Post by Doctor Cyber on Jun 18, 2012 10:48:44 GMT -5
Real name: Harold “Hal” Jordan
Alter Ego: The Green Lantern
Status
Occupation: Adventurer, Test Pilot
Martial Status: Single
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no criminal record
Group Affiliation(s): Green Lantern Corps, Justice League of America
Base of Operations: Edwards Air Force Base
Origin
Place of Birth: Coast City, California
Known Relatives: Martin Jordan (father, deceased), Jessica Jordan (mother, deceased)
History
As a young boy, Hal watched his father die before his very eyes. As a teenager, he rolled a jeep with his friends in it while driving a little less than sober. These events helped shape who Hal was, and were one of the reasons he had such a strong willpower. Hal Jordan went through the Air Force Academy and became a test pilot for the Air Force.
While flying in a test plane, the test plane goes flying off the base and flies through the air. Hal lands near a beat and broken version of a Green Lantern (Abin Sur). The GL is dying, and he chose Hal to be the successor to his power ring. Abin Sur tells Hal that he is a man that would overcome great fear, and was the most worthy of earth’s population to wield the ring. With this, Hal Jordan becomes Green Lantern.
Though treated on Earth like a superhero, Hal Jordan soon learned that Abin Sur was a member of an elite force of intergalactic police called the Green Lantern Corps, who worked for the Guardians of the Universe. Instead of one Green Lantern wielding a magic ring, there were 3,600 Green Lanterns patrolling the entire universe. Their rings were powered by the central power battery at the planet Oa, where the Guardians lived. Oan power rings had to be recharged every 24 hours, and were ineffective against direct contact with the color yellow, due to a "necessary impurity" in the design of the rings. Jordan was assigned to patrol Sector 2814, in which Earth was located.
It seems, at first, that Hal is less than up to the task. The first thing he does with the ring is goof off and have fun flying. But when an evil yellow alien known as Legion appears, it is time to get serious. Legion appears to be both angered and unstoppable and it seems that Hal does not know the ring's one and only weakness: yellow, and unfortunately Legion is completely just that.
Things get hairy when the Legion attacks the Guardians on the Green Lantern Corps headquarters of Oa. Hal, meanwhile, is being trained by the Green Lantern's drill sergeant-esque trainer, Kilowog, of the planet Bolovax Vik. There are many battles between all of the Green Lantern Corps and Legion, but the GLs are on the losing side. Of course, we see a glimmer of the Hal that would one day emerge when he comes up with an ingenious plan to stop Legion that impresses even the Guardians of the Universe. In the end, Hal Jordan returns to Earth to face the music for his drunk driving charge, being sentenced to 90 days in prison, then we follow him again as he finishes his sentence to continue his new life as Green Lantern.
At this time, it is determined by the Guardians of the Universe that Hal Jordan need be trained by another of their finest Green Lanterns, this time Sinestro, of Korugar, who reportedly has the most orderly of all Green Lantern Corps-controlled sectors. Sinestro, begrudgingly, agrees to further train Hal Jordan, and immediately appears in Hal Jordan's prison cell. A series of mini-escapes from prison ensue, during which Hal did his best to conceal (either by making glowing replicates of himself still "asleep" in bed or by other means) while he would go on a series of training exercises with Sinestro into outer space and alien worlds. Finally, when Sinestro is unable to establish contact with his home world of Korugar, he takes Hal Jordan along with him to see what is the matter. What Sinestro finds, to Hal Jordan's shock, is a world in turmoil -- it seemed Sinestro's people had rebelled against him, tearing down banners and flags with Sinestro's picture on it. In short, it seemed that Sinestro demanded a heavy price for his "protection" from his own people -- nothing less than hero worship, and the people were no longer willing to stand idly by.
Hal Jordan does not stand idly by either, quickly calling in the Green Lantern Corps at large. Sinestro is arrested by his brethren, then promptly tried by the Guardians of the Universe and sentenced to exile to the Anti-Matter Universe of Qward.
