Ricardo Diaz (Arrowverse)

Ricardo Diaz or also known as Dragon is the main enemy of the Arrow team, and the protagonist Oliver Queen, he is also the main antagonist at the end of the sixth season and a secondary amtagonist in the seventh season. He was portrayed by Kirk Acevedo.

Background
Diaz was born in Starling City, he had a very long life after his father died, Diaz later would be sent to the Zandia orphanage in 1986, he was fighting for food he could get, he was constantly bullied in the Orphanage by an older boy named Jesse Federico who voids frequent bullying, Jesse burned Diaz's former arms, he also tried to destroy the last image of his father, Jesse also treated Diaz as his servant, and called him a loser, something who in his adulthood he would be arrested, Diaz was even sentenced to life imprisonment, more due that the charges were dodged he was released soon after.

Working for Cayden James
In the year 2013, Diaz began planning his rises to power, soon after four years later in the year 2017 Diaz hired Karl Iscove to kill the son of the hacker and leader of Helix, Cayden James and put all the blame on Arrow, which is over Cayden James started a war against the Arrow, he killed Iscove to tie the loose ends and he took a photo of Oliver Queen as Arrow despite being unknown as he knew of Oliver's identify as Green Arrow. At the end of the year, Diaz soon leaked the picture of Oliver Queen as Green Arrow to the FBI on purpose that made a great controversy among him the vigilantes and his mayoral authority. A few months later, Diaz had a confrontation with the Arrow team due however Diaz was soon defeated, he then burned all his drugs before escaping from the fire. Diaz was later hired by Cayden James and joined his Cabal along with Laurel Lance from Earth 2, Vincent Sobel, Sheck, Anatoly Knyazed, while they watched the Arrow team collapse on their pod, Diaz also stated that he was skeptical about in relation to the group and effect in could give, James soon concluded that there would be more to come.

Cayden James along with Black Siren and Ricardo Diaz decide to go to make Jerry Bertinelli rethink on the issue of selling the port, Jerry refused James's request, meanwhile his answer Black Siren blew Bertinelli who knocked him down on the wall, they then threatened kill his daughter if he refused and they went away, Jerry sought the help of the Arrow team, Jerry did everything James had ordered him, more when orders from James for colluding for the team Arrow. Soon after in one of the missions Vincent Sobel soon kills Sheck, and to Cabal, begins the suspicion of him, after Diaz together with Knyazed and James interrogates Sobel, after a time Laurel Lance even against his will she kills Sobel under the orders of James.

James soon began to draw all the resources of Starling City, he soon took the evidence that one of his surbodynates Diaz, Lance and Knyazev caused his son's death, Diaz soon questioned why James believed the guards, that James said that only believed in the facts, Laurel later insulted him and said that it was she who killed her son, however knowing that she went to kill Sobel. Soon after the Arrow team manages to defeat him and he is stuck in and stays in the interrogation room, and Ricardo Diaz was there after a friendly conversation with James he killed him.

Ascension and Control
It was soon revealed that it was Diaz who killed James's son. After Diaz started corrupting the entire police on a payroll, he managed to get both Knyazev and Black Siren to join him, after which two of his payroll cops kidnapped Roy Harper under his orders, Diaz then tortured and threatened him to kill Thea if he does not testify against Oliver Queen, meanwhile Arrow and Speedy along with Spartan, Diaz was soon arrested by Thea and the two began to fight Diaz almost killed her, more before she was saved by Arrow, after the confrontation, the former promoter Sam Armand and former police captain Kimberly Hill sued Oliver Queen. Meanwhile, he enters the SCPD to pay the police when Arrow invades the promises and begins to fight the police, Diaz is anxious for Arrow to attack him the police more Felicy Smoak soothes him and he goes away. Diaz later joined the Quadrant so he can increase his crime arsenal against time Arrow. Oliver then decides to surrender to the authorities to clear his name as Arrow.

Oliver Queen vs Ricardo Diaz
During the trial Diaz soon planned to put Oliver behind the bars of the prison for the rest of life, he ordered the guards to take him heavy to get his parole, Diaz fough against Oliver, and he gave work to the vigillante, however, Oliver managed to dominate him, but Anatoly pierced Oliver's abdomen with a knife, then Diaz ordered Oliver to be locked in his cell. During the trial in court, he soon forced Rene Ramirez to testify against Oliver under threat of Zoe's death, which seeing no choice Rene soon makes his testimony against Oliver. During the trial in court, he soon forced Rene Ramirez to testify against Oliver under threat of Zoe's death, which sees no choice. Rene soon makes her testemony against Oliver, more so when Christopher Chance/Human Target disowns Tommy Merlyn to clear Oliver, then Diaz ordered the cops to kill the supposed Merlyn, plus he was saved by Diggle and Wild Dog, when Laurel was deposed Diaz was confident she would do as as she was told, but Laured betrayed him, and Chance disguised herself as Judge C. McGarvey and Oliver suceeds, then Diaz kills Judge McGarvey himself claiming that it was not him. Diaz then kidnaps Laurel for his betrayal, he soon departs for plane b, Diaz orders to kill the entire Time Arrow, however Anatoly was soon convicted to work for the Arrow team in disguise, Diaz then thought he had a traitor and was convicted by Anatoly who was Lydia Cassamento then he killed her, and Diaz becomes the leader of the Quadrant, he then reveals to Anatoly that he made an alliance with the Longbow Hunters, he then gave false condemnations to Anatoly knowing that he would give the Arrow team.

Diaz was then takes into a trap when both the FBI and the Time Arrow eventually defeated his pack, Diaz tries to kill Laure more than Quentin sacrifices himself by dying instead. Soon Diaz was forced to withdraw he swore to make Anatoly suffer for his betrayal, meanwhile Oliver is arrested and the rest of the Arrow team gains immunity by the state by Oliver's colloboration with Diaz.