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Cheshire (real name Jade Nguyen, formerly Crock[1]) is a highly skilled assassin who formerly worked for the League of Shadows. She is the daughter of Lawrence and Paula Crock, and the older sister of Artemis Crock. She is married to Will Harper, and the mother of Lian Nguyen-Harper.

Personality[]

Cheshire has a true killer's instinct and is willing to go to any means necessary to accomplish her goals, whether it be through attacks, murder, or blackmail. She has a dry sense of humor, and treats her opponents like a cat would treat a mouse, allowing herself to be involved in playful banter to a small extent. She actually enjoys the prospect of killing, but she is not without her own sense of duty, following the orders of her masters to the letter, despite how easy it would be for her to ignore them.[5]

By 2018, her work as Cheshire has become a way to bury her feelings of doubt and insecurity, and as a way of detaching her from her family. Artemis attempted to convince her sister to see Lian, but Jade felt unworthy of being a mother, and believed it was best that Lian is better off without her in their life.[6] Jade was genuinely sad when she told Will to move on from her, and that he and Lian are both better off without her.[7]

Physical appearance[]

Cheshire is a young woman with a slender, but fit build; she stands at 1.67m/5'6".[8] She has thick black hair and gray eyes, as well as olive-colored skin due to her Vietnamese heritage, on her mother's side. She has proved to be very flexible in her time working as an assassin for the League of Shadows, and her fighting skills are enough to match the fighting ability of one with superpowers.[5]

The outfit she uses whilst working for the League of Shadows is a dark green colored kimono, and appears as though it has shreds and rips along it. Whether these rips are an intentional design or just wear and tear from her time as an assassin is unknown. The kimono is tied around her waist, where its length reaches just above her knees. Cheshire also wears black knee-high boots.[5]

A trademark of her appearance is a white mask, resembling a cat's head with red stripes and a wide grin, in reference to the Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, hence her name.[5]

History[]

Early life[]

Jade Nguyen is the daughter of Lawrence and Paula Crock, and older sister to Artemis. Jade's parents shared a history as criminals. Paula was a distant parent and allowed Crusher to train their daughters to follow in their footsteps,[9] which he did in brutal fashion. Jade was protective of Artemis, who she nicknamed "Mouse" with Jade as the "Cat",[10] but was unable to offer much resistance to their father. She and Artemis had a code phrase, "Mad as hatters", which they used to suggest a secret meet up.[11]

In 2004, during one of their jobs, Paula Crock became paraplegic and took the fall for her husband. As a result, she was sent to prison for six years.[12][9] During this time, the relationship between Jade and her father truly became acrimonious due to his emotional and verbal abuse.[13] Before the year was out,[14] Jade ran away, and left Artemis to be raised alone by their father.[2]

Jade returned shortly after she left, coming to Artemis for food. Crusher caught her and chased her off, but not before Jade gave the signal for a meet-up. Jade met Artemis on the rooftop after Crusher had left on a mission. Artemis brought Jade all the food she could find. Jade gave Artemis a book, and promised to return with money to restock the kitchen before Crusher came back. She did not return.[11]

Jade took her mother's maiden name because of her issues with her father.[1]

Jade joined the League of Shadows, taking the name Cheshire.[9] She developed an impressive reputation among the underworld, but did not become a publicly well-known villain.[15]

2010[]

 
Infinity Island
July 8, 22:18 ECT

Cheshire was present at the briefing about the assassination of Farano Enterprises CEO Selena Gonzalez, but did not, seemingly, participate in the attack.[16]

 
Happy Harbor
August 8, 21:53 EDT
Aqualad duels Cheshire

Cheshire goes toe to toe with Aqualad.

Cheshire was part of a team of Shadows sent to kill Serling Roquette after her escape. With Hook and Black Spider, she eventually tracked her to Happy Harbor High School. She engaged Roquette and her protectors alone at first, and was almost successful. Only after facing the entire team did she retreat.

