In May 2017, he was tracked down by Adrian Chase who kidnapped him in order to threaten his father. Soon after being rescued by his father, an explosion occurred on Lian Yu where his mother, who had also been captured, was killed. This resulted in William having to move in with Oliver. William was conceived in 2007 during Oliver Queen's affair with Samantha Clayton. Oliver shared the news with his mother, Moira, expressing that he had messed up. Thinking this could potentially ruin Oliver's life, Moira paid the girl one million dollars to pretend she had miscarried and "asked" her to move away to Central City and never to see Oliver again.
Publication Information
- Arrow : William Clayton
- Version : The Arrow Series
- Multiverse : Earth One
- Known As : Student
- Type :
- Relative :
- Origin : Earth One
- Season : Arrow
- First Appeareance : Arrow Season 2 Episod 20 : Seeing Red (Mentioned)
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : Susanna Thompson
- Main View : Full Episod
Early life
William was conceived in 2007 during Oliver Queen's affair with Samantha Clayton. Oliver shared the news with his mother, Moira, expressing that he had messed up. Thinking this could potentially ruin Oliver's life, Moira paid the girl one million dollars to pretend she had miscarried and "asked" her to move away to Central City and never to see Oliver again.
Meeting his father
Seven years later, William's mother visited CC Jitters. She called him, promising to be back with a hot chocolate soon. A year later, William was running through CC Jitters with his action figure and ran into his father, Oliver, unbeknownst to both of them. He dropped it and Oliver went to give William back his figurine of The Flash and he ran to his mother. The sight of him with his mother made Oliver start to mentally connect some dots
Kidnapped by Damien Darhk
On Damien's orders, Malcolm Merlyn kidnapped William from his home and Damien brought him to the hotel where he was staying to be his daughter Nora's playmate. Damien confronted Oliver and Felicity Smoak and demanded that Oliver get out of the race for mayor but Oliver refused. He then got a video on his phone of William. After his mother was told the truth about Oliver's secret identity and the team received the help from Vixen, his action figure was used to try and magically track him. However, he was moved by Darhk to another location before he could be rescued minutes prior to when they arrived.
Taken by Prometheus
William was later tracked down by Prometheus at his bus stop who called him by his name William, though he said that his name was Matthew. "Matthew" claimed that he was a friend of Oliver's and tricked William into going with him. When he was arrested, he sent a phone message to Oliver with a video attached of William screaming for help, which prompted him to try to free him from custody. However, the kidnapper didn't divulge where he was keeping William.
Moving in with Oliver in Star City
Following his mother's death during the explosions on Lian Yu, William was taken in by Oliver. Oliver enlisted the help of his former nanny, Raisa, to care for William as his grueling schedule of being the mayor and Green Arrow leaves little time for child care. At first, William had frequent nightmares and referred to Oliver as the "bad man". However, he slowly started warming up to Oliver and his father eventually decided to give up being Green Arrow in order to take care of William. John Diggle took on the role of Green Arrow in his absence.
Abilities
- High-level intellect : William is highly intelligent for his age; William is also top of his class, as he excels at school work far better than his father, Oliver Queen did at his age.
- Skilled Video gaming : William is a skilled gaming; as he was able to best Felicity Smoak in an unknown fighting video game relatively easily; despite the latter being highly intelligent computer hacker in her own right.
- Skilled cook :
Samantha Clayton
Publication Information
- Arrow : Samantha Clayton
- Version : The Arrow Series
- Multiverse : Earth One
- Known As : Ex-lover
- Type :
- Relative :
- Unnamed : Father
- Unnamed : Mother
- William Clayton : Son
- Oliver Queen : Ex-lover
- Origin : Earth One
- Season : Arrow
- First Appeareance : Arrow Season 2 Episod 20 : Seeing Red (Flashback)
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : Anna Hopkins
- Main View : Full Episod
Affair with Oliver Queen
In 2007, Samantha was the first of two known women with whom Oliver cheated on Laurel (the other being Sara Lance), but he accidentally got her pregnant. Oliver became distressed when he learned this and told his mother. Moira brought the girl over to discuss the matter and made her an offer; 1 million dollars to tell Oliver that she had lost the baby and another $1 million to move to Central City and never speak to him again, to which, after some uncertainty, she agreed. Later, she told Oliver the "bad news" over the phone, and he was both saddened and relieved that he wasn't going to be a dad, unaware of the truth.
Crossing paths with Oliver in Central City
In late 2014 the woman stopped by CC Jitters one day where she bumped into Oliver. She said she was sorry for what happened to Moira, who was murdered by Slade Wilson. He, in turn, apologized for not getting in touch with her after their affair, which she understood. He conspicuously failed to mention her name, nor introduce her to Felicity Smoak, Barry Allen and Iris West, who were with him at the time; he simply told Felicity she was someone he used to know. As they left, the woman called her child and told them she'd be home soon with hot chocolate, as she looked at Oliver one last time.
Captured by Prometheus and death
Samantha, along with William and Team Arrow, minus Oliver, were taken by Adrian Chase or one of his associates to an island called Lian Yu, where Oliver had spent 5 years, and separated. She was put in a cell near those of Team Arrow members Felicity Smoak, Curtis Holt and Oliver's sister Thea. They were found by Oliver, along with Slade Wilson and Digger Harkness, who were imprisoned on the island. However, they were soon ambushed by Adrian's associates Talia al Ghul and Evelyn Sharp, and instantly, Digger betrayed and joined them. Talia shot an arrow at Samantha's head, but was deflected by Oliver.
Legacy
Before succumbing to her wounds, Samantha made Oliver promise to take care of William, which the latter agreed to. Her death is one of the reasons that left her son initially emotionally traumatized.
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