Hal Jordan returns to Earth to serve the remainder of his sentence in relative peace.
Hal Jordan had a longtime on-again off-again love affair with his boss, Carol Ferris. He fought villains such as Star Sapphire (a mind-altered Ferris), Hector Hammond, and the rogue Green Lantern, Sinestro. He was also a founding member of the Justice League of America. He became good friends with Oliver Queen and Barry Allen.
Hal decided to finally propose to Carol only to discover that she'd already agreed to marry another man named Jason Belmore. Heartbroken, Hal quit his job as a test pilot and began traveling around America in a series of different jobs including a commercial pilot, an insurance investigator and a traveling toy salesman (where met and began dating Olivia Reynolds).
Jordan was exiled into space for a year by the Guardians in order to prove his loyalty to the Green Lantern Corps, having been accused of paying too much attention to Earth when he had an entire "sector" of the cosmos to patrol. When he returned to Earth, he found himself embroiled in a dispute with Carol Ferris. Faced with a choice between love and the power ring, Jordan chose to resign from the Green Lantern Corps. The Guardians called Jordan's backup, John Stewart, to regular duty as his replacement.
During the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Jordan once again took up the mantle of Green Lantern, even as the Guardians withdrew from his dimension for a while to consort with their female counterpart, the Zamarons. Jordan helped organize the new Corps, with seven members residing on Earth, including several aliens, John Stewart, and Jordan's slightly unbalanced "other backup", Guy Gardner. For a while, Jordan was romantically involved with a younger, alien Lantern named Arisia. The alien Lanterns took a more direct hand in human affairs, a fact not appreciated by human governments (Kilowog helped create the Rocket Reds for the Soviet Union). Eventually, the Earth corps broke up, several members returning to their home sectors. The Guardians soon returned to this dimension, and Jordan worked with them to rebuild the fractured Corps.
Hal Jordan then encountered Ganthet, one of Guardians of the Universe. He asked Hal to help him battle a renegade Guardian, Dawlakispokpok (or Dawly, for short) who was attempting to use a time machine to change history. In the early era of the planet Oa, a character named Krona attempted to use a time-machine to see the beginning of time. In using his time-machine, Krona somehow 'bled' the universe of a billion years of life. Dawly was going to use his own time machine to thrust Krona to the end of time, preventing him from following through on his plan. In battling Dawly, however, it turned out that Dawly was responsible for the mishap that caused the universe to be 'born old'. When Dawly's family was brought before the Guardians, Ganthet prevented the others from seeing his thoughts, allowing Hal to retain his memory of one of the biggest secrets of the Guardians.
Years later, the villainous alien Mongul came to Earth in a plot to take advantage of the death of Superman. Jordan defeated Mongul, but not before Coast City (Jordan's former home) was destroyed and all of its inhabitants murdered. He tried to use his ring to recreate the city, but the Guardians condemned this use of the ring for personal gain and demanded that Jordan come to Oa for trial. Angered at what he saw as the Guardians' ungrateful and callous behavior, Jordan seemingly went insane and attacked Oa to seize the full power of the Central Battery. The Green Lantern Corps attempted to defend Oa, but the enraged Jordan overwhelmed them, crippling his fellow Lanterns (even cutting off the hand of Boodikka and reducing Kilowog to bone and ashes) and the Guardians. He then renounced his life as Green Lantern, adopting the name Parallax.
As Parallax, he initiated the Zero Hour Crisis in Time, attempting to rewrite history to his own liking, but he was eventually defeated by a gathering of heroes. Jordan was replaced by Kyle Rayner, as the Green Lantern of Earth, when Rayner came into possession of the last ring. During the same storyline, Alan Scott gave up his ring upon the death of members of the original Justice Society of America, the ring later being crushed by Parallax. Alan Scott would soon renounce the name "Green Lantern" and go by solely "Sentinel". Subsequently Kyle Rayner, for some time, would remain the sole claimant to the name "Green Lantern."
