Oliver Queen

* Green Arrow
* Oliver Queen

League of Shadows Training
(Mentor: Malcolm Merlyn)

## Background

### 1973 - 1991: Oliver Queen

Oliver was born into wealthy & successful Queen family, the owners of Queen Industries. He grew up spoiled as he was an only child until his younger sister, Thea was born when he was already in high school. Their parents doted upon them, seeing them as their biggest success in life. Through his parents, he met & befriended Tommy Merlyn. Because of Tommy's parents' unreliableness, Oliver's parented offered to let him move him into their estate & they accepted. The two later became friends with McKenna Hall, leading to the three becoming lifelong best friends. He even began dating dating McKenna during his last year of high school, despite Tommy also being interested in her.

From a young age, Oliver was taught how to use a bow & arrow. He was even on the archery team on school & was quickly voted captain due to his leadership skills. But no amount of practice prepared him to use it for the real world. In 1991, while on a safari with his parents in Africa, both his parents were mauled by a lion. Oliver has since blamed himself for their deaths as he hesitated to shoot. He then had to return to their hotel to break the news to his younger sister.

### 1991 - 1994: The Hood

Returning home as the new leader of a million dollar company, Oliver started sleeping around with many women & got into multiple social scandals by himself or with Tommy. Some of his notable actions are assaulting a paparazzi bystander, driving while intoxicated, stealing a taxi & using a helicopter to impress the current mayor's daughter.

But that high only lasted for long before his true grief set in. No matter how much Tommy, McKenna, Thea & his godfather Walter Steele tried to help, Oliver could not shake the feeling that he was the reason his parents died. Not willing to let himself be unprepared for anything, he began training harder with his archery & took many combat lessons. Eventually, he moved his skills from the practice realm to the streets & began using his abilities to help others. But his way wasn't so peaceful. Oliver may have been saving lives but he took a few in the process, becoming a hardened individual that took out murderers & rapists. Though his family & friends remained unaware of his night time activities, they were worried with his random disappearance & depressing demeanor.

Olive received a huge intervention from Tommy & McKenna, who begged him to get himself sorted out. He obliged & thanked them for never leaving his side. But he wasn't the best at showing his thanks, as he was secretly sleeping with McKenna's sister for the last few months. Even when he & McKenna seemed to get back on track after the last two years went terribly, he continued to hurt his relationship by continuing to see Janina. After some back & forth the following months, McKenna ended the relationship but was unaware of Oliver & Janina.

### 1994 - 1998: Al Sha-him

Like every year for his birthday, Oliver took a extravagant trip to a different country as the cold weather did not bode well for his activities. For his 23rd birthday, he invited some of his friends & Janina, deciding this would be the prefect time for him to reveal his relationship to Tommy. Unfortunately (and fortunately), Tommy was too hungover from their night of partying & missed the flight. After boarding the flight, the only thing Oliver remembered was taking shots with everyone then nothing. In actuality, the crew were members of the League of Shadows. After drugging all parties present, they killed everyone on board except Oliver then took him before crashing the plane in the ocean.

Oliver woke up in a bed of an unknown place but he would come to know it as Infinity Island. Maybe it was his parent's death, his role as CEO, his guilt over his love life or worries about raising his sister but Oliver was not a hard man to convince to stay. With promises of becoming the best man he could he ever be physically & mentally, he agreed. But Oliver spent many nights, thinking about Janina's death & McKenna before another recruit advised him to forget about both of them if he wanted to survive.

Oliver took his advice & trained among the League of Shadows under Malcolm Merlyn, the father of his best friend. Seeing the man came as quite a shock to Oliver but also provided some sense of security, which both Malcolm & Ra's al Ghul used to their advantage. Oliver became an expert archer in no time & advanced himself in other weaponry & combat. He was soon considered a master assassin, almost of the same level as another recruit named Bruce Wayne, the lover of Ra's daughter Talia. The two became good friends & occasional rivals, though the only thing Oliver could best him in was archery. They began seeing each other more as Oliver began a relationship with Ra's other daughter, Nyssa, leading to him attending many of their grand feasts.

At the time, Bruce & Talia were to be married with Ra's naming Bruce as his successor. Nyssa wanted the role for Oliver but he had no desire to take over such a role. He didn't even want to run Queen Industries along with the board of directors. Nonetheless, Nyssa got what she wanted when Bruce left the compound without a word & return to his hometown. With his heir gone & eldest daughter full of shame, Ra's shifted his focus to Oliver & Nyssa, now preparing them to be married. Ollie went along with this, being groomed to being the new heir. Most of this decision came from knowing he could not refuse such a task from the Demon Head himself.

