They then have him as the first recruit for the Ghost Initiative, a new incarnation of the Suicide Squad, alongside China White, Joe Wilson and Cupid. Although, even with his new enhanced strength, Diaz was defeated by Queen and left for dead in the latter's cell, therefore finally defeating him for good.Ī week later, however, he is approached by John Diggle and Lyla Michaels for his help after learning he is connected to a terrorist financier known only as Dante. Taking this as an opportunity, Diaz escaped and took over Slabside Penitentiary to finally face off with Queen. Later, after nearly destroying Star City with a bomb, he is finally captured and brought into custody. He leads the Hunters in several missions, including stealing several vials of experimental drugs that granted him enhanced strength. Months later, Diaz resurfaces to enact vengeance against the Team, as well as an imprisoned Oliver Queen. After the FBI gets involved and Anatoly later betrays him, Diaz's empire falls, forcing him into hiding alongside his new allies, the Longbow Hunters. However, following Laurel's betrayal, his plans slowly falling apart as well as his mentality, making him overthrow the other Quadrant leaders. He then gained Black Siren and Anatoly Knyazev's loyalty to ensure his goals, and later joined the criminal syndicate known as the Quadrant. Diaz then began enlisting multiple city officials onto his payroll, which then overall got Queen impeached. He then joined Cayden and later killed him following the latter's defeat. Not wanting to allow the vigilante to become a martyr, Diaz had Cayden James' son killed and publicly leaked Queen's true identity on the city news so he could get impeached, discredited and therefore imprisoned so he can take out the other Team Arrow members.īefore assisting Cayden James, he began trafficking and selling drugs to fund his master plan, which put him into conflict Team Arrow.
Desiring to take over Star City completely through bribery, blackmail and intimidation, Diaz began planning to achieve this goal, and even learnt about Oliver Queen's true identity as the Green Arrow. After becoming an adult, Diaz developed an extensive criminal record, in which he was sentenced to life imprisonment, only for his sentencing to be overturned due to a technicality. To cope with his situation, he named his fear towards his childhood bully, the Dragon, imagining it as a separate entity he claims to be controlling. Having grown up in a life as an orphan, Ricardo Diaz developed an inferiority complex due to being considered worthless, incapable of great achievements and, most notably, nothing more than a loser.
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He was portrayed by Kirk Acevedo, who also played Carver in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Mitch Dolgen in The Walking Dead and Miguel Alvarez in the Oz TV series. He was also the Arrowverse's adaptation of the DC Comics villain, Richard Dragon. He was a powerful drug kingpin and ruthless criminal mastermind who plotted to take over all of Star City, becoming one of Oliver Queen's most dangerous and hated adversaries.
He also appeared as a minor antagonist in the Elseworlds crossover. He serves as the main antagonist of Season 6, the central antagonist (also the overarching antagonist) of Season 7, and a posthumous antagonist in Season 8.
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Ricardo Diaz, also known as the Dragon, is the secondary antagonist of the TV series Arrow. ~ Diaz explaining his thoughts on vigilantes. The only difference between me and them is that I'm smart enough to realize that the only person worth looking out for is yourself. They think that they're upholding the law, but they're breaking the law. Vigilantes? No, they're-they're hypocrites.
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