| Identity | Oliver Jonas "Ollie" Queen, the Green Arrow
| Origin & Backstory |
Born to Star City billionaire businessman Robert and Moira Queen, Oliver Jonas had the extreme luck to be born into the one percent in an economy that included names such as Howard Stark, Norman Osborn, Thomas Wayne, Simon Stagg and Lionel Luthor. Growing up, Oliver's every need was attended to either by his mother or the abundance of nannies employed at the Queen Estate. This, of course, caused the young heir to be incredibly spoiled, developing a multitude of bad habits and personality traits in his formative years.
On a family trip to South Korea for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, an eight year old Oliver would witness a perfect gold medal performance from a present day legend of the archery community; Bonnie King. Being the immensely impressionable lad that he was at the time, Oliver developed an obsession with the art almost immediately, from forcing his parents to buy him his first bow when they returned to the States to hanging posters of Robin Hood and Red Arrow on the walls of his bedroom, even if the later hadn't been seen since the Justice Society's disbandment in 1979.
Seeing that his son was more interested in archery than he had been in, well, anything else at the time, Robert Queen managed to hire Bonnie King herself as a personal instructor for Oliver only a sparse couple of years after her gold medal performance. Unbeknownst to him however, King's perfectionist attitude and overbearing criticisms of Ollie's at the time amateur ability nearly drove Oliver from the sport entirely. Years later Oliver would come to learn that Bonnie had become a mother, hence her stepping down from regular competition. If not for that, it is widely believed Bonnie would've gone on to dominate several Olympics.
Being the wealthy heir to a multi-billion dollar company that he was, Oliver was afforded the foremost education that the United States could offer, namely, he would attend Saint Elias' School for Youths in Gateway City in even-farther-north-than-Star-City-California. It was here that Oliver would mingle with various other children of magnates, oil tycoons and other notable lineages. Being roughly ten at the time, Ollie, like most children his age, mostly kept to himself and rarely socialized outside of his continued friendship with Tommy Merlyn, (he thanked every higher power he knew that Malcolm permitted Tommy to go.) though he did become fast friends with a particular pair of children from Coast City: Harold "Hal" Jordan and Carol Ferris, with Carol being the daughter of none other than the founder of Ferris Aircraft.
By the time Ollie, Hal, Tommy and Carol had graduated from Saint Elias and returned to their home cities Hal had earned a Student Pilot Certificate, a feat which infuriated Carol as she'd been denied her pastime due to the unexpected illness of her father and her growing responsibilities toward her family's company, Ollie had turned down innumerable invitations to the school's archery team (the coach couldn't take no for an answer) and Tommy had developed an acumen for keeping Ollie and Hal from killing themselves.
To celebrate his son's graduation from prep academy, Robert arranged an extended fishing trip on the Queen's Gambit, the family's commercial yacht. Unbeknownst to both of the Queen men at the time, the journey would be far more eventful than catching some giant sea bass. Wishing Carrie Cutter, his girlfriend at the time, farewell and kissing his mother goodbye while simultaneously smirking at his sister's jealous glare, Ollie boarded the ship and braced himself for the first day of the rest of his life, or whatever it was the cool kids were saying those days.
While at sea somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, a catastrophic storm hit the Queen's Gambit, causing flooding and mass engine failure. Ollie and Robert managed to make it to a lifeboat before the yacht capsized, watching the ship go down while they aimlessly drifted away from the wreckage. Still in shock from the experience, Ollie was made to witness his father's suicide after the later realized they only had enough supplies for one person to reach the nearest island.
Washing up alone and hungry on an unfamiliar environment, Oliver made a small memorial to his father on the shoreline (he'd thrown the corpse overboard.) and hazily made his way to look for supplies. Ollie doesn't know just how far or how long he spent traveling inland, days begin to blur when one is sufficiently isolated with only the sun to tell the time. One day, while he was scavenging for food, Ollie had the violent experience of having an arrow shot through his shoulder. He didn't quite have the wherewithal to stay conscious at that particular moment, and he was only shocked back to life when the arrowhead was removed. It was then that he first met the man that would save his life more times than one: Natas.
After nursing the marooned billionaire back to health, Natas began the surely frustrating task of training a kid born with a silver spoon in his mouth how to survive on what was probably the most dangerous island on Earth. Ollie hadn't exactly been the most perceptive or willing student, but his natural ability with a bow and arrow was the starting point in the duo's relationship, with Natas himself being an accomplished archer.
