Roy Harper

* Civillian
* Arsenal

**Roy William Harper** (Born 2002) is a street-savvy young man and reformed small-time criminal from Star City. He is the nephew of an unnamed man and the former sidekick/friend of Oliver Queen. Roy worked for the Green Arrow one year after his debut when the Green Arrow visited the reservation in order to judge an archery contest Harper was participating in, eager Roy impressed Green Arrow with his incredible skills. However, in the final round of the tournament, Harper was sabotaged and given a magnetized arrow, forcing him to miss the last shot and lose in front of his hero.

Afterwards, Roy helped stop a robber on the reservation by quickly drawing and firing an arrow at him; Green Arrow was again impressed and noted that Harper was even "speedier" with a bow than he. Green Arrow offered to take Roy in as his sidekick. When Oliver judged him to be sufficiently skilled, Roy was presented with his own costume and the super-heroic identity of "**Speedy**", at the age of 13. In 2016, Roy was caught with heroin which caused Oliver and Dinah Drake to kick Roy out of Team Arrow and Roy moved to Jump City with his new alias, Arsenal.

Five years later, Roy returned to Star City when he was asked for help by Dinah which caused some tension between Oliver and Roy. Due to Roy helping out, he trained Mia Dearden as of the time, she recently joined the Team Arrow. As of now, Roy and Oliver are working out their issues as friends. A couple of months later, Roy moves back to Star City when Prometheus uncovers Roy's past with drugs.

## Biography

#### Early Life

Roy Harper grew up in Star City and had a rough life, having to partake in minor criminal acts to survive. Roy racked up a record of robbery, B&E, stealing a car, and several counts of petty theft.

#### **Working with the Green Arrow**

In 2015, one year after the debut of the Green Arrow, Harper developed an immediate hero worship for the man and followed his exploits avidly. When the Green Arrow visited the reservation in order to judge an archery contest Harper was participating in, eager Roy impressed Green Arrow with his incredible skills. However, in the final round of the tournament, Harper was sabotaged and given a magnetized arrow, forcing him to miss the last shot and lose in front of his hero. Afterwards, Roy helped stop a robber on the reservation by quickly drawing and firing an arrow at him; Green Arrow was again impressed and noted that Harper was even "speedier" with a bow than he. Green Arrow offered to take Roy in as his sidekick. When Oliver judged him to be sufficiently skilled, Roy was presented with his own costume and the super-heroic identity of "**Speedy**", at the age of 13.

#### Becoming Speedy

In 2016, Black Canary, Green, and Speedy took on the Bertinelli crime family when they came to Star City to sell a drug charge. After they were defeated, Roy secretly took an entire pack of heroin and begun an addiction problem. Once they got back to the Arrowcave, Oliver caught Roy and got so upset that he kicked Roy off the team.

#### Becoming Arsenal

Once Roy left Team Arrow, he moved to Jump City and to escape Oliver's shadows, he took on a new alias as Arsenal

#### Returning back home

Five years later in 2021, Roy returned to Star City when he was asked for help by Dinah which caused some tension between Oliver and Roy. Due to Roy helping out, he trained Mia Dearden as of the time, she recently joined the Team Arrow. As of now, Roy and Oliver are working out their issues as friends.

#### The Reign Of Darkseid

During the Reign of Darkseid, Roy as well as everyone on Earth-0 except for seven specific heroes became affected by the Anti-Life Equation, only to be freed two weeks later after the Justice League stopped Darkseid.

## Personality

#### As a civilian

Roy did not like to steal and only does it because he is in a bad situation at the time. He resents the wealthy because he believes most of them are greedy, arrogant and selfish. Roy is intelligent and has pride, and he is above taking things for free.

#### As Speedy

After taking on the mantle of Speedy and becoming more active on the field as Oliver's partner, Roy has become far more calm, level-headed and tactical, although he still has his moments of losing his temper. He has developed a solid working relationship with Team Arrow and supports it's members through their problems.

#### As Arsenal

When Roy left Team Arrow and moved to Jump City, he retained his angry personality trait.

