Thea Queen (Speedy)

# Thea Queen

## Thea Dearden Queen

Arrow Family

*Description Here ~ Oswald*

## History

### Early Life

If you asked Thea who she would be when she grew up, a vigilante running around with a crew of others sporting a bow would have gotten you hit across the head. It having anything to do with a bow? You’d get a few points for accuracy, regardless how far off the mark you’d be. The story of a rich girl that partied and drank herself to a coma, minding her own business. Then turned Archer Heroine with a knack for getting into trouble just as well as saving others from it. Just not in the traditional way you think. Come, come, let us go on this journey together shall we?

t all started with a lovely family. A family of four. Thea the youngest, Oliver the oldest of the children, and Robert and Moira Queen. They were a rich and extremely wealthy family, billionaires that owned the renowned Queen industries. Oliver and Thea were extremely close to one another. Always playing games kids loved to play as well as creating games that kids didn’t play. One game they played all the time was a traditional one. Very innocent and simple tag and racing. Thea was always faster than her brother in anything that they did. A high octane girl with a seemingly never ending motor. That prompted him to give her the nickname Speedy.

Thea was as creative and imaginative as a kid as she is now. Drawing and painting on the walls and other things. Robert, her father fueled her creativity as best he could, giving her the tools for her to be creative by the truck load. Thea idolized her brother and wanted to be everything he was. The older they got the stronger their bond became. While Thea was 12 years old, her brother and their father took a trip on The Queen’s Gambit, a Yacht that belonged to the Queen family. A tragedy struck when they were said to be shipwrecked and they were presumed dead by the authorities and the family was devastated. Moira overtime became distant as she tried her best to deal with the grief of losing a son and a father. She unknowingly pushed the family she did have still alive. Her daughter Thea. She refused to talk about them or how she was feeling about it with her. It left the young girl feeling alone and depressed. She even developed a terrible habit of being disconnected from the world she was now forced to live in without her best friend and older brother, Oliver.

Because she couldn’t talk with her mother about her feelings about Robert and Oliver’s death, she found a different outlet. It consisted of drugs, wild and lavish parties, and lawless behavior that landed her in trouble with the law. All just an amplification of her rebellious nature. She used these terrible vices to try and fill the void that was left by the loss of her family. It wasn’t just the loss, but the anger that started to grow in its place. An anger and resentment towards her mother as well. Despite her extra curricular activities that she decided to partake in. She didn’t let them stop her from going to her Father and Brother’s graves every single day. To talk about life, what was going on in it. To cry, to laugh, to give them updates. Sometimes scream and yell at them for leaving her here all alone. Sometimes blaming them because Mom was the way she was because they left them.

Five years later, that day she never thought would happen but she hoped one day would finally come. The day her brother was rescued and returned back home to Starling City. Her best friend and older brother, her idol Oliver, was rescued from a deserted island where he spent five years. She was the first person to welcome her big brother home with wide open arms.

No one ever said the reunion was going to be perfect. Oliver was a partier when he was her age as well. She followed in his footsteps but he did not approve of it. In which this was much to Thea’s surprise when hearing this. This was the life he used to lead and now that he was back from the dead, she wasn’t allowed to live it? Thea found him to be highly hypocritical and unfair and he’s only been back home a week.  While getting ready for Oliver’s legal resurrection, in which she didn’t wanna attend and refused on multiple occasions. She walked into his rooms while he was changing and saw all the scars he had on his body. It was horrifying to see such deep and nasty scars etched into the skin of her older brother. She pushed and Oliver refused to allow her in, saying he wasn’t ready to talk about it. So Thea tried a different approach.

She took Oliver to his and Robert’s graves. She felt that it was only fair that she brought him here to put in perspective what it was like while he was “Dead” for five years. For five years she was fending for herself in the emotional and mental battle because there was no one else for her to turn to. Moiria checked out on being a mom and it was only up to her. To figure it out. She begged to be let in and Oliver still refused.

When the Hooded vigilante started showing up and cleaning up the streets, Starling City was rather unsure on what to think about him. Was he a hero? Vigilantism isn’t allowed is it? Well despite what anyone thought, the wildest thing that came from all the talk were the accusations. People believed that The Hood was her older brother Oliver. She shot down any thought. During the time of finding out how to navigate the complications of her new found family that she was dealing with. Having Oliver back in her life, her mother opened up slowly but surely. She met Roy Harper. He was…an idiot in her eyes. She never met someone so eager to go head first into danger like he was. He was selfless and courageous but careless and extremely reckless. After watching her ties deteriorate because of her terrible lifestyle, she gave up the party girl lifestyle and got clean. Her reward? Taking Oliver’s role as the owner of The Verdant while Oliver was away.

