FULL NAME: Dee Lemma
ALIAS: Query, Xiaohu (Little Tiger),Quers,
Q-Doll, Connie Undrum
HEIGHT: 5' 4"
WEIGHT: 120 lbs
EYES: Green
HAIR: Red
OCCUPATION: Femme accomplice to The Riddler
FORMER OCCUPATION: Honorary member of the Chinese Triad
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Gotham City, USA
MARITAL STATUS: Single
KNOWN RELATIVES: None
KNOWN ASSOCIATES: The Riddler, Manchu, Columbine,
Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn,
Catwoman
ABILITIES: Trained in martial arts, various weapons, and pyrotechnics.
Able to shift into any feline form when wearing a special ring.
ORIGIN: Dee was raised in a Westside
Gotham Orphanage. Shunned by foster parents, orphanage workers, and the
other orphans, she submerged herself in puzzles, books, and her own imagination.
The moment she felt she'd gotten everything she needed out of the orphanage,
she ran away. Her wanderings lead her to Gotham's Chinatown, which she made
her base of operations. Here she picked pockets, using the money to buy
food and clothing.
After a bad month of slim pickings, Dee got
caught stealing from a street vendor. He grabbed her by the wrist and was
about to call for a cop when another man placed a hand on her shoulder.
The second man scolded her for running ahead without taking the money to
buy them both lunch from the vendor. He then apologized to the man and paid
him, then leading Dee off.
The stranger offered Dee shelter and a well
rounded education. The only name her benifactor offered was Jiaoshu, or
teacher, as he trained the foot soldiers for the Chinese Triad. She was
trained in numerous martial arts, weapons handling, and pyrotechnics. Throughout
her training, she held the doubt that she'd ever be accepted into the Triad.
She hadn't conformed to Chinese ways as much as Jiaoshu would've liked and
she was slightly unstable. In the end, however, her doubt was replaced with
pride when she was accepted as an honorary member. She became known in the
Triad as Xiaohu, or Little Tiger, a named she earned during training. Due
to her petite size, she was perfect for special jobs the Triad needed done.
In honor of her acceptance, Jiaoshu allowed her to pick any one item from
a special box. Her eye fell to a strange looking ring which she picked up,
hesitantly slipping it on. Shocked, Jiaoshu told her about the ring. No
one had been able to even pick it up in near five generations. The ring
allowed the wearer to change into feline forms at will.
In the years that followed, she took many jobs for the Triad. Dee kept up with happenings on the other criminals
in the city, her favorite being The Riddler.
His approach on crime fascinated her. It was during a museum heist that
she finally met him. Unknown to her and her accomplice that particular night,
The Riddler was dropping in on the charity
function the museum was throwing.
As Dee worked on opening a heavy safe door,
she heard the sound of shifting glass. Instinctively, she leapt out of the
way as a display case shattered right where she'd been working. Feng, her
accomplice, had tried to crush her with the case. Her ears still ringing,
Dee just managed to fend off an attack. The
fight was fast paced and vicious, with Feng leaving no room for Dee to retaliate. Ducking around some cases, she
managed to gain some time and space. Still running, she reached into her
pack, pulling out a wad of plastic explosive. Lighting the fuse, she slowed
long enough to slap the chunk onto a wall as she passed, running like hell.
Taking a chance, Dee glanced behind her as
she rounded a corner, in time to see Feng come up to the trap just as it
exploded.
When the smoke cleared, her attacker was no where to be seen. It was then
that she noticed the museum was too quiet, being there was a function happening
on the main floor, which she was now near. She slipped over to the edge
of the party and found out why: The Riddler
and his men were working their way through the crowd, gathering up money
and valuables. Dee couldn't take her eyes
off The Riddler. However, commotion on the
other side of the room announced the coming of Batman.
With lightning speed, Batman attacked The Riddler, knocking him to the ground. Something
snapped in Dee, sending her rushing into the
melee. Batman, not expecting such a fierce attack,
stumbled back under her blows. Once Batman was
clear of The Riddler, the goons set in on
Batman. Dee grabbed
a hold of the dazed Riddler, a bag of loot,
and headed out of the museum.
The second they set foot out of the alley door, two men came and helped
The Riddler into a car. Dee hopped in beside him, stowing her things as
the car took off. When the car arrived at the hideout, she was ushered into
a room and left alone. Having nothing better to do, she fell asleep on the
couch. Hours later, The Riddler himself shook
her by the shoulder to wake her. In a second, he found himself gritting
his teeth in pain as one arm was twisted, pinned behind his back, a knife
put to his throat. Just as quickly, he was released. Dee began to apologize to him in Chinese, catching
herself and switching to English. Before he could say a word, she told him
who she was, adding how she ran into him in the museum. This interested
him, for he had heard of Xiaohu, but due
to her affiliation, always thought her to be Chinese. He offered her a place
in his gang, which she accepted readily. Upon learning her real name, he
dubbed her Query.
Her sanity gone, Dee became obsessed with
helping Eddie defeat Batman.
She has made only a few visits to Chinatown after joining Eddie, and rarely takes any jobs with the Triad
anymore. Almost a year after joining Eddie,
he presented her with a Siberian tiger cub, which she named Tangram. About six months later, she added twin Bengal
cubs, Rebus and Rubix.
Her grasp on reality weakened, she can be extremely dangerous, especially
when her tigers are with her.