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Post by Arsenal on Feb 16, 2017 12:23:11 GMT
ARSENAL
Real Name: Roy William Harper, Jr.
Alias: Arsenal, Red Arrow
Identity: Secret
Age: 26
Species: Human
Physical Appearance:
Standing at 5' 11 and weighing in at 195lbs, Roy is heavily built and clearly leads a very active life. His hair is as bright ginger as it gets, and eyes as green as they come. On his left arm is a Navajo band tattoo which carries a lot of meaning to him.
Other notable marks are 5 scars on his chest from bullet wounds, as well as a straight surgical scar down the middle of his sternum from open-heart surgery.
When out of costume, Roy prefers jeans, hiking boots and comfortable t-shirts with a jacket on top. Nothing too fancy; he prefers durability and comfort to glamour.
When in costume, Roy wears a form-fitting (not skintight; there is a difference) suit of black and red leather, with bullet-resistant rubber 'fabric' sandwiched between layers of kevlar. It leaves his arms bare to allow for wide range of mobility necessary for drawing back a bow. He wears black gloves. A weapons belt has additional holsters for weapons, including multiple knives, magazines, even a grenade or two. He also carries two pistols in thigh rigs. More knife sheathes around his boots, also black, and even a shoulder sheathe or two. He's very well armed.
A red domino mask with white lenses hides his identity, though he'll use anything in a pinch, including sunglasses, a visor, or Lian's fingerpaint.
Personality:
Roy is a person that needs roots and wings. After some dubious parenting and impermanent father-figures, Roy has sought a place to belong and seeks validation from those he admires. Early in life, the person to serve that role would Green Arrow; after, it would be Nightwing and the other Titans. Yet at the same time, he's learned to not restrict himself to his reflection in other people's eyes. He's grown to be a confident, self-possessed man who takes critique, but not bullsh*t. He doesn't allow anyone to just steam-roll over him -- he doesn't place his identity in other people anymore and they will acknowledge, respect, and work with him on his terms.
That said, Roy is a man that needs roots; he needs other people. He doesn't handle well in isolation and requires family to keep himself focused and driven with purpose. When alone, he turns inward to tear himself apart and falls into a spiral of despair. He has no reason to be a better person if someone is relying on him. It's deeply a part of his nature to protect and care for family above all else. Whenever something goes wrong or someone is hurt, Roy blames himself and no other. He tears chunks out of himself and stops at nothing to fix the problem or prove he can do better -- though who he's proving it to sometimes even he's not sure. When sh*t hits the fan, he always rises to the occasion and overcomes it through sheer force of will and fierce love for those he cares about. When things get personal, moral heroic no-kill codes go right out the window.
However, that side of him only comes out in times of extremity. If he had such focus and determination in all things, he'd certainly have a much different life. As it is, he's prone to making bad decisions, but always does well by his team/family. He's a class A jokester, cocky and rarely serious unless the situation calls for it. He is the pulse of a team banter, even when he's the team leader or in dire straights. If he's going to die, no use panicking about it -- might as well snark the bad guy about their choice of evil hideouts before he blows the C4. He likes to be loud and cocksure and make pithy comments at every opportunity, especially if there are cameras or beautiful women around. He also likes being a bit reckless and wreaking a little havoc now and then, but only if appropriate. Despite the color theme, he isn't a hot-head.
Though for all his jocularity, he is always deeply caring and has a lot of insight into what suffering looks like. If a friend has endured a great loss who wants to be alone, he can't let them do it. He knows all too well what kinds of things people do when in really bad situations and won't turn a respectful 'blind eye,' no matter what they say. He reaches out to them, actively helping in a no-pressure manner. He doesn't push, letting them work things out in their own time, and provides comfortable, quippy company for a friend in need until they feel better. It's how he do.
Roy knows when to be serious and when not to be, which puts him in a very rare middleground for heroes. Either you get raw, untrained newbies like Argent or Starfire, or the very cold and ruthless professionals like Nightwing or Tempest. Roy can be a leader or a follower as the occasion calls for it, keeping things light and easy when needed. When the game-face goes on, make no mistake, he's got serious training and fought alongside the best. He's no pushover. When people start to panic or demand he take action, he keeps order and takes charge, and relinquishes leading when the crisis is past. He's not an alpha male.
Roy's greatest weakness is, perhaps, attractive women. He's not discriminating -- he likes all types. Roy just plain likes sex and doesn't make any attachments about it. He's a ladies man through and through and often thinks of sex or makes moves at the damnedest times. However, as part of his contradicting nature, he avoids intimacy or even admitting his feelings to the women he truly does care for.
Powers:
None. Roy is 100% human.
