Justin Hartzler - Green Arrow Legacy - Good - A/A

[Punished Knight]

[General Information]

Name: Justin Hartzler
Nicknames: None
Titles: Green Arrow, The Hood, The Emerald Archer
Age: 24
Birthday: 7/30
Star sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Alliance: Hero
Personality: Justin is a very tactical individual who relies on intel to take down those who threaten his city or his loved ones. He is very slow to trust, but if you manage to earn it you have a fiercely loyal friend for life. He is not above social manipulation in order to help conceal his identity which is rather reminiscent of Bruce Wayne. His playboy cover is very convincing but is also rather gifted in the area of politics.

[Personal Information]

Height: 5'10
Weight: 185 lbs
Occupation: CEO of Hartzler Consolidated
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Likes: Archery, Justice, Clean Business, Politics, Training
Dreams: To make a difference in the world and to make it a better place.
Dislikes: Corruption, Injustice, War
Fears: Failing, Dying before his time
Darkest Secret: He killed the man whole stole his fathers company from him in an act of vengeance. Its also how he reclaimed the family company.
Favourite Food: Italian, Oriental, Cuban, Indian
Favourite Drink: Tea, fruit juices, fine wines and whiskeys
Least Favourite Food: Fast food
Least Favourite Drink: Soda and other unhealthy sugary drinks.
Loyalties: Justin is loyal to his crusade against evil and any who have proven themselves and earned his trust.
Intelligence Level: Justin's IQ has been measured at 170 which is genius level. He is well educated holding a Masters in Business Management and Mechanical Engineering. He also has intimate knowledge of Forensic Science, Criminology, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and is capable of surviving in the wild indefinitely.
Dominant Hand: Ambidextrous
Strengths: Tactics, intellect, quick adaptable thinking, situational analysis, multilingual
Weaknesses: His preference to work alone, his low capacity for trust.


Cherished Items:
Father's Bow: When stranded this tool is what allowed him to hunt and defend himself. He took it from his fathers body after his murder so it holds a lot of sentimental value.

Philosophical/social viewpoint: Justin cares little for the arbitrary lines that society sets and is generally considered a rebel of the cultural norm. He feels no one is better than the other and that hard work pays off in the long run, that nobody else is entitled to. Those with the ability to help others, always should.

Religious viewpoint: Some would label him as an atheist, choosing to follow the laws on science over all else. However, he is more accurately considered an Agnostic, not opposed to the concept of a higher power if sufficient evidence supports the claim. He chooses to put his hope and faith in humanity as they are the ones who influence change. He is often quoted saying "Faith is a belief based on the absence of data."

Romantic viewpoint: He believes that things like love do exist, but are extremely difficult to find. His inability to trust or allow others to get close make this extremely difficult however.


Biography
Justin was born into a wealthy business family as the second generation born outside of Germany. His grandfather Norman Weis, was a scientist and businessman that fled the nation during the second World War. As he came to the states he was swiftly recruited for his extensive scientific knowledge even working alongside other great minds like Einstein on the Manhattan Project. After the wars end he started Weis Industries and continued to build an empire in the arms business. After handing the company to his business savvy daughter, she continued to expand their wealth and reputation before marrying and giving birth to Justin. Justin's father on the other hand was a bright engineer geared towards computers and other forms of electronic technology, and together the husband and wife duo began to expand into that territory as well. His father wasn't the best businessman, but his mother helped pick up the slack for him.

Justin was generally a happy kid with loving, yet busy parents. He enjoyed most things kids do like video games, fantasy films, and even began to learn guitar around age 10 finding a deep love for the universal language of music. At the age of 11 his mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and despite seeing the best doctors on the planet, she lost her battle a mere few months later. His father inherited the burden of CEO and frankly he struggled with it quite a bit, hiring outside advisers to help him with what he couldn't handle. His mothers death also caused Justin a great deal of grief in school as well. He began to alienate himself from other students and instead poured his focus into his education, rising to the top of his class. Thanks to this he was even able to begin taking college courses early and chose to take the business route, as well as engineering to continue his tinkering.

