Connor Hawke

Green Arrow

Connor Hawke

## Biography

### Early Life

Connor Hawke was born on October 2nd, 1996, the son of Oliver Queen and his first wife Nyssa al Ghul. Since Connor developed the ability to walk and talk, Nyssa ingrained in him a hatred for his father, proclaiming him a traitor to the Demon Leviathan. He spent the first few years of his life in ‘Eth Alth’eban, but when he was six, Nyssa decided to move him to their compound on Infinity Island. On Infinity Island, he was raised alongside three other children; Athanasia, Emiko, and Cassandra.

The four children did not necessarily have a normal childhood. While the chambermaids and masters would teach them necessary schooling, much of their time was replaced with combat training, and their ears were filled with propaganda, priming them to join the League of Assassins. The four became fanatics of some sort, and were told that when the time came, they would lead the League to victory against metahumans. On this island, Kazumi Adachi trained Connor to become a master of Aikido and a Kyudo archer.

When Connor was fourteen, his mother told him he was being recruited for a special plan. Under the alias of Sandra Hawke, she came to the States with Connor in tow and brought him to Oliver Queen’s doorstep. Nyssa claimed she had a falling out with the League and they were after her and Connor, and she left the boy in his care. Connor was now face-to-face with the man he had been raised to hate.

### Red Arrow

In actuality, this was a plot to test Connor’s loyalty and to get intel on the location of Oliver’s bases and weaponry. Shortly into his time with his dad, Connor began to take his side over the League’s, and ended up destroying his communicator and tracker and going rogue. He eventually took up the alias of Red Arrow and joined Ollie in the field. Shortly after Oliver and Dinah’s wedding, Connor told Ollie the truth. In response, Ollie sent him to the Titans so he could find his calling.

Connor loved being on the Titans, and discovered that he was a great field leader. In particular, he championed the Titans’ efforts against the League of Assassins. When the Titans shut down, Connor decided to take the opportunity to do some soul-searching and went to stay at a monastery in Jump City called the ashram. There, he studied zen-buddhist philosophy and came to the conclusion that he is asexual.

While in the monastery, he did some digging into his memories, and was struck by memories of the three children he was raised with. Team Arrow was spread across the globe, but Connor managed to get a hold of John Diggle and Rene Ramirez to begin planning an infiltration of Infinity Island. He moved back to Star City and began solo patrol as Red Arrow.

### Green Arrow

On the streets, he ran across Mia Dearden, and eventually deputized her as the Speedy to his Red Arrow. After Oliver’s return to the states, Ollie gave Connor his blessing to take up the mantle of Green Arrow, and he began leading Team Arrow as Oliver threw his hat into the Star City mayoral race.

Connor eventually told Oliver of the other kids on Infinity Island, and so they began planning an infiltration. The opportunity was prime after the League invaded Gotham City, so Connor led several members of Team Arrow to the island, where they fought their way inside, only to find one child remaining - Emiko, the daughter of Shado and Komodo.

Emiko recognized Connor and rushed into his arms, right as both of her parents arrived. In the ensuing battle, John and Connor planted explosives to collapse the chamber and allow them to make their escape. When Shado managed to continue her pursuit, Emiko stole Connor’s bow and fired a shot into her mom’s leg, incapacitating her.

Back in Star City, they discovered that Emiko was actually Oliver’s half-sister (and by extension, Connor’s aunt). Emiko wanted to prove she could make a difference and was more than the League made her to be, so Connor let her take the mantle of Red Arrow. They would later be reunited with another child they grew up with when the Titans came back and Cassandra Cain joined.

Since then, Connor has been running the show as Green Arrow. Rumors have it that he will be nominated to join the Justice League soon. Recently, Nyssa al Ghul has gone missing, putting Connor on edge, and he’s had some close calls with other members of the League of Assassins, he and Oliver were even saved from an attempted kidnapping at the hands of the League. What the League’s intentions with the Arrows is currently unknown.