Harley Queens

## Appearance

Harley Queens likes to wear formal clothes. However at the same time he doesn’t care to wear them properly or in the formal way. For example he is currently wearing a black suit and tie but his tie is not tucked in nor is the shirt.

## Personality

He values freedom and believes that everyone has a right to have it with the exception of those who infringe on the freedom of others. This means he is more chaotic than lawful. He will make an attempt to make those innocent happy and their lives better which makes him Good. In a tough situation he tries to be analytical and stays calm in order to solve issues.

He will go out of his way to help innocent people and will also go out of his way to detriment who he deems as not innocent. He does have a selfish side to him though, he has a crave for attaining money due to his childhood but only in attaining it. After getting the money he is willing to use it for the benefit of others.

## Backstory

Born in a wealthy home in Yorknew City his mother was always at work as a successful well-known movie director. His father was a stay at home dad. He would often miss his mother since she was always pursuing her career. However when he turned 6 he began attending a private school for the elite and wealthy. Many children in this school also had similar issues to Harley, such as having a parent or sometimes even both not being present at home. This lead to him growing a closer bond with them than normal since he spent more time with them than at home due to his mother’s absence.

However since his mother didn’t give him an allowance in order to not spoil him he had had to be gifted money from his friends. Feeling guilty for practically leeching of his friends he became insecure about his worth and thus began to crave power and money in order to repay his rich friends for their kindness. Even though they insisted that Harley could take their money since “It wasn’t even theirs to begin with.” Harley in secret walked around town in order to find jobs to repay his friends. However Yorknew was a very corrupt city and Harley was saved by his father’s friend from the mafia.

Now Harley felt even more inadequate and depressed since not only did he owe his friends but his savior as well. Noticing the boy’s depression his father’s friend took him to a magic show and from there he was inspired and chose to pursue this career to the delight of his mother who supported his decision.

He had pursued this career with great passion, doing stunts that no other magician would dare attempt such as the Chinese water torture chamber. He would learn to literally catch arrows as he escaped a spinning contraption in order to impress the crowd. He would become known as the greatest Card Mechanic and Card thrower in the world.

Eventually he would surpass even his mother in fame as he would eventually become a world class magician, sought out by various agencies and billionaires around the world. Due to being a well known magician he had rubbed shoulders with various important people. These people taught him about the secret art of Aura and Nen. Learning about this mysterious power Harley set out to learn it, trying to use his connections in order to reach the truth.

He laughed when he did the water divination test and found out that he was a Conjurer, since that is what magicians literally were. He developed his Hatsu for a variety of purposes, to enhance his magic tricks which arguably used literal magic at this point. And also to defend others and help those in need.

## Abilities

### Physical Stats

 Strength
 Speed
 Dexterity
 Aura
 Control
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### Fighting style

His way of fighting is derived from his time as a magician, he can see through tricks and deception due to his history of being a master of tricks and deception. He also uses this mastery in order to trick and deceive his opponent. He tries to be analytical and his ability to remain calm in a tense situation is world class due to this skill being absolutely essential for some of his tricks. For example, breaking out when being buried alive requires the absolute mental discipline to remain calm since not being calm makes you run out of oxygen faster.

He is very athletic and acrobatic due to his many stunts as a magician like Harry Houdini. He prefers finesse and technique rather than raw power. He also uses poisons as they nullify the opponent’s strength.

He also has one other strength, He can read the facial and subtle expressions of others. This was an ability he developed as a stage performer. He could tell if an audience was bored or excited and could tell the mood of an audience member. He could even tell the intention of an audience member from their facial expressions since this was essential when doing magic tricks in which an audience member was called up to be an assistant. All these skills translate against opponents as well which supports his method of fighting which doesn’t involve brash force and power and is instead a more analytical approach.

Despite his analytical style of observing the opponent's capabilities and formulating the best way to adapt around them and exploit weaknesses. This does not mean he refuses to go for a more straightforward and close quarter approach however. In the recent chapter he has undertaken training in order to further develop his Nen fundamentals and learn how to fight like an enhancer to develop a more all round skillset.

