Life for Rayna Harrington was good, she had brilliant parents who loved her with their whole being and a little sister who was too smart for her own good. She was on her way to being the valedictorian of her grade at Harvard, which was an achievement on it's own.

She knew three languages, loved playing tennis, and drawing and was well-versed in self-defense due to the weight of her last name. The Harringtons were as old money as the Queens, they versed themselves in medicine and science research, a way to improve life, a good life or as their company slogan was anything to believe.

She had a great friend group she loved dearly and had been friends with since they were young; The Queens, Merlyn's and the Lances. The Queens and Merlyn's were understandable friends, their parents were friends and they were similar in status but the Lances were by circumstance. They were a good group of friends, honest and fun.

The Starling Quartet they were called, the heirs of the great Starling City. It consisted of; Theodore Merlyn and his younger brother Thomas, Oliver Queen and Rayna Harington.

Theo was the unofficial leader due to him being the oldest and more mature member and Oliver was the troublemaker with his pension for getting into trouble which meant the others had to get him out of it. Thomas was the calm member of the group with a background of sleeping with whoever he wanted with a simple name drop. Rayna was the glue that kept everything together, always the mediator and the mother hen of the group if you would. They weren't just friends, they were a family with a long history to show for it.

But that was all useless and meaningless now. With a short and fun vacation that was supposed to be a little getaway from exams and a life full of paparazzi that turned sour. No one knew that a massive storm would rage on the border of Hong Kong and destroy their whole lives.

Going from having a good night full of love and alcohol to being stranded in the middle of the ocean with nothing to eat and nowhere in sight.

After seeing death up and close, Rayna, Theo and Oliver thought they found refugees, somewhere safe. They were very wrong and suffered the consequences for their naivety. They were trapped, tortured, and starved. Until they weren't.

They had changed and no one seemed to get it. They didn't know the horrors they faced every day with survival at the forefront of their minds. And they never would.

Because that's what Lian Yu was, survival at all costs.

Rayna Harington knew loss better than most people did. She lost her lovers, friends, her innocence and five long years of her life.

After being presumed dead for five years, Rayna, Theo and Oliver are back with a vengeance. They had one goal in mind, to check off the list of names for their corruption and honor their lost ones. And nothing will stop them for they were forged in the deep bowels of purgatory.