Hook and Black Spider joined the fight, and knocked out Aqualad. This time, she was bent on ending Roquette. But her next attack on Roquette was also unsuccessful. Roquette had been moved, and Miss Martian acted as a decoy. Cheshire fled, pursued by Artemis. She eventually made it to the new hideout.

Artemis confronts an acquaintance

The villainess and the heroine share a past.

Doctor Roquette has by now lost her value to the Shadows—she had already disabled the Fog. As there was no longer a reason for assassination, Cheshire made her way outside. Artemis confronted her, and in the fight, Cheshire's mask was knocked off. Cheshire was quite cool as her sister recognized her, and brokered a retreat by threatening to reveal everything about Artemis.[5]

Later, went to Infinity Island to report to Sensei. She told him that she reluctantly agreed with her father that Artemis was weak, but Sensei told her that she was family and that she must recruit her.

Jade went back to the Crock apartment and watched at Artemis's window, but left without making contact. Artemis sensed her anyway, and caught up with her on the rooftops. Artemis accused Jade of following in their father's footsteps. Jade furiously denied this, then mocked Artemis, wondering if she wanted her to join the Team too. Jade told Artemis they would never trust her unless she came clean about her family and brought Jade in, then left.[9]

 
Taipei
September 7, 19:20 NST

Cheshire's new hit was the independent arbitrator in the peace negotiations between delegations from North and South Rhelasia. Her first, crude attempt, firing a rocket propelled grenade at the arbitrator's car, failed due to Red Arrow's intervention. She is arrested, and sent to a local jail.

Sportsmaster frees Cheshire

Cheshire is extricated from prison by Sportsmaster.

Red Arrow questioned Cheshire in jail, but got nothing out of her except vague and teasing remarks. He was too slow to realize she was being busted out, though Cheshire did not like her rescuer to be Sportsmaster. They escape together, headed for a waiting chopper. Red Arrow gave chase, and managed to shoot a rope at the helicopter as it took off. Cheshire cut it, but did not realize the arrowhead had a tracker.

Back at the League's headquarters, Cheshire met a disappointed Ra's al Ghul, who effortlessly spotted Red Arrow spying on them. Cheshire and Sportsmaster engaged the young hero on the rooftops, and forced him to flee. The Shadows, meanwhile, hatched a new plot to assassinate the arbitrator, Lex Luthor. At the conference, Cheshire went undercover as a servant, and carried a bomb to the summit. She was found out by Aqualad, who had come to help Red Arrow, and blocked the bomb's explosion with his water powers. Cheshire barely made it out of the blast area, and took on Red Arrow. Sportsmaster and more assassins joined the fight. When the tide turned against the assassins, Cheshire used a smoke bomb to conceal her own and Sportsmaster's escape.[8]

 
Orleans Parish
December 5, post-21:27 CST

Cheshire was forced to work with her father, and did not like it. She stood on watch while Sportsmaster picked up equipment for Professor Ivo. She was not surprised to see her sister and Red Arrow now working together, and made sure to fuel the animosity between them. She flirted with him, and even kissed him when he was down, just to spite her sister. She alerted Sportsmaster that they had company. He got away with the goods, and Cheshire left too.

It wasn't long before she noticed Artemis had put a tracer on her sword. She removed it, but kept it to bait Artemis.[17]

 
New Orleans
December 5, 22:18 CST

It didn't take Artemis long to track her sister to an old warehouse on the docks of New Orleans, but she failed to realize she was being played. Not only once—twice. Cheshire had found out about the tracer, but Artemis hadn't found a tracer Red Arrow put on her. Cheshire showed her sister security footage of Red Arrow outside, and Sportsmaster about to kill him. Artemis warned him with an explosive arrow, and took on Cheshire. Kid Flash arrived and took over, allowing Artemis to pursue Ivo, but all villains escaped when Klarion teleported them away.[17]

 
Smokey Mountains
December 30, post-10:48 EST

Jade served as bait in Riddler's plan to smuggle the echinoderm samples to the Watchtower. She overtly boarded a private charter at Asheville's airport with the suitcase of samples, and had it fly under the radar. It was crashed in a valley in the Smokeys, and Cheshire waited for their enemies to arrive.

