History Characters / ArrowverseLeagueOfAssassins

* BadassBeard: Sports a goatee and is definitely a badass.

* BadassBeard: Fitting for a master assassin.

'''[[Characters/Supergirl2015 National City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseNationalCityCitizens Citizens]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseKaraZorEl Kara Zor-El]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseLuthorFamilyAndAssociates Luthor Family & Associates]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseNationalCityCriminals Criminals]]\\

'''Miscellaneous''': [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherLocales Other Locales]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMetahumans Metahumans]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseFirestorm Firestorm]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseTheHawks The Hawks]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseAliens Aliens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMystics Mystics]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherEntities Other Entities]]\\

-->'''Oliver''': You're unarmed.\\
'''Ra's Al-Ghul''': I'll take your blades when you're through with them.

--> '''Malcolm''': It's almost like you don't trust me, Nyssa.\\
'''Nyssa''': No, it's exactly like I don't trust you.

-->'''Slade''': So, instead of marrying the blonde, you marry Ra's Al-Ghul's daughter?\\
'''Oliver''': ''[clearly annoyed]'' Nyssa talks too much.

* DeadpanSnarker: She gets a rather cruel dig in at Oliver when he says that Ra's would have been ashamed of alia's alliance with Prometheus.
-->'''Talia''': Well, when it comes to the disappointment of fathers, I defer to your superior experience.

!!! '''Known Aliases''': Sarab (شبح, Arabic for "Mirage" or "Phantom")

-->'''Chase:''' You have to admit, I did save your ass.
-->'''Thea:''' God, your modesty, it's...it's so refreshing.
-->'''Chase:''' You know, you're really [[YoureCuteWhenYoureAngry cute when you're sarcastic]].

'''[[Characters/LegendsOfTomorrow The Legends]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegends The Team]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseLegendsCurrentMembers Current Members]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSaraLance Sara Lance]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseMickRory Mick Rory]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseLegendsFormerMembers Former Members]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseLeonardSnart Leonard Snart]])\\

* FeetOfClay: He describes himself to Oliver as being the man who trained Malcolm Merlyn, implying through words alone that he was leagues more dangerous than his student. Aside from an impressive ArrowCatch, his actual performance in combat doesn't live up to his own hype and he doesn't give Oliver or Sara much more than mid-level difficulty, if that.

* BenevolentBoss: Implied. While he's usually stern, he's never shown mistreating his subordinates...unless they betray him.

* NotSoDifferent: They're disgusted at Merlyn's massacre of the Glades (due to all the innocent blood that was shed), yet they have no qualms about doing the same to Starling since Sara was killed. A DownplayedTrope, as even though they do seem to have few qualms, their methods seem to involve minimal fatalities outside of those they explicitly set out to kill. However when Oliver turns down Ra's offer to be his heir, Ra's orders a killing spree in Starling City on both criminals and then on innocents all to make Oliver join the League. Then we find out that the Heir to the Demon must wipe out his home town to truly become Ra's Al-Ghul, which in this case means using a biological weapon on Starling City.

* AntiVillain: She doesn't actually want to hurt Sara, Oliver or their families -- she just wants her ex-girlfriend Sara back. In the end, she even releases Sara from the League when she realizes how much Sara cares for her friends and family and how badly Sara does not want to return to killing. Notably, the same can be said of all involvements of the League in Season Two: The only incursions they have are in the purpose of bringing Sara back to the League, and though they do follow orders, they do not aim to harm anybody outside of those parameters unless deemed necessary.

* BadassTeacher: In "Star City 2040", Felicity called her in the train Mia. The montage shows that she started shortly after Mia learned to walk.
* BestServedCold: She's really taking a long time to have her revenge on Malcolm. However Laurel convinces her that in it's not worth it. Of course Sara's soul being restored probably helped. When they meet in "Missing", she settles on insulting [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen his current state as a lowlife]] instead.

* ChildByRape: Heavily implied by Ra's in "This is Your Sword", as despite Ra's telling her how much he loved her mother, when she objects to having Oliver's child, Ra's tells her that she will have no more choice in the matter than her mother did.

