Oliver Queen

"My name is Oliver Queen. I am returning not the boy who was shipwrecked but the man who will bring justice to those who have poisoned my city."

- Oliver Queen

Oliver Queen (born 1985) is the protagonist of Arrow. He recently returned to Starling City after being stranded on a remote island for five years, much to the surprise of everyone since he was assumed dead. On the island, Oliver learned to fend for himself, and so upon his return, became the vigilante known as Arrow.

Shipwreck
While on a boat trip in 2007 with his father, Oliver was shipwrecked on an island for five years, his father having died in the storm after killing himself and their fellow survivor. Oliver learned to fend for himself and made the best of a bad situation.

Return
After five years, Oliver returned home in 2012, and his friends and family greeted him with open arms, happy, albeit surprised, to see him. When he returned, Oliver discovered his mother remarried and his sister living a life as reckless as his own, prior to being stranded. Shortly after his return, he and his best friend Tommy Merlyn were abducted by an unknown group of thugs, who unbeknownst to Oliver, had been hired by his mother. He chooses to go after Adam Hunt, a man connected to his father, who has stolen millions from people. He has a list comprised of people that have ruined the city and plans to get even with them. Little does he know, unseen characters will try to stop him. Later after his bodyguard, John Diggle was injured by Deadshot, Oliver takes him to his lair and cured him from the poison bullet injury and reveals his identity to him.

Trivia

 * During his 5 year stay on the island he learned Russian and became a captain in the powerful Russian criminal organization Solntsevskaya Bratva. He also has a star tattooed on his right chest signifying that he is one the highest members in the Russian underworld.
 * Throughout his lifetime, Oliver has attended four schools, all of which he had dropped out of at one point.