Rosalina Basaro

League of Shadows Training
(Mentor: Malcolm Merlyn)

## Background

### 1996 - 2008: Rosalina Basaro

Rosalina was born in Star City to the young couple Oliver Martinez & Audrey Basaro. Her mother was born to a wealthy family from the Bay View District, giving her access to everything in life. She got caught up in the wrong crowd & began a relationship with bad tempered Oliver. He got Audrey into alcohol & hard drugs, eventually getting her hooked on heroin. She stopped using during her pregnancy but by the time Rosie was one, she was using regularly again.

Her mother got clean again before having Rosie's younger brother, Andre. Their mother's friend Marie was able to help her get back on track by having encouraging Audrey to break up with Oliver, attend some AA meetings & giving them a place to stay. Life became peaceful.

Her mother was sober for a time until she ran into Oliver again. Things quickly went downhill from there. Rosie & Andre mostly stayed at their Marie's residence but after their mother's lethal heroin overdose, they were forced to move in with their father.

### 2008 - 2014: Rosalina Basaro

Upon moving to the Glades with their father, he immediately began abusing Rosie as he blamed her for her mother's death even though everyone knew it was him. For years, he continued to abuse her while her brother remained oblivious. He gave her matching bruise marks all over her body & Rosie began giving herself a few scars of her own to deal with the pain. She thought about suicide or turning in her dad multiple times but didn’t want her brother to be caught in between.

Eventually, her father began sexually abusing her when she was fifteen. She started drinking shortly after, getting access due to being friends with the older kids in her neighborhood. It helped numb the pain until she realized she was just getting memory loss & a hangover the next day.

That's how it was until a month before her eighteenth birthday when she decided to end her life. The drinking wasn't enough to stop the pain so she began doing heroin, just like her mother. Doctors said that all of it mixed together drove her into a deep depression & the abuse she was receiving made it worse. Her brother found her shortly after she took the sleeping pills.

Upon waking up, Rosie discovered that she possessed psionic capabilities. Her sadness & pity for herself soon turned into rage & aggression. Set on revenge, she used her powers to squeeze her father's heart to give him a fatal heart attack during his sentence hearing. Rosie was sent to a rehabilitation center due to her attempted suicide while her brother moved back in with Marie.

For several months, she remained at the rehab center while they helped to stabilized her emotional & psychological state. Rosie still felt broken & fell into a dark place but masked her feelings so that she would still be released on time. When her time finished, she moved in with Marie to be close to her brother.

### 2014 - Present: Valentine

Upon her release, Rosie began attending Star City University alongside Marie's daughter Emmah. While she mostly remained to herself, Emmah was able to convince her to attend a few events. At a housewarming for a mutual friend, Rosie met the suave & charming Miko Jensen. She may not have been looking for a relationship but she definitely fell into one. Miko soon picked up on Rosie's pent up rage & she eventually revealed her powers to him. He soon recruited her into the organization he was apart of... the League of Shadows.

For the next four years, Miko helped train Rosie in the art of becoming assassin. The two frequently made trips to Infinity Island & other safehouses under the guise of romantic getaways. One of the League's masters & Miko's own mentor, Malcolm Merlyn took a liking to her & decided to make her one of his personal students. Rosie quickly learned everything Malcolm had to offer from archery to swordsmanship to toxicology. During her first League mission, she was sent to kill a government official who had ties to child trafficking. She mimicked her father's death & crushed the man's heart to trigger a fatal heart attack. Because of the manner of death, she was given the name "Eyd Alhabu," the Arabic translation for Valentine.

These days, Rosie travels the world alongside her husband Miko for League assignments though they are frequently with their team, the Seven Men of Death. The two work well together in the field, usually posing as a married couple or jilted lovers to complete the job.

## Romantic Relationships

* Miko Jensen: Boyfriend (2014 - 2016); Husband (2016 - )

