Sinestro

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Once considered the greatest Green Lantern in any sector, Sinestro came to believe that the only way to ensure order in the universe was through the reign of fear, a crime for which the Guardians banished him to Qward. There he created the first yellow power ring and later on founded his own corps, The Sinestro Corps. He has clashed frequently with his former student and protege; Hal Jordan. The relationship between the two is a complicated one, a mixture of both hatred and respect in equal measures.

## Biography

### Becoming a Green Lantern

**Thaal Sinestro**, originally an anthropologist from the planet Korugar, had a natural affinity for order as displayed by his meticulous reconstructions of ancient ruins. It was at one of these reconstructions that a wounded Green Lantern, Prohl Gosgotha, crash landed. He gave his ring to Sinestro who barely defeated the lantern's pursuer, a Weaponer of Qward , at the cost of the very ruins he had restored. When Gosgotha requested his ring back after the battle so that it might keep him alive Sinestro instead allowed him to die and took his place. The Guardians, unaware of his actions, allowed Sinestro to become the **Green Lantern** for sector 1417.

Sinestro was the finest officer in the Green Lantern Corps. He was duely respected by his fellow Corpsmen and the Guardians for having a near-perfect space sector. However, During Emerald Dawn II, Sinestro undertook an apprentice named Hal Jordan, after the death of the Green Lantern of Sector 2814 Abin Sur. Sinestro was disgusted by most of Jordan's tactics in keeping order and had virtually no tolerance for him... He completely disregarded the lives of criminals on Earth and would've easily murdered countless imprisoned felons, if it was not for Hal. Not too long after showing the new Green Lantern the basics of wielding a Power Ring, Sinestro had to return to his sector. As much as he didn't want to, he had to bring Hal with him.

On Korugar - Sinestro's space sector and home planet, Hal Jordan found out the ghoulish secret of his Master's Success - By enslaving the entire planet with his Superior powers and destroying anyone who dares cross him. Sinestro, In panic of how much malice occurred while he was absent, Impatiently fought his planet who has prepared to fight back to him, And Hal even joined them on their attack on Sinestro. Sinestro was beaten by his so called "friend" and the people he thought worshiped him... And the people of Krouger were grateful for Hal's triumph. Humiliated and Enraged, Sinestro returned to Earth, and Hal followed a good distance behind him.

On earth, Hal and Sinestro were Ambushed by robots sent by the Guardians to bring them both back to Oa, where Sinestro was put on trial for crimes against his sector. There, the Guardians found the Great Sinestro guilty for his crimes (with Hal Jordan pleading against him), and he was Stripped of his Ring, Mask, and GL insignia and banished into the Anti-Matter Universe of Qward, since at the time the Guardians did not allow a Death Sentence.

On Qward, he forged a new power ring out of the yellow impurity that Green Lantern rings were not able to effect - With help from his new allies, the Weaponers of Qward. And after planning a series of cunning schemes to destroy his former allies, he struck. He often took on the entire Corps by himself, Immune to any attacks due to his Yellow Power Ring, but Hal Jordan was able to overcome the impurity with his immense will, thus vanquishing Sinestro... Repeatedly.

At one point, Sinestro was able to transfer his mind into the green central power batteryupon his death and deactivate it, cutting off the entire Green Lantern Corps from their power source. Hal Jordan, entered the power battery in an attempt to restore the powers of his fellow lanterns. He was able to defeat the spirit of Sinestro and leave him trapped and powerless inside the battery for all eternity. Once again, Sinestro had one more trick to play on his nemesis. He was able to ‘infect’ Jordan with the parasite, Parallax, the source of the Green Lantern’s weakness against the color yellow.

When the alien warlord, Mongul, and Hank Henshaw laid waste to Hal Jordan’s home of Coast City and all of its inhabitants, Jordan was driven mad with grief. His grief allowed the Parallax entity to possess him and led him on a rampage that decimated the Green Lantern Corps and left most of the guardians dead. In a desperate bid to stop him, the remaining guardians freed Sinestro from the central power battery. Jordan defeated Sinestro, snapping his neck. However, this Sinestro was only a hard light construct, operated by the real Sinestro still trapped inside the battery. When Hal destroyed the power battery and absorbed most of its energy into him, Sinestro was able to escape and went into hiding.

Sinestro came out of hiding after the existence of Parallax was revealed culminating in the return of Hal Jordan from the dead. Sinestro was forced to retreat into the anti-matter universe when his ring became damaged in the fight.

Even as a Green Lantern Sinestro was cold, arrogant, egotistical, and harsh. He also will do what ever it takes to preserve order in the universe, a trait that expelled him from the Green Lantern Corps. He is also a master strategist and manipulator. Though he does have his good traits, such as genuinely caring for his daughter and wanting to bring order to the universe.

Sinestro assembled an army of yellow-ring-wielding fear-mongers dubbed the **Sinestro** Corps, as an attempt to bring to the universe the order that the Guardians couldn't, starting the event called **Sinestro** Corps War. He revealed the corps was part of his plans to have the guardians allow the Green Lanterns to use deadly force and become feared.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Fear Attunement**: Sinestro has an innate understanding of the fears of others, even without access to his ring. He also seems to have some form of mental link with his corps members which possibly is attributed to his understanding of others fears as well.

### Abilities

* **Indomitable Will**: According to Ion, the living embodiment of willpower, Sinestro has the single most indomitable will in all of creation.
* **Intimidation**
* **Leadership**
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic):** Has trained with the greatest martial masters of Korugar, thus gaining a brief advantage over Lobo in battle. During his time on Korugar, Sinestro survived by killing his world's tigers, those that were constantly adapting, without the use of his ring.
* **Genius Level Intellect**

### Weapons

* **Qwardian Power Ring**
* **Energy Construct Creation**
	+ **Force Field**
* **Energy Projection**
* **Flight**