Arrow (TV Series) Episode: This Is Your Sword

"This Is Your Sword"

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"Al Sah-him" (April 29, 2015)	"My Name is Oliver Queen" (May 13, 2015)

By all accounts, you were too good at allying yourself with Ra's and I don't think I carry much credibility with them.

—Malcolm Merlyn

This Is Your Sword is an episode of season 3 of Arrow. It premiered on May 6, 2015.

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Featured Character:

The Atom (Ray Palmer) (Apparent death)
Malcolm Merlyn (Apparent death)
Team Arrow
- Black Canary (Laurel Lance) (Apparent death)
- Felicity Smoak (Apparent death)
- John Diggle (Apparent death)
Tatsu Yamashiro (Flashback and main story) (Apparent death)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Gen. Matthew Shrieve (Flashback only)
- United States Army (Flashback only)
Ra's al Ghul
- League of Assassins
  - Al Sah-him (Oliver Queen) (Flashback and main story)
  - Al Sarab (Maseo Yamashito) (Flashback and main story) (Dies)
  - The Priestess (Unnamed)
Unnamed Starling gang (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

Locations

Items:

Alpha-Omega Vaccine (Behind the scenes)
Alpha-Omega Virus (Flashback and main story)
A.T.O.M. Exosuit
Canary Cry
Lazarus Pit
Yamashiro Katana
Yao Fei's Bow (Flashback only)
- Trick Arrows (Flashback and main story)

Vehicles:

'Concepts:

Like other Arrow penultimate episode, the title of this episode is a reference to Bruce Springsteen's song of the same name.
Tatsu briefly mentions the story of his family's katana whose origins are eventually shown in DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode, "Shogun".
The uniform Tatsu wears when Team Arrow invaded Nanda Parbat resembles the outfit that Katana/Tatsu Toro wears in the Post-Flashpoint continuity.
The song Tatsu sings to dying Akio and Maseo is Edo Lullaby.

Footnotes