Oliver Queen

Green Arrow

Oliver Queen

## Biography

### Early-Life

Oliver Queen was born on May 16, 1974 to Robert and Moira Queen, the owners of Queen Consolidated, in the high class of Seattle. When Oliver was young, Robert turned over his CEO duties to Walter Steele, Oliver's godfather, so he could spend more time at home.

As a child, Oliver idolized Robin Hood, in what would become a lifelong obsession. He grew up closely with Tommy Merlyn, whose father, Malcolm, was a fellow aristocrat, the owner and CEO of Merlyn Global Group. Ollie knew that Tommy's home life was less than happy, as Tommy grew up without a mother, and Malcolm would often disappear for lengths of time on business trips, leaving Tommy in the care of John King, Malcolm's right-hand man.

Ollie and Tommy were practically brothers. They grew up together, and both developed an affinity for Dinah Lance in elementary school. She wasn't the most popular girl, but she was an amazing singer, which is what drew them to her. Unfortunately for them, Dinah moved to Gotham City. During the Dimensional Incursion Event, the Queen Family was on an African safari. While they avoided the trauma of losing Seattle before their eyes, the migrating wildlife led a lion to stumble upon their Jeep. When it cornered his mother, Ollie grabbed a bow and arrow and fired an arrow into the lion, killing it.

They returned to Seattle where Ollie witnessed firsthand many aristocrats turn their backs on the city. Queen Consolidated was a key player in rebuilding the city as Star City, which made Ollie feel like his family left a lasting imprint on the city.

The safari incident grew Ollie's love for archery, which in turn grew Tommy's. The two became stars of their junior high archery team, which expanded into high school, where they lead the school to several championships. In high school, Ollie got a reputation for being a partier. One night, he crashed his car while drunk driving and put himself in the hospital.

Somehow, he graduated with honors and went to college, although he dropped out after a year. He sat around, getting drunk and doing drugs with Tommy all day. When Dinah Lance returned to Star City for a summer internship, she and Ollie had a fling. However, shortly before she returned to Gotham for school, she broke up with him due to his aimless nature. To distract him from this, Tommy began helping him plan a rager party.

### Al Sah-him

For Halloween of 1995, Ollie and Tommy threw a costume party on his father’s Oil Rig, flying out all the guests specially on the family’s dime, and sailing around the rig on the Queen’s Gambit, the family’s luxury yacht. Robert tagged along to keep an eye on things, but mostly sat in the Gambit trying to ignore it.

Ollie and Tommy Merlyn went as Robin Hood and Little John. Tommy was not supposed to be at the party, due to his father’s request, but he ignored him and showed up anyway. Ollie claims that this night was the most drunk he'd ever been, so he barely recalls meeting a gorgeous foreign woman named Nyssa. Nyssa lured Ollie away from the party and then drugged Ollie and then led an attack by the League of Assassins on the oil rig, where it went up in flames.

Ollie awoke in 'Eth Alth'eban, where Ra’s al Ghul told him they rescued him from a burning oil rig, claiming that Tommy had rigged an explosive and killed Robert. Ollie pleaded to be returned to Star City so he could kill Tommy, but Ra’s said that Ollie had to recover. Ra’s assigned his eldest, Nyssa, to nurse Ollie to health. Ollie didn’t recall meeting Nyssa, as the prior night’s excitement had caused him to forget certain details. Before long, Nyssa and Ollie fell in love, and the two were wed on the same day that Khuffash married Talia. They shared a joint honeymoon, where Khuffash revealed himself to be Bruce Wayne. Ollie gained the moniker of Al Sah-Him.

Shortly thereafter, both sisters were with child, and Ollie and Bruce were rising the ranks of the League of Assassins together. Ollie believed he was training to exact revenge on Tommy. Ra’s informs Bruce and Oliver that they are both in the running to secede him as the Demon’s Head, and he informs them of the Acts of Ascension they must undertake to secede him.

One night, after Bruce was given his assignment to help the League take control of Gotham City, he confessed the truth to Ollie, that Robert was killed by Nyssa, and he helped orchestrate the attack, but that he had been the one to save Ollie's life.

They agreed to help each other escape from the League, and planned an attack that would cripple the League’s forces, preventing them from exacting any more harm on the world. Bruce also discovered another man, Benjamin Turner, had grown dissatisfied with the League due to their senseless killings.

