Roiben

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## Rath Roiben Rye

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**Rath Roiben Rye** is the Lord of the Court of Termites.

## Physical Description

Roiben has strong and sharp cheek bones. He has long silver hair the color of salt. Like all faeries, he had pointed ears and is very beautiful. His eyes are silver.

## Personality

He is cunning and clever. Jude Duarte describes his expression as more suited to the underwater realm than Elfhame. He is notoriously bloodthirsty. Lord Roiben hates the Undersea after they attacked the Court of Termites with provocation.

## Biography

### Early Life

Lord Roiben is a former knight of both the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. It is said that Roiben killed his own lover to win the throne. Lord Roiben won both of his crowns in battle. He is in a relationship with a pixie named Kaye.

* The Cruel Prince
* The Wicked King
* Queen of Nothing

Lord Roiben attends the coronation where Prince Balekin stages his unsuccessful coup. He gives Balekin three days to get the crown on his head, or he will leave with his Court.

Jude approaches Lord Roiben to form an alliance. He tells her that he doesn't like Balekin because he thinks he's a coward to kill his sisters and father in what appeared to be a fit of pique. He also doesn't like that he hid behind his military, letting his general finish off the High King's chosen heir. Lord Balekin believes that shows weakness the kind that will inevitably be exploited. Lord Roiben agrees to an alliance with Jude. He tells her if she puts the crown on a head other than Balekin, he will help her keep it there. He then tells her that someday he will ask her king for a favor and it must be granted.

Kaye and Roiben can be seen together talking about the cafe that Kaye owns. Kaye tells Roiben that she wants to come to live with him in the Court of Termites, instead of living in the human world and only seeing Roiben occasionally. Roiben is unsure at first but then becomes happy at the news that Kaye wants to live with him.

After Jude is kidnapped by the Undersea, Queen Orlagh's price for the return of Jude is the ability to attack the Court of Termites without them retaliating. Cardan allows Queen Orlagh to attack. This injures Kaye very badly and angers Roiben greatly. Roiben sends a messenger that informs Jude that Roiben's favor is to get payback. At the next reveal, Roiben threatens Jude and makes it known that he is rethinking his alliance with Cardan. Jude kills Balekin, fulfilling Roiben's favor.

At a banquet Jude holds right before going into battle with the serpent, Roiben appears to her and admits to her that he did not agree to pledge himself to the crown for Cardan, but because Jude had persuaded him. He tells her that he understands why Jude took all the risks to put Cardan on the throne. Roiben adds that he would fight till his last breath. That Cardan is the true High

King because he trusted the loyalty of his subjects.

## Relationships

### Romances

* Kaye Fierch

> "*I know he has a consort he favors, though she is of low rank.*"
> ― Cardan Greenbriar to Jude Duarte about Roiben and Kaye,*The Cruel Prince*
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Roiben and Kaye are in a romantic relationship. They first meet in the forest when Roiben was being followed by people who were trying to kill him. Roiben and Kaye then formed a friendship and became protective of each other. They later started a relationship which Roiben ends in an attempt to keep Kaye safe. However, they then restarted their relationship at the end of *Ironside*. Kaye and Roiben will start living together in the Court of Termites after Kaye decided to move from the human realm.

### Friends and Allies

* Jude Duarte
* Cardan Greenbriar

Roiben allied with Jude after she came to him in the second book. There, he bargined with to back Cardan as long as she fulfills a reasonable request from him. Later, after the Undersea attack, Roiben sends a messenger to Jude and the messenger informs Jude that Roiben's request was to kill Balekin. During a banquet in the third book, Roiben tells Jude that he trusts her, sees Cardan as the true High King, and would have fought until his last breath.

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