Roy (Fire Emblem)

Roy, also known as Lord of Pherae, General of Etruria, Young Lion, Emblem of Binding and Engage, is one of the main protagonists from the Fire Emblem series.
== Charactah Account ==
The son of Marquess Eliwood of Pherae. He was called home from his studies in Ostia after Bern launched a surprise attack on Sacae, Ilia, and Lycia. After finding the Lycia Alliance in shambles, Roy takes his father's place as its leader and begins to build an army to fight Bern's conquest.
Roy is an upstanding, thoughtful, and idealistic young man who repeatedly shows a desire to help and support others, shown in his interaction with Guinivere and his friend since youth, Lilina. While he would prefer to avoid bloodshed – a fact reflected in his interaction with Guinivere 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 Elffin is more than he seems (though he does not pursue the truth against Elffin's will), and often reacts calmly and tactically to disturbing news. In a support conversation between Lillina and Cecilia, it is revealed that Roy's inferiority complex is the reason why he picked up a sword despite his teacher using magic. Lilina also notes in a support conversation that he is clumsy and is known to "dance with two left feet."
Roy is notably dense, being oblivious to the feelings that some of the women in the army develop for him. 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 in the army (Sue, Larum, Cecilia, Shanna, or Sophia).
== Appearance ==
=== Manga ===
* Fire Emblem Heroes: A Day in the Life
* Fire Emblem: The Champion's Sword
=== Video Games ===
* Fire Emblem
* Fire Emblem Awakening
* Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
* Fire Emblem Engage
* Fire Emblem Heroes
* Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
* Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl
* Super Smash Bros. For 3DS and Wii U
* Super Smash Bros. Melee
* Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
== Trivia ==
* Roy is one of two characters (the other being Karel) that was originally conceived for the canceled Nintendo 64 title Fire Emblem: Ankoku no Miko that carried over into the rebooted development of what would eventually become The Binding Blade. In the process, Roy's design was altered and his original name, Ike, was changed.
** Roy's name being Ike lasted untill after Roy's voice lines were recorded for Super Smash Bros. Melee.
* Roy is the only Fire Emblem character to be playable in Super Smash Bros. Melee before his game was released (by four months). He is also the only character in the Super Smash Bros. series who made his first debut in said series instead of his own franchise.
** Roy is also the only returning Fire Emblem representative to not appear in the Super Smash Bros. game succeeding the game he debuted in.
** Roy is also the first Fire Emblem character to be added to a Super Smash Bros. roster post-release as downloadable content. He was released as DLC for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U on June 14, 2015, alongside another returnee, Lucas from the Mother series, and newcomer Ryu from Street Fighter. Corrin from the same game and Byleth in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will later follow this trend.
** Roy shares his name with another fighter on the roster, Roy Koopa.
* Roy has been in a number of popularity contests and statistics based on player favoritism:
** On the official Japanese website for Nintendo, Roy won 1st place in the character popularity poll for Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. The male-female vote ratio was 2:1. The voter comments mainly focus on his heroic personality, kindness, strength, nobility, and composure.
** In a Japanese video game news website, Roy won 1st place in the character popularity poll for Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. The male-female vote ratio was 4:1.
** Roy came in 2nd place for males in the Fire Emblem Heroes: Choose Your Legends popularity poll. He had 28,982 votes.
** Roy (Brave Lion) placed 52nd with 3,007 votes and Roy (Young Lion) placed 88th with 1,658 votes in the Fire Emblem Heroes: A Hero Rises unit poll. He had a total of 4,665 votes.
** Roy (Brave Lion) placed 105th with 3,201 votes, Roy (Youthful Gifts) placed 114th with 2,900 votes, and Roy (Young Lion) placed 117th with 2,752 votes in the Fire Emblem Heroes: Find & Vote Heroes unit poll. He had a total of 8,853 votes.
** The Choose Your Legends versions of Roy and Lyn placed 3rd among the most popular Ally Support pairings in Heroes.
** The Choose Your Legends version of Roy placed 5th among the most popular Summoner Support pairings in Heroes.
** Roy (Young Lion) placed 3rd among the most popular Combat Manuals in Heroes with 92,207 created.
* In Heroes, his Choose Your Legends version's fourth select quote: "Roy's our boy!" references the chant from the Super Smash Bros. series.
* Roy can be quarter-Manakete if Ninian is his mother because she is half-Ice Dragon.
* Roy can be Lilina's cousin if Eliwood is married to Fiora and Hector is married to either Florina or Farina, since Fiora, Florina, and Farina are sisters.
* Roy and Claude are the only protagonists in the entire series whose father is still alive at the end of his game.
** One could Lucina, though in her original timeline her father does die.
* Roy's allies in his SpotPass battle in Fire Emblem Awakening represent some of his allies in The Binding Blade:
** 3 Paladins (Alen, Lance, and Marcus)
** 1 Sniper (Wolt)
** 1 General (Bors)
** 1 Hero (Dieck)
** 1 Falcon Knight (Shanna)
** And 2 Warriors (Lot and Wade)
* Roy shares his English voice actor, Ray Chase, with Alfonse and Gaius in Fire Emblem Heroes and Fernand in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
** Roy also shares his Japanese voice actor, Jun Fukuyama, with Innes in Fire Emblem Heroes.
* Ray Chase stated in an interview that he mostly played Roy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, prior to voicing him in Heroes and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
* All four of the Bride units introduced to Fire Emblem Heroes alongside Duo Groom Roy, Lilina, Cecilia, Sophia, and Larum, are all characters that Roy has a paired ending with.
** In addition, Shanna also has a Bride variation, but was introduced the year prior.
** Only Sue lacks a Bride variation out of all of Roy's shared endings.
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== External Links ==
* Roy at Fire Emblem Wiki
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