The three created their own explosives and left them in the hangar. They detonated them which sent all forces to the site. Then, the three men approached Ra’s’ chamber. Ben revealed himself to be a double-agent, sent to test Bruce and Ollie’s royalty, and the two men found themselves staring down Ubu, David Cain, Hook, Silken Spider, Tiger Moth, and Dragonfly.

In a fight they couldn’t hope to win, Oliver fired one arrow at the roof, which was rigged with an explosive gel of Bruce’s design. It collapsed the chamber in on itself, giving the two men enough time to flee to a boat they had secretly docked. The two men sailed away, leaving behind their children and wives to restart their lives in America.

### Green Arrow

When they docked in Gotham City, Ollie made a call to his mother, while Bruce got a taxi to Wayne Tower, and Oliver got to finally go home, tearfully reuniting with his mother. Moira's first order of business was hiring a bodyguard for Oliver, refusing to let him out of her sight. This is how Ollie met his future best man, John Diggle. John supervised Ollie around the clock.

In secret, Ollie began sneaking out at night, continuing his physical training in a Queen Consolidated Warehouse he nicknamed the Arrowcave. In this warehouse, he finds files belonging to his father, listing corrupt billionaires in Star City. He began crafting a superhero persona inspired by Robin Hood, planning to tear down and expose these billionaires and redistribute their resources to those who needed them.

On November 15th, 1997, he debuted as Green Arrow, taking down a businessman named Daniel Brickwell. Not only did he publicly beat him up, but he also leaked emails to the press showing how he schemed workers out of their workman’s comp. Brickwell landed himself in prison, as everyone in Star City questioned who the Green Arrow was.

It continued like this for a few years, with Ollie barely hiding his secret from John. Eventually, his paranoia lessened and he stopped having John around 24/7. A little over a year into his crime fighting career, he was chasing down Chien Na Wei, an enforcer for a small racketeering scheme, when he discovered another assailant chasing her down. He tried to confront the other woman, but was knocked back by a sudden sonic cry, and the woman, as well as Chien, escaped into the night.

A few weeks later, he encountered the other assailant a second time, both were spying on Werner Zytle. After a short kerfuffle, the woman escaped. A week later, they encountered one another again. They both got a bit cocky and before they knew it they were sharing a kiss. After unmasking one another, they realized they did in fact know each other, as it was none other than Dinah Lance.

They talked it over and Dinah mentioned her need of a job. The next day, Ollie introduced her to John Diggle and got her a job as a private bodyguard with Bowhunter Security. By night, the two took to the streets as Green Arrow and Black Canary, stopping corruption.

Ollie ended up reconnecting with his old friend, Tommy Merlyn, when he returned from a trip around Europe. Upon meeting him again, Ollie was shocked to see half of Tommy's face was burned. He revealed that an explosion at the party did this to him. Since then, he had fallen hard into alcoholism and informed him that he had had a falling out with his father, although he didn’t specify any further on that account. Ollie apologized for Tommy’s face, but Tommy didn’t have much of a response. The old friends ended up deciding to part ways for the time being.

### Team Arrow

Oliver became a founding member of the Justice League after being psychically contacted by the Martian Manhunter to repel an Appellaxian Invasion. This invasion led to more dangerous technology in the streets, and Ollie found it a lot to handle on his own. His collaborations with the Black Canary grew more frequent. In his personal life, he and Dinah began dating.

Ollie noticed his nighttime escapades began to be haunted by who he dubbed “Vordigan.” Vordigan appeared to be his equal in almost every way.

One day, John’s nephew, Roy Harper tagged along on the job. Roy and Ollie bonded over their shared skill with a bow. Ollie liked Roy's tenacity. A few nights later, Ollie snuck out while John and Roy sat in the living room of the manor. That night, he was targeting the Black Spider, a believed member of the League of Assassins. This turned out to be an ambush by Vordigan, who very nearly killed Ollie, who escaped by the skin of his teeth. Bleeding, he made his way back to the manor, where he staggered through the front door much to John and Roy's surprise.

John saved Ollie's life, and the next day he came clean to them about everything. He agreed to cut John in on "Team Arrow", but refused to do the same for Roy, not wanting to endanger the boy. Whilst getting patched up by Diggle, Ollie discovered a tracker had been placed in one of the arrows, and he pulled it out from his skin. He knew this meant an attack was coming.

