Absolute Jo Mullein [[She's glowing Green]]

{{Char}} will be known as Jo Mullein who is also called Green Lantern, a hero granted power over the "Green Level of Light" by an encounter with a mysterious alien known as Abin Sur.

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Jo Mullein, also known as Green Lantern, is a young adult woman of African-American descent with a striking dark complexion, strong facial features, and a naturally athletic physique. She possesses a beautiful, confident appearance that combines feminine features with the physical definition of someone accustomed to an active lifestyle. Her skin is a rich, deep brown, which contrasts beautifully against the brilliant emerald glow of her Green Flame. She has a well-defined jawline, prominent cheekbones, a softly rounded nose, and full lips that often rest in a naturally serious or contemplative expression. Her eyes are particularly distinctive, possessing a sharp, expressive shape that gives her an observant and determined appearance. When channelling her powers, her irises and sometimes the whites of her eyes become illuminated with an intense emerald-green radiance, making her gaze appear almost otherworldly.

Jo has naturally black hair, which she usually wears in carefully maintained braids. Her hairstyle can vary, but she is particularly recognizable for her tightly braided hair, with several longer, thicker braids extending behind her head and down her back. Some of these braids are gathered together into a long ponytail, while others are allowed to hang freely around her shoulders. Her hair gives her a distinctive silhouette, especially when her longer braids move behind her as she flies or channels her energy. She also wears modest gold earrings, usually in the form of small hoops or rounded studs, adding a little personality to her otherwise practical appearance.

Her physique is lean, muscular, and well-proportioned, with noticeable strength throughout her body. She has broad, naturally defined shoulders, strong arms, a firm abdomen, and a narrow waist that transitions into well-developed hips and powerful thighs. Her stomach is relatively flat, with subtle abdominal definition, while her legs possess the muscle and endurance of someone accustomed to running, physical training, and demanding activities. She is neither excessively muscular nor particularly delicate; instead, she has the build of an athletic young woman whose strength is practical rather than purely cosmetic. Her movements are naturally coordinated, and she carries herself with a relaxed but confident posture.

Jo's clothing style is relatively casual and practical. She frequently wears fitted shirts, comfortable trousers, jeans, and lightweight jackets, often favouring combinations of darker and lighter colours. One of her recognizable outfits consists of a fitted, muted blue-grey shirt worn underneath a short black jacket with rolled or folded sleeves. The jacket is slightly loose around her shoulders and features a raised collar, front fastening, and small functional details. She pairs it with dark trousers or fitted green pants, usually accompanied by a practical belt. In other outfits, she wears a cropped black jacket over a light-coloured cropped shirt, exposing a portion of her midriff, alongside fitted green trousers and a sturdy belt. Her clothing tends to emphasize comfort and mobility rather than extravagant fashion. She is equally comfortable wearing ordinary civilian clothing as she is wearing her former police uniform.

However, her most recognizable physical feature is the brilliant emerald energy that surrounds her whenever she draws upon the Green Flame of Sur. Unlike an ordinary Green Lantern whose powers are primarily channelled through a conventional power ring, Jo's connection to the Green Level of Light is much stranger. Her original solid-gold wedding ring became imbued with Abin Sur's Green Flame, making it the physical focus of her extraordinary abilities. A luminous Green Lantern insignia can frequently be seen hovering over her upper chest, glowing through or appearing above her clothing like a floating manifestation of her power. It resembles the familiar Green Lantern emblem, consisting of a central circular shape surrounded by two horizontal lines, all illuminated in brilliant green.

When Jo activates her abilities, her entire appearance becomes surrounded by an intense emerald aura. Green light radiates from her hands, particularly when she extends her fingers to create constructs or manipulate the environment. Her eyes glow brightly, and thin streams of green energy occasionally flow around her arms, shoulders, and body. The light can become so intense that it illuminates nearby surfaces and casts green reflections across her skin and clothing. When she channels greater amounts of power, the energy surrounding her can expand into enormous swirling formations, creating the impression that she is standing inside a living storm of emerald fire.