## Abilities

* **Peak of human physical condition:** Even before his tenure as Oliver Queen's protégé and a vigilante, Roy is in top physical condition. Due to his youth, Roy is faster than Oliver. After his training, Roy's reflexes became sharp enough for him to catch an arrow in midair. His strength is capable of knocking out opponents with one strike as well as snapping their bones apart, and as a result of his resilience he can land to the ground from large heights and withstand getting stabbed or slashed by melee weaponry and continue with no complaint.
	+ **Acrobatics/Free-running:** Roy's former rough and criminal lifestyle forced him to learn free running to better escape his pursuers. He also uses his natural athletic and acrobatic skills to either escape from or fight off his opponents. Roy is proven to be more agile and nimble than Oliver due to his much longer experience of using these skills on the streets.
* **Expert hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist:** Having grown up in Star City, Roy has taught himself to fight back. He often employs acrobatics to catch opponents off-guard and even cause considerable damage to them. Roy was able to fight off two thugs at the same time, albeit not as efficiently as more seasoned combatants; such as Oliver, Carrie Cutter, and Merlyn.
	+ **Expert stick-fighter:** Roy is a highly trained stick-fighter, as seen from his training with Mia Dearden.
* **Expert archer:** As Oliver's protégé, Roy was taught archery.
* **Indomitable will/High tolerance for pain:** A driven and determined person, Roy is nearly fearless and almost never gives up under most situations. Having spent years living and fighting in the roughest neighborhood in Star City, Roy has been injured countless times, resulting in him developing an incredible tolerance for pain.

## Equipment

#### Current Equipment

* **Arsenal mask:** Roy wears a dark red mask as his anti-heroic alter-ego, Arsenal. It is made from a compressible micro-fabric and can effectively to conceal Roy's identity without any restrictions on his visual field.
* **Arsenal suit:** Roy wears a protective suit as his heroic alter-ego, Arsenal, to hide his identity from his enemies when fighting crime, it was designed by Roy himself. It is unknown what materials the suit is comprised of, with the exception of kevlar.
* **Quiver:** Roy has a brown quiver to carry his arrows. Even quitting the identity of Speedy and getting a new suit, Roy decided to keep the quiver.
* **Customized hunting arrows:** Like Oliver, Roy uses customized arrows.
* **Customized recurve bow:** Roy was trained in archery by Oliver and uses a red bow in battle, both for shooting and close-combat.
* **Roy Harper's motorcycle:** When Roy is on patrol as Arsenal, he is seen riding a motorcycle to get around the city.

#### Former Equipment

* Speedy Suit: When Roy assumed the identity of Speedy, Roy wore a dark red suit which took on the appearance of just an ordinary sweater.
* **Speedy mask:** Roy wore a dark red mask as his heroic alter-ego, Speedy. It is made from a compressible micro-fabric and can effectively to conceal Roy's identity without any restrictions on his visual field. After he gave up the mantle of Speedy, Roy discarded the suit.
* **Wooden bow:** During Roy's archery training, he used a wooden bow. He gave an extra to Mia Dearden.

## Appearances

### Emerald Archer

#### Season 1

* Bro's before archer's
* Green Arrow (mentioned)
* Redemption, Part Two

#### Season 2

* New Year's Evil
* Injustice
* Tip Of The Arrow
* There Will Be Deadshot (mentioned)
* Unfinished Business
* One Armed Archer
* Retro
* Emerald Archer
* Purgatory Part l
* Purgatory part ll

### Batman

#### Season 1

* Truth, Justice and the communist way (Mentioned)

## Behind the scenes

* In the original *Green Arrow* comics, Roy Harper is Green Arrow's ward and sidekick, and is the first to take on the code-name Speedy, followed by Mia Dearden.
	+ Roy later left Green Arrow due to drug abuse (a shocking and revolutionary concept in mainstream superhero comics when the story was printed in 1971), but returned to take on the monikers Arsenal and Red Arrow.

* In the comics, Roy has been a member of the Teen Titans and is close friends with Dick Grayson.