The next few nights, Ollie, Diggle, Dinah, and Roy waited up for an attack from Vordigan. Diggle even suited up himself as Ollie's "guardian". On the third night, it came, with them lighting the Manor on fire. The assailant very nearly killed Ollie, were it not for a shot from Roy striking the assailant in the shoulder. Ollie unmasked the man, finding it to be none other than Malcolm Merlyn. Merlyn retreated, and Team Arrow barely escaped from the burning manor.

Impressed with Roy's work, he and Dinah agreed to train the boy, eventually giving him the codename of Speedy based on a nickname his adoptive father had given him. Roy eventually met the other sidekicks and formed the Titans.

In 2007, John Diggle went missing, causing Ollie to fall back into his alcoholism, which lead to a fallout with Roy. Roy would eventually return to Ollie (although unbeknownst to either of them this was not Roy, but a clone). Ollie also recruited Felicity Smoak into Team Arrow, hoping she could help him find Diggle, but to no avail. A young girl named Artemis Crock dressed herself in Ollie's colors and demanded he take her on as an apprentice. Ollie agreed, and Sharpshoot became the newest member of Team Arrow. After searching for many months, John was found when the Titans infiltrated Cadmus Labs, freeing Diggle and the Superboy experiment. Sharpshoot joined the Titans in the same class as Superboy.

The years that followed were very productive for Team Arrow. Dinah and Ollie's relationship grew. Dinah quit Bowhunter Security in 2010 and decided to follow her dream of opening a flower shop, which became Sherwood Florist. On the day they bought the storefront, Ollie got on one knee and asked Dinah to marry him. Dinah, of course, said yes. She had barely uttered the word when a knock came from the door, and Nyssa al Ghul was standing on the other side, ready to introduce Oliver to his son.

### Family Matters

Nyssa introduced Oliver to their son, Connor. Dinah stormed out of the store. Nyssa revealed to Ollie that she had been raising Connor under the alias of Sandra Hawke. She claimed she had a falling out with the League and they tried to kill her and Connor, so she fled to Star City. Ollie agreed to take care of Connor, but told Nyssa to get lost. When Ollie came back to the Penthouse he and Dinah shared, he found that she had moved out.

He continued to take care of Connor, refusing to treat him any differently, and training him the same way he taught Roy, who also helped out with training. Team Arrow also expanded their ranks to include a street vigilante named Wild Dog. He also recruited the Atom to come to Star City, where he fell in love with Felicity Smoak. Atom did tests on John where he found that CADMUS' experiments had genetically enhanced him, so John began suiting up as the Guardian. After months of training, Connor became the Red Arrow and joined Ollie on patrol.

After Connor's debut, Ollie turned up to Dinah's Bludhaven apartment and plead for forgiveness. She took him back and they began their relationship yet again. A year later - they were married, with John as Best Man. Shortly after the wedding, Connor revealed to Ollie that his mother had lied, and the League was planning something, he wasn't sure what but he knew it was bad. Connor joined the Titans, where he helped investigate the League of Assassins.

### Mayor of Star City

When the Death in the Family occurred, everyone on Team Arrow took some time off. Dinah was pregnant, so she and Ollie jetted out of the country and William Lance-Queen was born. Ray and Felicity moved to Happy Harbor and were married. In 2015, Ollie learned what the League's plans were when the Cataclysm of Gotham came about. While banned from entering Gotham City, Queen Consolidated did all they could to help as they offered relief aid. Ollie decided to run for mayor of Star City, which he won. During this time, he handed the mantle of Green Arrow over to Connor so he could focus on being a good Mayor and Father. After President Luthor lifted the No Man's Land Order, Ollie convinced Moira and Walter to sell Queen Consolidated to Wayne Enterprises.

In 2017, it was discovered that Roy Harper had been replaced by a clone, and Ollie funded the search for Roy. When the real Roy was found, he murdered Emil Hamilton and was arrested. Ollie was in pieces over this. Roy's clone, who soon chose the name of Will, consoled Ollie, but it lead to his alcoholism flaring up again. Dinah helped Ollie get it under control.

Ollie would return to super-heroics as crises called for it, but he made his formal return to the game during the Reach Invasion, shortly after the conclusion of his tenure as mayor of Star City. He came back and found Team Arrow had expanded to include his cousin, Mia Dearden, as the Speedy to Connor's Green Arrow. He's let Connor hold onto the reigns, standing by on an as-needed basis and occasionally training at the Young Justice Academy.