Arrowcave

The Arrowcave, as coined by John Diggle, is an underground headquarters for Oliver Queen that houses his equipment and costume for his heroic persona, The Arrow.

What was to become the base of operations for Oliver, was originally one of the factories of the Queen Consolidated, located in the Glades. After the great increase of crime in the Glades, the factory was closed, and there was left in the open structure. The bottom of it was a big empty space that served as a conduit pipe.

It is sometimes refered to as The Foundry.

Creation of the base
When Oliver returns from Lian Yu, he along with Tommy, in the Glades quickly pass by, and seeing all manufactures abandoned. Before starting his crusade against crime, he first had to establish a secret base, then secretly invaded the place, and alone, transformed the region from the pipes in his secret base. Initially he fixed the wiring of the site, and installed a series of phosphorescent green reflectors to illuminate the area. Subsequently took a load of the latest generation computers and work tops, also installed an encrypted connection to the network.



He also carried a series of machines and tools, to build arrows, equipment and analysis, this along with a container containing materials. Oliver also had installed a system of equipment for compounding and mixing of chemical ingredients, along with a simple material training and exercises. He also kept his uniform and bow inside a wooden box. Although functional, the base was still very rustic and messy. Often pipes and natural constructions were used to regular exercise Oliver, and occasionally John training. The cave also contained a stretcher, defibrillator, first aid equipment, medications and herbs variety. When John joined the team, dubbed the same place Arrowcave. After entry of Felicity, the computer system has been improved with the installation of more computers and software update. The base itself was used as headquarters work Oliver and his team, being used for construction of new equipment, production of chemicals, analysis, tracking criminals, training and exercises. To cover the time spent in Arrowcave Oliver, he made Verdant, a nightclub on the top of the factory. The club and the cave were connected atravéz a staircase underground. The ladder was hidden behind a wall, this one to be opened, it was necessary to pull a series of electrical switches. After being burned by Firefly nightclub, Oliver again reformed, he also modified the entry for Arrowcave now the passage was a common door, protected by an electronic lock with password (this only Oliver, Felicity, Tommy and John knew) the door was supposedly the pantry of the club. After the earthquake caused by Malcolm Merlyn, the cave had a damaged structure, however not compromised.

Redesign
Due to earthquake damage, the foundation had committed their functioning in the short term, but with a sudden trip to Oliver, the site was abandoned. During the interval of five months, Felicity, believing that Oliver would return and again be The Hood, completely reformed the cave. All computers were updated,with the addition of large touch screen monitors. Rustic stations were replaced by metal benches with personalized equipment and construction, last generation.



Also white reflectors were installed in an organized way through the cave, along with several glass panels containing equipment and arrows. Various storage containers containing different materials have also been coupled. The new Bow, of Oliver is now kept in a metal container specific, and his attire is left to display within a glass panel. Despite the redesign, underground pipes can still be seen and used by Oliver, for exercising, including a rustic bar. Training mats have also been added for martial arts between Oliver and John along with an advanced training equipment aiming with bow and arrow.

Secondary Lair
Following Isabel Rochev's hostile take over of Queen Consolidated and installed as full CEO she had Verdant shutdown along with the Queen Industries steel factory. Oliver then reveled that he had a secondary lair installed moving their equipment as well as a comatose Roy Harper.