Roy Harper

*"You know, when I first met Oliver, he gave me a purpose, but he also gave me all of you. It makes sense that having a team is what helps me in the future, so why wait?"*
―Roy Harper[src]
**Roy William Harper, Jr.** (born July 13, 1991) is a street-savvy young man and reformed small-time criminal from the Glades. He is the son of the late Roy Harper, Sr. and an unnamed woman, the fiancé of Thea Queen, and the former sidekick/good friend of Oliver Queen.

Growing up in the Glades, Roy became an ally to Oliver, who was a vigilante initially referred to as the Hood, later known as the Arrow. Prior to Slade Wilson's siege on Starling City, Roy was injected with the Mirakuru, becoming a human weapon and gaining a variety of powers, including superhuman strength, durability, and an accelerated healing factor, though it came at a cost with a slow deterioration of his mental state. He was later cured by Oliver using a counter-serum developed by S.T.A.R. Labs. Joining Team Arrow, Roy became Oliver's sidekick and vigilante partner using the codename **Arsenal**, also known as **Speedy** or the **Red Arrow** up until the point where Roy masqueraded as the Arrow and faked his death. Having no choice, Roy left Team Arrow and Star City to begin a new life under the alias **Jason**.

Before leaving, Roy left his Arsenal suit to Thea, which she uses as her own vigilante persona as "Speedy". Roy would later return to vigilantism briefly when Noah Kuttler extorted him to steal technological components. However, he was freed from Noah's control and later relocated to another place. In 2018, Roy was found and captured by corrupt Star City Police Department officers under Ricardo Diaz's payroll, who wanted him to testify that Oliver was Green Arrow. He was rescued by Team Arrow and later left Star City along with Thea and Nyssa al Ghul in order to track down the world's remaining Lazarus Pits, returning to vigilantism once again.

Ultimately, Roy's name (regarding his status as a vigilante) was cleared when Oliver publicly confessed to being Green Arrow.

During Roy's mission, he was fatally injured in a battle against the Thanatos Guild and had to be healed in a Lazarus Pit. As a side effect of his previous exposure to the Mirakuru, he gained a bloodlust that couldn't be cured by the Lotus elixir.

In an erased future, Roy self-exiled himself to Lian Yu to atone for the death of two innocent men he killed during a bloodlust episode. In 2040, he returned to Star City with William Clayton to assist the Canaries.

On Earth-Prime, after the Crisis ended, Roy attended Oliver's funeral. He proposed to Thea and was ready to start a life with her, which she happily accepted on the condition he would never leave like he did again.

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