge fanbase in Japan, that brought the Fire Emblem series outside Japan. On the trophy screen for Roy, the "appearances" section states that Roy may be in "Future Releases".
The Sword of Seals
Roy is the sole "Lord" character of Fūin no Tsurugi, the first Fire Emblem game to be released on the Game Boy Advance. In the typical tradition of Fire Emblem's Lords, he starts with somewhat shaky base stats, but will soon grow into a high-performance unit. His promotion in relation to the game's length is quite late, with only four chapters (at best) left in the game. His promotion to the Master Lord class is triggered, story-wise, by him inserting the Fire Emblem into the hilt and thereby unlocking the Sword of Seals from Shrine of Seals in Bern, then subsequently drawing the blade.
Roy is only fifteen years old[1] when the story of Fūin no Tsurugi begins. Bern had recently conquered the neighboring nations of Sacae (a vast plains country inhabited by mounted nomadic warriors) and Ilia (an arctic, barren nation famous for its skilled and devoted mercenaries), and had turned its sights to the Lycia Alliance. Following the Lycian code, each province is obligated to send their armies into battle against those who would attack the nation-states; Roy is thus called home from his studies in Ostia to lead Pherae's armies in his ill father's stead.
Along the way to Araphen (the Lycian realm closest to Bern), however, he meets the errant princess of Bern and sister of King Zephiel, Guinevere, who had escaped from her land in the hopes of negotiating a treaty with Lycian nobility. Roy quickly agrees to her proposal to search for a peaceful means to end Bern’s aggression, and it is this encounter (along with his tardy arrival at Araphen to a dying Lord Hector) that will eventually lead him on a journey across Elibe to save the continent from another war between Dragons and humans. Roy is also under oath to the dead Lord Hector throughout the game after Chapter 3, in which he promises Hector that he will forever protect Hector's daughter Lilina.
Personality
Roy is an upstanding, thoughtful, and idealistic young man who repeatedly shows a desire to help and support others, shown in his interaction with Guinevere and his friend since youth, Lilina. While he would prefer to avoid blood-shed – a fact reflected in his interaction with Guinevere and his tactical efforts to conserve his soldiers – he maintains a strong resolve to see peace return to Elibe. Unlike most young protagonists, however, he is perceptive and cunning for his age – he tricks a traitorous Lycian vassal into exposing himself, deciphers that the bard Elphin (who is in reality the missing Etrurian Prince Mildain) is more than he seems (though he does not pursue the truth against Mildain’s will), and often reacts calmly and tactically to disturbing news.
Roy is also quite oblivious to the obvious feelings that some of the women in the army develop for him (most via support conversations). Lilina in particular is quite smitten with him regardless of the player’s actions, but he never notices this. He can either marry her or several other women on the army (these ladies being the Sacaean nomad Sue, the dancer Lalam, the valkyrie Cecilia, the pegasus knight Thany, or the shaman Sophia).
