[attr="class","official-title"]Oliver Jonas Queen

[attr="class","official-header"]The Arrow

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These are all names that have been given to me by law enforcement, the press, and/or the general public. Most of them don't know that I, Oliver Queen, have dedicated my life to protecting Starling City from those who seek to destroy it. They still see me as the irresponsible, spoiled, billionaire brat who had everything handed to him on a silver platter and never had to work at anything. They don't know how my five years away really changed me... how being stranded and forced to survive on Lian Yu made me stronger. They don't know how my being forced to learn torture and interrogation tactics under the command of Amanda Waller in Hong Kong made me more ruthless. They don't know all of the secrets I keep, or how desperate I am to protect the people I love. They don't know the real me. I'm not sure if anyone ever will...
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Oliver Queen - wikia page

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Peak of human physical condition: Oliver is shown to be in top physical condition from his intense exercises both in the Arrowcave and from his time on the island. His training regimen seems to be inspired by his mentors on the Island and possibly others. He is very sturdy, unfazed by having a pool stick broken across his chest. Due to his youth, Oliver is faster than Malcolm and is strong enough to break a man's neck in a matter of seconds. His reflexes allowed him to catch an arrow shot at him by Simon Lacroix, (a feat only the highly skilled individuals have accomplished).[break][break]
Honed senses: Oliver has repeatedly demonstrated being able to sense danger before anyone else near him does. His keen powers of perception offer aid in otherwise detrimental situations.[break][break]
Master archer: Oliver is extremely experienced and has outstanding archery skills. He has extreme accuracy with the bow and arrow, allowing him to shoot 6 bouncing tennis balls without missing, shoot small objects off of people without harming them and shoot with deadly accuracy even while he was moving.[break][break]
Master marksman: Oliver is shown to be skilled in the use of firearms, partly do to his skills in archery. During his time working with A.R.G.U.S., Oliver also became an adept sniper. In "Corto Maltese", it was seen that Oliver has similar proficiency as he quickly shot down his targets.[break][break]
Master stick fighter: On the island, Oliver is seen sparring with Slade in stick fighting, even able to go toe-to-toe with him. In the present day, Oliver is shown to be a master stick fighter. He knows the Filipino martial art, Eskrima Kali (also known as Eskrima or Arnis), and shows his skills practicing on a training dummy or sparring with Diggle in one of the episodes. In "Crucible", he was able to take down three of The Mayor's thugs simultaneously, while he was using Sara's bo-staff.[break][break]
Master swordsman: While not often used in battle, Oliver is highly proficient in swordsmanship, due to the fact that he was trained by Slade Wilson. As seen in his fight against Ra's Al Ghul, Oliver is ambidextrous in its usage, able to fight with two swords in unison or switch one between either hand. At the same time however, as noted by Malcolm, Oliver's near-sole dependence on his bow and arrow over the years has diminished his skill in this art.[break][break]
Master knife-fighter: Oliver is shown to be skilled with knives. He killed a man in Hong Kong with a single stab. He also was seen practicing knife-fighting with John.[break][break]
Master knife-thrower: Oliver is shown to be a master knife thrower. In "Honor Thy Father", he was able to use a kitchen knife, as a improvised Throwing knife to disarm Chien Na Wei, before she could kill John Diggle.[break][break]
Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist: Oliver excels in advanced hand-to-hand combat, being a master martial artist. He is proficient in various types of fighting styles, and can more than hold his own against his opponents. Thanks to his experience and training he is able to fight multiple people at once and is even able to land hits on the lightning fast Barry Allen, despite the latter moving at superhuman speed. He styled his fighting styles of self defense, offense, grappling, and take-downs after his mentors, Yao Fei, Slade Wilson, Shado and possible others. The fighting form seems to be a combination of Wing Chun, Hapkido, Jujitsu, Eskrima and possible others.[break][break]
Free running/Acrobatics: Oliver has shown himself capable of scaling buildings and running from rooftop to rooftop easily. On one occasion he scaled a building using the window ledges of the building to retrieve a bullet. On another occasion, he leaped over a rooftop to land on a lower one. He is very maneuverable and graceful, able to chase and outrun enemies through various terrains with no wasted effort or time.[break][break]
