Arrow Season 3 Spoilers: Oliver Forced to Consider Unlikely Allies to Fight Ra's Al Ghul

The CW's Arrow returns with a new Season 3 episode on Wednesday, which means Oliver Queen is that much closer to returning to Starling City after his battle with Ra's al Ghul. But how does this duel change Ollie?

Star Stephen Amell spoke to Variety and shared that Ollie's brutal defeat at Ra's' hands forces him to consider some unlikely allies. "I think [Arrow] comes back [to Starling City] a little more soft-spoken, a little humbled and forced to do things and work with people that he never would have considered working with before," he said. "I wouldn't go so far as to say he has to make a deal with the devil, but pretty close."

The two most obvious candidates are Malcolm Merlyn aka the Dark Archer, and Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke. Both men would be invaluable in fighting Ra's, but Oliver has reasons to not trust each of them.

In case you missed it, the official description for "Uprising" reveals that Team Arrow must look for help from an unlikely source: Malcolm Merlyn! The description also reveals that Malcolm's journey toward becoming the Dark Archer will be told in flashbacks. Check it out below:

"MALCOLM MAKES AN OFFER TO HELP TEAM ARROW - Still operating without Oliver (Stephen Amell) and desperate to stop Brick (guest star Vinnie Jones), Team Arrow is forced to consider Malcolm's (John Barrowman) offer to help shut Brick down as Malcolm has a personal score to settle with the felon. Roy (Colton Haynes) and Laurel (Katie Cassidy) point out that the team could use some help to save the innocents of The Glades, but Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) is adamantly against it. They look to Diggle to make the final decision. Meanwhile, the flashbacks chronicle Malcolm's descent from kind-hearted father and husband to cold-blooded killer after the murder of his wife. Jesse Warn directed the episode written by Beth Schwartz & Brian Ford Sullivan."

To whom do you think Oliver would look for help to take out Ra's? Let us know in the comments section.