Later, Jordan returned to his heroic roots, sacrificing his life to re-ignite the Sun (which had been extinguished by the Sun-Eater). Many super-heroes, including Superman, viewed this sacrifice as Jordan's redemption, one final heroic act. Batman was unconvinced, saying that one act couldn't make up for the evil that Hal had committed.
Because of his act, Jordan became the newest incarnation of the Spectre. Soon after assuming this mantle, Jordan chose to bend his mission from a spirit of vengeance to one of redemption.
After a few years, it was revealed that Parallax was actually an ancient yellow parasitic "spirit" dating back to the dawn of time. The sentient embodiment of fear, Parrallax traveled from world to world, feeding off the fear of sentient beings and causing entire civilizations to destroy themselves out of paranoia.
The Guardians of the Universe successfully imprisoned Parallax within the central Power Battery on Oa. Parallax lay dormant for billions of years, its existence covered up by the Guardians to prevent anyone from trying to free it. Thus, it eventually came to be referred to as "the yellow impurity." This was the reason power rings were useless against the color yellow: Parallax weakened their power over the corresponding spectrum. Hence, only users that could master their fear could properly wield a power ring. When the renegade Sinestro was imprisoned in the Power Battery himself, his yellow power ring tapped into Parallax and awakened it.
Parallax then psychically reached into Jordan's ring from its prison when he was at his weakest, causing increasing self-doubt and even causing his hair to turn white prematurely. Parallax's control over Jordan spiked with Jordan's grief over the destruction of Coast City, when, for the first time since acquiring the ring, Jordan was afraid- afraid of what would happen tomorrow. Jordan's subsequent murderous activity was the result. Hal's apparent killing of Sinestro was later revealed to be an illusion on Sinestro's part, created as the final stage of Jordan's susceptibility to break his will. Once Jordan destroyed the Central Power Battery, Parallax escaped its prison and fully grafted itself onto his soul. With Parallax free, Kyle Rayner's own ring did not have any weakness against yellow. Rayner discovered the truth behind Parallax at the edge of the known Universe, just as Parallax was beginning to inner battle between it and the Spectre for the continued dominance of Hal's soul.
The Spectre entity explained the entire story to Jordan; that it drew in Jordan's soul in hopes of purging Parallax from his body, and banishing it for all the fear it had created. Parallax briefly managed to take control of both Jordan and the Spectre, along with active Green Lanterns Guy Gardner, John Stewart and Kilowog, but, after a fierce battle, Parallax was finally ejected from Jordan's soul and the other Green Lanterns were freed. The Spectre then departed to find himself a new host, while Ganthet guided Jordan's soul back to his own body, which had been preserved by the remnants of the energies Jordan had used to re-ignite the Sun during Final Night.
With his soul and mind finally his own again, Jordan de-aged and was resurrected, again taking his place as a Green Lantern. Discovering Sinestro's deception and defeating him, Jordan and Kyle gathered the other Green Lanterns of Earth, along with Kilowog. They are able to rescue Ganthet, whom Parallax had possessed after his expulsion from Jordan's soul, and imprisoned the parasite back in the Central Power Battery on Oa. Despite this re-introduction of the "yellow impurity", it is important to note that the power rings' weakness against yellow no longer applies, as experienced wielders are now able to directly recognize its source and overcome the inherent fear.
Trying to rebuild his life, Hal Jordan has moved to the nearly deserted Coast City, which is slowly being reconstructed. He has been reinstated as a Captain in the United States Air Force, and works in the Test Pilot Program at Edwards Air Force Base.
In his new life, he has faced Hector Hammond, The Shark and Black Hand. He and Batman teamed up to fight a new version of the Tattooed Man, at the end of which Batman finally came to terms with Jordan's return as a hero and they have started rebuilding their past friendship.
During Infinite Crisis, Hal helped with the decimation of the OMACs and Brother Eye, rescuing Batman from Brother Eye at the last minute, reaffirming Batman's newly regained trust in the meta-human population. He also fought with the world's heroes against the Society, defending Metropolis. Along with Guy Gardner, Hal led the Green Lantern Corps attack against Superboy-Prime.
