(http://images.tvfanatic.com/iu/s--XK7oSniP--/t_slideshow/f_auto,fl_lossy,q_75/v1444075044/green-arrow-s4e2.jpg)(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/greenarrow/images/1/16/Oliver_Queen_Stephen_Amell-25.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20121109214053)(https://tribzap2it.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/oliver-queen-green-arrow-stephen-amell-arrow-season-4-sizzle-reel.png)(http://www.comicbookresources.com/imgsrv/imglib/0/0/1/GA-Cv41-50c89.jpg)(http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/7/73488/4608588-3655896-0592235714-olive.jpg)<br/><br/>== Character Bio ==<br/><br/>== Personal Information ==<br/><strong>Legal Name:</strong>Oliver Jonas "Ollie" Queen<br/><strong>Alias:</strong>Green Arrow (Hero), Al-Sah-Him (Initiated)<br/><strong>Age:</strong>32<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Straight<br/><strong>Part of Gotham Residing In:</strong>Penthouse Suite<br/><br/>== Physical Description ==  Oliver stands at 6'2 and weighs (currently) 210 lbs. His physique can only be described as ripped and sharpened. Both limber and strong, Oliver keeps an Olympian build and treats his body like a temple in order to fulfill his duties. All over his well kept body, however, are multiple gun-shot wounds, scars, and burns from both the island, his work as a hero, and his training with the League of Assassins. He keeps his hair short and edged into a fine line without a hint of unkempt. He does, however, leave scruff on his face that is as short as his hair. His hair is a dark-blond with blue eyes that matches his fathers.<br/><br/>== Persona == Oliver understands that he can't intimidate criminals considering the other heroes in existence scare them more. To make up for this, Oliver puts up an comical and irritating persona to make his combantant angry. Rare times has he ever shown anger out in the line of duty, but those are few and far in between. When he is out of costume, Oliver is friendly and approachable. Sarcastic being a part of his nature, Oliver does what he can to be the kind face for people to go to. Deep down, Oliver likes to think he is humble and willing to do anything for the people he swears to protect til his dying breath. To those who ever get close to Oliver can see the scars from trauma are evident in his eyes. From either being stranded on an island for five years or being close to death more times than he could count, no one knows how mentally damaged this man can be. This is especially considering his recent ordeal of being nearly brainwashed by the League of Assassins. After returning from the dead, Oliver remains reluctant to put the hood on once again, but it's believed that it wont take that much persuasion to convince Oliver.<br/><br/>== Key Skills ==<strong>Master Archer:</strong>Oliver prides himself in his skill as an archer. Making the most impossible shots ever in history, Oliver never fails to his the same spot twice; always capable of splitting an arrow with another arrow.<br/><strong>Hand to Hand:</strong>Trained for five years by a man named Yao-Fei and by Ra's Al Ghul for two years, Oliver has became a capable combatant without his bow and is rumored to have been as capable as Batman in his prime. This is wild speculation by witnesses though. And Oliver believes he doesn't want to figure out the result of that match-up.<br/><strong>Weapon combat (Sword, Stick, Bow):</strong>Trained with sticks on an island, Oliver has found his way around armed combat and even favors it over bare handed. As a hero, Oliver's cqc is handled with utilizing a bow in a similar way to how Eskrima works.<br/><strong>Free-running/parkour:</strong>To maneuver around a jungle, Oliver learned how to jump from tree to tree. It's especially easy to do in a concrete jungle such as a city.<br/><strong>Detective:</strong>With archery as a skill, having a keen eye is a given to Oliver. Being the Green Arrow, Oliver has been capable of doing his own digging to solve crimes.<br/><strong>Charisma:</strong>For the two years he returned from the island, Oliver took over his company from his mother in Star City and branched out subsidiares to Gotham city by talking his way through it. He's been capable of leading a team and giving heroic speeches to brighten morale before.<br/><strong>Pain tolerance:</strong>Being subject to horrendous torture on the island, Oliver and pain came to an understanding long ago.<br/><br/><br/>== Advantages ==<br/><br/>Oliver has nearly unlimited resources at his disposal to form his arsenal of trick arrows and make his costume/lair. He has both money and a name that people acknowledge as well as influence in public opinion should he "tweet" about certain topics. Being of an upper echelon in terms of social status, Oliver has connections with many white-collared aristocrats in three major cities and people he could go to for help for his heroic activities. Should he ever vanish like he did two years ago, it would go noticed.