## Personality

Rosie keeps to herself, preferring to not speak to others unless necessary. Though fragile because of her past, most members are deeply afraid of her due to her powers & bad tempers. The only person who has seen Rosie's "good side" is her husband Miko & her brother Andre. This is because they are the only two people who have brought happiness in her dark & twisted life. She holds little remorse for her actions, believing the lives she has taken had to go for their cause. Though extremely violent & almost malice in her ways of killing, Rosie would never harm an innocent.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Metahuman Physiology**
	+ ***Telekinesis*:** Valentine can mentally influence the movement of objects & people with his mind, using simple gestures with her hands. She uses her powers to levitate, manipulate objects, create force fields, disassemble things & shoot telekinetic blasts. Her favorite is to use her powers to trigger fatal heart attacks in her opponents, though this ability takes a lot of her energy & she needs to rest afterwards.
		- ***Tactile Telekinesis***: Her body is completely surrounded by an invisible field of telekinetic energy, protecting her from physical harm.
		- ***Telekinetic Blasts***: She is able to project bursts of raw energy bolts of concussive force.
* **Physicality:** Rosie was personally chosen by Malcolm Merlyn to be his student. She lived up to expectations & quickly learned the ways of assassins. She's fully capable of taking down multiple assailants at a time & opponents that are much larger than her.
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts*:** Rosie is a highly skilled unarmed combatant, quickly learning various styles during her four years of college. She is skilled in Aikido, Silat, Tan Tui, Muay Thai, Boxing, Savate, Jujitsu, Tae Kwan Do, Wushu, Judo & Kung Fu. Her skills have allowed to her consistently defeat her opponents.
	+ ***Pain Tolerance*:** Rosie has an extreme tolerance to pain. Like many of Merlyn's pupils, she was trained to handle having boiling water poured on her hand without any strain.
	+ ***Stealth*:** Taught by the Magician, she is quite skilled in the art of appearing & disappearing. The only person she can never catch off guard is Merlyn himself though she does state she was able to sneak up on him once.
* **Weaponry:** As a member of the League & a pupil of Merlyn, she is trained in every common weapon known to man. She is also able to quickly learn how to work new weapons & how to turn everyday objects (i.e. pen) into a weapon.
	+ ***Archery*:** Though not her go to weapon, Rosie knows her way around a bow & arrow. She was taught in this skill by Merlyn, the best archer in the League.
	+ ***Firearms*:** She is skilled in the use of firearms.
	+ ***Swordsmanship*:** Valentine is an elite swordsman, capable of slaying her opponents with ease. She's known for being extremely precise & killing her victims with clean cuts. She usually uses two swords when in combat, with each being an extension of her arms.
	+ ***Throwing*:** She is highly proficient at knife throwing.
* **High Level Intellect:** Rosie is an intelligent individual, never letting the circumstances of her life mess up her academics. Despite missing her first year of college by being in rehab, she caught up & still graduated when she was initially supposed to. She also is a very quick learner, with Malcolm commenting that she is his fastest student yet.
	+ ***Deception*:** Rosie was able to deceive her friends for four years into believing she was just a student when in fact, she was training to become an assassin.
	+ ***Interrogation/Torture*:** Rosie is a highly skilled torturer, using her telekinesis to usually internally harm her targets to make them talk.
	+ ***Multilingualism*:** She is fluent in English & Spanish. She also knows Arabic.
	+ ***Occultism***
	+ ***Psychology*:** Rosie received her bachelor's degree in psychology, making her skilled in the subject. She knows what makes people ticks & uses this to exploit others.
	+ ***Prestidigitation*:** She is skilled in feats such as the sleight-of-hand & escape artistry.
	+ ***Toxicology*:** There are times when Rosie doesn't necessarily like to use her powers & prefers to get more personal with her target. Still liking to mimic her powers, she uses a poison that causes a prolonged but fatal heart attack.

### Weaknesses

* **PTSD:** As a result of the abuse that Rosie suffered at the hands of her father, she suffers from PTSD. Certain events will trigger old memories, leading to her acting irrational & violent. She mostly avoids the subject of her past all together.
* **Trust:** She is very untrusting of people. While it has worked in favor for her lifestyle, it has it downsides.
* **Children:** Rosie has a code against harming children, believing them to be innocent.
* **Andre Basaro:** Rosie cares a lot for her young brother. She made sure he was well taken care of before deciding to join the Shadows. She still communicates with him & the two still consider themselves close.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strength:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Speed:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Occult:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Weapons:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Strategy:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Strategy:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Combat:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **TOTAL:** 121 - Threat Level 3 / General Threat

## Trivia

* One of her favorite meals is chicken tenders & fries because it reminds her of the time when it was just her, her brother & her mom. Though it's quite childish, no one comments on it as they would not only have to face Rosie but Miko as well.
* She hates alcohol. It reminds her of her dad as his breath always reeked of it.
* Rosie has three scars going across the side of her neck. Her father gave her the scars when he put her in a violent chokehold one night then dug his nails in as he removed his hands.
* She took the place of a former member Maduvu on the Seven Men of Death. The latter lost both of his hands in battle, eventually leading to him bleeding out.

## Notes

* Rosalina Basaro/Valentine is an original character.