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Physical appearance:
Full name:
Roy William Harper Jr.
Play by:
Jake Hold
Alias: Arsenal
Canon or original: Canon
Alignment: Neutral
Age:
21
Gender:Male
Powers/Abilities:
Archery: Roy is a marksman of incredible accuracy. He is extremely adept at the use of the bow and arrow. Vixen once "absorbed" Roy's archery ability during training practice and was able to hit the bulls-eye of a standard target from 200 meters away.
Firearms: Roy is a master marksman and is highly skilled with firearms and various other ranged weapons.
Martial Arts: Roy has been trained by Black Canary and Oliver Queen, both masters of a variety of martial arts, the former being one of the most skilled martial artists on the planet. Roy has also been tutored throughout his life by Hal Jordan, a skilled boxer and regularly sparred with Nightwing.
Investigation: Roy possesses keen analytic skills and deductive ability.
Music: Roy used to be drummer for the band Great Frog, while still a member of the Teen Titans.[10]
Throwing: Roy is highly skilled in the use of throwing weapons, and has used Bolas, balls, knives and other various weapons and hurled them with amazing accuracy.
Weaponry: Master of Moo Gi Gong. Roy is extremely proficient with a wide array of weaponry. He can take virtually any object and use it in combat as an effective weapon.
Weakness:
Drug Addiction: Roy has battled with drug addiction throughout his career. He originally became addicted to heroin but kicked the habit. Years later, Deathstroke secretly got the relapsed Roy addicted to a new high called Bliss via Cheshire when he joined Titans.
Arrogance and Impatience
Personality:
Roy is very flirtatious with women in general, and has many one-night stands. While leading the Outsiders he had a thing with Grace Choi. He also had a fling with Huntress. Later, while on the Justice League he had dated Hawkgirl. Their relationship became strained because of the search for the missing Cheshire and of Hawkgirl talking about Hawkman quite a bit.
Cocky. Incorrigible. Arrogant. Brash. All of these words describe Roy to a 'T'. Most people would agree on that. Roy has a need to be the center of attention constantly, sometimes pulling ridiculous stunts just for the sake of doing it. He blatantly disregards rules—"Rules? Please!"—which sometimes causes him to mess up or endanger himself. He's gotten better about that as he's gotten older, but he can sometimes still resort to doing things his way.
He can be so full of himself and arrogant at times that when someone tells him he's wrong—when he's actually wrong, mind you—he'll become sullen and withdrawn for days at a time, although he eventually gets over it and his ego inflates back to normal. Another thing that tends to get him in trouble is his tendency to 'act first, think later.'
Through all his faults however, Roy is definitely someone you want on your team. He's loyal (although not the most reliable) and cares immensely for his friends. If you can get down deep enough, he's really a caring and intelligent person. Although, he doesn't show that side to just anyone. He's got to keep up his reputation.
Three likes:
Being a dad
Being Salty
Hanging with his bffls Rose and Jason
Disrespecting authority figures
Burgers
Three dislikes:
Being called/treated like a sidekick
His hair being messed with
People touching his bow
Chili dogs
Brief history:
The boy who would become Arsenal was born Roy Harper, Jr.- the son of a forest ranger. Roy states that he "never knew his mother" and in fact does not even know her name. Roy Harper Sr. raised the child on his own for some time. Unfortunately, Roy, Sr. died while saving members of a Navajo reservation during a major fire when his son was barely two years old. The shaman of the reservation, Brave Bow, raised young Harper in gratitude for Roy, Sr.'s sacrifice. Under Brave Bow's care Roy Harper was raised as a traditional Navajo and treated as a member of the 'Tachini' tribe.
Brave Bow recognized in Harper an early talent for archery, and he was trained in that skill throughout his time on the reservation. With few friends and a lot of time on his hands, Harper practiced extensively, eventually developing the skill of someone twice his age.
After Green Arrow's public debut, Harper developed an immediate hero worship and followed the hero's exploits avidly. When Green Arrow visited the reservation in order to judge an archery contest Harper was participating in, eager Roy did his best to impress his hero, and succeeded in doing so. However, in the final elimination of the tournament Harper was given a magnetized arrow and missed his last shot. When he helped to stop a robber by quickly drawing and firing an arrow, Green Arrow noted that Harper had been "speedier" than he, and offered to take Roy in as his ward. Though publicly the two were known as Oliver Queen and Roy Harper, benefactor and foster child, in private Queen trained Harper to be his partner in crime-fighting. Roy Harper was extensively drilled in the use of both standard arrows and the trick arrows that Green Arrow had created for use in crime-fighting, and when Green Arrow judged him to be sufficiently skilled, he was presented with his own costume and the super-heroic identity of "Speedy." Shortly afterward, Brave Bow died, and Oliver Queen became the only father figure in Roy Harper's life.