During the year following Infinite Crisis, Hal was shipped out as part of the United States Air Force's first operational F-22 Raptor squadron, and dispatched to bomb terrorist training camps. Hal, along with fellow pilots Shane "Rocket-Man" Sellers and Jillian "Cowgirl" Pearlman, were shot down somewhere over the former Soviet Union where they were captured and held as prisoners of war for a month. Hal was unable to escape as Green Lantern because he never carries his power ring with him when he flies.
Hal has repeatedly encountered the Russians and their Rocket Red patrols while chasing intergalactic criminals as Green Lantern. Because of these encounters, Russia issued a statement that they wouldn't hesitate to use force against him if Checkmate would not uphold the metahuman treaty legislation prohibiting metahumans to enter foreign air space. Hal's defense is that as the Green Lantern of Earth, he is not acting as an American when he crosses international borders. Among those threatening Hal were a new form of The Global Guardians.
While receiving a P.O.W. medal, an alien ship crashed to Earth and revealed to Hal an alien Green Lantern named Tomar-Tu, which Hal had supposedly killed while under the control of Parallax. Hal discovers that the Green Lanterns that he had supposedly killed as Parallax were all still alive, and he and Guy Gardner go to rescue them only to be attacked by Cyborg Superman. After returning to Earth, Hal is now ready to get back to his life of being a test-pilot, a member of the JLA, and a protector of sector 2814.
Characteristics
Age: 28
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 186lbs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Hazel
Unusual Features: None
Personality: Hal Jordan is honest, adventurous, courageous, and confident. He has the resolve and determination to overcome all obstacles, no matter the severity of the situation. His bravery has earned him the respect of both his peers and the Guardians of the Universe. He heroically champions the Guardians' goal to preserve order throughout the galaxies.
He has a very rigid sense of morality. Hal is not afraid to question orders, and is not above confronting the Guardians or quitting the Corps in order to pursue his own ideals. He is fearless, daring and brave, the consummate “Professional” superhero. He is always on hand to keep up morale and raise the spirit of others with a human touch. He secretly takes his responsibility very seriously.
Hal represents the ideals of America, not its government. Far from being a government stooge, he has actively opposed the US government on several occasions when he felt the actions taken by its officials were wrong. Hal is very much an idealist when it comes to people's well-being and rights. He prefers to do things in a direct manner.
Hal has an almost-superhuman gift for inspiring others. In his career he has become a figure recognized around the world and is respected even by those who consider themselves peerless. While he recognizes his own skill at leading others, he has no problem stepping aside to let others take the reins if the situation requires it.
Hal does sometimes suffer from introspective moods, usually occurring after a major setback. He may spend a fair amount of his free time brooding over such events. He may sometimes even separate himself from his heroic alter ego to a greater or lesser degree. Even when Hal disassociates himself from events like these, it is usually to contemplate new ways to continue his mission and he often returns to action with renewed vigor.
Powers
Known Powers: Hal Jordan possesses no superhuman powers, receiving all his power from his Green Lantern Power Ring.
Known Abilities: Hal has dedicated most of his adult life, before and even after becoming a Lantern to flight. He is a highly skilled pilot, and, among other things, a dedicated military officer in the Air Force, the effects of both shine through in his everyday life and abilities. He is a gifted leader and tactician. His time as a lantern has also allowed him to gain above average prowess in various forms of combat, both long range and hand-to-hand. He is very skilled in karate and American boxing, and highly familiar with the basics of interstellar mechanics, allowing him, under duress, to pilot most basic forms of space faring crafts.
Strength Level: He is an exceptional athlete, being stronger than the average man of his size, but no where near peak-human strength.
Weaknesses: Without the ring, Hal is a normal human and is vulnerable to all those thing a normal human would be vulnerable to, such as street weapons, gunfire, disease, gases, etc. However most of his weaknesses come from the limitations of his power ring, found below under equipment.