Sometime during his tutorship under Natas, Oliver accidentally tripped what he assumed was a trap designed to catch game, however, he and Natas would be taken hostage by armed guards and transported to a military styled base camp somewhere near the center of Lian Yu. Initially tortured by a man known as Eddie Fyers, Oliver would be thrown into a human cage where he would meet none other than Natas' daughter, Shado, and a former small-time assassin who'd evidently pissed off the wrong people, Lawrence Crock. In-between regular torture sessions, the three would devise an escape plan, and a few weeks after his arrival, Natas arrived at the camp and set in motion what he and Oliver had been planning the entire time: A mass break-out of captives at Fyers' camp. During the riot,
Through deception and chaos, the trio managed to escape the compound and make their way into the wilderness. Nearly a week later they came across a crashed military aircraft that housed a particularly antagonistic SHIELD Agent by the name of Slade Wilson. After an initial misunderstanding, Slade explained his situation; he'd been assigned to covertly land on Lian Yu and locate a fellow agent named William Wintergreen, who had gone silent. Having been stranded on the island for nearly a year.
The group decided to pool their respective skills and look for a way off the island. This mainly consisted of Oliver constantly honing his body and skills under Natas, Slade and Crock with routine hunting trips alongside Shado. It was during one of these trips that Oliver came across a woman who identified herself as Sandra Hawke. Against his better judgment, Oliver brought Sandra back to base with them, and despite the advice of pretty much everyone there, began a heated love affair. Now with six members, only one plan seemed viable for the merry band of misfits to escape Lian Yu: Steal a boat from Fyers' main compound.
After months of planning and preparation, the band of castaways assaulted the compound only to have the operation end in disaster. Though they took out effectively all of Fyers' men along with the man in charge himself, they were betrayed from within by Sportsmaster. All Ollie can say for certain about the event is that he saw Crock kill Natas before his very eyes before subsequently blacking out, whether it was from the bullets lodged in his shoulder and back or the left cross to the jaw was beyond him.
Oliver is unclear how long he spent unconscious, but he awoke under the roof of a hut with a strange woman at his side. A woman who he would later learn was named Taiana. A native of Lian Yu, Taiana had apparently rescued Oliver and Slade from the now destroyed compound. Taiana informed the duo of the presence of a criminal triad on the Island that was using the native populace for slave labor in their opium fields, their leader only identified by her snow white hair. Oliver felt a certain obligation to repay Taiana's kindness, and after he was fully healed, set out to free the indigenous people of Lian Yu, with the reluctant help of one Slade Wilson, who figured it was their best chance to find a way off the godforsaken hellhole.
Attacking the main headquarters of the triad, Oliver and Slade had little trouble dealing with the untrained gun-runners, seeing as by this time Oliver had come a long way from the spoiled child he was when he arrived. Though their leader managed to evade capture, with the natives liberated and the headquarters not left a smoking pile of rubble, Oliver was ecstatic to learn that having a SHIELD agent who could hack into radio systems to contact America for a partner really came in handy. Within a week, the two were on their way home. One thing was for certain; Slade had a hell of a field report to fill out.
After his three years of isolation, Oliver returned home to Star City to the loving embrace of his family, whom he regretfully had to inform of Robert's death. After he was discharged from his rudimentary stay at Star City General Hospital, Oliver saw his hometown in a new light. A light bred from his time on the Island. Star City had become a bulging mass of corruption, where the big openly stepped on the small and the poor either starved or resorted to crime just to survive. Seeing as he could no longer just sit back and go about life as he was prone to all those years before his ordeal, Oliver decided he had to fight to save his city from collapsing in on itself. His new-found bodyguard, John Diggle, certainly didn't make the endeavor any easier. He took up shop in an abandoned warehouse that he converted into a nightclub called Verdant.
While he quickly made a name for himself as a sort of modern day Robin Hood, the "Green Arrow's" first major case was when he single-handedly attempted to bring about the collapse of Daniel "Brick" Brickwell's criminal empire. Brick was a notorious crime lord not only for his brutal cunning, but for his trademark brick red skin and superhuman strength, believed to be the result of an X-gene. After tracking a deal to the docks, Green Arrow dispatched the majority of the drug runners before facing the man himself, only to be thoroughly manhandled after realizing his arrows had no effect on his opponent's superhumanly tough skin. Seeing as he couldn't just up and admit himself to the emergency room, Oliver managed to make his way to his bodyguard before collapsing. Thus marking the creation of "Team Arrow", and a few broken bones which he then had to excuse as a "skiing accident".
