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Ruud
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“ | Loyalty to one's king. Bah. What a worthless notion. The world is ruled by neither king nor queen. It's ruled by gold! | ” | — Ruud |
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Ruud (Japanese: ルード) is a knight of Bern during the Disturbance of Bern who, blinded by his greed, imprisoned Guinivere when she stopped on the castle he was guarding.
Ruud planned to sell Guinivere to Bern's enemies during the war; however, his plans were foiled when Elen, Guinivere's vassal, escaped and informed about Ruud's schemes to Roy of Pherae, who was traveling in the nearby area. Roy promptly attacked the castle and defeated Ruud, rescuing Guinivere.
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
Role
Ruud is the boss of Chapter 2. He holds Guinivere captive to try to ransom her to Bern's enemies for money. The plan fails when Roy shows up and defeats him.
Stats
- See also:
Princess of Bern - Stats with two figures separated by a ~ are presented as a range, representing stats that vary due to random growths. The figures to the left and right of the ~ are the stat's minimum and maximum possible values respectively.[1]
Normal Hard
Personality
Ruud shows no remorse on lying to Melady, Guinivere's bodyguard, when she comes to the frontier looking for her liege, and even berates one of his subordinates after being questioned on his actions.
Quotes
Battle quote
“ | Curse it all! Just when I thought things had finally turned my way... | ” | — Ruud. |
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Death quote
“ | Oof...Greed can only.. bring you...an ill fate... | ” | — Ruud. |
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Flavor text
Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
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The Binding Blade | A knight in control of a castle
on the Bern-Lycia border.* |
ベルン国境の城をあずかる
重騎士 |
Trivia
- Ruud has an unused color scheme for his battle sprites that is never seen in normal gameplay, as it is incorrectly assigned as the color value for General.[2]
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English (unofficial) |
Ruud, Rude |
Unofficial romanizations; see the Japanese name. The former is the one used in the most up-to-date fan translation patch. |
Japanese |
ルード |
Ruud is both a Dutch diminutive for Rudolf, which means "famous wolf",[3] and a Norwegian surname, meaning "clearing".[4] |
Gallery
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References
- ↑ The Princess of Bern, triangleattack.com, Retrieved: December 24, 2020
- ↑ Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi – Battle Palettes, tcrf.net, Retrieved: August 18, 2022
- ↑ Meaning, origin, and history of the name Ruud, behindthename.com, Retrieved: March 24, 2012
- ↑ Ruud, wikipedia.org, Retrieved: March 24, 2012
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