Romas was born in the Areck Slums of Alliria to parents who were struggling to make ends meet. As a child, he felt bitter and jealous of all the wealth and opportunities flowing into the city, but quickly began looking for opportunities of his own and developed an appetite for pickpocketing and other forms of thievery. He has been very selective with his targets so far and was hopeful to make enough money to afford a house in The Outer City. He justifies this to himself by thinking that the sorts of people he steals from wouldn't miss the amount of money stolen, though he can't be certain how true this actually is. When his family found out that he was stealing and planning on using the money to buy them a home, they were both afraid of what could happen to him if he was caught and disappointed that they raised a thief, leading them to turn him away whenever he showed up.

Recently, Romas has considered alternative ventures, such as becoming more of a charlatan or cat burglar. He also has been looking into taking odd jobs that might be more legal than his normal work, such as working with groups who would require a decently stealthy or dexterous individual.

Romas is a wholly conflict averse person and will run at the first potential trouble. When he is not committing acts of thievery, his personality is as warm and friendly as possible in an effort to avoid giving people any reason to dislike him or suspect him of being shady. While he sometimes carries scimitars or a shortbow with him, he has never had to use them and is no more skilled as a fighter than the average peasant. If forced into a fight, he would surely prefer to stay at range with his shortbow, but even then he would take the first opportunity presented to flee.