Knowing that he couldn't combat Brick with his regular method, Oliver managed to enlist the help of a particularly ingenious engineer from Queen Industries' Applied Sciences division by the name of Marvin Harris. Though his excuse was flimsy at best, the young scientist crafted Oliver's very first trick arrow: the Polyurethane foam arrow (Foam Arrow for short). With his new toy, the Emerald Archer found it surprisingly easy to apprehend Brick.
Continuing operations as usual, only with the occasional trip to Applied Sciences to not so subtly request new gadgets, Green Arrow eventually became aware of a League of Assassins operation taking place in Star City. While investigating just when the hit would take place, and more specifically, who had ordered it, Ollie managed to run into what he assumed was a copycat vigilante donned in red rather than green, who had with him an apparent tech expert he referred to only as "Proxy". Though he attempted to dissuade the teen's choice of nightlife, Arrow would again run into this "Arsenal" days later while following another lead. The two tentatively agreed to work together to stop the assassination. With their combined talents, Arrow and Arsenal deduced the time and place of the hit to the press conference held by Harris Technological Firm.
Sadly, the duo couldn't arrive in time, and the league's agent, who identified himself as Constantine Drakon, managed to kill the tech firm's CEO only moments before Oliver and Roy had arrived. In the ensuing encounter, the two archers were dumbfounded when their adversary managed to catch their arrows out of mid air as if they were no more than a minor annoyance. It seemed Drakon was a man who enjoyed toying with his prey. This would ultimately be his undoing, as he caught one of Marvin's newest trick arrows; the Corrosive Arrow. The left side of his face covered in acid, Drakon still managed to escape capture.
In the ensuing weeks, Oliver would offer Roy a full time partnership, and make the shocking discovery that the hacker known as Proxy was also one Wendy Harris, Marvin's twin sister and recent graduate of George Weisinger University. Seeing as he'd pretty much recruited his sister, Oliver brought Marvin into the fold after what he deemed an appropriate mourning period. Diggle did not approve.
| Attributes | Archery - Oliver's chosen method of curtailing crime, Green Arrow is capable of shooting an arrow down the barrel of a pistol from fifty yards at a moment's notice. Ollie's aim is impeccable, and some have ventured to call it superhuman after seeing the Emerald Archer hit targets from multiple rooftops away. The man himself has claimed to be able to fire roughly twenty-nine arrows per minute one at a time from a quiver, and split a droplet of water while falling from the tap of a sink. To say that shooting a bow comes as naturally as breathing to Oliver Queen would be an understatement. Aside from his pinpoint marksmanship, the eccentric billionaire also makes use of dozens of self-manufactured trick arrows, that can function in any number of ways, ranging from a simple explosive arrow to pyrotechnic and EMP arrows.
Swordsmanship - Trained by the likes of Natas and Slade Wilson, Oliver is a capable swordsman, although he has rarely brought his blade into the field after his return to civilization despite the fact that he still practices on a fairly regular basis, though he excuses this as exercise to stay in shape.
Physical Capabilities - During his time on Lian Yu, Oliver was forced to transform his body from that of a spoiled playboy to that which would put Olympians to shame. The extreme training regiment instilled in him by the likes of Natas and Deathstroke has carried over to his life as Green Arrow. Most notably, Oliver's hand-eye coordination and eyesight have seemingly developed beyond what many thought was humanly possible.
Intelligence and Deductive Abilities - Although he openly gallivanted as a spoiled child of old money, Oliver actually possesses a keenly intelligent mind and knack for technological engineering. After his ordeal on Lian Yu, Oliver decided to enter college and earn a business degree in order to prepare himself to take over Queen Industries. Oliver is not an overly capable detective. While able to bust most of Star City's lower level criminals and street gangs on pure ingenuity, one of equal or greater intelligence than the Battling Bowman can seemingly slip through his grasp. Luckily, Oliver's team make up for this flaw 9 times out of 10.
Medical Knowledge - Oliver retains a fairly large amount of knowledge on emergency medical procedures and remedies, having had to remove dozens of bullets and the occasional arrow from his body. Particularly, Ollie knows the cures and treatments for nearly all known poisons and illnesses from his time on Lian Yu, and maintains a small stockpile of herbs and salves in his archaic bow-case. He also retains firsthand knowledge on the affects of most recreational drugs.