The Team had taken the bait, and Cheshire and Riddler revealed themselves, along with Mammoth and Shimmer. In the fight that ensued, Cheshire fought Artemis, but they were evenly matched. However, Cheshire saved Artemis from an avalanche caused by Superboy and Mammoth. She stated that she didn't want to kill her and that they were still sisters before disappearing. She deliberately left a suitcase with the samples.[4]

 
Santa Prisca
December 30, 17:57 ECT

Cheshire was ordered to bring her sister to Bane's island nation. Sportsmaster had pressured her into joining the Light, and the villains hoped to play out all their cards to put an end to the Team. After Artemis revealed her true intentions by saving Superboy, Cheshire cut off Artemis's retreat, but did not fight her directly. She was uncharacteristically passive in the ensuing battle, and stayed in the defensive. When Sportsmaster was captured in quicksand, instead of helping him, she left him behind, and made her getaway.[4]

2012[]

 
Athens
December 25, 20:02 EET

Cheshire encountered Red Arrow, just as the hero thought he was getting closer to finding out Lex Luthor's plans.[18]

2013[]

 
Dhabar
November 26, 23:19 UTC

After winning a fight (that Roy threw),[18] Cheshire convinced Sensei to make Red Arrow a freelance operative of the League of Shadows. One of their first missions together involved escorting a transport of LexCorp tech to Bialya.[19]

2014[]

 
Infinity Island
March 8, 00:00 ECT

Jade and Roy continued working as a team. Roy began to see more in her, and felt he could turn her to the side of good. He didn't trust her, though.[20]

 
Fort-de-France
May 26, 03:16 ECT

After Roy's cover was blown, Jade helped him escape, and apparently betrayed the League of Shadows in doing so. Roy still wasn't sure whether this was a sincere move or if she was playing him.[21] The Shadows took out a contract on Jade's life in response,[22] but it was an open contract and not a high priority.[23]

 
Geneva
November 30, 22:22 CET

Jade and Roy worked together hitting several LexCorp facilities across the world to look for Speedy, and rested in Switzerland for a while.[24]

2015[]

Jade and Roy married late 2014 or early 2015.[25] Around January,[26] Cheshire became pregnant.[27]

 
Washington, D.C.
January 28, 20:00 CET

Roy and Jade had a falling out. Jade felt the search for Speedy was in vain.[25]

Between late January and the middle of February, Cheshire left Roy for good,[28] because of his self-destructive drive to find Speedy.[27] She rejoined the League of Shadows,[29] who took her back on a probationary basis, temporarily suspending the contract on her life.[23]

 
Olympia
February 17, 07:15 EET

Together with her father, Cheshire oversaw a League of Shadows operation in Greece, recovering an ancient Babylonian artifact. It wasn't long before her sister found them. Jade left her Shadows to deal with Artemis and Alpha Squad, and left for another part of the dig site.

She decided to retreat to an old amphitheater, where she ambushed Artemis and her friends. After a tense battle, Cheshire was defeated.[27]

Some time later, Cheshire found out she was pregnant with Roy's child, but she didn't tell Roy.[27] She left the League of Shadows again, who reinstated the contract on her life.[23]

2016[]

 
Washington, D.C.
February 14, post-04:03 EST

Jade returned to Roy's apartment to get him to clean up his act. She introduced him to his daughter Lian Nguyen-Harper, and for her sake she vowed to help him get closure on his pursuit of the original Roy Harper. She claimed to have called in many favors and found one final lead on Speedy.[27]

 
Tibet
February 28, 23:14 BT

Cheshire's tip brought them all to a Tibetan monastery. After fighting themselves past the guards, Lian laughed; this attracted the attention of every guard in the monastery. Red Arrow stated his original feelings about not bringing her; he thought it would be better to have left Lian with Artemis.