After the two were married, Oliver continued on by Ra's side, learning everything he could under the man. In time, he acquired elite leadership & tactical skills. After almost two years of marriage, Oliver was sent on a mission to assassinate Lucius Fox, a businessman working in Gotham. When he arrived, he not only discovered the man to be working for Wayne Enterprises but to be a close associate of his former friend, Bruce. Though Ollie did his best, he was sighted by Bruce. Before the two could fight it out, Bruce explained his decision to leave & why Oliver should do the same. Listening to him, Oliver left the Shadows & returned to Star City as he had lost sight of what he had at home... a family.

### 1998 - 2002: Green Arrow

His return was seen as a miracle with many thinking he had been dead for four years. He used a fake cover story that he had been shipwrecked on the remote & isolated Starfish Island but had finally been able to leave the place. Upon arriving home, Oliver was given several medical exams at Starling General, where the doctor revealed that he had multiple scars, burns & bone fractures which never properly healed. He returned home to the Queen Mansion, where he was reunited with Thea, Tommy & Walter. While struggling with signs of post-traumatic stress & reintegrating into his home, Oliver spent most of his time alone.

Oliver soon went back to his playboy ways, though he did make an attempt to speak with McKenna. Instead, she ripped him a new one about Janina before she revealed she was dating Tommy. It was an adjustment for their group of friends to say the least. After an incident led to Oliver & Tommy getting kidnapped (which Oliver was convinced was League assassins), Walter hired former military man John Diggle as Oliver's personal bodyguard. Diggle accompanied Oliver everywhere, including the few trips that he took to Gotham. He spent hours there talking to Bruce & sometimes Alfred about his readjustment into life. Seeing what Bruce had made for himself since returning home, he decided to do the same.

Initially, he ditched Diggle so that he could proceed with his vigilantism the right way this time. But he eventually keyed him on his secret life, with Diggle helping Oliver set up his lair & perfect his alter-ego as Green Arrow. Together, the two worked together to help those who were harmed by the injustice and corruption in the city. Their group of two quickly expanded to include his IT specialist, his interior designer & his better half, Dinah Lance (not the best line-up by the sound of it but it worked out perfectly). By anyone's account, Dinah changed Oliver for the better & kept him in check. In later years, two help founded the Justice League & Oliver adopted his first runaway, Roy Harper.

## Romantic Relationships

* McKenna Hall: On & Off (1990 - 1994); Kissed (1998)
* Janina Hall: Lover (1993 - 1994)
* Bonnie King: One Night Stand (1994)
* Mei Gulong: Fling (1995)
* Nyssa al Ghul: Lover (1995 - 1996); Wife (1996 - 1998)
* Chloe Sullivan: Dated (2000)
* Samantha Clayton: Lover (2000)
* Dinah Lance: Girlfriend (2001 - 2005); Fiancée (2005); Wife (2005 - )

## Personality

Green Arrow is one of the more lighthearted members of the Justice League & doesn't always take himself as seriously as many of the other members. Always as quick with a quip & joke as he is with his bow, he seems to have a sense of fun when he's out in the field. This however can often put him at odds with his teammates, particularly members like Batman.

