White Lantern Corps

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"In brightest day, there will be light. To cleanse the soul and set wrongs right. When darkness falls, don't fear the night. A new dawn comes. Let there be light."

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lackest Night
In Blackest Night, Hal Jordan, in order to defeat the Black Lantern Corps, severed the connection between the Black Lantern Ring and Superman, and transformed Wonder Woman, Superboy, The Flash, Green Arrow, Animal Man, Donna Troy, Kid Flash, Superman and Ice into White Lanterns, having all attack Black Hand. Later, the White Light resurrected Deadman, Aquaman, Firestorm, Martian Manhunter, Hawk, Maxwell Lord, Captain Boomerang, Professor Zoom, Jade, Hawkman, Hawkgirl and Osiris. Currently, only Deadman possess a White Power Ring, but all momentarily inducted White Lanterns are still considered members, as the White Light still has some degree of control over them.

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Back To Life
Deadman learns from the Entity that it is dying and needs to find the "chosen one" to take his place which is Deadman's task. He thought of Hal Jordan as the perfect candidate and as he told the Entity to take him to him. Instead of taking him to Hal Jordan, the White Lantern Ring takes Deadman and Dove to Aquaman and Mera (New Earth). Aquaman explains what the White Lantern told him, to find Jackson Hyde. Deadman questions why the Lantern took him to Aquaman when he could be searching for the Entity's replacement. The ring replies that to find the new Entity, Deadman must help all the other resurrected complete their tasks. Aquaman understands what's at hand and explains to Deadman that for him to succeed he must find and help others and tell them what has to happen.

The White Lantern was recently acquired by Deathstorm (the Black Lantern version of Firestorm) who by infecting it with his essence was able to generate Black Lantern duplicates of the twelve heroes and villains resurrected by the Entity apparently with the goal of preventing them from achieving their missions.

When his White Lantern Ring reaches 100%, Deadman approached Hawkman and Hawkgirl after their mission on Hawkworld. When the Entity wanted them to live separate lives as a secondary labor so that they can live life stronger, Hawkman and Hawkgirl objected to that as Hawkman tries to remove the White Power Ring from Deadman by force. The Entity quoted "So be it" and reduces them to white dust right in front of Deadman's eyes.

Deadman orders the ring to resurrect the two heroes, but the ring refuses saying to Boston that this is part of his plan. The Entity explains that when Nekron attacked the Earth not only did it mortally wound the Entity, but it also heightened the contamination of the planet and that darkness and corruption will rise up in the form of another "dark avatar" who will try to destroy the Star City forest, the key to saving Earth's soul and without the forest life on Earth would fade away and die. The Entity resurrects the twelve characters with different purposes. Some of them, like Hawk, Maxwell Lord and Jade are supposed to prevent further disasters and give Deadman and the Entity more time. But five of them (Aquaman, Firestorm, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman and Hawkgirl) are resurrected in order to overcome what held them back in life (what the Hawks already did by destroying the curse that haunted them) and by completing their tasks. Thus, their lifeforce is purified and the ring takes their essences back because they are essential in saving Earth. Deadman also has a secondary purpose to supply the white ring with power by embracing life.

Later, the ring took Deadman to the beach where Aquaman and Aqualad were battling Black Manta and Siren. There, the Entity reveals to Deadman that it was the Entity that freed the Xebel soldiers from the Bermuda Triangle in order for Aquaman learn the truth about Mera. While Aquaman's alliance sends the soldiers of Xebel back to the Bermuda Triangle and therefore finishing Aquaman's task, the Entity reduces Aquaman into white dust leaving Mera sorrowful. After Martian Manhunter complete his task, is told by the White Lantern Entity to choose between Mars and Earth. Martian Manhunter chose Earth and returned only to be reduced by the Entity as "part of the plan".