Multi-lingualism - Along with his superhuman archery abilities, Oliver was also taught how to speak both Mandarin and Japanese from his two mentors on Lian Yu, and self-taught himself the Russian language during his conflicts with the Star City Bratva branch. He also studied French during his playboy years but only remembers vague sentences and phrases and would more than likely offend most French nationals.
| Character Notes |
Robert and Moira Queen - A classic tale of the self made billionaire marrying his high school sweetheart, one could make a movie about the story of romance between Robert and Moira Queen. Having met during their freshman year at Star City High, the two married almost immediately after Robert's graduation from college. Robert, a ruthless businessman, took his father's relatively small computer business and turned it into a multi-billion dollar technology empire spanning the entirety of the United States within two decades using every underhanded play, every dirty trick, and every bullying technique known to man. Naturally this garnered him an abundance of enemies. Moira remained blissfully ignorant of her husband's crimes and peacefully took her place as a fiercely protective and doting mother.
The two would die some seven years apart, Robert committing suicide to ensure their son's survival, and Moira being murdered at the hands of Cupid, a deranged psychopath obsessed with Oliver's alter ego, the Green Arrow.
Thea Queen - Ollie's younger sister and only surviving family member. During Ollie's exile on Lian Yu Thea fell to drugs and alcohol, the very same vices Oliver himself partook in. Though they struggled at first, Ollie and Thea would reconcile after the former opening up about his experience on the Island with his surviving family. Now clean for some three years, Thea was distraught to learn of her brother's true nature as the Green Arrow as a result of his conflict with Cupid, during which both Thea and Moira were taken hostage in their family's home. Following their mother's death, Thea has all but removed herself from Ollie's life. Oliver fears that without the guidance she once had, his sister might very well fall into alcoholism once again.
Dinah Laurel Lance, Black Canary - Born in Gotham, Dinah's family would move to Star City while she was still very young. After losing her younger sister, Sarah, to a car accident in high school, Dinah traveled to the Middle East and Asia, training under various martial arts masters, most notably Sandra Wu-San and Richard Drakunovsky, better known as the enigmatic Richard Dragon and Lady Shiva. Dinah returned to Star City following the news of Malcolm Merlyn's thwarted Undertaking. She would encounter the Emerald Archer following Thomas Bolt's assassination by the man known only as Onomatopoeia early in her vigilante career. The relationship would evolve over time and the two have been dating for about a year. To say she was surprised that Star City's guardian angle was spoiled billionaire Oliver Queen would be an understatement. Raised as a fighter from a young age, Black Canary has proven to be one of the best hand to hand fighters on the planet, multiple times. This, in conjunction with her supersonic "Canary Cry", makes her a deadly opponent for anyone, let alone common street thugs.
Roy Harper, Arsenal - Oliver's partner in crimefighting and son of the Justice Society's Red Arrow, Roy Harper is an exceptionally skilled marksman, no doubt a skill inherited from his father. After a short lived partnership with Wendy Harris in his youth, Roy was recruited by Oliver after the three managed to run into each other during an investigation. Though their personalities often clash, Arsenal is arguably Green Arrow's closest confidant.
Wendy "Proxy" Harris - Older child of Steven Harris by almost a whole twenty minutes, Wendy Harris was a certified computer geek almost out of the womb. Along with the more hands-on genius of her brother, Wendy would graduate MIT at the ripe old age of sixteen. After the assassination of her father, Wendy turned to aiding one Roy Harper's crime-fighting in exchange for any intel they could find, which inevitably led them to crossing paths with the Emerald Archer. The three have been working together ever since.
Marvin Harris - A mechanical genius to match his sister's hacking ability, Marvin is currently employed as an engineer for Queen's Applied Sciences Division, and supplies the more adventurous of the team with an ample amount of nifty trick arrows for any and all situations, though his scientific mind often wanders to bigger and better things than "pointy sticks".
John Diggle - A retired member of the Green Berets, Johnathan Diggle, or Digg, as Ollie calls him, was hired by Moira Queen to be Oliver's bodyguard upon her son's return to Star City. After becoming aware of Ollie's identity as the Emerald Archer, Diggle became the first person to join the Arrowteam. While he still occasionally operates as a bodyguard, Digg's official title is "Queen Industries Security Adviser", which is to say Ollie pays him to be a sparring partner and make rare trips to the office to check up on the security systems.
Ted "Wildcat" Grant - An old family friend of the Lances from their time in Gotham, Ted Grant is a former world heavyweight champion boxer who looked after Dinah during her stays at Gotham. The two quickly began a student-teacher relationship, with Dinah receiving private lessons from Ted when she began to pursue a career in crime fighting.
Evelyn "Ev" Crawford - The daughter of a former Mob Hitman, Evelyn Crawford or Ev, as she prefers to go by has seen the darker side of Star City for much of her life. Raised in the Glades, by the time Ev was in high school her father had taught her how to handle various firearms and she was quite capable with a pistol. Dinah and Evelyn became fast friends during their formative years and Ev now works for Dinah at Sherwood Florist as her assistant manager.
