Old Chad Roman

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**Old Chad Roman**, or **Roman Illarion**, is a Canadian add-on developer and an asset designer of the Rainimator Production Team. Whilst a relatively new member, Roman has created and assisted on several assets for videos since *To The Void*, many of which are geared around weapons and weapon designs.

Many of the assets Roman made for To The Void and for War of the Ender Kingdoms (Trailer) came from his *Minecraft* add-on "Zlathe", including various new mobs and biomes for the End.

## Biography

### 2013-2020 - Beginnings on YouTube

Old Chad Roman joined YouTube on November 21, 2013 as **DrownedLemur74**, and focused primarily on *Minecraft* animations of his series "The Legend of Lemur", and *Minecraft* Let's Plays. After some time, due to the lack of motivation that followed, he abandoned animation and Let's Plays altogether.

Afterwards, Roman began programming. He uploaded several showcases of his work on YouTube, beginning with redstone and command block tutorials and ending with *Unity* games and add-on showcases. He ultimately abandoned his channel in early 2020 due to a lack of community response.

However, Roman continued new iterations of his in-development add-on, "Zlathe," which expanded *Minecraft*'s storyline beyond the defeat of the Ender Dragon.

### 2018-Present - Rainimator

*See also: List of Accepted Character Ideas § Basalt Construct*

Old Chad Roman joined the Skydom, the official Rainimator Discord server, in late 2018. He became one of the most prominent and active members on the community, which culminated in his promotion to Primarch, the highest position of server administration (excluding the Production Team).

In 2021, Roman's frog model was inserted into the series as the Ender Frog. The same year, Roman's character suggestion on Discord, the Basalt Construct, was accepted by Rainimator. He was recruited into the Rainimator Production Team shortly after. Roman explored music and learned piano, which enabled him to compose instrumentals for "Zlathe"; he started a music-focused channel called **Infamous Official**, which, in contrast to his first channel, received great support.

As the newest member of the Production Team, Roman developed and worked on various assets for *To The Void*. He created the Gloom Peninsula from an add-on and several weapons such as the Void Cannons. Due to his positive experience, Roman now continues to develop "Zlathe". He later became the voice actor of Hogsworth for the music video *Back into Darkness*, and Flint's voice in We are the Danger XL, and continues to make assets as part of the Production Team to this day.

## Works

### Characters

* Lemur (background zombie in *1 of a Kind*) (as part of a character submission contest)
* Hogsworth (Gigachad version since Back into Darkness)
* Marcel
* Apollo
* Enderman Villagers
* End Witch Coven Mages
* Patrick Wynter (Redesign for Season 4)
* Reykjavik
* Naomi
* Flint (Remastered skin and model for We are the Danger XL)
* Ciara (Redesign for Season 4)

### Mobs

* Void Whales
* Medusozoa (End Jellyfish)
* Crystal Butterflies
* Hell Butterflies
* Brimstone Snails
* Nether Lamprey (Dubbed as the Magma Serpent)
* Basalt Constructs

### Weapons

* Void Cannons
* Arabella's Cutlass
* Pearl's Sword
* Endstone Swords
* Gwendolyn's Staff (extruded model & textures derived from Zlathe; Staff pixel art done by Rainimator)
* Frostbourne Cannons
* Hilda's Bladed Mace
* Pillager Halberds
* Grovetender
* Nightshade
* Contagion
* Wither Book (since Preach to the Choir)
* Rain's Armblade
* Kaia's Scythe
* Sora's Katana (Derived from references by Tuxel, who created Sora's submission)
* Void-Infested Swords
* Gatekeepers Tome

### Other Assets

* Tundra Iron Golem (used as a base texture for Machine Golem)
* Qasmine Construct (altered to become Qinny)
* Frog (model used for Ender Frog)

## Gallery (Of assets without pages)

The basic End Stone Swords (Wielded by Enderkin in To The Void).The Pillager Halberds, used in Already Dead.Portrait of Naomi, a minor character who debuted in Red Line.Naomi's turnaround concept.Sora Maeda's Katana in a concept render.The Gatekeeper's Tome in a concept render.The Void-Infested Swords, used in The Brave.
## Appearances

* Back into Darkness - Voice of Hogsworth
* We are the Danger XL - Voice of Flint

## Trivia

* While not an integral character, a zombified version of Old Chad Roman's original character "Lemur" had been included amongst other zombified skins debuted in *1 of a Kind*.
	+ Prior to Fractures, Lemur had also made some cameos in animations by FrediSaalAnimations, most notably as part of the grandstand's audience in the music video "Fight With Me," and as a teleporting bandit in "A NEW SERVER," a promotional animation for the animator's new Minecraft server. (It should be noted, however, that Fractures and Griefer Legends aren't in any way affiliated with each other because of these cameos).
* Prior to voicing Hogsworth, Roman had also voiced a character named Luke in "What's inside a HAUNTED HOUSE?", A Halloween Minecraft Animation Collab hosted by FrediSaalAnimations in 2018.
* Before joining the Production Team, Roman's frog model was adapted as a character in *Fractures*.