WIP. Just have a sample left to write. I know that this technically breaches the one character rule, but given that these two's stories are so closely entwined, I hope that it isn't too big of one.

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[b][sup][i]“Why, you speak treason!”
“Fluently.”[/i]
[color=0fb287][b]L A D Y   M A R I A N   [color=686363]&[/color]   R O B I N   H O O D[/b][/color][/sup][/b][/center]

[color=0fb287][sub][b]N A M E S[/b][/sub][/color][hr][indent]Oliver Jonas "Ollie" Queen
Dinah Laurel Lance[/indent]
[color=686363][sub][b]A L I A S E S[/b][/sub][/color][hr][indent]Green Arrow
Black Canary[/indent]
[color=0fb287][sub][b]P O W E R S   A N D   A B I L I T I E S[/b][/sub][/color][hr][indent]The Island has transformed Oliver. Put through a gauntlet of violence and death, he’s come out the other side with skills his younger self would never have dreamed of. Oliver’s an [color=0fb287][b]archer[/b][/color], and a damn good one at that. The desperation of a life spent surviving has instilled within him a philosophy of never missing, and that’s reflected in his [b][color=0fb287]markmanship[/color][/b] – when he shoots an arrow, it meets its mark. His years away have seen him become a formidable [color=0fb287][b]combatant[/b][/color] in [color=0fb287][b]peak physical condition[/b][/color]; struggles on the Island were quick and brutal, and his style reflects that. [b][color=0fb287]Urban and environmental traversal[/color][/b] were essential then, and they’re essential now – and his knowledge of [b][color=0fb287]Russian[/color][/b] and [b][color=0fb287]Japanese[/color][/b] don’t hurt, either. The thing he got really good at, though… [i]really[/i] good at… was the art of [color=0fb287][b]killing[/b][/color]. 

But he tries not to think about that.

Dinah grew up as a semi-formed badass. Made to train in a variety of martial arts by her parents, she was already pretty good at [b][color=686363]boxing[/color][/b], [b][color=686363]taekwondo[/color][/b], [b][color=686363]krav maga[/color][/b] and [b][color=686363]Brazilian jiu jitsu[/color][/b], among others – and the Island forced her to change that proficiency into mastery, far beyond Oliver’s capabilities... which should really, [i]really[/i] scare you. Like Ollie, she’s in [b][color=686363]peak physical condition[/color][/b], and is even better on her feet than he is, moving through her environment with the grace of an [b][color=686363]acrobat[/color][/b]. She’s as [b][color=686363]multilingual[/color][/b] as he is, and has gotten quite good with a [b][color=686363]staff[/color][/b] and [b][color=686363]sword[/color][/b]. Probably the most noteworthy development, though, is her innate ability to emit a [b][color=686363]powerful sonic scream[/color][/b].   [/indent]
[color=686363][sub][b]O R I G I N   A N D   B A C K S T O R Y[/b][/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=0fb287][b]Oliver Jonas Queen[/b][/color] was born to Robert and Moira Queen in Star City, California, in the year of 1990. His family was extremely wealthy, his father the founder and CEO of Queen Industries, a multi-billion dollar conglomerate with a strong foothold in the international technology market. Oliver wanted for naught, his every need provided for him, and then some. His view on life was that it was easy, and one only had to take a look at him to see it: he was lazy, arrogant, and ignorant of the struggles most other people faced. As a young teen, he took a brief interest in archery, and in typical Queen fashion, he was provided with the best instructor money could hire, taught privately at the Queen Family Mansion. This would last all of two years, Oliver’s focus shifting towards other, less disciplined hobbies. Together with his best friend, Tommy Merlyn, he barely scraped through boarding school, and after it was over, all they knew was booze and women.

