A R S E N A L
[ ◈ ] N A M E
Roy Harper
[ ◈ ] A L I A S E S
Arsenal
[ ◈ ] A G E
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[ ◈ ] B I R T H P L A C E
Star City
[ ◈ ] A L L E G I A N C E
Justice League
Titan Academy
Queen Industries
Titan Academy
Queen Industries
[ ◈ ] P O S I T I O N
Commander in the JLU Reserves
Special Combat Trainer for Star City’s Titan Academy (Guest Trainer at other academies/other apprentices as needed)
Member of the Board for Queen Industries
Special Combat Trainer for Star City’s Titan Academy (Guest Trainer at other academies/other apprentices as needed)
Member of the Board for Queen Industries
[ ◈ ] A P P E A R A N C E
Roy has aged well, but kept up his physique well. Most days, he wears a suit to hide his cybernetic arm from the general public, opting to put on a glove over his right hand as well. His hair is usually well-kept, hair gel often keeping it in place properly. Whilst in public, Roy sometimes chooses to wear red-tinted sports sunglasses, a custom pair.
Only when training the Titans or operating in the field does he dress in his combat suit. A red visor helps protect his eyes and offers him a HUD that feeds him important information and offers him night and thermal modes of vision in combat. His suit lacks sleeves, but is clearly made from material comparable to most high-end vigilante's (lined with kevlar and designed to help prevent ballistics, minor explosives, and slashing/piercing attacks), though obviously colored crimson with black accents. Roy's cybernetic arm itself is colored crimson. Roy's weaponry lines his belt and back, though his mainstays are a high-tech quiver that dispenses trick arrows and a utility belt that often carries ammunition and his compacted, incredibly advanced bow.
Only when training the Titans or operating in the field does he dress in his combat suit. A red visor helps protect his eyes and offers him a HUD that feeds him important information and offers him night and thermal modes of vision in combat. His suit lacks sleeves, but is clearly made from material comparable to most high-end vigilante's (lined with kevlar and designed to help prevent ballistics, minor explosives, and slashing/piercing attacks), though obviously colored crimson with black accents. Roy's cybernetic arm itself is colored crimson. Roy's weaponry lines his belt and back, though his mainstays are a high-tech quiver that dispenses trick arrows and a utility belt that often carries ammunition and his compacted, incredibly advanced bow.
[ ◈ ] A B I L I T I E S // S K I L L S // E Q U I P M E N T
- Expert Marksman: With years of expertise and the elimination of his former mentor, Roy is within the top 5 marksmen in the world. His sharpshooting, however, knows no bounds when it comes to weaponry. While preferring a Bow and Trick Arrows, Roy is just as deadly with a rifle, handgun, slingshot, or throwing knife.
- Weapon Proficiency: After fighting in numerous conflicts as a contract mercenary, a teenage vigilante, a red-blooded American, and temporary mole in the League of Assassins, Roy has managed to train up to near expert status with nearly every weapon imaginable. This does not make him anywhere near the best with all weaponry, as Atlanteans and Amazons have proven time and time again.
- Tinkering: While nowhere near a Lex Luthor, Roy does possess a genius level IQ (closer to mid-low genius… but hey, it counts). His expertise comes in working with his hands and tinkering on various armaments, most notably his trick arrows. He rarely develops anything alone, often turning to other experts working with the JLU to develop impressive, incredibly niche equipment.
- Martial Arts: Roy has trained in a variety of martial arts forms, but mostly ends up reacting purely on reflex. This training primarily came from Dick Grayson, one of his closest friends while a Titan… but as the Bat family likes to constantly remind him, he’s quite a shit hand to hand combatant.
- Cybernetic Arm: Roy, once found out by the League of Assassins as a mole late in his career, had his right arm cut off by Ras-Al-Ghoul himself with a blade laced with a nano-virus. No amount of genetic engineering or reversing could ever heal back the wound Ras left the archer. Luckily, Star Labs was able to craft him a cybernetic arm that works a little better than his old one.
- Exceptional Strength: With his right arm, he’s able to lift up to 7 tons when pushed to his limit.