** Even though Talia is also a character in the show, Nyssa shows various traits of the comics' Talia Al-Ghul, including romantic interest in a hero(ine) and loyalty split between said love interest and her father. Her status as a bow wielding assassin, romantic interest in a hero, and the mouth-covering veil she wears in battle give her more in common with comics Shado than TV Shado holds. Later, Ra's decrees that she should marry Oliver -- like comics Ra's wishes for Talia and Batman. Unlike Talia, however, Nyssa is '''very''' unwilling.

* DaddyIssues: Yes! Ra's was a horrible father who emotionally abused all her life. Even after she no longer cares for him, she still makes it clear that the lack of parental love in her life still affects her.
* DaddysLittleVillain: She works directly for her father, and constantly seeks his approval. In season four she struggles with wanting to preserve his memory and move from under his shadow.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Sara was, is, and will always be her OneTrueLove, but during their meeting in she ultimately tells Sara to leave and never meet her again, deciding that she deserves a new life after all the things that happened.

** "Loved one" may be too strong a term, but Nyssa clearly develops a strong friendship with Laurel in Season Three, and is clearly distraught over her death, as well as the fact that she destroyed the one thing that could have resurrected her.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She's against using the Lazarus Pit to try and bring people back from the dead. When Sara is brought back with it, she destroys the Pit to spite Merlyn and to make sure that when she kills him, he'll ''stay'' dead.

* {{Foil}}: To Oliver being an archer and martial arts badass with a penchant for pulling off a StealthHiBye and a romantic connection to Sara. In season four she becomes this to Malcolm Merlyn, they both want to be Ra's Al-Ghul, but Nyssa is willing to negotiate were Merlyn just wants to win. Ultimately Nyssa sees the error of her ways but Malcolm becomes obsessed with revenge.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Team Arrow, though mostly just to the Queen family. She's definitely their enemy, but is on relatively good terms with the members of the teams, at least enough to work together without much protest if [[MoralityPet Sara]] wants it. In Season Three, she forms a strong friendship with Laurel as well, and after her forced marriage to Oliver, she seems to consider Team Arrow more ally than enemy, albeit allies that she comes into conflict with in the course of her war against Merlyn.
* FriendToAllChildren:

* GreenEyedMonster: Acts like this to Sara in her debut episode when she choices to stay with her family instead of returning to Nanda Parbat with Nyssa. To the point that she almost threatens to murder her family if Sara doesn't come home with her. However after Sara almost commits suicide she realises the mistake she made, releases her from the League, and afterwards she is shown as being a lot more reasonable to Sara.
* HazyFeelTurn: She leaves the League not because she lost faith in their mission, but because Ra's chose Oliver to be his heir over her. It later becomes a full HeelFaceTurn when spending time with Laurel makes her realize what kind of man her father really is. Not that it stops her going back to the League after Merlyn takes over if only so she can take her revenge.

* HiddenInPlainSight: Despite being on A.R.G.U.S.'s most wanted list she's able to make frequent trips to Starling and walk around town without any trouble.

* HonoraryTrueCompanion: Nyssa never formally joins Team Arrow and tends to stay an AloofAlly, sometimes being a help or hindrance depending on the situation. However in comparison to [[TokenEvilTeammate Merlyn]] Nyssa's NobleDemon qualities make her a lot more personable and she tends to be a lot more willing to help Team Arrow out when they ask her. In the Season Five finale, she even tells Talia that she considers Team Arrow to be her friends and will stand by them against Team Prometheus. The friendship is even more highlighted when it's revealed that Nyssa was the ''only'' person whom Felicity contacted after she went into hiding with Mia and was trusted to not only train her, but keep her existence a secret from her friends as well.

* InadequateInheritor: Unknown to her, Ra's actually prefers Oliver to be his heir since he's become impressed by his strength, determination and will power.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: She tries to blackmail Oliver to kill Merlyn for her by withholding the antidote to Thea's blood lust. Though she eventually, thanks in large part to Laurel, realizes she has become no better than her father and disbands the league.
* KarmaHoudini: Change of heart, or no change of heart she was still a brutal assassin who's still wanted by ARGUS. Dissolving the League and being less evil than Ra's or Merlyn doesn't change that. The only thing that can be construed as a punishment for her is that [[DidNotGetTheGirl she doesn't end up up with the love of her life]].

