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Barely out of high school, I'd imagine, but patterning yourself after a murderer. Is that the life you want? 
Rose Wilson is the daughter of Deathstroke, and a precognitive mercenary known as Ravager.
History
Early Years
Rose was born the illegitimate daughter of Deathstroke by Lillian Worth, a Hmong woman Slade encountered in Cambodia. At a young age, she was retrieved by Slade and Billy Wintergreen, Slade killing her mother in the process,[3] while Slade's child with Adeline, Joey, was kidnapped and had his throat slit. This resulted in a rift between Slade and Adeline, and Adeline's strong dislike of Rose.[4]
Not wanting her to be exposed to him and his lack of morality, Slade formed a secret agreement with Robin — in exchange for Slade not killing the Teen Titans in retaliation for Grant Wilson's death, Robin would train Rose in martial arts and act as a role model for his daughter, which Robin agreed to.[5]
For a time, Rose was a member of the Teen Titans as Ravager. Under uncertain circumstances, Rose stabbed out her own eye.[6].
New 52
Rose eventually came into the employment of N.O.W.H.E.R.E. as a mercenary and was involved in the conditioning of the second clone to use the name of Superboy.
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Rebirth
Family Affairs
As a young adult, Rose worked as a bouncer and precognitive mercenary, accepting contracts to prevent other hitmen from carrying out theirs, the latter job in particular earning Slade's disdain.[7] When Slade learned of an assassination notice put out on her, he reappeared in her life under the guise of wanting to help her track down the one responsible. Following an encounter with Batman, it was revealed that Deathstroke himself put the hit out on her as a means to bond with her.[8][9] Disillusioned with her already troubled relationship with her father, Rose instead decided to bond with her mother's family, seeking them out in Northern Vietnam, where she learned of the name her mother had given her, Xia,[10] before finding her mother's family in Minneapolis.[11]
Despite being happy with her new family, Hosun Park sought her out for protection from her father, proposing to her under the impression that Deathstroke would not harm his daughter's husband.[12] Rose refused but, after learning that her new family was in actuality hired by Slade[13], accepted Hosun's proposal in order to spite her father, before she returned to Los Angeles for Joey's wedding to Etienne. During the ceremony, when confronted on his manipulation, Slade claimed he hired Rose's fake family so she could learn about her Hmong heritage. Soon after, an enraged Jericho attacked his father for supposedly killing Etienne, Rose being injured when she attempted to restrain her brother,[14] leaving her with a fractured skull.[15]
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Infinite Frontier
Lazarus Tournament
Rose became aware of someone raiding the hideout of the original Ravager -- her deceased elder brother Grant.[16]During her investigation, she was invited to participate in the Lazarus Tournament hosted by the League of Lazarus, which she accepted in order to investigate a young competitor named Respawn wearing a uniform similar to her father's. She spent much of the tournament advising and spending time with Robin. When the competition was revealed to be a front for the League to revive a centuries-old demon, Rose joined with the rest of the competitors to defeat it under Robin's leadership.[17]
Dawn of DC
Stormwatch
Rose was among the first members in the newly reformed Stormwatch, based on the old Justice League Satellite. Her first mission sent her to handle the Fourth Reich and acquire their Darkness Engine, a weapon capable of absorbing yellow sun radiation.[18]
Her next mission sent Rose to keep Singularity, a splinter group of Black Hole, from acquiring William Huskk in a prison near Central City. When a time weapon went off the two attempted to save the prisoners. Luckily the weapon was stopped by Core and the mission was a success.[19]
Next, she was assigned to get the Dead Sea Blade from the Xect, Xebelian exiles. Although technically a success, Flint and Peacekeeper-01 were infected by the sword's magic.[20] Next the team was sent to get Malware from the Halo Corporation and although a technical success, the inaction taken by the team when Malware absorbed the local security nearly caused Rose to to leave the team the following day, despite Phantom-One's protests.[21]
Knight Terrors
When the villain Insomnia used his powers to engulf every single hero and villain in their own dark and twisted nightmares, Rose found herself with a young version of herself and an army of dead men.[22] When this younger version of herself became twisted under the will of a nightmare version of Slade Wilson, Ravager defeated the latter, freeing herself and her nightmare-self from the nightmare.[23]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Enhanced Brain Activity: Rose inherited her father's metagene, an "unlocked mind".
- Accelerated Probability: Unlike Deathstroke, Rose's enhanced mind catalogs an infinite number of details and assembles those details into a highly accurate probability assessment.[11]
- Superhuman Strength
- Superhuman Speed
- Superhuman Reflexes
- Superhuman Stamina
- Superhuman Durability
- Accelerated Healing
Abilities
- Martial Arts: Ravager was trained in combat by Nightwing.[27]
- Stick Fighting[28]
- Swordsmanship
Paraphernalia
Weapons
- Inertron Sword: Rose brandishes a blade of pure, acid etched inertron from the future. The blade is 100% heat and light reflective and has anti-gravity properties which can pierce the protective sheathe of Slade's Ikon Suit.[29]
Notes
- Rose Wilson was created by Marv Wolfman, Art Nichols, and Will Blyberg, first appearing in Deathstroke the Terminator #15. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Rose Wilson first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Superboy (Volume 6) #1 by Scott Lobdell and R.B. Silva.
Trivia
- During Deathstroke (Volume 4) #29, Rose was 18 years old. Her birthday is Valentine's Day - February 14th.[30]
- Rose Wilson has expressed romantic interest in Red Hood, and according to her, he has broke her heart in the past.[31] They are occasionally in contact with one another, leading others confused as to what their "deal" is.[32]
- In one possible future, Rose and Gar Logan/Beast Man are married.[33]
- Rose has a cat named Fonzie.[34]
- Rose is of Hmong ethnicity.[28]
- Rose Hmong name is Xia, which means "glory of the sunrise".[35]
Related
- 143 Appearances of Rose Wilson (Prime Earth)
- 56 Images featuring Rose Wilson (Prime Earth)
- 7 Quotations by or about Rose Wilson (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Rose Wilson (Prime Earth)
Footnotes
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #4
- ↑ Catwoman Vol 5 62
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #2
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #7
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #19
- ↑ Deathstroke Inc #1
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #3
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #5
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #17
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #9
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Deathstroke (Volume 4) #10
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #12
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #16
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #18
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #28
- ↑ Robin 2021 Annual (Volume 3) #1
- ↑ Robin (Volume 3) #9
- ↑ Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special #1
- ↑ Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Volume 2) #1
- ↑ Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Volume 2) #2
- ↑ Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Volume 2) #3
- ↑ Knight Terrors: Ravager #1
- ↑ Knight Terrors: Ravager #1
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 2) #20
- ↑ Superboy (Volume 6) #7
- ↑ Ravagers #2-6
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #3
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Deathstroke (Volume 4) #44
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #23
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 3) #14
- ↑ Red Hood and the Outlaws #39
- ↑ Robin (Volume 3) #5
- ↑ Teen Titans Annual (Volume 4) #2
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #5
- ↑ Deathstroke (Volume 4) #45
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