He and Oliver were both lost at sea when his yacht, the Queen's Gambit was sabotaged by Malcolm. Robert committed suicide to save his son's life and to increase his chances of survival and returning home to Starling City so Oliver could right his wrongs. Robert Queen was founder and CEO of Queen Consolidated. When Robert was cheating on Moira, she retaliated by cheating on him with Malcolm Merlyn which lead to Thea Queen's birth. Robert was aware that Thea wasn't his daughter even when Moira didn't mention it and Malcolm was unaware but Robert still loved her like his own. At some point a young intern named Isabel Rochev joined Queen Consolidated and Robert fell in love with her. They were together for a time and Robert even planned to leave his family for her to the point where their bags were packed.
Publication Information
- Arrow : Robert Queen
- Version : The Arrow Series
- Multiverse : Earth One
- Known As : Robert Alan Queen
- CEO and founder of Queen Consolidated
- Formerly Member of Tempest
- Relative :
- Origin : Earth One
- Season : Arrow
- First Appeareance : Arrow Season 1 : Pilot (Flashback)
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : Jamey Sheridan
- Main View : Full Episod
However, Thea fell off her horse in an accident and Robert went to the hospital; Isabel made Robert choose between her or his family. Robert chose his family and terminated Isabel's internship, ending their affair and severing all ties with her. When he first opened his Queen Industrial Shipping factory in the Glades, he was approached by a city councilman who told him that he'd only allow the factory to run if Robert financially compensated him.
Robert, being an honest businessman, angrily rejected the councilman's proposal and the two got into a heated argument which soon turned violent. Robert then accidentally caused the councilman to fall to his death, leaving Robert in a state of shock and depression. Despite his apparent honesty, Robert at some point shut down the Queen Steel Factory when he outsourced production to China to save money.
Two years later when Ra's al Ghul stabbed Oliver through the abdomen, he saw visions of Robert, Moira, Thea and Felicity in his mind before falling to his presumed death. Three years after Oliver's return to Starling City, he tried to learn to use Light Magic against Damien Darhk. When he had to try fight his inner darkness, Robert's death was one of his vision which stopped him from doing so.
Alternate reality
In the alternate reality created by the Dominators, Robert Queen was alive and well and still married to Moira. He had just been elected Mayor of Star City, and was in the process of trying to convince his son, Oliver, to take over as chief executive officer of Queen Consolidated, lest he be bought out by Ray Palmer.
Legacy
Robert betrayed many people over the years, but came to regret these mistakes of his, even if he died before he had a chance to atone for his mistakes. Three years after his death, Robert's son, Oliver finds a posthumous message from his father, explaining about his dark past and partly explaining about the List. Having at some point learned the true nature of the List, Oliver would return to Starling City 2 years later to fulfill his father's dying wish; to save Starling City from the people who were poisoning it, and to undo all his father's wrongs.
His last message to Oliver made him reconsider his selfish actions of abandoning Maseo to reunite with his family to aiding Maseo from keeping the Alpha-Omega Weapon from terrorist hands at the cost of a reunion with his family. Later on, when given the opportunity to return to Starling City two years ahead of schedule, Oliver decided not to, wanting to mature more into the man his father wanted him to be first.
During his final showdown with Adrian on Lian Yu, Oliver told Adrian that even if he accepts the guilt that Adrian has been giving him for his father, he was officially tired of blaming himself for his own. Oliver realized that every feeling and bad choice he mad as a result of his father's death was out of survivor's guilt, but now he learned to forgive himself.
See Also:
- Main Article : Robert Queen (Earth Two)
