Carol Ferris

## Background

### 1981 - 2005: Carol Ferris

Growing up, Carol had everything she wanted. Her parents had built a multimillionaire company out of Ferris Aircraft, one they excepted Carol to eventually take over. As a young girl, Carol became close friends with Hal Jordan, the son of her father's best friend & best pilot. They first met when she accompanied her father to watch the planes take off. Their parents even joking that the two would eventually get married one day as Hal & Carol spent all their time together, mostly watching the planes. Unfortunately, tragedy struck when the two watched Hal's father test flight & the plane crashed.

Though his mother wanted to move off base, Carol's father insisted on the two staying & promised to pay for everything. Carol became Hal's sounding board & the only person he wished to speak to. The two "dated" when they were kids & pre-teens, even being each other's first kiss. But nothing serious came of it at the time.

Despite the fact that both of her parents wanted her to join the business, Carol wanted to be a pilot. She probably would have done as her parents wanted until her mother's death during her senior year of high school. Not wanting to live her life doing something she did not want, she enrolled in the Air Force Academy instead of getting a bachelor's degree in business.

In short, her father was disappointed but did his best to support. It was hard dealing with her mother's death & her father's disappointment but she had Hal at her side. The two dated for the whole duration at the academy though they rarely lasted for more than months at a time. When she graduated from the academy, Carol fulfilled her wish of becoming a pilot though her & Hal were separated by their different assignments. Sadly, her dream would come to an end as her father's health began to decline. When he suddenly passed weeks later, Carol received a discharge from the Air Force & began to run the company as she felt it was the right thing to do.

### 2005 - 2008: Carol Ferris

For the next two years, Carol ran the company smoothly & brought in some extra revenue with government contracts & the launch of FerrisAir, a commercial airline service. While things were together in her professional life, Carol's personal life hit a bump in the road. Hal had come back around & asked for a job at Ferris Aircraft, wanting to follow in his fathers footsteps. Carol agreed, leading to the two resuming their tumultuous relationship. The two got along perfectly & horribly at the same time. Their relationship came to an end after Hal became suspiciously close to Ferris' new pilot, Jillian Pearlman.

She began to throw herself into her work which boded well for business but also made little time for anything else. While going through her father's things, she discovered a ring in one of his drawers. Believing it to have belonged to her mother, Carol decided to wear it as a keepsake. The next day at work, Carol saw Hal & Jillian flirting as the employees were leaving for the day. Saying Carol became pissed was an understatement. Her jealously & immense love for Hal allowed for the ring to awaken a being known as Predator. The being bonded itself with Carol, taking over her body & attacked Hal when he came by her office.

The two quickly came to blows though Hal struggled with bringing himself to actually harm her, thus giving her the upper hand. Knowing he couldn't do much on his own, Hal called in back up with the other Earth-based Green Lantern, John Stewart. John quickly arrived on the scene & was able to get the upper hand against Carol, subduing her. It took some time, but the two were able to calm her down. Recognizing the ring on her finger & the entity from their trainings on Oa, Hal had Carol take some time off & travelled with her to meet the Guardians of the Universe. Though they were able to revert Carol to normal, it would not be a permanent solution as she had to retain her willpower or Predator would take over again.

Knowing she needed more than just a quick fix, Carol elected to stay on Oa to train her mind & body. She left her Vice President to take over in her place & Hal to oversee the temporary change of command. Carol spent almost a year on & off in space with the Guardians training before she permanently came back to Earth.

## Romantic Relationships

* Hal Jordan: On & Off (1999 - 2003), (2006 - 2007), (2011 - 2015); Fiancée (2015 - )
* Gil Johns: Boyfriend (2008 - 2010); Fiancée (2010)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Star Sapphire Ring:** She is a third degree master, labelling her an Adept.
	+ ***Enhanced Durability*:** The wearer possesses enhanced durability when wearing the ring, allowing them to withstand more force than the average human. This ability is more linked to blunt forces & not piercing objects or firearms.
	+ ***Flight*:** The Power Ring enables him the ability to fly.
	+ ***Energy Projection*:** The ring can be used to fire blasts of energy or create weapons such as projectiles of them. The ring can project beams of force powered and shaped by the will of the user. The appearance of these blasts does not indicate the power of the weapon. The weapons power is more an indication of the mastery of the user.
	+ ***Galactic Encyclopedia*:** The ring allows me to understand any word spoken in the galaxy.
	+ ***Universal Translator*:** The ring allows the wearer to understand, read & speak virtually any language known to the Power Ring, facilitating diplomatic encounters rather than violent confrontations.
	+ ***Advanced Communications Suite*:** A Star Sapphire can send messages via their ring to other Star Sapphire or even other Power Ring wearers whose rings' code have been synchronized with the ring. If in distress, the wearer can use the power ring as an emergency beacon. The alert can be directed to a neighboring sector, or it can be a Corps-wide alert.
	+ ***Energy Constructs*:** 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 strength of willpower.
	+ ***Electromagnetic Scanning*:** The ring has a wide range of detection abilities based on the imagination of the user. If one can conceive of it, one can probably detect it. Magical effects like clairvoyance, seem to be beyond the scope of the ring. Most normal electromagnetic phenomena are within the range of the ring, including radio, television, infrared, ultraviolet, and high-frequency band communications
	+ ***Energy Absorption*:** The ring can absorb and store most other mundane types of energy.
	+ ***True Love Sight***: The ability to ignite the glow of a star sapphire crystal on her person. Those who gaze at it can see their hearts desire, the love they are missing. Only those who gaze into the light of the crystal can know what they see.
* **Aviation:** She's wanted to be a pilot since she was a young girl and has been flying planes ever since she could get a license. She grew up around them and is just about as skilled an aviator as anyone can be. While not a trained engineer or designer, she grew up in the business and knows a lot about the technical aspects of aircraft design and manufacture.
* **Business Management:** She's run her family's business, Ferris Aircraft, successfully ever since her father fell sick and left the company to her. Prior to that, she helped her father run the business & learned the trade.
* **Unconditional Love**
* **Leadership:** She learned to be a leader running Ferris Aircraft for many years, and recently she was named queen of the Star Sapphires by a dying queen Aga'po. Since then, she's often acted as the leader of the Star Sapphire Corps.
* **Military Protocol**

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Even though she is a member of the Star Sapphires, she dislikes the color violet.
* Because of her connection to the Violet Lantern Corps, she can be very sweet & romantic. Granted only Hal has ever seen this side of her as she's known to be very bossy & aggressive (which is also due to her connection to the Violet Lantern Corps)
* Carol has run Ferris Air since her father's death in 2005.
* Her father blamed himself for the death of Ferris Air test pilot Martin Jordan aka Hal's father. The two were best friends.
* She has a bad habit of thinking only about herself sometimes but has gotten better since marrying Hal.
* Her mother was mentally ill & killed herself with Carol was eighteen.
* She's good friends with Yrra Cynril.
* Despite being a Star Sapphore for over a decade, Carol did not do more than master the basics until recent years.

## Notes

* Her original design was based on Elizabeth Taylor, which is also where her middle name comes from.
* Gil Johns is the ex husband of Carol in the the *New 52* continuity.