H.I.V.E.

"Merely a drone. A piece of a larger entity. We exist as one organism. As you might say, a hive."

- An unidentified woman to Floyd Lawton

H.I.V.E. is a mysterious club led by Damien Darhk. They carry out the ways of the League of Assassins but through the personal agenda of Illuminati.

Founding
After escaping from Ra's al Ghul when he failed to become the leader of the League of Assassins, Damien Darhk founded H.I.V.E. with a group of his most loyal followers.

Early plans
After Floyd Lawton was incarcerated for threatening the lives of his family, an unidentified woman from H.I.V.E. approached him, convincing him a normal life was not possible for him anymore she offered him money to kill Andrew Diggle.

The organization later sent one of its agents, Milo Armitage, to obtain the earthquake device, as well as a nerve agent from Gholem Qadir after the organization granted him safe passage to Markovia. Armitage also hired Mark Shaw to steal classified A.R.G.U.S. files, but all of these attempts resulted in failure.

In 2015, Darhk visited Starling City. He was tracked down by Ra's al Ghul, but both Oliver Queen and he were too late to find Damien, who instead leaft behind his assistant, who was killed by Ra's.

Current members

 * Damien Darhk (founder and leader)
 * Unnamed member

Former members

 * Milo Armitage (incarcerated)
 * Damien Darhk's assistant (deceased)

Former allies

 * Floyd Lawton (deceased)
 * Mark Shaw (incarcerated)
 * Gholem Qadir (deceased)

Behind the scenes

 * In the DC comics, H.I.V.E. stands for the Hierarchy of International Vengeance and Extermination, led by Queen Bee. The H.I.V.E. organization appears mainly in comic books featuring the Teen Titans, having orchestrated several of the team's greatest threats, most notably Deathstoke and Ravager, the son of Slade Wilson.
 * In some versions, notably the Teen Titans cartoon version, H.I.V.E. is led by Brother Blood; they also frequently contract Deathstroke for work, and in the aforementioned Titans cartoon were contracted by Slade Wilson.
 * The unidentified woman who gave Floyd Lawton his first job told him she was just a a drone. A piece of one larger being. This is a reference to how scientists consider bees to be part of a hive and prioritize their hive over their lives. As such, the the bees are considered part of a superorganism known as their hive.