- A Proper Arsenal: Like his alias suggests, the arm is host to a vast array of gadgets and weapons that aid Roy in a pinch. For the most part, the arm is actually able to produce standard arrows for Arsenal (with refillable cartridges), while also hosting a plasma shield, a grenade launcher, a blade, a small fan, and a blender function.
[ ◈ ] L I M I T A T I O N S // W E A K N E S S E S
Roy isn’t exactly… bulletproof, magicproof, or deathproof. He’s just a guy with a robot arm, a cocky attitude for someone just over his prime, and a shit load of arrows and bullets.
[ ◈ ] B I O G R A P H Y
Not much is known about Roy Harper or his past until he was eleven years old and was busted for trying to hotwire the car of Oliver Queen, a member of the Justice League known as the Green Arrow. The playboy didn’t both filing charges against the boy, and their story was far from over. A year later, Oliver was “saved’ by the same boy who used a bow and arrow to incapacitate two muggers who went after him. It was at that moment that Mr. Queen knew he had found his successor. He greased the wheels to adopt the apart street orphan, giving him a lavish home life and all the training the boy could ever ask for. Roy was homeschooled by some of the finest scholars, but never took well to learning (except in math and physics, in which he excelled).
Roy Harper spent most nights out with a twenty-something playboy/millionaire in tights with a bow and arrow in hand. While Roy had always wanted the name “Red Arrow” or something that sounded bold and heroic, Oliver instead called him Speedy (because he was… well, quicker on the draw). The two fought crime together, though Roy divided his time frequently between Oliver Queen and the Teen Titans.
With the Titans, Roy had made close friends. He found a special connection with Dick Grayson (who was still a Robin then), and the two were peas in a pod. Roy expanded his training under the tutelage of the bat family for several years. He even managed to be one of the groomsmen at Dick and Barbara’s wedding (which, frankly, was the best damn wedding he had ever attended). But things went downhill from there.
Roy was granted membership in the Justice League, only to have it revoked in his mid-twenties. He had made a fatal mistake, killing several innocents in a conflict in Star City with the League of Assassins. Roy was high during the battle, lowering his reflexes just enough to land himself in critical condition. When his former mentors and friends found out about his drug abuse (something that began when he was the adopted teenage son of Oliver), he was left alone and beaten. Speedy became unhinged, fighting sloppily and nearly getting killed on multiple occasions. It was only when Roy fought Killer Croc on his own that he hit true rock bottom. The mutated villain became Roy’s sponsor as the archer fought his own inner demons in rehab. A year later, Roy returned as Arsenal.
Roy spent a short stint with Jason Todd, another bat-family friend he made as a Titan and friend of Dick Grayson. It was the least he could do for the Red Hood after getting saved from captivity after a few months as a mercenary in the Middle East. This partnership with the Red Hood and Starfire didn't last long, as Roy jumped on an opportunity offered by Nightwing to rejoin the Justice League.
Roy Harper adopted a new identity and went undercover in the League of Assassins at the age of 25. He got caught up in a whirlwind romance with an assassin named Chesire, got his arm cut off, and managed to beat several ninja/assassins unconscious with his own detached limb. It was a wild time…
Roy was outfitted with a cybernetic limb and rekindled his relationship with Oliver Queen, who was nearing the proper age to retire. The younger archer ended up becoming the Green Arrow's son once again. He was brought into the Queen mansion, and was granted a seat on the Board for Queen Industries while Oliver retired the hood, opting instead to get more involved in his company and global politics. Around the same time, he was met again by Jade, an assassin who went by Chesire, who had with her Roy’s daughter. Lian Harper was left with the scarlet archer before Arsenal's former love disappeared again.
Roy was a single father when the Second Cold War began, and he couldn’t stand by given he was a member of the Justice League. Whilst older, he returned as a covert agent briefly, but was reminded of the horrors of conflict and covert operations. His exact actions during the various proxy wars that took place is unknown by most members of the League, as he went rogue in the first year and a half of the conflict. When he returned, he requested a role as an instructor for new metahuman and military recruits. With his track record, he was granted said role without much hesitation. Arsenal saw some combat action in the more recent stages of the Second Cold War as an officer of JLU forces, but oddly insisted on using nonlethal fighting methods/styles.
