Shado

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

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 boy to which lead to Slade retorting, "Well, he got one." As she reached adulthood, however, she became a lawyer.

After turning in Oliver, Edward Fyers allowed Yao Fei five minutes with his daughter, who Fyers was holding prisoner. As he walked in, she was lying on the floor. He helped her up, embraced, and consoled her. Oliver discovered that she was the reason why Yao Fei betrayed him. The two escaped with Slade Wilson from Fyers. Shado then began helping Oliver to train with a bow.

Personality
Shado is shown to be kind and mature for her age, often giving Oliver sage 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 Fyers and kill the soldier attacking Oliver by snapping his neck.

Abilities

 * Master martial artist: Shado has proved to be a very skilled combatant. During the escape she took out several soldiers, and easily disarmed and knocked out Fyers. 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, trained by her father. She starts training Oliver after he finds her and since Yao Fei was killed by Fyers its implied that she continued to train Oliver. She was skilled enough to take out thin branches of a tree although her skill may not be with the same caliber of that of Oliver or her father.
 * Exceptional Durability: In the episode Darkness on the Edge of Town, she was shot by Fyers on the shoulder in order for Yao Fei to follow his orders and in the continuation of the flashback in the season 1 finale, "The Sacrifice", after being freed by Oliver, she then proceeded to take down several of Fyer's henchmen as if she hasn't been injured.

Trivia

 * 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.
 * Comparably in Arrow, she is the daughter of Yao Fei and is a Chinese lawyer on a rescue mission to retrieve her father.
 * Shado shared a kiss with Oliver.
 * Shado was Oliver Queen's third mentor.

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