About

Stats

Name: Jade

Alias: Cheshire

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Weight: 135 lbs (61 kg)

Eyes: Green

Hair: Black

Occupation: Assassin, Mercenary

Citizenship: Vietnamese

Place of Birth: Vietnam

Marital Status: Widowed

Known Relatives: Robert Pullman (biological father), Wen Ch'ang (adoptive father), Kruen Musenda (Spitting Cobra, husband, deceased), Lian Harper (daughter with Roy Harper, deceased), Thomas Blake Jr. (son with Catman)

Powers and Abilities:
Cheshire is a fromidable fighter and a brilliant tactitian. She mastered several martial arts that no longer are thought to exist as well as she mastered weapon use. She is a triple jointed acrobat which makes her moves quick and unexpected. Jade is also an expert in poison use. She is a brilliant toxicologist.Her artificial poisoned fingernails and weapons dip in poisons make her opponents tremble. She has been seen to mix her poisons in with just about anything. Jade is also a multilingualist, speaking at least: Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, French and Spanish.

Backstory

Childhood
During the Vietnam War, American soldier Robert Pullman had an affair with a Vietnamese woman, leaving her pregnant with a child who would later become one of the deadliest and feared assassins on the planet. The girl was named Jade and spent ten years of her childhood being raised by her mother alone until she was separated from her.

Ten years old Jade wandered through Asia trying to get back home. Soon she was kidnapped by slavers and sold into slavery. Struggling with torments of being a slave, Jade killed her master shortly thereafter, swearing that no man would ever rule her.

Sometime after the escape she encountered Wen Ch'ang, a freedom fighter, former member of the World War II. The man took her under his wing and taught her everything he knew about guerrilla warfare. He also unofficially adopted her.

At the age of sixteen Jade married Kruen Musenda, African assassin known as Spitting Cobra, who taught her everything he knew about poisons. Two years later it turned out that the student has surpassed the master as Jade poisoned Kruen which resulted in his death. After Kruen's death Jade took the alias Cheshire and officially began her career as an assassin.

Jade would later learn that her biological father Bob Pullman has abused her mother and she would go after him to take revenge.

Later
She was a rival to the Teen Titans, but when Roy Harper (Speedy) was ordered by the government to gain Cheshire's trust and turn her over to the authorities, the two fell passionately in love. She did not know his true identity at the time. Roy didn't want to put her in danger and also wasn't able to turn her in, so he walked out on her with no explonation. He didn't know Jade was pregnant with his child. She gave birth to a daughter, Lian Harper, who Jade loved but could not care for due to her mercenary ways. She later left Lian behind to be raised by Roy, partially due to love she still felt for him. Jade returned to her mercenary ways, saving Deathstroke so he would aid her in a plot to steal nuclear weapons from Russia to obliterate the Middle East country of Qurac. These plans failed when her base was attacked and she had to flee. Cheshire later created her own team, the Ravens.

Cheshire volunteered to join Vandal Savage's team, Tartarus, focused on destroying the Titans. During a confrontation with the Titans and the H.I.V.E, Savage shot Cheshire to distract Arsenal. She recovered, but because of her crimes, such as destroying Qurac, she was taken into custody and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Ravens broke her out but Roy forced her back in.

She later worked with the Secret Six and had sexual relations with Catman, becoming pregnant. But when she betrayed the team to Lex Luthor's society she was shot and critically wounded by Deathstroke. Though she seemed to be dead, she showed up alive in the Himalayas with her and Blake's son, Thomas Blake, Jr.

She then worked with Vandal Savage again, putting hits on the members of the Secret Six, minus Catman. Eventually she took matters into her own hands and stabbed the Mad Hatter with a poisoned knife. She bartered the antidote with Catman for her own safety.

She was later seen in prison receiving a visit from Roy and Lian. She was then seen as a member of the Injustice League Unlimited, but then disappeared, most likely sent to Planet Hell, a distant prison planet, to which Amanda Waller's Suicide Squad has been sending villains.

In then events of Star City being destroyed by Prometheus, killing Lian. Cheshire is outraged and blames Roy for not being able to protect their daughter. She tracks him down and attempts to kill him. After a fairly even battle where they both suffer some minor injuries, they eventually stop after Cheshire realizes Roy isn't the one to blame as she breaks down in tears. Roy comforts Jade and they eventually settle their differences. However their attempt at love-making fails in the face of their shared grief, leaving them both frustrated.

Later Deathstroke creates a new mercenary team, Titans. Cheshire is one of the members he wants in his team. She refuses claiming that she is not interested. However Slade brings up Lian's death as the reason Jade lost her edge and offers her help. She agrees to join, but as it's later revealed only in order to accomplish her plan to take revenge on Slade. She later appears battling Ryan Choi with the rest of the Titans. While on the team, Jade and Roy restarted their relationship. She convinces him to betray Deathstroke when the time is right.

Cheshire's son by Catman, Thomas Blake, Jr., is kidnapped, chronologically taking place after the death of Lian. Catman goes on a murderous rampage believing the child to already be dead only to find that the man who orchestrated the kidnapping has given the boy to a loving childless couple and that the kidnapping itself was an act of revenge against Cheshire for murdering his family. Catman, after realizing the child is better left where he is, informs Jade that their son is dead which sends her into a sorrowful rage, while Blake tells his son to rest in peace after killing all the kidnappers involved. Cheshire has now lost both her children.

Currently, Deathstroke and his team arrive at South Pacific island to kill the cult leader, Drago, who overlooks the production of blind warriors. However, Cheshire and Arsenal betray him, revealing that they had been working with Drago. That alliance is short lived however when Drago soon turns on Cheshire and Arsenal as well. Drago offers Jade to become his so that she can provide him an heir. She plays along until Arsenal is able to break out along with the other Titans and Deathstroke. Deathstroke spares Drago and the Titans depart from the island.

En route, they run into the Justice League of America, but manage to elude the league and make their way to Kahndaq. However the league shows up afterwards and a battle ensues. Jade engages Donna and the two exchange words and insults about their relationship with Roy. Donna proves to be too much for Jade and breaks Jade's arm. The battle proves to be in favor of the League at the start, but that quickly changes with the arrival of Tattooed Man and Deathstroke's kryptonite laced sword. Isis quickly intervenes and demands that both parties cease.

The Titans return to the Labyrinth where Deathstroke reveals that he can revive the dead, including Jade's daughter Lian. Cinder is the only one to object to Deathstroke's machine and attacks the rest of the Titans, Roy objects to the use of such an object and sides with Carla as well. Carla manages to detonate the machine by seemingly sacrificing herself, and Jade stands idly watching in agony as she now loses any chances of bringing back Lian. Roy quickly pulls Jade out of the way of the explosion. Outside, Jade tells Roy she wants to leave everything that has happened recently behind her, including him and leaves.

New 52
Cheshire was trained by Bronze Tiger alongside Jason Todd. At some point Jason decided to leave, but as Jade did not share his moral ethics she stayed and became on of the League of Assassins.

Sometime later she is sent by Bronze Tiger and the League of Assassins to gather intel on Red Hood, Starfire, and Arsenal. Once again she has an immediate infatuation with Roy Harper, teasing, taunting him and going as far as taking his hat to remember him by. As Kori forces her to retreat, she disappears stating she already has what she came for.