Citadel of Roa

Citadel of Roa

The Citadel of Roa (城塞都市ロア Jōsai Toshi Roa) is a fortress city in the Fittoa Region of the Asura Kingdom lying on the Central Continent. Being the center of trade and commerce and the administrative headquarters of the Fittoa Region, Roa is the largest settlement in the Region.

History

Roa is an ancient city with noble history. Four hundred years ago, it stood as the last bastion of defense during the war against the Demon race. Owing to that, there stands a picturesque castle in the middle of the city.

Though, despite its mighty origin story, the nobles of the imperial capital currently saw Roa as nothing more than a crude backwater full of adventurers.

Description

Roa is a fortified city built inside walls. Sturdy ramparts, 7 to 8 meters in height are wrapped around the city. The walkways of the ramparts are roofed and along it, towers with conical spires are built with airy overviewing windows and balconies.

The city itself is not a perfect circle; it bent with the terrain making the dimensions hard to estimate. The city has a gigantic gate for the influx of merchants and townspeople. At the entrance one would be greeted with stables and inns and the waiting area for the stagecoaches. Along the main road, lines of merchant stalls are erected. Shops for different kind of customers are grouped by street junctions while residence buildings are situated in the alleyways much deeper into the city. The streets are paved and buildings are established in a grid structure with vendor shops lined tidily on the roadsides.

The city was built in such a way that the deeper you went into the city the bigger the houses became and the more luxurious the goods shops offered. The closer you lived to the center, the richer you were. All the shops near the noble district are elegant and peddled expensive wares. A castle is nestled right in the middle of the city which is used as the residence of the Region's lord.

Plot

Story events regarding the Citadel of Roa

Home Tutor arc

• Rudeus Greyrat is brought to the Citadel of Roa by Ghislaine Dedoldia to be the tutor of Eris Boreas Greyrat
• Rudeus convinces Philip Boreas Greyrat to stage a kidnapping in order to be motivated in learning but Thomas plots to make it a real kidnapping
• Upon returning to Roa, Rudeus battles 2 of the kidnappers but is saved by Ghislaine and Eris accepts Rudeus to be her tutor
• Rudeus begins tutoring Eris but is still violent so Rudeus proposes the idea of having a 1 free day after 6 days which is later adapted by the Princess Ariel Faction during their stay in Sharia
• Rudeus helps Eris into being able to dance during her 10th birthday party earning her respect and praise
• During their trip at Roa, Rudeus sees Chaos Breaker passing above them
• Eris requests Sauros Boreas Greyrat to throw a party for Rudeus' 10th birthday and gives him the Aqua Heartia as a present
• In K412 a red orb appears above Roa and people believes its not something bad and even used for prayer to grant wishes
• Rudeus tries to cast Cumulonimbus while Ghislaine and Eris are watching but they are attacked by Almanfi
• After the battle between Ghislaine and Almanfi, the Teleport Incident occurs that transports Rudeus and Eris to the Demon Continent

Homecoming arc

• Rudeus and Eris returns to the ruins of Roa after 3 years of travelling from the Demon Continent and they learn that Sauros who is succeeded by James Boreas Greyrat while Philip and Hilda are dead confirmed by Ghislaine
• Alfonse is in charge of the efforts of rebuilding Roa and the Fittoa Region, funded by Minister Darius Silva Ganius
• Since James refuses to take Eris in, Alfonse proposes that Eris become the concubine of Pilemon Notos Greyrat that is objected by Ghislaine and wants Eris to run away with Rudeus
• Eris spends a night with Rudeus but in the end decides to go to the Holy Land of Swords with Ghislaine
• Rudeus falls into depression upon learning this and heads to the northern Central Continent to look for her mother
• Alphonse officially announces that Eris dies and Darius eventually pulls the funding for the Fitto Region rebuilding

Gallery

• Town
• Market Square
• Streets
• Castle seen from town
• Teleport Incident manifesting above Roa
• Roa now in ruins where its survivors builds a Refugee Camp

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Known Inhabitants

• Sauros Boreas Greyrat
• Philip Boreas Greyrat
• Hilda Boreas Greyrat
• Eris Boreas Greyrat
• Ghislaine Dedoldia
• Rudeus Greyrat
• Alphonse
• Thomas
• Edna Rayrune

Trivia

• The city's mayor is Philip Boreas Greyrat.
• Even though the wall fortifying the city is specified to be 7-8 metres tall in the light novel, the manga portrays it to be over 50 meters tall towering above most buildings.