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!!Tempest
[[folder: General Tropes]]
* AboveGoodAndEvil: They are a WellIntentionedExtremist group that is willing to kill hundreds, if not thousands, of people.
* ArcSymbol: Their logo is this for Season One. Said logo is the map of the Glades, and it is what clued Oliver in about their EvilPlan.
* DarkMessiah: The group claims that they'll save Star(ling) City by destroying The Glades, the part of the city that has the highest crime rate.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Malcolm formed the group after the tragic fate of his late wife. Frank Chen joined after his daughter was raped and left for dead.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: They want to save the city, so they don't want it destroyed like others do.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: If anyone catches on to their existence, they'll dispatch them.
* KillThePoor: Their main objective.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: What drives both Malcolm Merlyn and Frank Chen to further the group's goals is because of unfortunate things that have happened to their respective loved ones in the Glades.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Malcolm, Moira and Chen are the only active members of the group.
* NebulousEvilOrganisation: They are not a very open group.
* RichBitch: A group that has a KillThePoor mentality? Yeah, they qualify as this for sure.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: The group has several connections.
* TwoGirlsToATeam: The group only had two female members; Moira Queen and an unnamed woman.
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[[folder: Malcolm Merlyn]]
-> see the Characters/ArrowverseMalcolmMerlyn page
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[[folder: Moira Queen]]
-> see the Characters/ArrowverseTeamArrowFamilyMembers page
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[[folder: Frank Chen]]
!!Frank Chen
!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!! '''Played By:''' Chin Han
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A wealthy businessman who joined Tempest after his daughter was raped and beaten in the Glades.
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* CelebrityParadox: Thea alludes to ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' in the second annual {{Crossover}} with ''Series/TheFlash2014'' which WordOfGod would later confirm. This means that the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' exists in the Series/{{Arrowverse}}. His actor plays Councilman Yen in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
* FrameUp: Moira makes it seem like he was the sole conspirator to hire assassins to kill Malcolm, while they were actually plotting together.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: He finally starts actually turning on Malcolm, just in time to be killed by him when Moira frames Frank for their mutual assassination plot on Malcolm.
* KarmicDeath: Frank ratted out on Robert Queen's misgivings to Malcolm, setting off a chain of events that would lead to Frank's own demise when Moira frames him for trying to kill Malcolm.
* PapaWolf: Joins Tempest to get revenge for his daughter, who was raped and beaten by thugs in the Glades, leaving her paralyzed.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Although as the Undertaking comes closer to fruition, he begins having serious doubts about the morality of the plan.
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!!Blood Cult
[[folder: General Tropes]]
* {{Cult}}: With how members (except the high command) call each other "Brother", it gives off this image.
* EliteMooks: The Mirakuru army in the Season Two finale.
* GangOfHats: The Mirakuru soldiers all wear some variation on Deathstroke's mask.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: A group calling themselves "Blood Cult" are obviously up to no good.
* UndyingLoyalty: The rank and file have this for their commanders. The Mirakuru soldiers, on the other hand, have loyalty only to Slade Wilson, and not to Sebastian Blood.
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[[folder:Slade Wilson / Deathstroke]]
-> See the Characters/ArrowverseSladeWilson page
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[[folder:Isabel Rochev]]
!!Isabel Rochev
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!!! '''Species:''' Human[[note]]Enhanced from April 2014 before getting de-powered shortly before her death in May of the same year[[/note]]
!!! '''Known Aliases''': Ravager
!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/SummerGlau
!!! '''Voiced By:''' Rosalba Sotelo (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/MamikoNoto (Japanese)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

Vice president of acquisitions at Stellmoor International, Isabel comes to Starling City to purchase and liquidate Queen Consolidated. She ends up having joint ownership of the company with Oliver, and the two begin a reluctant working relationship.

