Roy Harper

Roy William Harper, Jr., better known as simply Roy Harper, is a street-savvy teenager from the Glades. He is a future love interest for Thea Queen.

History
Roy had a difficult life living in the Glades, where he lived forced to fend on himself in order to survive, along with taking care of his mother. He is known to a life of criminal activity in order to actually provide for himself. Roy Harper and Thea Queen met when he stole her purse. He was caught and arrested by Detective Lance. He explained that he only did it because his mother was addicted to Vertigo and was hardly recovering from it, leading Thea to drop all charges against him, thinking it wasn't a big deal in the first place. Thea later visited his house in the Glades, asking for her purse back. He returned it to her, only taking her packet of cigarettes, commenting on it being a filthy habit. Before she left, Roy gave Thea some advice: to stay out of the Glades, and not to fall for any sob stories again, coming from himself or others.

Abilities

 * Free running: When attempting to flee from Thea and Laurel, Roy easily scaled a fence multiple meters high in one fluid movement making use of a nearby wall to provide leverage.

Trivia

 * In the original Green Arrow comics, Roy Harper is Green Arrow's sidekick, and is the first to take on the codename Speedy, which happens to be Thea Queen's nickname in Arrow. He later left Green Arrow due to drug abuse, but returned to take on the monikers Red Arrow and Arsenal.