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Compared to Malcolm; Nyssa might be a ruthless assassin, but she's much more trustworthy and reasonable than Malcolm (himself a largely unrepentant mass murderer with an endless manipulative streak).
* LipstickLesbian: Somewhat downplayed, as she also has aspects of ButchLesbian, due to her clothing choice which hides most of her body, and the fact she's a ''very'' skilled fighter.

* OddFriendship: She and Laurel starts bonding more in Season Three.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Her accent is mostly consistent, but occasionally Katrina Law's real accent slips through.

** It takes a while, but she ultimately lets Sara stay in Starling with her family upon realising it's what she wants.
** Even after declaring war on Team Arrow, she doesn't seem to hold it against Laurel. She even gives her some fighting advice before heading back home.

** Despite strong arming Oliver into killing Malcolm by holding onto a cure for Thea, she willing accepts him trying to peacefully negotiate a bloodless outcome. She also takes Laurel's advise to heart and moves away from the shadow of her fathers legacy, by disbanding the League of Assassins.

* {{Revenge}}: After Sara dies for real, avenging her death by killing Malcolm Merlyn becomes Nyssa's reason for existing. When Ollie confronts her about this, she replies that vengeance ''is'' justice. Later when Merlyn becomes the new Ra's Al-Ghul, she makes it very clear that she will kill him eventually, and she destroys the Lazarus Pit for good measure to make sure her revenge is permanent. However, in light of [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen Malcolm's downfall as a powerful player]], she decides to settle on humiliating him when they meet again in the two final episodes of Season 5.

* SiblingRivalry: With Talia. Talia was their father's favorite, and she resented the fact that Talia left and it meant she was left alone until she met Sara.

* SuperiorSuccessor: Rather ironically, despite being seen as a InadequateInheritor in her fathers eyes, Nyssa ultimately proves to be a superior combatant then her sister Talia and, when the two fight one-on-one, Nyssa is able to take Talia down without killing her.
* TheStarscream: Tells Merlyn point blank that she hasn't forgiven him for murdering Sara and she will have her revenge. That being said she still kneels before the new Ra's Al Ghul. All the while, building a power base against him.

* TearsOfJoy: While she doesn't shed them she gets very misty eyed when she sees Sara alive, well and no longer suffering the pit's backlash.

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: To Sara. Nyssa shot an arrow to a man's neck when he grabbed Sara by the hair. Later. she storms straight into Arrow HQ with an arrow drawn when Sara goes missing after a mission in Season Three.

'''[[Characters/Supergirl2015 National City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseNationalCityCitizens Citizens]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseKaraZorEl Kara Zor-El]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseJamesOlsen James Olsen]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseLuthorFamilyAndAssociates Luthor Family & Associates]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseNationalCityCriminals Criminals]]\\

'''[[Characters/Batwoman2019 Gotham City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseBatFamily Bat-Family]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseKateKane Kate Kane]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCriminals Criminals]]\\

'''[[Characters/LegendsOfTomorrow The Legends]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegends The Team]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseLegendsCurrentMembers Current Members]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSaraLance Sara Lance]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseMickRory Mick Rory]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseJohnConstantine John Constantine]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseLegendsFormerMembers Former Members]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseRayPalmer Ray Palmer]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseLeonardSnart Leonard Snart]])\\

'''Miscellaneous''': [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherLocales Other Locales]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMetahumans Metahumans]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseFirestorm Firestorm]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseTheHawks The Hawks]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseGrodd Grodd]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseAliens Aliens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMystics Mystics]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherEntities Other Entities]]\\

[[folder: General Tropes]]

[[folder: Al-Fatih]]

[[folder: Ra's Al-Ghul]]

[[folder: Malcolm Merlyn / Al-Sa-Her]]

