Team Arrow

When Oliver Queen returned from Lian Yu, he began his activities around Starling City as a vigilante archer on his own. However, after both John Diggle and Oliver were shot by Floyd Lawton and his mother Moira respectively, Oliver has since expanded his vigilante team to include Diggle and Felicity Smoak. They operate from the Arrowcave, located under Verdant, a night club owned by Oliver and run by his sister Thea. Felicity has affectionately called the unit "Team Arrow" after Roy Harper suggested it.

Helena Bertinelli was Oliver's first and formal protégée. He trained her to fight alongside himself in the hope that he might lead her from her dark, vengeful path. She was given the opportunity to take down criminals without hurting innocent people in the process and to do good to the victims of the oppressed. However, Oliver was proved wrong and her rehabilitation was short-lived, as Helena was unable to relinquish her thirst for revenge and eventually could not be reasoned with. Oliver was forced to let her go.

Felicity Smoak is another member of Oliver's team. Felicity discovered Oliver's secret identity when he asked her for help after he was shot during an attempt to interrogate his mother (under the guise of The Arrow), with Felicity taking him to the Arrowcave and assisting Diggle in saving his life. She subsequently joined the team in order to help them find Walter Steele, initially stating that she would leave once Walter was rescued, though she ended up staying to become an inseparable part of the force for the good of Starling City. Though it has long been shown that Felicity has romantic feelings for Oliver, it is recently implied that Oliver has started returning her feelings, but is afraid to pursue a relationship with her out of fear of losing her, given the life he leads.

The most recent addition to Oliver's team is Roy Harper, who is an unofficial member of the team. Oliver recruited Roy to become his informant in the Glades. However after Roy is injected with Mirakuru Oliver takes him to train him and becomes his seconf protégé. Sara Lance has recently returned to Starling after being freed from the League of Assassins and is now a member of the team.

Intentions
The team generally follows Oliver's wishes and targets those on "The List". However, they also occasionally focus on other criminals. They fight against crime/corruption, doling out justice when regular law enforcers cannot perform it on the perpetrators.

Following the destruction of the Glades, their secondary objective of catching unruly criminals has become their primary focus. They no longer rely on "The List" to direct them against criminal elements, and instead try to make a difference in the city in the aftermath of the destruction caused by the earthquake device.

History
Oliver Queen initially worked on his one-man war against the people on "The List" alone, though this changes after he saved John Diggle from a bullet laced with curare. Oliver chooses to reveal his secret identity to John, who inevitably joins up when he realizes that Oliver needs someone to remind him of what he is fighting for.

After developing a strong connection with Helena Bertinelli, Oliver tells her his secret and trains her in non-lethal ways of taking people down. However, Helena was more interested in revenge and left, correctly assuming that Oliver wouldn't allow her to do things her way if she stayed.

When Oliver's mother Moira shoots him while he tried to interrogate her in his vigilante suit, Oliver seeks aid from Felicity Smoak, whom he had already relied several times when he encountered technological problems he could not face on his own. Oliver initially strove to keep Felicity out of his one-man war, feeding her ridiculously outrageous stories whenever he needed her help (which she accepted rather than believed). After she fulfills her promise to take him to the Arrowcave and helps John save his life following the revelation that he was the vigilante, Felicity joins the team in order to find her boss and Oliver's step-father, Walter.

John later leaves the team after Oliver chooses to pursue a fleeing criminal Laurel was prosecuting over helping John capture (or kill) the elusive sharp-shooter Floyd Lawton, who was responsible for the death of John's brother, Andy Diggle. John returns after Oliver apologizes to him, just in time to help try and prevent The Undertaking.

After they failed to prevent the Undertaking - albeit because they only managed to disarm one of the earthquake machines being used rather than both, limiting the damage caused without preventing it completely - the team initially disbanded, as Oliver went into self-imposed exile back on Lian Yu. However, Felicity (and perhaps John) restored the Arrowcave at some point, and they later tracked Oliver down to convince him to return to Starling City. Agreeing to return, both to the city and his self-assigned duty as the vigilante, Oliver decided to shift their mission from crossing names off The List to attempting to clean up the chaos in the city caused by the Undertaking. He vows that he would no longer kill his enemies, wishing to honor his late best friend, Tommy Merlyn. To this end, he has enlisted the aid of Roy Harper as an informant, with Roy using his street contacts to get information that none of them cannot find on their own. Roy, however, remains unaware of both The Arrow's true identity, and the identities of The Arrow's partners.

When Oliver is left for dead and drugged by Cyrus Gold, a member of Sebastian Blood's cult, Felicity makes the decision to involve Central City Police Department CSI intern Barry Allen in order to save Oliver's life. John knocks out and abducts Barry from the train station and brings him to the Arrowcave at Felicity's behest. Barry wakes up to find John standing over an unconscious Oliver in full Arrow garb, and Felicity asks for his help in saving him. Barry does so, only for Oliver to wake up and become infuriated with Felicity's actions. Oliver eventually calms down and accepts Barry's knowledge and promise to keep quiet, and Barry creates a mask for Oliver to wear before departing for Central City.

Known members

 * Oliver Queen/The Arrow (founder and leader)
 * John Diggle (assault, decoy, millitary contact, and support)
 * Felicity Smoak (tech support/computer hacker)
 * Roy Harper/Arsenal (informant, backup archer, Oliver's pupil)

Former members

 * Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress (incarcerated)
 * Sara Lance/The Canary (forensics, stealth, backup)

Allies

 * Barry Allen (forensics; comatose)
 * Quentin Lance (police ally)
 * Laurel Lance (ally)
 * Sin (Sara's ally)