Michelle Roberts

## Background

### 1975 - 1994: Michelle Roberts

Michelle Roberts grew up in a small & quiet town of Calvintown with her parents. As an only child, she was the center of their lives & received all the attention in the world.

During their sophomore year, she started a band with her two best friends, Alicia Willingham & Helen Warden. The three women had been best friends since diapers & constantly together since. They were known in their hometown for their antics & constantly getting into trouble. The police refused to ever do anything, believing they were just young girls that were looking for fun but they would be proven wrong later.

The music group, World's Public Enemy, became quite famous in a matter of months, leading to the girls dropping out of high school to pursue music full-time. The girls loved their music & the boys loved their looks. They became so successful that their pictures were all over their hometown to show their admiration for the three small town women. But the lifestyle of the rockstar was not enough to satisfy the thrill they were seeking. The three female rock musicians made a sudden career change from musicians to vigiliantes with a mean streak. To make matters worse, their fanbase did not waiver. Even after they tortured & killed Helen's rapist, some of the fans believed he got what he deserved. They went on to christen the group as World Public Enemy 1, 2, & 3.

The girls went on a crime spree through the country, evading capture before they made an acquaintance with David Cain in eastern Europe. At the request of the Demon's Head, they were brought to Infinity Island where they soon made the change from third-rate villains to elite assassins.

### 1994 - Present: Silken Spider

After completing her trial by fire & proving her worth to Ra's, she was sent alongside Alicia & Helen to scout a person of interest on the northside of Australia. The women arrived under the guise of taking a gap year before college to travel around the world, with the residents believing them to be harmless tourists. While there job was to simply scope out the target, Michelle soon began a rapport with a Jonathon Riley, one of the aboriginal people of Pilbara.

The two came from very different cultures, with Jonathon believing Michelle to be a spoiled & worldly woman from America when she was in fact a lethal assassin. While she only was there to learn information, Michelle decided to get more than just data from the man but ended up with much more. Upon discovering her pregnancy, she debated on what to do but she was against abortion. She kept the pregnancy to herself for months, with her friends helping her along the way while they continued with their mission. before deciding to fess up to Ra's after the belly bump became visible. Against her assumption, he made no qualms about her pregnancy & instead planned for her extraction once the baby was born as she was too far along. Just a week after the birth of her daughter, the two of them were taken back to Infinity Island.

While Ra's made it clear he had no issue with her pregnancy, he did not appreciate being lied to. Michelle suffered for that but what exactly happened to her remains a secret only her & the Demon Head knows. After atoning for her sins, Michelle was allowed to care for her child but left her with the handmaidens when called out for missions.

When her daughter Corinna became old enough, Ra's asked for her to be trained in the ways of an assassin. However, Michelle requested to not be her teacher as she felt their familial relationship would not benefit the girl's training. Ra's obliged, assigning her to be taught under David Cain. After Corinna's trial by fire, they spent the next five years apart as Ra's sent Cori away for various missions he felt would better her skills.

As Silken Spider, she has become an occasional nuisance, especially when dispatched to Gotham.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Metahuman Physiology**
	+ ***Pheromone Control*:** She has the ability to physically control others through chemical secretion. Her powers override the free will of weak minded people & control them through force of will.
* **Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts:** Michelle has become a formidable combatant over the years since leaving behind the musician lifestyle.
* **Knives:** When her target is further than her pheromone control can reach, Michelle will incapacitate them by throwing knives.
* **Occultism**
* **Swordsmanship:** As all members of the League, Michelle can handle herself with a sword & will last in a sword fight.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strength:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Speed:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Occult:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Weapons:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Range:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Combat:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **TOTAL:** 83 - Threat Level 2 / Low Threat

## Trivia

* The exact origin is unknown but there is a great deal of dislike between Poison Ivy & Silken Spider, Dragonfly & Tiger Moth.
* In a matter of four years, she went from high school student to global rockstar to killer assassin to mother.

## Notes

* Silken Spider was not given a civilian name in the comics.
* Her family is unique to Earth-44.
	+ William Roberts is the villain Attack Dog One & was paid by Lex Luthor to attack Superman.
	+ Chloe Roberts was a supporting character from the *Checkmate* series.
	+ Corinna RIley is Thylacine, a member of the Revolutionaries. In the comics, only first name is given.