Green Arrow

Mister (Title)

Ollie (Nickname)

### Relatives

Patrick Dearden, Sr. and Susanna Dearden (Maternal Grandparents)Jonas and Theodora Queen (Paternal Grandparents)

Moira Dearden-Queen and Robert Queen (Parents, Deceased)

Walter Steele (Godfather)

James "Jimmy" Dearden (Uncle)

Liam Dearden (Uncle, Deceased)

Isabel Rose-Dearden (Aunt, Deceased)

Sin (Maternal Half-Sister)

Arsenal (Adopted Son)

Tigress (Adopted Daughter)

Red Arrow (Son)

Arrowette (Daughter)

Vanguard (Biological Daughter)

Speedy (Cousin/Ward)

Cynthia Lance (Adopted Niece)

Lian Harper (Adoptive Granddaughter)

Sara Diggle (Goddaughter)

### Affiliation

Team Arrow (Founder, Leader, Financier)Justice League (Founding Member #04; Financier)

The Titans (Founder, Financier)

League of Assassins (Former Inner Circle Member)

Seven Soldiers of Victory (Former Member)

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Engaged (Black Canary, Fiancée)Divorced (Nyssa al Ghul, Ex-Wives)

Affair (Mei Gulong, Former Mistress)

## **History**

### **Oliver Queen: 1978 - 1996**

In Star City, Oliver spent his youth in private schools. Even as a child, Oliver enjoyed participating in extracurricular activities like archery, lacrosse, rowing, and fencing. Though perhaps destined to be an Olympic archer, being trained around the clock by his coach Malcolm Merlyn and alongside Tommy Merlyn (who became Ollie's best friend), Oliver was a naturally gifted all-around athlete and excelled at any physical activity. His love of sports also fostered a love for outdoors and he became interested in an altogether different sort of sport and game; hunting. Oliver would often join his father on exotic hunting trips around the world.

It was during a safari that tragedy struck the Queen family. Robert and Moira Queen were mauled by a lion before Oliver's eyes as he tried to unjam his rifle. When the lion turned its hungry eyes to Thea, Oliver's much younger sister, Oliver grabbed his father's bow and killed the lion with a shot through its eye.

### **Oliver Queen: 1996 - 1999**

Back home, Oliver began preparing to inherit the reins of his father's company, under the guidance of his and Thea's godfather and their father's business partner, Walter Steele. Though Oliver was given control of the family fortune, there were certain stipulations placed on his control over Queen Consolidated and it was Walter's responsibility to help Oliver overcome these obstacles. Yet, much Walter's regret, Oliver quickly earn a reputation as a playboy and thrill-seeker, often throwing lavish parties aboard his yacht, “The Queen’s Gambit”. No such exception was spared for Oliver's biggest party to date: his twenty-first birthday party.

But that party was not all fun and games. The Safinat Dakhma infiltrated the ranks of Oliver’s crew! After drugging and kidnapping Oliver, the assassins murdered all the guests and scuttled the vessel to cover up their tracks.

Oliver's abduction was due to a past relationship between Ra's al Ghul and Oliver's parents. An example of how the League had began to sink its hooks in Oliver at young age is made clear with the fact that Oliver's archery coach was none other than Malcolm Merlyn. So back to the story, the assassins brought Oliver to a training camp on a uncharted island but shortly after his arrival it was discovered that Oliver an allergic reaction to the sedative. Afraid of losing an Ra's al Ghul ordered Oliver's limp body was tossed into a Lazarus Pit, where it was consumed by a green glow.

It's hard to say if Ollie actually died that day, but it wasn't his last day.

### **Al Sahim: 1999 - 2004**

Wedded to Nyssa al Ghul, Oliver Queen was in direct competition with Bruce Wayne to inherit Ra’s al Ghul title. Their rivalry pushed both of them and while Bruce excelled at most things, he could never best Oliver’s natural affinity with archery, hunting, and fencing. Eventually, the two became close friends and would often be on assignments together. When Oliver’s hedonism and carefree nature led Ra’s al Ghul to name Bruce Wayne as heir, Oliver held no grudge and was happy to enjoy the luxuries of his position among the Assassins’ elite. Though neither Bruce or Oliver discuss the reasons for their leaving the League.

### **Green Arrow: 2004 - Present**

Returning to Star City, Oliver orchestrated a cover story for his five year absence, claiming he had been shipwrecked aboard a deserted island. For a time, Oliver lived the life of a playboy back from the dead and reunited with his sister, Thea.

Eventually, Oliver’s paranoia that the League would retaliate led him to hire a security team, led by an ex-especial forces operative, John Diggle. Oliver and John became best friends and when news reports came in from Gotham City about a vigilante, Oliver recognized the work of his old friend Bruce. Oliver decided to follow Bruce’s example. With the help of Diggle, Oliver crafted his alter-ego as the Green Arrow. Taking cues from Batman, Oliver also crafted an Arrow-Cave, Arrow-mobile, and even took in a ward to serve as a sidekick [see “Arsenal”]. Over time, Team Arrow grew to include a poor man’s Oracle (a hacker named Felicity Smoak) and a parade of other runaway sidekicks.

