Oliver Queen

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"*You can't run away from evil men. You must turn and fight them... as we have, with weapons we understand. We must always fight them.*"
―Green Arrow[src]
**Oliver Queen** (also known as the **Green Arrow**) was a Human businessman and vigilante who served as owner and CEO of Queen Industries and also as the founder of Team Arrow as well as a member of the Justice League.

## Biography

### Early life

Oliver Queen was born on January 29, 196 somewhere in New England to the wealthy Robert and Moira Queen. In part due to his father's life as an archeologist and historian, the Queen family traveled frequently and extensively when he was young, living in Massachusetts London, England, Scotland for a time before settling in New York when he was fourteen. As a young child Oliver idolized the hero Robin Hood and was said to be a natural archer, frequently practicing with his bow and arrows.

However, after he and his friends partied away, Oliver's yacht was attacked by a group of pirates organized by his own captain. Using his then-limited archery skills, Oliver barely escaped with his life, activating a life raft and washing ashore on a nearby island. Oliver was stranded for two years on the island, which had a harsh and changing weather. While on the island, Oliver improved his archery skills by making a make shift bow and arrows, which he would use to hunt wild boars on the island. According to the Oliver Queen Chronicles, Oliver encountered the island's natives after a couple of weeks in the island. He lived among them for over three months during which time they taught him how to hunt and improve his archery skills. Upon further exploration, Oliver was shocked to discover the wreckage of his parents' plane on the island. He collected their wedding rings from their remains and also found a letter his mother had written to him the night of the crash.

Oliver resolved to get his yacht back, so he and the natives staged a coup and Oliver was able to reclaim his boat and go back home. For the next year, Oliver improved his archery skills further. He joined a cult of dark celtic archers, and was taught by the expert archer Vordigan. Oliver eventually rejected the harsh and unethical teachings of the cult and left Vordigan, going back to Star City. There he vowed to use his skills for good, taking the mantle of the hero Green Arrow.

## Personality and traits

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"*At my core, I wasn't a hero. I was a hunter.*"
―Green Arrow[src]

## Powers and Abilities

Green Arrow possessed no superhuman powers.

### Abilities

**Master Archer**: Oliver Queen is an extremely skilled archer, on par with Clint Barton. He claimed to be able to shoot 29 arrows per minute, after he corrected Black Canary for saying 26. He has a wide-variety of trick arrows, ranging from bola arrows to time-bomb arrows, to electric arrows, to even kryptonite arrows. In recent years he has used these arrows sparingly, preferring the time-tested simple arrow. Green Arrow has shown the ability to shoot an arrow down the barrel of a gun, pierce a drop of water as it leaves a tap, and shoot almost any part of the human body; although he usually only aims to wound and not kill when he shoots. He once shot two arrows down two different gun barrels while upside down, in mid-flip while somersaulting off a building.

**Martial Arts Master**: He is proficient in several forms of hand-to-hand combat including Judo, Kickboxing and Karate. Proclaimed as a martial arts master, he has shown the ability to take on seven people at once.

**Master Swordsman**: Ollie is also very proficient with a sword, though it is not his preferred weapon of choice.

**Skilled Pilot**: He used to own and fly his own airplane called the Arrowplane. He still has some skill in flying different types of planes.

**Business Management**: Oliver Queen inherited the reigns of Queen Industries from his father, Robert. Though Queen now spends little time involved with the day to day operations of the company, his apparent wealth suggests that his business acumen is savvy enough to keep the company prosperous.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

The costume Green Arrow wears is composed of kevlar and a little percentage of titanium; it's bullet-proof and resistant to various types of attack (explosions, impacts, falls, etc...). It's also flame-retarding and insulating. The gloves and the boots are reinforced to rebound the impact of punches and kicks.

### Weapons

Custom Bow and Arrows, several different types including, small explosives, smoke, and tear gas pellets.

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