As Speedy, Harper assisted his mentor during many of his cases. Just as Green Arrow had become a member of the Justice League of America, so did Speedy find his own colleagues when he joined Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Wonder Girl to become the Teen Titans. While serving with the Titans, he and Wonder Girl began a semi-serious teenage relationship that later developed into a close friendship.
After his stint with the Titans, several events occurred that made Speedy feel increasingly rootless and abandoned. His relationship with Donna Troy failed to progress past the "teenage sweetheart" stage, the Teen Titans disbanded, and Ollie Queen, the closest thing Harper had to a father, lost much of his fortune and abandoned him to travel America with Hal Jordan (the Green Lantern of Earth) and Queen's girlfriend, the Black Canary. Increasingly alone and extremely depressed, Harper developed a heroin addiction. When Green Arrow discovered his addiction, rather than give Harper support or comfort, Ollie punched him and kicked him out, leaving him homeless. He was later found by Jordan, and with the help of Black Canary and others, Harper quit cold turkey.
Though Harper quit drugs entirely, partly in order to prove his strength to Ollie Queen, the latter's actions had already driven a rift between the two that would take years to heal.
Harper worked as a counselor for teens with drug problems following his recovery, while continuing to pursue a solo career as Speedy. He also joined a re-formed Teen Titans for a time, but the team once again disbanded and Speedy was left on his own.
On one undercover assignment, Harper was tasked with the job of gaining the trust of the sociopathic mercenary Cheshire. Though Harper was meant to eventually turn Cheshire over to the authorities, the two fell in love and had an affair. Harper could not bring himself to turn Cheshire in, but he was concerned that his continued presence would endanger her. That worry combined with his growing misgivings over Cheshire's disregard for life caused Harper to abandon her, unaware that she was pregnant with his child.
When Harper eventually learned that he was the father of Cheshire's daughter, Lian, he teamed up with his old friend Nightwing to track down Cheshire and prevent her from assassinating a group of diplomats. Speedy was captured by Cheshire and poisoned but rescued by Nightwing. Cheshire escaped leaving little Lian behind, and Nightwing later brought the baby with him when he visited Roy, who was recovering in hospital, and Roy assumed the duties of a single father. Currently he is working with Red Hood and Starfire as part of Red Hood's Outlaws.
Full name:
Roy William Harper Jr.
Play by:
Jake Hold
Alias: Arsenal
Canon or original: Canon
Alignment: Neutral
Age:
21
Gender:Male
Powers/Abilities:
Archery: Roy is a marksman of incredible accuracy. He is extremely adept at the use of the bow and arrow. Vixen once "absorbed" Roy's archery ability during training practice and was able to hit the bulls-eye of a standard target from 200 meters away.
Firearms: Roy is a master marksman and is highly skilled with firearms and various other ranged weapons.
Martial Arts: Roy has been trained by Black Canary and Oliver Queen, both masters of a variety of martial arts, the former being one of the most skilled martial artists on the planet. Roy has also been tutored throughout his life by Hal Jordan, a skilled boxer and regularly sparred with Nightwing.
Investigation: Roy possesses keen analytic skills and deductive ability.
Music: Roy used to be drummer for the band Great Frog, while still a member of the Teen Titans.[10]
Throwing: Roy is highly skilled in the use of throwing weapons, and has used Bolas, balls, knives and other various weapons and hurled them with amazing accuracy.
Weaponry: Master of Moo Gi Gong. Roy is extremely proficient with a wide array of weaponry. He can take virtually any object and use it in combat as an effective weapon.
Weakness:
Drug Addiction: Roy has battled with drug addiction throughout his career. He originally became addicted to heroin but kicked the habit. Years later, Deathstroke secretly got the relapsed Roy addicted to a new high called Bliss via Cheshire when he joined Titans.
Arrogance and Impatience
Personality:
Roy is very flirtatious with women in general, and has many one-night stands. While leading the Outsiders he had a thing with Grace Choi. He also had a fling with Huntress. Later, while on the Justice League he had dated Hawkgirl. Their relationship became strained because of the search for the missing Cheshire and of Hawkgirl talking about Hawkman quite a bit.
Cocky. Incorrigible. Arrogant. Brash. All of these words describe Roy to a 'T'. Most people would agree on that. Roy has a need to be the center of attention constantly, sometimes pulling ridiculous stunts just for the sake of doing it. He blatantly disregards rules—"Rules? Please!"—which sometimes causes him to mess up or endanger himself. He's gotten better about that as he's gotten older, but he can sometimes still resort to doing things his way.