Stealth: A very tactical person, Oliver, is able sneak in and out of almost any unguarded building without being detected. Oliver is able to disappear in a second's notice, even in broad daylight. For long periods of time, he is able to follow his target without being noticed.[break][break]
Master detective/Tactician/Great business acumen: Oliver has been shown to have great detective skills when searching for information about the people on his list. While he is no expert in anything outside his physical skills, he has shown to have extensive knowledge in various fields, including computer engineering, toxicology, combat medicine, weapons and etc., all of which he uses to effectively aid in his investigation while maintaining discretion, often without needing aid from anyone else. He is shown to be a highly skilled tactician and is able to create plans which allows him to take on large numbers of heavily armed men, highly skilled martial artists and even beat Mirakuru-enhanced soldiers and The Flash. He is also a great businessman as he was able to run the nightclub Verdant, and later Queen Consolidated very successfully.[break][break]
Multilingual: Oliver is capable of fluently speaking English, Russian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic, and Spanish. He can speak Mandarin so perfectly, that he was able to fool a blinded Chinese Triad member into believing he was actually Chinese.[break][break]
First aid/Toxicology: It has been shown that Oliver is educated in various types of medicine and first aid. He was able to provide medical attention to himself and John, as well as determine the type of poison (Curare) that the bullet contained from his blood, compliments of Deadshot. He has been shown to be able to give first aid on himself or others, and going so far even to treat bullet wounds completely without having to go to the hospital. He apparently keeps stocks of his own blood in his hideout, storing them for future use.[break][break]
Network: Oliver uses his connections in the Solntsevskaya Bratva and Roy's street contacts to get information, due to his friendship with Lyla Michaels, he has some connections in A.R.G.U.S..[break][break]
Intimidation/Interrogation/Torture: As The Arrow, Oliver commands a very intimidating presence, which strikes fear into the hearts of the criminals he confronts, and is not above maiming his targets (which sometimes leaves him at odds with other people, such as Barry Allen).[break][break]
Psychological warfare: Oliver is very skilled in torturing his victims psychologically. One example was when The Dollmaker's lawyer didn't give up any information, prompting Oliver to shoot him through the shoulder and kept him from going to the authorities and reporting Quentin to his lieutenant or anyone by threatening to shoot his other shoulder if he did. He acquired this skill during his training in Hong Kong with Amanda Waller.[break][break]
Indomitable will/Tolerance for pain: Oliver has shown to be very stubborn, and was nearly fearless. Under no situation would he ever give up. Even on the island while he was untrained and in no shape to fight anyone, he was shown to be quite resistant to pain. Oliver was able to injure Malcolm Merlyn's leg with a flechette, before knocking him out cold with a single punch, despite being badly injured by his arrows and having 3 broken ribs. Even more, he was able cling to life after a fatal stab through the heart long enough to be treated.[break][break]
Tolerance for poison: When Oliver was grazed with Floyd Lawton's curare laced bullets, he didn't feel the effects of the poison for a significant amount of time when compared to Malcolm Merlyn, who felt the effects almost immediately.[break][break]
Expert driving skills: Oliver has the ability to drive multiple vehicles, and appears to be skilled at it. He is able to pursue enemies in various ways using different vehicles, known to be a car or a motorcycle.[break][break]
Master at subterfuge: Oliver also possesses considerable skills at lying and deception, having once bested a lie detector test where only a "slight flutter" was detected coming off of him. He uses these attribute to hide his double life as a wealthy club owner and vigilante.[break][break]
Master survivor: Oliver has great survival skills, as he was taught by Yao Fei how to survive in the wild. He was able to live on the island and provide for himself. His skills and willpower allowed him to survive near-death experiences, like in his battles against Malcolm Merlyn, Slade Wilson and Ra's al Ghul.[break][break]
Meditation: Oliver is skilled in meditation and was able to guide Roy into using it to analyse his memories, due to the fact that he was trained by Tatsu Yamashiro.

