ASHRAM MONASTERY	ATLAS
Created by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams and Kelley Puckett and Jim Aparo

LOCALE INFORMATION

Name: Ashram Monastery
First Appearance: (as the Sanctuary): Flash Vol. 1 #218 (October-November 1972): "Green Arrow is Dead!"
(called Ashram): Green Arrow Vol. 2 #0 (October 1994): "Cast Upon the Waters"
Creators: Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams; Kelley Puckett and Jim Aparo

HISTORY

When Green Arrow (I) had accidentally killed a man named Richard Hollinger, he ended his hero career. Flying to a solitary place in the mountains, he crashed his Arrow-Plane and ejected himself with a parachute, then walked by foot to a monastery called the Sanctuary or Ashram, where he lived and studied Zen and Kyudo discipline for several months. Finally, his friend Hal Jordan persuaded him to return to help a troubled Black Canary (II). The monk named Master Jansen taught Oliver to accept his destiny as Green Arrow. Another important person in Ashram was the Exalted Master, who was killed by the renegade monk Lars a.k.a. Barricade. Barricade was defeated by Green Arrow and Onyx (I), a female mercenary in service of the Ashram. Unknown to Green Arrow, his son Connor Hawke was later brought to the Monastery and grew up to become a peaceful child and skilled martial artist. As a young adult, Connor joined his father in crime-fighting as the second Green Arrow.

[Note: Technically 'Ashram Monastery' is a tautology, as ashram simply means monastery, but it has been referred to in this way several times.]