[b][color=686363]Dinah Laurel Lance[/color][/b] was born to Quentin Lawrence "Larry" Lance and Dinah Drake in Gotham City, New Jersey, in the year of 1990. Larry was a cop, and saw many of the horrors that life had to offer; armed with a rather cynical worldview, he made sure that his daughter grew up with the tools to take on any trouble she might face. Boxing, taekwondo, krav maga – he made her learn it all, so that she might not one day become another statistic in his reports. When the opportunity came for a transfer to safer pastures, Larry took it, and the family moved to Star City when Dinah was thirteen. She would discover her talent for singing in junior high, taking private lessons at school and performing in school shows when she wasn’t training or helping her mother at her florist shop. She met Oliver Queen when they were twenty-two. He was an idiot, and she was unlike any other girl he’d been with before: one with character. Somehow, they started dating.

Sick of his son’s frivolous ways, Robert decided to take Oliver with him on a business trip to Beijing for his twenty-third birthday. Travelling on Robert’s yacht, [i]The Queen’s Gambit[/i], he hoped to talk some sense into Oliver, if not to convince him to get his MBA and take a position in Queen Industries, then to try and get him to try out philanthropy for himself, or, well... [i]anything.[/i] Oliver saw this as an opportunity for something else; with their relationship on shaky ground, he invited Dinah along in an attempt to stabilise it, envisioning a romantic few weeks on the water. It was around then that he realised he might finally be taking something seriously. Before any serious talks, Robert gave Oliver his birthday present – Howard Hill’s bow from [i]The Adventures of Robin Hood[/i] – in an attempt to remind Oliver of the last time he truly had a passion for something. He would attempt to broach the subject of responsibility tomorrow. But before he could do so, the [i]Gambit[/i] was swept in a freak storm, and as it sunk, Oliver watched his father die – left to drift in a lifeboat with Dinah. They arrived at shore days later, stranded in a place they would come to know only as "The Island." Back home, Dinah Lance, and Oliver and Robert Queen were presumed dead, buried in empty coffins.

Five years later, Oliver and Dinah returned home. Much had changed during the time they were gone, and for the next four months, they would try to adjust to civilised life once more, intending to leave the horrors of the Island behind. But life has a funny way of spitting in your face.[/indent]
[color=0fb287][sub][b]W H A T   M A K E S   T H I S   C H A R A C T E R   " U L T I M A T E " ?[/b][/sub][/color][hr][indent]The biggest differences, I think, are that a) Oliver and Dinah knew each other before they started dabbling in this superhero gig,  b) they were on the Island together, and c) neither of them really wants to do anything with their abilities, and would really rather just try to adjust to normal life again. Obviously, this won’t work out for them, and before long we’ll see bad guys shot at with arrows, with their eardrums blown out. It’s just a matter of time.

A thing to note is that they aren’t the Oliver and Dinah from the comics yet. They’re both still dealing with their experiences on the Island, and neither will get over them for quite some time. But they [i]are[/i] together, and in that same fashion, they’ll eventually move past their damage, and (hopefully) take their place among the greats. [/indent]
[color=686363][sub][b]S U P P O R T I N G   C H A R A C T E R S[/b][/sub][/color][hr][indent][hider=][i]Thomas "Tommy" Merlyn –[/i] Oliver’s best friend since diapers, now climbing the ranks of his father’s company, Merlyn Global. 

[i]Thea Queen –[/i] Oliver’s little sister, twenty years old. Sole resident of the Queen Family Mansion after Moira Queen’s passing one year ago. 

[i]John Diggle –[/i] Thea’s bodyguard, formerly Moira’s before her death. Ex-S.H.I.E.L.D., and before that, ex-Green Beret.

[i]Walter Steele –[/i] CEO of Queen Industries, handed control of the conglomerate by Moira Queen in the late stages of her cancer. An honest man, good to Thea. Like a substitute father. 

[i]Captain Quentin Lawrence "Larry" Lance –[/i] A captain at the S.C.P.D., and Dinah’s father.

[i]Dinah Drake –[/i] Dinah’s mother. Owns the Sherwood Florist, a flower shop at Orchid Bay.

[i]Sara Lance –[/i] Dinah’s little sister, twenty-one years old. Became close friends with Thea following their siblings' presumed death.

[i]Roy Harper –[/i] ???

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