Quentin Lance

*"For a long time, I hated Oliver Queen. I blamed him for the death of my youngest daughter, I blamed him for the violence in my city, I interrogated him, I hunted him, persecuted him. I've never been more wrong in my life. Oliver Queen wasn't just a hero. He was a good man. He was an honorable person. The fact that he didn't start out that way makes him, in my book, even more honorable. He stands as a reminder to all of us that anyone can change. So will this."*
―Quentin Lance[src]**Quentin Larry Lance** (born June 15, 1960) is the mayor of Star City. He is a former police captain, detective, and officer of the Star City Police Department. He was partners with the late Lucas Hilton before being demoted, as well as a good friend of the latter. He was reinstated as a detective by Lieutenant Frank Pike when Slade Wilson launched an assault on Star City with the intent of destroying everything Oliver Queen loved. Quentin is the ex-husband of Dinah Lance and the father of the late Laurel Lance and Sara Lance. Whilst working with Team Arrow, he was frequently referred to as "**Detective**", due to his initial police rank, eventually being used as a codename on one occasion. He reluctantly accepted the nickname **Hoss** from Rene.

Quentin had originally sworn to take down the Hood by any means necessary, even using his daughter as bait once. After helping the Hood take down Malcolm Merlyn, he began to see the law can only do so much but the Hood can go outside the law to compensate for the law's limits. He eventually began to work with him to catch criminals, even knocking out his fellow policemen that tried to attack the Hood, now known as the Arrow. He had a falling out with the Arrow, after finding out that Sara was dead. He has decided he's done with the Arrow and issued a city-wide manhunt for him. This also estranged his relationship with Laurel since she hid the secret from him as well. After Ra's al Ghul was defeated, Quentin finally reconciled with Laurel.

Damien Darhk approached Quentin a while later and forced Quentin to work for him, threatening Laurel's life if he refused. Despite aiding and abetting Darhk in his criminal activities for a short time, Quentin eventually betrayed him and joined Team Arrow, leading to Darhk fulfilling his promise by murdering Laurel in a prison riot. After Oliver defeated Darhk, Quentin was fired from the SCPD for assisting Darhk, despite the fact that he was under duress. He returned to alcohol to cope with Laurel's death.

Months later, Thea Queen hired Quentin as Deputy Mayor of Star City as a means to try to help him. However, Quentin continued drinking while working. When Thea found out, she urged him to seek out rehab, and he did. After he finished rehab, he returned as Deputy Mayor. Working closely with Oliver, the new mayor, and his assistant Rene Ramirez, Quentin tried to help Rene regain custody of his daughter Zoe, while supporting Oliver and Team Arrow in their war with Adrian Chase. After being caught off-guard by Black Siren, Laurel's Earth-2 counterpart, Quentin was kidnapped and taken to Lian Yu as part of Chase's endgame. After Oliver confronted Chase and the latter committed suicide, Quentin was caught in a series of bomb blasts activated by Chase's death, but emerged alive.

Quentin was killed by Ricardo Diaz while saving Earth-2 Laurel Lance; who he saw as his own daughter and in turn she came to see him as her own father.

When Oliver sacrificed himself to create a new multiverse during the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Quentin's death was averted on Earth-Prime, with his Earth-1 memories restored so he could remember his original life. Quentin attended Oliver's funeral to honor the legacy of the man he thought of as a son and the hero of Star City.

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