Jade Nguyen

## Cheshire

* Civilian
* Cheshire

### Family

Lawrence Crock (father), Paula Crock (mother), Artemis Crock (sister), Roy Harper (ex-husband), Lian Nguyen-Harper (daughter)

### Voiced by

MIlkpiece

**Jade Nguyen** aka **Cheshire** is an assassin working for the League of Shadows and a recurring antagonist in *Young Justice Abridged*. She is the daughter of Sportsmaster and Paula Crock, the older sister of Artemis, ex-wife of Red Arrow, and the mother of Lian Nguyen-Harper.

## Personality

She is quite similar to her original counterpart. However, she is not as hostile with her father; she ran away from home in this version because she couldn't take his overbearing, loving personality. As a result of her father's protective nature, Jade had lost a boyfriend named Paul, leaving her somewhat bitter towards him.

Following the birth of her daughter, Jade turned her life around. She's even willing to kill Roy should he turn out like Oliver; he fully agreed to let her, for Lian's sake. She helped Roy find some peace with himself after all his failed attempts to be taken seriously as a hero, revealing to him that he was a clone of the original Roy Harper.

## Physical appearance

Jade is a young woman with a slender yet fit build. She has thick black hair and gray eyes, as well as olive-colored skin due to her Vietnamese heritage. The outfit she uses whilst working for the League of Shadows is a dark green colored kimono and appears as though it has shreds and rips along it. A trademark of her appearance is a white mask, resembling a cat's head with red stripes and a wide grin, in reference to the Cheshire Cat in *Alice and Wonderland*, hence her name.

## History

### Roquette

Cheshire was sent by the League of Shadows to kill Dr. Serling Roquette, bringing her into contact with the Young Justice team and by extension her sister. Failing in her mission, the assassin got away from the team but was followed by Artemis. Jade removed her mask, revealing their relation, and threatened to reveal her sister's evil family ties if she didn't let her get away. Like the Cheshire cat, Jade slipped away into the night.

### Luthor

A Korean peace summit was held in Taipei, with a mystery middleman coming to help reunify the two nations. Cheshire tried to assassinate the mystery middleman, who was revealed to be Lex Luthor but was stopped by Red Arrow. The archer tried to interrogate Cheshire, who seduced the hero before escaping with her father Sportsmaster.

Red Arrow tracked them to a base in the city, where the assassins met with Ra's al Ghul. The killers prepared themselves for another attack on Lex but noticed the archer watching them. The hero barely managed to escape them. Red Arrow and Aqualad were able to stop Cheshire and Sportsmaster from completing their mission and the nations were ratified.

### Family Life

One year later, Jade had ended up in a whirlwind romance with Red Arrow, real name Roy Harper, and they'd gotten married. She had left for many months, however, leaving Roy on his own. They were reunited, however, with Jade revealing that they had a daughter named Lian. To help her husband out of his depression, she took him to a mountain fortress where she showed him the real Roy Harper, revealing that Red Arrow was a clone.

## Resources

### Abilities

* **Conditioning:** Jade has above-average conditioning and endurance in her agility, speed, and strength.
* **Marksmanship:** Jade can throw projectiles with precision.
* **Martial arts:** Jade is skilled in different martial arts, making her an excellent fighter.
* **Multilingualism:** Jade can speak English and Japanese, as well as other languages.
* **Poison use:** Jade knows how to poison her victims.
* **Stealth:** Jade can keep to the shadows.
* **Tracking:** Jade knows how to track her foes.

## Appearances

* *Young Justice Abridged*
	+ "Civvies" (mentioned)
	+ "Shadow Boxing"
	+ "Shades of Red"
	+ "Eyes of Fate"
	+ "Injustice"
	+ "House of Cards"
	+ "Seeing Red" (offscreen)
	+ "Father's Day"

## Trivia

* Like several other members of the League of Shadows, Cheshire speaks in a Japanese accent when working as an assassin to emulate ancient ninja culture.