As a mentor, Green Arrow does not quite behave the same way that the others do do with their sidekicks. Though there is a sense of formality between them, Green Arrow has been shown to treat his relationships with his "sidekicks" more playfully.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Peak Human Condition:** Oliver is in exceptional physical form after years of training with the Shadows, obtaining a well-muscled & conditioned physique, which he maintains through intense & strenuous training. Oliver is strong enough to swiftly incapacitate, hurl through the air, or even break the neck of much larger foes with ease. His durability left him unfazed by a pool stick broken across his chest & able to endure blows from much stronger foes, despite suffering from internal injuries. His conditioning lets him recover from most injuries very quickly, though not superhumanly.
	+ ***Acrobatics*:** He is very maneuverable & graceful, able to chase & outrun enemies through various terrains with no wasted effort or time, even scaling buildings & running from rooftop to rooftop with ease. In battle, Oliver is proven very agile & evasive, able to fluidly dodge attacks from multiple directions & coordinated flips, twists & sharp turns without losing balance.
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat/Martial Arts*:** Oliver is an extraordinary hand to hand combatant. His skills only improving over time with training from multiple masters combat as well as self-training, able compete with the most dangerous combatants one-on-one including Slade Wilson, Damien Darhk & Ricardo Diaz. His style is extremely unpredictable, proven as flexible & precise in his maneuvers, able to change his battle tactics & attack patterns to suit the situation at a fast rate to systematically take down his foes. He has displayed advanced skill & knowledge in many martial arts, including Kali, Kenjutsu, Sambo, Judo, Taekwondo, Hapkido, Kickboxing, Jeet Kun Do, Karate, Eskrima, Krav Maga, Tai Chi, Aikido, along with different Wushu & Kung Fu styles.
	+ ***Pain Tolerance*:** He is quite resistant to pain & drugging, allowing him to continue fighting or even survive near-death situations. After being trained by the League of Assassins, Oliver's tolerance for pain is almost inhuman, able to take an arrow through his arm while barely flinching.
	+ ***Stealth*:** Oliver is very elusive. He can sneak in & out of most guarded buildings silently & without being detected, follow his targets for long periods of time unnoticed, & quickly disappear from sight even in broad daylight. Oliver is also skilled in using pyrotechnics to create various subtle explosions & smokescreens to mask his escape.
* **High Level Intellect:** Oliver is very sharp-witted & methodical man, alert & adaptive to the situation. He is a quick learner, having gained great knowledge in various fields. This also implies that his academic troubles were not because of him lacking in ability, but rather a lack of trying. Oliver is able to remember almost everything he studies & reads. He is also good at noticing openings & weaknesses in his opponents fighting styles.
	+ ***Computer Operation*:** He has became quite proficient in handling programs & networks. He is capable of hacking a system to transfer money from bank accounts, set up a network to monitor criminal activity in Star City, acquire guarded information, work around security programs & override basic attacks on his system in the Arrowcave. However, his skills are not on par with Felicity Smoak's, as she handles all thing technological these days.
	+ ***Deception*:** He can be very deceptive, effectively convincing all that he is not a vigilante for years through various, carefully-designed ruses, even fooling a polygraph test by keeping a steady heartbeat. He is skilled at psychological warfare, using his enemies' plans against them all while feigning defeat.
	+ ***Engineering*:** Oliver has proven himself to be a capable engineer. Learning from his father, Robert Queen, he was able to fix a broken radio. He can create electronic devices, explosives, forge his own arrows & even design makeshift bows & arrows using various hotel room items.
	+ ***Escapology*:** He is also a master escape artist, able to free himself from various confinements, such as having been able to silently break his zip-cuffs whilst tied to a chair.
	+ ***Indomitable Will*:** A driven & determined person, Oliver is known to keep fighting to the end.
	+ ***Interrogation/Torture*:** During his time with the Shadows, Oliver became an excellent interrogator & torturer. He is capable of inflicting much physical pain into a target without killing them & is even capable of using mind games to worsen the discomfort.
	+ ***Intimidation*:** As a vigilante, Oliver commands an intimidating presence, to the point where most criminals fear him & give up information willingly. Through his reputation, Oliver can manipulate his targets' actions.
	+ ***Leadership*:** Oliver is a highly effective leader, both as a businessman & leading Team Arrow.
	+ ***Medicine*:** He can patch up most injuries on himself or others, including bullet wounds, knowing much on human anatomy. He has also learned pressure point manipulation, able to paralyze a person into a seemingly dead state & undo it.
	+ ***Multilingualism*:** He is fluent in English, Russian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, Tibetan & Arabic.
	+ ***Occultism*:** He gained great knowledge regarding magic & the supernatural world from his former lover Nyssa.
	+ ***Pilot*:** Oliver was taught by his father how to fly an airplane.
	+ ***Tactical Analysis*:** Oliver is highly tactical, both in preparation & while in action, able to quickly analyze the situation and how best to handle it. Even when operating solo, Oliver could effectively track down his targets and determine the best course of action in various missions.
	+ ***Toxicology*:** He is knowledgeable in various types of poisons.
	+ ***Wealth*:** Oliver is a billionaire playboy. He inherited his vast wealth from his parents in the form of a multibillion-dollar company known as Queen Industries
* **Weaponry**
	+ ***Archery*:** His signature skill, Oliver's mastery in archery can precisely shoot targets from great distances with such tight groping. He can shoot 6 bouncing tennis balls into a wall without missing in quick succession, shoot objects off of individuals without harming them & retain his accuracy even whilst in rapid movement. He can also anticipate an enemy projectile to block an arrow & fire multiple arrows at once. Throughout his career as a vigilante archer, he became known for never missing. His proficiency with his bow is equally effective in close-combat, able to shift between melee fighting & shooting with ease.
	+ ***Marksmanship*:** Oliver has remarkably precise aim & skill with various weaponry. Though not highly advanced, Oliver is an adept sniper, able to accurately shoot his moving targets from over a mile away. He has similar proficiency with regular firearms.
	+ ***Stick Fighting*:** After months of training with the Shadows, Oliver learned to spar head-on against the latter using eskrima sticks. He also employs his bow as a makeshift blunt weapon to use against his enemies. Oliver is similarly skilled with a bo-staff.
	+ ***Swordsmanship*:** Training from Slade made Oliver highly proficient in swordsmanship. However, Oliver's near-sole dependence on his bow & arrow over the years dulled this skill. Despite this, he retained enough skill to briefly duel Ra's al Ghul himself, impressing him for lasting longer than most of his opponents & managed to deflect some of Ra's slashes before being defeated.
	+ ***Throwing*:** Oliver is lethally proficient with knives in long-range combat & can utilize his arrows as improvised knives to incapacitate his enemy. He once threw an off-balance kitchen knife from 10 feet away to disarm China White of her dagger as she tried to stab John.
* **Customized Hunting Arrows:** Oliver's signature weapon of choice, he has designed a variety of specially featured arrows. He previously carried up to 24 arrows at a time but after further customizing from Cisco, his supply on arrows increased noticeably. His arrows are comprised of carbon, as they have far less penetrating force than aluminum carbon composite arrows.
* **Trick** **Arrows:** Oliver uses assorted trick arrows. Some of the known ones are Router Arrow, Grappling Hook Arrow, Listening Arrow, Ensnarement Arrow, Flashbang Arrow, Explosive Arrow, Flame Burst Arrow, Tranquilizer Arrow, Detonator Arrow, Syringe Arrow, Electric Arrow, Cable Net Arrow, Double Arrow, Parachute Arrow & Freeze Arrow.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Strength:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Speed:** 5 - High / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Weapons:** 7 - Master / Elite
* **Range:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Strategy:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **Combat:** 6 - Expert / Advanced
* **TOTAL:** 193 - Threat Level 4 / Moderate Threat