But even all the guards were not enough to stop them. They defeated them, and reached the door they were protecting. Red Arrow blasted open the door and found a cryogenic pod. Cheshire watched as Red Arrow caught Speedy as he fell out of the pod.[30]

 
Gotham City
March 21, 17:38 EDT

At Gotham Cemetery, Cheshire was with her daughter and her father to mourn over Artemis's "death". She regretted that she couldn't protect her or keep her away from their father. She then swore to kill her murderer, Aqualad.[31]

 
Khüiten Peak
April 9, 07:12 ICT

Cheshire piloted a helicopter in order to help Sportsmaster escape Deathstroke after Sportmaster's request for retribution was denied by the Light. Jade was aggravated by her father's actions.[32]

 
Atlantic Ocean
May 27, post-01:00 EDT

Sportsmaster and Cheshire secretly boarded the Manta-Sub for their revenge plan. Once inside, Cheshire went off in search of Kaldur'ahm, while her father searched for Black Manta. After studying the submarine's schematics, she found what she was looking for: Aqualad's room. She dropped in via a ventilation shaft.

Cheshire had only Miss Martian against her, who was hampered by a collar, as well as Deathstroke's camera seeing their every move. Cheshire wanted to end Aqualad's life quickly, but had to deal with some Manta Troopers first. She worked them out of the room and jammed the door. M'gann grabbed one of the trooper's rifle, and in the struggle with Cheshire, shot out the camera. She wanted to explain, but Cheshire was too quick and knocked her out. Aqualad rose from his bed and told her he did not kill Artemis. Cheshire did not believe it and attacked, putting Aqualad in a choke hold with her sai pointing at his chin. She thought about cutting him open, just to see if he was truly heartless.

Cheshire was forced to let go when Black Manta blew the door. But she made quick work of him, stunning him with a special disc. She picked up her sword to finish the job. Miss Martian had come to, and her collar had been shut off. She pulled Cheshire, Kaldur, Sportsmaster, and Tigress into a mindscape of one of Artemis's memories: Jade's and Artemis's old room. Miss Martian revealed to them that Artemis was alive and posing as Tigress, and that she and Kaldur worked together to fake Artemis's death. Cheshire was convinced, though it took her father a bit more time.

After Miss Martian released everyone from the mindscape, she and Miss Martian played the part, "promising" to kill Black Manta and Aqualad before Cheshire escaped the area.

As Sportsmaster and Cheshire were about to leave the Sub, Deathstroke confronted them, attacking Sportsmaster. Cheshire stopped him from killing her father before Tigress arrived and battled Cheshire. The sisters talked about the situation as Cheshire stated she didn't want to lose a babysitter. Miss Martian showed up again, holding off Deathstroke and Tigress long enough to allow Sportsmaster and Cheshire to escape.[33]

 
Gotham City
May 28, 02:34 EDT
Jade visits her mother

Jade brings her mother good news.

Jade reclaims Lian from her mother, who was babysitting her granddaughter. The still-grieving Paula tells her to treasure her time together with her daughter, for the future is uncertain. Jade then informs her that she has news about Artemis—good news in fact.[33]

2016-2018[]

Jade tried a "normal" life with her husband, now calling himself Will, and their daughter in a house in Star City, but felt unable to stay. She left them and resumed her life as Cheshire, and by 2018 was working as a field leader for Branchwater Security's meta-human squad.[6][7]

At some point, she set up an emergency signal with her mother for use in case of a life or death emergency involving Lian, since Jade shared blood and tissue types with her daughter and Will didn't.[11]

2018[]

 
Detroit
September 25, 22:56 EDT

Cheshire's squad was assigned to steal a Reach Meta-human Failsafe from STAR Labs. Cheshire interceded when the squad was accosted by an armed guard, but ended up getting shot in the shoulder herself. Shade was able to teleport the squad and their quarry out.[6]