<br/><br/>== Disadvantages ==  Green Arrow has "died" once due to a fight between him and the Dark Archer so public opinion has swayed on the Green Arrow since then. Now that he has returned, he has a whole new world to adjust to once again considering he has been gone for so long. Currently, after learning of what his failure against the Dark Archer cost the city, Oliver has shown signs of survivor's guilt. Sometimes it seems he tries too hard to reestablish the fact that he is a fully capable hero and tries to take on the world all by himself as to unburden the younger generation of heroes. Being slightly older than most of the heroes of today, he underestimates them a little and views them as "people who could learn a thing or two from the old timers." Oliver also hides the fact that he was once dipped into a Lazarus Pit and that he was effected by it in a way he is barely grasping to understand.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> The Beginning</div><div class="spoiler_body">== Background == Oliver Queen was born May 16, 1983 to Robert and Moira Queen with a sister on the way years later. As a young child, Oliver favored archery as a hobby and was well supported by his family's funds. With the best training, Oliver had reached Olympic level of archery before he decided that he would not participate in competition. Growing up, Oliver was a part of an elite group of children from rich families and ended up falling into a dangerous crowd with them in his later years. He attended private school all the way up till he was in college, from which he dropped out when trying to major in social science and minor in politics. <br/><br/>Both he and his friend Tommy Merlyn stuck together for the longest of times since childhood. Whether one influenced the other to be young, wild, and free is yet to be determined to this day, but both did everything they could with their youth together. Falling into the club scene, both Oliver and Tommy built a club out of Robert Queen's old abandoned factory in Star city which turned into a huge success due to their publicity. Oliver and Tommy both shared ownership of club Verdant for the longest until tragedy struck Oliver. <br/><br/>At the age of 23, Oliver went on a yacht with his father who was visiting China for his work, leaving his mother Moira Queen and his sister Thea Queen behind at home. A storm hit the yacht and completely shattered it, leaving both Oliver and Robert Queen stranded in a life-raft out in sea. There was not enough food and water for the both of them so Robert Queen, in an act of compassion due to either hunger or love for his son, professed to his son that he had once committed great sins in his life and pleads that Oliver will live to rectify them. Oliver, to tired and strained to care, dismissed his father's proclamation at first. It was only when his father pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head did Oliver understand the gravity of his father's words. Shocked by the act he witnessed, the word "survive" stuck forever in his mind as the last word his father whispered before he died.<br/><br/>One day, Oliver arrived on an island and gave his father a proper burial. When he was finished patching the ground from the amount of digging it took to bury his father, an arrow pierced through his chest. Due the pain and shock of being impaled, Oliver passed out barely alive. He awoken to find a man in a tattered green hood tending to a fire and his chest covered in bandages. The man removed his hood and explained that he was the one who shot him and he apologizes. Oliver, too tired and in too much pain to care, could only muster to ask why. The man explained that they're dangerous men on this island for whatever reason and that he mistook Oliver as one of them. Spending his days on the move and hunting with this man, Oliver came to learn what these dangerous men were.<br/><br/>One day, Oliver was captured by a group of men dressed in black with assault rifles in hand. Taken to their camp, Oliver was treated to food and water by the men as he awaited for their leader. Their leader came in the form of a woman, with white hair and a white suit to match it. She referred to herself as Chien Na Wei, which Oliver mispronounced as "China White." She told Oliver she was running a Spec Ops military operation and asked who he was and how did he get on the island. Finding no reason to lie, Oliver told her the truth about who he was and that he was stranded here for who knows how long. Offering Oliver safety, China White only asked Oliver to confirm whether has seen a man on this island who resembled a photo she produced. Recognizing the man as Yao Fei, the man who shot him but took care for him, Oliver lied and said no. China White did not believe him and proceeded to torture him until he would crack from pain, yet he would not yield. Then, Yao Fei came and save him armed with his hood and bow. Displaying unimaginable skill in combat and military tactics, Yao Fei stood as an one man army against China White and her associates all in an effort to rescue Oliver Queen. Succeeding, both of them got as far away as they could from China White and it was then Yao Fei proceeded to reveal who he truly was.