Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37824939-20181221232809/@comment-5430952-20181222095255

CRWBY revealed later that Roman never discovered his Semblance, hence why he never used it. As for why kill him off, he would've been irrelevant with the story moving to Mistral. Not to mention Cinder had no further use for him, so she certainly didn't mourn his passing. Only Neo does, and now that Roman's gone, Neo is set on avenging him, and woe to those who cross her path now, regardless of who they are.