Roy Harper

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"*You're damn right I'm a hero.*"
―Red Arrow[src]
**Roy Harper** (also known as the **Red Arrow**, **Speedy** and **Arsenal**) was a Human vigilante and government agent who served as a founding member of the Teen Titans as well as a member of the Justice League.

## Biography

### Early life

Roy Harper was born on January 29, 1980 in Chicago, Illinois to Roy and Anna Harper.

However, after he and his friends partied away, Oliver's yacht was attacked by a group of pirates organized by his own captain. Using his then-limited archery skills, Oliver barely escaped with his life, activating a life raft and washing ashore on a nearby island. Oliver was stranded for two years on the island, which had a harsh and changing weather. While on the island, Oliver improved his archery skills by making a make shift bow and arrows, which he would use to hunt wild boars on the island. According to the Oliver Queen Chronicles, Oliver encountered the island's natives after a couple of weeks in the island. He lived among them for over three months during which time they taught him how to hunt and improve his archery skills. Upon further exploration, Oliver was shocked to discover the wreckage of his parents' plane on the island. He collected their wedding rings from their remains and also found a letter his mother had written to him the night of the crash.

Oliver resolved to get his yacht back, so he and the natives staged a coup and Oliver was able to reclaim his boat and go back home. For the next year, Oliver improved his archery skills further. He joined a cult of dark celtic archers, and was taught by the expert archer Vordigan. Oliver eventually rejected the harsh and unethical teachings of the cult and left Vordigan, going back to Star City. There he vowed to use his skills for good, taking the mantle of the hero Green Arrow.

## Personality and traits

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"*Stuff it, Grayson ! I don't want friends who cuddle me all the time and tell me I'm effin' perfect!*"
―Roy Harper[src]
Roy was charismatic with an affable demeanor. Known for his wit and subtle humor, he was very easy to talk to. After many traumas in his life, Harper believed that the ends justified the means, and was willing to commit crimes to achieve his goals.

Roy was easily overcome with despondency, and would go back and forth between a belief that his life had no purpose, and the belief that he could make a make a difference as the Red Arrow.

Harper easily assumed a leadership position, serving at times as the leader of the Teen Titans, Young Justice and even the Justice League. He held great concern for his team members and his friends and was willing to do whatever it took to rescue them from harm. After his recovery from heroin addiction, Harper believed that he had a duty to find people who needed saving.

Roy was quite fond of female company. He admitted to Donna Troy that he had left several girls behind, but never regretted it.

## Powers and Abilities

Red Arrow possessed no superhuman powers.

### Abilities

**Master Archer**: Oliver Queen is an extremely skilled archer, on par with Clint Barton. He claimed to be able to shoot 29 arrows per minute, after he corrected Black Canary for saying 26. He has a wide-variety of trick arrows, ranging from bola arrows to time-bomb arrows, to electric arrows, to even kryptonite arrows. In recent years he has used these arrows sparingly, preferring the time-tested simple arrow. Green Arrow has shown the ability to shoot an arrow down the barrel of a gun, pierce a drop of water as it leaves a tap, and shoot almost any part of the human body; although he usually only aims to wound and not kill when he shoots. He once shot two arrows down two different gun barrels while upside down, in mid-flip while somersaulting off a building.

**Martial Arts Master**: He is proficient in several forms of hand-to-hand combat including Judo, Kickboxing and Karate. Proclaimed as a martial arts master, he has shown the ability to take on seven people at once.

**Master Swordsman**: Ollie is also very proficient with a sword, though it is not his preferred weapon of choice.

**Skilled Pilot**: He used to own and fly his own airplane called the Arrowplane. He still has some skill in flying different types of planes.

**Business Management**: Oliver Queen inherited the reigns of Queen Industries from his father, Robert. Though Queen now spends little time involved with the day to day operations of the company, his apparent wealth suggests that his business acumen is savvy enough to keep the company prosperous.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

The costume Green Arrow wears is composed of kevlar and a little percentage of titanium; it's bullet-proof and resistant to various types of attack (explosions, impacts, falls, etc...). It's also flame-retarding and insulating. The gloves and the boots are reinforced to rebound the impact of punches and kicks.

### Weapons

Custom Bow and Arrows, several different types including, small explosives, smoke, and tear gas pellets.

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