Roman Riker

**Roman Riker** is one of the main characters on *The Shadow of the Eternals*. He is a werewolf who is apart of the Inner Circle as one of its first members alongside Alaric Saltzman and Macy Accola, a witch. He triggered his curse when he unintentionally killed his girlfriend Kristen, in a car accident.

## Early Life

### 2000s

Roman was born to an unnamed family, and to his knowledge, was given away at birth. His adoptive parents raised him until one day he accidentally killed his girlfriend, Kristen. The two were driving and — during a heated argument over his assumption that she was flirting with another guy — Rafael lost control of the car, killing Kristen instantly, and triggering his werewolf side. He still blames himself for her death as he was driving at the time. This caused him an immense amount of grief which caused him to runaway from home to head back to Seattle, Washington his home city where he would become a freelance spray painter often spray painting the walls

Days after his arrival to Seattle, Roman experienced his first transformation it was around midnight in a backway alley and though it took sometime he was able to runaway into a secluded area where it took him hours to turn.

### 2015

After a full year of running away from home Roman had encountered a strange man who introduced himself as Alaric Saltzman and that he was looking for an occult's study professor and after leading Alaric to the college, he realized that it was going to be a full moon and quickly left so that he could turn. This however goes wrong as Alaric gets curious on his sudden need to leave and what he discovered was Roman turning a werewolf and it didn't take long for Roman to notice Alaric there but it was already too late as Roman had fully turned. Roman in his werewolf form started to chase Alaric who had trouble out running the wolf as at one point Roman was close. Alaric had time to subdue the would by jumping onto his back and holding it into a chokehold lifting is legs above the ground. This chance allowed Alaric to inject a horse tranquilizer into the wolf's neck putting it to sleep.

Morning arose as Roman wakes up in an unfamiliar bed and room but is surprised to see Alaric again as he presumed to be dead since he's seen no one survive after an encounter with him. Alaric begins joking around of what happened last night as he handed Roman breakfast and tis is where Roman begins to tell Alaric about his past before brining up the fact that he is a werewolf, being bound the full moon and being forced to turn every night. This interested Alaric who proceeded to question Roman on his supernatural existence. Soon, Alaric begins to share on why he came to Seattle as Roman knew that not just anyone would know how to subdue a beast such as himself and to be so prepared. Feeing as if needed to, Alaric begins telling of his wife and his encounter to what he believes to be a vampire and feeling a bit intrigued Roman tells Alaric of an ability he believes to have emerged. He says that everyone he's ever met has a unique smell whether lavender or mint they're all different but one day he had smelt a very different smell from other because rather than a faint smell he smelled a strong smell of death as if it was a rotting corpse. Aligning that with what he's learned Roman believes that perhaps the man he met that day was a vampire.

Alaric and Roman soon began working together until one day Roman was able to track down that man at a bar just very near the outskirts of Seattle. They both followed the man and were shocked when the man confronted them and showed his true face. This shocks Alaric who quickly dodges and tries to take out a stake but is then tackled against a wall but luckily Roman was able to grab the vampire by the neck and strangle him but was quickly overpowered as the vampire tossed Roman onto the round and almost got to him but was staked moments later by Alaric as they saw the vampire desiccate in front of their eyes.

Realizing the day they had Roman reflects on his days in Seattle before ultimately joining Alaric to help search for his wife and in that time he would have hoped to find something to do in life.

## Personality

Roman is mostly always vibrant and friendly. He’s energetic, and jumps at the chance to help out a person in need. With a combination of a pure and loyal heart mixed with a lifetime of abuse and anger, Roman wants to be a good person but lives in a constant struggle with the emotional demons that have plagued him through trauma.

"Roman is charismatic, loyal to a fault and values the truth above all else, no matter how hard the truth can be. His upbringing from the trauma of killing someone has left him with some inner turmoil that he can't seem to shake. But through this struggle that he will always hold he believes that learning how to harness this inner monster could solve all his problems and allow him to live life like the man he wants to be."

## Physical Appearance

Roman is a young man with a tall stature and an athletic build, with long brown hair and brown eyes. Roman often wears vibrant colored-oversized clothing as he prefers being comfortable. And with his clothes he always pairs his outfit with a straight-seashell lined necklace, which was something given by his adoptive younger sister, Cassie which he has always cherished.

## Powers and Abilities

Jules possessed all the standard powers and abilities of a werewolf. It can also be said that Roman has a killer nose compared to other werewolves such as Farrah who is a werewitch, a creature that can turn at will, as he was able to separate everyone in Seattle from just smell as he says everyone has a unique sense of smell which helps him distinct others.

## Weaknesses

Roman had the typical weaknesses of a werewolf.