Zoe Ramirez

## Background

### 2005 - 2012: Zoe Ramirez

Zoe was born to ex-Navy Seal turned mechanic Rene Ramirez & his wife Laura. The two were childhood friends that had not seen each other since Rene entered himself into the Navy. When he returned, the two hit it off & fast as they got married & had Zoe the next year.

The three of them lived in The Glades of Star City, the worst part of town but her parents made sure she never noticed how bad it was. Like her father, she was interested in hockey with the two often attending games together. She lived a happy child & pretty oblivious one too as she never noticed that her mother was a drug addict.

After going to a game one night, her & her father returned home to see their home completely ransacked like a tornado hit. He immediately ordered to her room & she listened.. for awhile. Eventually, she heard some shouting so she crept from her room & down the hall to see a man in her parents' bedroom with them. Her appearance startled the man who then pushed Laura to the ground & began shooting at her father. Her father would shoot the man dead but in the process, Laura was killed by a stray bullet from the dealer. Rene rushed to her side to see Zoe crying over her mother's body.

Zoe would only live with her father for a few more months after that. He became depressed & an alcoholic following her mother's death. One night, Rene began making dinner for the two of them but passed out drunk. Zoe tried to take the pot off the stove but burned herself instead. Rene wouldn't wake up until Zoe started crying from the pain. Child services took Zoe away afterwards & placed her in the care of foster mother, Ms. Nave.

### 2012 - 2019: Zoe Ramirez

Zoe continued her life, living with Ms. Nave & have supervised visits with her father. She always noted that they were never long enough & that she just wanted to go home with him. Even if they didn't live together, Rene was at every one of Zoe's hockey games at school & no one was happier than he was when she made goalie.

In late 2014, Rene decided to start the legal process of regaining custody of Zoe, something that made her very happy. But she would be let down when her father never showed up to the custody hearing weeks later. Unknown to her, he had been kidnapped by a criminal.

When she saw him again, she told him that she didn't want to see him as she was still hurt from his absence. He tried to make a story as he didn't want to tell her the truth but she wouldn't hear it.

Several months later, Rene's friend Oliver Queen used his connections to arrange for Rene to get a second chance at regaining custody of Zoe. After showing up to the custody hearing & winning due to many character witnesses, Rene & Zoe were finally reunited after being separated for a year. He immediately took her home to their new apartment that Oliver had set up for them.

With Rene's lifestyle & now full custody of Zoe, he began to worry for her so he began teach Zoe some of his combat skills from when he was in the Navy. She couldn't do much with a bow & arrow but she was gifted with her hands. Once she became of age, she joined the Titans with her best friend Cynthia, taking on the codename Blackstar.

## Personality

Zoe is a very cute & sweet girl who loved her dad. She suffered a lot when her mother got killed as she had to watch the whole ordeal happen. As a result of witnessing her mother's death, she became extremely close to her dad. She is a full blown daddy's girl, going to him for any advice she needs.

It has been noted by many of her friends that Zoe seeks danger & likes adventures. But above all else, she's determined to protect the citizens of Star City.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Acrobatics**
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Since a young age, Zoe has been trained by her father in boxing techniques. His good friend, Black Canary helped to hone her combat skills, specifically her kicking.
* **Leadership:** Zoe was picked to be leader of her Titan class.
* **Stick Fighting:** She is accomplished at wielding sticks, staffs & similar weapons in combat.
* **Expandable Batons:** Zoe uses a pair of black expandable batons to fight which are capable of combining into a bo-staff.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Strength:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Speed:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Range:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Strategy:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Combat:** 4 - Trained / Learned

## Trivia

* Her favorite flowers are sunflowers.
* Her best friends are Cynthia Lance & Naomi Singh.
* Blackstar has a power ranking of 42, classifying her as Threat Level 1 / Minimal Threat.

## Notes

* Blackstar is the alias of Mia Smoak/Mia Queen in the *Arrowverse* when she was a cage fighter.