Sara Lance (Earth-67)

* Civilian
* Black Canary

Laurel Lance (sister; deceased)

**Sara Lance** was a citizen of Starling City who was left stranded on an island following a shipwreck. Five years later, she returned home and used her survival skills to become a vigilante, known to the people as the **Black Canary**.

Her Earth was later destroyed during Crisis on Infinite Earths.

## History

### Early Life

Sara was born the youngest daughter of Quentin Lance and his wife, Dinah. She had an older sister, Laurel. When the two were younger, the sisters shared a close bond, even getting a pet canary together, but they drifted apart as they grew older. As a teenager, Sara was rebellious and a troublemaker, which often got her into tricky situations, subsequently putting her at odds with her father. Thus, Sara was closer to her mother growing up due to her and Dinah's shared free-spirited natures.

Sara soon developed a crush on Oliver Queen, her sister's boyfriend. Shortly after he graduated high school, Sara snuck out of the house to go to a graduation party Tommy Merlyn held to see him. However, Oliver was too drunk to acknowledge her and ended up spilling his beer on Sara, much to her embarrassment. Later, she was pulled in by the cops and grounded by her father for a month. Sara later believed that Laurel called the cops to ruin her chances with Oliver, since he and her sister became a couple not long after.

Oliver later started pursuing Sara after having second thoughts about moving in with Laurel. Excited that her crush was paying attention to her and wanting to get back at Laurel for what happened at Tommy's party, Sara quickly began sleeping with him. Later, Sara returned home from college to spend time with her family during a three-day weekend but was secretly texting Oliver. Oliver had invited Sara to come with him on the Queen’s Gambit voyage, though she was initially hesitant. That night, Sara attempted to caution Laurel against her expectations of getting engaged to Oliver, a known playboy, since he wasn't the type to take such a big step yet. However, an outraged Laurel perceived this as her sister being a “bitch”, upsetting Sara and spurring her into accepting Oliver's offer.

### Lian Yu

On the day that Sara was to leave, her mother came home early and caught the former packing her Starling Rockets baseball cap into a bag for the Queen's Gambit trip. Dinah initially objected to Sara going, but Sara managed to convince her mother otherwise by claiming that she was in love with Oliver, needing to follow her heart and do what she felt was right. During their sail at sea, Sara and Oliver were in bed together. While Sara was somewhat nervous about the storm and Laurel finding out of their affair, Oliver assured her they would be fine. Suddenly, the yachtn) sank and Sara was pulled under, causing Oliver to believe that she had drowned. However, Sara managed to swim to the surface on the other side of the wreck and was marooned on a piece of the ship for days.

The wood plank later drifted to the island of Lian You, where Sara met a man named Natas who trained her to survive.

Sara's apparent death had multiple effects on the Lance family. For Laurel, she couldn't grieve for her sister because Sara betrayed her by sleeping with Oliver but couldn't angry either because she had died, and thus struggled to come to terms with her death. Quentin fell into a deep state of depression, becoming an alcoholic, and buried himself in his work in an attempt to ignore his pain, taking every case that passed his desk without pause. Sara was also the first and last thought of Quentin's mind every day and it took him years to get past that point. His drinking and work obsession eventually lead to Dinah divorcing him. Dinah harbored great guilt and remorse for not stopping Sara from going on the Gambit. Unable to face her family with this, she left for Central City after divorcing Quentin. However, Dinah believed (correctly) that Sara was still alive and spent years searching for her daughter.

Quentin later died in a car accident, having been driving while under the influence. His car struck a minivan with a family inside, including two young daughters who resembled Laurel and Sara. The entire family perished in the crash. This act caused something inside Laurel to snap.

### Return to Starling City

Over five years after the shipwreck, Sara was found by Chinese fishermen passing by the island. Sara returned to Starling City with her mother, but clearly suffered PTSD from her experiences on the island which she refused to discuss. Sara later learned that her sister had become a serial killer known as the Siren, finding men who preyed on women and seducing them, luring them to their deaths. Sara decided to use the skills she had learned to bring her sister to justice, becoming the vigilante known as the Canary. She inspired others to follow in her path, including Adrian Chase.

A year after her return, Sara would learn that Oliver had also survived the shipwreck, having been rescued by the League of Assassins and groomed to be their next leader.

### Death

Sara continued to operate as the Canary until she was wiped from existence along with the rest of Earth-67 during Crisis on Infinite Earths.

## Abilities

* **Peak of Human Physical Condition:** Sara was in exceptional physical form after five intense years of survival, obtaining a well-muscled and conditioned physique, which she maintained through intense and strenuous training.
	+ **Acrobatics/Free-running:** Sara regularly included acrobatics in her fighting style; she was capable of scaling buildings, running from rooftop to rooftop with ease and has been known to use a scarf to quickly descend from ceilings.
	+ **Honed Senses:** Sara was able to instantly notice danger in her environment.
* **Master Hand-to-hand Combatant/Martial Artist:** Sara was an exceptional combatant due to her experiences on the island of Lian You and her training with Natas.
	+ **Master Bo-Staff/Stick-Fighter:** Sara's weapon of choice was a pair of extendable batons that combined to form a bo-staff and she demonstrated great skill in both stick-fighting and bo-staff fighting. Using her staff, Sara defeated multiple armed enemies in quick succession and competed against other very skilled combatants.
	+ **Master Knife Wielder/Knife Thrower:** Sara was very skilled at using knives in combat and was a skilled knife thrower, able to throw several in quick succession.
	+ **Expert Markswoman:** Presumably taught by her fatherland later by Natas, Sara was accomplished in the use of firearms, ranging from handguns to sniper rifles.
* **High-level Intellect/Master Tactician:** Sara was very sharp-witted and methodical, alert and adaptive to the situation. She was a quick learner, having gained great knowledge, if not mastery, in various fields. Sara was highly tactical, both in preparation and while in action, able to quickly analyze the situation and how best to handle it. Even when operating solo, she could effectively track down her targets and determine the best course of action in various missions.
	+ **Expert Driver:** Sara was highly trained driving multiple vehicles, such as cars and motorcycles.
	+ **Expert thief:**Due to her dating experiences with juvenile delinquents, Sara knew how to hot-wire a car.
	+ **Medical Knowledge:** During her time with Natas, Sara learned basic survival skills.
	+ **Multilingual:** Sara was capable of fluently speaking English, Mandarin, Arabic, and Tibetan.
* **Intimidation:** As a vigilante, The Canary commanded an intimidating presence, to the point where most criminals fear her and give up information willingly. Through her reputation, Sara could manipulate her targets' actions.
* **Stealth/Infiltration/Escape artist:** Sara was highly capable of entering and leaving buildings without being seen, regardless of their security. She was also able to conceal her weapons easily on her person, such as knives and batons.
* **Indomitable Will/High Tolerance for Pain/Master Survivor:** After five years in hell, Sara developed almost an inhuman tolerance for pain.

## Trivia

* Unlike her Earth-1 counterpart, Sara's relationship with Oliver came after his relationship with Laurel.
* Similarly, Sara and Oliver are more aligned with each other's respective counterparts on Earth-1.