Origin
Japan
Roderick, also known as Fairy Doctor Roderick, is the guild master of The Roderick Firm. He is a Ritian Summoner-Apothecary and a member of the Round Table Alliance. His guild focuses on the acquisition of rare ingredients for equally-rare items or equipment. Roderick himself is an academic-looking man that works as a Apothecary. According to Henrietta, Roderick is quite calculating, and superficially resembles Shiroe; however, she notes that he lacks Shiroe's boldness, which creates a world of difference between them. His speech and manner reflect his educated background and he is quite knowledgeable on many subjects, allowing him to research the new world. He is polite, though when speaking to his guild members, he can take on a commanding tone. When chatting with friends, he is pleasant. In the real world, his name is Yoshifumi Ayano.
Log Horizon: Destruction Of the Round Table
A year after the adventurers were blown into the Elder Tale world, Akiba's prosperity begins to teeter with the emergence of a new monster ("Genius"), a festering power struggle between the east-west aristocrats, and the growing gap among the adventurers themselves. Finally, the Round Table, the symbol of their unity, faces a decisive crisis...
Log Horizon 2
After being trapped in the world of Elder Tale for six months, Shiroe and the other Adventurers have begun to get the hang of things in their new environment. The Adventurers are starting to gain the trust of the People of the Land, and Akiba has flourished thanks to the law and order established by Shiroe's Round Table Alliance, regaining its everyday liveliness. Despite this success, however, the Alliance faces a new crisis: they are running out of funds to govern Akiba, and spies from the Minami district have infiltrated the city. As formidable forces rise in other districts, there is also a need to discover more about the vast new world they are trapped in—leading Shiroe to decide that the time has come to venture outside the city. Accompanied by his friend Naotsugu and the Sage of Mirror Lake Regan, the calculative Shiroe makes his move, hoping to unravel new possibilities and eventually find a way home.
Log Horizon
In the blink of an eye, thirty thousand bewildered Japanese gamers are whisked from their everyday lives into the world of the popular MMORPG, Elder Tale, after the game's latest update—unable to log out. Among them is the socially awkward college student Shiroe, whose confusion and shock lasts only a moment as, a veteran of the game, he immediately sets out to explore the limits of his new reality. Shiroe must learn to live in this new world, leading others and negotiating with the NPC "natives" in order to bring stability to the virtual city of Akihabara. He is joined by his unfortunate friend Naotsugu, having logged in for the first time in years only to find himself trapped, and Akatsuki, a petite but fierce assassin who labels Shiroe as her master. A tale of fantasy, adventure, and politics, Log Horizon explores the elements of gaming through the eyes of a master strategist who attempts to make the best of a puzzling situation.
