This Is Your Sword is an episode of season 3 of Arrow. It premiered on May 6, 2015.
Synopsis for "This Is Your Sword"
Appearing in "This Is Your Sword"
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:
- Akio Yamashiro (Dies in flashback)
- Nyssa al Ghul
- Roy Harper/"Jason"
- Thea Queen
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)
- League of Assassins
- Unnamed Starling gang (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Hong Kong Army (Cameo)
- Manny (Single appearance)
- Amina Raatko (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Demons (Mentioned only)
- Lyla Michaels (Mentioned only)
- Romans (Mentioned only)
- Sara Diggle (Mentioned only)
- Sara Lance (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Starling City Police Department (Mentioned only)
Locations
- Earth-1 (Unnamed)
- 2010
- 2015
- China
- Hong Kong (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Pechino (Mentioned only)
- Hindu Kush
- The Gravesite
- Nanda Parbat
- The Dungeons
- United States of America
- Monument Point (First appearance)
- Roy Harper's Apartment (Single appearance)
- Starling City
- 455 Mercer Street
- The Loft
- Diggle House
- Ferris Air
- Palmer Technologies
- 455 Mercer Street
- Monument Point (First appearance)
- Ukraine
- Odessa (Mentioned only)
- China
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:
- League of Assassins airplane (Destroyed)
'Concepts:
- Alpha-Omega Hong Kong outbreak (Flashback and main story)
Notes
- No notes.
Trivia
- 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.
See Also
- 3 Images from Arrow (TV Series) Episode: This Is Your Sword
- Episodes of Arrow (TV Series)
- Images from Arrow (TV Series)
- Gallery for the Arrow (TV Series) series
Recommended Media
- None.
Links and References
- None.
Footnotes