Her and Roy argued relentlessly over his downward spiral and reliance on drugs. She knew this rabbit hole all too well and lived in the consequences she reaped from it. The destruction it can cause to family and friends. She almost lost her only family and her friends from it and she didn’t wanna see her friend swallowed by the darkness. She opted to be his light and it worked to a degree. She took the responsibility to help keep him clean.

During the long and grueling months of her Mother’s trial she was kidnapped on several occasions. But one kidnapping was done by a man named Slade Wilson. He didn’t wanna harm Thea, he just simply wanted to give her information that he felt she deserved to know. That Malcom Merlyn was her biological father. That was before he impaled and murdered her mother right in front of her and then untied her, leaving her to watch her mother die. This created a shift in what Thea wanted and what she knew. Things were changing for her and she didn’t know how to deal with it. So she thought she would do so the best way she knew how. She talked with her brother Oliver about leaving, getting a change of scenery. Just for a little while and her brother agreed. Thought it was a good idea.

After bidding their farewells, Roy thought it would be best for her to stay at his house for a little while and pack her things. Let her have some time to decide if it was what she really wanted. While doing so she noticed Roy’s stash in his house. This infuriated Thea. He promised that he gave up this life and here he was still running to drugs. That was all she needed to make her choice. Betrayed once again by someone she cared about.. This betrayal is what prompted Thea to leave with Malcolm from Star City where she had no plans of ever coming back. For months she trained with Malcolm in Corto Maltese. He taught her how to adapt to not just situations but her opponents as well. Changing her patterns during a fight, the art of stealth and Kenjutsu. Weapons and poisons. How to detect them as well as how to use them. Taught her how to be efficient.

At first she was against it, but recalling all the times she was rendered helpless by her kidnappers. She agreed to undergo the grueling training so she could defend herself. Through this training she grew really close to Malcolm, she even proudly called him “dad” instead of using his real name. During her time there, Malcolm used a drug on Thea called Virtrua which made her easy to control and manipulate.During this time he would use Thea to carry out missions and executions without her having any recollection of what she did or even participating in such events. Months later Roy and Oliver both visited her asking her to come back home in which she refused. She apologized to Oliver for lying about where she was but scolded Roy for being a liar.

The second time around Thea accepted when Oliver asked her to return home. But in order for her to go home she had to duel Malcolm and prove to him that she was ready to go on her own. That she could defend herself without any help. Once she beat him, she left with Oliver back to Star City. After some time of being back Oliver invited Thea over to “show” her something. That something was Revealing to her that he was the Green Arrow. The first thing she wanted to do was scold him for lying to her all this time. Well, that was exactly what she did. He spent so much time doing this and neglecting his family. Neglecting her to run around in tights. But eventually, she praised him and talked highly about how proud of him she was for him protecting the city, keeping it safe. It also put into perspective why Oliver was so distant when he first arrived back home. Despite everything she hangs around the Arrowcave, of course when she is allowed to do so. Oliver can and in most cases does kick her out when big things are being discussed or he just doesn’t want her involved. He was overprotective when they were kids and he was way more overprotective now. Despite her being able to protect herself. Before his reveal of his identity, she went toe to toe with him while he was sporting the hood. As of now, she is just a High Octane club owner.

## Powers and Abilities

### Skills

* **EXPERT WEAPONS MASTER:** Can’t use a bow for everything. Thea is just as dangerous up close as she is far. Courtesy of her training with her father Malcolm. Swords, Knives, and Escrima Sticks.
* **EXPERT MARKSWOMAN:** If it's painted as a target she can hit it. Archery has been her passion since a small girl. Anything can be a throwing weapon, a bow just gets the job done.
* **HAND TO HAND COMBATANT:** Kenjutsu, Krav Maga, and Taekwondo are her specialties. She also has a background in Judo. If you watch her hands, you miss the magic show with her feet. Beauty is dangerous.
* **TOXICOLOGY:** During her training Thea became well versed in the field of Poisons. She can detect and smell poisons in foods and drinks. Once smelling cyanide dropped in a glass of Red Wine.
* **TALENTED INVESTIGATOR:** Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. That is what they say, but there isn’t much you can hide from Thea.  If there is a loose string, you bet your ass she is tugging.
* **MULTILINGUAL:** She can speak English, Spanish, and Arabic very fluently. You never know who or what you may run into. Being a Humanitarian like herself at times, you’ll need to speak a different language. That involves violence.
* **HIGH PAIN TOLERANCE:** Scorching hot coffee couldn’t get a rise or a flinch out of the Heroine. Some say such an ability is a blessing and curse. But when you ride with Team Arrow, pain and pleasure goes hand in hand.