Red Arrow
Identity: Roy William Harper Jr.
Age: Eighteen
Sex: Male
Side: Good (ally of YJ/Justice League)
Powers:
1. Heightened Expertise: +4 to hit with bows
2. Heightened Defense: -4 to be hit while conscious and mobile
3. Natural Weaponry (Unarmed Combat Training): +2 to hit, +4 HTH damage.
4. Special Weapon: Bow & Trick Arrows: +4 to hit
a) Explosive: arrows that explode on impact. 1d10 damage, 2" burst radius.
b) Taser: arrows that can electrocute and knock-out targets. Attacks as Lightning Control. Save vs. END or target is affected as though struck with a Paralysis Ray attack.
c) Zip-Line: arrows that carry a zip-line, which he can slide down.
d) Tracer/Homing: Emits homing signal that can be used to track an object.
e) Foam: Arrows that can release a high-density polyurethane foam to engulf and incapacitate its targets. Save vs. STR to break free of foam.
f) arrows that can "punch" an opponent
g) arrows that can overwrite the feeds from security cameras.
5. Training: Accuracy: +4 to hit with Bow & Arrows.
Origin/Background:The boy who would become Red Arrow 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.
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/Green Arrow became the only father figure in Roy Harper's life.
He spent years working alongside Green Arrow when he, Kid Flash, Robin, and Aqualad were given the honor of going to the Justice League's head quarters. Speedy became infuriated when it turned out to be little more than a 'glorified backstage pass'. He revealed that Green Arrow had told him all about the League's real base, the Watchtower and tried to get the others to see his point of view. When this failed Speedy quit, throwing down his hat and walking out of the Hall of Justice to become his own man.
He subsequently returned to Star City and continued fighting criminals on his own (and without his hat). However, some criminals, such as Brick, continued to believe that he still worked for Green Arrow, even telling Speedy that "Green Arrow shouldn't send boys to do a man's job". When Aqualad, Robin and Kid Flash came to try to convince him to join Young Justice, he refused, claiming that the team was a joke and a means by which the Justice League could keep the sidekicks busy and "in [their] place".
Speedy subsequently renamed himself Red Arrow and began wearing an updated, darker costume. After Serling Roquette of the Royal University in Star City was kidnapped by the League of Shadows, Red Arrow traveled to Infinity Island to rescue her. On August 7, 23:49 ECT, he successfully rescued her, but by this time she had already created the Fog for the Shadows. The following day, he recruited the team to protect Dr Roquette from Shadow assassins, and encountered Green Arrow's new protégé Artemis for the first time. Artemis and Green Arrow both claimed that she was Green Arrow's niece, although Red Arrow realized this was not true. On the morning of August 9 in Gotham City, Red Arrow accosted Artemis about this, but said that he would not reveal her secret since Batman and Green Arrow probably had good reasons for the deception. Nevertheless, he threatened her not to hurt his friends before leaving.
Personality/Character Traits: To say that Roy has a short fuse would be a bit of an understatement. He is quick retort to anything that angers him, whether it be a comment about himself such as being called Green Arrow 'sidekick' or that he is a Mr. GrumpySourpants. He's a no nonsense type of guy who likes to get straight to the point rather than having to go through unnecessary fluff. He is independent but he has been that way before striking out on his own. Being raised as a traditional Navajo and treated as a member of the 'Tachini' tribe Roy learned quickly how to survive on his own.
Though from a first glance most (that being Justice League and Young Justice members) would think that Roy was angry at his adopted father, Ollie. This is not necessarily true. To be sure he is upset that he was not given the respect that he believed that he deserved and that Roy has always viewed himself as the Green Arrow's partner, never his sidekick. But he still accepts Green Arrow as his father, just not a "father figure more like an overly affectionate dad (taken from Flutterbies a fic...read it!)."
Roy does at times find the Junior Justice League members annoying but he is protective of them. Having spent time with Robin and Kid Flash during his time as Speedy he has felt more of a protective big brother. He finds it bothersome that they do occasionally try to goad him over into joining them but he's never mad at them. He is unsure how he feels towards their newest team member, he knows that she is most definitely not Green Arrow's niece but knows there has to be a reason that Green Arrow and Batman is covering for her. He is protective side showed through when he warned her to not hurt his friends.
*Note* No, I didn't do the write-up of his history, it was pulled off the net.
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