| Rose Wilson | |
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.png) Rose Wilson as the Ravager. Art by ACO. | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Deathstroke #15 (October 1992) |
| Created by | Marv Wolfman Art Nichols |
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| Species | Metahuman |
| Place of origin | Cambodia |
| Team affiliations | Teen Titans Stormwatch Defiance N.O.W.H.E.R.E. League of Assassins Terror Titans Suicide Squad |
| Partnerships | Deathstroke Dick Grayson Jason Todd Tim Drake Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark) Jericho Beast Boy Raven Superboy (Kon-El) Bart Allen |
| Notable aliases | Ravager Deathstroke |
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Rose Wilson is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. She was created by writerMarv Wolfman and artist Art Nichols, first appearing in a 1992 issue ofDeathstroke the Terminator #15. She is usually portrayed as aTeen Titans enemy and later a reluctant member, struggling to win the approval of her father,Deathstroke, being his illegitimate daughter. She is also typically depicted as an apprentice to her father and laterNightwing for a time.
Rose Wilson would make several appearances in media such asTeen Titans Go!,DC Super Hero Girls, and a live adaptation debut in the second season of theDC Universe andHBO Max seriesTitans, played byChelsea Zhang. Traits of the character were amalgamated into the character of Isabel Rochev/Ravager for the second season ofArrow, portrayed bySummer Glau.
Rose Wilson is the youngest of three children. Her father, Slade Wilson (Deathstroke), met brothel owner Lili Worth while helping her escape from war-tornCambodia. After an intermittent love affair with Slade, Worth gives birth to a daughter whom she names Rose, keeping her existence secret from him.[1] Rose learns that Slade is her father afterRavager (Wade DeFarge, Deathstroke's half-brother) captures her and tells her. Fearing for Rose's safety, Slade leaves her in the care of theTeen Titans.
The Madison family inChicago adopt Rose, but DeFarge kills her new family under orders from Deathstroke. Deathstroke apologizes to Rose for abandoning her and suggests that she become his apprentice. Rose accepts, kills DeFarge, and takes the name "Ravager" for herself. Deathstroke secretly injects Rose with the same serum that gave him his abilities, causing her to suffer frompsychosis.
Deathstroke doubts Rose's readiness to work with him and plans to disown her after she hesitates and is unable to kill Deathstroke's sonJericho when he possessesBeast Boy. To prove her loyalty, she gouges out an eye to match his missing eye.
Deathstroke places Rose under the tutelage ofNightwing, who agrees to train her. To test Dick's loyalty, Deathstroke replaces Rose's missing eye with one made fromkryptonite and pits her and Nightwing againstSuperman. After learning that kryptonite is harmful to humans with prolonged exposure and that Deathstroke endangered her life, Rose breaks all ties with her father and runs away.
One year after the events depicted in theInfinite Crisis crossover, Rose once again joins theTeen Titans. She wears the same costume and wields twokatana-style swords. With Deathstroke and his serum's influence gone, Rose appears more balanced than previously depicted.