Kurt Lance - Younger brother to Quentin Lance and paternal uncle to Dinah and Sarah, Kurt Lance is a retired army veteran who served with the likes of John Diggle in the Green Berets. After his retirement, Kurt settled down in Coast City. Dinah would regularly stay with Kurt during the summer, where Kurt began to teach her certain martial arts utilized by the United States Army, such as Krav Maga and Hapkido.
Wonder Dog the Arrowhound - A nameless golden retriever found starved and physically abused by Green Arrow and Arsenal after a routine drug bust, Oliver decided to adopt the poor pooch and nurture him back to health. He has since become something of a team mascot for the Battling Bowmen. Affectionately referred to as "George" by Ollie, regardless of how many times Wendy chastises him.
Bonnie King-Jones - Born into a family of circus performers, Bonnie King was trained in archery from a young age by her father, "The Magician" Arthur King. A former Olympic Gold Medalist, Bonnie was eloquently nicknamed Miss Arrowette in her prime, and is perhaps the most well known former athlete in the world's archery community. After obtaining her medal in 1992, Bonnie settled down in California and became Oliver's private instructor, though even she couldn't teach Ollie how to properly handle a bow. Now married to Bernell Jones, Bonnie is a stay at home mother.
Bernell "Bowstring" Jones - A small-time sports journalist during the 1992 Summer Olympics, Bernell Jones is the everyday sort of person one would never assume to marry a Bonnie King type. Bernell met Bonnie a few months after her first pregnancy and eventually found his way into the woman's heart, becoming a loving father to a daughter soon after his wedding. Having been an archery enthusiast, Bernell is a self-proclaimed supporter of the Emerald Archer and one of the few friends Green Arrow has in Star City's press. Because of Bernell's tendency to arrive at crime scenes and slip the Arrowclan information whenever possible, Ollie has jokingly nicknamed him "Bowstring".
Joanna Pierce - An up and coming lawyer and native of Metropolis' Suicide Slum, Joanna Pierce experienced gang violence first hand throughout her formative years and decided to enter law school because of it. Joanna has become estranged from her family for unknown reasons and has moved across the country to Star City. She has yet to be introduced to Green Arrow directly.
Commissioner Brian Nudocerdo - Acting Chief of Police in the Star City Police Department.
Warden Lyle Bolton - Current Warden of Slabside Penitentiary.
Detective Quentin Lance - Quentin Lance is a Star City Police Detective and former officer of the Gotham City Police Department, having moved from the Gotham-Bludhaven area to California following the birth of his first daughter. Originally an ardent critic of the rising vigilante population, Detective Lance has begrudgingly allied himself with Green Arrow on numerous occasions and has come to the harsh realization that not all problems can be solved by the average officer of the law. Quentin remains in contact with a select few officers from the GCPD, most notable being James Gordon and Harvey Bullock.
Maggie Sawyer - A ten year veteran of the Star City Police Force, Maggie Sawyer is a staunch opponent of vigilantes around the world, and has a personal mission to prove that her precinct can be just as effective as "that crazy Robin Hood wannabe." a single mother of one, Maggie is a gay rights activist and open lesbian, and although the more bigoted of Star City's law enforcement hierarchy have held her back because of this, Sawyer has proven one of the most efficient officers on payroll.
Chien Na Wei, China White - One of the Mandarin's main lieutenants, Chien Na Wei operated the large opium trade operation run by the Mandarin's triad on Lian Yu which used the native population for slave labor in the poppy fields. The operation was quickly destroyed by Oliver Queen, in what he would call his very first appearance as the Green Arrow. Believed to have died in an explosion, China White has emerged in Star City as the head of a new Triad group. Oliver remains unaware of how White, or the Mandarin, located him, but presumes they are aware of his identity.
The Mandarin - The enigmatic head of an Asian criminal Empire. The Mandarin began paying off Eddie Fyers' company in order to host a drug operation on the island amongst several illicit affairs. A ruthless and cunning leader, Oliver only knows the Mandarin by reputation, and even the likes of SHIELD cannot put a face to the name.
Eddie Fyers - The field commander of the mercenary group stationed on Lian Yu, Edward Fyers used Lian Yu as a Mecca for drug operations and slave labor from its native inhabitants. Whether an inmate or a castaway, Fyers never let a resource go to waste. Fyers often employed the prisoners of Lian Yu to bolster his own staff in exchange for a bed and warm meals. A vain man from birth, Fyers didn't do much to stop some of his men's more barbaric practices on the Island. His operations exposed by Oliver, the Chinese government has taken it upon themselves to handle Fyers and his company.