As Weis Industries stock value began to drop the stress of the young mans life began to increase as well. His fathers big heart was growing weary of running a business that sold things that no other purpose than to kill others and rumors were beginning to spread that the company would begin to shy away from that in favor of other things. This pacifist belief was something he felt his son should at least see for himself, so at the age of 18 they took a hunting trip in rural China along with an adviser whom his father trusted in all his endeavors.

Not harboring any love for firearms, his father taught Justin how to hunt using a bow, something he picked up quite naturally. After a few days in the wilderness Justin returned from gathering firewood at the behest of a gunshot, only to find his fathers body lifeless in his sleeping bag. His fathers adviser, Edward Warren, had murdered him in cold blood. Upon his return Justin was also shot in the chest and left for dead as Edward returned to the States spreading the lie that they were killed in a tragic hunting accident. During this time he had accomplished his hostile take over of his families company and continued to supply warmongers in the East with various destructive weapons. Little did he know, Justin survived the attack and managed to crudely sew his wound shut when he woke.

He wandered the countryside for weeks, hunting and surviving on his own until one day he came across a field of crops. Particularly rice. Mistaking him for a thief the farmer approached him and quickly disabled Justin using only his hands. Noticing the poor sewing job and what appeared to be infection festering, the old farmer decided to take him in and nurse him back to health. Over the next several months Justin learned many different forms of martial arts from the man as well as how to speak the language. Feeling his old life was something he could never recover, Justin lamented, and the old farmer suggested Justin take a journey to rediscover himself so he could return home as the man he was destined to become. Following the mans sagely advice Justin departed.

Over the next 4 years Justin continued to travel through China and Japan, learning all he could about the martial arts and other methods of philosophical soul searching. During this time he met some of the greatest teachers the community had to offer, and thanks to his dedication, earned their respect and a great deal of skill. As he made his way West his final stop was in Russia. It was here that he saw first hand what crime, money, and power could corrupt. After witnessing a small village reduced to ash by soldiers, he saw the name of the company on one of the weapon crates: Weis Industries. Donning the bow he took from his father and the skills he learned in his travels, he eradicated the syndicate responsible before taking the first flight he could home.

After his return he decided to wage his war on various forms of white collar crime. Keeping to his foundation, he took down quite a few criminals with just his basic bow. After the first 2 months of being back, he decided it was time for him to exact his revenge. Making his way to Edwards penthouse he swiftly immobilized the security before kicking his bed over in the middle of the night. As the crook frantically awoke Justin pulled back his hood and readied an arrow directed at his heart. As Edward begged and plead for his life, Justin simply scoffed, remarking that his father never even had the chance to beg as he let go of the string, killing him. Quickly sweeping the scene he then left.

A few short days later he went public with his return to the living and through many legal hoops his company was rightfully returned to him. Seeing his fathers vision through, he rendered the weapons aspect inert and decided to focus on advanced technology, renaming it Hartzler Consolidated. A new face for a new vision. The leftover aspects of the weapon R&D he secretly put to use to craft himself a suit and various trick arrows to aid his war on crime. With the heroes of the world gone, he took up a mantle and became someone else, something else. He became the Green Arrow.

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[Weapon information]

