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- "You went looking for a family and you chose the Ninth Circle?!"
"Better than living as a Queen." - —Oliver Queen and Emiko[src]
Emiko Adachi, also known as Emiko Queen, is the daughter of the late Robert Queen and the late Kazumi Adachi, the paternal half-sister of Oliver Queen and the paternal aunt of William Clayton and Mia Smoak. She is the leader of the terrorist organization, the Ninth Circle. She is also a vigilante archer who became the third Green Arrow, taking up Oliver's mantle after his incarceration and to get justice after the murder of her late mother, Kazumi.
Biography
Early life
Emiko was born to Robert Queen and Kazumi Adachi, she has a paternal half-brother, named Oliver. It is unknown if he is her older or younger half-brother. Robert knew about Emiko's existence, but ultimately chose Moira, Oliver, and Thea over Emiko and her mother. He abandoned them and cut off all contact with one another. Before Robert's death, he wrote a letter to Walter Steele, apologizing for walking out on Kazumi and Emiko and showing a lot of remorse for what he did. He also asked Walter to take care of them. But it was too late, as Walter never received it, and Moira found out about it and hid the letter.
Shortly after being abandoned by Robert, at the age of eleven, Emiko started working for the Bertinelli crime family as a courier, when delivering a bundle of money, she met a man named Dante who began training her on how to protect herself and made her to join the criminal organization, The Ninth Circle, to which Emiko would become the leader years later. Before that however, in 2007, Emiko was told by Dante of Malcolm's plans to sink the Queen's Gambit. Since Robert didn't let Emiko be part of his company, Emiko didn't tell him about the accident and let the boat sink. She destroyed the evidence about Malcolm's attack on the Gambit.[1]
After Emiko's mother was murdered by an unknown perpetrator, her house in the Glades burnt down, Emiko swore to avenge her mother by embracing the darkness and becoming the new Green Arrow.
Becoming the new Green Arrow
5 months after Oliver Queen's incarceration, Emiko showed up in Star City, seemingly taking her brother's mantle as Green Arrow.
Her first known target was Jason Stent, ambushing and delivering him to the Star City Police Department. She then attacked some weapons dealers, saving Rene Ramirez and another kid before leaving. When Stent was released, Emiko went after him again at an arms deal. As she attacked him, Emiko quoted Oliver by telling Stent that he failed the city. However, before she could shoot him, the SCPD, led by Captain Dinah Drake, rushed to the scene, trying to arrest Emiko. However, thanks to Rene, she was able to escape. In a secret location, Emiko crossed Stent's name off a list, similar to Oliver's method from his time as the "Hood" in 2012.[2]
Emiko also stopped thieves from robbing a store. Afterwards, when arsonists led by Jon Cortez set fire to a community center in the Glades, she arrived in time to rescue Zoe Ramirez and looked on from the building's roof at her, Rene, and Dinah before leaving. Later, she runs into Rene again and informs him of Cortez. When Dinah appears in an attempt to arrest her, Rene helps Emiko escape. She returns when Cortez resurfaces to set fire to a movie theater and worked alongside Rene and Dinah stop them. With the fire still spreading, Emiko climbed up a water pipe and pulled it to put out the fire, hurting herself in the process. Rene and Dinah then help her in getting away.[3]
Emiko showed up again to help John Diggle, Dinah, and Rene take down Ricardo Diaz. She struggled against Diaz until Diggle took him by surprise and knocked him out, after which he was sent to Slabside Maximum Security Prison.[4]
After Oliver's release from prison, Emiko became more determined to hunt down names from her list to get revenge for her mother's death, eventually getting wounded and ending up as a partner of Rene Ramirez. Rene and Emiko worked to find the presumed killer of Kazumi and to kill him justly.
Soon after, while visiting her father´s grave, Emiko was confronted by Oliver who asked for forgiveness for his father's sins and his abandonment of Emiko and her mother. While initially rejecting him, Emiko eventually met up with Oliver at SCPD where she asked to start a better relationship with her half-brother.
While Emiko reluctantly agrees to let Oliver aid her and Rene on her crusade on avenging her mother's death and after some set backs, Emiko is visited by the mysterious Dante who has come to "take (her) home".
True colors revealed
That night, Emiko murders Ricardo Diaz by pouring gasoline into his cell and burning him alive at Slabside Maximum Security Prison, while being seen passing the cell block by Ben Turner. Turner then exchanges information about this to Laurel Lance in exchange for time with his son.
