Arrowcave

The Arrowcave, as coined by John Diggle, is an underground headquarters for Oliver Queen that houses his equipment and costume for his heroic persona, The Arrow.

What was to become the base of operations for Oliver, was originally one of the factories of the Queen Consolidated, located in the Glades. After the great increase of crime in the Glades, the factory was closed, and there was left in the open structure. The bottom of it was a big empty space that served as a conduit pipe.

Used by Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, and Roy Harper, it is sometimes referred to as The Foundry or The Lair.

Creation of the base
When Oliver returns from Lian Yu, he, along with Tommy, in the Glades quickly pass by, and seeing all manufactures abandoned. Before starting his crusade against crime, he first had to establish a secret base, then secretly invaded the place, and alone, transformed the region from the pipes in his secret base. Initially he fixed the wiring of the site, and installed a series of phosphorescent green reflectors to illuminate the area. Subsequently he took a load of the latest generation computers and work tops, and also installed an encrypted connection to the network.



He also carried a series of machines and tools, to build arrows, equipment and analysis, this along with a container containing materials. Oliver also had installed a system of equipment for compounding and mixing of chemical ingredients, along with a simple material training and exercises. He also kept his uniform and bow inside a wooden box. Although functional, the base was still rather minimal and messy. Often pipes and natural constructions were used for regular exercise by Oliver, and occasionally John, for training. The cave also contained a stretcher, defibrillator, first aid equipment, medications and herbs variety. When John joined the team, he dubbed the same place Arrowcave.

After Felicity joined up, the computer system was improved with the installation of more computers and software update. The base itself was used as headquarters for work by Oliver and his team, as well as being used for the construction of new equipment, production of chemicals, analysis, tracking criminals, training and exercises. To cover the time spent in Arrowcave, Oliver created Verdant, a nightclub on the top of the factory. The club and the cave were connected via a staircase underground. The ladder was hidden behind a wall, this one to be opened, it was necessary to pull a series of electrical switches. After being burned by Firefly, Oliver again reformed, he also modified the entry for Arrowcave so that now the passage was a common door, protected by an electronic lock with password (this only Oliver, Felicity, Tommy, and John knew); the door was supposedly the pantry of the club. After the earthquake caused by Malcolm Merlyn, the cave had a damaged structure, although it was not fundamentally compromised.

Redesign
Due to earthquake damage, the foundation had halted its functioning in the short term, but with a sudden trip by Oliver, the site was abandoned. During the interval of five months, Felicity, believing that Oliver would return and again be the Hood, completely reformed the cave. All computers were updated,with the addition of large touch screen monitors. Rustic stations were replaced by metal benches with personalized equipment and latest generation construction.



White reflectors were installed in an organized way throughout the cave, along with several glass panels containing equipment and arrows. Various storage containers containing different materials have also been coupled. Oliver's new bow is now kept in a specific glass container, and his attire is left to display on a mannequin in a glass panel. Despite the redesign, underground pipes can still be seen and used by Oliver, for exercising, including a rustic bar. Training mats have also been added for martial arts between Oliver and John along with an advanced training equipment aiming with bow and arrow.

The Foundry was later repaired after the attack by Slade and his henchmen, and due to conversations between Oliver and Felicity, Oliver seems to be living in the Foundry after losing QC.

Secondary Lair
Following Isabel Rochev's hostile takeover of Queen Consolidated and installed as full CEO, she had Verdant shutdown along with the Queen Industries steel factory. After Oliver went missing and did not attend Moira's funeral, A.R.G.U.S. informed Diggle and Felicity that he was housed in his backup lair. Oliver then revealed that he had a secondary base installed, in case of the original Arrowcave being compromised, moving their equipment as well as a comatose Roy Harper there.

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Trivia

 * The name appears to be a variant on the famous "Batcave" of the Dark Knight of DC Comics.
 * In the DC comics, the Arrowcave is located beneath the old Queen Estate in Star City.
 * In the series, the Arrowcave is referred to as such by Diggle in "An Innocent Man" and Cisco and Roy in " The Brave and the Bold".