<br/><br/>Yao Fei was a Chinese special forces soldier sent to this island to investigate drug pedaling that was connected to the Triad. He and his squad found their target, but were captured before they could do anything. All of them were subjected to torture and some even died from it. Yao Fei, being the only one to escape was the last to be confirmed alive. Oliver, wanting to help Yao Fei against China White, pleaded to be trained by Yao Fei in order to face China White and the Triad. For four years, Oliver and Yao Fei were on the run from China White while training and maintaining a offensive on the Triad to make sure they remember that they are alive. One day both Oliver and Yao Fei came across a camp with a working radio and utilized it to call for aid from Yao Fei's military. As they were calling for assistance, Yao Fei was shot by a lone bullet that belonged to a man who Yao Fei recognized as one of the men who he came here with. Dying as Oliver dragged him to safety, Yao Fei pleaded Oliver to finish the mission he started years ago and have the man who killed him be brought to Justice. Oliver watched as Yao Fei died, vowing to honor his dying wish. Taking Yao Fei's hood, Oliver began to prepare for one final assault in order to capture China White as to hold as leverage over the Triad.<br/><br/>Oliver, using the way of the land at his disposal, utilized explosives and stealth to take out most of the opposition. With all the men in a frantic rush, Oliver came face to face with both China White and the man who killed Yao Fei, who referred to himself as Xu Tao. Oliver, utilizing his years of training and experience in combat, fought both China White and Xu Tao to a standstill for a long time. Not seeing victory, Oliver came to the resolution to face them to the death if it came to it. Thankfully, Oliver was able to fight them until multiple helicopters arrived and seized the opposition. Both China White and Xu Tao surrendered unconditionally. Oliver leaving himself unarmed, was taken into the Chinese Military's care. He explained to them his story and how Yao Fei fought to complete the mission to the very end. As a reward for completing Yao Fei's mission, Oliver Queen was given safe passage back to America under the Chinese military's guard. Finally, after five years in hell, Oliver has returned home.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The mission</div><div class="spoiler_body">Oliver, returning home to his mother, his sister, his best friend Tommy, and Star city,  he was hailed as the man who survived without anyone knowing what he did to survive. Oliver, taking out a book his father gave him before he died, began to investigate the list of names within the book. He found out that they were all white-collared men with rumored criminal affiliations. Remembering the promise he made his father, Oliver began to work towards building a lair underneath his club that he regain partial ownership of. He thought that if he were to honor his father's promise, he would do it as a hero to the people his father failed. Oliver debut his hero moniker "Green Arrow" on a hacked broad cast on live television while simultaneously taking down a man who was on the list his father left for him.<br/><br/>The thrill of taking down that criminal without killing him gave Oliver a thrill he hadn't felt since the island. Like an addict, Oliver took to the streets with a passion, armed with an arsenal of arrows and skills he purchased and honed, Oliver built the name Green Arrow as a name for people to look up to in the light of day. He was not afraid of taking down criminals in day time and night while also taking care of his father's wish. Oliver found himself bouncing between cities as some of the names have moved their businesses elsewhere. As a cover story, Oliver inherited Queen Consolidated from his mother and proceeded to do business in Gotham City in order to reach criminals who were on the list. It was at this time did Oliver make a name for himself for the heroes and villains residing in Gotham. <br/><br/>Inspiring others as well as recruiting some, Green Arrow took on partners in the form of his body guard John Diggle, his tech-savy IT from Queen consolidated Felicity Smoak, and capable street smarted sidekick by the name of Roy