### Capabilities

As a Hunter, Harley has access to all the benefits of being a hunter. His talent with Nen and his tendency to think problems through analytical is a huge asset. Enough that Iktar offered to recruit him into Devil's Derivative. Although initially inexperienced, through a couple of months of working with Iktar to defeat Kaiser and his cult he has gained valuable experience in being a hunter.

**Analytical Thinking:** Queens even before his first mission as a hunter was capable of analyzing problems at high speeds even during a combat scenario. In his first ever nen fight against the assassin Iktar he was able to understand the ability of each of Iktar's chess pieces and was able to develop counter strategies against each one. He was even able to defeat the experienced assassin albeit he himself admitted that the black list hunter could have killed him with the Queen shot if he truly wanted to.

By the time of Heaven's Arena Queens' ability to analyze had developed to a point where he could deduce someone's Nen Type with high certainty at a glance of their surface characteristics such as attire and demeanor. He was able to deduce with absolute certainty that Marina was either an Enhancer or a Transmuter, and correctly guessed that she was much more likely to be an enhancer. He was also able to correctly deduce that Felix' nen affinity was either Conjuration or Manipulation. This can be argued to be his most dangerous capability as with it he has been shown to have overcome obstacles with the great efficiency. He was able to reason that Marina did not have any tricky abilities and thus developed an efficient method of fighting by blinding her with a flashbang and then suspending himself upwards in order to attack her with no risk. This strategy was effective enough that Marina conceded the match shortly after it began. Marina herself was a talented hunter who was able to give Derrick Ochoa a good fight later on and injure him.

**High Pain Tolerance:** Due to his experience as a magician he has subjected himself to numerous painful situations. He has beeb buried alive and deprived of oxygen for extended periods of time. He has had to dislocate his shoulder in order to perform some tricks such as escaping from a strait jacket under harsh conditions as well as submerging himself in icy water. An example of this was when he was grazed by a Queen projectile by Iktar and was still able to continue fighting with a composed mind. Another example was when his arm broke due to the Boulder during their fight at Heaven's Arena and he was still able to stay calm and continue fighting.

**Body Reading:** His past work as a magician and showman allowed him to develop the ability to study someone's body language and conduct in order to gain some insight into their current emotions, feelings and intentions. He was able to with confidence figure out Iktar's well meaning intent during their first meeting. Was able to use information from Marina's attire and demeanor in order to guess she was on the top hexagon of nen types.

### Nen

Harley is a conjurer, however he has been shown to dabble and has knowledge in other categories as well. During his short time in Swaldani Queens was heavily reliant on his hatsu, relying on it to overcome obstacles and fight others. However by the time he reached Heaven's Arena he would develop begin to seriously study Enhancement, since it was essential for him to develop strong fundamental nen abilities. His knowledge of Enhancement and Emission also appear to be good as he was able to analyze that Derrick had more experience and had a more practical use of his aura than Marina did during their fight in Heaven's Arena. His use of Gyo seems to be efficient as unlike other characters he applies it to only one eye in order to search for hidden aura instead of both, it is possible this is done to make it less aura intensive during combat and to make it quicker. Furthermore he would seek tutelage under the Boulder an Enhancer master in Heaven's Arena. Through his lessons Queens would develop En and Ken. He would use the former in order to shield Jordi from malicious aura during the athlete's initial entrance into floor 200.

Queens' knowledge of Nen was enough that he was able to teach Jordi an aspiring hunter Nen, and was able to develop a hybrid variant of Nen baptism with assistance from his hatsu. The latter was thus able to unlock Nen in a much shorter period of time.