Misc (optional)
Equipment: Green Lantern Power Ring (See next post for full description)
Transportation: Green Lantern Power Ring
Weapons: Green Lantern Power Ring
Sample RP Post
Alter Ego: The Green Lantern
Status
Occupation: Adventurer, Test Pilot
Martial Status: Single
Legal Status: U.S. Citizen with no criminal record
Group Affiliation(s): Green Lantern Corps, Justice League of America
Base of Operations: Edwards Air Force Base
Origin
Place of Birth: Coast City, California
Known Relatives: Martin Jordan (father, deceased), Jessica Jordan (mother, deceased)
History
As a young boy, Hal watched his father die before his very eyes. As a teenager, he rolled a jeep with his friends in it while driving a little less than sober. These events helped shape who Hal was, and were one of the reasons he had such a strong willpower. Hal Jordan went through the Air Force Academy and became a test pilot for the Air Force.
While flying in a test plane, the test plane goes flying off the base and flies through the air. Hal lands near a beat and broken version of a Green Lantern (Abin Sur). The GL is dying, and he chose Hal to be the successor to his power ring. Abin Sur tells Hal that he is a man that would overcome great fear, and was the most worthy of earth’s population to wield the ring. With this, Hal Jordan becomes Green Lantern.
Though treated on Earth like a superhero, Hal Jordan soon learned that Abin Sur was a member of an elite force of intergalactic police called the Green Lantern Corps, who worked for the Guardians of the Universe. Instead of one Green Lantern wielding a magic ring, there were 3,600 Green Lanterns patrolling the entire universe. Their rings were powered by the central power battery at the planet Oa, where the Guardians lived. Oan power rings had to be recharged every 24 hours, and were ineffective against direct contact with the color yellow, due to a "necessary impurity" in the design of the rings. Jordan was assigned to patrol Sector 2814, in which Earth was located.
It seems, at first, that Hal is less than up to the task. The first thing he does with the ring is goof off and have fun flying. But when an evil yellow alien known as Legion appears, it is time to get serious. Legion appears to be both angered and unstoppable and it seems that Hal does not know the ring's one and only weakness: yellow, and unfortunately Legion is completely just that.
Things get hairy when the Legion attacks the Guardians on the Green Lantern Corps headquarters of Oa. Hal, meanwhile, is being trained by the Green Lantern's drill sergeant-esque trainer, Kilowog, of the planet Bolovax Vik. There are many battles between all of the Green Lantern Corps and Legion, but the GLs are on the losing side. Of course, we see a glimmer of the Hal that would one day emerge when he comes up with an ingenious plan to stop Legion that impresses even the Guardians of the Universe. In the end, Hal Jordan returns to Earth to face the music for his drunk driving charge, being sentenced to 90 days in prison, then we follow him again as he finishes his sentence to continue his new life as Green Lantern.
At this time, it is determined by the Guardians of the Universe that Hal Jordan need be trained by another of their finest Green Lanterns, this time Sinestro, of Korugar, who reportedly has the most orderly of all Green Lantern Corps-controlled sectors. Sinestro, begrudgingly, agrees to further train Hal Jordan, and immediately appears in Hal Jordan's prison cell. A series of mini-escapes from prison ensue, during which Hal did his best to conceal (either by making glowing replicates of himself still "asleep" in bed or by other means) while he would go on a series of training exercises with Sinestro into outer space and alien worlds. Finally, when Sinestro is unable to establish contact with his home world of Korugar, he takes Hal Jordan along with him to see what is the matter. What Sinestro finds, to Hal Jordan's shock, is a world in turmoil -- it seemed Sinestro's people had rebelled against him, tearing down banners and flags with Sinestro's picture on it. In short, it seemed that Sinestro demanded a heavy price for his "protection" from his own people -- nothing less than hero worship, and the people were no longer willing to stand idly by.
Hal Jordan does not stand idly by either, quickly calling in the Green Lantern Corps at large. Sinestro is arrested by his brethren, then promptly tried by the Guardians of the Universe and sentenced to exile to the Anti-Matter Universe of Qward.
Hal Jordan returns to Earth to serve the remainder of his sentence in relative peace.
