Soranik Natu (Green Lantern)

# Green Lantern of Sector 1417

## Soranik Natu

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*A rookie Green Lantern from Sector 1417 with a troubled upbringing and a Family Secret that had brought her a jaded viewpoint who accepts her role as a protector that no one on her home planet wants.*

## History

### Early Life

Soranik was born in a mask of lies. A gift of life under the beautiful union of her father, Thaal Sinestro, and her mother, Arin Surr. A bonded partnership sprouted from a chance meeting that came to be in the same sector of 1417 as her father met her mother when introduced to his Lantern Corps Partners family. And after the marriage, the family unit of Korugaran and Ungaran became thicker than blood. And so Soranik was the promise of a better tomorrow, that was until her Uncle Abin died. Granted, it’s a part of the job, not precisely unfounded for one to pass on the mission. It’s a risk most are willing to take under the oath of the Green Lantern Corps. But ever since then, it seemed like a broken final straw that Soranik could notice even so young. And she experienced what that meant through little things. Her home was colder, and Sinestro instilled the discipline of perfectionism into her at such a young age. Something which carried over to her adult years—that and the exasperated glue held together by her mother that was withering away.

All while she grew up under her father's overprotection, Sinestro pushed that sense of honor and duty to their inevitable extremes. Her home, the planet of Korugar itself, was a controlled prison under the illusion of Paradise. And yes, many of the economic systems that Sinestro set under the rule of Korugar set by Sinestro did help the planet over the long run. The curfews set a record low crime rate across the entirety of Korugar Central for years to come. The quality of life had expanded exponentially as those in the lower class had the same opportunities as those from the middle and wealthy. And you could forget about being hungry or sick as the services were adequate. Granted, that also meant no sparks in anyone's eyes and no life to be had.

### Changes made at Home

What struck the nerves, though, was when Soranik discovered a permanent mark under her eye. When her mother found it, Arin felt the best course of action was to have her daughter be away from Sinestro's influence before it was too late. Soranik couldn’t be sneaked off Planet to stay with her Aunt and Cousin, as that would be the first place Sinestro would look for her. And the Doctors who performed the operation when Soranik was born adamantly refused to be involved. So with no natural choice, Soranik was put into the foster system, and things didn’t exactly look up for her. Soranik was never adopted and stayed in the foster system. She was hoping that even with the growing cultural resentment and dread reached past the boiling point. Perhaps her mother would return, pick her up, and take her away from the situation. All hope faded when she heard the grapevine of the news of what became of her family.

Mother died in the capital riots; Father was ousted from his position as a Protector after his new partner revealed what happened to the Guardians. And the worst offender of it all is that the Green Lantern Corps didn’t even attempt to fix the strained affiliation with the planet. They let things be by just assigning a new Korugaran Lantern to protect the sector and let things be even though her Father's replacement proved to be inefficient in her job. The Green Lantern was promptly nicknamed the “Lost,” her actual name was Katma Tui, and every Korugaran who took anything regarding the Green Lantern Corps, in general, was born in bad faith. And not much of an improvement came about in the following years.

### Living life, and Moving on

Although Soranik dealt her hand that life gave her in spades. She tried her best to become educated at the top of her class, and when she became an Adult, she went and changed her last name to further distance herself from any association with her namesake and bloodline. She showed grit and became a well-respected Doctor and eventual Neurosurgeon as she received rewards and accolades for accomplishing the most complicated procedures with ease. Her future seemed bright as a highly accomplished Doctor at such an age. And then everyone received the news that their protector, the Green Lantern Katma Tui, unfortunately, lost her life on a mission that resulted in no other lanterns, even her partner, to help. Katma Ring returned to Oa, and everyone in Korugar was none the wiser for a while. Perhaps now would be the end of the cycle some can speculate upon in private. No more Lantern business, as some would be hopeful on. And for a few weeks until Soranik was in the middle of her operations. She found a green glow near a patient's head, and her worst fears came to light.

### Becoming a Green Lantern

Soranik is under the intense pressure of a Ring telling her that she was selected to answer a call she didn’t want. And the wasted minutes trying to finish a procedure that the patient didn’t have time to lose. With blood loss and the patient was beginning to show signs of non-responsiveness. Soranik put the green lantern ring on her finger and practically sold away her soul at the cost of using some constructs to save her patient's life. Would she do something like that again in a heartbeat? But that didn’t mean Soranik enjoyed the circumstances Green Lantern Corps put her under. The ring immediately takes her away to Oa, where she is told in an indoctrination ceremony to take the oath—and once given a choice to either leave or start her training.

She left, after all, with her history. Why would she want in any way to be associated with these people? Unfortunately, while returning to Korugar, she was attacked and held captive by Pirates. Who planned to sell off a korugaran and a lantern ring for a high price. She did what she had to do and wasn’t proud of it. She took the final choice and put the Ring back on to confirm whether or not she wanted to pursue becoming a Green Lantern. Ultimately, she fought off her captors, blew a hole in the ship, and escaped. Her ring instructed her back to Oa to start her training, and eventually began some flyby patrols in a few ancillary Sectors. All of this lantern business cost her a career, a livelihood, and practically whatever was left that was considered hers back in Korugar. But in exchange did warrant her a new sense of responsibility for her sector that needed her more than she could have known. And after a while, she graduated from her training and became an honorary corps member. And though her patrols had been a little lonely as she hadn’t been assigned a partner for her sector. That won’t stop her from taking and doing her tasks just as seriously.

## Powers and Abilities

### Skills

* **Indomitable Will**
* **Leadership Qualifications**
* **Practical and Expertise in Medical Science**
* **Neurology**
* **Basic Hand-to-Hand Combatant**