Abilities:
- Archery: Roy is one of the best marksman on the planet. He's able to hit a moving target at 200 feet and put the arrow right where he wants it. He's even faster than Green Arrow, who once declared that Roy can, "Shoot the eye out of a flying bird while falling backwards off a building."
- Firearms: Very capable with firearms, from handguns to rifles though his aim is still the most true and devastating with a bow.
- Throwing: Excellently skilled with all throwing weapons including, but not limited to, knives, balls, bolas, darts. All with his trademark accuracy.
- Weaponry: Master of Moo Gi Gong, Roy is extremely proficient with a wide array of weaponry. He can take virtually any object and use it in combat as an effective weapon.
- Martial Arts: Throughout his life, he has trained under many excellent martial artists, including Black Canary, one of the top 7 hand-to-hand combatants in the world. Others include Green Arrow, Nightwing, and the other Titans. He's even learned boxing from Green Lantern Hal Jordan.
- Swordsman: Thanks to training under Green Arrow, Roy is also a very capable swordsman, particularly fencing, though he prefers using his bow or throwing knives. He was able to give Deathstroke a fairly good (if fairly short) fight once.
- Stick Fighting: Thanks to his training time with Nightwing, he's also quite skilled in stick fighting, though on one can come close to the true master of the art, Nightwing himself.
- Investigation: Roy has proven himself to have a keen eye and an analytical mind. Coming from a very downtrodden and poor background, he often thinks around more practical lines than some others.
- Streetwise: Again, thanks to the darker elements of his past, he has a perspective many heroes do not. He knows why people turn to drugs and addiction. He knows what it's like to be weak and how people are taken advantage of. He has street contacts from old drug junkies and dealers he knew in the past.
- Bi-lingual: In addition to good ol American English, Roy is also fluent in Navajo, and has spoken it since he was very very young.
Weapons/Equipment:
- Custom Bow: This was made by Roy himself. 80lb draw compound bow, and very sturdy -- it acts as a very handy whacking stick in a pinch.
- Trick Arrows: Nothing 'tricky' about these anymore. Gone are the days of a boxing-glove arrow. Oh no. Roy uses steel-tipped arrows, very sharp and applied with perfect precision. These are also made by him and include, but not limited to:
- Explosive Arrow: This piece of C4 packs a HELL of a punch. It's high-grade explosive that can blow clean through reinforced, hardened concrete walls. Incidentally, it's Roy's favorite.
- Glue Arrow: This looks like an explosive arrow, but it actually covers the target in a very hard, fast-drying and rapidly expanding polymer foam that hardens within moments on contact. Meant to bind and immobilize a target.
- Flashbang Arrow: Exactly what it sounds like, this produces a very loud noise and bright light meant to disorient and blind enemies.
- Electric Arrow: For long-range tazing, this arrow delivers 50k volts to the target, quite a nasty shock.
- EMP Arrow: This arrow puts out an electromagnetic pulse that can reach up to 100 meters, frying any delicate electronics in the area that aren't shielded.
- Flare: This works just like a magnesium flare, meant for lighting up an area, both in the wild or indoors. It burns EXTREMELY hot and can do a lot of damage if shot at someone.
- Tear Gas Arrow: This arrow fills an area with tear gas.
- Chloroform Arrow: This arrow, similar to the above, disperses areosolized chloroform to knock out even the biggest of foes. Not as effective in open or windy areas.
- Greek Fire Arrow: This arrow continuously injects a stream of Greek fire into it's target, to devastating effect.
- Grappling Arrow: The ever-useful, highly important grappling arrow, this tip is built to get a very good bite into any surface and trails a long, thin cord of excellent strength, meant to bear the weight of Roy Harper and anyone else he might be carrying.
- Suit Tazer: Like other members of the BatFamily, Roy's suit is capable of giving a grappling opponent 50,000 volts of electricity. Good for 2 uses before needing to recharge.
- Colt .45 1911A1 handguns: These tried and true handguns are always on hand and often used to disable or lay down suppressing fire. Their high rate of fire is useful when a bow cannot be used.
- Throwing Knives: Some are small, some are not. He has at least a dozen on his person at all times. Also has balls, bolas, darts and other objects of projectile weaponry.
- Armored Suit: As mentioned above, this black and red suit keeps his arms bare but provides excellent protection against small arms fire by utilizing the cutting edge fabrics and thin polymer rubbers all sandwiched between leather and layers of kevlar padding. His mask/visor also provides a nightvision and protection from flash-bang blasts.
History:
Born to Roy William Harper Sr, a forest ranger, Roy Jr. never grew up with a mother and in fact has stated that he doesn't even know her name. He was raised by his father until, when Roy was just two years old, a major forest fire swept the area. His father died evacuating people from the Navajo reservation threatened by the blaze.
