Roy William Harper, Jr., (born in 1991) is a street-savvy teenager from the Glades. He is the son of the late Roy Harper, Sr. and an unnamed woman, the ex-boyfriend, of Thea Queen, a good friend of Sin, and the current protege of Oliver Queen. When he first appeared Roy was a street criminal who was resentful of everyone until he met Thea who showed him another way of life and became more calm as he fell in love with her. He also used to be one of The Arrow's main supporters, until the Arrow shot him in the knee with an arrow, telling him that the life he was trying to live was dangerous. However when Roy discovered the reason why the Arrow shot him in his knee with an arrow in the first place, and discovered his identity, Roy regained respect for Oliver, and he has become one of Oliver's main supporters again. He was one of a number of people kidnapped and injected with the Mirakuru serum in an attempt to create a superhuman army for Slade Wilson's Blood Cult. He was training under Oliver in an attempt to control his powers, but after Oliver forced Roy to break up with Thea which resulted in her being kidnapped, Roy left Starling City.
BIOGRAPHY
Roy does not like to steal and only does it because he is in a bad situation. He resents rich people because he believes most of them are greedy, arrogant and selfish, and he is not above taking things for free, particularly from rich people. Despite his initial dislike of Thea at the time, he saved her from two thugs before they can steal from her, showing that he tries to do the right thing. He has a fear of needles (but it is mentioned that this fear may stem from past experiences and a fear of becoming a drug addict). He has stated he will never beg for his life because his enemies do not deserve the satisfaction.
He is shown to be grateful, as after The Arrow saved his life, he seeks to find out his identity. Roy states that he owes him everything, and possibly worships The Arrow, because he believes him to be a hero. Roy later says the reason he wants to find The Arrow is because he lost someone and wants The Arrow to mentor him, so he doesn't lose anyone else ever again.
He is impulsive, shown when he steals a police radio, in order to help himself find The Arrow, and gets arrested for it. He later broke up with Thea, because he would not give up on his search for The Arrow, but he regretted it and got back together with her. He is also shown to be a selfless person, rescuing and helping people.
In Season 2, like Oliver, Roy has a sense of justice and honor, and he has morals and remorse for his actions, Roy at times can be short tempered and hot-headed.
Despite his rough start with Thea, Roy is shown to genuinely love Thea and was only able to keep the Mirakuru from completely twisting his mind by focusing on his romantic feelings for Thea. Later on when he trained in archery, he didn't lose his temper when he repeatedly missed his mark and simply commented he thought he would have hit one. However, when he was shot in the hand, he lost control of his rage and Oliver to resort to using Thea's nickname, "Speedy", to snap him out of it.
He is shown to be grateful, as after The Arrow saved his life, he seeks to find out his identity. Roy states that he owes him everything, and possibly worships The Arrow, because he believes him to be a hero. Roy later says the reason he wants to find The Arrow is because he lost someone and wants The Arrow to mentor him, so he doesn't lose anyone else ever again.
He is impulsive, shown when he steals a police radio, in order to help himself find The Arrow, and gets arrested for it. He later broke up with Thea, because he would not give up on his search for The Arrow, but he regretted it and got back together with her. He is also shown to be a selfless person, rescuing and helping people.
In Season 2, like Oliver, Roy has a sense of justice and honor, and he has morals and remorse for his actions, Roy at times can be short tempered and hot-headed.
Despite his rough start with Thea, Roy is shown to genuinely love Thea and was only able to keep the Mirakuru from completely twisting his mind by focusing on his romantic feelings for Thea. Later on when he trained in archery, he didn't lose his temper when he repeatedly missed his mark and simply commented he thought he would have hit one. However, when he was shot in the hand, he lost control of his rage and Oliver to resort to using Thea's nickname, "Speedy", to snap him out of it.
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
Roy is a physically fit male with brown hair and blue eyes. He stands at around 5"9' in height with a toned and muscular physique. He has a solid jaw line with strong bone structure and cheekbones.
Since his arrival, Roy is often shown wearing a red hooded jumper, which is a definite nod to his comic alter ego, Red Arrow.
Since his arrival, Roy is often shown wearing a red hooded jumper, which is a definite nod to his comic alter ego, Red Arrow.
ABILITIES
- Superhuman Physical Condition: In "Three Ghosts", he is injected with the Mirakuru and manages to survive. Among his physical capacity was increased was stamina, strength, durability and reflexes, in addition to an accelerated healing factor.
- Enhanced Strength: In "Blast Radius", Roy is shown to be strong enough to lift a light platform. In "Blind Spot", he can easily break bricks and concrete. In "Tremors", he is strong enough to punch through a steel box that is designed to withstand a bomb. In "The Promise" Roy is shown to not have as much strength as Slade seeing as Slade easily overpowered his hand while they shook hands.
- Enhanced Durability: In "Blast Radius", Roy is shown to be able to take a hit from a light platform, that was about to fall on Moira. In "Blind Spot", he was able to punch through a brick wall without any visible damage to his hand.
- Enhanced Stamina: The Mirakuru, reduces the effects of fatigue allowing Roy to exert himself at peak capacity greater then any human Could.
- Enhanced Speed: As with Slade it can be presumed that Roy's speed is greatly enhanced with the effects of Mirakuru.
- Rapid Cell Regeneration: the Mirakuru injection has greatly enhanced Roy's ability to heal. Within a day of getting shot by an arrow, Roy's scar was completely gone, and when glasses landed on his arm he was healed within a day.
- Free running/Acrobatics: In "Dodger", when attempting to flee from Thea and Laurel, Roy showed he could easily scale a fence multiple meters high in one fluid movement, making use of a nearby wall to provide leverage. In "Broken Dolls", Roy is shown to be fast enough to catch up with Sin.
- Skilled street fighter: Having grown up in the Glades all his life, Roy had taught himself to fight back. In "The Huntress Returns", Roy was able to hold out on his own while fighting three thugs, even using the wall to build up centripetal force, jumping over one the thugs and strike him down. In "Sacrifice", he took out two thugs without taking a hit from them, by flipping the second thug onto the then down first thug. In "City of Heroes", he has shown an ability to fight more than three opponents simultaneously, including when they wield weapons. He is still not at the level of Oliver.
- Skilled marksman: In "Identity", Roy is shown to be skilled enough to throw a flechette, straight at Oliver's face (under the guise of The Arrow), which Oliver managed to catch, Roy has good accuracy despite the fact that he was not trained in archery.