- "If you're trying to live up to us, don't. We are just as flawed as anyone, especially me. All you can do is live up to yourself."
- — Laurel Lance to Mia Lance
Dinah Laurel Lance (born November 15, 2335), she is known simply as Laurel Lance, she is known by her married names simply known as Laurel Lance-Halliwell or Dinah Laurel Lance-Halliwell is a female Human who is a a citizen of Star City, who is a resident socialite of Star City and the city's district attorney, one of its most beloved public servants. She is a lawyer who holds the position of district attorney and was previously a legal aid attorney at CNRI. Laurel is the oldest daughter of Quentin Lance and Dinah Lance (after whom she was named), she is the older sister of Sara Lance and the wife of Typhuss James Halliwell and the mother of Mia Lance. Laurel was inspired to take up vigilantism and received training from Ted Grant and later by her close friend and Sara's former lover, Nyssa al Ghul. She eventually joined Team Arrow and became known as the Black Canary, the second Canary of her beloved city. Laurel later left Team Arrow and went her separate ways, she formed her own vigilante team, called Team Black Canary to fight crime in Star City, to continue fighting for the people of her city. (Black Canary)
Biography[]
Early life[]
Laurel Lance was born on November 15, 2335 to Quentin and Dinah Lance in Starling City and had a younger sister, Sara. As children, Laurel and Sara would play and dress up together. In one instance, they pretended to be grown-up versions of themselves with Laurel as a SCIS officer and Sara as a doctor. The two would also race to climb to the top of a particular tree, in which Laurel was implied to have always let Sara win, because she knew her little sister was a sore loser. When she was young, Laurel met and befriended Oliver Queen and Tommy Merlyn, and the three of them grew up together as lifelong best friends. She also became close with Oliver's younger sister, Thea.
Growing up, Laurel was always studious and responsible, in stark contrast with Sara's rebellious nature. From an early age, she was very close with her father, sharing Quentin's drive of administering justice and making the world a better place.
In her senior year of high school, Laurel became the student body president with help from Oliver and Tommy, who handed out gift baskets to the voters.
Laurel planned to attend Starling City University after high school, but was struggling to figure out what she wanted to study in college. Meanwhile, her father suspected something was going on with Sara so he asked Laurel to keep an eye on her. The next day, Laurel tried to walk home with her sister but Sara rejected her offer of help. Sara later came home with a black eye, which revealed she was being bullied. Quentin scolded Laurel for not being there for her sister, citing that they should always look out for those who couldn't protect themselves, and began giving her and Sara self-defense lessons. Later as Laurel and Sara were walking home from school, Sara's bullies cornered them, but the sisters worked together to fend them off and they never bothered Sara again. Afterwards, Laurel took her father's words to heart and decided to study pre-law at Starling University, aspiring to become a lawyer to help people.
Meeting Typhuss and dating him[]
One day Laurel met Typhuss and the two quickly fell in love, Laurel and Typhuss began dating, their relationship was approved by Typhuss's family, with Patty Halliwell in particular admiring the influence Laurel had on her son.
Marriage and venture into law[]
Laurel later went to law school, where she buried herself in her studies and distanced herself from the Queen family, becoming cynical and closed off for a period of time. At law school, Laurel met and befriended Joanna de la Vega. Sometime later Typhuss proposed to Laurel and she accepted, two weeks later they got married.
At some point in law school, Laurel made it to the final mock trials in Moot Court and asked her father to come watch, which Quentin initially agreed to. At Moot Court, Laurel was the defense attorney for a suspect who was wrongfully arrested for and accused of a murder that was carried out with his stolen gun. She waited for her father but he didn't show, leaving her disappointed. Laurel proceeded as the defense and eventually won the case. Afterwards, Quentin apologized for not coming, explaining how he finally apprehended a serial killer known as "The Night-Stalker", but Laurel was still upset.
During her final year of law school, Laurel accepted a job offer at Weathersby Posner, a prestigious corporate firm in San Francisco. One afternoon, she was notified by Quentin's desk sergeant that he didn't show up at work. After finding him in a bar, Laurel paid for her father's drinks and took him home. That night, she attended her husband's birthday party at the Ritz hotel, where the two caught up before encountering Thea, whose new party-girl lifestyle worried them. The event was broken up by the SCIS when Thea's drug dealer was found dead. After Quentin arrived at the scene, he lashed out at Thea and Typhuss, also berating Laurel for continuing to associate with Oliver's crowd, much to her anger.
As Laurel took her father inside and scolded him, Quentin then revealed his unhappiness with her new job; he pointed out that she wanted to become a lawyer to help people and at Weathersby Posner, Laurel would just be “helping fat cats get fatter”. The next day, after some thinking, Laurel turned down Weathersby Posner's offer and instead accepted a job at City Necessary Resources Initiative (CNRI), a legal aid office in the Glades.
Working at CNRI[]
Laurel graduated from law school and began working at CNRI alongside Joanna. At CNRI, Laurel embarked on a mission to take down the corruption in Star City through the legal system. Through her job, Laurel became acquainted with Detective McKenna Hall due to their encounters at the courthouse.
Becoming the District attorney[]
Becoming a vigilante and Black Canary[]
Forming her own team[]
Birth of Mia[]
Personality[]
Laurel was idealistic, intelligent, hard-working, and fights hard to get what she wants. She was a competent, upstanding lawyer aiming to stand up for the innocent and what was right, despite the corruption in Star City. Laurel can be stubborn, feisty, and independent and doesn't like to be told what to do. She was attracted to troublemakers, as shown when she dated both Oliver and Tommy. Laurel gets annoyed when her father tries to get in the way, always forming his opinion of her boyfriends, even though it almost never changes her mind. Laurel was tough and more than capable of taking care of herself. She takes risks, such as contacting the vigilante for help in her cases. She can't resist saving people from tough situations, from when Tommy and Oliver were going to get beat up in the night club Poison, to innocent people being wrongfully accused.
Laurel is shown to have a big heart, being open-minded and inquisitive, having a tendency to see the best in the people around her. She is shown to care for her husband Typhuss James Halliwell and her daughter Mia Lance, she loves them very much.
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