Lawrence "Crusher" Crock, Sportsmaster - A former small time crook and assassin for hire, Lawrence "Crusher" Crock was exiled to Lian Yu by the League of Assassins for taking a contract that belonged to them in order to send a message to their competitors. Brought into the fold by Oliver and his group, they would later be betrayed by Crock, who had been coerced by Ra's al Ghul to eliminate the former League of Shadows operatives. Oliver has speculated that Crock might have returned to Gotham, where his ex-wife and two daughters reside.
Malcolm Merlyn, the Dark Archer - A central figure in Star City's hierarchy, Malcolm Merlyn was seen as a poor man's Robert Queen, just as ruthless and cunning, but only made a half of what his contemporary managed with less resources and time. For reasons unknown Malcolm left California in his teenage years and early twenties. Eventually, Malcolm would marry Robert's widow Moira before her untimely death. A central figure during the Undertaking, Merlyn was exposed as the Dark Archer but escaped capture.
Noah Kuttler, the Calculator - A wealthy investment banker and accountant, Noah Kuttler operates an abundance of extortion rackets and oversees a number of Swiss Bank accounts under the guise of "The Calculator". A genius mathematician, Kuttler has been able to find a way around almost every loophole without a second thought, all from behind a computer monitor. After Green Arrow's interference in his schemes, the Calculator has begun using his massive funds to hire killers to apprehend the vigilante.
Ricardo "Junior" Diaz, Richard Dragon - One of Richard Dragon's students following Black Canary, Ricardo Diaz murdered his teacher and took his name for his own. A human weapon, Diaz is one of, if not the greatest hand to hand fighter and martial artist on Earth, retaining an uncanny ability to read his opponent's movements and find any weakness in a person's body and exploit it with deadly proficiency. Diaz has recently traveled to the United States to track down the Dragon's former students and systematically take them out.
Werner Zytle of Vlatava, Count Vertigo - Currently rotting in a prison cell, Werner Zytle conspired a bloody rise to Kingship by ordering the assassination of his elder brother and only niece with the assassins posing as American extremists. When Perdita returned to Vlatava to claim the throne, Vertigo made to execute her himself and take power by force. Thankfully however, Vertigo was undone by the Emerald Archer.
Simon LaCroix, Komodo - Born into poverty in the Glades, Simon LaCroix is a self-made man who ended up working as the personal assistant and confidant of Robert Queen. To Robert, Simon was everything Ollie wasn't. By that time Ollie had already fallen into constant fits of partying, recreational drug use, and underage drinking. The son he never had, Robert would give Simon the head start he needed to launch Stellmoor International.
Isabel Rochev, the Queen - Born in a small village in eastern Russia, Isabel Rochev was inspired from a young age by Robert Queen, who had a number of mines built in the mountains around her home, which caused her village's economy to flourish. Eventually becoming a personal intern for Robert while still in business school, the Queen Patriarch began an extramarital affair with his young assistant. Her internship was later terminated without notice. Holding a grudge against the Queen family, Rochev would become the primary business partner of Simon LaCroix at Stellmoor International.
Constantine Drakon - Generally considered by his peers as one of the best martial artists on the planet, Drakon is the personal assistant and second-in-command of The Sensei, the mysterious man at the head of the League of Assassins. Drakon's most notable contract occurred some years ago when he eliminated the CEO of Harris Technological Firm, Steven Harris, leaving the twins Wendy and Marvin orphaned. After a short scuffle with Green Arrow, Drakon managed to escape and has not been seen since.
Daniel "Danny" Brickwell, Brick - Star City's most prominent crime lord due not only to his namesake skin, but for his ruthless efficiency and almost impossible feat of taking control of the Triangle, Danny Brickwell was a victim of his environment and thrived in the criminal underworld following his father's termination from a Queen Industries factory in the Glades.
Brian Durlin - The heir to the Durlin family fortune, Brian is a savant in every sense of the word. He graduated at the top of his class from an ivy league school at only twenty years old, actively plays five instruments, is an adept fencer and martial artist, and is a magician when it comes to business transactions. It is whispered that Durlin has big plans for when he finally comes into his inheritance, but what exactly they are is anyone's guess. Durlin is almost never seen without his servant, Aleksandr Creote.
Lady Shiva - After her time under Richard Dragon, Dinah would catch the attention of Dinah when the latter arrived in Rhelasia to seek her out. After a trial to determine Dinah's worthiness as a recruit for the League of Shadows, Shiva took her under her wing and became one of Canary's many mentors. Shiva would eventually praise Canary as one of her greatest students after Dinah fought her to a stand-still after only a year of training. Since Dinah's desertion from the League and return to Star City, Lady Shiva has silently plotted her downfall.
