User blog comment:MrAnonymous/Will Vertigo play a major role in the series?/@comment-5774665-20130202060015

I certainly hope the Count comes back. If he does, he'll probably be crazier and more psychotic, but I had a idea as to what they could do with him. I know this is a stretch, but I like the idea...

Since in the Arrow show Count Werner Vertigo is not actually a count from the fictional country of Vlatava, maybe his real name could be revealed to be Werner Vlatava. Werner was part of a wealthy European family living in Starling City, the Vlatavas, but Werner murdered his family and stole their money to start up his drug business. The only survivor, and the only one who could get him behind bars for their family's murder, is Perdita Vlatava, the Count's cousin. And like the classic story in the comics, the Count attempts to murder his young cousin Perdita, and Arrow has to save her.