List of Arrow characters - Wikipedia. The main cast featured in a promotional image for the second season. From left to right, Laurel (Cassidy), Slade (Bennett), Felicity (Rickards), Oliver (Amell), John (Ramsey), Thea (Holland), and Roy (Haynes).

Arrow is an American television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg, based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow. Many of the other characters appearing in the series are also based on DC Comics characters. The series premiered on October 1.

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com. Arrow is an American television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg, based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow.

United States on The CW television network, and is currently in its fifth season. On January 8, 2. 01. The CW announced that Arrow would be renewed for a sixth season.[1]Arrow follows the story of billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell). He is discovered after being stranded for five years on an isolated island.

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When he returns home, Queen secretly becomes a bow- and- arrow- wielding vigilante in order to honor his father's legacy and atone for his family's sins. Throughout the series, he is joined by others in his quest to protect Starling City. The characters that eventually aid Queen's vigilante efforts include: former soldier John Diggle (David Ramsey), I. T. expert and skilled hacker Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards), former assassin Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), aspiring vigilante Roy Harper (Colton Haynes), Oliver's sister Thea / Speedy (Willa Holland), and attorney- turned- vigilante Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy). The group also receives support from Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne) who works at the police department. Characters from Oliver's past appear in a separate story arc based on Oliver's flashbacks, which highlight parallels from Oliver's history that shape events in the main story.

The following is a list of characters who have appeared in the television series. Many are named after (or based on) DC Comics characters. Overview[edit]Main characters[edit] Oliver Queen / Green Arrow[edit]Oliver Jonas "Ollie" Queen (portrayed by Stephen Amell) is the main protagonist of the series. He is based on the DC Comics character of the same name. In season one, Oliver returns to Starling City after being presumed dead for five years, shipwrecked on the remote island of Lian Yu following the loss of his family yacht. He lives a dual life—rich playboy by day and vigilante by night, targeting individuals whose names appear in a notebook given to him by his now- deceased father, Robert Queen. He struggles to find a balance between his quest and reconnecting with his family (his sister Thea Queen and mother Moira Queen) and friends (best friend Tommy Merlyn and ex- girlfriend Laurel Lance).

In flashbacks set five years earlier, Oliver, Robert, and Sara Lance are aboard the Queen's Gambit when bad weather causes it to sink. During the shipwreck, Sara is sucked out to sea. Oliver and his father escape on a life raft but Robert shoots himself to increase Oliver's chances of survival, asking Oliver to "right his wrongs". Oliver eventually lands the raft on an island called Lian Yu.

He soon discovers that he is not alone on the island as he is hunted by a mercenary group. With the help of allies, Slade Wilson, Yao Fei, and Shado, he begins to learn the skills needed to survive. During season one, John Diggle and Felicity Smoak both become involved in his crusade. Watch Spring 1941 Online Fandango.

The vigilante team ultimately realizes the list of names is connected to a larger conspiracy called "The Undertaking", a scheme orchestrated by Malcolm Merlyn to destroy the poor and crime- ridden neighborhood of the Glades. Oliver fights and supposedly kills Malcolm but The Undertaking succeeds, leaving the Glades largely destroyed and 5. Tommy Merlyn. In season two, Oliver returns to Starling City after spending time at Lian Yu to work through his grief.

He now goes by the alias "Arrow" and, in honor of Tommy, vows never to kill again. He fights criminals who take advantage of the Glades after its destruction, while trying to redeem himself as a hero, but is challenged when those closest to him are endangered. He co- administers Queen Consolidated with Isabel Rochev and becomes friends with Alderman Sebastian Blood. Garrison Full Movie In English. Oliver finds himself investigating a larger plot orchestrated by Slade Wilson, involving "Mirakuru", a strength- enhancing drug. It is Slade's intention to destroy everything and everyone Oliver cares for. Sebastian and Isabel are also working for Slade and help bankrupt Oliver, causing him to lose his home and business. Oliver gets help from Sara Lance, now the vigilante "Canary", and takes Thea's boyfriend, Roy Harper, as a protégé.

After Felicity injects Slade with the Mirakuru cure, Oliver defeats Slade and locks him in an underground prison on Lian Yu. In flashbacks, Oliver is hunted by Dr.

Ivo's armed crew who seek the Mirakuru and he accidentally causes the death of Shado, his lover on the island. Slade also loved Shado, which explains his vendetta against Oliver.

A flashback before the shipwreck reveals that Oliver impregnated a girl named Samantha Clayton, and Moira paid Samantha to tell Oliver the child died and to move to Central City, leaving him unaware of his impending fatherhood. In season three, Oliver has become a public hero to the citizens of Starling City and has taken Roy on as a full sidekick. He lives in his foundry safe- house, having lost his mansion.

Oliver is faced with the moral question of whether he can be Oliver Queen and live his life while the city needs the Arrow. This is further challenged when he realizes he is in love with Felicity. She has caught the attention of Ray Palmer, the new head of Queen Consolidated.

After Thea returns to Starling City, they decide to reopen their nightclub together. Oliver is also inadvertently embroiled in a conflict with Raʾs al Ghul due to Malcolm's manipulations.

During a fight with Raʾs, he suffers a mortal wound and nearly dies, but is saved by Maseo and Tatsu Yamashiro. Raʾs demands that Oliver become his heir because he is the only man to survive a death match against him, fulfilling a prophecy of the League of Assassins. When Oliver rejects the offer, Raʾs tries to force him by killing people while posing as the Arrow. When Raʾs nearly kills Thea, Oliver chooses to join the League, abandoning his former identity to become Al Sah- him (Arabic: سهم‎‎; "Arrow"); he pretends to be a darker and crueler version of himself in order to get closer to Raʾs and destroy the League from within.