Ruud (Japanese:ルード) is a knight ofBern during theDisturbance of Bern who, blinded by his greed, imprisonedGuinivere 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 whenElen, Guinivere's vassal, escaped and informed about Ruud's schemes toRoy ofPherae, 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 ofChapter 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]

NormalHard

Knight Level 5

Stats Max HP 24 Luck 0 Strength 10 Defense 10 Skill 2 Resistance 0 Speed 2 Constitution 13 Movement 4 Aid 12

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Knight Level 5

Stats Max HP 28~32 Luck 0~4 Strength 12~14 Defense 10~14 Skill 4~6 Resistance 0~2 Speed 2~4 Constitution 13 Movement 4 Aid 12

Inventory Javelin Weapon Levels ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

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Personality

Ruud shows no remorse on lying toMelady, 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

Death quote

Flavor text

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 forGeneral.^[2]

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Knight Lance

References

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