War of the Manhunters

The **War of the Manhunters** was a huge war-like battle between the Green Lantern Corp and the Manhunter robots. The war takes place in the second half of *Green Lantern: The Animated Series*.

## History

### Background

It all started with the creation of a giant powerful robot named the Anti-Monitor eons ago by a rouge Guardian named Krona in an attempt to create the ultimate being. It had the power to absorb anything it came in contact with by transforming it into Anti-Matter and then consumed it, it could even travel through time. The Anti-Monitor then turned against Krona but Krona defeated it by banishing it to another universe. It also started with the creation of the Manhunters, high tech robots built by the Guardians as the forerunners of the Green Lantern Corp as peace keepers. But then their programming went rouge and began to believe that all beings with emotions were evil and started wiping out a whole sector which became known as the Forgotten Zone. Although the Guardians were able to shut them down in the process of the Manhunters attack they caused the creation of the Red Lantern Corp which eventually led to the Red Lantern War.

Some time later after the creation of the Green Lantern Corp a Guardian named Scar was tasked by the other Guardians to create an A.I. that could understand and emphasize with human intelligence and emotions. They did it as a way to make up for their failures with the Manhunters. Although Scar managed to create the ultimate computer it was still just a machine, so Scar theorized that it needed the spark of life to be completed. So she secretly took a fragment of the entity dwelling inside the Green Lantern central battery that embodies the essence of will power. By infusing it into the computer it became the A.I. known as Aya. However, the spark of life also gave Aya the spark of curiosity and free will. As a result she began to do things against Scar's control as a way to understand the Universe and herself. Using her dormant Guardian powers, Scar wiped Aya's memory clean, blocked her emotions, and placed her in the Interceptor as the ship's Navigator. Until Hal Jordan and Kilowog stole it, befriended Aya, and made her a member of their crew who helped stop the Red Lantern War.

Meanwhile, after the war was stopped the Anti-Monitor was feeding off the universe it was banished to until there was only one planet left which was a steampunk powered planet ruled by humans. It was about to attack the planet but the planet's leader, Duke Nigel made a deal with it. If the Anti-Monitor spared the planet, Nigel will send it to another Universe for it to feed off of. It worked and Nigel sent the Anti-Monitor back to it's own Universe but unknown to Nigel the Anti-Monitor drained the planet's sun's energy that would caused it to go out and destroy the planet.

### The Battle

After the Anti-Monitor returned it started reactivating the Manhunters and using them as an army to destroy the Universe by draining the life out of every planet and star system. So Hal and his crew tried to stop them, First they tried going to the Blue Lantern Corp for help but the power pf the Blue Lanterns also made the Manhunters powerful to, which in return made them want to steal the Blue Lantern central battery, but were stopped. Then Hal and his crew tried fighting them by forming an uneasy peace agreement with the Red Lanterns. Both the Green Lanterns and the Red Lanterns tried fighting off the Manhunters but during the fight Razer rejects Aya's feeling for him. So Aya turns off her emotions and uses the full power of the Interceptor to destroy the Anti-Monitor. This succeeds by knocking off it's head but in the process Aya fuses herself to the Anti-Monitor's body and takes control of the Manhunters, becoming Aya-Monitor. She then turns on Hal's crew and continues the Anti-Monitor's mission to wipe out all life in the Universe.

Aya then tries to destroy life by having the Star Sapphires summon Carol Ferris to fight Atrocitous. Until Hal shows up to help her, which makes them win the fight, but Aya still continues her quest. Hal and is crew then try to fight Aya by using the power of the Orange Lantern Corp but it only corrupts Hal with greed until Kilowog and Razer got him to come to his senses. The Guardians then order Hal and his crew to go to Ranx with the whole Green Lantern Corp to defeat Aya and the Manhunters, as they are trying to get into the planet for something. Hal and his crew get into Ranx and find the Anti-Monitor's head. It tells them that Aya is after a time traveling device in it and wants protection. But Aya shows up destroys the head and takes the device. She plans on using it to travel back in time and prevent natural life from every beginning. As Aya tries to go back in time on the planet Meltus, the Green Lantern Corp tries to stop her. Then Hal realizes that Aya was only destroying planets and star systems that had no life on them and that Aya was still good. When he tries to convince her Aya doesn't listen until after Razer gets injured from her attack. Aya realizes what she has done and lets life begin without her intervention.

She then uses her time powers to heal Razar. However, the Manhunters still fight the Green Lantern Corp and Aya can no longer control them as each one has a copy of her evil self inside them. So Aya releases a virus that destroys all the Manhunters including herself. Thus ending the threat of the Manhunters for good.

### Aftermath

With the Manhunters gone the Universe is safe ounce again. But Razer leaves to go find Aya believing that she still is alive, after he begins his quest he is followed by a Blue Lantern Ring.

## Belligerents

### Green Lantern Corps

* Hal Jordan
* Kilowog
* Razer
* Guy Gardener
* Tomar-Re
* Salaak
* Ch'p
* Larvox
* Chaselon
* Guardians of the Universe
	+ Appa Ali Apsa
	+ Sayd
	+ Scar

* Other Green Lanterns

### Manhunters

* Anti-Monitor/Aya-Monitor
	+ Aya

* Manhunter Robots

### Other

* Steam Lantern
* Lady Catharine
* Duke Nigel
* Blue Lantern Corps
	+ Ganthet
	+ Saint Walker
	+ Brother Warth

* Red Lantern Corps
	+ Zilius Zox
	+ Bleez
	+ Skallox
	+ Veon
	+ Cleric Loran
	+ Red Lantern Guards
	+ Atrocitous

* Star Sapphires
	+ Carol Ferris
	+ Aga'po
	+ Ghia'ta

* Orange Lantern Corps
	+ Larfleeze

## Videos

Origin of the Anti-MonitiorThe Manhunters - OriginAya - OriginThe Anti-MonitorAya saves Razer from the anti-monitorScar vs The Anti-Monitor and the Man HuntersAya vs The Anti-MonitorOrange Lantern Corps - OriginAya vs The Green Lantern CorpsGreen Lantern Corps vs Aya and the Manhunters
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