John Black and Marlena Evans first met when he was bandaged and he didn’t know who he was. The name John Black came from a plaque at the hospital. John Black was eventually hired on to handle the security at the hospital when there was a rapist attacking University Hospital staff. John and Marlena spent a lot of time together(most of the time they were arguing) which led to their falling in love. John ended up saving Marlena on several occasions and it was their team work that led to the arrest of the rapist. Once the rapist was caught John and Marlena started on a journey to find out John’s true identity in the mountains of West Virginia. John had suspicions that he might be Stefano DiMera, the man who killed Marlena’s husband Roman. When all was said and done they found out that the man they called John Black was really Roman Brady with plastic surgery. Once they were home they resumed their lives together. It wasn’t easy but it was their undying love that saw them through the rough times. RoJohn and Marlena’s love would be tested when Marlena fell off the side of a building trying to talk a jumper down. She was in a coma for two months. Through it all their love prevailed. Marlena woke up and RoJohn proposed to her. On August 22, 1986 they renewed their wedding vows in a beautiful ceremony. Unfortunately things still would not run smoothly for these two. The ISA kidnapped Marlena in exchange for information on treasury bonds which Roman hid when he was on assignment in Stockholm back in the early 80s. Marlena was eventually able to get away from the ISA but when she escaped she literally ran right into the arms of Orpheus, who took her hostage. Orpheus was Roman’s partner back in Stockholm. One night they were on a stake out and Orpheus’s wife came to warn them about some trouble heading their way when Roman accidentially shot her. RoJohn was able to get Marlena away from Orpheus and they were blissfully reunited in Stockholm. = )

RoJohn and Marlena finally thought that they could get on with their lives but tragedy struck once again. Orpheus rigged an explosion to make it appear as though Marlena was killed. He whisked Marlena away to a tropical island where he had her care for his two children. He did all of this so Roman would feel the same pain that he felt when he lost his wife. Meanwhile back in Salem Roman was desperately trying to move on with his life but something kept telling him that Marlena was not dead. Eventually he was able to figure out where Orpheus was holding Marlena captive but he got there too late! Orpheus had already sent Marlena away on a plane which crashed in the ocean. Marlena’s body was never found. For the next five years RoJohn hopped from woman to woman never really finding what he had with Marlena until 1991 he was reunited with his one true love when Marlena came back to him on their pier one foggy night.

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