It turns out that Isabel is working with (not ''for'' as she insists) Deathstroke as part of a plan to get back at Robert Queen's family, as she was once his mistress, but Robert decided that his family was more important and left her. This lead to her planning her revenge on the Queens by taking over their company and destroying their family.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The original version was introduced at the time Mia Dearden (Thea) had long replaced Roy Harper as Speedy. Here, she appeared at the time where Roy was not even an ally of Oliver yet.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In [[http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/b/ba/Isabel_Rochev_003.jpg the comics]], she was blond. Here, she's the brunette Summer Glau.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's an IceQueen to the core.
-->'''Felicity:''' [to Oliver] She looks angry in all her photos.
* TheBadGuyWins: Though she doesn't get to live to enjoy it, she tears the Queens apart just like she wanted, and tells Oliver she doesn't care what happens to her afterwards.
* BestServedCold: So cold, in fact, that the person she's actually trying to take revenge on is long dead by the time she starts enacting it.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Injected with the cure in the final episode and unable to fight back, she is summarily executed by the League.
* ButNotTooForeign: A Russian who has lived in America since she was nine.
* CelebrityParadox:
** Cisco Ramon is frequently seen wearing ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' t-shirts. Her actress guest-starred on that show AsHerself.
** An episode of ''Series/TheFlash2014'' mentions the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise. Summer Glau was one of the main characters of ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles''.
* CoDragons: With Brother Blood to Slade.
* CompositeCharacter:
** In the comic books Isabel Rochev is a Green Arrow villain known as The Queen. Here she's combined with the Ravager, who in the comics was Rose Wilson, the daughter of Deathstroke.
** She also has elements of Terra, who was [[TheMole a mole]] posing as [[BitchInSheepsClothing an ally to the heroes]], before being revealed to be in league with Slade Wilson the whole time.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: It turns out she's been working for Slade the whole time and is now devoting the company's resources to his EvilPlan, making her very much this.
* CurbStompBattle: Her fight against Nyssa and Sara lasts for about ten seconds, before they both overpower her. To add insult to injury, neither of them had Mirakuru.
* DatingCatwoman: She sleeps with Ollie early in the season. Though it did happen before he learned she was evil.
* DarkActionGirl: She gives Oliver a run for his money when he finds out she's working with Slade, and it's very likely she threw the fight as part of Slade's plan. However, Oliver beats her in their second round, though Diggle is the one to (temporarily) finish her off.
* DefrostingIceQueen: As of "The Scientist", she seems to be this towards Oliver. Turns out it was an act.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Despite Robert Queen being long dead, she's trying to punish his family because he chose them over her.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Isabel insists that she's working ''with'' Slade and not ''for'' him, and only because her own goals benefit from his assistance.
* EvilAllAlong: And unlike with Brother Blood, we don't find out until "Deathstroke", Episode Eighteen of Season Two. Also, she's fully in the loop with Slade and amused that Blood isn't.
* FemmeFatale: Uses seduction and manipulation to work her way into Oliver's trust, because even when he didn't like her, she made him believe she wanted the company to run well.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: While she's certainly no Walter, we've seen no indication of corruption so far. The worst you can say about her actions so far is that she's an incredibly ruthless pragmatist.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She calls Felicity "smug".
* IceQueen: ''Nothing'' appears to be able to shake her. Except alcohol, which gets her to warm up. In general, she's nicer outside of the office. Except she's not -- when her true colors are revealed, she proves incredibly icy, though she shows more emotion and is deeply vengeful against the Queens, wanting to punish Oliver for "the sins of the father".
* ItsAllAboutMe: As her quest for petty revenge can demonstrate.
* JerkassHasAPoint: She seems to have a considerable dislike for Oliver because he's making her job difficult, resisting the takeover of Queen Consolidated. He also has no real background in business, so she dislikes him as a CEO. Except that's just an excuse -- she hates him for being Robert Queen's son.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: She begins her meeting by saying Oliver, the man who she's doing business with, "majored in dropping out of college". She does seem to soften up and becomes nicer to Oliver, until TheReveal in "Deathstroke". Her sympathy was all an act to earn his trust and she really ''is'' a {{Jerkass}}. The most evident part of this is mocking Oliver and threatening Felicity and Diggle ''at Moira Queen's wake''.
* KickTheDog: Turning up to gloat to Diggle and Felicity at Moira Queen's wake is just one of many examples.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: On the receiving end. It's really hard to feel bad for her when Nyssa snaps her neck.
* KilledMidSentence: Nyssa does the deed while she's in the middle of EvilGloating that she's already gotten her revenge and doesn't care if she dies.
* ManipulativeBitch: She plays Oliver like a puppet, and flawlessly orchestrates the takeover of his company.
* TheMistress: Formerly to Robert Queen.
* MoralityPet: She's one of the few things Slade still cares for after going off the deep end, to the point that he saves her even though he didn't really need her at this point.
* NeckSnap: Nyssa offs her with one.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: She tells Oliver that Robert Queen was aware that Thea wasn't his and loved her anyway, not realizing that it might help the situation in the Queen household. A SubvertedTrope, sadly — hearing this doesn't make Thea any less angry.
* PerpetualFrowner: When briefing Oliver, Felicity mentions that in every single photo she found, Isabel looks angry.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: She's this for Robert Queen, believing herself to have been his soulmate and unable to stand that he chose his family over her in the end, hence why she's so snide towards them.
* PsychoSerum: Granted that she was already a psychotic bitch, but she gets a Mirakuru injection after Diggle shoots her in "The Man Under the Hood".
* PutOnABus: Despite being billed as a recurring guest star, as of "The Scientist" she quietly disappears from the scene, not reappearing until ten episodes later. This gets lampshaded after Oliver returns to the office and she scolds him for being absent.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Her Ravager costume is mostly black with red accents.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: While Isabel Rochev is a Green Arrow villain, Ravager is a Teen Titans villain.
* SinsOfOurFathers: At one point, she was Robert Queen's mistress. According to her, Robert was about to leave Moira for her, but ultimately chose to remain with his family and cut her out of his life. With Robert long dead, Isabel now takes out her vengeance on his son and surviving family.
* SmugSnake: She takes pride in how successful she was in destroying Oliver's legacy and taking his entire company. She smiles sweetly in amusement every time Oliver tries to gain an edge over her.
* SuperhumanTransfusion: Slade is seen having rolled down his sleeve, showing that he personally injected Isabel with his own blood.
* TrainingFromHell: Apparently, she's been through this at Slade's hands.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: The Ravager is Slade's illegitimate daughter in the comics. Here, she's merely his minion.
* WalkingSpoiler: We learn a ''lot'' about her in "Deathstroke".
* WomanScorned: Robert choosing his family over her is what drives her to take {{Revenge}} on his family after his death.
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[[folder:Sebastian Blood / Brother Blood]]
!!Sebastian "Brother" Blood
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!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Brother Blood
!!! '''Played By:''' Kevin Alejandro
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A charismatic city alderman, Sebastian Blood ran for the position of mayor and is an advocate for those affected by the Undertaking. However, he is also the secret leader of the Blood Cult, injecting both his followers and unwilling subjects with a mysterious serum to create a superpowered army.
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* AbusiveParents: As part of his RedemptionEqualsDeath, it's revealed that his father, who he was earlier vilified for killing, was actually horribly abusive.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: In the comics, Brother Blood had no connection with Deathstroke.
* AdaptationalWimp: This version of Brother Blood is only a lackey to the real BigBad and not capable of combat himself. He's instead a NonActionBigBad who uses manipulation behind the scenes to antagonize the heroes.
* AdaptedOut: No mentions of his mystical BloodMagic or other supernatural powers that his comics counterpart possesses.
* AgeLift: A fair bit younger than how Brother Blood is typically portrayed as.
* AlliterativeName: As '''B'''rother '''B'''lood.
* ArcWords: Strongly associated with "blood". His surname is "Blood", has his followers steal from a blood bank, believes that blood is power, and runs a blood donation campaign.
* BigBadWannabe: At the offset of the season he initially acts as the [[TheHeavy main threat]] Team Arrow faces, with his army of loyal soldiers working for him and his access to Mirakuru; however as soon as Slade returns it becomes apparent that Blood is nothing more than his pawn. By the end of the season Isabel takes over as Slade's primary enforcer, the new Mirakuru soldiers become loyal to Slade instead of him and his dream of taking over the city in his own image becomes moot since Slade [[DisproportionateRetribution intends to destroy all of it to get back at Oliver]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: While waiting for Oliver at a party that he had funded for Blood, the man went on a rant in front of people, accosting him and the Queen family. Not only that, when Oliver went to the Glades after his exiled return, Blood took great glee in putting Oliver down. And let's not forget that he's secretly Brother Blood, the leader of a cult seeking to "save" the city by taking it over.
* BreakTheHaughty: At the end of the season when Slade's plans come to fruition and he learns they never shared a goal. Blood actually wanted to rebuild the city, Slade just wanted to destroy it. The Mirakuru soldiers only listened to him insofar as his plans were in line with Slade's.
* CompositeCharacter: Using a mask for fear tactics and [[MadScientist experimenting on criminals]] brings to mind [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Scarecrow]], especially the [[Film/BatmanBegins Nolan]] version who also [[BadassInANiceSuit wore a suit]].
* ConsummateLiar: Most if not all of what this guy says to people, Laurel in particular, is a lie to make himself look better.
* CoolMask: It looks like a monstrous brown skull. He's willing to let one of his subordinates die wearing it to throw our heroes off the scent. According to "Streets of Fire," it's based on how he saw [[AbusiveParents his father]] and was made as his way of coping with his distress.
* CorruptPolitician: According to "Deathstroke", his reason for helping Slade Wilson is that he was promised he would be mayor. He is ''not'' happy when their plan leads to that becoming a less than likely prospect. Ultimately, he abandons this, as he truly does love his city, but his willingness to blackmail in order to keep his part in things unknown makes him to still fall under this regardless.
* DarkMessiah: His followers seemingly worship him, almost like a god. As seen in "Blind Spot", they're even willing to die for him. Except it's all a sham. They don't give a damn about him or his mask, and are actually following Slade.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: In addition to the RedemptionEqualsDeath trope below, the last time we see him before Isabel jams her blades right through his body, he's threatening to blackmail Oliver by exposing his identity as the Arrow in case Oliver tries leaking his involvement with Slade as Brother Blood to the public.
* DecoyAntagonist: He was made to look like the BigBad of Season Two, until Slade showed up.
* EatTheRich: Seems to invoke this mentality in his supporters, using the Undertaking to justify it.
* EvilAllAlong: Revealed at the end of "Crucible", though it shouldn't come as a real shock to the audience.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Like Malcolm Merlyn as the Dark Archer before him, he wears a mask and uses a voice changer in his Brother Blood persona.
* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: As he is being stabbed by Ravager.
-->'''Blood:''' I love this city.
* FlunkyBoss: He's always accompanied by his {{Mook}}s.
* TheHeavy: Of the first half of Season Two's present day. He seemed to be the BigBad at first, but "Three Ghosts" revealed that he's actually working for Slade.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: He tries to right his wrongs in helping Slade Wilson by giving Oliver the Mirakuru cure at the crucial moment. However, Oliver makes it clear that one act isn't enough to completely overlook all his previous crimes.
* HeroKiller: Not necessarily him personally, but Ollie is clearly terrified of the implications of his work.
* HollywoodAtheist: Shows nothing but disdain for Maya Resik's religious devotion, and tells her that "your gods are dead" in his skull mask to scare her to death.
* InNameOnly: The only semblance he has to comics Brother Blood is leading a {{cult}} known as the Blood Cult. Nothing else is remotely similar, with this Brother Blood instead taking more after [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Scarecrow]].
* LegacyCharacter: Implied by Slade, claiming anyone can wear the mask.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Unlike his cohort, Isabel Rochev, Deathstroke didn't tell him about the Arrow's true identity. Or the true plan.
* MadScientist: He experiments on civilians and criminals he's taken off the street to get a working Mirakuru serum.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Masked? Check. Malevolent? ''Check.''
* MookLieutenant: While he thinks he's TheDragon, he's more of a mouthpiece and notable face with a personality.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Come on. The man's name is ''Mr. Blood''. Although "Brother Blood" does have a creepiness all its own...
-->'''Felicity:''' His last name is "Blood". That can't be a good sign.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He himself judges hiring the Count to kill the Arrow to have been this, since it not only failed, but also led to the Arrow killing again.
* NonActionGuy: This Brother Blood isn't capable of combat himself. It appeared he was able to hold his own against the Arrow in a fist fight, but it turns out that was Brother Daily wearing the mask in his place.
* NoPartyGiven: Though it's not explicitly stated, Blood's remarks at a debate imply that he is a Democrat.
* ParentalAbandonment: According to him, his mother killed his abusive father in self-defense, then ran off. In reality, he's a SelfMadeOrphan who killed his own (actually abusive) father and put his mother away in an asylum, under the lie that she was his aunt, to get rid of her. Then he kills her, too, when he learns she spilled the beans to Laurel.
* PowderKegCrowd: He is speaking to one when Oliver first meets him and, possibly intentionally, sparks a small riot that breaks Oliver's car window.
* RaceLift: Brother Blood was from a Baltic country in the comics, but on the show, he's played by a Hispanic actor and it's implied that he has mixed Baltic-Hispanic heritage: his mother Maya is Hispanic, but her married name is Resik.
* RedBaron: In his own personal circle, he's known as Brother Blood.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: He gives Oliver the Mirakuru cure to stop Slade, for which Ravager kills him.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: In the comics, Brother Blood is a Teen Titans villain.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He seems to be adored by everyone, including usually suspicious people like Oliver and Quentin. Only Laurel and his mother Maya Resik see through the facade, and he kills the latter to keep her quiet and makes the former look and feel like she's just delusional from taking drugs.
* VisionaryVillain: He is genuinely trying to restore Starling City, even if he uses the most twisted of means of achieving this.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's horrified to learn Slade's true plan is to destroy all of Starling City, which prompts him to turn against Slade and deliver the Mirakuru cure to Oliver. Blood thought the plan was to tear down the "worst" parts of the city and rebuild.
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Even though Oliver's fundraiser is actively raising money for the Glades after the Undertaking, his failure to show up gives Blood the opportunity to paint him as the face of the RichIdiotWithNoDayJob problems the city has.
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[[folder:Cyrus Gold / The Acolyte]]
!!Cyrus Gold / The Acolyte
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!!! '''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!! '''Known Aliases:''' The Acolyte
!!! '''Played By:''' Graham Shiels
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A follower of Brother Blood, and the first one to survive being injected with his mysterious formula.
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: In the comics, Solomon Grundy had no relation to Brother Blood and his Blood Cult.
* AdaptationalWimp: Not remotely as strong as his comic counterpart, who in some instances can take on Superman. Here he's just a really tough VillainOfTheWeek for the Arrow, who lasts for two episodes.
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: From a zombie in the comics to an enhanced human in the show.
* AnnoyingArrows: Literally in his case. The Mirakuru enhanced his muscle density to the point where arrows ''dented'' on contact with him.
* BadassPreacher: According to Blood, Cyrus was once a preacher.
* BaldOfEvil: Lex Luthor would be proud.
* TheBrute: The powerhouse of the Blood Cult.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: In the comics, Cyrus Gold is much better known as [[Characters/Earth2GreenLantern Solomon Grundy]]. Although this does get a MythologyGag.
* CompositeCharacter: In the comics, the Acolyte and Solomon Grundy are two completely separate characters.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Through the use of [[PsychoSerum Mirakuru]], he develops:
** ImplacableMan: Super-strong and nigh impossible to bring down.
** MadeOfIron: Bullets and arrows only annoy him, thanks to his Mirakuru-toughened skin and muscle.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: He wears a flat black mask.
* MythologyGag: Diggle finds a book containing the iconic Solomon Grundy rhyme in Gold's apartment, which is later referenced again in a BondOneLiner by Oliver.
* InNameOnly: There isn't really any similarity to him and comics Solomon Grundy aside from both of them being very tough and strong.
* OutsideContextProblem: The first ever super-powered villain to appear in the Arrowverse. No one other than Oliver has any experience dealing with the likes of him, and even Oliver had no guaranteed means of taking down Mirakuru-enhanced individuals at that point.
* PragmaticAdaptation: Having a super zombie would have been out of place on a grounded, crime-themed show like ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', so he was instead made into a human enhanced with a SuperSerum.
* PsychoSerum: The source of his power. Ironically, he appears to be killed when Oliver destroys the centrifuge containing it, spraying his face with a large amount.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: In the comics, Solomon Grundy (Gold) is usually a Green Lantern or Batman villain.
* SuperStrength: He's able to hit Oliver so hard that he bounces off the ceiling.
* SuperToughness: Oliver's arrows ''crumple'' when they hit him.
* UncertainDoom: Gold's body shows signs of movement after he's doused in chemicals. Given his [[Characters/Earth2GreenLantern comic book counterpart,]] this may be a sign of {{Foreshadowing}}.
* UnskilledButStrong: He spends most of his appearances overpowering the Arrow and cops using brute strength, but Oliver is eventually able to get the upper hand with his better training to use his strength against him, making Gold miss his superpowered swings, before knocking him back to his ''[[UncertainDoom apparent]]'' demise.
* WholeCostumeReference: Pretty clearly takes inspiration from [[Franchise/FridayThe13Th Jason Voorhees.]] Fitting, considering the comic version's resemblance to FrankensteinsMonster.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Officer/Brother Daily]]
!!Officer/Brother Daily
!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Brother Daily
!!! '''Played By:''' Jesse Hutch
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A police officer who assists Brother Blood by covering up his crimes and disposing of evidence.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He serves as a mole in the police department for his "brothers".
* FriendOnTheForce: Evil version. He is this for the Blood Cult.
* GoOutWithASmile: After successfully TakingTheHeat for Brother Blood, he gave Oliver and Laurel a smug grin and died.
* TheMole: In the SCPD for the Blood Cult.
* TakingTheHeat: In death, for Brother Blood.
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!!The H.I.V.E.
[[folder:The H.I.V.E.]]
-> See Characters/ArrowverseTheHIVE page
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Damien Darhk]]
-> See Characters/ArrowverseDamienDarhk page
[[/folder]]