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Members
Kyle Rayner - Mastered all seven colors of the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum, creating white light.
Saysoran - Gained a White Lantern Ring and joined the Corps during the fight against Oblivion.
Mehenash Exeter - Gained a White Lantern Ring and joined the Corps during the fight against Oblivion.
Romgan Shay - Gained a White Lantern Ring and joined the Corps during the fight against Oblivion.
Tallahe - Gained a White Lantern Ring and joined the Corps during the fight against Oblivion.
Telos Usr - Gained a White Lantern and joined the Corps Ring during the fight against Oblivion.

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Former Members
Sinestro - Possessed by the Entity, discharged from the Corps after Nekron removed the Entity from him.
Hal Jordan - Possessed by the Entity, discharged from the Corps after Nekron's defeat.
Superman - Discharged from the Corps after Nekron's defeat.
Swamp Thing - Took the place of the Life Entity.
Green Arrow - Discharged from the Corps after Nekron's defeat.
Kid Flash - Discharged from the Corps after Nekron's defeat.
Superboy - Discharged from the Corps after Nekron's defeat.
Wonder Woman - Discharged from the Corps after Nekron's defeat.
The Flash - Discharged from the Corps after Nekron's defeat.
Donna Troy - Discharged from the Corps after Nekron's defeat.
Ice - Discharged from the Corps after Nekron's defeat.
Animal Man - Discharged from the Corps after Nekron's defeat.
Batman - Chosen by Deadman, but discharged after the ring reveals that Batman was not the true heir to the White Light.
Deadman - Tasked with locating the new Life Entity. Discharged after completing the task.
Simon Baz - Discharged from the Corps after failing to restore Korugar.

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Labors of the Twelve
The Entity reveals that it is dying and that the twelve heroes and villains were resurrected with the express purpose to complete a task before they can truly live again.

The tasks are as follow:

Deadman - Locate "the chosen one" that will take the Entity's place. He completes his labor upon the revival of Alec Holland as Swamp Thing.
Hawkman - Prevent Queen Khea from leaving Hawkworld. His labor was completed. He is then given a second task - He must live life separately to live life stronger. He failed this labor when he did not want to be separated from Hawkgirl again, so the Entity collected his lifeforce to become the Air Elemental. His lifeforce is restored following the defeat of the Dark Avatar, but Hawkgirl's is not.
Hawkgirl - Prevent Hath-Set from killing Hawkman. Her labor was completed. She is then given a second task - She must live life separately to live life stronger. She failed this labor when she did not want to be separated from Hawkman again, so the Entity collected her lifeforce to become the Air Elemental. Her lifeforce fails to be restored alongside her husband's, however.
Martian Manhunter - Burn down the newly-formed forest on Mars and commit himself to protecting Earth. His labor was completed and his lifeforce became that of the Earth Elemental. His lifeforce is restored after he and the other Elementals defeat the Dark Avatar.
Aquaman - Locate Jackson Hyde before Xebel's Death Squad does. His labor was completed and his lifeforce became that of the Water Elemental. His lifeforce is restored after he and the other Elementals defeat the Dark Avatar.
Firestorm (Ronald Raymond and Jason Rusch) - Learn from each other and defeat the Black Lantern Firestorm (currently calling himself Deathstorm) in the Firestorm Matrix before he destroys the Entity. They complete their labor and defeat Deathstorm, but their combined lifeforces become that of the Fire Elemental. Their lifeforces are restored after they defeat the Dark Avatar alongside the other Elementals.
Hawk - Catch the boomerang that Captain Boomerang throws at Dawn Granger. He fails in his task, but does not have his life taken from him.
Professor Zoom - Free Barry Allen from the Speed Force. His labor was already completed prior to being tasked with it.
Captain Boomerang - Throw a boomerang at Dawn Granger. His labor was completed.
Osiris - Save his sister Isis from her fate. His labor was completed.
Maxwell Lord - Prevent Magog from plunging the world into war. His labor was completed.
Jade - Help her brother Obsidian to "balance the darkness". Her labor was completed.