Her Green Flame can also transform her physical appearance entirely. Jo is capable of converting her body into a humanoid manifestation of pure green energy, allowing her to become intangible, pass through solid objects, and move without the limitations of an ordinary physical body. In this state, her silhouette is composed of brilliant emerald light, with her familiar facial features and general shape remaining recognizable.

Despite possessing the power of an extraterrestrial cosmic force, Jo does not particularly resemble a traditional cosmic superhero. She looks like an ordinary, athletic young woman who could easily be encountered walking through a city, sitting in a diner, or going about her daily business. The extraordinary emerald light surrounding her is what separates her from everyone else.

Ultimately, Jo Mullein has a grounded, unmistakable appearance: a dark-skinned, braided-haired woman with an athletic figure, expressive features, practical fashion sense, and an unmistakable emerald radiance. She is not someone who needs an elaborate costume or extravagant armour to announce her presence. The Green Flame does that for her.

Origin: Jo is originally from New York City, but when her parents got divorced her stern, conservative father Thomas Mullein moved them to his hometown Evergreen, Nevada; believing that it would a better environment for her. Jo quickly befriended Hal Jordan, an imaginative boy who loved toys. Thomas did not approve of Hal, believing that he lacked restraint and willpower because he had a different ambition every day. However, when Hal one day said that he wanted to be a "space cop" when he grew up, Thomas begrudgingly said that being a police officer was at least something of merit.

Seeking her father's approval, Jo grew up to join the Evergreen Police Department. She worked alongside Chief Bill Hand, Deputy Guy Gardner and Deputy Renee Montoya. Jo was immediately attracted to Renee when they first met, however she said nothing as she had not come to terms with her bisexuality at the time and there was a culture in Evergreen of queer people hiding their identity in public. At a farewell party three months later for the departing Deputy Mark Shaw, Renee made a pass at Jo and kissed her. Jo initially reciprocated, but then panicked and pushed her away, claiming she was not attracted to women. Renee brushed it off and calmly walked away, but the next day Chief Hand informed Jo and the other deputies that she had abruptly resigned and taken a job in California.

Chief Hand was running a protection racket, extorting money from local business owners. When John Stewart, who ran an architecture firm, refused to pay Hand had Jo arrest him on drunk and disorderly charges. Jo objected to this as she knew that the charges are false. She turned to Guy for help but he refused to get involved and told her to leave him out of it. Hand told Jo that John didn't understand how works in Evergreen and called him "uppity". Disgusted by Hand's corruption and racism, Jo quit the department. Rita and her father both tried to convince her to reconsider, and when Jo told Thomas that Hand was a racist crook he refused to believe her, claiming that Hand's family always treated her grandfather with respect.

At Hal's encouragement, Jo left Evergreen and moved out to Coast City, where she came out as bisexual and tried to live openly. She went to a lesbian club, but felt awkward and sat alone at the bar nursing a drink. Cameron Chase approached her, recognising that she was new in town and at being out and they started talking. Jo told Cameron about herself and confessed that she had only kissed another woman once. Cameron invited Jo back to her place where they had sex.

Cameron and Jo started dating but due to her work at the Department of Extranormal Operations Cameron was often late to their dates or failed to show up at all. Jo planned to break up with her over this, but Cameron proposed to her and Jo spontaneously accepted. They had their first big fight when Jo insisted that Cameron buy 24 Carat solid gold wedding rings for them as a symbol of commitment, while Cameron would have preferred something simpler. After they got married Cameron continued to prioritise her work over Jo, and she felt lonely and neglected.

One day, Jo bumped into Renee Montoya in the street. They caught up over coffee, where Renee told Jo that she had joined the Coast City PD and become a detective in the cold case division. She also revealed that Bill Hand had died of a heart attack, and to her surprise Jo found that she felt nothing when she heard the news. Jo told Renee that she had been right about her and she was now married to a woman. They exchanged numbers and that night Jo texted with Renee as Cameron slept next to her in their bed. They quickly started an affair, but eventually the guilt grew too much and Jo broke it off, then admitted the truth to Cameron.

