diff --git a/d2m/converters/message-to-event.js b/d2m/converters/message-to-event.js
index 7c4a998..c0c937e 100644
--- a/d2m/converters/message-to-event.js
+++ b/d2m/converters/message-to-event.js
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ const reg = require("../../matrix/read-registration")
 
 const userRegex = reg.namespaces.users.map(u => new RegExp(u.regex))
 
-function getDiscordParseCallbacks(message, useHTML) {
+/**
+ * @param {DiscordTypes.APIMessage} message
+ * @param {DiscordTypes.APIGuild} guild
+ * @param {boolean} useHTML
+ */
+function getDiscordParseCallbacks(message, guild, useHTML) {
 	return {
 		/** @param {{id: string, type: "discordUser"}} node */
 		user: node => {
@@ -53,8 +58,18 @@ function getDiscordParseCallbacks(message, useHTML) {
 				return `:${node.name}:`
 			}
 		},
-		role: node =>
-			"@&" + node.id,
+		role: node => {
+			const role = guild.roles.find(r => r.id === node.id)
+			if (!role) {
+				return "@&" + node.id // fallback for if the cache breaks. if this happens, fix discord-packets.js to store the role info.
+			} else if (useHTML && role.color) {
+				return `<font color="#${role.color.toString(16)}">@${role.name}</font>`
+			} else if (useHTML) {
+				return `<span data-mx-color="#ffffff" data-mx-bg-color="#414eef">@${role.name}</span>`
+			} else {
+				return `@${role.name}:`
+			}
+		},
 		everyone: node =>
 			"@room",
 		here: node =>
@@ -160,11 +175,11 @@ async function messageToEvent(message, guild, options = {}, di) {
 		}))
 
 		let html = markdown.toHTML(content, {
-			discordCallback: getDiscordParseCallbacks(message, true)
+			discordCallback: getDiscordParseCallbacks(message, guild, true)
 		}, null, null)
 
 		let body = markdown.toHTML(content, {
-			discordCallback: getDiscordParseCallbacks(message, false),
+			discordCallback: getDiscordParseCallbacks(message, guild, false),
 			discordOnly: true,
 			escapeHTML: false,
 		}, null, null)
@@ -223,10 +238,10 @@ async function messageToEvent(message, guild, options = {}, di) {
 			if (repliedToContent == "") repliedToContent = "[Media]"
 			else if (!repliedToContent) repliedToContent = "[Replied-to message content wasn't provided by Discord]"
 			const repliedToHtml = markdown.toHTML(repliedToContent, {
-				discordCallback: getDiscordParseCallbacks(message, true)
+				discordCallback: getDiscordParseCallbacks(message, guild, true)
 			}, null, null)
 			const repliedToBody = markdown.toHTML(repliedToContent, {
-				discordCallback: getDiscordParseCallbacks(message, false),
+				discordCallback: getDiscordParseCallbacks(message, guild, false),
 				discordOnly: true,
 				escapeHTML: false,
 			}, null, null)
diff --git a/d2m/converters/message-to-event.test.js b/d2m/converters/message-to-event.test.js
index 4b4b6a0..8e2ba53 100644
--- a/d2m/converters/message-to-event.test.js
+++ b/d2m/converters/message-to-event.test.js
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ test("message2event: simple room mention", async t => {
 	}])
 })
 
+test("message2event: simple role mentions", async t => {
+	const events = await messageToEvent(data.message.simple_role_mentions, data.guild.general, {})
+	t.deepEqual(events, [{
+		$type: "m.room.message",
+		"m.mentions": {},
+		msgtype: "m.text",
+		body: "I'm just @!!DLCS!!: testing a few role pings @Master Wonder Mage: don't mind me",
+		format: "org.matrix.custom.html",
+		formatted_body: `I'm just <font color="#a901ff">@!!DLCS!!</font> testing a few role pings <span data-mx-color="#ffffff" data-mx-bg-color="#414eef">@Master Wonder Mage</span> don't mind me`
+	}])
+})
+
 test("message2event: simple message link", async t => {
 	const events = await messageToEvent(data.message.simple_message_link, data.guild.general, {})
 	t.deepEqual(events, [{
diff --git a/test/data.js b/test/data.js
index 1a526aa..3d3f1f0 100644
--- a/test/data.js
+++ b/test/data.js
@@ -119,7 +119,51 @@ module.exports = {
 				}
 			],
 			premium_subscription_count: 14,
-			roles: [],
+			roles: [
+				{
+					version: 1696964862461,
+					unicode_emoji: null,
+					tags: {},
+					position: 22,
+					permissions: '0',
+					name: 'Master Wonder Mage',
+					mentionable: true,
+					managed: false,
+					id: '503685967463448616',
+					icon: null,
+					hoist: false,
+					flags: 0,
+					color: 0
+				}, {
+					version: 1696964862776,
+					unicode_emoji: null,
+					tags: {},
+					position: 131,
+					permissions: '0',
+					name: '!!DLCS!!',
+					mentionable: true,
+					managed: false,
+					id: '212762309364285440',
+					icon: null,
+					hoist: true,
+					flags: 0,
+					color: 11076095
+				}, {
+					version: 1696964862698,
+					unicode_emoji: '🍂',
+					tags: {},
+					position: 102,
+					permissions: '0',
+					name: 'corporate overlord',
+					mentionable: false,
+					managed: false,
+					id: '217013981053845504',
+					icon: null,
+					hoist: true,
+					flags: 0,
+					color: 16745267
+				}
+			],
 			discovery_splash: null,
 			default_message_notifications: 1,
 			region: "deprecated",
@@ -434,6 +478,36 @@ module.exports = {
 			attachments: [],
 			guild_id: "112760669178241024"
 		},
+		simple_role_mentions: {
+			id: "1162374402785153106",
+			type: 0,
+			content: "I'm just <@&212762309364285440> testing a few role pings <@&503685967463448616> don't mind me",
+			channel_id: "160197704226439168",
+			author: {
+				id: "772659086046658620",
+				username: "cadence.worm",
+				avatar: "4b5c4b28051144e4c111f0113a0f1cf1",
+				discriminator: "0",
+				public_flags: 0,
+				flags: 0,
+				banner: null,
+				accent_color: null,
+				global_name: "cadence",
+				avatar_decoration_data: null,
+				banner_color: null
+			},
+			attachments: [],
+			embeds: [],
+			mentions: [],
+			mention_roles: [ "212762309364285440", "503685967463448616" ],
+			pinned: false,
+			mention_everyone: false,
+			tts: false,
+			timestamp: "2023-10-13T13:00:53.496000+00:00",
+			edited_timestamp: null,
+			flags: 0,
+			components: []
+		},
 		simple_message_link: {
 			id: "1126788210308161626",
 			type: 0,