Roman Welton

Heir to the Welton fortune

**Extended Family:**

* Alice Welton (Sister)
* Jacob Aragon (Brother-in-law through Alice)
* Beatrice Welton (Sister)
* Sasha Welton (Niece)
* Lucia Ito-Welton (Child with Mina Ito)
* Luka Ito-Welton (Child with Mina Ito)
* Elise Martinez-Welton (Adopted child with Raquel Martinez)

### Artifacts In Possession

He was in possession of the Reina Choker, The Flores Star, and the Julius Collar, which were all stolen.

## Appears In:

### Comic(s)

Black Magic: Pages 8 - 10, 18 - 20, 59 - 62

### Video(s)

* I'm gonna need someone serious
* so you wanna marry daisy
* senorita
* christmas kids
* roman and mina
* a pearl
* you'll understand when you're older
* ballerina
* villain
* mina's lament
* christmas kids (gore)

## Appearance

Roman is a 6’6ft Italian man with neck-legnth brown hair and red eyes. His regular outfit is a cream, high-collared button-up, brown pants, and an orange jacket. The jewelry he wears consists of Marlas' Pendant, and Willows' Earrings.

At 17, on, he wore a vest over the cream button-up, did not have the jacket, and did not have the Marlas' Pendant. His hair was longer and reached his shoulder-blades.

At 25, he wore the cream button-up untucked, and along with the regular jewellery he has in the present. His hair was done up in a big pony-tail.

## Personaility

* Lazy, hot-tempered, snarky, and an asshole. Roman has gotten all he has wanted in his life, so he's also very full of himself. Though he has moments of kindness, Roman is manipulative and plays a waiting game when he doesn't get what he wants.

## Early life

* Born on February 14th, 2011. His name was changed to Roman when he came out at 13 years old. He was regarded as very gifted and intelligent as a child by his mother, earning him to be in high level classes at *St. Lucy's preparatory school for girls*. Roman had attended St. Lucy's prep school until he was invited to attend *Salt Lake College Prep Academy,* a high level school who only gave out invitations to the brightest and top students.

## Salt Lake Prep

* At Salt Lake Prep, Roman was surrounded by bright peers who shared the same skills/intelligence as him. He was intimidated by the competitive school environment, as he usually had no trouble with test scores/competition. He was proved wrong as he was challenged by the school's academia. His boarding house was luxurious, and his dorm-mate, Jacob Aragon, was well acquainted with Roman already (Being a family friend of the Weltons in Italy).
* Roman met Raquel Martinez in the spring of 2025, they were assigned to do a project on Photosynthesis for their chemistry class. Raquel regarded Roman as cute, which began his tiny crush on her.
* During orientation day Mina Ito's parents became friends with the Weltons, mostly because of their high status and extreme wealth. Mina's parents encouraged their daughter to marry Roman, as she would be finaically set for life. Even though Mina refused, as she felt nothing towards him, she was eventually arranged and forced to.
* Roman eventually had to break up with Raquel to marry Mina, he was heartbroken about it and never let go of it. He became closer friends with Chloe Bonnet (a French boarding student) and considered her a good friend. Roman graduated Salt Lake Prep in 2028.

## Marriage

* Both Mina and Roman were miserable during this time, as it costed Roman's dreams of being a biochemist and traveling the world. Mina had gained her dream of becoming a J-pop idol, but at the cost of her being married at 18.
* To combat the loss of his dreams of being a Biochemist, Roman inherited *the Welton Films* movie director position from his father. Barely anyone could understand Roman's thought process as he couldn't put his thoughts into words.
* Mina at 20 years old had twins, Lucia and Luka Ito-Welton.
* Raquel and Roman still communicated, Raquel would tell exciting life updates, and Roman would share his support. They became even closer friends then before.
* Raquel had been attending college for four years, but gathered the confidence to call Roman again to ask if she could stay the night for a week, as she was planning on moving back to Salt Lake Village. Roman accepted much to Mina's chagrin.
	+ Mina did not know this, but Raquel was suffering from severe depression, which Raquel had mentioned before to Roman.
	+ This depressive spiral began when Raquel stressed over schoolwork, a horrible break up, and a miscarriage.
* Raquel had been employed by Roman to be his assistant, albeit overpaid.
* Rumors stirred by outlets and tabloids that Roman was cheating on Mina with several different men and women, which were true, but when Mina found out, she freaked and confronted Roman in his office. When Mina found Raquel was with him, she was enraged and attacked both of them.
	+ This is where Roman got his scar, Mina slashed his face with a large dagger.
* Roman's marriage with Mina ended in early 2036. Roman would send letters to Mina detailing his hatred of her, flaming Mina's already depressive spiral. Mina died late 2036 due to natural causes.

## Assassination of Gold Williams/Theft of the Star of Flores

* Gold Williams died in 2040 due to under the suspicion of having the Reina Choker. It was found out afterwards that Gold Williams did not have the choker, soon later found out to be Mina Ito who had it.
	+ It was illegal to have the choker because none of the descendants were supposed to be in possession of it, as the artifacts were seen as dangerous (see The Marina Necklace, and the death of Guadeloupe Organa). Gold had sold the choker to Roman Welton years before, but he assumed she or someone else had stolen it when it went missing, causing him to ask Raquel Martinez and Chloe Bonnet to see if they could steal it back.
	+ Chloe Bonnet went into a rant while speaking to Gold, and ended up killing her shortly after.

* Hana Pan died early 2039 due to injuries caused in a fight. She was buried with the Flores star, but she was grave-robbed for the star a few years after her death, it was given to Roman Welton by Chloe and Raquel.

## Maida

* Roman fears Maida as she knows everything about him—his insecurities, his secrets, everything. He found The Julius Collar while browsing the Welton Treasury as a teen. He stole the gem and tried to summon Maida, as he was fixated on the history of the deities and wanted to see if it was real. Later on, he would bury the Maida Gem in the garden of Flores, only for it to be dug up by Chloe and Raquel years later in 2041.
* Roman wants Loretta dead so she never gets the chance to free Maida, as he believes Maida would kill him.

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