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Green Lantern – Hal Jordan
Character €™s Code Name : Green Lantern
Real Name: Hal Jordan
Alias(es): Emerald Crusader, Ring Slinger
Identity: Secret
Species: Human
Appearance: Caucasian Humanoid
Gender: Male
Height: 6 €™0 €
Weight: 185lbs.
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Unusual Distinctive Traits: None
Birthplace: Coast City, USA
Citizenship: United States of America
Occupation: Test Pilot for Ferris Aircraft and Green Lantern for Space Sector 2814
Wealth Level: Middle-Upper Class
Popularity Level: Varies. Green Lantern is popular with the denizens of Coast City, however he has had falls from grace that have made the rest of the metahuman community react negatively to him.
Area of Typical Operations: Space Sector 2814
Time/Era of Typical Operations: Current Day 20th-21st Century.
Planet/Specific Earth: Earth-One
Known Relatives & Their Statuses: Martin Jordan, father, deceased; Jessica Jordan, mother, deceased; Jack Jordan, brother, deceased; Jim Jordan, brother; Lawrence Jordan, uncle, deceased (Air Wave I); Harold Lawrence Jordan, cousin (Air Wave II)
Marital Status: Single
Current Romantic Relationship(s): Carol Ferris
Past Romantic Relationship(s): Arisia
Religious Affiliation: Unspecified Christian denomination.
First Appearance: Showcase Comics #22
Date: October 1959
Creator(s): John Broome & Gil Kane
Head/Face/Mask: A dark green domino mask.
Arms/Chest: Black bodysuit with a green overlay across the shoulders, down across the chest to the belt line, including the bikini area.
Emblem/Symbol: A stylized lantern in green on a white circle
Hands/Gloves: White gloves.
Waist/Belt: Golden Utility Belt.
Pants: Same color as cowl bikini plus the dark grey/black tights.
Footwear: Same color as cowl boots with a simple top point at the front.
Cape: Same color as the cowl, repeated scalloped ends of the cape to give a bat motif
Other: Green Lantern wears his ring on the left hand, middle finger.
Dexterity: Normal Human
Strength: Normal Human
Stamina: Extreme Human* = willpower
Intelligence: Normal Human
Wisdom: Normal Human
Charisma: Normal Human
Battle Role in a Group: Blaster/Defender
Alignment: Lawful Good
Motivation: Responsibility of Power
Powers
Iron Nerves - Hal Jordan is a man without fear and as such has the perfect will power to wield the Green Lantern ring.
Skills
Acrobatics €“ None noted
Allies €“ Hal has allies in the Green Lantern Corps, the Justice League of America and is close friends with The Flash and Green Arrow.
Animals €“ None noted.
Artist - None noted.
Connections €“ Green Lantern has high connections with the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League of America. He has a low level connection with the Guardians of the Universe (i.e. he must really petition to persuade them to his position). As Hal Jordan, he has high access to Ferris Aircraft.
Detective €“ None noted.
Education €“ Green Lantern is a college educated man.
Gadgetry - None noted.
Martial Artist €“ Green Lantern is a competent hand-to-hand combatant.
Medicine €“ None noted.
Military Science €“ Hal has served in the Air Force and is aware of most military procedures and sciences.
Occultist - None noted.
Scientist - None noted.
Survival €“ Green Lantern sometimes has had to survive with very little assets on alien worlds.
Thief €“ None noted.
Vehicles - Normal, plus aircraft pilot.
Weaponry €“ Green Lantern’s weapon is the Green Lantern Ring.
Allies -
Green Lantern Corps
Justice League of America
Headquarters –
Green Lantern Headquarters on Oa
Pets –
None noted.
Vehicles -
As a test pilot, Hal Jordan has access to all manners of experimental air craft.
Weaponry -
Green Lantern Power Battery - The device that Green Lantern uses in order to charge his ring. He must charge the ring once every 24 hours or the ring runs out of power.
Green Lantern Power Ring - The Green Lantern Power Ring is one of the most powerful weapons in the universe. Here is a list of its abilities:
- Detect Energy - Green Lantern’s ring is capable of analyzing and detecting any type of energy as directed by the Green Lantern.
- Energy Constructs - Green Lantern can create hard light constructs that act like they would in normal life. The ring is only limited by the Green Lantern’s imagination and will power. Common shapes used by Hal Jordan include Boxing Gloves, Scissors, Baseball Bat, Fans
- Energy Projection - Green Lantern can fire a beam of green energy at an enemy.
- Flight - Green Lantern can fly using the ring to propel him through the air.
- Force Shields - Green Lantern can project a bubble that can protect others from explosions or the harsh environment of outer space.
- Homing Beacon - A Green Lantern Ring can send a distress signal to close Green Lanterns or even to Oa if need be.
- Insta Change - Green Lantern can will their costume to “turn on” with their ring.
- Safe in Space - Green Lantern rings project an aura around the bearer that shields them from the cold vacuum of outer space.
- Scientific Analysis - Green Lantern rings possess the knowledge of Oa and are capable of analyzing the most complex of space phenomena to inform the Green Lantern what is occurring.
- Universal Translator - Green Lantern rings can translate any of a number of known sentient languages.
The Green Lantern Ring has one weakness. It is impervious to items that are the color yellow.
Green Lanterns must have a strong will to use the ring and if their concentration waivers, so do their constructs.
Recharging Ceremony -
When Hal is wearing his ring, his only apparently weakness is the ring’s impurity to anything that is the color yellow and that the ring must be fully charged once every 24 hours. Usually Hal will recite the Green Lantern Oath while he charges his ring, giving the ring enough time to fully charge.
The Green Lantern Oath
“In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night
Let No Evil Escape My Sight
Let Those Who Worship Evil’s Might
Beware My Power
Green Lantern’s Light!”
Other:
None noted.
Green Lantern’s story begins as he is working as a test pilot for Ferris Aircraft in Coast City, California. Hal was a complete hot shot behind the throttle and was viewed as someone who knew no fear by his peers.
One day while Hal was in a simulator a sheath of green energy lashed out from a great distance away and transported Hal to the remote desert where a spacecraft had landed and its occupant is a magenta skinned alien named Abin Sur. Abin Sur had just enough life in him to transfer his ring and power battery to Hal Jordan before he died from injuries sustained when his craft crashed.
Hal learned over time that the ring was a powerful weapon, able to create shapes, enabled him to fly, and to protect him from outer space. Hal was soon called for a meeting with his new “bosses”, The Guardians of the Universe.
The Guardians of the Universe are originally from the planet Maltus and then they left for Oa, where one of their own sought out the mysteries of the origin of the universe, which is taboo for anyone to witness. This Oan, named Krona, unleashed a great evil upon the universe and for his crimes he was reduced to energy to travel the universe harmlessly for an eternity.
As a result of Krona’s treachery and arrogance, the Guardians decided they would police the known universe and first used androids named Manhunters to do so. They soon realized they needed a sentient being to be their arbiters of all the shades of gray of right and wrong. So from all the space sectors in the universe they select a sentient being to be a bearer of the Green Lantern ring and power battery, to patrol that part of the universe and to keep peace.
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