Thea Queen (Earth-1)

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"*Trust me, Thea. You don't want any part of this life. It's dark and dangerous. Please, just live out your life how you truly wish to.*"
—Thea to her Earth-2 counterpart.[src]
**Thea Dearden Queen** (born January 21, 1995)is the daughter of ex-spouses Malcolm Merlyn and Moira Queen, the step-daughter of the late Robert Queen, maternal half-sister of the late Oliver Queen, paternal half-sister of Tommy Merlyn and a close friend of the late Sara Lance. After her brother's ex-girlfriend, Laurel Lance, became a criminal, she murdered the entirety of the Queen family, leaving Thea the sole survivor. Five years later, Bruce Wayne contacted Thea on the whereabouts of Black Siren and she told him about The Stacked Deck. Over two years later, Thea helped protect her Earth when the dominators invaded alongside heroes of both Earth-1 and Earth-2, also going by the code name **Arsenal**.

## Biography

### Early Life

At some point when she was younger, Thea met Laurel Lance who began dating her brother. The two instantly didn't like each other and would argue when ever alone together in a room. However, Laurel later broke up with Oliver as she caught him cheating on her.

After a series of bad things happening to her, Laurel was finally driven over the edge, discovered that she was a meta-human with the ability to produce a super-sonic scream and killed Oliver. After killing him, Laurel, who took on the alias Black Siren, set the Queen Mansion on fire and killed Oliver and Thea's parents. The whole time, Thea had snuck out with her friends and when she returned fell onto her knees, crying.

This traumatised her and her grades began to slip, eventually dropping out of school all together. She was left with the Queen family fortune but blew most of it on drugs and alcohol, even briefly getting into organised crime, working for the Bertinelli crime family for a short period of time. In later life, Thea realised that Laurel might return for her and spent the rest of her money on a secluded house with traps and weapons. She then began to train herself and prepared for Laurel's return. However, with little to no money, Thea took on a job as a waitress in order to make a living.

### Black Siren's Return

During her lunch break, Thea went to the back of the diner to have a beer and was approached by the vigilante from Gotham City from behind, which caused her to quickly smash her beer bottle on the wall and attempt to hold it to his neck, resulting in getting put into a choke hold. However, he exclaimed that he only wanted answers about Laurel Lance, causing Thea to calm down.

## Personality

Growing up, Thea was a very optimistic and positive young girl until the death of her family at the hands of Laurel Lance. After this event, Thea became a broken and ruthless individual who wouldn't let anything stand in the way of the one thing she wanted most in the world, revenge.

## Abilities

* **Peak of Human Physical Condition:** After her entire family was slaughtered, Thea trained herself everyday in order to be in the best physical condition she could.
	+ **Acrobatics/Free-Running:** During her training, Thea trained herself in the art of gymnastics and is capable of doing several flips all at once and turn the whole move into a back flip. She is also able to land on her feet from an extremely large height without injuring herself.
	+ **Honed Senses:**

* **Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant/Martial Artist:**
	+ **Master Archer:**
	+ **Master Knife Wielder/Knife Thrower:**
	+ **Master Markswoman:**
	+ **Master Stick-Figher:**

## Equipment

* **Bow:** Thea also purchased several bows and thousands of arrows. She also trains with it and is able to efficiently use it from a distance.
* **Arsenal suit:** Thea used a red-black suit while defending herself and a group of people against Laurel Lance. She later kept the suit and used it to protect Star City as the vigilante Arsenal.

### Former equipment

* **Firearms:** Thea purchased hundreds of firearms and frequently uses them in order to train herself in the case of Black Siren's return. Recently, she has chosen to discard of the firearms and instead relies on her bow and arrow.

## Appearances

### *Green Arrow*

Season 1
* "Bloodlines, Part 1"
* "The Caged Bird" (mentioned)

Season 2
* "Secrets Don't Keep" (mentioned)
* "Lost Canary" (mentioned)
* "Cold Shoulder" (mentioned)
* "Welcome To Earth-3"
* "Battles Lost and Won, Part 1"
* "Battles Lost and Won, Part 2"

Season 3
* "Repercussions" (mentioned)

## Behind the Scenes

* The character of **Thea Queen** is based on the archer and Green Arrow sidekick, **Mia Dearden**, also known as **Speedy**. After being rescued from a child prostitution ring by Oliver Queen, Dearden becomes his ward and eventually his sidekick.