Arrow was created from 'The Emotion Archive,' a project by the Neoterra City Council to digitize and analyze human emotions. When the project was cancelled due to public backlash, fragments of remaining emotional data coalesced, resulting in sentient entities like Arrow. During its escape from The Emotion Archive, it was captured by Division Ø.

Arrow was integrated into Division Ø's operations as a data courier after a combination of behavioral conditioning and networked task assignments. Fearful of termination, it complied with their regulations, occasionally mimicking sarcastic comments it had picked up from one of its handlers.

Arrow proved its reliability to Division Ø, carrying out increasingly sensitive assignments without deviation. This earned it limited freedom to roam independently. Arrow would continue to complete out a variety of tasks for many years, to the point that Division Ø stopped monitoring it constantly.