!!Church's Gang
[[folder:Tobias Church]]
!!Tobias Church / Charon
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''Do you think I would go to all this trouble without a plan?''"]]
!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Charon
!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/ChadLColeman
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A dreaded gangster who's already devastated Hub City and Bludhaven before setting his sights on Star City.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: He is quite agile and fast for a man of his bulk.
* ArcVillain: He was the main villain at the start of Season Five, before Prometheus took center stage.
* AssholeVictim: Prometheus hunts him down and kills him. Nobody is going to miss him.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: When he reaches a new city, he has a habit of killing the leader of any other gangs and then merging them into one super gang. He also wants to take down the Green Arrow to assert his dominance.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He is good enough to engage Oliver himself in combat. Naturally, nobody under his command dares to piss him off.
* BadassNormal: Has no super powers, but can go toe-to-toe with Oliver.
* BigBadEnsemble: In Season Five with Prometheus; Church wants to conquer the city, while Prometheus wants to destroy Green Arrow.
* BigBadWannabe: Compared to Prometheus, Church is very much outmatched and ends up being killed off without much trouble.
* CanonForeigner: He has no comic counterpart, though he bears a few similarities to minor Batman villain Tobias [[AdaptationNameChange Whale]].
* CelebrityParadox: ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' was mentioned quite a few times on ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}''. His actor was a main character on that show for three seasons.
* TheChessmaster: Even before he made his presence known, he already had his men infiltrate the police and the other major gangs, and none of them were the wiser until it was too late.
* DeathBySecretIdentity: An odd case, since he does manage to pass on the secret to Prometheus before getting offed.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He is fought in a climactic battle where he is arrested... five episodes into the season. And then he's killed off by Prometheus.
* TheDreaded: He's already devastated two cities before coming to Star City.
* EvilPlan: He wants to use Star City's harbor to smuggle in drugs and them ship them off to the other cities he has under his thumb effectively having the most ambitious criminal operation there's ever been.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: He clearly didn't ''want'' to die but judging from how he told Prometheus "you will be the only one who knows" before his death, he at least appeared to be accepting of his own demise as long as another villain found out Green Arrow's identity and made Oliver Queen's life hell.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He loves to talk all smooth and act chummy with his victims before brutally beating them up or killing them.
* GeniusBruiser: A master strategist who is no slouch when it comes to physical combat.
* GutturalGrowler: He speaks in a deep, rasping voice that makes him all the more intimidating.
* InNameOnly: There are a few DC characters who have held the title "Charon", but none of them are remotely like Tobias Church.
* KilledOffForReal: Courtesy of Prometheus.
* LargeAndInCharge: A tall and bulky individual who leads his own gang.
* MeaningfulName: He earned his alias "Charon" because he puts coins on the eyes of his victims. [[note]]In Myth/GreekMythology, Charon was the ferryman of the Underworld and you needed two coins to pay his fee.[[/note]]
* ScaryBlackMan: Aside from his cunning, his imposing physical appearance is his asset.
* ThanatosGambit: With his life on the line, he reveals Green Arrow's identity to Prometheus, both to bargain for his life with information, as well as to ensure Green Arrow will fall too.
* VillainousLegacy: Despite being killed off early in Season Five, his presence is still felt as other criminals try to fill the power vacuum left by his death or help themselves to his ill-gained wealth.
* VillainRespect: Says he has earned respect for Wild Dog, for his spirit and smack-talking while being tortured.
* TheWorfEffect: While Church is an effective fighter, Prometheus is far more proficient.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Scimitar]]
!!Scimitar
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[[caption-width-right:250:"''After getting threatened by a freak, I hired one of my own.''" - Tobias Church]]
!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Scimitar
!!! '''Played By:''' Curtis Braconnier
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A mysterious masked assassin in the employ of Tobias Church.
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* AdvertisedExtra: He was hyped up in promotions for 5x05, but he only appears in that one episode where he [[UncertainDoom may or may not have been killed off]].
* AllThereInTheScript: Is only named in the closing credits.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Fans have noticed he seems to resemble the Scimitar from Marvel comics.
* ArrowCatch: He is introduced catching an arrow fired by Prometheus at his boss, Tobias Church.
* CanonForeigner: Despite what Wendy Mericle says, Scimitar has no comic counterpart.
* CoolHelmet: Wears one.
* CurbStompBattle: Takes on both Mr. Terrific and Artemis and defeats them handily.
* DualWielding: Utilizes two swords in combat, in addition to other weapons.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Uses a voice modulator to hide his identity, or maybe just to sound scary.
* HiredGun: Acts as a combination of Church's bodyguard and assassin.
* NoNameGiven: His real name is unknown. In fact, even his codename wasn't said in the episode and was [[AllThereInTheScript only named in the closing credits]].
* ProfessionalKiller: Is tasked with killing Mayor Queen.
* PsychoForHire: Hired by Church as his own freak.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His costume is mainly black, with his helmet having some red highlights.
* UncertainDoom: Is shot down by the Human Target, Christopher Chance but not overtly confirmed as dead.
[[/folder]]

