Slade Wilson

## Deathstroke

* Civilian
* Deathstroke

"*My name is Slade Wilson, and after five hours on an operating table, I have come to Gotham with only one goal, yeah. To seek revenge for my right eyeball, yeah. But to do so, I can’t be the friendly mercenary I was. To honor my right eye, I must become someone else, I must become something else. Yeah.*"
—Deathstroke

**Slade Wilson** aka **Deathstroke** was a supervillain and the world's most dangerous assassin. He is one of the main antagonists in Season 2 of *Young Justice Abridged*.

## Personality

Slade was a cocaine addict, causing his behavior to be quite erratic. In this state he talks like a professional wrestler like Hulk Hogan or Randy Savage.

## Physical appearance

Slade was a tall, slender man with white hair and a beard. He was missing his right eye and wears an eyepatch, while the remaining eye is blue. His armor was primarily black and orange, with goldenrod greaves and gauntlets. He wore a matching goldenrod mask with a black area that obscures the right half of his face, including his missing eye. He wore a utility belt with pouches and sheaths for a sword and staff on his back.

## History

By 2004, Deathstroke was active as an assassin. At some point early in his career, he killed Ben Turner's wife. He also saved young Tara Markov from being killed by an angry mob for her metahuman abilities, deciding to instruct her in the ways of villainy.

### Coming to Gotham

After a failed takeover of the League of Shadows that resulted in Slade killing Ra's al Ghul but losing his right eye, he came to Gotham to have his revenge on Damian Wayne and the Shadows. He enlisted the help of Dr. Kirk Langstrom to create him an army, kidnapping the man's family to ensure his cooperation. Deathstroke contacted Vandal Savage, wishing to take Ra's' seat on the Light, but was interrupted when Talia al Ghul attacked his base with her men. She was captured. The mercenary interrogated Talia and was able to learn the location of a Lazarus Pit just from her breasts, the location being an oil rig off the coast of England.

Batman and Robin eventually arrived at Deathstroke's facility to rescue Francine and Rebecca Langstrom, but Slade was already gone. Rebecca gave Damian a video from Deathstroke, where the villain challenged the boy to come save his mother. Robin snuck his way onto Deathstroke's oil rig facility, intent on rescuing Talia, with the Dark Knight following behind. Batman and Robin fought off Slade's Man-Bat army. Talia was killed by Deathstroke and Damian pursued the assassin in revenge. Slade and Robin had a musical battle, with the young hero ultimately besting his foe in single combat and condemning him to the 'ponytail of shame'.

### The Judas Contract

Deathstroke masqueraded as a therapist to gather information on the weaknesses of the Teen Titans, a team of young superheroes consisting of Beast Boy, Starfire, Blue Beetle, Raven, Robin, and occasionally Nightwing. The Titans' newest member, Terra, was secretly a mole planted by Deathstroke to help him take down the young heroes. One night, she tried to seduce the much older villain, but he quickly shut it down. She later thanked him for this, as she was still only a teenage girl. Deathstroke was working for Brother Blood, the cult leader of H.I.V.E., who wanted to take the Titans' abilities for his own.

Terra eventually betrayed her teammates and Slade rounded them up so that Brother Blood could take their collective life force, completing the H.I.V.E. mission. Deathstroke seemingly killed Nightwing rather than capturing him, though the hero secretly survived. Brother Blood told Slade that he had to give up Terra for his failure to capture Nightwing, which he did, double-crossing his pupil. Dick arrived and disabled the cultist's machine, but not before Blood evolved off the Titans' powers. Together, the team managed to defeat the villain. Furious at her mentor's betrayal, Terra activated the full scope of her powers to kill Deathstroke, bringing the roof down on them.

### Future

By 2016, Deathstroke had been resurrected and joined the Light as its enforcer.

## Resources

### Abilities

* **Conditioning:** Slade has above-average conditioning and endurance in his agility, speed, and strength.
* **Martial arts:** Slade is skilled in different martial arts, making him an excellent fighter.
* **Master of weaponry:** Slade is skilled in the use of various weapons.

## Appearances

* *Suicide Squad: Assault on Arkham Abridged* (mentioned)
* *Suicide Squad Abridged 2: Ticket to Heck*
* *Young Justice Abridged*
	+ "Civvies" (mentioned)
	+ "Eyes of Fate"
	+ "House of Cards"
	+ "Identity Crisis"
	+ "Father's Day" (offscreen)

* *The Judas Contract Abridged* (unproduced)

## Quotes

* *"Deathstroke is ready!"*
* *"Hey, is that your salad? Well, fuck your salad!"*
* *"Unpredictable is what I am! Am I crazy? I don't know? I'm not a therapist, nor do I have one!"*
* *"Two for two, I'm coming for you!"*
* *"Frightening angry little child, you fight like a woman who is no woman at all!"*
* *"I shall return, and Deathstroke my vengeance upon you!"*
* *"Mind your surroundings. Mind over surroundings. Surround your mind. You told me that, or one of them."*
* *"So you followed me, eh? Most foolish of you little chipmunk person. (...) I may be old but I got style. So if we're gonna do this, we're gonna do this old school yeah. Cause you see it don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing."*
* *"Oh fuck me! Well played."*
* *"Time for that sequel yeah. (...) And I'm going to bad things to you too dude."*

## Trivia

* He talks like the wrestler Randy Savage.
* In the *Young Justice Abridged* episode "Civvies," Green Arrow claims to have put Deathstroke's eye out, but "Eyes of Fate" clearly shows that Damian Wayne carried out that act. While this is simply a small continuity error, it's possible that Deathstroke did lose his eye before and somehow got it replaced, as he says "Why is it always the right one?" when Damian pokes it out.