Billy Wintergreen

''For his partner who uses the same signature balaclava, see Slade Wilson. For the comic book issue of the same name, see Wintergreen (issue).''

"Slade! Come back to die?"

- Billy Wintergreen Billy Wintergreen was a member of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service/ASIS Unit. He was the arch nemesis of Oliver's mentor, Yao Fei. In addition to this, he was also the former friend and ex-partner of Slade Wilson, and the godfather of Joe Wilson. After he and his partner came to Lian Yu, Billy betrayed Slade and allied himself with Edward Fyers.

Biography
Billy and Slade Wilson were best friends prior to Lian Yu. They were so close to the point Slade made Billy the godfather to his son.

Some time before 2007, Billy and his partner and also friend, Slade, came to Lian Yu to rescue Yao Fei. Their plane was shot down, and Billy eventually allied himself with Edward Fyers, leaving Slade to escape by himself.

Season 1
When Oliver was stranded on Lian Yu, he was captured by Edward Fyers' men who were looking for Yao Fei, their reasons unspecified. When Oliver refused to give up Yao's location, he was tortured by Bill. Oliver is later rescued by Yao, who engages Bill in battle and temporarily subdues him, escaping with Oliver.

Bill later tracked down Yao, besting him in a fight and taking him to a camp led by Edward.

Bill is later seen fighting a prisoner in an organized fighting circle with all the other mercenaries watching. Billy throws many punches and kicks at the prisoner while the latter fails at every attempt to even touch him. Bill glances at Fyers who gives him a nod, allowing Bill to kill him.

When Oliver returned to the camp to rescue Yao, Yao knocked him out as Edward Fyers and Billy entered his tent. Bill was led to execute Oliver. However, Slade caused an explosion to distract everyone. As Oliver ran to his safety, Slade and Billy fought, leading to Slade stabbing Billy in his right eye, seemingly killing him.



Personality
Billy was once a man of honor who fought for his country, but after he and Slade were captured by Edward Fyers, Billy immediately accepted Edward's offer to work for him. It was after this moment, that Billy revealed his treacherous and self-centred nature. It can also be assumed that he had a bad temper, as when Oliver called him by his name and criticized him for what he had become, Billy brutally attacked him.

Abilities

 * Peak of human physical condition: Billy was in top physical condition and demonstrated incredible feats of strength, durability, stamina, speed, and agility. When he fought Yao Fei, Billy also demonstrated coordination, dexterity, and reflexes that appeared to border on superhuman. In addition, Billy caught an arrow fired at him from mid-range; further demonstrating incredible reflexes/reactions, (a feat that only highly skilled individuals have accomplished).
 * Master hand-to-hand combatant/Martial artist: Much like Slade Wilson, Billy was a master in close-ranged hand to hand combat. As seen in Oliver Queen's flashback when he fought Yao Fei. Billy was also a master martial artist and was able to hold his own against Yao, who appeared to be his equal. According to Slade, Billy had especially effective kicks.
 * Master swordsman: Like his former friend and ex-partner Slade Wilson, Billy used a sword as his primary weapon, and was extremely proficient with it.
 * Master marksman: As a former ASIS operative Billy is an expert in firearms.

Equipment

 * Curved Sword: Billy, like Slade, used a curved grey sword as his main weapon.
 * Guns: Billy also used multiple types of guns.
 * Knives: Billy also used multiple types of knives.
 * Grenades: Billy also used multiple types of grenades.

Trivia

 * Billy Wintergreen gave Oliver Queen his second scar by cutting the lower left side of his abdomen with a knife whilst torturing and interrogating him, as well as several others.
 * Billy Wintergreen is a reference to DC Comic's William Randolph Wintergreen, Slade Wilson's close friend and butler in the comics. He too was killed by Slade Wilson (despite being controlled by Jericho).
 * Billy Wintergreen never appeared without his balaclava during the show. His face was only shown in the comic book.
 * A DC Collectibles action figure of Billy Wintergreen was recently released under the title "Deathstroke" even though he was never referred by this name in the television series.
 * Billy's being stabbed in the eye was reminiscent of how Oliver did the exact same thing to Slade about a year later.

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