Roman Duke

Roman Duke is a supporting antagonist of Australia S-Unit, and is portrayed by Jacob Edwards. The character was created by James Burnell. It was originally believed that he was the murderer of Cynthia Solomos, however this was later proven otherwise.

Story
Roman Duke was a henchman who worked for Lucas Greene for many years. He was the drug supplier for Marcus Andrews in 2008 and 2009. Upon Marcus not being able to pay the debt he owed, Greene ordered Roman to torch Marcus' house and beat him. Roman did this but because he was panicking he also kidnapped Cynthia Solomos, Marcus' girlfriend. Roman then took Cynthia back to a warehouse where Kale Anderson was. Kale questioned why Roman could be so foolish in bringing Cynthia to him. Roman was then ordered to execute Cynthia, but due to his fear of Marcus he could not. Kale said he would do it and that Roman would take the fall for this crime. Roman was then ordered to rob a jewellery store that owed Lucas Greene money. Before Roman left however Marcus burst in, in an attempt to save Cynthia. Roman fled the scene before Marcus could get to him. Cynthia was murdered by Kale but, due to Kale having the same tattoo on his right arm as Roman, Marcus believed that Roman was the once who murdered Cynthia.

In 2012, Roman encountered both Derek Peterson and Marcus when he tried to car jack them. A firefight followed in which Roman fled the scene, leaving his partner to die. Marcus and Derek met Roman again when they posed as civilians, in hope that Roman would try and car jack them. Marcus exited the car and held Roman at gunpoint, confessing his revenge for Cynthia. Derek managed to convince Marcus to not kill Roman. Roman was then taken to jail for his crimes and for the supposed murder of Cynthia Solomos.

In 2013, Derek and Marcus paid a visit to Roman in prison. They questioned him about the Solomos murder and, due to Marcus being told by a mysterious caller that Cynthia was alive, whether or not Cynthia was actually still alive. Roman confessed that he did not know, but that a victim of the Solomos case was alive, whether it was Cynthia he couldn't answer. Roman also revealed to Derek and Marcus that he didn't kill Cynthia and that it was actually Mr Greene's right hand man. Soon after Kale, at the time unknown to the audience it was him, paid a visit to Roman and helped him escape prison.

Derek and Marcus, learning that Roman had escaped, pursued Roman to an address where they found his body supposably dead. Marcus approached the body, but Roman was still alive and shot Marcus in the bullet proof vest. Roman continued to shoot at Marcus and Derek but was quickly put to death when Marcus dived and shot at him. Roman had been killed after many years and Marcus had put to rest his quest for revenge.

Trivia

 * For many years, Marcus and many others believed that Roman was Cynthia's killer.
 * Roman was asked by Mr Greene to kill Jackson Grant. However, he failed, and the job was then given to Kale Anderson.
 * Marcus was asked to kill the three people responsible for Cynthia's death: Derek, Carol and Harry Phelps, although none of these people were purposely responsible for her death. Ironically, Marcus does indeed end up killing the three people responsible for Cynthia's murder, one of these people being Roman.