Genesis (event)


 * For the episode of the same name, see .

"Ladies and gentlemen and recently deceased, it is time to begin the final phase of Genesis."

- Damien Darhk to the leaders of H.I.V.E.

Genesis was a partially successful project laid down by Damien Darhk and the other members of the organization known as H.I.V.E. to rid the Earth of humanity, allowing to the organization and its few chosen people, hidden in the "Ark" of Tevat Noah, to start life anew after the apocalypse. The plan was a major obstacle to the Green Arrow and Team Arrow.

History
For his plan's success Damien Darhk required to expand H.I.V.E.'s reach even further, clashing with the interests of Oliver Queen, defender of Star City. Among the things Darhk he needed was control over Star City (where one of the nexus points connected to magic was located), the creation of a viable underground bunker with breathable air (in form of Tevat Noah and its oxygen-providing fields of corn), and finally the instrument which would allow him to bring nuclear annihilation to the planet (Rubicon protocol). The project was divided into certain "phases", all of which were presumably connected to Star City and Oliver Queen, as well as the preparation of the "Ark" of Tevat Noah to be able to support human life. For example, the "fourth phase" of the project involved an attack on Queen and Felicity Smoak's limousine, which left Oliver's fiance partially paralyzed. This led to a chain of events that caused Oliver Queen to drop out of the race for the mayor, allowing Ruvé Adams, Damien Darhk's wife, to win the contemporary Star City elections, promising the citizens to "make Star City great again".

The final phase included the settlement of Tevat Noah, as well as the acquisition of means to bring nuclear devastation upon the unsuspecting world. Using his dark powers, Darhk ripped the subdermal implant containing the Rubicon protocol from under A.R.G.U.S. director Lyla Michaels's skin and brought it back to his organization. H.I.V.E.'s own scientists managed to reprogram Rubicon, so that instead of deactivating nuclear weapons, it would launch them on different targets across the world, including the metropolis of Monument Point and its suburb, Havenrock, located in Virginia, United States.

Although Noah Kuttler and Felicity Smoak managed to prevent most of the damage that Genesis was supposed to unleash upon the world, they were unsuccessful in deactivating a single Russian nuclear missile, which ended up destroying the town of Havenrock. Although the world was saved from global nuclear destruction, the deaths of tens of thousands victims in Havenrock empowered Damien Darhk, who, safe in the nexus cave located under Star City, absorbed the dark energy released by all those deaths, increasing his magic potential.

Behind the scenes

 * The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh) and the Christian Old Testament. One of the central themes of its narrative is this: God creates the world and appoints man as his regent, but man proves disobedient and God destroys his world through the flood. God spares Noah, his family, and a remnant of all the world's animals from the flood, allowing them to rebuild life after the end of the world. H.I.V.E.'s plan is similar, with nuclear annihilation playing the role of the "flood", and an underground facility the role of the "Ark".

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