Thea Queen (Earth-2)

"*He won't hurt me because he's my father. He's our father, Tommy. You know I'm telling the truth. Well, I'm sick and tired of letting people get the better of me. I'm sick of being weak. You wanna protect me? Teach me how to protect myself.*"
—Thea to Malcolm and Tommy Merlyn.[src]
**Thea Dearden Queen** (born January 21, 1995) is the daughter of well-known terrorist Malcolm Merlyn and his ex-lover Moira Queen, the maternal half-sister of Oliver Queen, paternal half-sister of Tommy Merlyn and the girlfriend of Roy Harper. Thea grew up very close to her family and when her father died it devastated her but drove her even further to do well in school and she ended up graduating and later becoming the CFO of Queen Consolidated.

After discovering Malcolm Merlyn was her true father, Thea was trained by him and later joined his team after being promised that they would clean up the city. However, after learning of the role Malcolm played in her mother's death, Thea betrayed him and joined Team Arrow. She later became a vigilante archer herself and adopted the name **Speedy** after her childhood nickname.

## Biography

### Early Life

Thea Dearden Queen was born on January 21, 1995 after an affair between Malcolm Merlyn and Moira Queen, eight years after her brother, Oliver, was born. Moira made her husband, Robert, believe that the child was his and she was raised as a member of the Queen family, knowing nothing about her true father.

Growing up, she was extremely close with her brother and they spent almost all of their time together. They would regularly play in the gardens of the Queen Mansion, with Oliver granting her the affectionate childhood nickname "Speedy" due to her running at an incredible speed during their games.

## Abilities

* **High-Level Intellect/Expert Business Acumen:** Thea is an extremely intelligent woman, having graduated at the top of her class with honors from Star City University with a distinguished finance degree. With that prior knowledge, Thea has become one of the best businesswomen in the Star City area and has had no problems when sorting out finances for Queen Consolidated. Her intelligence also shone through when she managed to deduce her brother's identity as the vigilante, Green Arrow.
	+ **Master Mathematician:** From a young age, Thea displayed expert talent in the subject of mathematics and eventually utilised these skills in order to complete a degree in finance. She still continued to use her mathematics within Queen Consolidated as the company's CFO.

* **Peak Human Physical Condition:** After leaving Star City and going to live in Corto Maltese with her biological father, Malcolm Merlyn, Thea was heavily trained by him, per her request. She has since shown remarkable agility and co-ordination, being able to escape from even the likes of Oliver Queen by losing him in a chase. She is also shown to have been trained in martial arts and jiu-jitsu by her father, being able to take her brother on in hand-to-hand combat.

* **Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant/Martial Artist:**
	+ **Master Archer:**
	+ **Master Stick-Fighter:**

## Equipment

* **Speedy Suit****:**
* **Customised Recurve Bow:**
* **Customised Hunting Arrows:**

## Appearances

### *Green Arrow*

Season 1
* "Pilot"
* "Past Sins"
* "China White"
* "Motherly Love"
* "Vertigo"
* "The Bird's Nest" (mentioned)
* "Frosty"
* "Bloodlines, Part 1" (mentioned)
* "Meet The Count"
* "White Out"
* "Snowstorm"
* "The Caged Bird"
* "Birds Fly" (mentioned)
* "Shockwave"
* "Best Served Cold"
* "Time Bomb"
* "Bee's Knees"

Season 2
* "Friendly Face, Deadly Enemy"
* "Queen Takes Knight"
* "Failure Is Not an Option"
* "Big Shot"
* "Jinxed"
* "Star-Crossed Lovers"
* "Secrets Don't Keep"
* "Keep Your Friends Close"
* "Lost Canary"
* "Hives"
* "Broken Hearts"
* "Don't Touch the Queen"
* "Cold Shoulder"
* "Welcome To Earth-3"
* "Battles Lost and Won, Part 1"
* "Battles Lost and Won, Part 2"

Season 3
* "Repercussions"
* "Show Me Your Dark Side"
* "Blood Bonds"
* "Choose a Side"
* "Arsenal"
* "Green Arrow vs. Black Canary"
* "My Name is Killer Frost"
* "Underworld Unleashed, Part 2" (mentioned)
* "Making Amends"
* "Escape"
* "Slay the Drakon"
* "Icicle, Jr."
* "Once a Merlyn, Always a Merlyn"
* "Eden's Garden"
* "Escape From Reality"
* "This is My City"
* "All or Nothing"

Season 4
* "Enter the Slayer"
* "Legend of the Wonders"

## Behind the Scenes

* The character of **Thea Queen** is based off the character **Mia Dearden** from the Green Arrow comics. She was originally a former prostitute who ran away from home and was eventually rescued by the Green Arrow, becoming one of his greatest allies and the second **Speedy**.