Atrocitus
1910 - Atros is born on Ryut in Green Lantern sector 666.
51 years ago - Atros witnesses his wife and children killed when the Manhunters attack Sector 666.
49 years ago - Atros becomes a blood shaman, a leader of the death-religion of war-torn planet Ryut.
45 years ago - Atros witnesses the destruction of Ryut and the final death of his people in the Manhunter War between the Manhunters and the Green Lantern Corps.
43 years ago - Atros and other leaders from Sector 666 ban the Guardians of Oa and the Green Lantern Corps from ever entering their sector again after they finally defeat the Manhunters.
39 years ago - Atros becomes an outspoken advocate for unification of sector 666. He takes the name Atrocitus.
38 years ago - Atrocitus is altered by the Controllers. His blood is fueled by anti-oan energy. He is able to project his blood, damaging matter and oan constructs. He can infect the blood of others, feeding on them and making them blood spawn, or empowering them with their own rage-blood which eventually consumes them, making them Bloodstars. His new followers begin to unify Sector 666 under his regime.
20 years ago - Atrocitus's Bloodstars rescue Bleez from slavers. She joins the acolytes of Atrocitus.
18 years ago - Atrocitus's Bloodstars are called out for their violence by Bro'Dee Walker, a priest from Sector 666.
10 years ago - Atrocitus's regime is joined by Razer, a new Acolyte. Bleez becomes and elite Bloodstars, taking to the powers of her Anti-Oan blood far stronger than any other acolyte before her.
9 years ago - Atrocitus's blood spawn Razer deserts the regime and seeks shelter in Bro'Dee Walker's temple.
7 years ago - Atrocitus takes a group of lost Green Lanterns hostage. Hal Jordan, Kilowog & Ch'p venture into Sector 666 to save them using their ship driven by an Oan datacore, Aya, working with Bro'Dee Walker & Razer.
5 years ago - Atrocitus begins to expand his regime's influence outside of Sector 666 after the fall of the Green Lantern Corp.
Bro'Dee Walker, Razer & Aya attempt a final invasion of Ryut. They are imprisoned by his regime but escape with the space pirate Jack T Chance and invade the planet. Aya sacrifices herself to finally end his control over the rage-blood of his followers.
Bro'Dee Walker, Razer & Aya attempt a final invasion of Ryut. They are imprisoned by his regime but escape with the space pirate Jack T Chance and invade the planet. Aya sacrifices herself to finally end his control over the rage-blood of his followers.
3 years ago - Atrocitus, having lost control of much of Sector 666, places himself into suspended animation, traveling into sector 112 where he begins to corrupt former Green Lantern Laira. Bro'Dee Walker summons the galaxies lone Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner, so they can defeat Atrocitus before he recovers and fully controls Laira permanently, along with the royal family of Jayd. He is returned to Ryut deeply depowered.
1 year ago - Atrocitus detects the fluctuation in Oan energy when the Green Lantern Corps returns. it allows him to discover the remains of Ancient Manhunter tech in Sector 666.
If you've been reading the larger site, you've read several times in several places that we aren't doing the multi-colored Lantern Corps that debuted in Green Lantern vol 4 in the mid-aughts. As we've said multiple times, it dilutes what makes the Green Lantern Corps and human Green Lantern heroes special by reducing every other element of the Green Lantern mythology to cookie-cutter versions of the same idea over and over.
So if that's the case, what is Atrocitus doing here? He's one of the main characters to come out of this story arc, so why adapt him at all? The inspiration actually came from the animated Green Lantern Series from 2011. They did a good job of repackaging Atrocitus into a character we could use. Once we decided to adapt that version of the character, what we came up with gives is a really cool subplot to run within the larger Green Lantern story.
So if that's the case, what is Atrocitus doing here? He's one of the main characters to come out of this story arc, so why adapt him at all? The inspiration actually came from the animated Green Lantern Series from 2011. They did a good job of repackaging Atrocitus into a character we could use. Once we decided to adapt that version of the character, what we came up with gives is a really cool subplot to run within the larger Green Lantern story.
Atrocitus's Comic HistoryAtrocitus appeared for the first time in 2007 in Green Lantern #25. The book was neck-deep in new characters as it introduced a half-dozen new Lantern Corps, populating them with an artist sketchbook full of random alien designs with clever little descriptions to make them somewhat distinct. Some of them where more interesting than others, but the leaders of each group obviously got the most attention. Atrocitus was the leader of the Red Lanterns; the Lantern Corps fueled by rage. Their particular schtick was that a red goo would spray out of their mouth were using their powers. The Red Lanterns would continue to be a major part of both Green Lantern comics and the larger world of DC as the idea of all these power rings zipping about the universe became a major plot driver in the company-wide crossovers of the late 2000's.
The reset of DC's entire line in 2011's New 52 included a book called Red Lanterns, which detailed Atrocitus's continued adventures as the leader of the Red Lanterns. It would go on to introduce different human Red Lanterns, including Guy Gardner. The book ended in 2015. |
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Our Atrocitus StoryWhat we liked about the animated series was the introduction of a secluded part of space outside the Guardians jurisdiction where Atrocitus ruled a intergalactic death army. There's something intensely metal about that. This is a great villain to introduce into Green Lantern's story, we just have to carve away all the concepts that don't work in the tale we're telling.
Rather than creating a whole Lantern Corp, Atrocitus is essentially a space-vampire. Altered by the Controllers as an early experiment in their Anti-Oan energy weapons, He's fueled by anti-oan blood. We really like the idea that he can create 'Bloodstars' followers that are fueled by rage and constantly spewing anti-oan blood everywhere, who are quickly consumed by their power, dieing in his service. We've taken a few core idea from Atrocitus's backstory and built out a whole sequence of events involving 'Sector 666', the forbidden sector. We get to create a whole adventure with Hal and a few Lantern allies, and then went on to mimic a few classic vampite stories. We've even used this story microcosm as a way to introduce one more character from another rainbow Lantern Corps; Saint Walker. |