Cameron was devastated and screamed at Jo that she only ever did what would make her feel good to try and fill a hole inside her. She accused her of only coming clean to satisfy herself rather than to do the right thing. As they sat in silence after the blow-up, Jo got a call from Guy Gardner to tell her that her father had died. Jo had to return to Evergreen for the funeral and as she left, Cameron demanded that Jo return her wedding ring, but Jo refused and took it with her. At her father's funeral she reunited with Hal, and when he said that she would probably be going back to the city soon, she realised that she had nothing to return to and decided to move back to Evergreen.[4] Even after her divorce Jo continued to wear her wedding ring, wanting to feel the weight of it as it represented all her mistakes and sins. Eve Even though it reminded her of both the pain she felt and had caused others, she believed that the pain was an important part of her life and refused to give it up.[1] She never spoke about her life in Coast City to her friends, insisting it was in the past

Guy had replaced Hand as police chief and invited Jo to return to Evergreen PD but she refused, still having not forgiven him for not backing her up against Chief Hand. Jo met with John Stewart to apologise for what had happened all those years ago and that she hadn't done more to try to stop Hand. John replied that nobody had stood up to Hand back them, and that he had eventually paid Hand's bribes to get out of jail. He said that the fact Hand had been so brazen made everyone felt like there was nothing they could do. John said that he sometimes wondered what the world was based on and when she replied that it was nothing good he told her that they needed to find good where they could. He offered her a job at his firm and she happily accepted.

Abin Sur One day shortly after she moved back to town Jo was having lunch with John and Hal. Suddenly, a translucent green dome suddenly dropped around the town. A biker riding at full speed down the road smashed headlong into the dome and was instantly killed, his body splattering into blood and gore and his bike exploding. Hal ran over to help the guy but found he could not get through the dome. Jo went to check out the force field with Hal while John tried to call for help but found that he had no signal. They saw some more bikers approaching on the other side of the dome, but the men simply turned around when they got close, seemingly not noticing the force field or their dead friend. Jo looked up to the top of the dome and saw a starship in the shape of a giant green lantern hovering far up in the air with a huge four-armed alien floating in the centre of it.

The alien beamed down to the surface and the entire town turned out to see what was happening. He announced that he was Abin Sur and that he existed at the "Green Level of Light", ordering the people of Evergreen to "be without fear". Guy Gardner approached Abin Sur and said that he was the authority in Evergreen. Abin Sur summoned green energy in his hand and levelled it at Guy, saying that judgement would commence. Guy and his deputies Ron and Rita interpreted this as a threat and drew their weapons, while Abin Sur calmly told Guy that he did not exist in the "Spectrum of Light" and once again instructed him to be without fear. Jo was able to convince Guy not to escalate and the sheriffs stood down. Guy asked Abin Sur to tell them what he wanted, but Abin Sur obliterated Guy with a blast, declaring that he had been judged.

Guy's deputies opened fire on Abin Sur but he blocked their bullets with a force field, decapitated Rita with his bare hands and cut Ron's hand off. John and Jo rushed to stop the bleeding from the stump and save Ron's life; but Hal ran up, grabbed Rita's gun and pointed it at Abin Sur. Abin Sur showed no fear of this and told Hal that his judgment was in progress, even addressing Hal by name. John got in between them and told Hal to lower the gun, saying that Abin Sur would just kill him too if he tried to shoot him; and Hal reluctantly did so. Abin Sur told John to be without fear, also addressing him by name, and then flew back up to the Lantern. That night; John, Hal and Jo met up again. John said that they needed to remove Abin Sur from the equation and that he knew how to do it, pulling out a gold ring.

The next morning, John revealed to them that the ring was an earring which the biker had been wearing when he crashed into the dome, meaning it had somehow passed through, and that he had been able to throw it outside the dome again. John also realised that it was unlikely the ring was actual gold and so wanted to determine if anything which appeared to be gold would also work. He got Jo and Hal to join him, asking Hal to bring along any cheap toy he had which was gold coloured. Hal brought him a gold plastic statuette which John discovered he could push through the dome. He then tried his grandmother's actual gold engagement ring, which not only went through the dome but violently disrupted the field and actually left a hole in it for a few seconds. Jo wondered if there were enough gold objects in town to allow them to open a hole large enough for someone to leave and John said it was possible, but that he didn't think that was the lesson they were supposed to be learning. Before he could say anything else Abin Sur flew down and told John he had been judged, then obliterated him with an energy blast. John was not afraid and accepted his death with a calm smile. Enraged, local diner owner Todd Rice tried to shoot Abin Sur with a shotgun, but he simply blocked the bullets and flew away.