The shaman of the tribe, Brave Bow, adopted Roy Jr in honor of his father's sacrifice, officially adopting the red-head into the Tachini tribe. Brave Bow saw in Roy a natural talent for archery and encouraged him to develop the skill until Roy possessed the skill of someone twice his age. When he Green Arrow made his public debut, Roy was thoroughly enchanted and idolized the hero, hoping to impress him one day. He got his chance at an archery competition that Green Arrow would be the judge of, held at the reservation. While the final round of the contest was rigged (Roy had been given a magnetized arrow and missed) Roy also stopped a robbery nearby, drawing and firing an arrow before Ollie could. Ollie noted that they young boy was 'speedier' than himself and offered to train him as his mentor. Shortly after this, Brave Bow died and Roy was officially made Oliver Queen's ward.
After extensive training, Roy was deemed fit for crime-fighting and dubbed 'Speedy', Green Arrow's own sidekick. Life was just what he'd dreamed, fighting side-by-side his idol and mentor. When Green Arrow joined the JLA, Roy found a place with the Teen Titans, making many friends with Donna Troy, Aqualad, Robin (Dick Grayson), Kid Flash, and others. He developed a semi-serious relationship with Donna, which ended up with them being good friends.
Then things took a turn for the worse. The Teen Titans disbanded, his mentor and only father-figure lost all his fortune and was too wrapped-up in his own problems to care about Roy. With his guardian traveling America with his friend Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and girlfriend Black Canary, Roy had nothing to his name and nowhere to belong. Abandoned and increasingly depressed, Roy turned to heroin. When Green Arrow found out about his addiction, he kicked Roy to the streets. With the support of Black Canary, he kicked the habit by himself, going cold turkey, just to stick it to Oliver.
Damage done, Roy divorced himself from Green Arrow's identity as much as he could, even rejoining a briefly re-made Teen Titans, and acting as an addiction counselor. Shortly after, the group disbanded again. Still, his exploits as a Teen Titan had caught the interest of the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI), an organization dedicated to tracking down and stopping drug trafficking and terrorism. Under their employment, he learned how to handle firearms with excellent proficiency and became an official drug enforcement agent.
While undercover for a delicate operation, he was tasked with gaining the trust of world's second deadliest assassin known as Cheshire. The plan worked -- too well. The two fell in love and Roy couldn't bring himself to turn her in. Knowing that their relationship couldn't go anywhere good, he left her. A year later, during a battle with the Teen Titans again, Cheshire dropped a bomb -- she'd given birth to his child.
With the help of Nightwing, Roy recovered from the poison Cheshire had hit him with, tracked her down and finally gained sole custody of their daughter Lian -- all before the age of 19.
Roy continued his work with the CBI and eventually its successor organization, Checkmate. Around this time, his former buddies, the Teen Titans, were going through some hell of their own. They were targeted by a villainous society, their headquarters were blown up and they were distrusted by the American government. Nightwing made a deal with Roy's boss -- Sarge Steel -- that the team would accept government oversight and stepped down as leader, appointing Roy in his place. Now known as Arsenal, he lead the team on a few adventures before they once again disbanded to to lack of a commitment. A brief, serious relationship with Donna Troy was attempted but ultimately failed when she was struggling with her own identity issues.
A few years later, a mysterious organization known as Optitron offered to sponsor Young Justice and the Titans, no longer teens. Both teams encountered an android named Indigo, who killed Lilith and Donna Troy before being subdued. They all parted ways to grieve their fallen comrades.
Shortly after, Roy, as Arsenal, accepted Optitron's offer and formed the Outsiders. This was a team with a different focus, who would focus finding villains and terrorists and stopping them before they'd done something horrible. A rather new take on the usual reactive as opposed to proactive nature of heroes. This team included the android Indigo, now reprogrammed to be a hero. During this time, Lian was kidnapped by a child slave ring but was rescued just in time before she was shipped out of the country. Even so, she would forever bear a brand on her lower back, marking her as chattel for that ring. Unfortunately, after several adventures, it turned out that Deathstroke and the Fearsome Five had been manipulating the Outsiders all along and Indigo was a plant for Brainiac. She almost destroyed the team and Nightwing left.
After Nightwing and Red Hood got information that Black Lightning had been framed for a murder he did not commit, the Outsiders tried to free the retired hero. The attempt failed and Roy realized he wasn't cut out for cloak-and-dagger operations. He left the team to Nightwing's care.
A year later, Roy was approached by Green Lantern, Black Canary, and Green Arrow in an offer to join the Justice League of America. Roy accepted happily (but not before he thought they were pulling a prank on him) and he was accepted into the League under the name Red Arrow. However, after a failed relationship with Kendra (Hawkgirl) and a disastrous confrontation with the Shadow Cabinet, Roy declare the League out of his league, and left.
