Roy family

**The Roy family** are the focal point of *Succession*, as the owners of Waystar Royco*.*

## Background

Logan Roy was born into abject poverty in Dundee, Scotland. His father passed away several years later from a brain hemorrhage. During the war, he and his older brother Ewan were sent to live with their uncle Noah in Quebec, Canada. His baby sister, Rose, passed away when Logan was young.

After moving to the United States, Logan married his first wife and had his first son, Connor. He later had Connor's mother sent to the "loony bin", isolating her from the rest of the Roy family. After their divorce, Logan married the British aristocrat Caroline Collingwood and had three more children: Kendall, Roman, and Siobhan, in that order. Logan and Caroline lived with their children in England until their eventual divorce. Shiv was the first to move to America, with her siblings and father following behind. Logan then married Marcia, his third and final wife.

It's heavily implied that he was abusive to his children in their youth, especially Roman, while also having been abused as a child himself by his uncle Noah.

## Profiles

### Logan

   Logan Roy is a volatile, egocentric, and cunning self-made man who takes great pleasure in "making them squeal." He is unafraid of emotionally damaging his opponents, often manipulating and berating them, even in the case of his children. Logan believes in an extremely patriarchal and conservative lifestyle and refuses to evolve. Throughout the series, it's heavily implied that he was abusive to his children in their youth while also having been abused as a child himself. He is married to his third wife, Marcia Roy.

### Ewan

Ewan Roy is the moral, political, and theological opposite of his brother Logan. Being staunchly anti-capitalist and pro-environment, he prefers to distance himself from the family company and reside at his ranch in Canada. He possesses a cold exterior, rarely smiling or offering kind words and rejecting any attempts at affection. However, despite their long history of grievances with each other and his deep hatred for Logan's practices, Ewan displays an undying love and care for his brother. He is the grandfather of Greg Hirsch.

### Connor

    Connor Roy boasts a milder, more pleasant persona than his siblings, while maintaining a rich-boy loftiness and ignorance. He prefers to avoid company drama and reside in New Mexico with his much younger partner, Willa. Connor does not have the best recollection of his childhood and feels unwanted by his family, especially his father. Because of this, he is deeply insecure about his status and is prone to delusions of grandeur, even deciding to run for president despite having little to no chance of winning.

### Kendall

    Kendall Roy has spent his life priming himself to be his father's heir; however, he's yet to convince Logan of his worth. Despite his assertiveness and outward confidence, Kendall is anxious and riddled with doubt at his core, often abusing substances and engaging in erratic behavior for comfort. He juggles resentment towards his father with hopes of adopting his ruthlessness, which manifests in his many attempts to overthrow him. Kendall is notably quite boyish, with his love for hip-hop music and frequent use of dated lingo.

### Roman

    Roman Roy is a brash, sarcastic, and scrappy individual who thrives on humiliation, both his own and that of others. He frequently belittles and is crude to those beneath him, and he has little regard for the consequences of his actions. As a child, however, Roman was viewed by his father as "the weaker dog", and now harbors a deep insecurity that permeates both his professional and sexual lives. Roman's immaturity and careless actions, though they sometimes prove to be effective, may cost him a seat at his father's table.

### Shiv

    Siobhan "Shiv" Roy initially prefers to separate herself from the family's right-wing conglomerate, opting to work in liberal politics. However, upon receiving an irresistible offer from her father, she chooses to sacrifice her political career and finds herself in the shadow of her equally power-hungry brothers. Though seemingly assertive and confident, Shiv is at her core a damaged and conflicted woman. She is married to Tom Wambsgans, but Shiv's infidelity and manipulation, as well as Tom's desire to be on Logan's "good side," compromise their relationship.

### Greg

    Having been far removed from the Roy family's wealth, Gregory "Greg" Hirsch is initially introduced as a bumbling, nervous young man who's recently become unemployed. Greg ingratiates himself with the Roy family, initially uncomfortable with the new lifestyle he's found himself in. However, as time progresses, so does Greg's vulgarity and knack for deception and blackmail when dealing with family, coworkers, and prospective girlfriends. Being that he's consistently bullied and outcast by the rest of the Roy family, he finds a confidant in Tom Wambsgans.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKx0z2Jw\_II