His Nen ability is called Sinful Cards, like Iktar who studied Nen under the same teacher Queens' hatsu has multiple aspects but centered his ability around one theme that being his unique Nen space which freezes everything put into it in time, maintaining the state they entered the nen space including their speed. His cards interact with the space in different ways through a symbol on their back. Queens normally can only conjure 5 of them at once, and with a technique calle Gin Rummy is able to conjure up to 10 though at random from a non replacement card pool. Queens' cards come in 5 times, with the **Jack** card being his premiere tool used in battle. The card is able to absorb things into the nen space and bring things out of it, acting as a portal from and to his nen space and can be thrown in order to increase the reach of his attacks and tactics. Items can be shot out of the symbol of the card at any angle in front of the symbol, but cannot surpass 180 degrees since the symbol is only on one side. Things inside the nen space maintain the state they were in when they entered it, and Queens is able to exploit this to great effect. With flashbangs absorbed just before they detonate he was able to blind Marina before she could react due to the flashbang exploding nearly instantly as it was ejected. He was able to emit specific things from his nen space as well, such as the light and sound an audience member fired into his mouth leaving out the actual bullets. His Jack card has been shown on multiple occasions to be able to absorb Nen abilities as well. He was able to absorb Iktar's Queen shot, and was able to absorb Yami's Nen slashes and later reflect some of them back at him. However there is a volume limit to what the Jack card can absorb as shown when Yami did a nen slash that was so large Queens had to utilize a shield from his nen space to block the attack instead of outright absorbing it. There is also a range constraint on how close a thing has to be to the Jack card for it to absorb it.

His second most used card is the **King**, and it has the same ability as Jack except it can only dispense and bring in Sinful cards. It has an additional ability that Sinful cards within 15 meters of a King card can absorb themselves into the nen space through the symbol on their back. Queens was able to use this card to great effect as well, since two King cards can be "chained together" by absorbing themselves and then emitting out the other. Creating a flying pair of cards which could rapidly change direction midair such as in his fight against Iktar. He has also shown using the King card in order to reclaim his cards which normally limited resources as he can only conjure a finite number at once. During his fight with Marina he was able to use the King card to reclaim the Jack card he just threw. And he also created a "card" chain by creating a conveyor system of absorption where he would space multiple cards in order to increase the effective distance of his absorption.

His third ability the **Queen**, which draws the nen space to the outside world and surrounds itself with it. With this the card can at Harley's will be frozen in time and can serve as a platform for the magician. The card breaks under a force of one tonne with the exception of when Queens is the one who is applying it. Queens is able to seemingly levitate off the ground with this ability as shown during his fight against Marina where he put himself in an advantageous position.

His most non combat card is the **Ace card**, this is able to form a connection with the nen space and other other objects directly. Allowing them to be connected to each other as though they were never cut no matter how much they were separated. With this Queens is able to achieve various things otherwise impossible. He is able to have access to his Heaven's Arena suite's entire water supply by simply slicing the end of a tap off. He was able to decide the time of Ares' death without any trace to him by slicing the man's heart out during their fight and then squeezing it later on, causing heart failure. Queens has used this ability in multiple ways such as by providing himself with his parent's home's supply of electricity and their internet as well by shipping the ends of a cable he had severed and established a connection with 2 ends with the Ace card to them, and having them connect the cables to the desired inlets of their modem and electricity.

His most powerful card is the Joker, which can be a combination of any 2 cards Queens has.

His ability does not lack any flaws however. Normally he can only conjure 5 cards, and if he uses Gin Rummy in order to increase it to 10 the cards are randomized. And there are cards that aren't very effective in combat such as the Ace card, and having more than one of the Queen card is a detriment. This is shown in his fight with the Boulder where he got a sub optimal pool of cards, though he likely would have lost anyways. It is important that Queens gets at least 1 or 2 Jack or Joker cards in addition to one King during a fight. And thus he carries risk by using Gin Rummy.

It is important to note that Harley cannot be hyper specific with his command. He can command the card to suck blood in general but not a specific patch or person’s blood. The suck can work through things but obstructions can keep it from reaching the cards. So Harley can absorb someone’s blood through their skin but the skin unless it has an opening will keep the blood there but the blood will still feel the force. Objects coated in aura can still be sucked in their entirety but nothing can be sucked through them, so Harley cannot suck the blood of someone with Ten.

## Story

### Chapter 9: Rest and Relaxation

Arriving in Swaldani City, Harley was looking for a mission to do as a Hunter and to improve his skills as one after taking some time off to focus on his magic after achieving his Hunter License. Prior to his arrival he had a discussion with an anonymous person to meet them at the Hunter Headquarters. After arriving He was picked up by a fan who recognized him and was driven to the headquarters. Once they reached the headquarters Queens went to get his wallet to pay for her service, but was refused by the woman stating that he was a hunter. She then promptly pulled out a phone to take a selfie of them but not before telling him her name was Trish.

