Harley Quinn

"Yeah, that's the real spirit kid! Auntie Harls will show ya exactly how it's done!"

- Harleen Frances Quinzel

Harleen Frances Quinzel, better known as Harley Quinn or the Harlequin, is currently skating around Gotham as a solo act.

Early History
For the past three years, Harley was in a relationship with Joker, and had a close friendship with Poison Ivy. It was also mentioned that she had been part of the Suicide Squad along with Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, and Icicle, before she betrayed them and almost got them all killed. However, seven months before the quakes, Harley and Joker broke up and Ivy took this as an opportunity to advise Harley to get out of the supervillain business, as she no longer had Joker's protection or any popularity in the criminal underworld.

Post Earthquake
This set Harley off, and she left Ivy and Gotham angrily in an attempt to prove herself as her own rogue. This failed, and she ultimately returned to Gotham, though unfortunately it was on the same day as the quakes. As she was walking in the cemetery, the quakes knocked her out and Harley awoke about 20 days into No Mans Land.

Partners in Crime
After coming to, she noticed as now planty version of Lonnie Machin walking about, and initially kept her distance as she thought he had something to do with Ivy. But after he introduced himself as Anarky, she took pity on the lost and confused kid and took him under her wing. After breaking into a store to get Lonnie glasses, and shooing off Snowflame, the two cook up a plan to get revenge on Maxwell Lord (the one indirectly responsible for Lonnie’s condition) with some bonus information from Two-Face. They head off for Lord’s base, and take down the initial five guards easily. They then break into Lord’s bunker, where Anarky strangles Lord to death with his vines. After killing another 6 henchmen, Lonnie confides in Harley that she’s the only one who ever listened to him, and that his parents left for Metropolis without him. Harley swears that nothing will happen to him as long as she’s around, and the pair head to a fast food place to make future plans. They then head to the crashed Iron Heights airship, to scavenge supplies and search for information on the Penguin so they could get territory or better supplies off of him. This little escapade was interrupted by the arrival of Wildcat and his men, with Lonnie and Harley running into the wreck to try and hide. After getting cornered by Wildcat, and discovering the pills Lonnie took affected his memory, the trio make a reluctant partnership to go to Robinson Park to get Ivy’s help.

Custody Battle
After letting Anarky take a nap at the greenhouse unsupervised, Harley goes on a neat little skating break, where she promptly bumps into Ambush Bug. After he shatters the fourth wall and gets an autograph from Harley, he accidentally reveals that Poison Ivy has been running around with the Suicide Squad, which gets Harley nervous. Returning to the greenhouse to find it empty with an angry Wildcat, who walks in but Anarky and Amanda Waller. Waller and Harley then get into a verbal fight, where Harley’s fun but less than stellar parenting methods are revealed, earning her a backhand from Wildcat. She comes very close to snapping, and almost pulls a gun on Waller, but calms down and realizes that this is what’s probably best for Lonnie in the long run. She leaves the greenhouse, and goes back to skating to try and calm herself down. She eventually stumbles into Red Hood beating the snot out of a bunch of goons at Club DeVile, and attempts to join in the fight.

Appearance
Harley is slim, lean, very flexible, and stands at around 5’10. She’s got short, messy, blonde hair that’s always in pigtails and sticks out from under her jesters cap, as well as white greasepaint makeup and a black domino mask. She wears a gymnast’s leotard that resembles her classic costume, as well as black riding gloves with ruffles on the wrists, knee and elbow pads with a star and diamond alternating on each, en pointe ballet slippers, (one red, one black) a neck ruffle, and a belt with her diamond logo and ammo on it. She also carries a silenced gun, a mallet, a switchblade, and a cork gun. She also carries a black knapsack with all those said weapons, as well as roller skates that she can put on top of her shoes. She's also got a leather jacket with her red diamond logo on the back as well as red accents tucked away in said bag.

Relationships

 * Anarky: Despite the pair knowing each other for about a day, Harley will die for this kid. She acts as a role model for the budding delinquent, and will do as he asks. She can be slightly abrasive and over the top with him, but she can usually realize her limits and apologizes to him if she goes overboard. The two are currently separated.
 * Wildcat: She’s fought him and Black Canary before, and doesn’t quite trust or like him. She’s certainly not a fan after he slapped her across a room.
 * Poison Ivy: While the details have yet to be explored in the RP itself, Harley's patient session says that they considered each other best friends, but Harley ignoring Ivy’s advice to drop supervillainy and her leaving Gotham caused them to become somewhat estranged. If Ivy encounters Harley anytime soon, the reunion will be tense.
 * Joker: Oh boy. Harley is obviously not on happy terms with Joker, as their last meeting ended with plenty of shots (some literal) exchanged among them. Consider something wrong if she doesn't try and bash his head in if she sees him again.
 * Amanda Waller: Harley dislikes Waller as much as Wildcat, still mad at her for putting her into the Suicide Squad and blames her for the death of Duela Dent. There’s still some respect and trust however, and she’s aware that Amanda is a better maternal figure to the kid than her.

Abilities

 * Flexibility: Due to her training in gymnastics, ballet, and various martial arts, Harley is very flexible, fast, and limber.
 * Hand to Hand Combat: Harley is skilled at fighting hand to hand, and wields her mallet with high accuracy. She isn’t good at taking blows though, and will go down quick if she doesn’t duck.
 * Sharpshooter: Harley is a fairly good shot with her gun at close range.

Trivia

 * Harley is around 28 years old, and has had an active criminal career for the past 3-3.5 years.


 * Harley has a very exaggerated Brooklyn accent, and it is unknown if it is real or part of Harley’s “act.”
 * Harley is actually bilingual, and is proficient in ASL. She also knows a few Yiddish words and phrases.
 * While Harley never finished her medical residency before she ran off with Joker, she has a decent grasp on the mind and could manipulate and mess with people a lot better if her head wasn’t who-knows-where.
 * Harley has a tendency to be very over the top and dramatic, and enjoys making jokes and quick jabs regardless of the situation.
 * However, this is most likely a cover for Harley's massive chip on her shoulder and desire to prove herself as a solo criminal.