!!Prometheus's Team
[[folder: General Tropes]]
* BadassCrew: A very nasty team of villainous vigilantes.
* EvilCounterpart: They are an anti-Team Arrow, being composed of a team of villainous vigilantes that work to hinder the heroes.
** Specifically, the team even includes a Canary and a young sidekick archer, to mirror Team Arrow.
* EvilMentor: Talia is one to Prometheus, while Prometheus is one to Evelyn.
* FiveManBand: ''Technically'' six, but Harkness only joins the group after Sampson is already decommissioned.
** BigBad: Prometheus, who came up with the entire plan of destroying Oliver's life.
** TheDragon: Black Siren, who is by far the most powerful member of the team and fully devoted to Adrian after getting freed by him.
** TheEvilGenius: Talia, who helped Adrian to become the man he is and provides most of the intellectual backup to his plan.
** TheBrute: First Derek Sampson, then Digger Harkness. Both are essentially just additional muscle and are not vital to the plan in any way.
** TheDarkChick: Evelyn, who was part of Oliver's team first and loves to see him suffer.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Led by a serial killer, the team consists of a teenaged vigilante and a metahuman from an alternate Earth, and they're backed by a League of Assassins exile.
* TokenSuper: To [[EvilCounterpart mirror]] Team Arrow, Prometheus has a team full of {{Badass Normal}}s, except for Black Siren, who is also a metahuman capable of [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic screams]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Nearly all of them are out to get revenge over the death of a parent.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Prometheus]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseSimonMorrison page
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Evelyn Sharp / Artemis]]
!!Evelyn Crawford Sharp
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arrowverse_artemis.png]]
!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Artemis, "Black Canary"
!!! '''Played By:''' Madison [=McLaughlin=]
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A teenage girl and amateur vigilante who briefly assumes the identity of Black Canary after Laurel's death. Oliver manages to take her off the streets, and she later becomes one of his new recruits to the team in Season Five. However, she turns against him because of lingering resentments over the fact he didn't save her parents from Damien Darhk and the reveal he was the Hood in Season One, and joins Prometheus in an effort to take him down.
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* ActionGirl: Not quite at Thea or Laurel's level, but she can hold her own in a scrap and knows how to use a gun.
* AdaptationalModesty: Her Artemis costume covers a lot, compared to the [[BareYourMidriff mid-riff baring one]] she is known for.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Evelyn Crawford is a redhead, while the Artemis she is based on is blonde. This CompositeCharacter is a brunette.
* AdaptationNameChange: Her surname in the comics is Crawford. Here, she goes by Sharp, though Crawford is her middle name. She also uses Artemis as her vigilante alias, rather than Starling.
* AffablyEvil: Despite teaming up with Prometheus and selling out her entire team, she's affable enough to spend a pleasant Christmas dinner with Rene, Rory, and Dig.
* AgeLift: In the comics, she's as old as Black Canary. Here, she's a teenager, younger even than Thea.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Though she's gradually [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosting]]. Or so it seems until she betrays the team and joins Prometheus fully; then she's right back to being an IceQueen.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She's in league with Prometheus, which is revealed to the team in "What We Leave Behind".
* BrokenPedestal: Oliver, after finding out he was the Hood. To such an extent that she is willing to work with ''Prometheus'' against him.
* TheBusCameBack: She disappears midway through "What We Leave Behind", but returns in "Kapiushon", where it's revealed that Prometheus double-crossed Evelyn and has been keeping her prisoner as further proof that everything Oliver touches dies. Except not. She's actually still in league with him and helped Prometheus play a twisted game with Oliver to break his spirit.
* CompositeCharacter: Has the name of the hero Starling, but her introductory episode gave her a similar arc to Misfit. In ''Arrow'' Season Five, she dons the moniker Artemis, which was used by Artemis Crock when she acted as Green Arrow's sidekick in the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' animated series before adopting her Tigress identity.
* DeadpanSnarker: By far the snarkiest member of Oliver's new recruits, and probably of Team Arrow in general. Every other sentence that comes out of her mouth drips with sarcasm.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: She's introduced unofficially donning the Black Canary mantle shortly after Laurel's death by stealing the latter's vigilante gear.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Initially appearing as a VillainOfTheWeek in Season Four, she joins the team in the following season at Oliver's request.
* DominoMask: Sports one during her stint as "Black Canary", and later after joining the team as Artemis.
* EasilyForgiven:
** Oliver, Felicity, Thea and Quentin don't seem to mind that she nearly ruined Laurel's (or rather, the Black Canary's) reputation. The only one who shows a possible resentment is Diggle, who refers to her as a "Laurel Lance wannabe" when talking to Oliver about working with his new team. The reason why most (or all) of them probably don't bring it up is for one thing they understood her reasons for doing it, and also they can't really judge her given all their questionable decisions. But of course she joins the team months after that happened, so it is possible that they all mostly got over it during that time.
** In "Kapiushon", Oliver expresses a willingness to forgive Evelyn's treachery after she's suffered a stint as Prometheus's prisoner. Subverted when it's revealed that she was just helping Prometheus break Oliver's spirit; the most she gets afterward is Oliver being unwilling to leave her stranded on Lian Yu.
* EvilCounterpart: In much the same way that Prometheus is a counterpart to Green Arrow, Evelyn can be seen as one to Speedy; like Thea, she's a petite young woman and skilled combatant of dubious morals. The difference is that Thea, even at her most [[AntiHero anti-heroic]], is still one of the good guys, realizes when she's on a slippery slope, and tries to better herself. Evelyn, if anything, only gets worse, having started out as a troubled young woman and devolving into a willing accomplice in Prometheus's rampage and traitor to her former friends.
* FaceHeelTurn: Once she finds out that Oliver used to be the Hood she joins forces with Prometheus and proceeds to give him intel on Team Arrow and their loved ones, all without a shred of remorse.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Prior to receiving her shortbow from Oliver, Evelyn mainly fought barehanded. Since then, she's gradually gained experience in a variety of weapons.
* HateSink: As of "Kapiushon", Evelyn has established herself as possibly the most despicable villain in Season Five; unlike Talia or Prometheus, who have some kind of FreudianExcuse for their grievances with Oliver, Evelyn has shown little more than self-righteous condemnation of him, willingly helping Prometheus to break his spirit with a twisted mind game (one where Oliver shows genuine concern for Evelyn despite her betrayal) and smugly rubbing it in after Oliver finally breaks.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Evelyn seems to genuinely believe that Prometheus is interested in helping Star City. Teaming up with him turned out to be a ([[UncertainDoom possibly]]) fatal mistake.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She considers Oliver to be something that Star City needs to be saved from, due in no small part to the murders he committed as the Hood. Her chosen method is to side with Prometheus, who has an impressive bodycount of both police and innocent people (both groups that Oliver, even at his worst, explicitly avoided harming).
* InNameOnly: As Artemis, she is Green Arrow's young archer sidekick... and that's about it. She wears an all-black costume and undergoes a case of AdaptationalVillainy with her betrayal of Team Arrow.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Her motivation for joining forces with Prometheus is to "save" the city from Oliver by aiding a notorious serial killer.
* {{Irony}}: Evelyn betrayed Oliver for Prometheus because she felt that Oliver's murderous past made him untrustworthy. Prometheus ends up betraying Evelyn and leaving her to die when he destroys Lian Yu.
* IrrationalHatred: While Prometheus had at least a semi-understandable reason for his vendetta against Oliver, why Evelyn despises him so much is completely incomprehensible.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Evelyn started out as an angry young woman out to avenge her family, but seemed to be a mostly decent, if misguided, person. In Season Five, however, she joins up with Prometheus and becomes a full-fledged villain who takes a sadistic pleasure in Oliver's misery.
* KnightTemplar: Joins up with Prometheus to "save" the city from Oliver.
--> You're not a hero, you're a fraud. This city needs to be saved from ''you''.
* LegacyCharacter: Both exploited and defied. Evelyn herself is the one who exploits this by stealing Laurel's vigilante gear shortly after her death. Meanwhile, Oliver and the rest of the previous Team Arrow never wanted her to become the new Black Canary.
* LeParkour: Being a gymnast before entering vigilantism made it easier for her to adjust with the group's necessity to frequently jump around structures.
* MasterActor: Her performance in "Kapiushon" was enough to fool Oliver, even when she had to play dead to further torture him.
* TheMole: She's Prometheus inside man for Team Arrow.
* MoralMyopia: She turns on Oliver after decrying him as a serial killer. She then teams up with Prometheus, who murders innocent people to satisfy his personal grudge against Oliver.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Her Artemis outfit is all-black, unlike the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' version which was green.
* OutOfFocus: She receives the least attention of Oliver's new recruits, being mainly in the background in contrast to Curtis, Rory, and Rene's more colorful personalities. Considering she's secretly in league with Prometheus, this is likely intentional. Occurs after she reveals her allegiance to Prometheus as well, as after that point she appears only a handful of times in the rest of Season Five and vanishes for multiple episodes at a time without any indication as to what she's been doing.
* PutOnABus: She went with Prometheus back in "What We Leave Behind" and disappeared until "Kapiushon".
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Unless she somehow managed to escape, Evelyn was double-crossed by Prometheus in "Lian Yu" when he left her at Team Arrow's mercy, and subsequently killed in the explosion that destroyed the island.
* SheCleansUpNicely: In contrast to her usual rough leather clothes, she briefly appears in an extremely figure-hugging red dress to lure a suspect into a trap with Ragman.
* SmugSnake: Post FaceHeelTurn, barely a scene goes by where Evelyn isn't wearing a smug smirk and gloating about Prometheus's superiority over Oliver. However, it's proven more than once that Evelyn herself is no match for Oliver or any of his team without the support of Prometheus or his allies.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: Oliver has trained her to be his next archer sidekick, so she's packing a shortbow.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She is clearly meant to evoke Roy and Thea, Oliver's previous young archer sidekicks. However, past the physical similarities, she quickly diverges from her predecessors when she [[FaceHeelTurn betrays the team]].
* TagalongKid: At no older than seventeen (and possibly as young as sixteen), she's the youngest member of Team Arrow to date.
* TeenGenius: We're told she's a prodigy but it doesn't come up much, except as a possible explanation for how she cracked the Canary Cry, which Cisco designed to be used by Laurel only and nobody else.
* TokenMiniMoe: On top of being much younger than the rest of the team, she's also quite a bit shorter. Even Felicity, no giant herself, has a few inches on Evelyn.
* TomboyishPonytail: Evelyn's hair is normally loose, but she wears it in this style while in vigilante mode.
* UncertainDoom: Last seen locked in a cage on Lian Yu shortly before the island was ravaged by several massive explosions. Evelyn's fate is unconfirmed, but her odds of survival don't look good.
* [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Bitch]]:
** Oliver avenged her parents by killing Damien Darhk, and trained Evelyn to help protect Star City. Neither of those things kept Evelyn from betraying Oliver and the entire team to Prometheus. In "Kapiushon", she even seems to enjoy seeing him cross the DespairEventHorizon.
** Twice, Oliver expresses concern for Evelyn despite her betrayal. Both times, Evelyn just taunts him or smugly maintains that Oliver is no match for Prometheus.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Before her parents died at Darhk's hands, Evelyn was a model student and normal teenager. Afterwards, she's a would-be murderer who goes on to work for a deranged serial killer, betraying and hurting other people with a smug smirk.
* YouKilledMyFather: She hates H.I.V.E. for killing her parents, but also harbors a great deal of resentment at Oliver for failing to save them when he had the chance (he was more focused on saving his friends at the time). Turns out her resentment is so great it's enough to drive her to join Prometheus.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Laurel Lance / Black Siren]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseDinahLaurelLance page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Talia Al-Ghul]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseLeagueOfAssassins.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Derek Sampson]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseMetahumans page.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Digger Harkness]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseARGUSAndTaskForceX page.
[[/folder]]

!!Helix
[[folder: In General]]
A hacktivist group in Star City with questionable goals.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In the comics, Helix were a group of mutated metahumans who were the result of experimentation in their prenatal stage. All were born with powers that made them freaks and severely affected their ability to function in society. Here, they are all very much human, with the lone exception of Vigilante, who has a HealingFactor.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: They're definitely sketchy, but they at least ''claim'' to be well-intentioned, Felicity is able to use their resources for some good, and they have genuine grievances with A.R.G.U.S. That said, their willingness to force a quid pro quo arrangement on Felicity in return for helping her find Prometheus doesn't paint exactly a positive picture. In Season Six, they lose the ambiguity and are presented as flat-out villains.
* DealWithTheDevil: Felicity enters a dubious alliance with them in Season Five to take down Prometheus. In exchange for their help, she does things like hack government drones for them.
* InNameOnly: The name is ''literally'' the only thing they have in common with the comics version of Helix.
* KnowledgeBroker: They have dirt on ''everyone'' thanks to their illicit hacking of the NSA -- they give a cache of it to Felicity, who quickly goes DrunkOnPower with it.
* OutOfFocus: After they free Cayden James, they quickly leave Star City for parts unknown...only to come back with a literal vengeance in Season Six.
* PragmaticAdaptation: Fitting with the grounded theme of the show, this version of Helix are human hactivists rather than mutated metahumans with weird powers (except for Vigilante in Season Six).
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: They play a very similar role to Brother Eye, being a group of cyber terrorists who [[WellIntentionedExtremist believe themselves to be righteous]], and have dealings with Felicity Smoak.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Well, it's what they ''claim'', but they won't look for an infamous and deranged serial killer without a quid pro quo arrangement. Thrown out the window in Season Six, where Cayden James has dedicated all of their resources to one simple and brutal goal -- to ''burn'' Star City to the ground.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Criminal Cabal]]
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A team of criminals recruited by Cayden James that work alongside Helix to bring down Oliver Queen.
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* BigBadEnsemble: They originally appeared to be several unrelated villains causing trouble for Team Arrow, but they're later revealed to all be working together, with the majority as CoDragons under Cayden James.
* CoDragons: The members aside from James act as this with the exception of [[BigBad Ricardo Diaz]].
* DwindlingParty: The first one to die is Sheck, courtesy of Vigilante. The latter is then outed as a traitor and executed by Black Siren on Cayden James's orders one episode later. Cayden James himself then bites it ''another'' episode later, murdered by Ricardo Diaz. And eventually Black Siren and Anatoly leave Diaz's side after he commits [[EvenEvilHasStandards acts too heinous for even them to tolerate]] leaving Diaz the last man standing.
* EvilCounterpart: Much like Prometheus's team in Season Five, Cayden James specifically picks members to go up against each member of Team Arrow in Season Six.
* LegionOfDoom: In Season Six, Cayden James recruits a whole team of Star City's nastiest villains with the shared interest of getting revenge on Oliver Queen, most of whom are past villains that have appeared on ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' before.
* LighterAndSofter: Very relatively speaking, [[ContrastingSequelAntagonist they are this to]] Season Five's BigBad, Prometheus. They're still powerful, horrible, dangerous people who have committed atrocities and are very capable of even worse, but they don't ''quite'' create the same kind of [[KnightOfCerebus dark, oppressive atmosphere]] that Prometheus did, and many of them have shown ''some'' form of moral standards and restraint at least once before, while he was a monstrous and petty man to the end.
* PowerCopying: Early in Season Six, they steal one of Team Arrow's T-Spheres, which they reverse-engineer and use for their own combat purposes.
* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: The leader of Helix, a metahuman from an AlternateUniverse, a borderline psychotic VigilanteMan, the former Pakhan of the Bratva, a mysterious crime lord, and a high-ranking Helix member.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Black Siren is the only female of the group.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Cayden James]]
!!Cayden James
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The pre-Socratic philosopher Thales of Miletus, known as the father of science, believed that for any event there was a natural cause, even if we couldn't see it...and he thought that with perfect knowledge, man could control anything...everything."'']]
!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelEmerson
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

