Mia Dearden

Oliver Queen (Cousin/Caretaker)

## Biography: (Written by Overwatch)

### Mia Dearden: 1999 - 2014

Born on August 1st, 1999 to Liam Dearden the youngest brother of Moira Queen along with his wife Isabel Dearden, with the family having grown surrounded by wealth she would often live in various cities before settling down back on Star City within the suburbs at the age of 10. During one summer Mia had over heard a conversation between here parents, with anomaly in a doctors check up, stating that Liam wasn't Mia's biological father.

Having overheard this conversation, Mia had worried for a upcoming divorce, though this wouldn't last long as here parents had hired a bodyguard, an ex Black ops operative, Cole Cash while Mia didn't know that much about him it's clear that he wasn't open to sharing his history. During the two years in Liam's employ the two seemed to have fostered a bond, that all changed however, when returning from school one day Cole sensed something wrong but by then it was too late.

Mia had found a man standing over her dead parents bodies, after letting out a scream that had confirmed Cole's thoughts Mia had fallen into a catatonic like state and if it weren't for the timely arrival of Cole Mia would've been dead, after snapping out of her blank state she found her self in Keystone viewing Cole popping his arm back in place.

Upon needing the full truth from her, Cole decided that the best bet was to find a living relative and find the people who killed her parents, figuring that Star City, where her cousin Oliver Queen would be a better fit for her though on their way there Cole figured that Mia would need to know to fend for self.

### Speedy: 2014 - Present Day

During their time being hunted Cole had discovered the men that had been ordered to kill her parents were a group who called themselves The Colony, hunting teens down who they believed were metahumans who used them for their own uses. After setting up in a remote cottage far out from the cities. Cola had begun to pass his teaching onto Mia and the two would live off plants and whatever animals were found in the wilderness as she would begin to use the skills of a bow rather than gun.

Jump forward a couple of months Mia seemed to have proved to be a better archer than Cole, as by the time winter was beginning to roll in Mia had seemed to excel greatly in her skills, this would change however as The Colony had sent their men to ambush Cole and Mia after coming back from a day of hunting. Having begun a gun fight Cole and Mia had chose to stand their ground instead fighting their way through men to get to their escape route. This would backfire however as due to Mia's experience Cole had Mia to run ahead while he held them off. Seeing their plan Harvest shot Cole and had knocked out Mia, dragging her back to the Colony, upon arriving there Mia was mentally broken and tortured into becoming a gladiator who proved to be a champion with Cole's teachings.

While Mia proved to be stubborn enough to fight off the control she was subjected through her will was strong enough as Oliver and Cole along with the Team had arrived to shut down the Colony, after buying her enough therapists for a life time, Mia seemed to have moved past her PTSD. Eventually she made the connection of Oliver being Green Arrow having made a fast recovery she decided to be a little "Speedy" with her training...

## Strengths

* Expert Survivalist, Archer and Tracker
* Remarkable Athletic and Agile
* Well-Trained Martial Artist and Swordsman
* Highly Resilient and Stubborn
* Expert Motorcyclist, Driver and Pilot
* Expert in Personal Fitness and Nutrition
* Assorted Array of Trick Arrows and Gadgets

## Weaknesses

* **Compassion:** While it isn't a much as a weakness it can be viewed as a heel with Mia rejecting. the idea of hurting those to an un needed degree.

## Trivia

* She hates and I mean hates those who use the justice system to their own advantage as it's quite personal for her.
* Mia at first wanted the role of Arrowette but since Thea had been using it she felt that her Speedy recovery from therapy, she figured that SPeedy would be more fitting.
* She has a close bound with Emiko Queen, Conner Hawke, and Mason Queen with the three having forged a bound quite easily.
* She also seemes to enjoy being around with Roy Harper and Artemis Crock along with Thea Queen.
* Mia hangs around more with Nora Da Silva since the two have a shared trauma and have since become close friends.
* Mia often feels outclassed by her fellow Titans though she constantly attempts to better her attempts.
* She for some reason had gained a crush on Silas Matthew before the two had started dating later that summer.