Harper who went by the name "Speedy." Green Arrow and Speedy took to the streets of both Gotham and Star City with Central City at times, resulting them both being stretched far and thin. Oliver mainly had Speedy  operate in Star City under Diggle's supervision, finding it safer to work than in Gotham City. Due to his investigating and detective Work, Oliver slowly pieced together what his father meant by failing his city. His father's friend, Malcolm Merlyn, father of Tommy Merlyn, was secretly dealing with the men on the list for who knows what. Oliver, deciding that this was becoming to dangerous for Speedy to help, cut him off from the mission and told him that he couldn't condone bring children to his battlefield. Speedy tried to argue that he was doing this work for a year now, but Oliver couldn't bring himself to let this boy be a hero anymore with the danger of Oliver getting close to Malcolm grew.<br/><br/>In anger, Roy did his best to display that he quit on his own while taking some of his original arsenal with them. Oliver, unable to catch him, was left with guilt at cutting him off from the mission he put his life to complete. He tried to believe it was for the best, but Oliver felt that bridge with Speedy could never be built again. Oliver, finally figuring out Malcolm's plan, confronted Malcolm Merlyn. Green Arrow, faced to faced with Malcolm Merlyn, found himself unable to beat Malcolm Merlyn. No matter how strong or fast Oliver was, Malcolm dominated Oliver in skill and experience. Beaten and battered, Oliver fell under Malcolm's capture. Malcolm, unmasking the Green Arrow, was shocked that it was Oliver Queen. Chained, Oliver awoken to Malcolm who tried to reason with Oliver about his plan. Malcolm was trying to level the Glades, a part of town that went into a bad element since 2002. What triggered this mindset was when Malcolm lost his wife to a mugger in the Glades. Malcolm revealed that he left for two years after his wife died and found guidance under the name of the "League of Assassins." They taught Malcolm how to hone his anger in a strength and trained him in their ways. From then on, Malcolm plotted to destroy the Glades in order to "save his city."<br/><br/>Oliver would not be swayed by Malcolm, so in a last ditch of strength, Oliver barely survived escape. Oliver, returning to his lair, found out that Malcolm was initiating his plan that night. Oliver, still discouraged from his last confrontation with Malcolm Merlyn, tried to find within himself to fight. Remembering his father's promise, Oliver knew he couldn't let innocent people die. Acquiring the aid of Speedy , who barely returned to Oliver when Oliver reached out to help, and his team who stuck by him for the longest of times. He had Speedy, Diggle, and Felicity go over the schematics that Felicity "aquired" from Malcolm's personal files on the earthquake machine Malcolm planned to level the Glades with. Speedy, still angry at Oliver from cutting him off, pointed out that this would be the last time he would work with Oliver. Speedy almost nearly decided not to work after what Oliver did, but the thought of many innocent lives being at risk was too much for him to quit. Oliver accepted this point and revealed that even though he was being harsh on Roy, he did remain proud at the hero the young man became. All of them left on their respective missions. Speedy and Diggle split up to cover various parts of the city to find the machine that was going to damage the Glades under Felicity's guidance while Green Arrow went to confront Malcolm one more time in order to stop him once and for all.<br/><br/>Oliver found Malcolm on top of Queen Consolidated's building geared from head to toe in what appeared to be the armor that belonged to the League of Assassins. Malcolm was staring at the Glades from the tower, finding it the best view. Both men faced each other when Oliver arrived, resolved to defeat the other. Both men fired Arrows at each other and proceeded to battle for the city. Oliver and Malcolm fought furiously with all their arrows being fired, leaving them unarmed save for their bows. Oliver, slowly losing ground, was blind sighted by a spot light helicopter in the sky that was recording and broadcasting the fight on television. To this day, this moment was considered to be one of few darkest moments to ever be publicly displayed for the world to see. Oliver Queen was impaled through the chest with a black Arrow belonging to Malcolm. He then proceeded to fall off the building and landed through a car.