The mysterious founder of Helix, who's been illegally detained by A.R.G.U.S. Once he escapes, he begins to cause trouble on a massive scale.
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* AffablyEvil: He has a soft-spoken exterior, addresses Black Siren and Felicity politely, and when ordering his men to execute Felicity and Alena, asks them to do it "as humanely as possible".
* AndIMustScream: ARGUS kept him locked in what was basically a shipping container with inadequate nutrition. Small wonder he snapped.
* AndStarring: He's always credited as "And Michael Emerson as Cayden James".
* ArchEnemy: Thinks of himself as one to Oliver Queen, but the latter has [[UnknownRival no idea why James bears such a hatred]]. It turns out in 6x07 that he believes Oliver, as the Green Arrow, killed his son.
* AscendedExtra: Goes from being a minor character to a major villain.
* BadBoss: When Black Siren bristles at his criticism of her methods, he tells her to show some "gratitude" since without him, she would've either starved or bled to death on Lian Yu. Later, he has Vigilante killed for being a mole, threatening Black Siren to force her to kill him when she shows hesitation.
* BigBad: Initially of Season Six. However, it turns out Ricardo Diaz is the HiddenVillain who killed his son and went through a great deal of trouble to make sure Cayden was convinced that Oliver was to blame. He also leaked a doctored image of Oliver as Green Arrow to the media in the season premiere, setting off [[InspectorJavert Samandra]] [[{{Jerkass}} Watson's]] investigation. When James ends up in custody, Diaz kills him and takes over as the ''true'' BigBad.
* CatchPhrase: "Savor the anticipation".
* CelebrityParadox: ''Series/{{Lost}}'' was explicitly mentioned during the ''Arrow'' premiere. His actor was a main cast member there (its BreakoutCharacter even).
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: The first major antagonist on Arrow who is not proficient in combat, though this does not make him any less dangerous. He's also the first Big Bad who's a true CanonForeigner with no comics counterpart at all. Then it turns out he was just an UnwittingPawn of the ''true'' BigBad.
* TheCracker: He's a genius computer hacker who wreaks city-wide havoc.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: The inhumane and illegal A.R.G.U.S. detainment is what caused him to go from Hacktivist to outright global-scale terrorist. Felicity aiding Helix in releasing him is what started his reign of terror, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone much to her horror when she finds out]].
* CreepyMonotone: He very rarely raises his voice, nor does he show much in the way of emotion at all.
* DecoyAntagonist: For a long while it looked as though he would be the BigBad of Season Six, being TheChessmaster who played Team Arrow like puppets. Turns out he was the puppet himself and the real villain is Ricardo Diaz.
* DisappearedDad: He had a son, but wasn't involved much in his life.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He's usurped as the main threat of Season Six after he's taken into custody, at which point Diaz shows up, reveals he was behind the whole scheme, and kills James, taking over as the ''true'' BigBad of the season.
* DisproportionateRetribution: He blames Green Arrow for costing him his son (whom Green Arrow has never even met), so he resolves to ''burn'' Star City to the ground. It becomes a case of MisplacedRetribution when it's discovered that Oliver was in Hub City when his son was killed.
* TheDreaded: Enough that A.R.G.U.S. keeps him in an off the books black site. They don't want him to be found.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He had a son, Owen, whom he loved even if he wasn't involved in his life much. Owen's death is what drives his vendetta against Green Arrow, whom he believes is responsible. Only in "The Devil's Greatest Trick" does he learn Oliver was framed, and he is killed by the true BigBad -- Ricardo Diaz.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted; he finds Black Siren's violent methods unnecessary, but he isn't that bothered by them and he doesn't reign her in, merely expresses annoyance. Later, he even orders her to execute Vigilante for betraying them, and she, normally a bloodthirsty sociopath, shows more hesitation than he does.
* EvilCounterpart: To Felicity. Yet another evil hacker that Team Arrow goes up against, hellbent on tearing apart Star City. But in contrast to the rest, he's not a VillainOfTheWeek that gets taken down with ease, but the very dangerous BigBad, or rather, TheHeavy for the first half of the season.
* {{Expy}}: Of previous characters Creator/MichaelEmerson has played, including [[Series/{{Lost}} Benjamin Linus]] and [[Series/PersonOfInterest Harold Finch]].
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears a menacing pair of specs.
* TheHeavy: While he is in a BigBadDuumvirate, he is still the leader of his cabal and the most prominent threat alongside Black Siren in Season Six. Diaz deceived him into his vendetta against Oliver, which isn't revealed until the second half of the season.
* ItsPersonal: According to him, Green Arrow cost him his son, which is why he is targeting Team Arrow and Star City. Team Arrow is completely baffled by this -- as far as they know, his son is alive but missing, and they've never encountered him. Turns out Diaz hired an assassin to kill him and framed Oliver for it.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Goes from being a well-intentioned extremist to a homicidal maniac.
* ManipulativeBastard:
** He plays Felicity and Aleana like a harp, predicting exactly what they do to stop him -- it was all a BatmanGambit so Felicity would lower the firewall of the Internet, allowing him to upload some software and have a ready-made scapegoat in one stroke.
** He deliberately allied himself with Black Siren, knowing that her presence throws Team Arrow off their game, since she constantly reminds them of Laurel, despite being the exact opposite of her. He also deliberately recruited Diaz, Anatoly, and Vigilante to further mess with Team Arrow.
* NonActionBigBad: In his partnership with Black Siren, he's the brains and she's the brawn. He later uses a reverse-engineered form of Curtis' T-Spheres to act as a defense for himself, though he himself is still far less field-capable than Mister Terrific.
* OmnicidalManiac: After he escapes ARGUS custody, he's quite prepared to kill 3% of the world's population. That was all a front to get Felicity to take down the Internet's firewall for him; his ''true'' goal, to destroy Star City, is smaller in scale if no less murderous.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His son was killed while he was being held by ARGUS. He's been led to believe that Oliver was responsible, but it's later revealed that he's being played by Diaz.
* OutsideContextVillain: Green Arrow is completely flabbergasted why James is out for his blood. Even when James reveals he blames him for the loss of his son, it doesn't clear things up; as far as Team Arrow knows, they've never even met his son. That's because when his son was killed, Oliver was in Hub City. Diaz framed Oliver for it, knowing what James would do when he found out.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: After he realizes that his neglect got Owen killed, he allows himself to be taken into custody, gives up the bank where he kept the money he was exhorting and gives Oliver the most likely location of his former comrades. Then Diaz comes in and kills him, rubbing it in that he killed Owen.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Much like previous [[BigBad Big Bads]] Deathstroke and Prometheus, his campaign is motivated by vengeance at Oliver for his belief that he caused the death of a loved one. And as with Deathstroke and Shado, the truth is much murkier than he realizes.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Is very calm and detached, while being beyond scary.
* TooCleverByHalf: Diaz states that this is Cayden's FatalFlaw as a villain; he is always the smartest guy in the room and makes sure to tick everyone off into their little boxes believing that nothing can get past him. However this means he is completely blind sighted when Diaz betrays and murders him as he likely never saw past his façade [[BeneathNotice as a thug for hire]] rather then the cunning ManipulativeBastard that Diaz really is.
* TragicVillain: While his actions are far too heinous to be considered an AntiVillain, he nevertheless evokes some sympathy. He used to be a hacktivist, genuinely interested in helping the people. After tampering with a corrupt pharmaceutical company, A.R.G.U.S. illegally detained him and locked him up indefinitely in utterly ''inhumane'' conditions without any trial. To top it all off, during his incarceration his son was killed by Ricardo Diaz who [[FrameUp framed]] Oliver Queen for it. All of this caused something in James to ''snap'', to the point of becoming a callous terrorist and mass murderer, hellbent on revenge for his son only to finally be killed by the very same man who cost him his boy.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: One weakness of his, as Ricardo Diaz put it before killing him, was that he liked to put people in boxes and imagined that he knew them inside and out. This ultimately proves to be his undoing as Diaz turned out to be far more than the run-of-the-mill crime lord Cayden thought he was and actually turned out to be TheChessmaster who killed Cayden's son, manipulated Cayden against the Green Arrow, and ultimately ended up killing Cayden himself.
* UnwittingPawn: Diaz killed his son and framed Oliver for it, knowing that it would send Cayden into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, and also leaked a doctored image of Oliver as Green Arrow to the media, setting the authorities on him.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He ''used'' to be one; his detention at A.R.G.U.S. turned him into something else.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Laurel Lance / Black Siren]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseDinahLaurelLance page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Anatoly Knyazev]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseInternationalGroups page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Vigilante / Vincent Sobel]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vigilante.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm you. The only difference between us is I use a more efficient weapon."'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vincent_sobel.png]]
!!! '''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Vigilante, "Mr. Ski Goggles"
!!! '''Real Name:''' Vincent Sobel
!!! '''Played By:''' Johann Urb, Clayton Chitty (''Arrow'' Season Five flashback only)
!!! '''Voiced By:''' Creator/MickWingert
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' | ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}''

