Gabriel Roman

— Gabriel Roman.

 **Died:** | 2007 (age 60)
The Treasure Vault
Eddy Raja (formerly) †
 **Occupation:** | Crime lord
*Uncharted 2: Among Thieves*
(multiplayer only)
*Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception*
(multiplayer only)
*Uncharted 4: A Thief's End*
 **Motion-capture actor:** | Simon Templeman

**Gabriel Roman** was an English crime lord, treasure hunter, and the main, later secondary antagonist of *Uncharted: Drake's Fortune*.

Searching for the fabled El Dorado, Roman hired the services of Atoq Navarro and his mercenaries, as well as Eddy Raja and his pirate gang, as manpower to acquire the treasure.

The Treasure Vault
 **Nationality:**
Eddy Raja (formerly) †
 **Occupation:**
*Uncharted 2: Among Thieves*
(multiplayer only)
*Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception*
(multiplayer only)
*Uncharted 4: A Thief's End*
"*A cold, arrogant man with a vast collection of antiquities, Gabriel Roman believes he's above doing the dirty work required in the illicit treasure hunting trade. Instead, he prefers to leave it to his subordinates and hired help, whom he generally treats like garbage. However, he's sometimes willing to go into the field, especially if he gets to physically yank a treasure from a rival's hands before killing them in cold blood.*"
— Official *Uncharted 4: A Thief's End* bio.
Before *Uncharted: Drake's Fortune*
Sometime before the events of *Drake's Forture*, Roman saved Navarro from a life of poverty and, recognizing his intelligence, made Navarro his lieutenant. Roman also loaned Victor Sullivan a large sum of money, with a deadline to pay it back or otherwise come to an agreement with Roman.

*Uncharted: Drake's Fortune* (2007)
*Main article: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune*
***A surprising find***[2]Roman at the U-Boat.
Roman and Navarro followed Nathan Drake, Elena Fisher, and Victor Sullivan around parts of the island believed to hold the fabled treasure of El Dorado. The two first appeared outside an old German U-Boat caught in the Amazon River. Nate, after accidentally setting off a torpedo inside the boat, swam back out to meet Sully, only to be greeted by Roman and Navarro, who held the two at gunpoint.
Roman revealed that Sully owed him money and that he had mentioned something about the "find of a lifetime". This intrigued Roman, and so he had hired Navarro to aid him in finding the treasure. Nate relinquished the kriegsmarine map he had found in the boat, and Roman prepared to shoot him in case they "need a reminder." Sully intervened, and Roman shot him instead. The U-Boat then exploded from the torpedo Nate had set off, knocking Navarro and Roman to the ground. Nate escaped with his adversaries in hot pursuit.

***The Island***

"*I assure you, Mr. Raja, this is just business*"
— Roman to Eddy.
It is later revealed that Eddy also worked for Roman, but his men were being killed by an unknown entity. Roman believed that Eddy was crazy and dismissed him and his men.

Sully had survived the shot by Roman — the bullet caught by Sir Francis Drake's journal that Nate had given him earlier — and was now pretending to help Roman and Navarro locate the treasure. Roman soon discovered that Nate and Elena rescued Sully and searched for them.
Mutated creatures, Germans and Spaniards changed by El Dorado's curse years ago, killed Eddy as well as his men. Roman and Navarro captured Elena and kept her as a hostage to prevent Sully and Nate from "trying anything creative." The two eventually found Navarro and Roman in a chamber below the island's Monastery with the treasure — the gold statue of El Dorado. As Nate and Sully drew their guns, Roman's men took aim at them instead.
***Betrayal and Death***[3]Roman, moments before his death.
Roman was impressed by the statue's craftsmanship and Navarro goaded him to open it, as the "real treasure" was inside. Roman took his advice and opened the statue. The statue was actually a coffin, preserving the mummy of El Dorado. As Roman accidentally inhales dust exuded from the mummy, his eyes turned black and he mutated. Though he attempted to attack Navarro, Navarro killed him with a shot to the head.
Navarro had planned to betray Roman all along and sell El Dorado's mutigen as a weapon. Everyone left the island once the Descendants began to attack and Navarro attempted to escape with the statue. Roman's corpse, eyes still blackened from the curse, was left in the chamber.