After waiting for a little bit in the headquarters Trish meets him again. Queens would figure out that the anonymous person he conversed with prior to arriving in the city was Trish. Trish in response asked if he really thought it was chance that someone came by to pick him up at all to which Harley responded by saying that he had encountered many scenarios where strangers were willing to pick him up.

Trish then promptly explains that there had been a group of rookies who had completed an important mission prior to his arrival, and that one mission he could do was investigate the mafia present in the city. This mission however did not seem to be a legally bound contract as Harley would later ignore it after finding better alternatives to get experience. Trish also explains that there was a rookie setting up a training camp and subsequently handed Harley a USB stick containing data and reports about the whereabouts of the mafia. Queens would thank her before leaving to do his mission.

###### Training Camp:

Entering the police station to conduct his investigation of the mafia he was dragged into a room by an officer who knew him. The officer informed Queens that the police force of the city was compromised, and that the magician was lucky that he was a police commissioner who recognized his voice. He would later advise Harley to take on smaller jobs first to improve his skills, and that a hunter had set up a training camp and he could point him towards that location.

Entering Zetsu, Queens would head towards Titus' training camp. Nearing it he suddenly got cold feet and reasoned that he needed to prepare more in order to survive as even his hunter exam was dangerous, let along a training camp for hunters. He would head towards a weapon shop in order to purchase goods to store in his Sinful Cards nen space, taking out a loan of 500,000 Jenny to pay for it and being in 400,000 in debt ultimately.

Afterwards Queens would meet Titus and Felix Crane at the training camp and after doing introductions would internally think about the relatively lax conditions of the training camp. Before reasoning that the actual training must be quite strict since commodities such as bedding and food were relatively luxurious compared to his preconceived expectations. After making small talk with Felix the first task of the training camp had been announced, to build a fence around the perimeter of the camp with stakes. The reward of double bacon for the person who placed the most stakes with sufficient stability.

Queens, enthusiastic about the first training session would eject a piece of rope out of one of his cards in order to tie around a stake he placed right next to him. Using the rope as a guide like a compass used to draw circles he would go around using Shu on the stakes to push them into the ground to construct the fence. He would go on to win the competition.

However the group would discover that their bacon was eaten by Bartholomew, a one star hunter who was assigned to the training camp to assist in overseeing it. Queens annoyed would begin to berate him but ultimately chose to calm down and buy more bacon. On his way there he would get a phone call from Derren an acquaintance of his. Derren as a friendly gesture would offer the magician 10 million Jenny and bacon for the man's training camp if he would do a show. Queens reject the 10 million stating that he was an adult and could make his own money.

Queens would perform a magic trick for Derren and his friends. Queens would ask Derren to fire rounds from an LMG into his mouth. Derren's friend would show skepticism of his trick and inquired about Derren's authenticity as an unbiased an unpaid actor. Queens would promptly manifest a ballistic shield out of his nen space, with the audience present not understanding where it came from.

Queens would have the skeptic shoot the ballistic shield. After firing 5 the man would be convinced of the effectiveness of the gun. Soon Queens would have the man shoot rounds into his mouth. And through the use of his Jack Card he would absorb the bullets into his nen space before they could do damage. The crowd now in shock, Queens would hold the gun which was now out of bullets and then through the use of his Jack card again would dispense solely light and the gunfire wound from his nen space outward. Creating an illusion that he was firing bullets out of the gun again. After storing the bacon in his Nen Space Harley would descend the stairs in order to head for the training camp again.

###### Meeting Iktar

A Blacklist Hunter by the name of Iktar would meet Queens as he went downstairs. The hunter would inquire about Queens' trick and correctly guessed that it was a nen ability. Queens would ask if Iktar wanted to train him to which he replied that he wasn't one to train another and was merely curious about the magician's power. Queens with his experience as a stage performer, having developed the skill of gaining insight into someone's emotions and intentions through body language and facial expressions would deduce that Iktar needed him for something but had no malicious intent to harm him.

