lian harper - red arrow Lian is the daughter Roy Harper and Jade Nguyen, the assassin known as Cheshire, conceived when Roy first met her when he was Speedy. After their affair, Roy refused to turn her in, and a year later, in Europe, when Roy was on a mission to stop Cheshire, he learned that he was Lian's father. Though Cheshire originally refused, Roy eventually gained full custody of Lian, and raised her as a single father.
Growing up, Lian felt conflicted that her mother was a supervillain. Did she not love her? Was it Lian's fault that she was a bad person? Though he may have not left on the best of terms with Jade, Roy was able to tell Lian that while Jade was never able to take care of Lian, she loved her just as much as she did.
Lian was raised with the Titans, and was the first of the 'Titans kids'. While she cares about them all like they're a part of her extended family, she feels a certain closeness to Cerdian, who she considers to be her best friend.
Over the years, Lian has grown to terms that while her mother loves her, she is still a supervillain that blew up a country. On a visit to her mother in prison a couple of years ago, Lian forgave her mother for all of the pain and confusion that she had about her as a child. Cheshire then escaped a few months later, and hasn't been heard from since. Lian doesn't know if her mother is alive or not, but seriously doubts that she has just retired and settles down to live a quiet live.
While she is aware that her mother had a son with Catman, Thomas Blake, she does not know who he is, nor has she even met him.
Lian currently lives in New York City, where she is a student at NYU. She when she's not a student or a superhero, she's a bartender. |