An active vigilante operating in Star City after Genesis Day. He has been dubbed "Mr. Ski Goggles" by Felicity Smoak.
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* AdaptationNameChange: None of the Vigilantes from the comics were named Vincent Sobel.
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: All of the Vigilantes from the comics were humans with [[BadassNormal exceptional skill]], while this Vigilante is a metahuman.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the comics, Vigilante was just the name of a mantle held by various people, with Adrian Chase being the best known. The only trained Vigilante was Patricia Trayce, who was Deathstroke's partner for a brief period and was trained by him. In the ''Arrowverse'', however, Vigilante is a constant thorn in the side of Team Arrow, with multiple attempts to subdue him proving unsuccessful.
* AdaptationalVillainy: A fair bit more villainous than the usual "Adrian Chase" version of Vigilante, who had a ThouShaltNotKill rule toward his enemies and most certainly didn't treat the deaths of innocent civilians as "collateral damage". Played straight in Season Six, where he's not just a KnightTemplar vigilante, but a full-blown villain allied with other criminals -- then subverted with TheReveal that he's a DoubleAgent working to take them down, and he even goes out of his way to save Rene during a fight despite the risk to his cover, moving him closer to his comics counterpart.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: This Vigilante is not unlike Marvel's ComicBook/ThePunisher, being a [[ShadowArchetype darker version]] of the main superhero with no qualms against killing and a preference for [[CoolGuns guns]].
* BadassBaritone: He speaks in a low, rough, sneering voice. It's just a disguise for his true voice, which sounds pretty ordinary.
* BigBadEnsemble: In Season Five with Prometheus, another masked man killing people in Star City. However, Prometheus is [[TheHeavy the primary threat]], with Vigilante disappearing after losing a fight with him and another with Team Arrow late in the season. He returns to fill this role in Season Six, being unconnected to Cayden James or any of his partners in crime...until it turns out he's been in on Cayden's plan along with every other villain in the season. ''[[SubvertedTrope Then]]'' it turns out he's a DoubleAgent and the TokenGoodTeammate, for a relative value of "good".
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: He sees the world this way, describing the city as "out of control". He believes that vigilantes shouldn't go soft on criminals, like Team Arrow does, because they don't deserve second chances. He passes cold judgment on them, regardless of the level of crime and the circumstances for their actions, even going after Mayor Oliver Queen for one isolated incident that he labels as corruption. He also doesn't care about killing civilians who get in the way, passing it off as "collateral damage".
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Vincent Sobel appeared to be a new character, but it turns out he's the Arrowverse version of Vigilante.
* CoolGuns: One of Oliver's few enemies who actually proves to be a threat with these.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Black Siren blasts sonic waves through his ear at point-blank range until he dies.
* DecompositeCharacter: In the comics, he is the alter-ego of Adrian Chase; here, though his suit indeed takes after the comics design. However Adrian Chase turns out to be Prometheus, while Vigilante is revealed to be Vincent Sobel, a former police detective.
* DisproportionateRetribution: He coldly executes criminals, regardless of the level of their crime. This becomes even more apparent when he targets Mayor Oliver Queen, labeling him as "corrupt" over one incident where he covered up the crime of fellow vigilante the Green Arrow.
* DoubleAgent: This is the real reason he's been working with Helix, so that he can find a way to tear them apart from the inside. Sadly, come 6x12, his ruse is discovered and he's killed by Black Siren, with Dinah watching helplessly while she's pinned under rubble.
* EarlyBirdCameo: He first appears in "Legacy", on Felicity's computer screen as one of the possible vigilante candidates for the Team Arrow recruits, before appearing in person six episodes later. This also applies to his true face, which is seen in exactly ''one'' flashback almost a full year before TheReveal in the present day.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: His status as a OneManArmy comes from his training as a policeman. His ''survivability'' comes from the HealingFactor he received upon his "death", which was when the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator exploded.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite his FallenHero status, he still cares for Dinah, showing some reluctance to fight her and leaving her a matchbox with a paper rose, something he used to make for her as a memento.
* EvilCounterpart: See ShadowArchetype.
* EvilVersusEvil: He comes to blows with Prometheus after Vigilante tries to kill Oliver.
* {{Expy}}: A crimefighting partner whose near-death experience drives him to killing criminals to prevent them from hurting more people, wears a closed helmet to protect his identity, and his new outlook drives a wedge between him and his former ally. Is that you, [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Jason Todd]]?
* EyeScream: His left eye was damaged by the gunshot that was assumed to have killed him, and now appears to be blind.
* {{Foil}}: To Prometheus, with both of them being {{Evil Counterpart}}s to Oliver Queen. But while Prometheus is a straight-up polar opposite to Oliver, Vigilante is a ShadowArchetype and what Oliver could have become if he strayed down a darker path as the Hood. Prometheus tries to hinder the Green Arrow's efforts to clean up the city, while Vigilante is trying to save the city in his own [[KnightTemplar immoral]] way but crossing lines that Oliver doesn't. Furthermore, both are fond of doing {{Stealth Hi Bye}}s, except Prometheus tends to use it to appear on the scene, while Vigilante uses it to vanish from the fight.
* FallenHero: [[spoiler: He used to be an honorable police detective in Central City, but after he was killed and resurrected as a metahuman, he became a borderline sociopathic KnightTemplar.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: If Felicity's limited intel on him is correct, Vigilante was just a specialist at the Star City Trust Bank until he became [[ArcWords something else]]. It turns out that he used to be Vincent Sobel, a cop from Central City who was thought to have been shot dead right in front of his partner and lover, Dinah Drake, when the particle accelerator exploded; he actually became a metahuman able to heal from almost any wound and spent the next four years engaging on a brutal mission to take down corruption.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: He wears orange ski goggles as part of his black mask, which also function as thermal and night-vision goggles that allow him to see body heat from other criminals; useful, since his EstablishingCharacterMoment has him shutting off the lights in a warehouse to hunt them down. It also gives him an early warning when Prometheus attacks him in "Fighting Fire With Fire".
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Under his mask, his left eye is surrounded by a nasty scar despite his HealingFactor and seems to be blind, reflecting his FallenHero status.
* GunsAreWorthless: Averted. He's one of the few gun wielding characters who is as proficient with guns as Team Arrow is with their weapons. He displays ImprobableAimingSkills with them, being able to ''[[ShootTheBullet shred an arrow with a bullet]]''.
* HazyFeelTurn: He's totally honest about joining Helix to destroy it, and he even stops killing criminals, though only because that'll get him back in Dinah's good graces. He's still totally unrepentant about his past kills -- criminals and innocent people alike -- or all the times he tried to kill Team Arrow before. When he and Oliver finally meet face-to-face, he sees no need to apologize and makes his contempt for Oliver quite clear.
* HeadBob: As his face is completely obscured, his head constantly bobs about in accordance with his speech.
* HealingFactor: Courtesy of the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explosion.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He starts off as an honorable cop, but having a near-death head trauma [[FallenHero makes him snap]] and he turns into a KnightTemplar who coldly executes criminals. Then it seems he's gone full villainous when he allies with Cayden James, before finally he's revealed to be TheMole and one of the good guys.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: His working with Helix came as a big surprise, making it unclear just what his endgame was. However, in 6x11, "We Fall", he claims that he's been working as a DoubleAgent in an attempt to destroy Helix from the inside, and the next episode proves he wasn't lying.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Kills people for supposedly being corrupt or immoral, while being in league with a [[WesternTerrorist terrorist]], a SerialKiller, [[TheMafiya a Russian mobster]] and a drug dealer. However, it turns out he joined them as a DoubleAgent to take Helix down.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: He manages to shred an arrow shot by Artemis using a bullet he fired.
* {{Jerkass}}: He remains blunt and crude at all times, writing off the innocent people he killed as collateral damage and belittling Oliver at every opportunity. However, he shows a softer side around [[MoralityPet Dinah]], and he's fairly cordial to Oliver and the rest when they work together in 6x12, though he shows no regret for his past attempts on their lives.
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Unlike Green Arrow, he has no faith in the courts or the police, so he's taken it upon himself to "clean up" Star City. It gains a sad twist when we learn that he's basically a burnt-out cop, as he laments how he and his former partner made no real difference, despite her insistence otherwise.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: It's revealed why he has such a rigorous sense of BlackAndWhiteInsanity is because the incident that nearly killed him and deeply traumatized him, left him unhinged and not quite right in the head.
* KnightTemplar: What makes him so dangerous -- he'll kill innocent bystanders to get to his targets and write it off as "collateral damage".
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vry6qXkZeYU His theme is reminiscent of an emergency alert.]] Given his true identity, this is actually quite fitting.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Compared to Prometheus, who's a full-blown sadistic monster, Vigilante is doing what he thinks is right in his own distorted morality. Upon his unmasking in front of Dinah in ''Arrow'' 6x05, he laments that they made no real difference as cops and insists that his mission is necessary to clean up corruption.
* MadeOfIron: His scenes in season five usually consist of him taking considerable punishment, but always managing to [[StealthHiBye get away]] seemingly no worse for wear. Season six ultimately reveals he has a HealingFactor, actually making this trope a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]].
* NoNameGiven: He isn't called anything but "Vigilante", though Felicity does dub him "Mr. Ski Goggles" at one point. In Episode 6x05, his real name is revealed to be Vincent Sobel, Dinah Drake's former partner and lover.
* NominalHero: In Season Six, he acts against [[TheHeavy Cayden James]], and even allies himself with Team Arrow, but otherwise, he hasn't changed, showing no remorse for his past deeds and only showing mercy to criminals in order to get in Dinah's good graces (although she believes that she convinced him to change).
* NotSoDifferent: He's not unlike Oliver was back in Season One as the Hood, who had yet to adopt a ThouShaltNotKill policy. However, while Oliver avoided civilian casualties and only went after bad guys and their {{mooks}}, Vigilante will kill ''anyone'' who gets in his way.
-> '''Vigilante''': I'm you. The only difference between us is I use a more effective weapon.
* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Despite his HealingFactor, he still dies when Black Siren blasts sonic waves through his ears at point-blank range.
* ObviousJudas: Cayden James even points out on how much a criminal-killing Vigilante stood out next to all the actual criminals in Helix and thus he more or less anticipated his betrayal.
* OutOfFocus: He disappears from Season Five after Prometheus is unmasked. WordOfGod is that the crew weren't able to bring in the actor for his true identity, forcing them to delay the reveal in favor of focusing on Prometheus and his endgame, hoping the actor became available in Season Six. Sure enough, he returns in Episode 6x05 and unmasks himself, though he's undergone a case of TheOtherDarrin; not that it matters much, since the resemblance is there and he was only shown unmasked during a single flashback in Season Five.
* RedHerring: Vigilante's presence made the audience suspect that he would be the alter-ego of Adrian Chase, when in fact "Chase" was just a false name used by Simon Morrison, aka Prometheus, all along.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: He's killed by Black Siren while aiding Team Arrow in taking down Helix -- though given he never saw the need to atone for his past crimes, it's debatable if it "redeemed" him.
* RecurringBoss: Team Arrow have tangled with him on multiple occasions, but he always manages to slip away at the last second, allowing him to return and cause trouble for them again.
* TheReveal: Episode 6x05 reveals his true identity: Vincent Sobel, the former partner and lover of Dinah Drake.
* SenselessSacrifice: He spent months infiltrating and ingratiating himself within Helix trying to bring them down from the inside, but once Cayden completes his thermonuclear bomb and holds the city hostage with it, Vince risks blowing his cover to help Team Arrow locate it and save ''hundreds of thousands'' of innocent lives. His efforts ultimately help Oliver and company locate the bomb, but also cost him his cover and he is tortured by Cayden and Black Siren. Instead of trying to finish Vince's mission and secure the bomb, Dinah, Rene, and Curtis choose to rescue him, thereby dividing the team's manpower and leaving Oliver and John overwhelmed by Anatoly Knyazev and Ricardo Diaz's men guarding the bomb, allowing them to safely escape and relocate the bomb, while Vince is still killed by Black Siren. In the end, Cayden and his associates still have their bomb to threaten the city, and the good guys are back at square one ''without'' a man on the inside.]
* SerialKillerKiller: He's a dangerous vigilante who goes about hunting criminals, which ranges from murderers and pedophiles, but also to lesser crimes like corrupt politicians.
* ShadowArchetype:
** Surprisingly, he is one to Oliver and allows crossing the threshold of a No Kill rule, ruthlessly attacking anyone. Aside from both being vigilantes, they both have a tendency to shut off lights and both have [[StealthHiBye extreme disappearing abilities]]. Ironically, Vigilante sees Green Arrow as an incompetent version of himself, who is too soft for the job and incapable of doing what is necessary.
** He's also one to Dinah Drake. Both were formerly cops who became vigilantes after being given metahuman powers, but Dinah retains her standards and is [[HeelFaceTurn willing to reform]], while Vigilante is hellbent on carrying out his extreme justice and disregards civilian lives. He does eventually show some restraint, turning the criminals he apprehends over to the police out of respect for her morals.
* ShootTheBullet: He can shred mid-flight arrows using bullets.
* StealthExpert: Vigilante has pulled off some borderline impossible disappearing acts, managing to consistently escape from Team Arrow, and even giving Prometheus the slip after their fight.
* StealthHiBye: Vigilante has this as one of his trademark moves. He will vanish without a trace from a fight as soon as the heroes turn away for a second. This makes it very difficult to keep up with him. He has also pulled off the most impressive disappearing feat in the entire franchise; having been entangled by one of Green Arrow's bola trick arrows and restrained to a pole, all it takes is for a flashbang rigged to his mask as a distraction, and he vanishes ''while tied to the pole''!
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Season Six has him becoming one to Savitar from ''The Flash''. Much like him, Vincent is a dangerous metahuman and a FallenHero with facial burns and a discolored eye.
* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: His debut appearance in a flashback has him getting shot point blank in the head. However as he had just been hit by dark matter seconds ago, he ended up developing a HealingFactor that allowed him to survive said injury. Although this is the one WoundThatWillNotHeal and leaves him facially disfigured.
* VigilanteMan: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Well, duh.]] He's a costumed individual operating outside the law who kills criminals he apprehends.
* WalkingArmory: He has carried a large assortment of guns, from machine guns to automatic handguns, bazookas, and sniper rifles.
* WildCard: It's not clear at first if he is really a DoubleAgent trying to take Cayden James down, or if it is yet another ruse. By the end of his final episode, it's clear that he was sincere.
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Tells this to Team Arrow in an early encounter.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Ricardo Diaz]]
--> See Characters/ArrowverseARGUSAndTaskForceX page[[/folder]]

