sin queen - black canary Taken from her parents at a very young age, it was predicted that the little baby girl known as Sin would be a martial arts prodigy. Sin was taken from her parents in her small Chinese village, and placed in the care of the abusive woman simply known as "Mother". At just three years old, Mother began to train Sin to become the next Lady Shiva, should the current one die. Mother was very abusive and cruel towards Sin, trying to use her training as an attempt to dehumanize her and turn her into a human weapon.
When Sin was five years old, she met Dinah Lance, the hero known as Black Canary, who had made a deal with Lady Shiva that they would switch lives for a year. Dinah came to Sin's village, and was allowed to be trained by Mother. There, Dinah met Sin, and the two bonded, Sin seeing Dinah as the mother that she'd never had. Eventually, Dinah grew tired of Mother's training, and decided to leave and take the little girl she'd bonded with with her. Mother tried to stop the pair, but she was no match for the Black Canary. Dinah defeated Mother and went back to Star City with Sin in tow. In Star City, Sin had an actual family for the very first time. About a year Dinah brought Sin home with her, Sin was officially adopted by Dinah and her husband, Oliver Queen. When Sin was seven, her little sister, Barbara "Barbie" Queen was born.
Sin lived happily with her family until she was ten years old. When she was ten, the League of Assassins, hearing of a martial arts prodigy raised in a small village in China who would one day replace Lady Shiva, decided to seek her out and capture her, so that they could use her as a weapon and control her. For Sin's own safety and the safety of the family, Ollie faked Sin's death, and did not tell Dinah until after Connor had safely gotten Sin out of Star City, as his wife's grief had to be genuine so the League would not keep looking for Sin.
Connor took Sin to a remote monastery in the Himalayas, where the monks took her in and watched out for her. There, Sin continued her training with Richard Dragon, who visited the monastery frequently. Dinah also visited Sin as often as she could, taking Barbie with her when time allowed (often making sure that Barbie had some sort of oxygen tank with her when she could bring her to visit her big sister). When Sin was sixteen, it was deemed safe enough for her to come back to Star City, and she returned home.
When Sin was eighteen, she picked up the mantle of Black Canary, when Dinah retired from heroing full-time. Sin protected Star City, and served as reserve member of the Justice League. |
