After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. He returns home to Starling City, transformed by his ordeal and determined to right the wrongs of his family and fight corruption. By day, he plays the role of the wealthy, careless womanizer he used to be, but by night, he meticulously stalks the city's corrupt elite as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow and arrow. As the series progresses, Oliver's mission evolves from a personal list of vengeance left by his late father into a full-scale crusade alongside a growing team of allies. Facing off against formidable masterminds, metahumans, and global threats, Oliver struggles to balance his secret life as a hero with his responsibilities to his friends and family, ultimately forging the foundation of a massive television superhero universe known as the Arrowverse.