Rogue Cheney (ローグ・チェーニ, Rōgu Chēni), also known as "Shadow Dragon" Rogue (影竜のローグ, Eiryū no Rōgu), is Sting Eucliffe's partner.[ch. 258] His Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic (影の滅竜魔法, Kage no Metsuryū Mahō) techniques include turning himself into a shadow to become intangible and firing shadows from his mouth.[ch. 294, 296] Like Sting, Rogue can activate Dragon Force at will, and has false memories of killing his own dragon guardian, Skiadram (スキアドラム, Sukiadoramu). He is accompanied by Frosch (フロッシュ, Furosshu), a green Exceed who wears a pink frog costume.[ch. 258] During Gajeel Redfox's membership in Phantom Lord, Rogue apprentices himself to him under the name Lios (ライオス, Raiosu) out of distaste for his own name, but becomes disillusioned when Gajeel joins Fairy Tail. After losing to Gajeel in the Grand Magic Games seven years later, Rogue acknowledges that Saber lacks the camaraderie Fairy Tail has, and joins Sting in improving his own guild.[ch. 338]
During the tournament, a version of Rogue appears through the time travel gate Eclipse from an alternate future, corrupted by his inner evil after Frosch is killed by Gray Fullbuster in his timeline. "Future" Rogue combines his shadow magic with Sting's White Dragon Slayer Magic forcibly acquired after killing him in the future.[ch. 325] He tricks Hisui E. Fiore by advising her to use the time travel gate Eclipse as a weapon to save the kingdom from a dragon invasion,[ch. 323] setting the gate to allow seven dragons from the historical Dragon King Festival to appear in the present to be used against Acnologia.[ch. 326,328] While Rogue's present self helps fight the dragons, Future Rogue's battle with Natsu ends with Eclipse's destruction, returning Rogue and the dragons to their original time periods, but not before Rogue helps Natsu avert his own future by warning him of Frosch's fate.[ch. 337]
