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Selfishmisery on TheComicBoard:

I have some theories for the whole Nyssa/Ra's situation. 1.) The Ra's in Gotham is the FIRST Ra's. The one before Ra's in Arrow and even his predecessor. 2.) The League of Shadows is a much older, dying sector of the organization compared to the League of Assassins which it branched off from. 3.) The "Nanda Pardat" in Arrow is a city named after the country Nanda Pardat seen in Gotham. 4.) Nyssa al Ghul in Gotham is an ENTIRELY different "Nyssa". The word "Nyssa" translates to "woman". So I would assume that's a preferred name for daughters of the Demon. 5.) Gotham's Nyssa becomes Athena. She worked an informant for Gotham's Ra's to keep close relations with the current Ra's in Arrow, including training his Nyssa. (The actresses for Gotham's Nyssa and Athena look so much alike, so it could work itself out.)

My theory for Arrow's Cyrus Gold though is simple: That's Sonny Gilzean. Found out about his uncle's identity sometime during the events of Gotham S4, hightailed out of the city when the bridges blew and moved to Star City as an orphan with a new name ('borrowed' from his uncle).

This is all potential post-merger theories, so even anything with Nora Fries on Earth-1 will be erased and she's now been dead since "1991".