Robert Clayton

## Background

### 2000 - 2001: History

William was conceived during Oliver Queen's affair with Samantha Clayton. After Sam confided in Oliver, he told his personal assistant, Geraldine so that she could make dinner reservations for them. Not wanting Sam to tarnish the good name Oliver had built by having a baby with his young employee, Geraldine arranged a meeting with Sam. She made her an offer of a million dollars to lie to Oliver that she had lost the baby & another million to move away from Star City & never contact him again, allowing Oliver & the baby to have a bright future. After some uncertainty, Sam agreed to the terms & told Oliver the "bad news" over the phone. Although she took the money, agreed to lie to Oliver & moved out of the city, she never cashed the check.

Samantha then moved to Metropolis soon after. She settled down in Racine Town, Metropolis's college town located inside the suburb of Midvale. The burough was located just northwest of New Troy, the center of the city & allowed her to easily communicate into work. She got herself a job as a financial consultant at LuthorCorp, allowing herself to provide well for her & unborn child. Eight months later, she gave birth to a baby boy named William Robert Clayton.

### 2001 - 2016: Robert Clayton

William was raised solely by his mother, with him never knowing his true parentage. He lived a simple life, with the only major eveny shaping it being the absence of his father. At a young age, he began going by his middle name Robert after another kid in his class had the same first name & a last name also started with a C.

In March 2013, Lex Luthor was the target of an assassination attempt at one of his press conference. All LuthorCorp employees were ordered to return home for their safety. Will was picked up early from school that day by his mother, who noticed a hole in her shirt after arriving home. His mom dismissed but it would leave Robert wondering what happened.

Two weeks later, Sam abruptly decided to send Will to a friend's house for the weekend as she recently found out a secret & needed some answers. Promising to explain when she returned, Sam went on her trip. Upon her return, Robert questioned his mother about her trip but she did remember going anywhere, much to his confusion. He insisted that she had been gone for almost two days but Sam brushed it off as the former dealing with stress. Eventually Will's godmother Alex Danvers came by the house to help watch him while his mother was recovering from an "illness."

The two became quite close, with Will revealing he was being cyber-bullied by a boy from his school, Eric Morrison, after the latter found out that Robert was gay. Channeling her inner protective godmother, Alex took Robert to Eric's house. She used her DEO credentials to confront Eric & tell him that he could go to juvie if he continued with the online harassment. Eric immediately backed down & promised to no longer cyberbully anyone. This encounter solidified their relationship, with Alex revealing that it took her some to come out as lesbian herself. Robert was sad to see Alex go back to National City but was ecstatic as it meant his mother was returning home.

At the age of fifteen, Robert was with his mother at the coffee shopJitters when she bumped into a former acquaintance of hers. The man was none other than businessman Oliver Queen. He explained he was in town on business & apologized for not keeping in touch. Unbeknownst to Samantha, Oliver watched her return to the table with Robert & realized she lied about her miscarriage.

Later that week, Oliver approached Samantha & Robert as they were heading out to a baseball game & asked if Robert was his son. Samantha attempted to deny it, claiming she met Robert's father shortly after their affair, but Oliver was unconvinced. Unknown to him or his mother, Oliver arranged for a DNA test on a piece of hair he plucked from the boy's cap, which confirmed his suspicions. He arrived at Samantha's house days later to reveal that he knew the boy was his son. Samantha revealed that his former assistant paid her to lie about the miscarriage, showing the uncashed check as proof. She felt it was better that her son was raised away from Oliver as she believed he did not want him but Oliver expressed a desire to be a part of his life. Samantha agreed, finally revealing to Robert that her friend was in fact his biological father.

## Powers & Abilities

* **High Level Intellect:** Robert has always been considered extremely intelligent for his age. Through high school, he was at the top of his class.
	+ ***Culinary*:** He is highly proficient cooking, regularly making meals for him & his mom.
	+ ***Computer Operation*:** While not as skilled as Felicity, he was able to make a very convincing (and very fake) version of his school's website. He has some knowledge of malware & firewall systems, as stated when he found a breach and a virus on his tablet.
	+ ***Math*:** Felicity Smoak has stated that Robert displays prodigy-level skills in mathematics.
	+ ***Multilingualism*:** He is fluent in English, Russian & French.
* **Agility:** Robert is a talented soccer player, having played since middle school. He is noted to be very coordinated & graceful.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Taught by his father, Robert knows how to defend himself. This also gave him insight on how to quickly incapacitate large bullies.
* **Folding Knife:** Robert carried a folding knife on him. It was given to him by his father, though his mother does not approve of it.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 4 - Trained / Learned
* **Strength:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Speed:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Range:** 2 - Impaired / Below Average
* **Strategy:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Combat:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **TOTAL:** 26 - Threat Level 1 / Minimal Threat

## Trivia

#### General

* He loves ice cream. His favorite is rocky road.
* Though he is technically a human-Kryptonian hybrid, it doesn't seem he has inherited his mother's powers. This might be due to Samantha's powers being magically augmented & part of her separate persona, Reign.
* As a child, Robert was a huge fan of Superman. He owned an action figure of the superhero & also had posters in his room. After discovering his father was Green Arrow, he stated he is "kind of over Superman," preferring the archer instead.
* Like his father, Robert loves baseball.
* Robert doesn't drink alcohol, but he'll make an exception if it's been a "tough week" at school.
* Though his parents were aware he was gay, they waited until Robert told them himself. They were very accepting of him.
* Robert is able to make the most out of seemingly negative situations, as shown when he ended up enjoying an unconventional Christmas spent on the road with his mother.
* As a child, Robert grew frustrated with his mother's growing responsibilities at work, which cut into their daily lifestyle. He once lashed out when she was unable to go out for dinner with him on Christmas Eve due to her workload.

#### Relationships

* Will has come to love his stepmother Dinah & feels he can talk to her when he can't talk to his father. As he has grown older, he has even occasionally her "mom." This is not a frequent occasion & he does not do so in the presence of his mother.
* He deeply adores his mother. He looks up to her & yearns to make her proud.
* Robert was developed a close relationship with his mother's friends Alex, Tess & Kara. He considers them all to be his "cool aunts." He is especially fond of his godmother Alex, whom he looks up to as one of the toughest people he knows.
* He took an immediate liking to Oliver upon meeting him for the first time.

## Notes

* He is a composite of William Clayton & Ruby Arias as his mother is a composite of Samantha Clayton & Samantha Arias. He goes by Robert as a nod to Ruby & to differentiate him from Oliver's other son, Will Harper.