Carrie Cutter, Cupid - A former romantic conquest of a young Oliver Queen who volunteered for an expedition to locate the Queen's Gambit. While at sea something changed in Cutter, and she is now certifiably insane, with an absolute obsession with Ollie after the news of his return. After taking Mia and Moira Queen hostage in their own mansion in an effort to become closer to Ollie Carrie, then operating under the name "Cupid", was shocked to discover that Oliver was the Green Arrow. Following the murder of Moira Queen and Cupid's capture by Green Arrow Cutter has been placed in the Haven Security Village for the Insane.
Prometheus - He'll be happening.
Onomatopoeia - A silent assassin with unknown motives, Onomatopoeia murdered former Mayor of Star City, Thomas Bolt, before being apprehended by the duo of Green Arrow and Black Canary. This marked the first time the Battling Bowman and the Supersonic Songbird worked together on a case. Onomatopoeia is currently an inmate at Slabside Penitentiary.
Dr. Linda Friitawa, Fright - A former assistant of Gotham's Dr. Jonathan Crane, Fright is the head doctor at Haven Security Village.
Star City - It's a comic book city. (Orchid Bay, Lamb Valley, The Glades, Adams Heights, South End, Aurora)
Queen Family Mansion - A luxurious plot of land on the outskirts of Orchid Bay, the Queen Mansion is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the East by the towering skyscrapers of Downtown Star City. Retaining a gated driveway, the Queen family has become synonymous with secrecy due to just how far "out of the way" Robert Queen decided to build his home, with the nearest neighbors being roughly a mile away. The interior of the residence however is very welcoming and screams socialite, with everything from antique vases to billiards tables decorating the innumerable rooms and hallways.
The Quiver - Built in a cavern underneath the Queen residence following the aftermath of Cupid's attack, the Quiver operates as Ollie's main base of operations as Green Arrow. Both Oliver and Diggle have taken steps to ensure the cave's safety, such as wiring the walls and implementing top class security systems. Nearly three times as large as the Quiver, the Quiver is fully stocked with equipment, an archery range, adaptable obstacle course, and barracks.
Verdant - Built and owned by Oliver Queen, Verdant serves as the only nightclub in the Glades, and is particularly popular amongst Star City's teenagers and young adults.
Sherwood Florist - A small flower shop opened by Dinah and Ev Crawford upon the former's return to Star City. Built just off of Orchid Bay, Dinah was inspired to go into a florist business by her mother who had always wanted to do one before her educational career took off. The property is owned by Dinah and contains a small garage out back in which Dinah stores her motorcycle as well as her Canary gear. Above the Sherwood Florist is also a small one bedroom apartment in which Evenlyn lives.
The Arrowcave - Oliver's original base of operations built within an abandoned Queen Industries Factory that would become Verdant. With the construction of the Quiver underneath the Queen Mansion, the Arrowcave rarely serves any function to the Arrow Clan outside of a variable weapons cache and tech dump. Though still fully serviceable, the image of the Arrowcave is one of antiquity, filled with mementos and out of date equipment, a museum of the Emerald Archer's first exploits within Star City.
Queen Industries - The West Coast equivalent of Wayne Enterprises, Queen Industries is a massive conglomerate of numerous smaller companies with a basis in commercial information technology, being one of the most prominent companions to spring out of the digital revolution. While the public knows of Queen Industries from the almost omnipresent Q-Phones and Q-Pads, the company has an extensive and lucrative military contract. If you were to visit the Pentagon, odds are the tech in their computers came from a Queen Industries facility. Based in Downtown Star City, Queen Industries retains beneficial connections to various west coast businesses, most notably being Ferris Air.
Lian Yu - An almost impossible to locate island in the South China Sea, Lian Yu is something of an experimental prison in that Asian governments send their most feared criminals to the island and have them fend for themselves with effectively no government involvement, even lacking basic security protocols to prevent escape. In actuality run by a secretive private military company, Lian Yu is a variable death camp for criminals, and in Ollie's case, castaways.
Stellmoor International - Founded by Simon LaCroix in 1998, in only six years of history, LaCroix became one of Queen Industries' fiercest competitors within Star City. Using every trick and tactic taught to him by Robert Queen, LaCroix took his company from a single office building to an international technology Empire, and following Moira Queen's murder, very nearly executed a hostile takeover of Queen Industries before Oliver Queen's intervention.
