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Rowd (ラウド, Raudo) is a minor antagonist in Suikoden II. Rowd is the Captain of the Unicorn Brigade and later the leader of the Royal Highland Army 4th Company.
Biography
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Rowd was an officer in the Highland Army and captain of the Unicorn Brigade as the superior of Jowy Atreides and his friend. It is said that he was the brother of a blind girl living in Kyaro Town, but the facts are not clear on the matter. Rowd a man willing to do anything to advance his career and so, he would communicate with Luca Blight, aiding him in his plot to wipe out the boys of his own Unicorn Brigade in order to fabricate a reason for war against the City-State of Jowston.
Although Jowy and his friend would escape the massacre, they would captured by Rowd upon their return to Kyaro and sentenced to execution. The morning before their scheduled execution, Rowd looked upon the new day as a dawning for his career, ruminating aloud. Dissatisfied with his career, he dreamed of a successful life in the Imperial Capital. Finally feeling fulfilled, he failed to notice the rescue of his prisoners until it was too late.
As a result for his plotting, Rowd earned a decent position, being appointed a corp commander in the Highland Army. He would show a thorough prudence in combat, being unwilling to rally forth to assist his fellow officers without an overwhelming advantage in his favour. When Jowy Atreides would become King of Highland, Rowd feared revenge. Fearing for his safety, he would vanish, going into hiding.
References
- Genso Suikoden II 108 Stars Character Guide (ISBN 4-88317-769-6), page 227
- Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), page 276
- Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia, pages 229, 270