Lloyd

The White Wolf
Lloyd
Real Name	Lloyd Reed
Species	Human
Class	SwordMaster
Affiliation	Black Fang
Hair color	Blonde
Age	20's
Base	Bern
Relatives	Brendan Reed (father) Linus (brother) Sonia (stepmother) Nino (stepsister)
Debut	Fire Emblem

Lloyd is a major boss in Fire Emblem. He and his brother Linus were powerful assassins in the Black Fang, due to it being founded by their father Brendan Reed. Both of the Reed Brothers made up two of the Black Fang's elite Four Fangs. Of the two brothers, Lloyd was more reserved and rational, and often held back his loose cannon of a brother.

Background

The Reed Brothers were among the first members of the Black Fang, when Brendan originally established it to kill nobles who abused their positions. About nine years later, things changed when Brendan married a second wife, Sonia, whom the Reed Brothers detested and distrusted from the beginning. However, they had no idea that Sonia was influencing them into serving her own ends and those of her evil master Nergal rather than the good of the people. However, Lloyd did not question his orders and felt his role was to carry out the will of the Fang. Linus and Lloyd did befriend Sonia's adopted daughter, Nino, who thought of the Reeds as her brothers.

In Fire Emblem, the story of the Reed Brothers is different depending on the combined levels of the three lord characters by the "Four-Fanged Offense" chapter. Regardless of the path, the Reed Brothers are dispatched by Sonia to hunt and kill Eliwood and his companions in the opening of "Kinship's Bond" (Eliwood Chapter 21, Hector Chapter 22). Linus lost his temper in front of Sonia when she insulted Lloyd, but Lloyd convinced him to stand down.

The Reed Brothers later spotted Eliwood and Hector's group in "Four Fanged Offense" (Eliwood Chapter 23, Hector Chapter 24). This is where their actions differed. If the combined levels of the three lords less then 50, Lloyd sent Linus ahead to the Black Fang headquarters to get reinforcements while he tried to take them on himself. He was defeated in the following battle. After his defeat, Lloyd tried to take Eliwood hostage, but Eliwood told him about their encounter with Uhai and Uhai's dying words. This convinced Lloyd to retreat in order to confront Sonia. But before he could get far, he was ambushed and killed by Limstella for his quintessence.

In the second possible path (if the combined levels of the lord characters were 50 or more), the roles of the brothers were reversed. Lloyd went ahead instead to get reinforcements and ordered Linus to follow them, but not to attack them because they were too dangerous. But when Lloyd returned, he found Linus dead. He came to the assumption that Linus had tried taking them on and was killed, leading him to blame Eliwood for Linus's death and swear revenge on him. After going missing for a while, Lloyd resurfaced in "Cog of Destiny" (Eliwood Chapter 28, Hector Chapter 30). He brought the remaining Black Fang forces in an attempt to ambush Eliwood's company outside the Shrine of Seals. Lloyd was resigned to his fate, and not even Nino could sway him. Ultimately he was killed in the battle.

Either way, Lloyd's quintessence was collected by Limstella and used to create an enhanced morph copy of Lloyd, who served as a sub-boss in "Final Chapter: Light". The morph was destroyed and seemed to feel pleasure in death.

Trivia

• His nickname in the Black Fang was White Wolf (not to be confused with Silver Wolf, the nickname of the Kutolah tribe leader Dayan).
• Lloyd notes a similarity between Hector and Linus's attitudes, and Lloyd also seemed to have a similar role as Eliwood. This makes for an interesting parallel where Lloyd and Linus are misguided versions of Eliwood and Hector.
• He has an A Rank Support with Linus, even though they are never present in the same battle.