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Rebecca Merlyn

Biological Information
Species	Status
Human	Deceased

Universe Information

Home universe

Earth-1

General Information

Occupation

Philanthropist (formerly)
Owner of her clinic (formerly)

Family

Jasper King (father-in-law)
Malcolm Merlyn (husband; deceased)
Tommy Merlyn (son; deceased)

Actor

Laura Adkin (voice and photograph)

Rebecca Merlyn (died 1993)^[1] was a wealthy philanthropist in Star City whose main goal in life was to help the less fortunate residing in The Glades. She was the wife of the late Malcolm Merlyn and mother of the late Tommy Merlyn, as well as a good friend of the Queen family. Rebecca's death served as the catalyst for the Undertaking.

Biography

Early life

Rebecca was born to a wealthy family in Starling City. At some point, she became close family friends with Robert and Moira Queen. In adulthood, Rebecca became a philanthropist and worked to help better the poverty-stricken area of Starling City known as The Glades. She started up a free clinic in the area to provide healthcare to its denizens.

One day while visiting Robert and Moira at Queen Consolidated, Rebecca met Malcolm Merlyn, a new businessman in the city. Malcolm inquired about her work and Rebecca told him about her free clinic. Intrigued, he asked Rebecca out to lunch, which she accepted.^[2]

Rebecca and Malcolm soon fell in love and got married. On February 1, 1985, Rebecca gave birth to their son, Tommy Merlyn.^[3]

Death

In 1993, Rebecca was murdered on her way home from her clinic in a mugging, when Danny Brickwell shot her as she pleaded for her life and stole her purse.

As she laid dying in plain view, Rebecca implored the aid of people passing by, who ignored her pleas. Using the mobile telephone she had on her, Rebecca dialed her husband’s phone number, leaving him messages in which she begged for his help; a preoccupied Malcolm refused to respond to his telephone’s ringing, something he would later deeply regret. Following Rebecca’s passing, Malcolm withdrew from his life at home and grew distant from his young boy, an action that strained their father-son relationship as Tommy developed into manhood. Malcolm was given a photo of the man that was a suspect in her murder and set out to find him and kill him. However, killing him didn't ease Malcolm's mind. Rebecca's clinic was eventually closed by Malcolm^[4] as he stated he could not bear to see it leveled with the rest of the Glades.^[5]

In early 2015, Team Arrow discovered Danny Brickwell had killed Rebecca Merlyn and that Malcolm killed the wrong man. Malcolm went after Brick and confronted him, and Brick admitted to killing Rebecca as an initiation to join his first street gang. Merlyn intended to use the gun that Brick used to kill Rebecca on him, but Oliver Queen managed to talk him down from it.^[6]

Rewritten reality

In an alternate reality created by the Legion of Doom using the Spear of Destiny, Rebecca, along with her son, Tommy, is still alive. It was implied that she was also Thea's mother in this reality.^[7]

Legacy

Rebecca's death is what caused her husband Malcolm Merlyn to become the ruthless, cold-hearted psychopath he is today, as well as the fact that her murder served as the catalyst for the Undertaking. Rebecca's death is also one of the main reasons why her son Tommy, had an extremely strained relationship with Malcolm and did not get along with his father at all.

Rebecca's clinic was eventually closed by Malcolm as he stated he could not bear to see it leveled with the rest of the Glades; it is unknown if the clinic was destroyed in the Undertaking, as it is unknown if it was located in the east or the west sector of the Glades. It is currently unknown if the clinic was reopened.

Her death was avenged 25 years later when Stanley Dover killed Danny Brickwell with a butter knife.^[8]

Appearances

Arrow

Season 1

"Trust but Verify" (pictured)
"Dead to Rights" (pictured)
"The Huntress Returns" (mentioned)
"Home Invasion" (mentioned)
"The Undertaking" (mentioned)
"Sacrifice" (voice)

Season 2

"The Scientist" (mentioned)

Season 3

"Uprising" (pictured)
"The Fallen" (mentioned; deleted scene)

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Season 2

"Doomworld" (mentioned)

Comics

Arrow

"From the Darkness" (flashbacks)

Arrow: The Dark Archer

"Sacrifice" (mentioned)
"Confession" (mentioned)
"Justice" (flashbacks)

References

Other versions of Rebecca Merlyn
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[1] "Dead to Rights"

[2] "Justice"

[3] "City of Heroes"

[4] "Trust but Verify"

[5] "Sacrifice"

[6] "Uprising"

[7] "Doomworld"

[8] "The Slabside Redemption"

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-}}'''Rebecca Merlyn''' (died 1993)<ref>{{Ep|Dead to Rights}}</ref> was a wealthy philanthropist in [[Star City]] whose main goal in life was to help the less fortunate residing in [[The Glades]]. She was the wife of the late [[Malcolm Merlyn]] and the mother of the late [[Tommy Merlyn]]. Rebecca's death served as the catalyst for [[The Undertaking (event)|the Undertaking]].
+}}'''Rebecca Merlyn''' (died 1993)<ref>{{Ep|Dead to Rights}}</ref> was a wealthy philanthropist in [[Star City]] whose main goal in life was to help the less fortunate residing in [[The Glades]]. She was the wife of the late [[Malcolm Merlyn]] and mother of the late [[Tommy Merlyn]], as well as a good friend of the [[Queen family]]. Rebecca's death served as the catalyst for [[The Undertaking (event)|the Undertaking]].
 ==Biography==