Emiko later got confronted by Laurel Lance who told her that she was aware she had killed Diaz. Emiko replied that Oliver would not believe Laurel because of her past.
Leading the Ninth Circle and battling Team Arrow
Emiko started doing weekly sparring sessions with Oliver in which they learned more about each other's past. Oliver told her about how Talia had taught him in Russia but she did not tell him about her history with Dante.
She and Dante later met up at Palmer technologies where they stole drones and blew up the lab.
Oliver confronted her at her appartment that he had seen her in contact with Dante and Emiko gave him a false story that Dante forced her to help him. She and Dante later stole serin gass and as they got confronted by Team Arrow Dante pretended to try to kill her. Oliver intervened and Emiko infiltrated into the Team and was brought to the bunker. Learning about the Archer program she placed a jammer. As Oliver confronted her she told him that she did not want to be part of the Queen family or Team Arrow and that she had deceived him all along. The two had a back and forth fight after which Emiko threw a smokebomb and swiftly disappeared.
Emiko and Dante later tested the drones but got once again confronted by Team Arrow. She ordered Dante to activate the drones which he did despite hesitation. She then briefly confronted Oliver and then fled the scene after ordering her minnions to kill him. She later threatened to kill Dante if he ever disobeyed her again. Dante calmly reminded her that other people in the Ninth Circle expected her to deliver on her promises as a leader.
Personality
Similar to her half-brother, Oliver Queen; Emiko has a very stubborn and driven nature, like him when he first became a vigilante, Emiko has a very straightforward view on the corruption of society, believing in the quick-fix nature of striking down criminals. Unlike her half-brother, she is not much of a team player, believing that trusting others will ultimately lead to disappointment. Instead, she struck out on a one-woman mission of revenge. Ultimately, this mentality has made her lose touch with certain common decencies, and she would go to any lengths to get whatever she desires. Emiko is similar to Dinah Drake who is not a team player and doesn't trust anybody when you first meet her.
Emiko is proven to be prejudiced; for example, she initially refused to to have anything to do with her half-brother, Oliver, due to him being related to their father, Robert Queen, believing that the two are alike; but after Oliver revealed their father's misdeed, such as killing his bodyguard, Dave Hackett, to ensure that the former survived, she realized that Oliver and Robert aren't the same after all.
However, Emiko's heroic and moral traits are nothing more than a façade, in truth, Emiko is actually a cold, cruel, sadistic, ruthless, spiteful and vengeful individual, who has no guilt, shame or remorse for her actions, she is also unstable to the point that she lacks any compassion or sympathy. Emiko is proving to be quite arrogant, when she got confronted by Laurel Lance who told her that she was aware she had killed Ricardo Diaz, Emiko replied that Oliver would not believe Laurel because of her past; only for the former to find out that she was wrong.
Abilities
- Peak of human physical condition: As a vigilante, Emiko is in the best physical condition. Despite its small size, Emiko is strong enough to lift her own body weight with gymnastic rings and is able to break a wooden pole with a single kick, as well as dominate opponents many bigger than her with relative ease. Emiko's reflexes are fast enough that she can see an arrow of Oliver Queen coming and catch it with her hand. Its conditioning also allows it to recover from most injuries quickly, although not superhumanly.[5][6]
- High-level intellect/Expert tactician/Leader: Emiko has proven to be a skilled tactician, with the help of Ramirez she was able to overwhelm a mercenary crew consisting of former Seals and other elite soldiers. She is proven to be able to swiftly improvise and devise plans on the spot when confronted with suprises and seen when Oliver confronted her about working with Dante.
- Master deceiver/Manipulator: Emiko was able to successfully portray herself as a hero bringing justice to Star City for months, before she finally revealed her true nature; as cold-hearted, ruthless psychopath.
- Expert investigator: Emiko is proven to be a skilled investigator, as she was able to compile a list of names connected to her mother's supposed murderer.[6]
- Skilled engineer: It can be assumed that Emiko is a capable engineer and metalsmith; as evidenced by the fact that several arrows and trick arrows were present in her hideout.
