User blog:Nightslayer2/Adrian Chase Idea

I just thought of a good storyline for season 6 of ''Arrow. Vigilante is going to come back in the episode Deathstroke Returns'', and that means that we might finally be able to see who he is under that mask. What if it turned out that Adrian Chase-the real one was Vigilante? I'm borrowing stuff from Eobard95's blog and there are some of my ideas for him.

In season 5, we did get to see the real Adrian Chase until the episode where Vigilante made his appearance. In 2004, they say it was Simon Morrison who met Oliver when Oliver successfully stole his girlfriend. However, it was Adrian Chase. After Adrian escaped from Oliver's clutches, he was approached by his identical twin brother Simon Morrison. Simon revealed to Adrian why he looks him and about their past. Adrian and Simon were both born on April 21, 1986 to Justin Claybourne and Amanda Westfield. However, Claybourne forced Amanda to give up one of the twins for adoption and made sure that the baby Amanda was giving up was put in a better home. The baby was adopted by millionaire lawyer Charles Chase (just like the comics) and the boy became known as Adrian Chase. Growing up, Adrian never knew who his real parents were and only thought that Charles Chase and his wife were his real parents. Adrian then followed in Charles' footsteps and became a lawyer at his firm. The two men had a loving relationship until Adrian realized that his father was using the law to defend criminals who were guilty and decided to work in the district attorney's office. That was where he met Laurel and eventually succeeded her as the district attorney after her death. Adrian's brother Dorian, later on, went to join the CCPD and worked undercover under the name Vincent Sobel. However, Adrian was devastated when Dorian was killed and decided to become Vigilante feeling that the law failed to protect his brother. Adrian then  decided to take the law into his own hands by taking the equipment used by the Anti-Vigilante Task Force, obtaining martial arts training like them, and began taking the law into his own hands. Adrian did that in his nights while lying to Doris that he was working late at the office.

In order to keep closer tabs on Oliver, Simon convinced Adrian to let them switch places for a while and Adrian agreed to it since he wanted to continue being Vigilante without any interfence from Oliver and his team. Adrian at first refused, however, after escaping from the Green Arrow at the bank, he accepted his brother's offer. As for Adrian not killing Evelyn, it is because Simon revealed to Adrian that Evelyn is his half-sister (like Eobard95's theory) and that Justin Claybourne had an affair with Evelyn's mother and Mr. Sharp was Evelyn's stepfather. As for not killing Dinah, it was because Adrian knew that Dinah was Dorian's lover before Dorian got killed.

Later on, Adrian discovered Oliver covered the circumstances regarding Billy Malone's death and was outraged by this believing him to be corrupt which is why he went after him. That was when he got into conflict with Simon who wanted Oliver to be his to torture. Adrian refused and tried to kill his brother only for Simon to throw him off the roof. That was when their agreement was terminated and Adrian was unable to reclaim his identity because of Simon holding their mother Amanda Westfield hostage (unfortunately for Amanda, the love he has for her is outweighted by the love he has for his father). Simon had a kill switch on him meaning that if Adrian killed them, then their mother would die (that would also explain why Team Arrow couldn't find Amanda when they checked her house because Prometheus already had her moved or he had her taken captive someplace else to get Vigilante off his back). Adrian then had no choice but to cooperate with his brother. In the end of the fifth season, Adrian discovered that Simon killed his wife Doris and his mother Amanda dies because Simon's suicide leaving Adrian to be alone in his grief and with his reputation ruined. Adrian blames himself for Doris' death feeling that he should never have swapped places with Simon in the first place. Adrian also feels guilty for failing to save his mother.

In the sixth season when Adrian is unmasked, Team Arrow will be shocked to learn everything that has happened and still is shaken by Simon's actions. Oliver would then try to prevent Adrian from becoming as messed up as his brother is and Adrian would join the team. The crossover this year is Crisis on Earth X, Prometheus is going to make a comeback, but he won't be the Earth-X version of Simon Morrison. That will be interesting to see Adrian try to kill the Earth-X version of Prometheus because he reminds him of his brother. That should haven during Oliver trying to help Adrian while trying to not give up on him. After Oliver helps prevent Adrian from becoming like Simon, Adrian decides to get revenge on Simon by taking his identity while remaining in Team Arrow or he leaves to join the Legends. What do you guys think?