John Stewart

**John Stewart Diggle** is a bodyguard, a former master sergeant in the United States Army and a former member of Team Arrow. John is the older brother of Lynn Stewart, the late Andy Diggle and the brother in law of Jefferson Pierce. Before he learned Oliver and Dinah's secrets, he was working as security in Queen Consolidated to protect Oliver Queen.

As a member of Oliver's team, John was his partner and played a number of roles including field support, decoy, and guidance to Oliver in times of doubt. After stopping Darkseid, John embraced who he was and left Earth and joined the Green Lantern Corps.

## Biography

#### Early Life

John Diggle was born in Seattle to an unnamed soldier and an unnamed woman. He had a younger brother, Andy, but was shot in Gotham City by Floyd Lawton for money,

At some point, John joined the United States Army and was stationed in Afghanistan. In 2005, he held the rank of Sergeant.

#### Meeting Team Arrow

When crime in Star City began to increase, John was hired by Queen consolidated to protect Oliver Queen as a bodyguard. As John was driving Oliver into town, the two made conversation over the former's experiences in the army. John informed Oliver that his main priority is to protect his client, regardless of personal discomfort. Just then, Oliver suddenly vanished from the car, much to John's shock. It gets worse when he notices that people that are allied with Edward Fyers have machine gun which frightens John. Just as Diggle is about to get shot by a machine gun, the Black Canary and Green Arrow dive in and save him. Afterwards, John quickly figures out that his clients are crime fighting vigilantes.

A week later, John learns that Floyd Lawton is in Star City so, he go after him.

#### The Reign Of Darkseid

During the Reign of Darkseid, John as well as everyone on Earth-0 except for seven specific heroes became affected by the Anti-Life Equation, only to be freed two weeks later after the Justice League stopped Darkseid. John later embraced who he was and left Earth and joined the Green Lantern Corps.

## Personality

Contrary to his seemingly tough exterior, John is a very perceptive and wise individual, being the first to notice that something was different about Oliver Queen after he came back from the island, this was what prompted Oliver and Dinah to have him as their comrade, John hated personal security because he was simply serving wealthy spoiled brats instead of making a difference in the military.

## Abilities

* **Peak of human physical condition:** As a bodyguard and former soldier, John is in top physical condition. Due to his build and training he received from his time in the military, John is remarkably strong.
	+ **Honed senses:** Due to his time in the military, John developed sharp senses and can pick up on danger.
* **Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist:** John is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant, having developed his combat skills during his time as a soldier. He is well-trained in the armed forces disciplines and has mentioned that he was once a part of the Special Forces. He has considerable experience in live combat, having served three tours in Afghanistan.
	+ **Master marksman:** As a former soldier, John is proven to be highly skilled with multiple types of firearms, including pistols, assault rifles and sniper rifles.
* **High-level intellect/Military training/Master tactician/Leader:** Due to his time in the military, John is highly skilled at formulating plans and executing them and also thinks ahead in case things don't go his way.

## Equipment

#### Current Equipment

* **Green Lantern Ring**
* **Guns:** John primarily makes use of a pistol, wielding it effectively. He also is proficient in using assault rifles, sniper rifles, explosives and grenade launchers.

## Appearances

### Emerald Archer

#### Season 1

* Pilot
* Fate Of Arrow
* Vertigo
* The Magician
* Arrow vs Bat
* Sacrifice
* Canary Cry
* Accusation
* Bro's before archer's
* Green Arrow
* Redemption, Part One
* Redemption, Part Two

#### Season 2

* Stop, Drop and Arrow
* New Year's Evil
* Injustice
* There Will Be Deadshot
* Unfinished Business
* One Armed Archer
* Mia
* Retro
* Emerald Archer
* Purgatory Part l
* Purgatory part ll

### Green Lantern Corps

#### Season 2

* Three Lanterns
* Necromancing the Rings
* Hell Rises
* Emerald Knights
* Lanterns Reunite Part l (mentioned)
* Lanterns Reunite Part ll

#### Season 3

* Training Day
* Training Day Part Two
* Willpower of a Green Lantern
* When Anger rises
* Lust and greed
* Staying hopeful
* Crisis of Two Earths. Part Two
* Love game
* Compassion

### Man Of Steel

#### Season 5

* Crisis of Two Earths, Part One (mentioned)

## Quotes

* "Oliver we can't do this forever"- fate of Arrow
* "so you're telling me my boss and his wife are the Black Canary and green arrow"- pilot (Emerald Archer)