Vincent Sobel

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## Universe information

**Vincent "Vince" Sobel** (died February 1, 2391) was a male Human who was a vigilante, a former boxer and the owner of the Starling Gym. He was the former mentor and ex-boyfriend of Laurel Lance. He began a crusade against criminals as the masked vigilante publicly nicknamed, aptly, **Vigilante**.

## Biography

### Early life

Vincent was an accomplished and well known boxer. He had many fans in Starling City and was well respected among the sport of boxing. During his career however, he was very badly injured and couldn't fight in the ring again. He wanted to continue doing something with sport so he opened his own gym in the city called the "Starling Gym".

Sometime later Vincent lost his brother to a gang in Starling and this motivated him to create his own costume and begin protecting the Glades from crimes before he was shot by the SCIS and decided to hang up his suit before he was killed himself.

### Training and dating Laurel

Laurel Lance came to Vincent concerning Tom Bronson, who was a member of his gym that had been seen at the scene of a crime. He vouched for the boy, though implying that he was indeed lying. He went on to explain how people like the boy sought the gym to calm themselves, and suggested that Laurel was likely another person like that, giving her a pamphlet were she interested. Laurel later returned asking Vincent to teach her.

He kept training Laurel, telling her that she moves without control and lashes out during sparring. Laurel later told him the source of her anger was her sister Sara had been killed.

Vincent kept training Laurel and offered that they go out to eat together, which ended with the two kissing. While they were gone Isaac strung up bodies of criminals in The Starling Gym causing the Arrow to confront Vincent. Laurel pardoned Vincent, insisting he was innocent. Vincent was later questioned by the police while an unknown woman in the crowd surrounding the crime scene watched. While investigating Oliver found another body in a storage locker Vincent used as a former base. Vincent ambushed him but was subdued by Oliver knocking him down, Vincent then revealed he had been working as a vigilante six years ago so the pair decided to work together and they found a clue that led to a hotel. Unknown to them the same woman from the crime scene was tracking them. Here they learned from Vincent that a man he had wrongly convicted had came back for vengeance. Later on, Vincent was framed by Isaac for killing people, drawing the attention of law enforcement. Vincent and Laurel were later taken hostage by Isaac and held at gunpoint. Laurel was forced to drive them in her car, however she managed to call Team Arrow and they came to their aid. During the chase Laurel managed to toss Isaac out of the car but the car crashed and caught fire. Diggle and Oliver freed Vincent and Laurel from the burning vehicle before it exploded.

When proven innocent with The Arrow's help, Vincent was asked by the hooded vigilante to stay away from Laurel which he agreed if Laurel wanted to stay away from his gym. He offered The Arrow advice that discarding his pupil and losing faith in him will be the worst thing he can do for Arsenal, possibly convincing Oliver to keep Roy on aboard instead of kicking him out like Diggle suggested. Laurel later came to the gym anyway asking Ted to train her as a vigilante and fight crime outside of the courtroom.

After this the two started a relationship, one which Laurel's father strongly disagreed along with Oliver.

Vincent was called out of the city on family business to help his sick mother and he was gone for over two years leaving Laurel to wonder if they were still going out.

When Vincent returned to Starling City, Laurel has been forced to fake her death and go into hiding and Vincent believed she really was dead until he went to the Arrowcave and saw that Laurel had been living there. The two later went out for a date with Laurel wearing a black wig in order to not be recognized, Vincent asks Laurel what happened while he was gone and what could have made her fake her death. She explains that when Damien Darhk stabbed her, thousands of citizens saw him rip her mask off and see her real face, she had to fake her death in order to protect her mother and father. The two spent the rest of the night at Laurel's apartment.

Vincent then leaves again in order to take care of his mother.

### Becoming Vigilante again

Vincent later returned to Starling when Team Arrow was trying to take down Ricardo Diaz. Vincent agreed to infiltrate his team and recover information for Oliver, however, Laurel was very determined to make sure that Vincent didn't go as she believed it was much too dangerous and he could end up being killed. He later does get caught by Diaz and tortured to give information about Team Arrow, this made Laurel don her Black Canary suit once again and come to rescue Vincent.

However, she was unsuccessful and Vincent was killed by Laurel's Earth-2 doppelgänger, Black Siren after she screamed directly into his ear.

## Legacy

After Vincent's death, Laurel began going after Ricardo Diaz and his team with the intent of killing them all. His death completely changed Laurel's personality and drove her over the edge, hurting innocent people who got in her way, showing no remorse for her actions.

## Abilities

* **Computer hacker:** Vincent had at least basic computer hacking skills.
* **Intimidation:** Vincent was shown to effectively terrorize people, both his enemies and unwilling allies like a gun shop owner. The latter said that Vigilante was much more frightening than Spartan.
* **Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist:** Vincent was shown to have excellent combat skills as Vigilante. He was able to defeat multiple bandits and thugs, ex-soldier John Diggle, and an Olympian awardee like Curtis Holt, who is trained personally by Oliver Queen. He was able to fight on par with Green Arrow and Ricardo Diaz, but not enough to actually best them.
* **Expert marksman:** Vincent prefers guns and rifles as his favorite type of weapons, and has great proficiency with them, as was shown in battle against Eric Dunn's group and Team Arrow. His aim is so precise, he was able to shatter one of Artemis' launched arrows by firing a bullet straight down the head.
* **Peak of human physical condition:** Vincent was in top physical condition and well-trained, as he was able to kill one of Eric Dunn's followers, and later injure and defeat the other. He was able to battle Green Arrow with an injured shoulder for some time, albeit being pushed back. He can also catch a shuriken thrown at him by Prometheus.
* **Stealth:** Vincent was shown to have great skills in stealth, being able to sneak closely to Mr. Terrific and Artemis, silently defeat both of them. His skill also allows him to seamlessly disappear from sight without a trace, making it difficult to keep up with him.
* **High tolerance for pain:** Vincent had a high tolerance for pain, as he forcefully pulled his hand out of handcuffs causing it to bleed and was barely fazed.
* **Skilled in using morse code:** Vincent was familiar enough and able to construct morse code messages without having to look it up.

## Equipment

* **Vigilante suit:** Vincent's suit is comprised of black leather and computerized orange goggles that resemble ski goggles.
* **Heckler/Koch MP5K:** Vincent's main submachine gun.
* **FN SCAR-L:** Vincent's main assault rifle with a mounted FN MK 13 Mod 0 grenade launcher.
* **Glock 17:** Vincent's main sidearm.
* **Nemesis Arms Vanquish:** A suppressed sniper rifle handled but not fired.