Ricardo Diaz (Arrowverse)

Ricardo Diaz
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Real Name	Ricardo Diaz
Other Aliases	The Dragon
Relatives	Ricardo Diaz, Sr. (father, deceased)
Affiliation	Quadrant · formerly Helix, Task Force X
Base Of Operations	Star City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Occupation	Crime Lord
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Arrowverse
Creators	Jeff Lemire · Andrea Sorrentino
First Appearance	"Promises Kept" (November 16, 2017)
Appearance of Death	"Brothers & Sisters" (March 4, 2019)

Think you're so tough 'cause you spent five years in hell? I was born in it.

— Ricardo Diaz

Ricardo Diaz, also known as The Dragon, is a crime lord who had seized control over Star City. He is also a member of the elite criminal empire known as the Quadrant.

History

Early Years

As a child, Diaz grew up in an orphanage. While there he had claimed to have fought for every scrap of food he could get and was tortured by an older child, named Jesse.

Diaz eventually joined a group called the Scorpions and would eventually begin operating his own organization, manufacturing a steroid derived from Vertigo.

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Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Superhuman Strength

Abilities

• Deception
• Firearms
• Interrogation
• Intimidation
• Leadership
• Martial Arts
• Tactical Analysis
• Knife Mastery

Weaknesses

• Mental Instability

Notes

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series Arrow, its tie-in comic book series, and its related television series. It is an adaptation of Richard Dragon. The original character was created by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino and first appeared in Green Arrow (Volume 5) #23.
• Ricardo Diaz was portrayed by Kirk Acevedo.
  

Trivia

• When incarcerated, Diaz's prison number was 0713.

Related

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Footnotes

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