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#8 - Green Arrow
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And in their darkest moment, their newest, greatest ally stolen from them, the party was left bereft, hopelessly adrift, transported to the furthest reaches the Grid would allow. It would be here that hope would be unexpectedly renewed - the Green Arrow, a modern-day Robin Hood, revealed. Oliver Queen, one of the most well-known heroes of this or any other age, was the right-hand man to the leader of the Justice League, his fiancee Black Canary. Here aboard the Justice League Satellite, believing the world all but conquered by the forces of Darkseid and the Society, had been grimly holding vigil for the end of the world. A party arrived inspired new confidence. Suddenly, these stoic vestiges of a bygone world became animated once more.

And boy howdy, did Green Arrow get animated in a big way. Oliver Queen was boisterous, loud-mouthed, full of vim and vigor and a hint of vinegar. He was about as liberal as you could get, taking every possibly jab he could against Darkseid, the former United States government, people who voted for Lex Luthor, the corporate elite... Ollie was having none of it. But he also was gung-ho on getting back to Earth and taking the fight right up the ass of Darkseid. I think he wooed the party, won them over with his trademarked obnoxious dadisms and sense of humor. Then, he rallied them. To a man, every player in that group seemed enchanted with the Emerald Archer.

And then he went and made the sacrifice to end all sacrifices.

After a teleporter malfunction left the party scattered and, in many cases, grievously injured, Green Arrow bought precious moments for Silhouette, allowing himself to be captured by the recently-indoctrinated Justifier which used to be Black Lightning. As Silhouette inched his way to safety, he watched on in muted horror as Green Arrow was forced to accept the Equation, all the while shouting out - as his the Green Arrow way - liberal platitudes and angry dissertations on how this was all wholly fascist. And with that, an ally was turned into an unwilling accomplice to the enemy.

This was a moment where the emotions of the party where palpable. A few players have said that Arrow's sacrifice hit them extremely hard, and I could tell that Arrow's capture by former ally Black Lightning legitimately fucked with feelings.

He was Green Arrow. A hero to the last. Let not his sacrifice be in vain, you agents of Checkmate.

Hint: Family matters.