Yao Fei is an expert archer and a mentor to Oliver Queen, and a prisoner on Lian Yu, having been considered extremely dangerous by the Chinese Government. Little is known about Yao Fei's past aside from him once being part of the Chinese Military. According to Edward Fyers, he was a prisoner at the Lian Yu detention facility. Yao Fei is also the father of Shado and her twin sister Mei Fei.