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[color=67a383]G R E E N   A R R O W[/color][/center]
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[color=67a383][sup][i][b]"For people like that... The answer is people like me."[/b][/i][/sup][/color]
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[color=67a383]C H A R A C T E R   P O R T R A I T[/color] [/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/019ab9af-18d7-72fd-917d-086c373794fb.webp[/img]
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[color=67a383]C H A R A C T E R   S U M M A R Y[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup]
[sub][COLOR=darkgray]Oliver Jonas "Ollie" Queen[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=darkgray]Star City Youth Rec Center[/color]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=darkgray]American[/COLOR][/sub][/center]
[indent][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] A L L I E S   &   A N T A G O N I S T S[/color]
[color=67a383]A L L I E S   &   A N T A G O N I S T S[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup]
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[indent][sub][b][color=67a383]   A L L I E S[/color][/b][/sub]
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[COLOR=darkgray][b]The Family[/b]
[i]Ollie Queen, Green Arrow[/i]
Former castaway, bleeding heart, archer. Comes from old money but has long since lost his fortune. Runs the Star City Youth Recreational Center.

[i]Roy Harper, Arsenal[/i]
Father, archer, the first. Ollie’s eldest. From kid sidekick to government agent to bona fide hero, Roy’s seen a lot and done even more. He’s since moved back to Star City, where he purchased and now runs a record store, The Fade Out.

[i]Connor Hawke, Green Arrow[/i]
Fighter, archer, gentle soul. Ollie’s son, the second Green Arrow, Connor is among the best martial artists in the world. He divides his time between Star City and the monastery where he spent his formative years, helping out at the Youth Center when he can.

[i]Mia Dearden, Speedy[/i]
Survivor, archer, hero. Ollie’s daughter, all Mia wants to do is help people. When she’s not sporting the red and yellow, she throws everything into helping out at the Star City Youth Rec Center. 

[i]Lian Harper[/i]
Roy’s daughter, now in elementary school. The apple of Ollie’s eye.

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[b]Others[/b]
[i]Dinah Drake-Lance[/i]
The Black Canary. Multiversal immigrant and Ollie’s on and off and on again girlfriend (currently off).  

[i]Shado[/i]
A woman chased by the shadows of her past. Former yakuza assassin, possibly the greatest archer in the world. 

[i]Moonday Hawke[/i]
An ex-girlfriend from a lifetime ago, before the island. Currently living in San Francisco. Connor’s mother.

[i]Jade Nguyen[/i]
The assassin known as Cheshire. Lian’s mother. 

[i]Eddie Fyers[/i]
Mercenary. It would be a stretch to call him Ollie’s friend, slightly less of one to call him Connor’s. Goes where the money takes him.

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[COLOR=darkgray][i]Onomatopoeia[/i]
A serial killer targeting non-powered vigilantes. Has history with Ollie and Connor.

[i]TBA[/i][/color][/sup]

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[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5639789][color=lightgray][b]01[/b] -[/color] [COLOR=darkgray]Hunter-Killer, Part One[/color][/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5642066][color=lightgray][b]02[/b] -[/color] [color=darkgray]Hunter-Killer, Part Two[/color][/url][/SUP]
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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent]Born into the richest family this side of America, Oliver Queen grew up keenly aware of his privilege, wanted to do something about it—but was chewed up and spat out by the money that made him, growing disillusioned and ultimately toeing the line as a good little capitalist. He turned from activism to thrill-seeking, charity to booze, going from one near-death experience to the next in constant search of his next shot of adrenaline. Living to die. When his head of security came to him with what most would call a shady business proposition, Ollie thought hey, what the hell. It’s something to do. Could even be fun.

But he got himself too involved. He was only supposed to be a silent partner, provide some funding, but he insisted on being there for the deal. He threatened knowing too much, and the deal’s benefactors weren’t willing to take the risk. It was on the yacht heading there, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, that his head of security tried to kill him. 

The water welcomed him with open arms. He wasn’t quite ready to go. Call it luck, call it fate, he washed up on a beach with nothing but Howard Hill’s old bow, won at auction weeks ago, lungs full of water and heart full of spite. Ollie didn’t care if he died... but he would be damned if he let these people beat him. 

[b]And then he came home.[/b] His time away had reinvigorated him, lighting a fire within him he’d thought long gone. As Oliver Queen, he set his sights on using his wealth for the good of Star City. As Green Arrow, he aimed to look out for the little guy.  

For over twenty years he’s been at this game, and much has happened in that time. He took in the young Roy Harper, adventuring alongside him as Green Arrow and Speedy; he lost his company, and with it, his wealth; he met a Pretty Bird from another Earth, loving and losing and loving her again; he made many enemies, all of them the right ones. Bridges burned and rebuilt, misery witnessed and pain dealt out. Deaths and returns, reunions and new bonds. 

Lessons learned. [i]Always[/i] learning.

These days, Ollie’s identity as Green Arrow is something of a (very) open secret. With his family by his side, he takes to the streets to mete out pointy justice. His life isn’t perfect, but it’s his. 
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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][INDENT]I want to take a mostly canon-adjacent Ollie and tell stories that, first and foremost, explore his relationships and history with all the baggage that might entail. To that end, his family (Roy, Connor, Mia and Lian) are deeply important to my concept, as is Dinah — who in this instance is more closely aligned with her original multiversal immigrant incarnation, allowing me to dive into her and Ollie’s relationship without hindering anyone who wants to write this universe’s Black Canary. At this point a radical reinvention of Ollie interests me less than just telling stories with the guy, so that’s exactly what I hope to do. 

[sub]Banner art by [i][b]Dan Mora[/b][/i] from the cover of [i][b]Green Lantern/Green Arrow: World's Finest Special #1[/b][/i]. Character portrait from the [i][b]Green Arrow (2023) #29[/b][/i] variant cover by [i][b]Tirso Cons[/b][/i].[/sub][/INDENT][/COLOR][/cell][/row][/table][hr][/COLOR]