Roman

ramen lol

Roman Dirge (born Roman Elliot) is one of the supporting characters of Reaper Dayz. Roman and Jhonen have known each other since preteenhood and have lived on Irk alongside him. He makes his debut at the beginning of the second half of part 2.

He and along with thousands of other humans were taken to Irk to be enslaved and experimented on. Roman was chosen with a few others to be trained in combat. Roman met Jhonen before training began and they quickly became friends since they were the youngest of the group. As they grew closer within the next few years, they would find ways to prank and cause problems for the Irkens as a way to rebel against them. The two would plan on finding a way to free themselves and the other humans sometime in the future.

As the Irkens grew tired of their antics they separated them by taking Jhonen for themselves and leaving Roman behind with the other humans in regular training. Even though Roman hated the Irkens, he stayed in training to use the skills he learned against them and for his own use. Several years later he met up with Jhonen in secret and was distraught with the mental state he was in. He knew that Jhonen needed help but when he offered to, Jhonen grew upset and left. Within the next few years, Roman would hear rumors about Jhonen becoming the first human invader and he decided to sneak out to watch the ceremony.

During the ceremony, he and Jhonen made eye contact for a second and Roman felt how lifeless he was. He immediately knew that he had to take action to help him escape the Irken's grasp and manipulation. After he decided to finish training early he found a way to sabotage Jhonen to show him that the Irken's never cared for him and were only using him. This plan backfired as instead of getting his friend back, he grew furious and believed that Roman ruined everything he'd worked for. Jhonen confronted Roman and severely injured him, leaving him to die. However, Roman survived but he had to remove and replace half of his limbs as a result.

Despite what happened, Roman believes that Jhonen can be saved and still sees him as a friend. He knows that Jhonen was under Irken influence so he doesn't blame him for what he did.

## Personality

Roman has gotten used to being alone despite his friendly demeanor and says he prefers it that way. He purposely isolated himself for a year and a half with nobody to talk to but himself. Being obsessed with being better than Jhonen in combat and being completely alone has had a negative impact on him mentally to the point where it drove him mad. When he noticed how bad his mental health had gotten he knew that it was too late and there was nothing he could do.

To distract himself from his bad mental health and emotional issues he would put on a positive and goofy persona. However, it becomes apparent that he's gotten socially awkward when talking to new people.

When in the middle of combat he becomes ecstatic as he tends to let himself go completely. Roman would attack several times if he's unsatisfied with each strike. He would even hurt himself until he's satisfied. This causes him to go overboard and do more damage than needed.

## Trivia

* Roman is based on comic book artist, *Roman Dirge*
* In the real world, Jhonen does know who Roman is and have been friends since the '90s
* His weapon is similar to the weapons that Irken guards use
* Because Roman is wearing an Irken Elite uniform it could be implied that Roman was training to become an Irken Invader since Irken Elites that finish their training become invaders. However, this never happened as Roman left his training early.
* Roman replaced his pak for a battery for his arm
* Despite how badly broken it was, Roman could've kept his leg but the rebels that found him didn't know how humans worked, so they instead amputated it
* Roman has tried scraping off the Irken insignia on his arm since it is made of scrap metal that he could find on Irk. He must've given up on scratching it and left it as is.
* How Roman got or made his spear is unknown.
	+ The spear can somehow decrease its size to be stored within his arm
* It has been confirmed that Roman is bisexual
	+ How Roman realized that he was into men is unknown as he doesn't seem to have been close with the other humans that was training alongside him. It's speculated that Jhonen could be the main reason since he was the only other human he spoke to, however it could be possible that one of the rebels that helped him could also be the reason as he was very close to them until they were killed off by Irkens.
	+ It is also heavily implied that Roman has a crush on Jhonen and has been for a long time. When the two reunited, Roman is always seen teasing him with flirtatious undertones and would get nervous if Jhonen asks him "why are you acting like that" while doing so. He also gets jealous if he sees someone talking to Jhonen and would hate them solely for that reason. There are times where Roman has tried expressing his feelings indirectly or by hinting at it, but because of Jhonen's inexperience and lack of knowledge in romance he doesn't understand Roman's advances and is always left confused.