Roman tracked Stefano to a Caribbean island and caught up to him on a cliff. He pulled out a gun and shot Roman, who fell off the cliff to his apparent death. Bo cradled him in his arms on the beach, then left briefly to get help but when he returned, Roman’s body was gone.

One year later, a heavily bandaged amnesiac recovering from extensive reconstructive facial surgery arrived in Salem. He was initially known only as “the Pawn,” a name given to him by Stefano DiMera because of his love of chess. Stefano originally possessed and controlled him through brainwashing before Stefano’s lieutenant, Ilya Petrov, assumed control of him. Victor Kiriakis later took control of the Pawn after having Petrov executed.

After escaping Victor’s control, the Pawn renamed himself “John Black” after seeing the name on a war memorial.John met and befriended Dr. Marlena Evans.Marlena began to wonder about John’s true identity.They soon realized that John was actually Marlena’s husband, Roman Brady, and resumed their lives as a happily married couple and parents.

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