Hal Jordan had a longtime on-again off-again love affair with his boss, Carol Ferris. He fought villains such as Star Sapphire (a mind-altered Ferris), Hector Hammond, and the rogue Green Lantern, Sinestro. He was also a founding member of the Justice League of America. He became good friends with Oliver Queen and Barry Allen.
Hal decided to finally propose to Carol only to discover that she'd already agreed to marry another man named Jason Belmore. Heartbroken, Hal quit his job as a test pilot and began traveling around America in a series of different jobs including a commercial pilot, an insurance investigator and a traveling toy salesman (where met and began dating Olivia Reynolds).
Jordan was exiled into space for a year by the Guardians in order to prove his loyalty to the Green Lantern Corps, having been accused of paying too much attention to Earth when he had an entire "sector" of the cosmos to patrol. When he returned to Earth, he found himself embroiled in a dispute with Carol Ferris. Faced with a choice between love and the power ring, Jordan chose to resign from the Green Lantern Corps. The Guardians called Jordan's backup, John Stewart, to regular duty as his replacement.
During the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Jordan once again took up the mantle of Green Lantern, even as the Guardians withdrew from his dimension for a while to consort with their female counterpart, the Zamarons. Jordan helped organize the new Corps, with seven members residing on Earth, including several aliens, John Stewart, and Jordan's slightly unbalanced "other backup", Guy Gardner. For a while, Jordan was romantically involved with a younger, alien Lantern named Arisia. The alien Lanterns took a more direct hand in human affairs, a fact not appreciated by human governments (Kilowog helped create the Rocket Reds for the Soviet Union). Eventually, the Earth corps broke up, several members returning to their home sectors. The Guardians soon returned to this dimension, and Jordan worked with them to rebuild the fractured Corps.
Hal Jordan then encountered Ganthet, one of Guardians of the Universe. He asked Hal to help him battle a renegade Guardian, Dawlakispokpok (or Dawly, for short) who was attempting to use a time machine to change history. In the early era of the planet Oa, a character named Krona attempted to use a time-machine to see the beginning of time. In using his time-machine, Krona somehow 'bled' the universe of a billion years of life. Dawly was going to use his own time machine to thrust Krona to the end of time, preventing him from following through on his plan. In battling Dawly, however, it turned out that Dawly was responsible for the mishap that caused the universe to be 'born old'. When Dawly's family was brought before the Guardians, Ganthet prevented the others from seeing his thoughts, allowing Hal to retain his memory of one of the biggest secrets of the Guardians.
Years later, the villainous alien Mongul came to Earth in a plot to take advantage of the death of Superman. Jordan defeated Mongul, but not before Coast City (Jordan's former home) was destroyed and all of its inhabitants murdered. He tried to use his ring to recreate the city, but the Guardians condemned this use of the ring for personal gain and demanded that Jordan come to Oa for trial. Angered at what he saw as the Guardians' ungrateful and callous behavior, Jordan seemingly went insane and attacked Oa to seize the full power of the Central Battery. The Green Lantern Corps attempted to defend Oa, but the enraged Jordan overwhelmed them, crippling his fellow Lanterns (even cutting off the hand of Boodikka and reducing Kilowog to bone and ashes) and the Guardians. He then renounced his life as Green Lantern, adopting the name Parallax.
As Parallax, he initiated the Zero Hour Crisis in Time, attempting to rewrite history to his own liking, but he was eventually defeated by a gathering of heroes. Jordan was replaced by Kyle Rayner, as the Green Lantern of Earth, when Rayner came into possession of the last ring. During the same storyline, Alan Scott gave up his ring upon the death of members of the original Justice Society of America, the ring later being crushed by Parallax. Alan Scott would soon renounce the name "Green Lantern" and go by solely "Sentinel". Subsequently Kyle Rayner, for some time, would remain the sole claimant to the name "Green Lantern."