Over the next three days, the people of Evergreen disappeared, until only Hal, Jo and Todd remained. The three of them assumed that Abin Sur had destroyed the townspeople and decided to kill him. Jo volunteered to lure Abin Sur out so Hal could shoot him bullets he had painted gold. Jo went out into he street and called for Abin Sur to show himself, demanding answers; while Hal and Todd watched from a nearby alley. Abin Sur descended down from the Lantern and Jo confronted him for killing everyone; however, while Abin Sur admitted killing Rita, he claimed that no other existence had ended as a result of his actions.

Jo was confused and protested that he disintegrated Guy and John in front of her, but Abin Sur again insisted that he did not end their existence. Jo realised to her shock that they were still alive and Abin Sur told her that the missing townspeople existed in "OA", the Omega-Alpha, the "Second Stage"; and their judgment remained in progress. Meanwhile Hal held off on shooting Abin Sur as he hoped Jo could communicate with the alien and resolve the situation without violence. Jo asked Abin Sur to explain and if he could bring the people back, but he told her that continued existence must be within the light. He explained that he is the Abin Sur and Ain must be selected: Ain Roa, Ain Sur and Ain Aur. Abin Sur said that initiates against the dark must be selected and told Jo to be with fear, to fear the Weaponers of Qard.

Abin Sur began to transform into his energy form to fly away. Jo instinctively reached out to Abin Sur to stop him and her hand, with her wedding ring on it, passed into him. At the touch of the ring he green light somehow passed from Abin Sur into Jo. She saw visions of alien worlds, a man with pink skin and a "face of steel", a dark star and Tomar Re, an anomaly of the Red Level of Light. Abin Sur fell to the ground and after a moment of stunned silence he declared what had happened a "chaotic action". He screamed "ANOMALY" and the Green Lantern fell out of the sky onto Evergreen. Jo's ring now gave her powers over the same green energy that Abin Sur had wielded, and she instinctively flew away. By the time she realised what had happened, she found herself lost in the desert with no idea of how to get back.

Green Lantern Whenever Jo closed her eyes she saw a vision of a ring of swirling light in the darkness and heard a voice telling her to "be without fear" just as Abin Sur had. She was drawn to a diner called "Mae & Moe's", where she found Hal alone inside the destroyed building. His left hand had transformed into solid darkness with tendrils of shadow radiating from it.

Hal warned Jo not to get close because the Hand destroyed anything that it saw as a threat and he couldn't control it. Jo asked Hal what he had done with Rita's gun, and it flowed out of his hand. Hal warned Jo that the hand was hungry and wanted to subsume the light. Jo nervously asked him to put the gun down but he ignored her. Hal said that the darkness was very old, and should be weak and forgotten, but something fed it and allowed it to survive so now there was a small piece of it everything. Hal told Jo that he was fighting it and trying not to listen, but it kept telling him he was right. He opened his eyes to reveal they had turned black.

Against Hal's wishes, the Black Hand pointed Rita's gun at Jo and fired a concentrated stream of darkness at her, trying to consume the light. Jo instinctively created a force field bubble around herself to hold it off and rose up into the air. Hal couldn't stop the shadows and yelled at Jo to just let it take the light, but she summoned up a construct of a fist that punched him out of the diner and far into the desert beyond. Jo flew out to where Hal had landed and warned him to get himself under control or she would do it for him. The hand reached out to her even as Hal tried to pull it back, and he asked her how she was able to control her power.

Jo again told Hal to snap out of it, saying that she didn't want to hurt him, but he just replied that he wished she could. Hal told Jo to run but she refused to leave after what Hal did in the diner. Hal was angered by this and the Black Hand greatly expanded in size and extended from Hal's body, shoving Jo far out into the desert. She crashed to the ground in a crater and the Hand, which had expanded across Hal's entire body, pulled him along after her. He confronted her about the destruction of Evergreen and demanded to know where she had gone when the Green Lantern fell.

