Shado

Shado is a former prisoner of Edward Fyers on Lian Yu, and a Chinese lawyer. She is the daughter of the late Yao Fei, and one of the former mentors and friends of Oliver Queen. She has a tattoo of a dragon on the top left of her back, sharing this with Oliver. She was used as leverage by Edward towards Yao Fei, in order to make him join Edward's cause, until Oliver and Slade Wilson rescued her. She is the one who taught Oliver archery and Mandarin Chinese.

Biography
Shado is the daughter of the former general of People's Liberation Army of China, Yao Fei. During her childhood, her father taught her how to fight and defend herself. Shado said to Slade that the reason her father taught her is because he wanted a son, which led to Slade retorting, "He got one." As she reached adulthood, however, she became a lawyer while retaining her skills in martial arts trained in childhood, if not honed them further.

After her father went missing, Shado spent many years looking for him until some men came at her house claiming that they have information about her father's whereabouts. She was caught off-guard as the men were actually employed by Edward Fyers' employer and was brought into the island where her father is located, as Edward's prisoner and leverage against him.

Season 1
Shado made her first appearance at the end of the "The Odyssey", being kept alive by Edward as leverage against Yao Fei.

In "Salvation", She was again used by Edward to threaten Oliver and Slade into giving him the guidance chips. The meeting broke into a fire fight, however, and Shado managed to free herself, took down several of her captors and quickly dispatched Edward. As they made their escape, Yao Fei was shot in the leg. He then volunteered to stay behind and cover their escape. She then joins Oliver and Slade's group.

In "Unfinished Business", She started training Oliver in using her father's bow by making him hit the water inside the bowl with his palms repeatedly.

In "Home Invasion", Shado began to train Oliver in shooting an arrow. Oliver tried numerous attempts in shooting his target but each only ended in failure. Eventually in the course of their training, she and Oliver shared a kiss, only for them to stop each other both, with Oliver reasoning that there is someone (Laurel Lance) waiting for him back home. Back at their base, Yao Fei revealed himself to them after presumably being captured by Edward again. However, several of Edward's men also burst in, with Yao Fei claiming that he lead them to their base. Oliver, Slade and Shado were then captured.

In "Darkness on the Edge of Town", Shado, together with Oliver and Slade, were brought before Edward. After Yao Fei started to disobey Edward's commands, he then proceeded to shoot Slade on the leg, punched Oliver on the face, and shoot Shado on the shoulder for Yao Fei to follow. After recording the footage of Yao Fei taking the fall as the man who lead the Ferris Air bombing, Edward shot Yao Fei in the head, killing him, leaving Shado in despair.

In "Sacrifice", Oliver managed to free himself via the knife given to him by Yao Fei and attacked Edward. He then proceeded to free Slade and Shado. After taking down several soldiers, Shado and Oliver made their way toward the missile launcher in order to stop it from hitting the plane. Shado managed to find the control panel only to be distracted by a soldier and both leaping out of the missile launcher, leaving Oliver to dismantle the missile's guidance device. He was successful but the missile that was suppose to hit the plane, landed on Edward's base of operations, destroying it. In the aftermath of the destruction, she was again captured by a supposedly dead Edward, using her as a bargaining chip for Oliver's freedom. With his bow notched with an arrow pointing directly at Edward, Shado gave him an assuring nod and Oliver fires, hitting Edward in the neck and killing him for good.

Season 2
In "City of Heroes", she wears the hood her father wore, in his honor. Five months have passed since Fyers's death and she and Oliver are in an intimate releationship. When they go looking for intruders that a proximity device had detected, they split up and Shado is quickly taken captive. She is later rescued by Oliver and Slade, but not before seeing Oliver pummel the leader of the group with a rock. The three then realize they are no longer alone on the island.

In "Identity", Slade convinces her that she needs to talk to Oliver, after Oliver seems to be suffering serverely after killing the mercenary. When allone she talks to him, trying to comfort him and refering to some eastern philosophy to help him overcome his guilt. They kiss, and the bot of them undress as they make love in the river.

Slade spots them in the river, before calling them to continue follow the track. The three of them use the map and they find a small cave wit the corpses of Japanese Soldiers from WW2.

Personality
Shado is shown to be kind and mature for her age, often giving Oliver wisdom and guidance during his training with her. However, she does not refrain herself from hurting or killing anyone if the need arises, such as when she was rescued by Oliver and Slade, she quickly took down several of her captors including Edward and killed the soldier attacking Oliver by snapping his neck.

Abilities

 * Master hand-to-hand combatant/martial artist: Shado has proved to be a very skilled combatant. During her first escape, she took out several soldiers and easily disarmed and knocked out Edward. During her sparring session with Slade, she stated that Yao Fei taught her how to fight. Judging from her sparring session with Slade, she seems to be evenly matched with him. She mirrored her father's fighting style, which may consist of Wing Chun, Jujitsu and Muay Thai.
 * Master archer: Shado is a skilled archer, having been trained by her father. She starts training Oliver after he finds her, and after her father's death too. She was skilled enough to take out thin branches of a tree without taking time to aim. Her skill may not be with the same caliber of that of Oliver now or her father.
 * Exceptional Durability: In "Darkness on the Edge of Town", she was shot by Edward on her shoulder in order for Yao Fei to follow his orders. In "Sacrifice", after being freed by Oliver, she proceeded to take down several of Edward's henchmen as if she hadn't been injured.

Season 1

 * The Odyssey
 * Salvation
 * Unfinished Business
 * Home Invasion
 * Darkness on the Edge of Town
 * Sacrifice

Season 2

 * City of Heroes

Trivia

 * Both she and Laurel Lance, have been directly influenced by their fathers to learn how to defend themselves.
 * In the comics, Shado is Japanese and is the daughter of a Yakuza agent sent to America with a large cache of gold, prior to World War II, in order to establish Yakuza operations in America.
 * She shares a jumping takedown and a neck breaking technique with Oliver, implying that her teachings might have heavily inspired Oliver his way of combat.
 * Shado had an intimate relationship with Oliver on the island.
 * Shado was Oliver Queen's third mentor.
 * In contrary to Slade his more pragmatic style of training, she appears to have a more philosophical approach towards training.
 * On the Island she is seen practicing advanced forms of Yoga.
 * Coincidentally, Celina Jade, the actress who portrays Shado, is also a martial artist and the daughter of a former American Kung Fu star, Roy Horan.

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