I am Laurel Lance and I am the oldest daughter of Quentin and Dinah Lance, the older sister of Sara Lance, the ex-girlfriend/longtime friend of the late Oliver Queen, and longtime friend/wife of Tommy Merlyn. She was a lawyer who held the position of assistant district attorney and was previously a legal aid attorney at CNRI. However, after the death of her sister, Laurel was inspired to take up vigilantism and received training from Ted Grant and later by her close friend and Sara's former lover, Nyssa al Ghul. She eventually joined Team Arrow and became known as the Black Canary, the second Canary of her beloved city, as the name was given to her by her father.