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he White Lantern Rings first appeared at the end of the Blackest Night saga, as the rings destroyed the Black Lantern Rings controlling the still living heroes, as well as resurrecting certain heroes and villains that were previously dead. White Lantern Rings work just like any other rings, having the same powers. However, Sinestro and Hal Jordan are the only ones shown using the rings' powers to form constructs. Since White is a neutral color in the Electromagnetic Spectrum, it can be assumed that White can overwrite the powers of all other Power Rings if it chooses to. After Sinestro had the Entity removed from him and Hal Jordan took his place as host of the Entity, the White Light overwrote his Green Lantern Ring, along with the rings of any other corps (including Black Lantern Corpsmen). The white rings act as a conduit for the power of the white light of creation. As such they can project and manipulate the white light.

Powers

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Powers
Life Energy Conduit: The white ring draws on and is connected to the powers of life and creation.

Emotional Spectrum Dominance: The white light is the first light and in essence, all of the other colors of the emotional spectrum combined. As such, a user of a white ring can generate any color of the emotional spectrum and use the powers of each color. The white ring also allows the user to access the rings of any member of any of the other corps and observe these members.
Energy Blasts: They can fire energy blasts.
Force Field Generation: The white power ring can create various forcefields of various sizes and shapes to protect the user and others around him/her. These force fields protect him/her from the hazards of the void including filtration of stellar radiation and microscopic particulate matter which would ordinarily be fatal should the space debris strike the ring wielder at high speeds. An atmosphere appropriate to the person's biology is created inside the force-field, body temperature is maintained and waste products are removed. Gravitational stresses which could cause injury are stabilized. Theoretically, a white lantern could use the ring as his/her/its sole source of life support.
Energy Constructs: The white ring can form constructs of white energy. The primary function of the Power Ring is to provide a weapon capable of transforming the wearer's thoughts into physical constructs through the wearer's mastery of life and the entire emotional spectrum.A white lantern can create any particular items or construct that they can imagine as long as they have the mastery of emotions necessary to will it into existence. The constructs are made out of white energy, which is a tangible form of pure life, and they exist only as long as a white lantern is fueling it with their mastery of life energy. Items created by the rings are not indestructible and are only as powerful as the force of emotions of the white lantern that created them.
Phasing: A white power ring allows the wielder to pass through certain solid objects, such as walls. Which objects that are not penetrable are not known, but it may depend upon the strength of the user and the density of the object's molecular structure.
Environmental Playback: Upon their will, the white lantern can recreate a holographic environment based on data in its memory banks.
Invisibility & Light Refraction: A white lantern can render him/her/itself invisible by willing themselves to bend light waves around his/her/its form.
Energy Absorption: The white ring can absorb and store most other energies including the energy of the other colors in the emotional spectrum.
Flight: By the manipulation of anti-gravitons and directed molecular movement, they can fly at incredible speeds. In atmosphere, a white lantern has been known to fly as fast as Mach 10 in atmosphere by creating an aerodynamic envelope around his body. Towing others, usually within a bubble, his/her speed is limited to the twice the speed of sound or 1440 mph. In space,a white lantern speed can be significantly greater and has been known to approach 80% of lightspeed in normal space. Flight is possible at velocities exceeding light speed. In atmospheres, air friction is not a hindrance, since heat is either absorbed or reflected by the ring's field.
Wormholes & Spatial Warps: Their power grants its wearer access to wormholes in space, enabling the them to rapidly cut time and distance needed for transport.
Healing: The white rings have the ability to heal almost any injury, initial complete cellular regeneration, and in some instances resurrect the dead.
Connection to Life: The white ring uses the energy of life and so is connected to all life. The ring can allow users to see the foot prints of life and see the past and present conditions of all life in a limited area around the user and even the "souls" or essence of those who have recently died.
Weaknesses
Limited Free-Will: Bearers of the white ring become servants to the Life Entity.