He then offered to explain his ability in exchange for Iktar's. To which the blacklist hunter obliged. After Queens explained his ability the assassin would tell him about a new organization he was creating, one that aimed to fight against selfish hunters who misused their power. And that Harley was someone he wanted to recruit. Queens would then confess to Iktar that he might be one of the terrible hunters the organization is fighting against, referencing his act of murder during the Hunter Exam where he had to suffocate someone to stay alive. Queens then subsequently asked Iktar if he would commit a bad act in order to prevent a worse atrocity, asking whether he would kill one shooter before they could shoot up 10 people. Iktar would promptly respond by stating that everyone has a different sense of justice, and that individuals should do what their heart believes is right. He then directly answers the question and agrees that in Queens' scenario he would shoot someone if it meant preventing that person from shooting 10 others. Queens impressed by the answer would reminisce about how some of the people who passed the hunter exam with him were some of the worst people he had ever met. Iktar in response would remember his childhood and his former old father like figure, and how the duo as a team could little by little rid the world of the selfish and make it a better place.

Queens would ultimately accept Iktar's offer in joining his organization, the Devil's Derivative (DXD). Queens would state that he needed to finish his hunter training camp, to which Iktar suggested to start their troupe's work there. Harley would explain that it was unlikely any hunter present there would be interested, and would mention Bartholomew's nasty behavior. Iktar, interested would tell Harley to take out Bartholomew if he acted "more than just unpleasant" and that if he failed to do so Iktar would support him by offering sniper support from afar.

Taking a taxi to head towards the training camp, Iktar would think about Queens' ability. Correctly deducing its nen category, and the nature of the cards surrounding a theme of Harley's unique nen space. He would then gift Queens with his most powerful ability, a nen shot from his queen piece. Entrusting Harley with this he would let the magician absorb it into his nen space. After exchanging numbers with Iktar the new hunter would enter the training camp.

Queens would enter the training camp, offering bacon to the trainees in order to remedy Bartholomew's mistake. Titus would reject this as it was "outside the supply line". Queens a little frustrated would go to hunt wild meat from the environment.

Supplied with a roman bow Queens would utilize a combination of his abilities in order to hunt meat and also store some arrows in his nen space for future use. After returning to the camp he would toss the boar towards the supplies and would scold Bartholomew on his conduct.

Bartholomew, threatened would scold back and he would call Titus to punish him. Titus would follow and punish the magician. For the next week, you shall take your meals outside. He would not be allowed to talk during any time Bartholomew is present at camp. He would have to pitch his tent at the periphery of camp, and would wake at the time of the aeneator, half an hour before the first hour begins. He would have to use that time to prepare morning rations for the camp under Titus' instruction, but not assistance.

Queens having enough of this would resign from the training camp. Stating that it wasn't for him, nor would Titus want him as a student there. He would then call Iktar in order to ask if he had a mission for him, telling him that the training camp was not worth it all along. Later outside Iktar would lure him into a forest and challenge him in order to test his capabilities, after a long drawn fight Iktar would commend Harley and recruit him, stating that his skills were enough in order to partner with him.

After partnering Iktar and Queens' first mission were to assassinate Lawrence, a human trafficker. Derren offered 600,000 for the job to which Iktar would comment on the low pay, Lawrence would in turn give them access to the restricted section of his shop. After getting geared up the two hunters would proceed with their mission, Lawrence's guards were regular men and a female nen user Julia who controlled cloth. The duo were able to subdue them promptly and the nen user was defeated, however the opponent's post mortem nen manipulated a piece of cloth and needle to charge for the magician, this surprised Queens to which Iktar mentions that he has to absorb the cloth.

At Derren's shop they would begin to analyze the cloth to which Derren told Harley to keep it as it seemed to be a special type of nen and needed to be preserved for Queens might need it in the future. Their next mission would commence soon after in which they had to dismantle a nen cult by a man by the name of Charlie.

### Heaven's Arena Arc

Some weeks after the mission against Charlie, Queens would arrive at Heaven's Arena. With experience as not only a hunter but a nen user he would easily breeze through the first 199 floors with the exception of a match against an old man who was hired to make sure he was ok. After ascending to the 200th floor he would.