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Instead of having the gryphon grimm eat him, have the big dragon grimm on scene slam into the airship, causing it to list to the side. He falls off the airship, plummeting to the city below and out of sight in a very obvious "no one could have survived that" kind of fall.

After that, it's dealer's choice on whether he and Neo (since they would surely have met back up) remain antagonists, or of they would join the heroes as "allies of convenience," in the same way that Vegeta joined up with Krillin, Gohan, and Goku to take on Frieza. Then, over time, he could become even a begrudging hero and friend.

It's easy enough to craft a self-serving motivation. Vale was his playground. His home turf. It was where he hung his hat, even if he made mischief there more than anything. And Cinder not only trashed his home, she also ruined his reputation. He used to be a "nefarious gentleman thief," and now people are talking about him like he's some two-bit terrorist. Clearly he has to get revenge for that.

Personally, I actually have a mental image of he and Neo showing up on Menagerie of all places, wearing a Panama hat and an open Hawaiian shirt, sipping a Mai Tai on the beach. He ridicules Blake at first for running away from her problems, but he also has a grudge against Adam and the White Fang. So when Blake gives her floundering speech to save Haven, when the crowd starts to lose interest and disperse, Roman steps in and helps to charm them back.

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Ohh, I caught a plot bunny - imagine the twist if it turned out that Roman not only survived Vale, but was a Faunus himself all along (hence how he managed to get onto a Faunus-exclusive island). He still thinks of and openly calls the White Fang savage animals, but that's because of how they act, not because of racism, and because he knows exactly how much of a rise it would get out of the people he legitimately hates due to the reasons you mentioned.

Meanwhile, Neo is going around using her Semblance to give herself completely fake cat ears & a tail and is acting like your stereotypical horny anime-fanservice catgirl just to take the piss out of Blake and her family. To Blake's utter horror, Kali thinks it's fucking hilarious and joins in on it. She loves her daughter, but Blake is long past due some bulli-ing for giving her parents so much worry over the years since she ran away. Ghira gets a headache over the whole affair and really feels that he should say something, but godsdammit his wife is hot when she starts channeling her inner vindictive prankster kitty and he knows damn well how wrapped around her finger he is.