Arsenal

Arsenal (Scenesys ID: 79)
Quote
"Ever stop to think why we have so much fun fighting so many different crooks, G.A.?"
Profile
Full Name:	Roy William Harper, Jr.
Gender:	Male
Species:	Human
Theme:	DC (FC)
Occupation:	Hero
Citizenship:	Dominion of Canada
Residence:	Mobile
Education:	Public school, homeschooled, Private high school
Status:	Dropped
Groups:	Team Arrow, Outsiders, Starling-OOC
Other Information
Apparent Age:	21	Actual Age:	21
Date of Birth	13 July 2005	Actor:	Colton Haynes
Height:	180 cm	Weight:	84 kg
Hair Color:	Red	Eye Color:	Green
Theme Song:	{{{Song}}}

Profile

Former orphan, former sidekick, former junkie, former Teen Titan, former Justice League, former... lots of things. Once he was Speedy, but he left the Boy Bowman behind a long time ago. Now he's Arsenal, and he's returned to Starling City.

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Description

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This young man is built like the bow he carries; lean and deadly. Bright coppery-red hair, cut spiky and short, adorns his head. He's handsome, maybe too much so and too aware of that fact from the cocky smirk he usually shows to the world. His eyes are bright green, his complexion fair and lightly freckled. His strongly-muscled blade-like physique is both powerful and quick - a deadly combination.

He's dressed head to toe in light leather for protection and concealment. His features are concealed behind a simple red leather domino mask, fastened at the back of his head. His upper torso and hood are dark crimson, with extra protective padding at the shoulders and elbows, accented by black leather stitching. The bottom half of the uniform is black; multiple belts and buckles showing, equipment and weapons visible on them. His high boots are black as well. A truncheon is stashed in a thigh sheath.

Over the young man's back is a black quiver full of arrows, and the attachment site for a collapsible longbow.

History

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Roy's story begins with the death of one father and gaining another. His natural father was killed fighting a forest fire, and the boy was raised on a Navaho reservation by Brave Bow. Brave Bow taught Roy to be a remarkable archer, as well as many other wilderness skills. Those talents enabled him to help Green Arrow on a case; GA then took in Roy as a ward and a partner.

Speedy became one of the first superhero sidekicks, and joined the Teen Titans along with Robin, and Aqualad. The bonds he formed there would prove to be the most stable and enduring in his life - his friends in the Titans have pulled him back from the brink many times.

As his life in the Titans was on the upswing, his private life went downhill until he sought solace in drug use. He went through a long dark time that has colored his life ever since. Finally emerging clean, he gradually re-established his contacts with other heroes and had to regain their trust.

The hardest was returning to Starling City and rejoining Team Arrow. He's done that, now, and he's looking forward to a fresh start in life as Arsenal.

Personality

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Roy is an engine with no off switch. He's so competent at being a costumed adventurer that no other life has ever worked for him, and the skillset that lets him be a stellar superhero often get him in trouble in his personal life.

Roy has substantial anger control and impulse control issues, which go hand in hand with each other. He's first through the window or off the ledge. Without someone there to hold him back, he'll bull his way into a situation and trust his amazing skills to get him out alive. So far this has worked, which also feeds into his overconfidence.

He also has addiction issues and will for the rest of his life. He has succumbed more than once to addictions, either drugs or sex or drink, and he's put each of them behind him - until the next time he falls. He fears that day and knows it WILL come, so he tries to cover up with more joking and deflection. Many times he can feed his need with pure adrenaline, but that can only last for so long.

Abilities

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Skills

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ARCHERY
Roy is one of the most skilled archers in the world, able to operate left or right handed, single-handed, with his feet, etc etc. He never misses. Ever. He can rapid-fire a bow faster than Legolas ever dreamed of, change up targets on the fly, and hit tiny moving targets. Shots nobody else would even attempt are everyday exercises for him.

ATHLETIC
Roy is a top-grade athlete in most forms of physical exertion. Climbing ropes, running along icy ledges at top speed, taking insane crazy risks with acrobatics and parkour - all part of the job.

DETECTIVE
Roy is a passable detective, having learned some simply by osmosis from hanging around Dick Grayson so much. He's no great shakes at it, though.

FIREARMS
Roy is an excellent marksman even with firearms, though he can't pull off the extraordinary feats someone like Deadshot could accomplish.

