Roger Parslow

Roger Parslow is a minor fictional character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.

Roger, a young kitchen boy and youngest of the Parslow family that had long been employed as masons for Jordan College, was a close friend of Lyra Belacqua, during her early life in Jordan College. Like Lyra Roger possessed a strong sense of adventure, though he was often the cautioning voice when Lyra got too ambitious, and he and Lyra had explored all over Jordan, from the roofs, over the grounds, to the cellars and crypts.

Roger was kidnapped by the General Oblation Board ("the Gobblers") and taken to their experimental centre in Bolvangar. When Lyra arrived there he assisted her in helping the children escape, once more proving his loyalty, and going on with her to see Lord Asriel in Svalbard. However this was his downfall, for which Lyra later blamed herself, for Lord Asriel used Roger to create a hole between worlds by cutting him from his dæmon and killing him in the process.

Lyra later encountered Roger lost and scared, trapped in the Land of the Dead, but eventually she managed to set him free to merge with the Dust in the living worlds.