Harper Row

## Background

### 1994 - 2009: Harper Row

Harper was born in the Narrows, one of the worst parts of Gotham due to it high poverty & crime rate. After her mother was killed when Harper was eight, it just her, her father & younger brother.

Harper was the main caregiver of the house, making sure her brother was well fed & taken care of as their father wasn't good for much. Marcus Row was an abusive drunk who left destruction in his path. He had a bad habit of breaking things throughout the house, leading Harper to be the one to fix the things he broke. The list of broken things continued to grow over time with Harper & her brother joining the list. Their best times was when their father disappeared for long periods. Sometimes he would be in jail, other times on a binge & sometimes she never knew & she was fine with that.

### 2009 - 2014: Harper Row

After Gotham was restored from The Cataclysm, Harper filed for emancipation on her sixteenth birthday. She took her brother & moved them into small one bedroom apartment in the Otisburg District. Harper picked up a job in the city as an electrical engineer & did maintenance on the city's electrical grid, all while getting her GED. While she was there, her brother was at school down the street. After Cullen came out the closet when he was sixteen, some trouble started to arise. There were a few times that Harper had to leave work in a rush to go handle some bullies who bothered Cullen due to his sexuality. After breaking the kid's nose, him & the rest of them left Cullen alone.

This lasted for some time until the bullies cornered them on their way home. She tried to defend them with her taser but it wouldn't be a match for them as more bullies arrived. They beat Harper to near consciousness & assaulted Cullen then cut his hair unevenly & shaved the word "FAG" into the back of his head. Just as they were finishing up, Harper & her brother were saved by none other than Batman. After scaring off the bullies, he took both of them to Park Row Memorial Clinic to be checked out by the residential doctor, Leslie Thompkins. She gave both some meds then a clean bill of health.

Still starstruck & determined to repay Batman, the two decided they would get the bat symbol tattooed on them. Before they were supposed to go, Harper decided against it, saying that it wasn't enough to show her gratitude. She began looking into the Bat & discovered that he had been purposely sabotaging city security cameras so there was no clear footage of him. She soon discovered his private enhancements to Gotham's electric grid & used it to track her new hero. After seeing one of the security cameras go down, Harper figured it was because of him. Putting on her homemade suit & calling herself Bluebird, Harper showed up just as Batman was tying up some thieves. After she made her case, he dismissed her but Harper proved to be persistent.

### 2014 - Present: Bluebird

In time, Batman eventually gave in & brought her on a trial basis, though some members were not okay with this (aka Red Robin, though it was mostly due to having another technological genius). It remained like this for some months before Harper became a full fledged member of the Bat Family.

Recently, Harper has decided to get a college education & with the help of Bruce, she's now enrolled at Gotham University to received her degree in electrical engineering. When not doing vigilante or school work, Harper spends her down time volunteering at the Park Row Clinic & with other members of the Bat Family.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Electrical Engineering**: Row has gained impressive experience with electronics having to fend for herself most of her life. Her skill is so great that she actually improved one of Batman's gadgets.
* **Gadgetry:** She designed her armor, a horizontal line launcher, her ascension boots, horizontal line launcher & a shock-pellet rifle.
* **Computer Operation**
* **Firearms**
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Her go to form of combat is kickboxing.
* **Ascension Boots:** Harper designed specially boots with grappling hooks on the sole permitting her to ascend/descend as well as hang to perform hands free tasks.
* **Bluebird Rifle:** She create a weapon that fires electric rounds at enemies.

### Weaknesses

* **Inexperience:** She is the most inexperienced in combat of the Bat Family. Without her gadgets, she is vulnerable in close quarters.
* **Father:** At her core, Harper fears becoming like her father. She even started drinking under age to escape her horrible life.
* **Cullen Row:** There is no competition when it comes to Cullen. She will do what is necessary to keep him safe & alive, even taking most of the beatings from their father.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* After fixing her brother's hair from the bullies' attack, Harper gave herself a matching haircut.
* Harper has a crush on Batwoman.
* She was able to get the apartment as she promised the landlady she would help with any electronic issues if they let her & her brother move in.
* Bruce has offered Harper & Cullen their own rooms at Wayne Manor or to get them an apartment close by. She refused as she already feels in debt to him & doesn't want to take advantage of his generosity. He has promised to hire her at Wayne Enterprises if she ever applies.
* She's been showing an interest in Rose Forrest. The two previously had a flirtatious relationship.
* She previosuly had a relationship with Francine Charles.