Tag: S2-Round 8

Green Arrow’s new backstory — as per Martin Sanchez — is as follows:

Olivar Reina was a bit of a wild child growing up. But it was hard for him not to be as he was the heir to Reina Industries, a billion dollar corporate dynasty. As a teen, he partied, crashed cars, got into fights, among other things. And after every time he would do something like this, he would always get the same lecture from his Guatemalan father, Roberto: “I worked hard to get us to where we are now. And you seem to be trying to ruin every bit of good faith I have built in this city. Every time you do something this stupid, you give us all a bad name.”

Unfortunately, everything his dad said would go in one ear and out the other, and Olivar would continue his ways into adulthood. One day while partying on his private boat in the Pacific Ocean, a storm hit, and while everyone else was perfectly safe, Olivar was knocked off his boat. He eventually landed on an island where he would have to hunt to survive. Remembering the archery skills his father insisted on teaching him (which he mostly ended up using as party tricks), Olivar decided to make a bow and arrows to aid him in his survival. 6 months into his isolation, he discovered on the other side of the island was a drug smuggling ring, and he took it upon himself to take it down.

After successfully stopping the bad guys, he used their radio to get into contact with the authorities so he could be rescued. Upon his return to Star City as a changed man, Olivar gave up his former ways, to an extent. He started fighting for social justice as the new head of Reina Industries, but that was not the only kind of fighting he would do. Quite enjoying the feeling he got when stopping those criminals, Olivar donned a green costume, inspired by legendary figure Robin Hood, and he took to the streets of Star City as the Emerald Archer, the Green Arrow.

The Latinx delegation has also provided a fancast: Josh Segarra, who technically already played a version of Green Arrow on the CW.

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