After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playgirl Olivia Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When she returns home to Starling City, her devoted father Moise, much-beloved brother Theo, and best friend Tommi welcome her home, but they sense Olivia has been changed by her ordeal on the island. While Oliviar hides the truth about the woman she's become, she desperately wants to make amends for the actions she took as the girl she was. Most particularly, she seeks reconciliation with her former boyfriend, Lawrence Lance. As Olivia reconnects with those closest to her, she secretly creates the persona of Arrow - a vigilante to right the wrongs of her family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Olivia plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer she used to be - flanked by her devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, Johanna Diggle - while carefully concealing the secret identity she turns to under cover of darkness. But her crusade has earned the attention of a shadowy organization that is far more ruthless than she could ever imagine.
