Derek Reston

"I don't need charity from the son of the man who screwed me over."

- Derek Reston to Oliver Queen Derek Reston, also known under the alias of King, was a bank robber and the leader of the Royal Flush Gang. He was also the husband of Mrs. Reston, and the father of Kyle Reston and Teddy Reston.

Queen Consolidated
Derek Reston worked for Queen Consolidated, inside a factory in Starling City. He lost his job and with it his house, when Robert Queen moved production to China.

Royal Flush Gang
Because of his unemployment, he turned his family to a life of crime, robbing banks, and moving to different cities after a couple of heists in each. His family, working under the name the "Royal Flush Gang", successfully robbed a Starling City bank. During their second robbery in the city, The Hood attempts to stop the robbers. Despite opposing The Hood and the police, the Royal Flush Gang managed to escape, but without their stolen money.

Oliver Queen, who had found out about Derek's secret life, visited him in a bar. He revealed that he was aware that it was his father's fault that he was unemployed, and that people sometimes make bad choices. Oliver offered him an immediate job if he would be focused again, a deal in which Derek was interested in. He later tried to convince his family to give up their life of crime. His family was initially against the idea, but they agreed that they would commit one final robbery.

Final heist
Derek and his son Kyle entered the bank they intended to rob, later taking out a security guard. Oliver, who had already given a warning, went to stop them. As Oliver was fighting Kyle, the security guard had woken up. The guard fired his gun at Kyle, but Derek ran in front of his son to intercept the bullet. Oliver knocked out Kyle and ordered the security guard to call 911. Oliver sat next to Derek in his dying moments, revealing his identity to him to show that he had always had his best interests at heart. Derek admits that what he did was wrong, and that he should not have dragged his son in to a life of crime. Before dying, he asked if his son was alright. Oliver told him he was just knocked out.