List of Arrow characters
The series premiered in the United States on The CW on October 10, 2012, with international broadcasting taking place in late 2012 and primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Arrow follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), who claimed to have spent five years shipwrecked on Lian Yu, a mysterious island in the North China Sea, before returning home to Starling City (later renamed "Star City") to fight crime and corruption as a secret vigilante whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrow.
Starting with season seven, a series of flash-forwards focus on Oliver's children William and Mia, exploring how present events would affect their future and Green Arrow's legacy.
John Thomas Diggle (portrayed by David Ramsey; seasons 1–8) is a decorated former United States Army Special Forces soldier, honorably discharged with the rank of master sergeant, an ordained minister, and Oliver's best friend and partner.
In season four, after building a new life in Hub City, Roy returns to his vigilante role after the Calculator extorts him to steal technological components and Thea is out of commission.
In season six, Roy is brought back to Star City by Ricardo Diaz, in an attempt to make him testify that Oliver is Green Arrow in court.
Roy reveals that he died battling the Thanatos Guild and was revived by Thea and Nyssa with a Lazarus Pit, which results in bloodlust that leads to him killing two innocent security guards.
As a cover, he takes his son Joe to New Zealand on a camping trip where he kills a Chinese agent in an attempt to locate Fei, who is on the island Lian Yu.
Oliver later recruits Slade by giving him the location of his son Joe, to face against the vigilante serial killer Prometheus to save his captured friends and family.
Despite being both the League's target and a fugitive of the law, Malcolm secretly returns to Starling City, using personal wealth and resources following the loss of his company.
Malcolm appears in flashbacks working with Konstantin Kovar, giving him Sarin gas in exchange for the means to acquire information on Unidac Industries to build the earthquake device.
He alternates between field work and tech support depending on the crisis, such as helping Felicity devise a means of translating the extraterrestrial technology during the Dominators' invasion.
In the mid-season finale "What We Leave Behind", Curtis is hospitalized after he is shot with a tuberculosis vaccine by Prometheus, aided by the treachery of apparent teammate Evelyn Sharp.
It is revealed, that after leaving Palmer Technologies last year, he started an online business, which prompts Felicity to propose partnership with him to form their own company.
In season seven, Curtis works as part of A.R.G.U.S., but ultimately leaves the group following a disagreement over the decision to revive the Suicide Squad as the Ghost Initiative.
[14] He is the ruthless hooded archer/serial killer Prometheus,[15] while now known as "Adrian Chase", Star City's new district attorney who helps Oliver as the Mayor clean up the streets through the justice system.
Prior to becoming a vigilante, Rene kills a criminal in defense of his family, which led to his wife's death during the altercation; his daughter Zoe was put in a foster care due to the community deeming him unfit as he succumbs to alcohol blackouts.
When Oliver is arrested by Watson and the FBI, and publicly announces his identity as the Green Arrow to the world, Rene continues to protect Star City in his honor.
After the particle accelerator explosion, she receives the ability to produce sonic waves with her scream and hunts down the leader of the drug ring to get revenge for her partner's death.
In season eight, Dinah learns details about her future self after adult versions William Clayton, Mia Smoak, and Connor Hawke arrived from the year 2040.
Laurel later found her in 2040 operating a nightclub where she mentioned that she woke up in 2040 the day after Oliver's funeral and that she seems to have been completely erased from existence and that there is no documentation of her or Black Canary.
In Earth-2, Dinah's doppelgänger is an SCPD sergeant, but secretly works with Tommy Merlyn / Dark Archer in his plan to destroy the Glades for the death of Thea.
He then targets Anatoly Knyazev for betraying him when he worked with Cayden James, but is captured by John Diggle, who is helped by an unidentified new Green Arrow (Emiko Queen).
When she and her mother are abandoned by Robert Queen, Emiko begins working as a courier for criminal organizations, through which she comes in contact with Dante, a member of the Ninth Circle.
Rene Ramirez, who also trusts the archer due to her saving his daughter Zoe's life, serves as a liaison between her and Team Arrow, and later after he discovers her identity and senses that she needs a friend, offers her his friendship.
[24] When Oliver resumes his role as the Green Arrow, Emiko adopts a new red outfit similar to her comic book counterpart's (and by extension her legal sister Thea's).
Emiko returns to occasionally using the Green Arrow outfit in an attempt to fool the SCPD into thinking that Oliver and his team are behind the terrorist threat facing Star City.
This, combined with her failure to deliver on her promise to destroy Star City and her hesitation to finally kill Oliver, leads to the organization's council turning on her.
In season seven, after becoming the target of criminals like Damien Darhk, Adrian Chase, Ricardo Diaz, and Stanley Dover, William chooses to go live with his grandparents in order to have a normal life away from the Green Arrow.
He is a recovering drug addict and still having a strained relationship with J.J. Another version of the character, also played by David-Jones, was originally introduced in Legends of Tomorrow as Oliver Queen's Green Arrow successor of Earth-16.