Later, Jordan returned to his heroic roots, sacrificing his life to re-ignite the Sun (which had been extinguished by the Sun-Eater). Many super-heroes, including Superman, viewed this sacrifice as Jordan's redemption, one final heroic act. Batman was unconvinced, saying that one act couldn't make up for the evil that Hal had committed.
Because of his act, Jordan became the newest incarnation of the Spectre. Soon after assuming this mantle, Jordan chose to bend his mission from a spirit of vengeance to one of redemption.
After a few years, it was revealed that Parallax was actually an ancient yellow parasitic "spirit" dating back to the dawn of time. The sentient embodiment of fear, Parrallax traveled from world to world, feeding off the fear of sentient beings and causing entire civilizations to destroy themselves out of paranoia.
The Guardians of the Universe successfully imprisoned Parallax within the central Power Battery on Oa. Parallax lay dormant for billions of years, its existence covered up by the Guardians to prevent anyone from trying to free it. Thus, it eventually came to be referred to as "the yellow impurity." This was the reason power rings were useless against the color yellow: Parallax weakened their power over the corresponding spectrum. Hence, only users that could master their fear could properly wield a power ring. When the renegade Sinestro was imprisoned in the Power Battery himself, his yellow power ring tapped into Parallax and awakened it.
Parallax then psychically reached into Jordan's ring from its prison when he was at his weakest, causing increasing self-doubt and even causing his hair to turn white prematurely. Parallax's control over Jordan spiked with Jordan's grief over the destruction of Coast City, when, for the first time since acquiring the ring, Jordan was afraid- afraid of what would happen tomorrow. Jordan's subsequent murderous activity was the result. Hal's apparent killing of Sinestro was later revealed to be an illusion on Sinestro's part, created as the final stage of Jordan's susceptibility to break his will. Once Jordan destroyed the Central Power Battery, Parallax escaped its prison and fully grafted itself onto his soul. With Parallax free, Kyle Rayner's own ring did not have any weakness against yellow. Rayner discovered the truth behind Parallax at the edge of the known Universe, just as Parallax was beginning to inner battle between it and the Spectre for the continued dominance of Hal's soul.
The Spectre entity explained the entire story to Jordan; that it drew in Jordan's soul in hopes of purging Parallax from his body, and banishing it for all the fear it had created. Parallax briefly managed to take control of both Jordan and the Spectre, along with active Green Lanterns Guy Gardner, John Stewart and Kilowog, but, after a fierce battle, Parallax was finally ejected from Jordan's soul and the other Green Lanterns were freed. The Spectre then departed to find himself a new host, while Ganthet guided Jordan's soul back to his own body, which had been preserved by the remnants of the energies Jordan had used to re-ignite the Sun during Final Night.
With his soul and mind finally his own again, Jordan de-aged and was resurrected, again taking his place as a Green Lantern. Discovering Sinestro's deception and defeating him, Jordan and Kyle gathered the other Green Lanterns of Earth, along with Kilowog. They are able to rescue Ganthet, whom Parallax had possessed after his expulsion from Jordan's soul, and imprisoned the parasite back in the Central Power Battery on Oa. Despite this re-introduction of the "yellow impurity", it is important to note that the power rings' weakness against yellow no longer applies, as experienced wielders are now able to directly recognize its source and overcome the inherent fear.
Trying to rebuild his life, Hal Jordan has moved to the nearly deserted Coast City, which is slowly being reconstructed. He has been reinstated as a Captain in the United States Air Force, and works in the Test Pilot Program at Edwards Air Force Base.
In his new life, he has faced Hector Hammond, The Shark and Black Hand. He and Batman teamed up to fight a new version of the Tattooed Man, at the end of which Batman finally came to terms with Jordan's return as a hero and they have started rebuilding their past friendship.
During Infinite Crisis, Hal helped with the decimation of the OMACs and Brother Eye, rescuing Batman from Brother Eye at the last minute, reaffirming Batman's newly regained trust in the meta-human population. He also fought with the world's heroes against the Society, defending Metropolis. Along with Guy Gardner, Hal led the Green Lantern Corps attack against Superboy-Prime.