## Trivia

#### General

* Oliver ended up in the League of Shadows about a year before Bruce left.
* The Department of Extranormal Operations is convinced that Oliver is a metahuman though it has not been confirmed nor denied.
* He has a rare Rh-negative blood type, the same as Dinah Lance.
* He once took an arrow to his left arm which chipped a bone that never healed properly. Now his left arm will occasionally cause him pain.
* He can either shoot 26 or 29 arrows in a minute. Him & Dinah argue about this.
* His mask has a voice filter to disguise his voice into a deep & garbled nature. He uses this whenever talking to individuals who do not know his true identity.
* He blames himself for Janina Hall's death.
* Originally, he took a gap year between college but after his parents' death, he had no desire to go & turned down multiple college offers.
* As a teenager, Oliver used his engineering skills to hot-wire Malcolm Merlyn's car four times, which resulted in him getting grounded for an entire summer.

#### Family Life

* Barbara has a running joke about who can take in the most kids; Bruce or Oliver?
* He is the godfather of both Sara Diggle & John Diggle III.
* So far, he was not aware of three of his kids at the time of their births.
* He introduced Artemis to the Titans as his niece that he had to adopt due to some family issues.
* When he was operating as The Hood, he was approached by a female vigilante going by Arrowette. She attempted to assist him but he quickly rebuffed her, much to her dismay. Despite her impressive archery skills, she was no good at super-heroics. Though she failed as a hero, she eventually seduced The Hood but got way more than she bargained for. She was pregnant. She gave birth to her daughter Cissie & raised her with her new husband. Nearly twenty years later, Oliver & Cissie would discover they were father & daughter after Cissie began operating as Arrowette like her mother.

#### Relationships

* His closest friend is Tommy Merlyn. They have been close since they were young, looking to each other as brothers. Following Tommy's parents questionable parenting styles, he moved into the Queen Mansion. When the Queens' were killed in an accident, Tommy remained at the estate.
* He met Orin after the formation of the Justice League & famously did not get along. However, after they ended up drunk together, they’ve become best friends & drinking buddies.
* Him & Orin (and sometimes Diana) go to bars in Star City or meet at the Royal Palace in Atlantis.
* Because of Oliver's close friendship with Orin, he has arrows stashed way at the Royal Palace.
* He does not have the closest relationship with Hawkman. Oliver has a pretty string anti-establishment view of the world while Carter supports government sanctions. Their difference in views wouldn't be a problem if the two didn't have such strong personalities.

## Notes

* There are some rumors that stated that Oliver is Cissie's biological father so that has been incorporated into Earth-44.
* His origin story is a combination of New Earth, *Arrowverse* & Earth-27.
* Dating both McKenna & Janina Hall is a reference to him dating Laurel & Sara Lance in the *Arrowvers*
* Sue Dibny being his cousin is a nod to roysovitch's Earth-27.

## Links & References

* Character Gallery: Oliver Queen
* Love Interests of Oliver Queenre