 
Detroit
September 26, 00:56 EDT

On a private jet, Doctor Moon worked to remove the bullet, despite Cheshire refusing anesthetic. He finished, but was soon after knocked out by Tigress who came to gather intel on the League of Shadows. Cheshire revealed they were now operating out of Santa Prisca but did not know who was in charge. Tigress also pressed her sister to return to her family, but Jade insisted Lian was better off without her, and left with Shade.[6]

 
Star City
October 12, 19:49 PDT

Jade watched her family from a neighboring rooftop, but was caught in the act by Will. Will asked her to come back to them, but she refused, saying she was not cut out for family life and that she was only there as a way of saying goodbye. She ran off tearfully.[7]

2020[]

 
Infinity Island
April 18, 21:09 ECT

Cheshire took a speed boat to the island. She infiltrated the main building, but was found by Sensei, the pair fought, with Sensei easily subduing her. Cheshire told him to finish it, but he questioned her presence. She explained that she had come to settle the contract the Shadows had on her file, one way or the other. Sensei noted that she was fully aware those on Infinity Island were no longer Shadows. Talia al Ghul arrived, carrying her son, and claimed Cheshire had came out of fear. Cheshire mocked her for bringing her son, but Talia insisted it was best for him to grow up with his mother, not be abandoned as Cheshire had done to her daughter. Cheshire then received an emergency alert she had set up in case anything happened to Lian and ran off. Sensei shouted after her that she had come to die, and should return when she was ready to live.[22]

 
Star City
April 19, 04:16 EDT

Jade arrived at the Harper home to find her mother in the kitchen. She demanded to know what was wrong with Lian, but Paula told her nothing was wrong and that she hadn't messaged her. Artemis then came in and admitted she had sent the message.[22]

 
Star City
April 19, 04:18 PDT

Artemis explained that she had two alleged defectors from the League of Shadows who each claimed the other was trying to infiltrate the Team. Cheshire went to leave, but was convinced to help after Artemis told her one of them had followed her from the house, where Lian was.

Later, Jade met up with Artemis in Grant Park. She found her with her boyfriend, Jason Bard, who Artemis reluctantly introduced to her. After a short exchange, Jason left. Jade told Artemis she approved, before they got to business. Jade said all her sources reported that Cassandra Savage was one the run and being hunted, and but that no-one had heard of Onyx, making her either a nobody or extremely dangerous. Jade decided to talk with them herself, as she knew what to look for.

Artemis overrode the Vault's security system to allow Jade access. Orphan responded with hostility, but Artemis was able tio convince her she needed her help. Jade interrogated each "defector" separately. Onyx was an awe of Jade, who she claimed was an inspiration for successfully leaving the Shadows. After Onyx laid out her backstory, Cheshire challenged her for using Shadow techniques to manipulate her responses. Onyx admitted that she had been a shadow for so long she didn't know how to do anything else. Savage talked about losing faith in her father after he killed her sister and found he had taken her from her mother whom she had believed dead. Savage also questioned why Jade was there, helping the good guys.

Jade reported to Artemis that she thought both were either telling the truth or very good liars. She also berated Artemis for not covering her identity more carefully after Onyx had explained how easily she found her. They were interrupted when Rictus made a move on Savage, but then came under attack themselves from Black Spider. Cheshire and Orphan fought Spider, who mocked Cheshire for leaving the Shadows for a man. The fight came to an end when Lady Shiva appeared from the shadows and took Orphan hostage. Shiva demanded Tigress bring Savage to Santa Prisca or she would kill Orphan. The Shadows then all left, teleported out by Shade. Tigress made plans to go to Santa Prisca with Savage and Onyx, not to trade for Orphan, but to rescue her. Cheshire was incredulous, saying Tigress should take her Team despite Shiva's warnings. Cheshire also revealed that Orphan was Shiva's daughter, something she realized once Shiva unmasked her, revealing the scars on her throat. Tigress asked if Cheshire could promise that Shiva would not kill Orphan, but she couldn't. Tigress asked for Cheshire to join them, but she refused. Cheshire left, but not before dropping her old code-phrase, "Mad as hatters".[11]