MARTIAL ARTS
Roy is skilled in multiple forms of martial arts, thanks to the teachings of Green Arrow and Black Canary. Because of this, he's successfully mastered multiple forms of martial arts, including Boxing, Aikido, Moo Gi Gong, Kung Fu, multiple stick fighting martial arts, and Kickboxing. By no means is he a grandmaster or anything like that, but he can hold his own against the best of them. Doesn't mean he'll win, but he can hang.

ROCK ON
Roy played guitar and sang vocals for Great Frog for a number of years. He's a good musician. but GF has never ascended much above the local club circuit.

STREETWISE

The only positive thing that came from Roy's time as an addict is that he knows the street life inside and out. He knows how to find and contact various lowlife types, and talk with them on their own terms.

Resources

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CONTACTS
Roy Harper is well connected. He's got friends all over the superhero community and he's also still a well known name on the streets. Either as Roy or as Arsenal, there's a good chance that he can get some people to talk. The cherry on top of all these contacts are Roy's various one night stands. They may or may not want to kill him but they could prove to be useful from time to time. Either with info or a place to crash or even a change of clothes.

TEAM ARROW
Roy is a member of Team Arrow for life. There are times when he and Oliver won't speak for months at a time. Where the Team itself is at each other's throats. Where they all wish the others would just never speak to them again. But during life or death situations or when the chips are really down, Team Arrow can count on each other. They fight like cats and dogs but they are family.

TITANS
Roy is a founding member of the original Titans. As such he has them as firm contacts, and can usually depend on Titans equipment or residences as needed.

TRICK ARROWS

Roy uses normal arrows most of the time, but he does have a selection of unique and useful weird toys - non-lethal arrows, ice, fire, flare, explosive, glue, grapples, and more. He usually has a small selection of specialized devices with him or on his person. For missions where he knows that they are faving, this selection can change greatly.

Weaknesses

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ENEMIES
Roy has been a superhero for a long time. Any Green Arrow enemies are his as well. Any old Titans enemies are his as well. As are any number of normal criminals in Starling City.

IMPULSE CONTROL
Roy has a problem controlling both his anger and his actions He wants to be the first over the wall or through the window, confident that his skills can win the day again. He has a hair-trigger temper and is prone to blowups that later require some pretty extensive apologies.

RECOVERING ADDICT
Even though Roy has kicked his heroin habit, he's still vulnerable to the siren call of any form of escape be it in drugs or alcohol. He's still vulnerable to them both with the constant stress of his adventuring life, and the hazards he faces.

SECRET IDENTITY

Roy Harper's life as Speedy/Arsenal is a closely-guarded secret. Finding out that would endanger most of Team Arrow as well.

Logs

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Title	Date	Scene Summary
Dealing with Arms Dealers: Tracking a Link	April 8th, 2019	Summary needed
Bar's Are Interesting Places	March 17th, 2019	Summary needed
Arsenals, felines and paratroopers.	March 14th, 2019	Red Hood and Arsenal talk about a new Outlaws with Galina and Kitty in attendance. Kestrel makes a visit. Kitty and Galina talk Sentinels
Sentinels: Down by the Docks	February 27th, 2019	Red Hood and Galina investigate what was beyond the Crimson Dynamo facility. They run afoul of the FSB.
Getting the Gang Back Together	February 25th, 2019	Summary needed
All the Music	February 25th, 2019	Summary needed
Breakfast Ackward	February 10th, 2019	Summary needed
CupCake Date	January 31st, 2019	Summary needed
Some People Are Awesome	January 16th, 2019	Summary needed
Outsiders Meeting Up	January 15th, 2019	Summary needed
Bars Make Holidays	December 27th, 2018	Summary needed
Rise of The Outsiders: Arsenal	December 6th, 2018	Summary needed
It's Just Business	December 5th, 2018	Summary needed
A New Arsenal	December 5th, 2018	Arsenal returns to the Bunker and reunites with Oliver and Dinah. Catchup is had, and an archery competition.
Make a Car Smile, Take It for a Joy Ride	September 12th, 2017	Summary needed
One For The Road	August 28th, 2017	Summary needed
Grace with an Arsenal	June 24th, 2017	Grace helps Arsenal defend a break in.
Emptied Quiver	June 22nd, 2017	Summary needed

Cutscenes

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