William is the son of Oliver Queen and Samantha Clayton, the grandson of the late Robert Queen and the late Moira Queen, and the nephew of Thea Queen.
Biography
Early life
William was conceived in 2007 during Oliver Queen's affair with Samantha Clayton. Oliver shared the news with his mother, Moira, expressing that he had messed up. Thinking this could potentially ruin Oliver's life, Moira paid the girl one million dollars to pretend she had miscarried and "asked" her to move away to Central City and never to see Oliver again.[1]
Almost 8 years later, William's mother visited CC Jitters. She called him, promising to be back with a hot chocolate soon.[2]
Many months later, William was running through CC Jitters with his action figure and ran into his father, Oliver, unbeknownst to him. He gave him back his figure, which he'd dropped, and he ran to his mother.[3]
On his way to a sporting event, William and his mother were briefly stopped by Oliver. While his mother was conversing with Oliver, William told her mother to hurry or they'd miss the game.[4]
Later, while playing with his action figures on the patio, he and his mother were interrupted once again. He was then told to go play with his toys inside the house.[4]
The following day, William was formally greeted by Oliver, who told him he was an old friend of his mother's. He was asked if it was ok if he visited him once in a while and the two played with his Flash and Captain Cold action figures.[4]
Malcolm Merlyn, bitter that Oliver gave the Demon's Ring to Nyssa al Ghul who ended up disbanding the League of Assassins, revealed William's identity to Damien Darhk in order to get revenge.[5]
Alternate timeline
William was killed with the rest of Central City by Vandal Savage.[4]
Appearances
Arrow
Season 4
- "Legends of Yesterday"
- "Sins of the Father" (mentioned)
The Flash
Season 2
Trivia
- William's aunt Thea and his step-mother Nyssa are both illegitimate children just like him. All three are also children to men that held the title of Ra's al Ghul.
- William is a fan of the Flash, as he is seen with a few of his action figures, including posters from Flash Day in his room. Ironic as his father is Green Arrow, a friend of Flash.
- In the DC comics, Oliver has two sons named Robert Queen II and Connor Hawke, in the Arrowverse, his name is William instead of Robert or Connor.
- In a currently erased timeline William, along with everyone in Central City, was killed by Vandal Savage using the Staff of Horus in his efforts to kill Carter Hall and Kendra Saunders. However due to Barry Allen changing the time continuum this disaster never occurs.
Behind the scenes
- In the DC comics, Oliver has two sons named Robert Queen II (who was named in honor of his late paternal grandfather) and Connor Hawke, the latter who eventually becomes the second Green Arrow.
References
- ↑ "Seeing Red"
- ↑ "Flash vs. Arrow"
- ↑ "Legends of Today"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Legends of Yesterday"
- ↑ "Sins of the Father"