Roy Harper

Roy William Harper, Jr., better known as simply Roy Harper, is a street-savvy teenager from the Glades. He is the son of the late Roy Harper, Sr., and an unnamed woman, the boyfriend and love interest of Thea Queen, and one of Arrow's supporters.

Season 1
In "Dodger", Roy first encountered Thea Queen when he stole her purse. He was later caught by the cops after being chased, and was taken in for questioning. When asked, he admitted to having stolen because his mother was addicted to Vertigo and they needed the money badly. Thea decided to not press charges, possibly feeling sorry for him. She later visited him to get her purse, and the two had a brief chat.

In "The Huntress Returns", Thea again met with Roy outside of a coffee shop in the Glades. She promised him a job at her brother's club, Verdant, assuming he showed up for the job. However, although going through with most of it, Roy decided not to show up. This prompted Thea to come and question him. He admitted that he didn't want any charity from a rich girl, a comment which annoyed Thea greatly. As she walked off, two men approached her. However, before she could be mugged, Roy stepped in and beat the men up, accidentally getting a stab wound from one of them. Thea took Roy to the hospital, where he got stitched up and had a needle injected, the latter scaring him for an unspecified reason. Thea kissed him to distract him from the injection.

At some point, Thea and Roy began an intimate relationship. In "Salvation", Thea visited Roy at his place in the Glades, which consisted of intimacy. A man visited partway through, and gave Roy a gun, much to the shock of Thea, causing her to storm out despite him trying to justify himself. She later came back to apologize, but Roy was kidnapped by Joseph Falk. He was taken to below Starling City, on to a train running on the abandoned subway. While Joseph broadcast him on Glades Betrayed, Oliver, as Arrow, intervened before he could be killed. Arrow distracted Joseph as Roy untied himself, which was just in time considering a bullet was sent at him mere seconds before he'd ducked. Joseph was shot with an arrow through the stomach. Roy later reunited with Thea at her brother's club. When she went to clean herself up, he reached into his pocket and pulled out an arrowhead.

In "Home Invasion",

In "Darkness on the Edge of Town",

In "Sacrifice", during the evacuation, he helps people who were stuck on a bus and wasn't seen after.

Season 2
He will be a series regular in Season 2.

Personality
Roy does not like to steal and only does it because he is in a bad situation. He dislikes rich people because he believes most of them are greedy, arrogant and selfish, and he is 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, shows 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 Arrow saved his life, he seeks to find out his identity. Roy states that he owes him everything, and possibly worships Arrow, because he believes him to be a hero. Roy says the reason he wants to find Arrow is because he lost someone and wants 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 Arrow, and gets arrested for it, and when he broke up with Thea, because he would not give up, on his search for Arrow, but he regretted it. He is also shown to be a selfless person, rescuing and helping people who are stuck on a bus despite knowing the Glades could be destroyed at any moment.

Abilities

 * Free running/Acrobatics: When attempting to flee from Thea and Laurel, Like Oliver, Roy can easily scale a fence multiple meters high in one fluid movement making use of a nearby wall to provide leverage and perform acrobatic moves, It is unknown if he is just as fast as Oliver.
 * Advanced hand-to-hand combatant: having grown up in the Glades all his life, Roy had taught himself to fight back, being a skilled street fighter. Roy was able to hold out on his own while fighting two thugs, even using the wall to jump over one and strike him down. in "Sacrifice", he took out two thugs without taking a hit from them, and by flipping the second thug onto the down first thug. It is unknown if his hand-to-hand combat skills and experience is equal to Oliver's.

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, this is foreshadowed when Roy keeps the flechette Oliver fired to him to cut himself free.
 * As shown in "The Huntress Returns", Roy has a fear of needles. This is likely a reference to his comics alter ego's struggle with heroin addiction.
 * In a deleted scene for "Dodger", Roy's first appearance, Thea calls him Speedy.
 * In "Darkness on the Edge of Town", Roy claimed he had lost someone and they were not coming back. It is entirely possible this someone was his mother.
 * Roy's age and birthday are currently unknown, but he is likely the same age as Thea or a year older then her.
 * If or when Roy finds out Oliver is Arrow, he will possibly become Oliver's fourth partner and second protégé.
 * Colton Haynes and Stephen Amell both portrayed werewolves in Teen Wolf and The Vampire Diaries, respectively.