Yao Fei was the father of Shado and the mentor of Oliver Queen. He was an expert archer who was a prisoner on the island of Lian Yu who was believed to be extremely dangerous by the Chinese government. It was later revealed by his daughter that the Chinese military forced him to be their scapegoat in massacring innocent people and that he was sent to the island for crimes he did not commit. In "Darkness on the Edge of Town," he refused to be Edward Fyers's scapegoat for shooting down a Ferris Air jet until Edward threatened to kill Oliver, Slade Wilson, and his daughter Shado. After he was done filming the video message of him shooting down a Ferris Air jet, Edward killed him after no longer having any further use for him. His death was avenged by Oliver.