 
Santa Prisca
April 21, post-19:03 ECT

Having made her way onto the island and into the Shadows HQ independently of Tigress squad, she sprang to their aid after Savage revealed herself to be the mole and she and some other Shadows confronted them. Cheshire set off some gas grenades, allowing them to flee. As they ran to Orphan's cell, Cheshire teased Tigress about whether she had expected her to show up. They reached Orphan cell, but were immediately cornered by a large number of Shadows, with Shiva calling for their surrender.[34]

 
Santa Prisca
April 21, 21:04 ECT

Tigress got Shiva and Savage talking to buy time for Orphan to escape her bonds. When she did, she cut the lights. The two groups fought in the dark. Cheshire took out Black Spider by cutting open his pressurized webbing container, encasing him. The lights were soon restored, and Tigress was injured. Shiva again called for surrender, but Shade teleported Tigress's group to the beach, with Shiva following.

On the beach, Shade explained he was repaying the debt he owed Cheshire for freeing him from Branchwater's control, which Cheshire agreed was now paid in full. Shiva goaded Orphan into a fight, and Cheshire thought it best they let Orphan finish Shiva, but Tigress and Oracle convinced Orphan not to kill her, and the group left on the Super-Cycle.[9]

 
Key West
April 21, 23:38 EDT

At a safe house, Jade finished dressing Artemis's wound, and agreed to allow her to call Will about coming home. When Artemis made the call, Lian joined the call to show off her "mommy mask". Jade was horrified and ran off.[9]

 
Caribbean Sea
April 22, 01:23 ECT

Jade stole a helicopter and made for Infinity Island. Tigress and the others pursued thanks to a tracker Oracle had placed on her. Once the Super-Cycle caught up with her, Cheshire dived toward it, forcing the Cycle into the water.[9]

 
Infinity Island
April 22, 01:25 ECT

Reaching Ra's al Ghul's palace, Jade leapt from the helicopter, leaving it to crash. Sensei and the Red Hooded Ninja responded. Sensei asked if Jade had come to live, but she prepared to attack. Artemis arrived in time to stop her and demanded to know if she was trying to kill herself. Artemis asked why Jade refused to come back to her family. Jade finally admitted that she was too much like her father, and she didn't want Lian to end up like her. Artemis countered that she herself was proof that children didn't have to turn out like their parents, and that Jade could change if she worked at it. Jade was afraid she would bring her problems onto Will and Lian. After Onyx talked about how she had fled her family to find one in the Shadows, Sensei admitted that the Shadows had watched them both and created a sense of family to instill loyalty. Since he was no longer of the Shadows, Sensei offered both women the chance to stay and get help to recover from their experiences, an offer backed up by Ra's al Ghul himself. Jade decided to stay, and Artemis promised to come back and check on her. Jade admitted that for once she was happy to hear she couldn't get away from her.

Later, Jade knelt in meditation with Sensei, Onyx and the Red Hooded Ninja.[9]

Abilities[]

Cheshire is a highly trained assassin, whose skills include but may not be limited to:

  • Martial arts: She has demonstrated incredible fighting skills, able to hold her own against Aqualad's enhanced abilities;[5]
  • Agility[5][8]
  • Marksmanship: She has impressive skills with long-range objects, particularly throwing stars;[5][8]
  • Poison use: She has demonstrated a penchant to coat her weapons with jellyfish poison;[5]
  • Tracking: She has shown the ability to track her enemies through assorted means.[5]
  • Stealth: Cheshire has demonstrated the ability to disappear into the shadows at will with no-one being able to find her when she doesn't wish to be found. She also demonstrated stealth when sneaking past Artemis and Miss Martian while on watch duty.
  • Piloting: She has shown considerable skill flying a helicopter.[9]
  • Multilingualism: Cheshire can speak English, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese and possibly many more.[35]