○ Justin's Bow: Made of high density carbon fiber, the forest green bow is nearly indestructible through conventional means. Its nature allows it to be solid yet light weight. It also houses a switch to rotate the quiver to the appropriate arrowhead needed.
○ Justin's Quiver and Arrows: Storing up to 75 arrows, the quiver has a mechanical aspect built in that rotates to affix the appropriate arrowhead to the body. Broadheads, explosive arrows, and grappling hook arrows are always on hand while others may include the following.
○ Freezing Arrow: Beneath the head lies a canister filled with liquid nitrogen.
○ Injection Arrow: Arrow with a syringe in the tip to inject liquids into target.
○ Smoke Arrow: An arrow that delivers a thick heavy black smokescreen on impact.
○ Ensnarement Arrow: An arrow that on impact releases high density carbon steel wires to capture the target and pull them tight.
○ Nth Metal Arrow: An arrowhead made of a rare Thanagarian metal with both anti-gravity and anti-magic properties. Thanks to its properties, the arrow is not encumbered by wind resistance and thus can hit with the full force projected by the bow.
○ Proximity Dampener Arrows: A group of 4 arrows that form a proximity field between them that when fired, nullifies pre-programmed energy signatures. Mostly used against energy wielding metahumans but must be programmed with the signature beforehand.
○ Flashbang Arrow: An arrow equipped with a flashbang tip that is designed to debilitate and temporarily blind.
○ Router Arrow: An arrow that when fired near computer technology can either hack, or deliver various computer viruses.
○ Blackout Arrow: One of Justin's more fine creations. When fired it releases a large electromagnetic pulse that fries and shuts down most all forms of electronic technology that don't possess the proper safeguards.
○ Polarity Arrow: This is what Justin considers his greatest accomplishment. It polarizes the atomic of structure of the target, giving it its own magnetic charge for a brief moment if non-metallic, effectively turning the target into a magnet. This will cause other metallic substances to be drawn to the target until the charge dissipates, which takes about 10 minutes.
○ Splinter Arrow: One of Justin's favorite creations used to subdue groups of enemies. The shaft of the arrow is a brittle housing designed to break on impact. In doing so it releases 4 much thinner projectiles more akin to large acupuncture needles than projectiles. It is not uncommon for them to be dipped in sedatives to help make criminals easier to capture.

[Other item information]

○ Green Arrow Suit: Similar to Oliver's original in the fact it is comprised of high density kevlar for lightweight protection from various forms of injury encountered on the job (bullets, high falls, explosions etc) as well as being flame retardant and insulated. The gauntlets and boots also have a small percentage of titanium to help absorb the rebound of punches and kicks to help maximize damage output.

[Ability information]

○ Acrobatics: He has displayed on many occasions that he is an expert in acrobatics, and often uses this skill while evading enemy fire thanks to his extensive parkour training.
○ Archery: First and foremost of Justin's abilities is his prowess with a bow and arrow. He can use anything from the most simple bows and arrows to complicated composite bows and trick arrows with full efficiency. He has fought superheroes, supervillains and other opponents you couldn't normally hurt with arrows, yet his skill allowed him to persevere. Green Arrow has shown the ability to shoot an arrow down the barrel of a gun, pierce a drop of water as it leaves a tap, hit coin sized targets from a neutral stance, and shoot almost any part of the human body; although he aims only to wound and not kill when he shoots. He once shot two arrows down two different gun barrels while upside down, in mid-flip while somersaulting off a building. He claims to be able to shoot 29 arrows per minute and virtually has no equal.
○ Business Management: After inheriting his family's company he has shown to be able to take it to new heights under his leadership even after pulling out the weapons business; gearing it towards energy and various forms of technology.
○ Subterfuge: Justin is highly skilled in all things rogue-like. This includes hacking, escapology, stealth, deception, interrogation, and investigation.
○ Gadgetry/Engineering: Justin is capable of creating his own tools and updating his technology on his own.
○ Hunting/Survival: After surviving for years on his own Justin is a capable hunter, even able track deadly predators such as cougars without notice. His preferred method of hunting is bow, obviously.
○ Martial Arts/Stick Fighting: Justin has been trained by several of the best martial arts master on the planet, although does fall a tad short of Batman's skill. He is capable of fighting multiple opponents at once with relative ease and is able to use his bow as a melee weapon. His knowledge includes Escrima, Hapkido, Wing Chun, Jujitsu, Silat, Southern Mantis, and Karate.
○ Peak Human Condition: Thanks to his daily training Justin possesses the physique equivalent to the finest Olympic athlete.
○ Intimidation: As Green Arrow he can easily instill fear into the hearts of criminals thanks to his reputation.
○ Multilingualism: Thanks to his high education and travels Justin fluently speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, and Russian

[Weakness information]

○ Human Clause: No matter how hard he trains he's still human, possessing no powers. He is vulnerable to any form of injury just like the average person.
○ Lack of Trust: His inability to trust others can easily be used against him, most often preferring to work alone.