During the year following Infinite Crisis, Hal was shipped out as part of the United States Air Force's first operational F-22 Raptor squadron, and dispatched to bomb terrorist training camps. Hal, along with fellow pilots Shane "Rocket-Man" Sellers and Jillian "Cowgirl" Pearlman, were shot down somewhere over the former Soviet Union where they were captured and held as prisoners of war for a month. Hal was unable to escape as Green Lantern because he never carries his power ring with him when he flies.
Hal has repeatedly encountered the Russians and their Rocket Red patrols while chasing intergalactic criminals as Green Lantern. Because of these encounters, Russia issued a statement that they wouldn't hesitate to use force against him if Checkmate would not uphold the metahuman treaty legislation prohibiting metahumans to enter foreign air space. Hal's defense is that as the Green Lantern of Earth, he is not acting as an American when he crosses international borders. Among those threatening Hal were a new form of The Global Guardians.
While receiving a P.O.W. medal, an alien ship crashed to Earth and revealed to Hal an alien Green Lantern named Tomar-Tu, which Hal had supposedly killed while under the control of Parallax. Hal discovers that the Green Lanterns that he had supposedly killed as Parallax were all still alive, and he and Guy Gardner go to rescue them only to be attacked by Cyborg Superman. After returning to Earth, Hal is now ready to get back to his life of being a test-pilot, a member of the JLA, and a protector of sector 2814.
Characteristics
Age: 28
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 186lbs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Hazel
Unusual Features: None
Personality: Hal Jordan is honest, adventurous, courageous, and confident. He has the resolve and determination to overcome all obstacles, no matter the severity of the situation. His bravery has earned him the respect of both his peers and the Guardians of the Universe. He heroically champions the Guardians' goal to preserve order throughout the galaxies.
He has a very rigid sense of morality. Hal is not afraid to question orders, and is not above confronting the Guardians or quitting the Corps in order to pursue his own ideals. He is fearless, daring and brave, the consummate “Professional” superhero. He is always on hand to keep up morale and raise the spirit of others with a human touch. He secretly takes his responsibility very seriously.
Hal represents the ideals of America, not its government. Far from being a government stooge, he has actively opposed the US government on several occasions when he felt the actions taken by its officials were wrong. Hal is very much an idealist when it comes to people's well-being and rights. He prefers to do things in a direct manner.
Hal has an almost-superhuman gift for inspiring others. In his career he has become a figure recognized around the world and is respected even by those who consider themselves peerless. While he recognizes his own skill at leading others, he has no problem stepping aside to let others take the reins if the situation requires it.
Hal does sometimes suffer from introspective moods, usually occurring after a major setback. He may spend a fair amount of his free time brooding over such events. He may sometimes even separate himself from his heroic alter ego to a greater or lesser degree. Even when Hal disassociates himself from events like these, it is usually to contemplate new ways to continue his mission and he often returns to action with renewed vigor.
Powers
Known Powers: Hal Jordan possesses no superhuman powers, receiving all his power from his Green Lantern Power Ring.
Known Abilities: Hal has dedicated most of his adult life, before and even after becoming a Lantern to flight. He is a highly skilled pilot, and, among other things, a dedicated military officer in the Air Force, the effects of both shine through in his everyday life and abilities. He is a gifted leader and tactician. His time as a lantern has also allowed him to gain above average prowess in various forms of combat, both long range and hand-to-hand. He is very skilled in karate and American boxing, and highly familiar with the basics of interstellar mechanics, allowing him, under duress, to pilot most basic forms of space faring crafts.
Strength Level: He is an exceptional athlete, being stronger than the average man of his size, but no where near peak-human strength.
Weaknesses: Without the ring, Hal is a normal human and is vulnerable to all those thing a normal human would be vulnerable to, such as street weapons, gunfire, disease, gases, etc. However most of his weaknesses come from the limitations of his power ring, found below under equipment.
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Equipment: Green Lantern Power Ring (See next post for full description)
Transportation: Green Lantern Power Ring
Weapons: Green Lantern Power Ring
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