In the seriesTerror Titans, Rose joins theDark Side Club after the Titans reject her for almost killingPersuader. She agrees to take part in one of the Dark Side Club's arena battles, fighting againstFever. Rose defeats Fever, but refuses to kill her, prompting Clock King to kill her instead. Although appalled by Fever's death, Rose stays, hoping to find out what Clock King's plan is.[2] Rose confronts Clock King, who manages to escape.[3]
In theBlackest Night event, Rose tracks Deathstroke down to his old mentorWintergreen's house and attacks him. During the fight, the two are attacked by their deceased relativesGrant,Wade andAdeline, who, along with Wintergreen, have all been reanimated asBlack Lanterns. When Grant attacks Deathstroke, intending to burn him in a fireplace, Rose reluctantly intervenes, saving her hated father. She then attempts to incinerate Wade, but is surprised when Jericho jumps out of his body.[4] Jericho uses his powers to make the Black Lanterns destroy themselves. After the battle, Rose refuses to reconcile with Deathstroke, despite acknowledging her love for him.[5]
Following an adventure in another dimension,Static,Miss Martian,Bombshell, andAquagirl leave the Titans, and Rose is invited to rejoin the team to help build it back up. While staying in the Tower, Rose hacks into the team computer and begins searching for information on her mother, who she believes to be alive.[6] During her time with the group, Rose begins flirting withSuperboy and befriendsDamian Wayne, the new Robin. She remains with the team up until the final battle withSuperboy-Prime and theLegion of Doom, where she teams withSpeedy to take down Persuader.[7]
Following the events of "Flashpoint", the DC Universe was relaunched. Inthe New 52, Rose now has both eyes intact and does not go by the name Ravager, though she still appears to have her martial arts training and trademark swords. She is a teenaged mercenary hired by the shadowy organizationN.O.W.H.E.R.E. to act as a handler forSuperboy after he destroyed the N.O.W.H.E.R.E. lab used to create him in self-defense. Rose has a rivalry withCaitlin Fairchild, a young N.O.W.H.E.R.E. researcher who cares for Superboy.[8] Her origin is altered so that she is now the daughter of Slade Wilson and Adeline Kane, removing her Asian heritage in the process.
After last seen by the side of her father Deathstroke, following the events that happened inThe Ravagers, she reappears 20 years in the future. In this timeline she is along her husbandGarfield Logan, now known as Beast Man, living together in theJustice League Watchtower as Beast Man is the only Justice Leaguer alive. The two also have a daughter named Red who is being mentored by them along other superpowered teenagers for them to become a team. After an encounter with three members of the Teen Titans from the presentRed Robin,Wonder Girl andSuperboy, Rose and Gar put in action a plan to swap Superboy with his genetic donor (Jon Lane Kent), who is responsible for the tragedy that happened in that future, to prevent those events from happening again. The plan is a success asRaven's soul-self departs with the Titans from the present and the unconscious Jon.[9]
Rose later reappears after theDC Rebirth relaunch, with her original Cambodian origin and mixed-race heritage now restored and both eyes intact.[10] She is seen working as a strip club bouncer who moonlights as a teenage mercenary, and reunites with her father after someone puts a hit on her. Her past in the New 52 continuity also appears to beretconned, as she makes no mention of N.O.W.H.E.R.E., and claims to have been trained byNightwing, much to Slade's annoyance.[11][12][13]
Inherited abilities from her progenitor, enhanced via mainlining of the super soldier serum that gave Deathstroke his powers. Rose Wilson possesses increased reflexes, stamina, agility, speed, strength and heightened mental acuity. But was also prone to psychotic episodes, such as when she gouged out her own eye to be more like her father while under its effects. She has received some training from Nightwing, including the virtues of being a hero. She also possesses a precognitive sense that lets her see into the immediate future. This allows her to react to oncoming attacks against her and to counter them accordingly.
She currently wields twin energy katanas that can cut through anything except flesh, and briefly merge into an energy shield. She also carries with her a small stash of adrenaline, both because Clock King had briefly managed to make her addicted to the substance, and also because while high on adrenaline her precognitive sense evolves into the ability to glimpse scenes from her immediate future. However, the more she uses adrenaline to enhance her powers, the more her metabolism is unbalanced, straining her health.
InThe New 52 continuity, Rose is ametahuman with the ability to negate superpowers.[14][15] Her powers psychically link her to other Gen-Actives, enabling multi-way mental communication with people enhanced by the Gen Factor.[16]
InRebirth publishing, Ravager possesses a variation of the enhanced mind her father possessed; beyond the simple augmented brain percentage giving Deathstroke his genius intellect, Rose has an accelerated probability factor wherein she can predict the future via cataloging and assembling details in an accurate outcome assessment.[17]
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