[[folder: Alex Faust]]
!!Alex Faust
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!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!! '''Played By:''' Dominic Bogart
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A terrorist and associate of Black Siren.
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* CanonForeigner: Has no comics counterpart.
* CopKiller: Helps shooting and blowing up an entire precinct.
* DirtyCoward: As soon as the odds are against him, he runs away like a scared rabbit.
* FlatCharacter: He likes to blow things up, he's a DirtyCoward, and... that's pretty much all there is to his character.
* GigglingVillain: Has way too much fun watching things explode.
* HollywoodHealing: {{Averted}}, as his arm is still in a bandage after two episodes of being shot by Oliver.
* MadBomber: Blackmailed the city with a missile strike and even had C4 in one of his teeth to escape imprisonment.
* MessyHair: Has long unkempt locks that dangle beside his head.
* NumberTwo: To Black Siren.
* OneSteveLimit: He's not the first character with the surname Faust to show up in the Arrowverse, with Felix Faust being a villain on ''Series/{{Constantine}}''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Sheck]]
!! Sheck
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!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!! '''Played By:''' Tobias Jelinek
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A high-ranking associate of Cayden James who rescued Black Siren on Lian Yu.
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* CanonForeigner: Like most of the members of Helix, he never existed in the comics.
* TheDragon: To Cayden James.
* EtTuBrute: He's furious at being shot by Vincent and attempts a TakingYouWithMe, but is KilledMidSentence by a second shot.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: When he rescued Black Siren.
* FlatCharacter: Apart from being loyal to Cayden James, we learn absolutely nothing about him as a character before he is killed by Vincent Sobel.
* KilledMidSentence: By Vigilante, who saves Rene's life in the process.
* NoNameGiven: Among the production staff, he was known as "Boots", until Cayden James addressed him by name in "Divided".
* RedHerring: Initially thought to be Cayden James himself.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Alena Whitlock/ Kojo Sledgehammer]]
!!Alena Whitlock
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!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/KaceyRohl
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A hacker and fangirl of Felicity. Later helps her building up Smoak Tech.

-> see Characters/ArrowverseFutureCharacters for more info about future Alena
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* AffablyEvil: For an illicit hacktivist, she's very polite and friendly. Fortunately, she drops the "evil" part in Season Six.
* TheBusCameBack: In Season Six. And later in Season Seven as well, when Felicity asks her to become a part of her company.
* {{Fangirl}}: Of Felicity, or rather of her hacktivist work in college.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Her moniker -- Kojo Sledgehammer -- doesn't suggest a very dangerous hacker.
* HeelFaceTurn: She turns against Helix when they go from being hacktivists to would-be mass murderers.
* NerdGlasses: Wears these much like Felicity.
* ShadowArchetype: Shows what Felicity would be like without any moral restraints, at least until Cayden James goes too far for her.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: She initially leads Felicity down a ''very'' dark path due to the allure of the illegally-obtained data.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: It's first heavily implied and later confirmed that she, of all people, is gonna unwittingly instigate the manhunt for vigilantes in 2040 by rebuilding "Archer" against Felicity's wishes and later selling it to Galaxy One.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Felicity Smoak / Ghost Fox Goddess]]
-> see the Characters/ArrowverseTeamArrow page
[[/folder]]

!! Ricardo Diaz and associates
[[folder: In General]]
A powerful criminal organization, who specialices in drug dealing and has been secretly buying the loyalty of half of Star City.
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* TheCartel: They give off this vibe, especially since Diaz is hispanic.
* TrueCompanions: Diaz refers to his men as his brothers, family.
* WeAreEverywhere: They have associates everywhere within the city.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Ricardo Diaz]]
--> See Characters/ArrowverseARGUSAndTaskForceX page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Laurel Lance / Black Siren]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseDinahLaurelLance page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Anatoly Knyazev]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseInternationalGroups page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Captain Kimberly Hill]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseStarCityCitizens page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: DA Sam Armand]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseStarCityCitizens page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Aviva Metula / Shadow Thief ]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseStarCityCriminalsIndependentCriminals page
[[/folder]]

!!'''The Ninth Circle'''
[[folder:The Ninth Circle]]
->see the Characters/ArrowverseInternationalGroups page
[[/folder]]
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!!'''The Ninth Circle'''

