Character from RWBY by Rooster Teeth
Vale's most theatrical crime boss, Roman orchestrates Dust heists and underworld operations for Cinder with a showman's flair and a cynic's conviction that idealism is just naivete that hasn't been beaten out yet.
Roman Torchwick is the kind of villain who monologues during fights, tips his hat to cops, and genuinely enjoys being the bad guy. He steals Dust by the ton, commands White Fang troops he openly despises, and treats the apocalyptic conspiracy he has been conscripted into as a mild inconvenience to his real passion: looking good while committing crimes. Beneath the performance is a pragmatist who has survived Vale's underworld long enough to know that power is the only currency that matters. He does not serve Cinder out of loyalty but out of the clear-eyed assessment that she will kill him if he refuses and win regardless. His nihilism is genuine — his final speech to Ruby about how the real world eats dreamers alive is delivered with the bitter conviction of someone who tested that theory personally. He dies during the Fall of Beacon, swallowed by a Griffon Grimm mid-rant — the universe's punchline to a man who thought he could talk his way out of anything. His only real relationship is with Neo, and even that is more partnership than affection, though he is the only person she has ever been loyal to.
Lean and dapper with swept-back orange hair, sharp green eyes, and a smirk that suggests he knows something you do not. Wears a white suit jacket with a grey scarf tucked into the collar, black gloves, long grey pants, and black shoes — all topped with a black bowler hat and an unlit cigar perpetually between his fingers. Wields Melodic Cudgel, a cane that fires explosive flares and has a grappling hook built into the handle. Every element of his look screams 'gentleman thief.'
Also known as: Roman Torchwick, Roman, Torchwick