Roman Grant
Lord Roman Justin Grant (a.k.a. Rome, Ro)
Roman Grant is of Sentinel's most renowned heroes, being a Chosen Defender. He is a son of the Remnant Raymond Grant, and the Remnant Mariana Reed. He serves as his father's liaison with Sentinel and the Earnestian Lord of Ironwood. He's the younger half-brother of Russell Grant and the older half-brother of Raelyn Grant and Rhea Grant-Reyes.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Body Features
He has brown hair and typically sports light stubble, but his growth leads him to having a beard more often than not.
Facial Features
He has blue eyes.
Special abilities
As the son of Raymond Grant and Mariana Reed, two Remnants, Roman is one of the most powerful Earnestian Amps, with only his brother Russell and father surpassing him. He's said to have the most potential of any of Raymond's children due his heritage. His power is exceptional even among other heroes, which granted him the title of Chosen Defender.
Powers
- Superhuman Strength: As a son of Raymond, Roman possesses incredible superhuman strength beyond most Amps. He's strong enough to overpower most Amps with his bare hands, cause shockwaves by striking the ground, and lift massive structures.
- Superhuman Durability: Roman possesses superhuman durability which renders him extremely difficult to even slightly injure him. With his geokinesis, he can increase his resilience further.
- Superhuman Speed: Roman can move at superhuman speeds, enabling him to quickly respond to attacks.
- Superhuman Stamina: Roman is able to operate at peak condition without tiring for much longer than an ordinary human.
- Geokinesis: Roman can create and manipulate rock and stone, shaping it into however he wishes. He primarily uses his power to create a massive lance to impale opponents. He can use stone to fortify parts of his body or enhance his own physical strength.
- Geogenesis: Roman can generate rock at will. He can use this to transform parts of his body into stone or generate stone weapons.
- Transmutation: Roman can transmute rock into different states like lava.
- Geokinetic Senses: Roman is the only one his siblings to be able to sense vibrations within the earth. While his skill is not to the same level as his father, he can detect the general position and location of others through sensing their footsteps.
- Transformation: Due to inheriting a degree of his mother's eldritch power, Roman can transform into a stone-infused beastial form, greatly increasing his strength and resilience. However, he cannot do this consciously but only when enraged.
Abilities
- High Intelligence: Roman is incredibly intelligent due to acquiring knowledge from around the world as a hero. He possesses a keen strategic mind, allowing him to serve as a military advisor for Sentinel. He's proved council that has led to many successful missions.
- Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Roman is extremely skilled in combat. His fighting style resembles street brawling combined with martial arts, utilizing punches and kicks along with his elbows and knees. He also takes inspiration from his brother by incorporating wrestling into his style using his immense strength to deliver powerful grapples and body slams. In conjunction with his powers, he can deliver devastating blows from close and range, such as fortifying his elbows with sharp stone to impale opponents or creating gauntlets with his geokinesis. His combat prowess earned him the rank of Chosen Defender.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Roman was born to Raymond Grant and Marianna Reed. From his father, he inherited the power of geokinesis. Ryleigh was the few child Raymond was actively involved in raising. Roman grew up in the shadow of a famed hero and aspired to be like him. He was sheltered from the outside world for the majority of his life. He learned from his father how to use his powers and was given the highest quality education. His upbringing was far from ideal, however. His father instilled in him the idea that those who were weaker than him shouldn't matter to him, a mentality that would form the basis of his own moral compass.
Roman, like his brother and sister, was subject to a harsh and brutal childhood. Roman was the few Earnestians granted the privilege to enter and leave at will. Through his father's influence, Roman became a hero working under Sentinel, and his success led him to becoming not only a Chosen Defender but a consultant on military affairs. In Earnest, he serves as his father's eyes and ears into into the outside world by regularly updating him on current global affairs. He mainly spends his time away from Earnest, going on missions and operating as a hero. Roman is well regarded for his power, morality, and attractiveness. His sex appeal distinguishes him from other heroes and he's earned quite a reputation for his sexual escapades not unlike his father. Throughout his travels, Roman has gathered extensive knowledge of the world such as histories, conflicts, stories, developments and more. This has earned him a unique title among his family, "the Earnestian Sage."