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[attr="class","official-content"]The music in the club was loud enough to send thundering vibrations that rattled Oliver’s bones as he made his way through the crowd of sweaty bodies in search of his sister. He hadn’t spoken with her in two days… hadn’t been to the loft and knowing Thea, she was probably wondering where he had been. He turned his shoulder out to slip between a couple who looked a little too young to be dancing that close, or even to be here at all, a not-so-subtle way of putting some distance between them… something he probably would have done to Thea a year or two ago. As he maneuvered through the crowd, he kept his eyes sharp, glancing around in every direction for any sign of her, all the while trying to come up with an excuse as to where he had been. When finally he spotted her over by the bar, speaking with the bartender, he raised his hand to get her attention and nodded to her from across the room as he made his way over to her.
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His sister was sipping from a glass and sorting through some papers when he approached and, as expected, she mentioned the fact that he hadn't been around. His smile widened as he reached her just as she passed her paperwork back to the bartender. “Something came up.” Yep. The same ol’ lame excuses. So generic that nobody could ever really call him a liar. Something DID come up. Something always came up. If she asked, he’d have to come up with more. “Business seems to be going well,” he said, looking back over his shoulder at the dance floor and then returning his gaze to Thea. “Have you seen Roy?”
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Thea responded with some sarcastic comment about Roy making up excuses just as much as Oliver did and then asked him if that was all he came to see her for. Oliver let out a quick, light laugh, brushing off Thea’s comments about Roy. She was too smart and if he dwelled on it, she’d figure this whole thing out for sure. “What, is it so hard to believe that I wanted to just pay my sister a visit? I’m offended, Speedy.” He gave her one of his most dazzling smiles and opened his mouth to say something else when he felt his phone vibrating in his pocket. The smile faded and he furrowed his brow as he dug it out and looked at the screen. Oliver looked up at Thea and held up a finger. “I need to take this.” With that, he turned from her and stepped away several feet, answering the call and putting the phone to one ear and his finger in the other to block out the club music. “Felicity. What’s up?”
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Oliver made a quick glance around, mostly to see if Thea was still watching him. He put his hand over the mouthpiece of his phone and mouthed ‘Sorry’ to her and then expertly took off and merged into the crowd, disappearing among the many bodies until he was sure he had escaped her line of sight and could get downstairs to the basement. As he descended the stairs he ended the call because now that he could see Felicity waiting for him at the computers, well… no point. “What’s going on?” he asked as he made his way over to her.
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As Felicity explained that there was a hostage situation at a mini-golf and doughnut shop, of all places, Oliver was already gearing up for a fight. He secured his quiver onto his back and pulled up his hood, instructing her to have Roy meet him there. Minutes later and Oliver was perched on a rooftop across the street from the mini golf place. He reaches up to adjust the bluetooth device in his ear for a more comfortable fit as his eyes scanned the area, landing on Roy, who was hiding around the corner of the main building and waiting for his signal. Oliver tapped the small button on the side of the earpiece as he turned his eyes to the building, trying to see what he could see through the dimly lit windows. “Need an update, Felicity. How many are we talking here?”
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Felicity gave him as much information as she had been able to gather so far... that inside seemed to only be the manager, a teenager, and the assailant, a man named Jack Whittaker, who she warned Oliver to be armed and dangerous. “Got it.” Oliver looked over in Roy’s direction to see if he had heard what Felicity said and received a nod in response. He motioned for Roy to go around to the back of the building and then took aim with his bow, nocking an arrow (is that how you spell that? yes) and pulling the string taut, his blue eyes narrowing behind his mask as he shot into the front window, the glass shattering. Attached to the bow was a line that he securely tied off and then he was zip-lining down into the broken front window, landing gracefully on his feet as he turned his bow onto the robber. “I don’t think today is your day.”