Werner Zytle

"The Count maybe dead but his glorious narcotic lives on!"

- Werner Zytle

Werner Zytle better known as Vertigo is a crime boss who has taken up the mantle of Count Vertigo. He first appears in the episode The Calm attempting to kill The Arrow as well as the rival crime lords of Starling City.

Biography
After the fall of The Count, Werner took over his organization declaring himself leader(and also killing a thug that opposed him. When Oliver and John Diggle foiled a shipment Werner placed a tracker on him were they tracked Oliver to a Italian restaurant and fired a rocket at it. Oliver survived however and as the Arrow tracked Werner down however Werner defeated Olvier thanks to his upgraded dose of Vertigo which showed Oliver his greatest fear himself.Before he could kill Oliver Lance came to Oliver aid however Lance health problems effected him and Zerner almost killed him only for Oliver to shoot him in the back causing him to flee. Werner attempted to blow up a fight stadium and however he was confronted by the Arrow and his partner Roy. the two fought a second time with Oliver having overcome his fear defeated Werner and tied him up.

Trivia

 * Werner Zytle is based on the DC Universe villain of the same name, he uses the drug Vertigo to cause similar effects which his comic counterpart uses on his victims.