He can be so full of himself and arrogant at times that when someone tells him he's wrong—when he's actually wrong, mind you—he'll become sullen and withdrawn for days at a time, although he eventually gets over it and his ego inflates back to normal. Another thing that tends to get him in trouble is his tendency to 'act first, think later.'
Through all his faults however, Roy is definitely someone you want on your team. He's loyal (although not the most reliable) and cares immensely for his friends. If you can get down deep enough, he's really a caring and intelligent person. Although, he doesn't show that side to just anyone. He's got to keep up his reputation.
Three likes:
Being a dad
Being Salty
Hanging with his bffls Rose and Jason
Disrespecting authority figures
Burgers
Three dislikes:
Being called/treated like a sidekick
His hair being messed with
People touching his bow
Chili dogs
Brief history:
The boy who would become Arsenal was born Roy Harper, Jr.- the son of a forest ranger. Roy states that he "never knew his mother" and in fact does not even know her name. Roy Harper Sr. raised the child on his own for some time. Unfortunately, Roy, Sr. died while saving members of a Navajo reservation during a major fire when his son was barely two years old. The shaman of the reservation, Brave Bow, raised young Harper in gratitude for Roy, Sr.'s sacrifice. Under Brave Bow's care Roy Harper was raised as a traditional Navajo and treated as a member of the 'Tachini' tribe.
Brave Bow recognized in Harper an early talent for archery, and he was trained in that skill throughout his time on the reservation. With few friends and a lot of time on his hands, Harper practiced extensively, eventually developing the skill of someone twice his age.
After Green Arrow's public debut, Harper developed an immediate hero worship and followed the hero's exploits avidly. When Green Arrow visited the reservation in order to judge an archery contest Harper was participating in, eager Roy did his best to impress his hero, and succeeded in doing so. However, in the final elimination of the tournament Harper was given a magnetized arrow and missed his last shot. When he helped to stop a robber by quickly drawing and firing an arrow, Green Arrow noted that Harper had been "speedier" than he, and offered to take Roy in as his ward. Though publicly the two were known as Oliver Queen and Roy Harper, benefactor and foster child, in private Queen trained Harper to be his partner in crime-fighting. Roy Harper was extensively drilled in the use of both standard arrows and the trick arrows that Green Arrow had created for use in crime-fighting, and when Green Arrow judged him to be sufficiently skilled, he was presented with his own costume and the super-heroic identity of "Speedy." Shortly afterward, Brave Bow died, and Oliver Queen became the only father figure in Roy Harper's life.
As Speedy, Harper assisted his mentor during many of his cases. Just as Green Arrow had become a member of the Justice League of America, so did Speedy find his own colleagues when he joined Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Wonder Girl to become the Teen Titans. While serving with the Titans, he and Wonder Girl began a semi-serious teenage relationship that later developed into a close friendship.
After his stint with the Titans, several events occurred that made Speedy feel increasingly rootless and abandoned. His relationship with Donna Troy failed to progress past the "teenage sweetheart" stage, the Teen Titans disbanded, and Ollie Queen, the closest thing Harper had to a father, lost much of his fortune and abandoned him to travel America with Hal Jordan (the Green Lantern of Earth) and Queen's girlfriend, the Black Canary. Increasingly alone and extremely depressed, Harper developed a heroin addiction. When Green Arrow discovered his addiction, rather than give Harper support or comfort, Ollie punched him and kicked him out, leaving him homeless. He was later found by Jordan, and with the help of Black Canary and others, Harper quit cold turkey.
Though Harper quit drugs entirely, partly in order to prove his strength to Ollie Queen, the latter's actions had already driven a rift between the two that would take years to heal.
Harper worked as a counselor for teens with drug problems following his recovery, while continuing to pursue a solo career as Speedy. He also joined a re-formed Teen Titans for a time, but the team once again disbanded and Speedy was left on his own.
On one undercover assignment, Harper was tasked with the job of gaining the trust of the sociopathic mercenary Cheshire. Though Harper was meant to eventually turn Cheshire over to the authorities, the two fell in love and had an affair. Harper could not bring himself to turn Cheshire in, but he was concerned that his continued presence would endanger her. That worry combined with his growing misgivings over Cheshire's disregard for life caused Harper to abandon her, unaware that she was pregnant with his child.
When Harper eventually learned that he was the father of Cheshire's daughter, Lian, he teamed up with his old friend Nightwing to track down Cheshire and prevent her from assassinating a group of diplomats. Speedy was captured by Cheshire and poisoned but rescued by Nightwing. Cheshire escaped leaving little Lian behind, and Nightwing later brought the baby with him when he visited Roy, who was recovering in hospital, and Roy assumed the duties of a single father. Currently he is working with Red Hood and Starfire as part of Red Hood's Outlaws.