Roger

Roger, often called The Artful Roger, is Edilio's boyfriend and Justin's best friend and guardian.

Appearances

 * Lies

Roger is introduced in Lies when one of the "littles", Justin, finds him living in Justin's old home. Roger introduces himself as "The Artful Roger" because of his love of drawing, a play off "The Artful Dodger" from Oliver Twist. Justin moves back into his family home and Roger looks after him.

When Justin's house catches fire during the fire of Perdido Beach, Roger tries to flee the house with Justin but he falls down the stairs and is knocked unconscious. He is dragged out by Justin just in time. Lana later saves his life in the hospital by healing his injuries.


 * Plague

After the the bug battle, Roger and Justin both side with Sam and travel to Lake Tramonto.

When Drake kidnaps Diana and Justin, Roger tries to save them but is stopped when Drake threatens to kill Justin. It is later revealed that Roger is gay and dating Edilio.
 * Fear


 * Light

Roger is present at the lake during the the Lake Tramonto massacre. He tries to fetch some drawings of his from where he had been living, but is driven back by Gaia’s fire. He stands a few feet away from Justin, and watched as the younger boy dies in the flames. Eventually, he falls unconscious and slips into the water. He was then assumed dead by everyone, including Edilio, his boyfriend.

When Connie Temple visits the part of the lake that was outside of the FAYZ before the barrier came down, she sees a boy sitting beside the lake. The boy is later implied to have been Roger.

After the FAYZ wall comes down, Edilio is watching the news on T.V. in his family’s trailer and sees reports of a boy being found in the forest. Edilio recognizes him as Roger. It is implied that this triggers Edilio to ‘come out’ to his mother and to find Roger. Roger is taken to a hospital where it takes him a long time to recover, but was happy to find Edilio waited for him for that time.

Like many survivors such as Sanjit and Quinn, Roger vanished from the series after Light and does not directly appear in the Monster, Villain, Hero arc. It was mentioned in Hero that he and Edilio had separated at some point between the end of Light and beginning of Hero.

Relationships
Roger and Edilio originally had very little interaction, but in Fear, they are revealed to be romantically involved when Edilio calls him 'babe' in front of Sam. The relationship was not featured again until Light, when Roger was presumed dead by everyone and Edilio mourned him deeply. According to Edilio, they were in love. Happily, the two were implied to be reunited at the end of the book once Roger had recovered. However, in Hero they are no longer together.
 * Edilio

Roger lived with Justin, and saw him as a little brother. However, in Light, Justin was killed by Gaia. The two were close, and Roger mourned him when he died.
 * Justin