Tobias Church

"Cities are like gen pop. First day in, find the biggest guy in the yard, put him down, hard. Sends a message, screw not with me. So, here we all are, now, who's the biggest guy in the yard?"

- Tobias Church speaking to his men

Tobias Church, known by the alias Charon, is a crime lord who set about creating a coalition of the gangs of Star City, aiming to take it over. His goals brought him into conflict with the Green Arrow and his team. He received his moniker for his habit of leaving two coins on the eyes of his murdered victims.

Early life
At some point, Church spent time in prison in Hub City and Blüdhaven. After being released from prison, Church made his way to Star City. He also conquered the crime in Hub City by murdering the crime lords in it to create one gang.

First encounter with Green Arrow
After a group of corrupt police officers attempted to steal guns and drugs from a criminal hideout, Church and his men entered. The officers defied Church, but Church beat the lead officer to death and declared himself the new boss, with a plan to take over the city and take down the Green Arrow.

The first step of Church's plan was to kidnap Mayor Oliver Queen, not knowing that he and the Green Arrow were one and the same. Church and his men kidnapped Queen and many city council members, planning to hold them hostage for the Green Arrow. Queen escaped and suited up before taking on Church. With the building primed to explode, Church attempted to escape in a helicopter, but the Green Arrow shot a grappling arrow onto his helicopter. The two fought inside of it, with Church managing to push the Green Arrow off and escaping, though the hero survived using a parachute arrow.

Church later brought together the heads of several local gangs, including the Bertinelli crime family, and declared himself their new leader. When the head of the family, Pino Bertinelli challenged Church, Church had him killed by one of his own men.

Allying with Amertek
As Church's influence in Star City continued to grow, he was approached by Janet Caroll, the CEO of Amertek Industries, who was desperately seeking a way to save her company from imploding in upon itself by selling Church all of their surplus military gear for $100m, giving Church the power to "take down a country" if he so desired. The deal was however foiled when the Green Arrow and the newly arrived Havenrock metahuman Ragman showed up seperately of each other to stop it. While Ragman dealt with most of Church's men, Church engaged the Green Arrow in another one-on-one brawl with Church coming out on top. Before Church could stab the Green Arrow with one of his own arrows, Ragman stepped in, knocked out Church and saved the Green Arrow.

As he was leaving a nightclub shortly after the engagement with the vigilantes, Church's bodyguards were shot and killed by arrows. Believing the Green Arrow was back for another round Church prepared to face his enemy only to be struck in the back with a thrown hatchet and slammed to the ground by an unknown masked archer. The mysterious archer revealed knowledge of Church's previous encounters with the Green Arrow and warned Church that if he killed the Green Arrow, then Church too would die. Church demanded the archer's identity, to which the archer responded that his name was Prometheus.

Abilities

 * Expert hand-to-hand combat: Church is highly skilled brawler. He is well-known for pummeling his opponents to death with his fists. He was able to fight nearly on par with the Green Arrow.
 * Skilled leader/tactician: Church is able to eliminate crime bosses and force gangs into his own gang. He has great leadership skills, being able to command a highly diverse group of criminals.

Equipment

 * Brass knuckles: Church used brass knuckles to kill a police officer and in his first fight against the Green Arrow.

Behind the scenes

 * In DC Comics there is a number of characters named Charon, however, none exactly resemble the version seen in the show.