Bonnie King

* Civilian
* Arrowette

Simon Morrison (adoptive father; deceased)

**Bonnie King** was the vigilante-turned criminal known as **Arrowette**. Born to an abusive mother, her father was a member of H.I.V.E. that was killed in a fight against Team Arrow. Rescued from the streets by Prometheus, she was planted as a mole within Team Arrow before betraying them and joining Prometheus' crusade against Oliver Queen. She vanished after the Battle on Lian Yu.

## History

### Early Life

As a child, Bonnie was enrolled in an archery program by her abusive mother Millie, who kept a constant and strict eye on her daughter's progress. Bonnie is exceptional at the sport, even going so far as to participate in the Olympics, netting a bronze medal. Unfortunately "bronze" is not an acceptable color for Millie and the two argue at length about Bonnie's "failure" at the games. After the argument, Bonnie leaves home and archery, effectively ending all ties to her mother, leading to a permanent estrangement.

Bonnie went to go life with her estranged father, an agent of H.I.V.E. who, unlike her mother, treated her kindness. The two got along well, until he was caught in an explosion caused by Malcolm Merlyn at Reddington Industrial. He later died from his injuries.

Rather than return to living with mother, Bonnie took to living on the streets where she was found by Simon Morrison. Simon introduced Bonnie to his twin sister Susan, and they revealed that they too lost their father to Team Arrow. Recruiting Bonnie to their cause, they decided to plant her as a mole within Team Arrow.

### Joining Team Arrow

After training further under Simon, the two set their plan in motion. Bonnie began working as a vigilante called Arrowette, passing herself off as a Green Arrow fangirl. After several months, she was finally approached by him, offering her the opportunity to join his team if she could prove herself capable enough.

Bonnie accepted and went to H.I.V.E.'s former base, where she met the other recruits, Curtis Holt and Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog, and was formally introduced to Felicity Smoak as "Overwatch", Green Arrow's tech-support. When Green Arrow arrived, he tasked the three to get past him and ring a bell. Green Arrow frequently beat the trio and they were ordered to return to the start line and try again. However, his brutal methods began to cause resentment from Bonnie, Curtis, and Rene. Later when AmerTek Industries was funding a medical clinical event held by Mayor Queen, Green Arrow ordered Bonnie, Rene, and Curtis to attend and be ready to respond as their CEO was being targeted. When the attacker, Rory Regan/Ragman, battled Green Arrow, Rene impulsively attacked Ragman, allowing him the chance to escape. Green Arrow scolded the three of them for insubordination and they left the team, fed up with his attitude.

Later though, Green Arrow called the recruits back and revealed his identity as Oliver Queen, apologizing for the harsh training and asking for a second chance. The three of them agreed.

After training for another week, Felicity began showing Bonnie, Curtis, Rene, and Rory (who Oliver convinced to join them) Green Arrow pursuing criminals through surveillance cameras to demonstrate how he gets results. They watched Green Arrow chase a street dealer distributing a new drug, Stardust, and learned that the supplier was Derek Sampson. The team still wasn't participating in missions, since Oliver wanted them to keep training until he felt they were ready to help in the field. Rene went out to find Sampson on his own and persuaded Bonnie to tag along, though she believed it was simply recon. Rene instead attacked Sampson, forcing Bonnie to fight back against his men. Rene caused Sampson to fall into a pool of chemicals used to create Stardust, presumably killing him. Sampson survived though, and became stronger, unable to feel pain. Green Arrow later brought Arrowette, Wild Dog, Ragman, and Mr. Terrific to stop Sampson. The recruits handled Sampson's men and sabotaged his equipment needed to replicate more of the chemicals that made him invincible while Green Arrow confronted him.

After succeeding in apprehending Sampson, Oliver brought Bonnie, Curtis, Rory, and Rene to the Quiver, where the recruits found the display cases for Oliver's suit and the former members of Team Arrow.

### Becoming Arrowette

As the new team was finally allowed to become known to the public, Arrowette officially replaced Speedy as the second archer. However, when taking down a delivery man associated with Tobias Church, whom Bonnie was initially ordered to shoot with her arrows, there was difficultly due to Rene's continued impulsiveness, which almost resulted in the target escaping. The team had trouble getting along but knew they had to pull it together.

Later after failing to stop Green Arrow from leaving to break John Diggle/Spartan out of a military prison, Bonnie and her teammates returned to the Quiver, where they got news of Church's latest criminal actions. Felicity was reluctant to send them out against Church, but Rory's return to Team Arrow ultimately convinced her to allow the mission. The team engaged in battle, saving some ACU members, but was forced to retreat when Church threw a knife into Curtis' back. Bonnie and Rory took Curtis to the getaway car driven by Quentin while Rene stayed behind to engage Church and buy them time. Shortly after, Oliver returned from rescuing Diggle, who personally met the new recruits, and assured the team they would find Rene.