Equipment[]

  • Cheshire mask: Aside from protecting her face from identification and injury, the mask has a thermal scanner allowing Cheshire the means to track her prey. It has a built-in air filter so that she doesn't breathe in toxins[5] or smoke.[8]
  • Collapsible swords: Dual weapons that are easy to carry and use.[5][8]
  • Crossbow: Used in her attempted assassination of "Dr. Serling Roquette".[5]
  • Flash bomb: Bomb that generates a bright flash, enabling her to escape quickly and stealthily.[5]
  • Kunai: She uses for close combat, if her sais aren't available.[5]
  • RPG-7: A popular Russian made rocket launcher used by terrorists. She used it in the first assassination attempt against Lex Luthor.[8]
  • Sai: These are her primary weapons which she uses for close ranged battles.[5]
  • Shurikens: Coated with jellyfish poison.[5]

Relationships[]

Sportsmaster[]

Main article: Sportsmaster

Although both have worked for the League of Shadows, Cheshire had an adversarial relationship with Sportsmaster. He is Cheshire's father,[17] from whom she ran away as a girl.[2] Years later, when he broke her out of jail, she was angry that it was Sportsmaster who had saved her. She hated to admit when Sportsmaster was right, and even claimed to want to kill him (but said she wouldn't while they were on the job). However, Sportsmaster was only amused by her grudge, even claiming that Cheshire would not have been hired if it wasn't for him.[8] Sportsmaster refers to Jade as "Little Girl",[8][31] and always has.[36]

Despite her resentment, Cheshire teamed up with him to get revenge on Black Manta and Aqualad. She also saved her father from Deathstroke.[33]

Red Arrow[]

Main article: Red Arrow and Cheshire

Although they were obviously enemies, Cheshire seemed to have an oddly flirtatious, bordering on sexual, interest in Red Arrow following their first confrontations. Cheshire took particular amusement in baiting Red Arrow.[8] She would later flirt with him again, now to drive a wedge between him and her sister, by kissing him and making sure she was watching.[17]

Sometime after 2011, they married, though they have since separated. They have a daughter together, Lian.[27]

Artemis[]

Main article: Artemis

Artemis and Jade are sisters, with Jade being the elder by four years. Cheshire did like Artemis, but left when her mother was in jail and refused to live with her father, Sportsmaster, leaving Artemis alone with him.[2] Throughout their encounters, the siblings have constantly clashed. However, Cheshire mentioned that she doesn't want her to die, and actually saved her life.[4] After Artemis apparently died, Jade admitted that she loved Artemis and swore to kill the man she believed had killed her, Aqualad. She also regrets not protecting Artemis from their father as well as keeping her safe.[31]

She risked everything to infiltrate the Manta-Sub with her father to exact her vengeance. When she discovered the truth, Cheshire immediately dropped her vendetta. After Artemis took joy in her sister's act, Cheshire tried to conceal her selflessness from Tigress by saying that she sought vengeance because she was angry at the loss of a babysitter for Lian.[33]

Appearances[]

Background information[]

  • In the comics, Cheshire is an assassin, but not associated with the League of Shadows (or the Society of Assassins). She is a frequent opponent of the Teen Titans, and had an on-again-off-again relationship with Roy Harper (Speedy/Red Arrow), and they had a daughter together. She also had a son with the anti-villain Catman.
  • This is Cheshire's second animated appearance. She made several cameo appearances in the final season of Teen Titans. Jade's Cheshire Cat mask was first used in that series, and although it has not been used in the comics, it was carried over in Young Justice. She also resembles the Crime Syndicate version of Katana from Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, who was also drawn by Phil Bourassa.
  • In the comics, Cheshire was never related to or associated with Artemis, Paula Crock, or Sportsmaster. Her real name is Jade Nguyen, which is also the name given in the credits for "Homefront" for her animated counterpart. In this continuity, Nguyen is the maiden name of her mother, Paula Crock.[37]

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