- Master combatant/Martial artist: After many years of being tought by Dante, Emiko has proven herself to be a worthy fighter, using a swift and agile fighting style that allows her to take on several enemies by herself. Emiko was able to fight William Glenmorgan, though she ultimately defeated him by shooting him in the shoulder with an arrow. She was also able to fight Ricardo Diaz on her own briefly, and was able to defeat him with John Diggle's aid.[4] She is also able to keep up with Oliver, though it is possible Oliver was holding back.
- Expert knife thrower: Emiko is proven to be a skilled knife thrower, as during a training session she is able to hit the center of her targets several times.[6]
- Expert stick-fighter: Similar to her half-brother, Oliver, Emiko is a skilled stick fighter as she is proven to be using her own bow as an improvised weapon and training with a bastion.[6]
- Master archer: Emiko has proven herself to be a highly skilled archer, as she is able to shoot down multiple foes with little effort. She is able to seamlessly blend her archery with her melee skills and acrobatic prowess.
- Expert swordswoman: Emiko was shown to be highly skilled in swordplay with a style seemingly based on Japanese Kenjutsu. She was able to keep up with Oliver during a sparring match with wooden practice swords.
- Intimidation: Like Oliver, Emiko commands an intimidating presence to the point where most criminals fear her; even a high profile criminal like Jason Stent was visibly terrified of her in two of their encounters.[2]
- Stealth: Emiko has proven to be skilled in the art of stealth, as while fighting Oliver in the Arrowcave, she was able to disappear in seconds in order to escape.[1]
Equipment
- Red protective suit: Emiko wears a red leather suit, similar to Thea Queen's Speedy suit.
- Customized recurve bow: Emiko uses a ragim recurve bow with black limbs; it is similar in appearance to the one that is used by Oliver when he first began his exploits as a vigilante.
- Quiver: Emiko uses a quiver strapped to her back to carry her arrows; it is similar in appearance to the one used by Oliver.
- Customized hunting arrows: Emiko uses numerous types of green arrows; they are similar in appearance to the ones that are used by Oliver.
- Trick arrows: Like Oliver, Emiko uses trick arrows, such as incendiary arrows that explode on contact, and grappling hook arrows.
- Flechettes: Like Oliver, Emiko carries flechettes on her right thigh.
- Combat knife: Emiko carries a combat knife on her right leg.
Former equipment
- Green Arrow suit: Emiko wore a protective suit as Green Arrow, in order to hide her identity from her enemies while crime-fighting; it is similar in appearance to the one that is used by Oliver Queen. Emiko has stop wearing the suit; after she revealed her true nature.
- Green Arrow mask: Emiko wore a dark green mask as her alter-ego, Green Arrow. It is made from a compressible micro-fabric and can effectively conceal her identity without any restrictions on her visual field; it is similar in appearance to the one that was used by Oliver. Emiko has stop wearing the mask; after she revealed her true nature.
- Voice filter: She uses a voice filter to disguise her voice, keeping her identity anonymous.[5]
Appearances
Arrow
Season 7
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Trivia
- Emiko and her mother would make blanket forts. They would often fall asleep on the floor together. It is shown that Emiko still has that blanket.
- Emiko is the 14th character in the Arrowverse to have an episode named after her in a civilian sense in some way, after Sara Lance, Felicity Smoak, Harrison Wells, Oliver Queen, Alex Danvers, Zari Tomaz, Harry Wells, Iris West, Winn Schott, Ava Sharpe, Nora West-Allen, Gary Green and Nate Heywood.
- She is the first one of these characters who is a villain, as well as a main antagonist.
- It was revealed that Emiko knew abuout the Queen's Gambit being sabotaged, but let it happen and didn't warn her father, Robert Queen after he chose to give Queen Consolidated to Oliver instead of her; despite that she possibly would've been a better CEO than him.
- Emiko is the hidden main antagonist of the seventh season of Arrow.
- She is also the series' first female main antagonist.
- Unlike her DC comic counterpart; Emiko is a villain instead of a hero, much like Shado, Emiko's mother in the DC comics, who is an enemy of the Green Arrow and has a similar suit to Emiko's in the TV series.
Behind the scenes
- In the main DC comics continuity, Robert Queen had an affair with Shado, resulting in the birth of a daughter named Emiko Queen. Emiko eventually became known as the new Red Arrow, and also, at one point, took on the identity of Green Arrow after her half-brother, Oliver Queen.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Inheritance"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Inmate 4587"
- ↑ "Level Two"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Due Process"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Unmasked"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "My Name is Emiko Queen"
- ↑ "Brothers & Sisters"