For the next week, Bonnie, Rory, and Oliver interrogated various street thugs, trying to get info on Tobias Church in order to find Rene. After rescuing Rene, Oliver faked his death (with the help of the Human Target) to draw out Church. The team discovered that Church wanted to head up a drug-smuggling ring in five cities. Bonnie and the team were able to beat Church and his gang and have them arrested.

After Church's death, Simon enacted the next step of his plan and, as the masked murderer Prometheus, began a killing spree of various individuals whose names formed anagrams of those on The List. This forced Oliver to reveal to his new team his past actions as The Hood. As Bonnie, Curtis, Rene, and Rory discussed being kept out of the loop and not trusted like Diggle and Felicity, she expressed her doubts on continuing to believe in Oliver's crusade. Despite this, Bonnie did not leave Team Arrow, declaring that she was doing it for herself and so was not beholden to Oliver (though she was secretly informing Simon of Team Arrow's movements and providing him information).

Arrowette guarded one of Prometheus's potential targets, a train driver. Felicity tried to talk to her about her feelings regarding Oliver's secret but Arrowette switched her comm off, annoyed. Suddenly, Prometheus appeared. Determined to protect her assignment, Arrowette fought with Prometheus, managing to cut his arm, but was swiftly defeated. Green Arrow then arrived and fired an explosive arrow at Prometheus, who redirected it to the ceiling and escaped. Upon discovering a bomb Prometheus left behind, Green Arrow, Arrowette, and the driver escaped the train using a parachute arrow before it exploded.

Back at the Quiver, Oliver patched up Bonnie and the two seemingly made amends, though she met up with Prometheus after leaving.

### True Colors

A few weeks later, Bonnie met with Prometheus in an abandoned building to give him photos and addresses of Felicity and Rory, the last of her intel on Team Arrow. When he didn't acknowledge this, Bonnie reminded Prometheus of their deal: in exchange for her help, she would get to watch him take down Oliver. However, Prometheus reminded her that he is not going to kill Oliver, but make him wish he was dead.

On Christmas Eve, Bonnie arrived at the Quiver for a Christmas dinner with Diggle, Curtis, Rene, and Rory, along with Diggle's wife, Lyla Michaels, and their daughter, Sara. She also gifted the team Christmas stockings with their names printed on them.

Later, Bonnie and the team learned that Prometheus attacked Curtis outside City Hall and is possibly Justin Claybourne's illegitimate son. The team tracked down Prometheus and as Rene attempted to shoot the archer, Bonnie disarmed him, revealing her alliance with Prometheus. Furious, Oliver asked why she would betray them. Bonnie responded that Oliver is a fraud and that "this city needs to be saved from [him]." Prometheus then used a smoke bomb to escape with Bonnie.

When Simon kidnapped and tortured Oliver from March 15–22, he set about breaking his victim psychologically. One of his methods was "revealing" that he had been keeping Bonnie in the same prison as Oliver. She tearfully apologized to Oliver for siding with Prometheus, claiming she couldn't handle being his captive anymore. Simon placed a knife in the cell and left, stating that whoever kills the other can go free. Oliver tried to convince Bonnie to help him escape but she attacked him out of fear, though he disarmed her. When Simon returned, he pretended to snap her neck, attempting to show Oliver once again that everyone around him is in danger. After Oliver finally proclaimed to have enjoyed murdering his victims during his past crusades, Bonnie stood back up and revealed her ruse. Gloating how she knew that he would soon break, Bonnie reassured her hatred for Oliver and left him in the prison with Simon.

### Battle on Lian Yu

Afterwards, Bonnie began working with Susan and Talia al Ghul to kidnap Laurel Lance, Rene and Curtis. Bonnie and Susan then infiltrated the A.R.G.U.S. safe house that Thea Queen and Quentin Lance were hiding out in. They took out all the guards before ambushing and kidnapping Thea and Quentin, whom they transported to a shipping yard. Bonnie handled Thea while Susan managed Quentin as they imprisoned the two in shipping vessels. They then blackmailed Oliver into Simon go by threatening his son, Connor. Bonnie and Susan met with Talia and her cult, who had captured Felicity and Diggle. They brought the prisoners to Lian Yu to lure Oliver there for a final confrontation.

On the island, Bonnie and Talia were responsible for guarding cages which held Thea, Felicity, Curtis, and Connor's mother, Sandra Hawke, captive. Once Oliver and Richard Drakunovski arrived, Bonnie and Talia ambushed them. As Bonnie held Oliver at gunpoint, Malcolm Merlyn and Nyssa al Ghul came from behind them, distracting her. Oliver quickly disarmed Bonnie and knocked her unconscious.