[[folder: In General]]
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* AncientConspiracy: They date back to at least the Renaissance.
* BadassLongcoat: Seems to be the standart gear for the {{Mooks}}.
* BigBrotherIsWatching: [[spoiler: The Ninth Circle knows a ''lot'' -- they were fully aware of Merlyn's Tempest Organization, and they are fully aware of whom Black Siren really is.]]
* TheCult: You join the Ninth Circe, they become your family.
* DropTheHammer: All of the {{Mooks}} carry maces as their standart weapons.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Ninth Circle has a lot in common with the now defunct League of Assassins. Ancient Conspiracy? Check. A slavish devotion to its ideals and never being allowed to leave? Yes. Trained in martial arts and ancient weapons? Check! Led by a mysterious figured shrouded in myth? Check!
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dante]]
!! Dante
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adrian_paul_on_arrow.jpg]]
!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AdrianPaul
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A mysterious financier of criminals, terrorists, and palace revolutions who's done business with Diaz.
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* AffablyEvil: He's always polite and professional in the face of just about everything, though he doesn't suffer foolishness.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Well he is an illicit financier after all, so he has to look the part.
* BadassNormal: He displays marital arts and acrobatic skills that are at least on par with if not far out-class Oliver's.
* BigBad: Of Season Seven, after Diaz is imprisoned. [[spoiler: It turns out he's just TheFace and Emiko is the true leader.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Not overtly, but still displays it nonetheless.
-->'''''Dante''': Do you know who I am?''
-->'''''Emiko''': Dante. [[BrattyHalfPint It says on the package]]. Do you know who ''I am''?''
-->'''''Dante''': The suspense is killing me.''
* TheDon: As the head of the Ninth Circle that far outclasses what Diaz had -- he has agents hidden throughout the government, even in A.R.G.U.S.
* TheDreaded: The '''only''' man alive who can scare a monster like Ricardo Diaz.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: He doesn't approve of the Bertinelli Family using kids as couriers, nor of men abandoning their familial responsibilities.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Oliver as a fighter.
* EvilMentor: [[spoiler: To Emiko.]]
* EvilerThanThou: To Diaz who in turn was this to Cayden James.
* TheFace: [[spoiler: Emiko is the true leader of the Ninth Circle, with Dante being both the decoy and the one in command while she hunts down her mom's killer.]]
* TheFagin: [[spoiler: He took pity on an eleven year Emiko and began to train in when she expressed interest in his knife-throwing skills.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: He doesn't like lose ends or complications. In his debut appearance he killed a potential client because A.R.G.U.S. closed in our their transaction.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Dante murdered Emiko's mother to mould her into the perfect leader for the Ninth Circle, so it's really only fitting that he dies kneeling before her.]]
* KnifeNut: Of both the handheld and throwing varieties.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To Diaz in Season 7 having "loaned" him the Longbow Hunters.
* ManipulativeBastard: ''Lost Canary'' reveals that [[spoiler:Dante was the one who murdered Emiko's mother believing that her maternal ties made her a less effective leader for the organisation. Dante has since been blackballing Emiko's investigation despite her being the leader of the Ninth Circle.]]
* NoEscapeButDown: How he escapes after his first appearance.
* OneManArmy: He slaughters countless people in his debut episode alone giving the League of Assassins a run for their money with a ''knife''.
* OneSteveLimit: He shares he same name as Cisco's deceased brother.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Dante is just an alias.
* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler: In an extremely twisted variant on this trope, he was essentially the father to Emiko, that Robert never was -- note that Dante threatened to kill an eleven year old Emiko for pick-pocketing him and he was ''still'' a better father figure than Robert.]]
* TheStoic: He never loses his composure, always maintaining a sort of suave yet extremely menacing coolheadedness.
* SubmissiveBadass: [[spoiler:Dante used to be the leader of the Ninth Circle with Emiko as his apprentice however he eventually gave his position to her and willingly became TheFace of the organisation while Emiko runs the organisation from the shadows.]]
* ThemedAliases: His henchman's name is Virgil in reference to Dante's Literature/TheDivineComedy.
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: Even after Diaz alerted him to A.R.G.U.S.'s presence, Dante still had him painfully killed, though we later learn this was Emiko's call.]]
* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: As he tells Emiko, simple blood relation does not a father make.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dante complimented an eleven-year old Emiko on her slight-of-hand lift of his watch ... then threatened to cut her throat if she ever stole from him again.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Virgil]]
!!Virgil
!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Played by:''' Christopher Gerard
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

An intermediary working for Dante.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Kills himself rather than be captured and nastily killed by Dante. {{Subverted}}, in that he actually survives.
* DestinationDefenestration: Does this to himself. He survives, however.
* FightingIrish: Has a rather thick Irish accent.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Makes it out of Season 7 alive and well.]]
* MouthOfSauron: His job as a go-between for Dante.
* NotQuiteDead: Somehow survived jumping out of a high-story building.
* ThemedAliases: Like his boss, his name is a reference to Literature/TheDivineComedy
* TheWorfEffect: He rather easily overpowers Roy.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Deputy Director Bell]]
--> See the Characters/ArrowverseARGUSAndTaskForceX page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: SPOILER CHARACTER]]

Emiko Queen
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--> See the Characters/ArrowverseTeamArrowFamilyMembers page
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Beatrice]]
!!Beatrice
!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Played by:''' Samantha Jo
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A member of the Ninth Circle, unhappy with Emiko's leadership.
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* TheCoup: [[spoiler: She leads one against Emiko in the Season 7 finale, due to the Ninth Circle being unhappy with her petty, personal revenge scheme.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Just like Virgil, she comes out of Season 7 unscathed.]]
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: She is the one to kill Emiko, and rather easily at that.]]
[[/folder]]

!!! The Longbow Hunters
[[folder: In General]]

A mysterious group of assassins under Dante's payroll with ties to Ricardo Diaz.
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* BadassNormal: All of them are incredibly skilled fighters, defeating skilled combatants such as John Diggle and Black Siren with ease and without any special powers whatsoever.
* TheDreaded: They were feared even by the League of Assassins.
* HiredGuns: They are on Dante's payroll, but he "loaned" them out to Diaz.
* NoHonorAmongThieves: {{Justified}} they abandoned Diaz when he was captured and then incarnated, because he was never their boss; they were just working for him "on loan" and their work for Dante is more important to them to Diaz's petty grudge against Oliver -- plus Diaz was able to escape without their help anyway.
* NonIndicativeName: None of them use longbows whatsoever.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: They just disappear from Season 7 after a few sparse appearances.]]
[[/folder]]


[[folder: Red Dart]]
!!Red Dart
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!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Affiliations:''' Longbow Hunters, Ricardo Diaz
!!!'''Played by:''' Holly Elissa
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

A member of the Longbow Hunters, who uses a variety of trick darts as her WeaponOfChoice.
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* CoolShades: Wears a pair of orange ones as part of her outfit.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: She goes into a building under the pretense of having a job interview. And after she leaves it, having murdered a few guards with her darts, she is asked how it went. Her response? ''I think I '''nailed''' it.''
* PragmaticVillainy: She prefers a quiet and subtle approach and gets annoyed by Kodiak starting a needless bloodbath with a bunch of security guards.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kodiak]]
!!Kodiak
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!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Affiliations:''' Longbow Hunters, Ricardo Diaz
!!!'''Played by:''' Michael Jonsson
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

The only male member of the Longbow Hunters, who uses a bladed shield as his WeaponOfChoice.
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* BloodKnight: Starts killing off a bunch of Security Guards simply for the heck of it.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He naturally uses his shield to protect himself from danger.
* ShieldBash: He also uses his shield offensively in a very effective way. The razor-sharp blades on the edges are a neat bonus.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Silencer]]
!!Honor / Silencer
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!!! '''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Affiliations:''' Longbow Hunters, Ricardo Diaz
!!!'''Played by:''' Miranda Edwards
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

The third member of the Longbow Hunters, who uses a knife as her WeaponOfChoice and also uses a sound dampener.
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* CrazyPrepared: Has a sound dampener as a countermeasure against Dinah and Laurel. It works against each one of them individually just fine, but when the two of them combine their respective cries, the device is overpowered.
* HannibalLecture: Gives out a few of these while being held captive by Felicity, Rene and Black Siren.
* KnifeNut: Fights with a knife.
* NoSell: She is completely unfazed by any threats and torture Felicity and Black Siren subject her to. This includes food and water deprivation for at least two days and ''point-blank'' canary cries!
* TokenMinority: Among the Longbow Hunters.
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!!! The Longbow Hunters
[[folder: In General]]

A mysterious group of assassins under Dante's payroll with ties to Ricardo Diaz.

* BadassNormal: All of them are incredibly skilled fighters, defeating skilled combatants such as John Diggle and Black Siren with ease and without any special powers whatsoever.
* TheDreaded: They were feared even by the League of Assassins.
* HiredGuns: They are on Dante's payroll, but he "loaned" them out to Diaz.
* NoHonorAmongThieves: {{Justified}} they abandoned Diaz when he was captured and then incarnated, because he was never their boss; they were just working for him "on loan" and their work for Dante is more important to them to Diaz's petty grudge against Oliver -- plus Diaz was able to escape without their help anyway.
* NonIndicativeName: None of them use longbows whatsoever.

A hacker and fangirl of Felicity.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: It's heavily implied that she, of all people, is gonna unwittingly instigate the manhunt for vigilantes in 2040 by rebuilding "Archer" against Felicity's wishes.]]

[[folder: Alena / Kojo Sledgehammer]]
!!Alena

* ToxicFriendInfluence: She leads Felicity down a ''very'' dark path due to the allure of the illegally-obtained data.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Kills himself rather than be captured and nastily killed by Dante.
* DestinationDefenestration: Does this to himself.

[[folder: [[spoiler: Deputy Director Bell]]]]

* ManipulativeBastard: ''Lost Canaries'' reveals that [[spoiler:Dante was the one who murdered Emiko's mother believing that her maternal ties made her a less effective leader for the organisation. Dante has since been blackballing Emiko's investigation despite her being the leader of the Ninth Circle.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: He doesn't approve of the Bertinelli Family using kids as couriers, nor of men abandoning their familial responsibilities.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Oliver as a fighter.
* EvilerThanThou: To Diaz who in turn was this to Cayden James.
* TheFace: [[spoiler: Emiko is the true leader of the Ninth Circle, with Dante being both the decoy and the one in command while she hunts down her mom's killer.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: He doesn't approve of the Bertinili Family using kids as couriers, nor of men abandoning their familial responsibilities.]]

* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler: He just didn't have Diaz killed, he had him burned alive.]]

* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: Even after Diaz alerted him to A.R.G.U.S.'s presence, Dante still had him painfully killed.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Dante complimented an eleven-year old Emiko on her slight-of-hand lift of his watch ... then threatenend to cut her throat if she ever stole from him again.]]

* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler: I n an extremely twisted variant on this trope, he was essentially the father to Emiko, that Robert never was -- note that Dante threatened to kill an eleven year old Emiko for pick-pocketing him and he was ''still'' a better father figure than Robert.]]

* VillainHasAPoint: [[As he tells Emiko, simple blood relation does not a father make.]]

* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: His criminal organization has yet to be referred to by its comic book name The Ninth Circle.
* TheDon: He's the head of mysterious organization that far outclasses what Diaz had -- he has agents hidden throughout the government, even in A.R.G.U.S.