Name: Lian Harper, Princess of Markovia
Alias: Archer
Relatives: Roy Harper Sr. (grandfather, deceased), Brave Bow ("grandfather," deceased), Roy Harper Jr. (Arsenal, prince of Markovia,father),
Cheshire (princess, mother), Biri Harper (Mockingbird, stepmother, deceased), Roxanne Spaulding Harper
(Freefall, stepmother, deceased), Tara Markov Harper (Terra, princess, stepmother, deceased), Donna Troy
Harper (Wonder Woman, princess, stepmother, deceased), Brion Markov (Geo Force, King of Markovia, uncle),
Denise Markov (queen, aunt), Robin Garth Harper (Morph, prince, half-brother), Hippolyta Sioux Harper (princess,
half-sister), Quinn Harper (prince, half-brother), Richard Wallace Harper (prince, half-brother), Tara
Harper (princess, half-sister), Brionna Harper (princess, half-sister), Amber Harper (princess,
half-sister), Kyle Theodore Harper (prince, half-brother), Takeninfu Harper (princess, brother),
Brion Markov (crown prince, cousin), Kalen Markov (prince, cousin)
Group Affliation: JLA
Base of Operations: San Francisco
D.O.B. 1997
History
Lian Harper was raised by her father. When he married
Black Canary (actually Mockingbird impersonating Black
Canary), she was very happy to have her favorite aunt
as her stepmother. She wasn't too sure what to think
when she found out that her favorite aunt wasn't who
she'd said she was and hadn't been for years. So when
Dinah returned, there was no way Lian could help but
spend time with her, no matter what Dinah wanted.
After all, now Lian had a stepmother who, despite
being a liar, treated her well and obviously loved
her, and still got to have her favorite aunt!
While Biri avoided Dinah and Ollie as much as
possible up until she was murdered by another Durlan,
Lian had no such qualms. Lian spent quite a bit of
time with Dinah and Ollie and Olivia, moreso than
anyone else in the Harper family.
When the Theodore Knight Academy was established, a
year after Biri died, about the time Roy married Roxy,
Lian enrolled and threw herself into her studies and
making friends, especially with Aleea Strange. She
knew she wanted to be a hero, having seen how much
damage Chesire did as a villain, as well as how much
pain Biri had caused by impersonating Dinah.
Lian didn't really bond with Roxy, as Roxy was quite
different from any other hero she knew, and Roxy was
murdered by Percival Chang in 2008. In 2009, Roy
married Tara Markov. In 2010, with polygamy now legal,
Roy married Donna Troy, who was Lian's favorite
step-mother, having been such a fun babysitter during
Roy's time with the Titans. In 2012, Cheshire went to
prison for her many crimes against humanity.
In 2015, Lian graduated from the Knight Academy. This
was also the year Tara was murdered by vampires. In
2016, Lian replaced Roy on the JLA and Donna was
murdered by the Cult of Brother Blood. Later that
year, Cheshire was paroled, having reformed and
converted to Mormonism. Roy spent the next two years
pursuing her, and finally, in 2018, Cheshire and Roy
married; a year later, they had a son. That year was also the year Batman disbanded the League after the disaster that took Aquaman's life.
In 2020, Superman reformed the JLA, and Lian jumped at
the chance to work with her old friends again.
Powers and Abilities
Lian has a natural talent with all weapons, honed by
many hours of practice with her father and at the
Reservation. She learned martial arts from the Knight
Academy and from her Auntie Dinah and Uncle Ollie.