When Bonnie woke up, she realized that Talia had left her behind and was forced into one of the cages by Richard, who coldly advised Bonnie to "choose [her] friends more wisely." When Oliver questioned her as to the whereabouts of the rest of his friends, Bonnie bitterly stated she wished she knew so she could tell him and everyone else "to go screw [themselves]." When asked why Simon split up the hostages and what his endgame was, Bonnie just smugly pointed out that Simon was always ahead of them and raised the possibility that leaving her behind was part of his plan. Despite everything she had done, Oliver promised to come back for her once this is all over. Bonnie instead declared that once this is all over, he would be dead. When Simon killed himself to detonate the C4 explosives covering the island, Bonnie was still locked up in the cage

After the explosion, Nyssa went to go look for her, but found no sign of her. It's currently unknown if she was killed in the explosion or if she managed to make it off the island at some point.

## Abilities

* **Acrobatics/Free-running:** As a former gymnast, Bonnie can move gracefully over obstacles and fluidly scale fences. She is also adept in parkour, capable of scaling her surroundings in battle and even flipping off of moving vehicles without injuring herself.
* **Skilled hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist:** Bonnie became skilled enough to easily defeat armed criminals without assistance. She was able to hold her own for a time against Prometheus and tag him during their encounter, though it's heavily implied he purposefully held back. Ultimately, her skills are no match for Oliver's as she was easily beaten by him twice.
	+ **Expert stick-fighter:** Bonnie was trained in stick-fighting during her time with Team Arrow. Along with Curtis Holt, she could hold her own against the expert assassin Scimitar for a brief time. Also, like Oliver and his past protégés, Bonnie uses her bow as a blunt weapon in close combat, as shown during her fight with Prometheus.
	+ **Skilled markswoman:** Bonnie is highly skilled in the use of firearms. She was able to shoot two bodyguards with a pistol before they could respond and use a tranquilizer gun to subdue Thea Queen, Quentin Lance, and multiple A.R.G.U.S. guards.
		- **Expert archer:** As "Arrowette", Evelyn uses a green recurve bow and has been extensively trained by Oliver in archery. During her confrontation with Prometheus, Evelyn managed to hit him with an arrow, although it was ineffective. She was also able to disarm Rene Ramirez of his guns with a single shot.
* **High-level intellect/Skilled tactician:** Bonnie was noted to be a star pupil at her high school, being excellent in her studies and never missing a day of school. Combined with her intellect and hardworking nature, she even rose to become a regarded academic decathlete. Bonnie's status profile/missing persons report also implies she's a very well-read individual.
	+ **Expert of deception/Manipulator:** Bonnie is incredibly manipulative and a convincing liar; after joining Prometheus, she was able to keep her betrayal hidden from Team Arrow for weeks whilst secretly spying on them for Prometheus's team. Later while helping Prometheus torture Oliver, Bonnie was able to fool the latter into believing that Prometheus abused her and she regretted siding with him, going as far as to play dead for a while.
* **Stealth:** Bonnie was able to infiltrate a safe house and systematically take out the guards. While Thea and Quentin were distracted by Susan, Bonnie silently approached and tranquilized them.  On Lian Yu, she was able to stay hidden with Talia al Ghul in a tree and ambush Oliver.

## Equipment

* **Arrowette suit:** As "Arrowette", Bonnie used a new suit as a part of her vigilante appearance, the suit consists of black and dark green clothing for camouflage, allowing Bonnie to pursue and stalk her enemies more effectively. She also wore a black mask to conceal her identity.
* **Customized recurve bow:** As "Arrowette", Bonnie used a green recurve bow for archery and as a melee weapon.
* **Guns:** After joining Prometheus's team, guns became her primary weapon and she carried at least two sidearms on her person.

## Trivia

* Bonnie mentioned that she knows several names on The List, possibly implying that her family may have had criminal ties and/or an affluent background.
* Bonnie shares many similarities with Carrie Cutter/Cupid.
	+ Both were top students and gymnasts at their respective schools.
	+ Both are archers.
	+ Both have a personal grudge of some sorts with Oliver Queen/Green Arrow.
* Bonnie is the only person present on Lian Yu during the explosions whose current fate and whereabouts remain unknown.
	+ She is also the only known member/ally of Prometheus's team whose status remains unknown.

## Behind the Scenes

* In the DC Comics, **Bonnie King** is known as **Miss Arrowette** and is the mother of Cissie King-Jones, a member of Young Justice known as Arrowette. Bonnie King attempted to become yet another sidekick for the emerald archer. She became a trusted ally of Green Arrow's over the years. Like her mother before her, she forced her daughter into archery and into becoming her successor.
* She takes the place of Evelyn Sharp/Artemis from the fifth season of Arrow.