Saint Elias School for Youths - A prestigious boarding school located in Gateway City, Oliver Queen would attend Saint Elias during his formative years alongside names such as Hal Jordan, Carol Ferris, and Thomas Merlyn.
Tinder-Smith Garden - Home of the NBA's Star City Serpents and NHL's Star City Lights.
Winick Arena - Home of the Star City Stags of the MLB and the NFL's Star City Comets.
George Weisinger University - One of the oldest universities in California, George Weisinger University, or GWU, once stood as a proud pillar of the Ivy League schools across the United States. Recently however, Weisinger U's reputation has shifted from a melting pot of cultures and ideas, to one of an unruly party school, overrun with frat parties that seem to run every day, under the influence of underage drinking and innumerable other illegal narcotics.
Slabside Penitentiary - Located on the outskirts of Adams Heights, Slabside Penitentiary, affectionately nicknamed the Slab by inmates and city goers alike, Slabside has a fearsome reputation for police brutality and mistreatment of prisoners, which caused it to be shut down sometime in the 1990s. Recently refurbished to house both mundane and metahuman inmates, the Slab has been receiving a number of new inmates from across the west coast, who's former prisons didn't have nearly as thorough precautions against metahuman threats.
Haven Security Village - Opened in 2004 and built on an Island three miles out from Star City's ports, the Haven Security Village acts as an "impossible to break out of" asylum. Rather than restrain the population with straitjackets or handcuffs at all times, Haven attempts to create an atmosphere of equality by allowing patients a great deal of freedom. Fully manned with a coast guard and 24/7 security personnel, Haven has garnered a reputation of excellence during it's small time of operation.
The Kingdom of Vlatava - An economically struggling Kingdom in Eastern Europe, Vlatava recently suffered immensely at the hands of the Sta'rro Incident quickly followed by a succession crisis with the assassination of it's former King. The throne eventually passed to Perdita Zytle, now known as Perdita II. Facing aggression from Russia, Vlatavanians fear for their country's independence while under the watchful eye of their vigilant neighbor. To ensure their neighbors wouldn't invade, Vlatava joined the Latverian Union.
| Character Goals | Would it be wrong to say I just really want to shoot people with a bow and arrow?
EDIT: I feel I should also note that a strong possibility is a Billy Batson that managed to get deemed worthy of Mjolnir and teleported up to Asgard for the time of his life with a vagrant mortal Thor just hanging out somewhere. I'll keep you posted.
Figured I might as well do what all the cool kids are doing and try (and probably fail) to get a spot on the first page of the OOC for work in progress stuff. I'm leaving this purposefully bare-bones as all heck because I should really be in bed. Also may or may not add in a Water (Oceans) God tomorrow after I've recovered some of my faculties, assuming multiple characters are a thing.
More exciting developments coming tomorrow morning. I hope.
Name: Ypirtis
Alias: The Wandering Servant
Gender: Ambiguous
Domain (Portfolio): Fortune (Service) ??
Domain (Portfolio) Description:
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral (I think? It's my first time, be gentle)
Well, after having a quick think on concepts, outside of a(n) Water/Ocean deity since, well, every Pantheon needs one of those to help shape an actual world and stuff, here's what I've got. I feel obligated to put this forth before I start writing up a character sheet mostly because I'd like to see if it's viable and maybe get some tips on what exactly his domain and what not would actually be. Here goes.
Rather than a God who serves at his own whim, think a deity who serves only at the whim of every other God and any mortal who could afford to "employ" him so to speak. As you can probably already tell, I'm not particularly good at putting my ideas into words, but a basic concept was, say, God X wants to mess with God Y without God Y knowing it was God X, so God X sends God Z, who's willing to do any task no matter how grand or small, righteous or heinous, innocent or wretched, etc. as long as his fee is paid (What the fee is, I've got no idea.), from scrubbing a kitchen sink to massacring a village, so on, so forth. Figured it'd be a fun way to get involved in Godly power struggles without necessarily vying for the Iron Throne.
If it's too broad of a purview or a bit game breaking to have a God who essentially does anything as long as he's paid, I get it. It's probably a dumb idea to begin with, but hey, nothing ventured, right?
If it is indeed a dumb idea I should've kept to myself, I guess I'll just stick to the good old guy dressed in seaweed trying to keep everyone away from his islands and dolphins.
That took far too long to type. I shuold probably sleep.
I'm about. Trying to think of something to do outside of "Farm kid who's father/brother/uncle/relative here managed to throw the family into financial ruin." or what have you. Maybe I'll try for that funky Earth immigration program.
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