Roger Parslow is a minor fictional character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Philip Pullman Philip Pullman, (born October 19, 1946) is an English writer, educated at Exeter College, Oxford, who is the bestselling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy of fantasy novels and a number of other books, purportedly for children, but attracting increasing attention by adult readers. ... Wills bench and the bridge in the Oxford Botanic Gardens His Dark Materials is a trilogy of novels by the fantasy fiction author Philip Pullman, comprising Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. ...

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. A mason is a worker in brick or stone, now primarily involved in building walls, but previously also arches and vaults. ... Jordan College is a fictional college of the University of Oxford which appears in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. ... Lyra Belacqua is a fictional character created by Philip Pullman and the heroine of the His Dark Materials trilogy. ...

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. Lord Asriel is a major character in Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials series. ... A Dæmon in the Philip Pullman trilogy His Dark Materials, is a physical manifestation of the soul of a conscious human. ...

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. Spoiler warning: Dust in Philip Pullmans trilogy of novels His Dark Materials is a fictional form of dark matter (as we call it in our world), an elementary particle that is of fundamental importance to the novels. ...