[[folder: Nyssa Al-Ghul]]

[[folder: Damien Darhk]]

[[folder: Talia Al-Ghul]]

[[folder: Oliver Queen/ Al-Sah-Him]]

[[folder: Al-Owal]]

[[folder: Sara Lance / Ta-er al-Sahfer]]

[[folder: Maseo Yamashiro / Saraab]]

[[folder: Mesi Natifah / Talibah]]

[[folder: Chase]]

[[folder: Onyx Adams]]

[[folder: In General]]

[[folder: Athena]]

* RealityEnsues: The League may be pretty badass, a competent threat even for most highly-trained badasses, and even capable of taking on Mirakuru soldiers with relative ease, but when Barry Allen aka the Flash turns up unannounced, it becomes clear that skill with mundane weapons can only do so much against a powerful metahuman. Their "fight" with him is hilariously one-sided.
** This is further justified by them being a League of '''Assassins''' who are primarily trained in subterfuge and stealth, not direct combat.

* HighlyVisibleNinja: Averted for once; he doesn't leap out of the shadows dressed in black waving a sword like other Assassins, but infiltrates by HidingInPlainSight as a useful employee and [[HoneyTrap potential love interest]] of his target, whom he tries to kill unobtrusively with poison. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan-i_Sabbah Hassan-i Sabbah]] would be proud.

* UndyingLoyalty: They are fatantically devoted to Malcolm even after death. Notably they don't worship him as "Ra's Al-Ghul" but as "Al Sa-Her" -- the Magician.

'''[[Characters/Batwoman2019 Gotham City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseBatFamily Bat-Family]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCriminals Criminals]]\\

* KilledOffForReal: Slain by Oliver in the Season Three finale.

* CharacterDeath: Slain by Oliver in the Season Three finale.

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'''Time Travel:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegends The Legends]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSaraLance Sara Lance]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseRayPalmer Ray Palmer]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseLeonardSnart Leonard Snart]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseMickRory Mick Rory]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseJohnConstantine John Constantine]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeMasters Time Masters & Time Bureau]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegionOfSuperHeroes The Legion]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeCriminals Time Criminals]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseDamienDarhk Damien Darhk]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseSavitar Savitar]]) | [[Characters/ArrowversePastCharacters The Past]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFutureCharacters The Future]]\\
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'''Time Travel:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegends The Legends]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSaraLance Sara Lance]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseRayPalmer Ray Palmer]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseLeonardSnart Leonard Snart]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseMickRory Mick Rory]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseJohnConstantine John Constantine]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeMasters Time Masters & Time Bureau]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegionOfSuperHeroes The Legion]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeCriminals Time Criminals]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseDamienDarhk Damien Darhk]]) | [[Characters/ArrowversePastCharacters The Past]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFutureCharacters The Future]]\\

'''Central City:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseWestAllenFamily West-Allen Family]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseBarryAllen Barry Allen]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseSTARLabs Team Flash]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseCaitlinSnowAndKillerFrost Caitlin Snow & (Killer) Frost]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCriminalGroups Criminal Groups]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseTheRogues Rogues]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityIndependentCriminals Independent Criminals]]\\

* LoveInterest: For Thea.

!!Talia Al-Ghul

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: DownplayedTrope as shown in "Nanda Parabat". His reason for disapproving of Nyssa's relationship with Sara was purely out of concern for his daughter's feelings, knowing that Sara would likely leave the League and result in Nyssa's heartbreak. However, according to Oliver, he is unwilling to break League law to save her if the option came up for a hostage trade between her and Malcolm Merlyn. Also once Oliver becomes his heir he disinherits her; he even orders Oliver to kill her since she would be the rival for leadership of the League. But at the last minute he has Oliver stay his hand... and instead decrees she should marry Oliver instead.

* DespairEventHorizon: He joined the Leauge after Akio's death.

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: He's loyal to Ra's Al Ghul to a fault, or nearly a fault. He help Olivier heal from his duel with Ra's but that's it. He has no problem joining Ra's killing spree to turn Starling against the Arrow.