Eventually, Oliver met the love of his life [see “Black Canary”], joined the Justice League, and even was elected mayor of Star City for a term. Following a sting in public office, Oliver decided to sell his family’s company to Wayne Enterprises and use the money to fund his war on crime full-time. Oh, and he changed the name of his “Arrow-Cave” to “the Quiver”, Yay!

## **Personality**

Oliver Queen is one of the wealthiest man in the world, and he uses his company to serve society the best he can, focusing on the common people’s needs. After a youth of recklessness and irresponsibility, Oliver learnt his priorities and does what he can for the world through charity and social initiatives.

## **Trivia**

* Ollie's blood type is AB-, the same as his both of his ex-wife & wife: Nyssa al Ghul and Dinah Lance.
* After the League faked the death of Roy Harper and framed Prometheus of it, Oliver hunted Prometheus with the help of Tommy Merlyn. It was Tommy who killed him by stabbing Prometheus' faceplate with an explosive arrow.
* Oliver was assigned a partner by ARGUS. This agent was Carrie Cutter.
* His archenemy is The Magician.
* Oliver is right-handed, as he always uses his right hand to pull back on the arrow before firing them.
* Edward Fyers started to investigate him because his fighting techniques matched those of the League of Assassins. They had a number of run-ins and Edward even managed to find his lair. Fyers and Queen had a very tense discussion that left off with Queen uncertain about Fyers' intentions. Before Fyers could come to a conclusion himself as to what to do, Mr. Bones turned up in Fyers' own home. Bones assured Fyers that Queen was one to trust, but just in case he was wrong, he offered Fyers a high-ranking position in the DEO with all the resources and authority he would need to shut Queen down if he ever stepped out of line. Fyers accepted the job - the job still maintain to this day.
* Oliver proposed again to Dinah Lance on July 5th 2017, which she accepted.
* Ollie co-owns the Legends Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, NJ, partnered with Bruce Wayne. This has been very useful in laundering the needed funds for Batman, Inc. and Team Arrow.
* There is a movie based on Green Arrow.
* Ollie's base is the Quiver (he's actually on his third one, with one being too compromised and the other destroyed during the Undertaking) and then he has Bunkers, Safehouses, and Armories scattered over Star City and other major cities he journeys to often, just so that he doesn't have to travel far to reload on arrows or travel around with his costume and gear on and/or near him.
* Ollie's central Quiver is located in the subbasement of an industrial warehouse owned by Wayne Enterprises (Bruce gave him the property so that if it's compromised, the cover story could be that Batman, Inc. also funds the Green Arrow) that was built over an old underground train station that Star City was adopting in the 80s as public transit but quickly phased out due to lack of public interest. Oliver and company use those tunnels to access the Quiver from different locales a good distance from the Quiver itself and if an entrance is compromised, they can just blow that tunnel, rather than the whole base immediately becoming useless.
* Oliver wasn't aware that the League was responsible for his ship sinking before joining them. He assumed he got drunk and the ship crashed... possibly due to his own behavior. He didn't know people died until he returned to Star City, which is part of the reason he became a hero: to atone for the lives lost at his expense.
* During his time in the League he was always bringing a flask of booze on every mission in order to have a toast after every completed mission.
* Emiko Queen is a result of Malcolm Merlyn drugging Oliver Queen and Mei Gulong with a love potion. Because the love potion had a memory altering properties, they don't remember Malcolm's involvement.
* It is hinted that Oliver and Bruce left the League of Assassins after they refused to kill Lucius Fox, and a young Tatsu Yamashiro helped them escape. It's also possible he's responsible for the 1999 Khandaq parliament bombing.
* Ollie's left arm can sometimes cause him pain due to an old injury as an assassin. In training with Merlyn, he once took an arrow to his left side, chipping his bone which never healed properly.
* Oliver's marriage to Dinah Lance fell apart when Oliver was seduced by Dinah's sister, Sara, acting under the orders of Nyssa al Ghul. Though Dinah knows this was not Ollie's fault as he had been drugged, she still needed some space. The two have reconciled and continued to date. Why they haven't gotten married again is anyone's guess.
* He met a group of mutant turtles during the events of Hell on Earth, and due to a misunderstanding they had a fight. Turtles sent him flying with a grapnel arrow. Oliver later embellished his story, that he was attacked because he killed eight of their kind.
* He saved the Schlegel siblings during the Undertaking. He gave one of his tracking arrows to Lisa and told her to actiave it if she needed help.
* During the events of Hell on Earth he killed Albert Davis whose own lifeforce turned out to be the key needed to reseal the gateway he had opened.
* After events of Hell on Earth he created the Paranormal Contracts Oversight Commission (PCOC or "Peacock" for short) and gave the job to Walter Peck, who was fired from the DEO when they heard about his role in the "Gozer Incident."