Shortly afterward, while working solo as Arsenal, he was contacted by Red Hood again, who was trying to get into contact with the Outsiders, not knowing the team had disbanded. Since Roy had been the leader at the time, he was the one that got the phone call. According to Red Hood, something big was going awry with Starfire's memories and he needed help tracking down what had happened, suspecting other memory-tampering might have occurred as well. Roy agreed to aid him and the three of them embarked on a very strange and wild adventures to solve Starfire's memory problems. During this time, the three became quite close friends, and developed a deep camaraderie. They had uncovered a plot involving a group of magic user's trying to alter memories of Earth's heroes to bend them to their will. After an immense battle, they succeeded in driving the magic users into their mystical dimension.
Afterwards, the three retired to Roy's place to just sit and take in their victory. Lian was very eager to show off her drawings to her father's teammates, 'Uncle Jay and Aunt Kori'. Roy left them to do a pizza run, still in his heroic regalia, and was a block away when he was suddenly pulled into a new earth.
Weaknesses:
- Heroin Addiction: Roy, as a former addict, still fights and chooses every day to not let the call of addiction make him fall off the wagon. Still, it's a major temptation and when things get very bad, he starts to slip back to it. He fears he'll fall back into this addiction every day.
- Losing Purpose and Friends: Roy doesn't do well alone. He NEEDS people. He needs connection. When he's alone, he spirals downward very fast, taking up addiction, becoming very depressed, and losing everything he had. No matter which way you spin it, Roy needs a place to belong, people that appreciate and accept him. He needs to have a purpose or he just starts down a path of self-destruction.
- Threatening Family: Do this, and Roy loses all his cool. This extends to his teammates as well. The gloves come off. There is no more 'good guys don't kill' rules anymore. Roy will tear through anyone and everything to get his family back and keep them safe.
- Short Run: Unlike others, Roy simply isn't the best for running the long-term plots. He's excellent in a fight, always ready to be johnny on the spot, but the cold, calculating plans of cloak and dagger, even he realizes he's not cut out for.
- Always In The Shadow: He fears he'll never be recognized as a man and hero of his own worth. He fears he'll never be able to get out from under the shadows of mistakes he's made and, most of all, he'll always just be second fiddle to Green Arrow.
- Jealousy: He'd never admit it but he still feels like he's out of his class when stacked with heroes like Nightwing, Tempest, Flash, and Donna Troy. He's intimidated, despite them being his closest friends and in a way, his only family. He never hesitates to work with the team and throws himself into their challenges without hesitation, but still feels like he's the 'overlooked' member. It's not his show and never was. He's the tagalong.
- Not The One You Think With: Roy likes women. He's not picky. He likes sex. This can be a detriment at times and he's had no qualms about sleeping within or flirting within the team at every opportunity. Almost always, however, the sex is just casual, nothing more. He relies on his with and charm to get the interest of women. He's also more easily seduced and distracted by women, but not when they are, you know, trying to kill him. He has a VERY strong survival instinct, thank you.
- Only Human: Despite all his gifts, Roy is only human and can be killed by normal means.
Other Information:
- Always quipping. He's just as bad, if not worse, than Nightwing.
- If something annoys you, he'll do it, just to annoy you. This is how the nickname 'Jaybird' came about. He will continue to this nickname until his dying breath. Even if said dying breath is inflicted by the holder of that nickname.
- Really, truly will pay top dollar for a nanny that can watch Lian and will keep her safe.
- He's the most awesome single dad ever. He loves his baby girl and makes pancakes in the shape of penguins just for her. He even plays 'heroes and bad guys' with Lian and her enormous variety of stuffed toys. When it comes to Lian, he has no shame in showing his unabashed love and pride in her.
- Due to his background and youth, he has a very down-to-earth look at things. Such as seeing obvious solutions to problems that others would't consider, simply because he's a very practical and straight-forward thinker. While Nightwing is coming up with all sorts of elaborate solutions, Roy can point out something obvious and overlooked. He's a voice of pragmatism.
- Again, due to Green Arrow's dubious oversight, Roy isn't big on following the rules. He's more of a 'if it works, don't fix it' kinda guy. He's got a rebel streak for authority in him, but not to the point of just being difficult for its own sake. He's chaotic neutral in this regard, going with what works and not thinking too far ahead.
- Officially total bros with Nightwing and Red Hood. It's an astonishing testament to his laid-back and amicable character that he is truly best friends with these polar opposites and never has to compromise his friendship to either.
Lian helps. - He is FIERCELY and unwaveringly loyal to Nightwing, Red Hood, and the others of his 'family' with utterly no question of where he stands when sh*t hits the fan -- by their side. He's the best friend you could ask for, and probably don't deserve.
- He calls Lian etai yazi which is 'little girl' in Navajo.
OOC Information
OOC Name: Razzy
Face Claim: provided comic images