Roy is currently attempting to live a quieter life with his daughter, Lian, at the former Queen Mansion. He is the primary instructor for the “special course” at the Star City Titans Academy, whilst also being a Commander within the JLU Reserves and training new recruits for the JLU when needed.
Roy Harper spent most nights out with a twenty-something playboy/millionaire in tights with a bow and arrow in hand. While Roy had always wanted the name “Red Arrow” or something that sounded bold and heroic, Oliver instead called him Speedy (because he was… well, quicker on the draw). The two fought crime together, though Roy divided his time frequently between Oliver Queen and the Teen Titans.
With the Titans, Roy had made close friends. He found a special connection with Dick Grayson (who was still a Robin then), and the two were peas in a pod. Roy expanded his training under the tutelage of the bat family for several years. He even managed to be one of the groomsmen at Dick and Barbara’s wedding (which, frankly, was the best damn wedding he had ever attended). But things went downhill from there.
Roy was granted membership in the Justice League, only to have it revoked in his mid-twenties. He had made a fatal mistake, killing several innocents in a conflict in Star City with the League of Assassins. Roy was high during the battle, lowering his reflexes just enough to land himself in critical condition. When his former mentors and friends found out about his drug abuse (something that began when he was the adopted teenage son of Oliver), he was left alone and beaten. Speedy became unhinged, fighting sloppily and nearly getting killed on multiple occasions. It was only when Roy fought Killer Croc on his own that he hit true rock bottom. The mutated villain became Roy’s sponsor as the archer fought his own inner demons in rehab. A year later, Roy returned as Arsenal.
Roy spent a short stint with Jason Todd, another bat-family friend he made as a Titan and friend of Dick Grayson. It was the least he could do for the Red Hood after getting saved from captivity after a few months as a mercenary in the Middle East. This partnership with the Red Hood and Starfire didn't last long, as Roy jumped on an opportunity offered by Nightwing to rejoin the Justice League.
Roy Harper adopted a new identity and went undercover in the League of Assassins at the age of 25. He got caught up in a whirlwind romance with an assassin named Chesire, got his arm cut off, and managed to beat several ninja/assassins unconscious with his own detached limb. It was a wild time…
Roy was outfitted with a cybernetic limb and rekindled his relationship with Oliver Queen, who was nearing the proper age to retire. The younger archer ended up becoming the Green Arrow's son once again. He was brought into the Queen mansion, and was granted a seat on the Board for Queen Industries while Oliver retired the hood, opting instead to get more involved in his company and global politics. Around the same time, he was met again by Jade, an assassin who went by Chesire, who had with her Roy’s daughter. Lian Harper was left with the scarlet archer before Arsenal's former love disappeared again.
Roy was a single father when the Second Cold War began, and he couldn’t stand by given he was a member of the Justice League. Whilst older, he returned as a covert agent briefly, but was reminded of the horrors of conflict and covert operations. His exact actions during the various proxy wars that took place is unknown by most members of the League, as he went rogue in the first year and a half of the conflict. When he returned, he requested a role as an instructor for new metahuman and military recruits. With his track record, he was granted said role without much hesitation. Arsenal saw some combat action in the more recent stages of the Second Cold War as an officer of JLU forces, but oddly insisted on using nonlethal fighting methods/styles.
Roy is currently attempting to live a quieter life with his daughter, Lian, at the former Queen Mansion. He is the primary instructor for the “special course” at the Star City Titans Academy, whilst also being a Commander within the JLU Reserves and training new recruits for the JLU when needed.
[ ◈ ] N O T E S
Has removed himself almost entirely from active JLU duty, instead trying to relegate himself to a support role in the JLU for reasons he has yet to explain to anyone.
[ ◈ ] S O U R C E
A variety of sources, mostly drawing from Young Justice, Red Hood and the Outlaws, and just a variety of issues I can’t remember off the top of my head.
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