William Clayton

William Clayton (born 2008), also (unofficially) known as William Queen is the son of Oliver Queen and Samantha Clayton, the step-son of Nyssa al Ghul, the grandson of the late Robert Queen and the late Moira Queen, and the nephew of Thea Queen. After William's kidnapping at the hands of Damien Darhk he and his mother were relocated to an undisclosed location where he adopted the name Matthew.

Early life
William was conceived in 2008 following Oliver Queen's affair with Samantha Clayton. Oliver shared the news with his mother, Moira, expressing that he had messed up. Thinking this could potentially ruin Oliver's life, Moira paid the girl one million dollars to pretend she had miscarried and "asked" her to move away to Central City and never to see Oliver again.

Although Samantha took the money, agreed to lie to Oliver, and moved to Central City, it was later revealed that she never cashed Moira's check. She also denied Moira access to her grandson, William; as Samantha correctly believe the latter would be a bad influence on her son.

Meeting his father, Oliver
Seven years later, William's mother visited CC Jitters. She called him, promising to be back with a hot chocolate soon.

A year later, William was running through CC Jitters with his action figure and ran into his father, Oliver, unbeknownst to both of them. Oliver gave William back his figure (flash figure), which he'd dropped, and he ran to his mother.

On his way to a sporting event, William and his mother were briefly stopped by Oliver. While his mother was conversing with Oliver, William told her mother to hurry or they'd miss the game.

Later, while playing with his action figures on the patio, he and his mother were interrupted by Oliver once again. He was then told to go play with his toys inside the house.

The following day, William was formally greeted by Oliver, who told him he was an old friend of his mother's. He was asked if it was okay if he visited him once in a while and the two played with his Flash and Captain Cold action figures.

Malcolm Merlyn, bitter that Oliver gave the Demon's Head ring to Nyssa al Ghul who ended up disbanding the League of Assassins, revealed William's identity to Damien Darhk in order to get revenge.

Kidnapped by Malcolm Merlyn and rescued from Damien Darhk
Damien later kidnapped William, and brought him to his home to be his daughter's playmate. But its later revealed that he was taken by Malcolm Merlyn.

He was rescued by Team Arrow and admitted to his mother at the SCPD that he was bored with his Flash action figure and now wanted one of the Green Arrow. After that Oliver sent him and his mother away to keep them safe, also making a recording that was meant for William to hear on his eighteenth birthday, revealing their relation and his identity as the Green Arrow to his son.

Tracked down and kidnapped by Adrian Chase
William was later tracked down by Adrian Chase at his bus stop where he claimed he was a friend of Oliver's. It was later revealed that he is kidnapped by Adrian's associates to which he was screaming for help on a phone footage from an unknown number to Oliver.

Relocation to Lian Yu and rescue
After being kidnapped by Adrian, he was put on a boat off the shore of Lian Yu, which Adrian would attempt to use to escape the island. Oliver arrives on the island and begins demanding Adrian for William, but he continues to evade the answer and battles Oliver. Adrian claimed that William was dead, so that he could convince Oliver to kill him, but he didn't give in. Later Adrian escapes the battle and heads to the boat in which William was in, but Oliver quickly chases him and brawls him for William's location. Adrian reveals William from inside the boat and threatens Oliver to kill him for William's safety, but it would mean that Adrian's kill-switch would blow the island up along with everyone on it. However if Oliver did not kill Adrian, everyone on the island survives, but William doesn't. Oliver shoots Adrian in the leg and secures William, but Adrian soon after kills himself, thus leaving a series of explosions on the island for Oliver and William to look at.

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Trivia

 * William is a fan of the Flash, as he is seen with a few of his action figures, including posters from Flash Day in his room. Ironic as his father is Green Arrow, a good friend of the Flash.
 * After being saved from Damien Darhk by Green Arrow, he states he is over the Flash.
 * In the DC comics, Oliver has two sons named Robert Queen II (who was named in honor of his late paternal grandfather) and Connor Hawke. In the Arrowverse, his name is William instead of Robert or Connor. In the Arrowverse, Connor Hawke is the name of John Diggle's potential son in the future.
 * In a currently erased timeline, William, along with everyone in Central City, was killed by Vandal Savage using the Staff of Horus in his efforts to kill Carter Hall and Kendra Saunders. However, due to Barry Allen changing the time continuum, this disaster never occurs.
 * According to Malcolm Merlyn, William is the person that Oliver loves and cares about most in the world, even more so than Thea and Felicity. This is proven true as he shows how much he cares for him in the season 5 finale Lian Yu in which he goes through great lengths into saving his son from Adrian Chase, like uniting with two of his most hated enemies: Malcolm Merlyn and Slade Wilson in order to save him or when he becomes ruthless against Adrian Chase while asking for his location.
 * William owns actions figures of Green Arrow, the Flash and Captain Cold. His favorite is the Green Arrow, whom unknowingly to him is his own father.