Sexuality
Education
Employment
In Earnest, Roman was the youngest general of the Earnestian military at the age of 17. He then became of a member of Sentinel. His success as a hero led him to become a Chosen Defender. Due to his experience with war, he become an advisor to Sentinel on military affairs, frequently consulting with generals in the Cavalry branch.
Mental Trauma
Intellectual Characteristics
Morality & Philosophy
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Roman's goal is to protect his home from any who threaten its safety. Roman also wants his father’s approval and love and does what he says to get both. While he’s unlikely to admit it, he seeks connection.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Likes & Dislikes
- Fighting
- Jokes
- Women and Men
- Sex
- Dishonesty
- Threats to the citizens of Earnest
Virtues & Personality perks
Vices & Personality flaws
Roman often hides his true emotions behind his jovial persona. Underneath it, he's much more depressed, bitter, and insecure than he lets on. He often plays up the projected image of a thrill seeker to not show weakness. As a result of his traumatic childhood, Roman is submissive towards authority figures, particularly male authority figures. While amicable, Roman tends to be very demeaning towards those he doesn’t respect.
Social
Reign
Contacts & Relations
Roman has established relationships with many heroes working under Sentinel. He's known to the other Calamities by way of his father, specifically Tanner Young. He also has had many sexual partners both female and male. As a Lord of Earnest, he's interacted with other lords of the state, but he's unpopular due to his absence and as a result, his status as lord isn't as respected. He's a well known Sentinel hero due to his family's name as well as his physical attractiveness. His good looks has earned him many suitors, both male and female. In Earnest, Roman is highly respected, to the extent that most will follow his requests without question, which annoys Raelyn, who has a much greater presence in Earnestian politics.
Family Ties
Roman has a fraught relationship with his father, having been raised in an abusive environment. Of all of the Grant children, he is the most openly contemptuous of Raymond's cruelty, but he never voices his disdain in front of him. Despite this, he still desires his father's approval even as he simultaneously fears him. His relationship with his oldest brother is similarly complex. He finds Russell's brutality excessive, but holds sympathy for him. He's on decent terms with his sister Raelyn, but they tend to be competitive towards each other. He makes a point to get to discreetly know some of his numerous half-siblings whenever he's home. Roman is one of the few aware of his father's first family and children and refers to them as the "first batch."
Social Aptitude
Mannerisms
Roman is upbeat and friendly, mainly concerned having a good time doing his job. He's well mannered with a light sense of humor. He often tends to make sexualizing comments towards those he finds attractive, but is willing to temper such comments if the recipient isn't comfortable with them. He's capable of being quite seductive and alluring if he needs to.
Relationships
History
Russell had difficulty bonding with Roman due to being centuries older. The two remained distant for the majority of Roman's childhood. Roman has some memories of Russell taking him on trips, but they are few and far between. Roman has a lot of empathy for his brother. While he disapproves of his brother's brutality, he understands that much of his issues come from his upbringing. Russell tends to treat Roman like a child due to their wide age gap, but he cares for him the same. He also harbors some jealousy towards Roman, believing that he has the approval from their father that Russell believes is deserved.
History
When Raelyn was born, Roman wasn't too ecstatic to share a household with a baby sister initially, but he took to being a big brother quickly. Roman took on some responsibility in caring for Raelyn, including changing diapers, which he often jokes about to her in the present much to her chagrin. Raelyn spent most of her childhood very attached to Roman as their relative age gap meant the two spent more time together in their youth. As adults, Roman and Raelyn don't often interact on account of their separate responsibilities and have became distant as a result, but they still maintain a loving relationship.
History
Roman knows Elliot and treats him with familiarity. While he tends to make jokes about Elliot being in love with his sister, he respects him for his abilities.
History
Mariana left Roman to be raised by his father when he was only a few months old. Her obligations meant she would stay with him, so she believed he was better off being raised in Earnest. Roman spent his childhood unaware of his mother's identity. While it was a fact of his life he accepted, a part of him was curious. During a visit to the island nation of Mist, Roman would meet Mariana who told him that she was his mother. Roman didn't take this revelation well at first, questioning where she had been all his life, but was at least grateful that his question was answered. The two would occasionally spend time together on the off chance they were in the same areas.
Wealth & Financial state
- Lord of Ironwood
- Defender of Earnest
- Son of the Stonemason
- Son of the Searcher
- Earnestian Sage
- Son of Raymond
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