<br/><br/>The Green Arrow died on national television with the man, dubbed "The Dark Archer", standing victorious. Malcolm vanished from public eye and the people were left to mourn the lost of their hero. Speedy, disabling the machine, resurfaced to find that the machine he disabled had a counterpart that he didn't find. Half of the Glades began to crumble and the rest of Green Arrow's team watched as the city fell into chaos. Many people died that night, including Tommy Merlyn. With the city in chaos, people failed to realize that the body of Green Arrow had vanished from their vision and was forever lost to them. With the city now knowing true anarchy and their hero had fallen, Star City fell into a dark time with only Speedy, Diggle, and Felicity left to defend it from itself.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The return</div><div class="spoiler_body">Suddenly, Oliver awoken. It all seemed like it was a dream. Him, facing Malcolm Merlyn, dying, and falling to his death. Then, he realized, he was not in a place he recognized. The bed he laid on seemed regal in nature and the sun shined through giant windows next to him. Oliver stood, gazing out the windows to find that he was within a building that was hidden within a valley. A door opened to reveal a man he did not recognize. The man referred to himself as "Ra's Al Ghul" calmed Oliver down. He answered any questions Oliver had for him, even why he was here. Oliver was brought here by Malcolm Merlyn after he "died." With little time to waste, Malcolm begged to Ra's Al Ghul that he resurrect Oliver from death which Ra's Al Ghul agreed to in exchange for Oliver's life in service. Malcolm agreed and thus Oliver was dipped into a pit known only to those who heard of it's legend. The Lazurus Pit. This story was a ploy for the real reason Oliver was ressurrected; to serve Merlyn and Ra's Al Ghul as a brainwashed soldier of the League.<br/><br/>Oliver lives because of the Lazarus Pit, but slowly began to find out that it has changed him. His skill with combat had seemly increased. He was faster, stronger, and even capable of great feats of agility. Oliver, wanting to find Malcolm to make him pay for what he has done. However, instead of givng Malcolm to Oliver directly, Ra's Al Ghul slowly began to manipulate Oliver into believing that Malcolm would be given to Oliver if he proved he could be resourceful to the League. Malcolm then began to display remorse and sadness of the fact that his plan had, in the end, claimed the life of his son. In a desperate act of redemption, Malcolm brought Oliver to the League of Assassins to be brought back. It was through this manipulation that Malcolm and the League begain to train Oliver with Merlyn retaining a disguise. Slowly but surely, they were feeding ideas and thoughts into Oliver that were beginning to corrupt the hero.<br/><br/>For two years, Oliver's skill and prowess exceeded beyond that of what he was normally capable of, but for the price of bits and pieces of his old personality slipping away. It almost came to a breaking point if it wasn't for the efforts of Batman himself rescuing and convincing Oliver that he was being manipulated. With what remained of his mind, Oliver fought alongside Batman to escape and succeeded. Batman explained that he was following the tracks of the League for years, but only now stumbled across Oliver Queen as a member. Doing some investigative work, Batman figured out that Oliver was not of sane mind and knew he had to rescue Oliver before he was turned against the world. So now, thanks to the effort of the Dark Knight, Oliver Queen was returning home once again from death.<br/><br/>Oliver, returning home from the League, was put under watch by the Justice League themselves as well as giiving him psychiatric aid to heal from this endeavor. Slowly, they broke it to him of what had happened to Star City in his absense. He was thankful towards his original team that managed to rekindle and rebuild Star City, but grief overcame that feeling as the memory of his lost against Malcolm Merlyn played through his mind over and over. To find out that there casualties because of it in the form of his friend Tommy Merlyn, almost broke Oliver's spirit. However, the people who were aiding Oliver gave him as much aid as they could to return him home to his family. a month later, Oliver returned to his mother and sister a better man; but not fully healed. He even went to his team and tried to explain to them that he didn't think he could go on as the Green Arrow. Suprisingly, Roy was the one who was trying to convince Oliver to shadow them for a few weeks to see if there was any drive to be a hero again. Currently, Oliver only spends his time investing in his company, his family, and maintaining his physical fitness and skill, but has yet to return to his post as the Green Arrow. </div></div><br/>== Character Extras =<br/><br/>= Face Claim: = Stephen Amell<br/><br/>Ons: Same as player (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=170360.0)<br/><br/>Offs:Same as player (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=170360.0)