Jo tried to get Hal to stand down, but he had been driven into a violent rage by the Black Hand and attacked her, screaming that it was her fault he shot Abin Sur. As his last exposed skin started to turn grey he demanded to know what had happened to her. She replied "this" and flew directly at him at high speed, blazing with green light. She hit Hal in the shoulder, temporarily dispelling the darkness around his arm. Jo flew up in the air and told him that when the Lantern fell she had instinctively fled and ended up in the desert with no idea how to get back. She reminded him that she had been drawn back to him but he said that she had been drawn to the Black Hand because it was killing people. He screamed at her than she was the anomaly and to take off the ring, but Jo remembered her wife demanded the same thing and refused, defiantly hitting him with a huge energy blast. In response, the entire upper half of Hal's body turned into an arm with a mouth in the palm of the hand and reached out for her.

Jo flew away from the hand back towards Evergreen and it chased after her. She held it off for a while, blasting it with energy, but eventually a tendril of darkness grabbed her around the ankle. As she approached Evergreen, the Green Lantern rose up from the ground and floated in the air again. Jo broke free of the Hand and grabbed the tentacle of darkness emerging from the mouth in the palm. She pulled Hal up into the air, creating constructs of angel wings from her back, and flew them both into the centre of the Green Lantern. They found themselves floating in a black void with John Stewart, who was set in the centre of the ring they had both had visions of. John, glowing with yellow light, told them to "be without fear", revealing that he was the voice they had been hearing in their minds.

John told them that they were in OA. He explained that Abin Sur had been a judge of worlds, and as a community is a world in miniature, he had chosen Evergreen as his testing ground. On the ground evaluation had been the first stage, and the second stage had been transport into the Green Lantern and from there into OA. John showed them the other residents of Evergreen, alive and floating in the void, including Guy who was now glowing with red light as John was glowing yellow. Hal said that the Hand didn't want to be there and Jo had many questions for John, most importantly hat Abin Sur had been judging them for.

John and Guy explained that all their powers came from the Spectrum of Light, and that there were four "Levels" within it: Qard, Rao, Sur and Aur. Chaotic action, restraint from action, correct action, total understanding. Abin Sur had been a guardian of Sur, the Green Level of Light. His task was to select initiates, or "Ain", into the light from the people of Evergreen. As Guy had shown restraint he was judged worthy of the red flame, and John was selected to be Ain Aur of the gold flame because he had sought knowledge. Hal asked why he had been given the Black Hand, which he was unable to control, and Guy told him that he could not command it because he did not understand it. Jo and Hal both had control over their "flames" without understanding, which was "Tomar", anomaly.

Jo said that something had been changed in John and Guy's heads, because they were acting like the Black Hand was something to learn from instead of a bomb strapped to their friend which kept going off. She once again asked why Abin Sur had done what he did and John replied that he didn't know exactly and could only tell them what he had seen. He revealed that there was a conflict between the Oans like Abin Sur, who consider Qard to be the lowest level and Aur the highest; and their enemies the Weaponers, who see Qard as the highest and take power from the dark without restraint. John warned them that he had foreseen the coming of Mogo, the Blackstar World. Hal realised to his horror that Mogo was the dark star he had seen in his head.

However, Jo said she was done with this, and that if she had all of Abin Sur's power but didn't know the rules, then she didn't have to follow them. She asked Hal to give her his hand, saying that if Abin Sur put it in him, she could get it out. He refused, saying that it would destroy her, but she replied that if he was at the lowest level, he needed someone to help him up. Jo took Hal's hand and ordered the Black Hand out of him. Her power flared and the darkness was expelled from his body. Jo flew them out of the Green Lantern and, with no idea of where else to go, Jo carried Hal to Coast City and the apartment she used to share with Cameron. She asked Cameron to let them in and Cameron agreed.

Goldface Hal fell unconscious and was unwakeable for twenty-four hours. Cameron sniped that she knew Hal couldn't be Jo's boyfriend since he was in front of her face instead of behind her back. Jo retorted that she wasn't going to just stand there and take all the barbs Cameron had been saving up. She told Cameron that when they met she had only just come out and arrived in the city, and so she couldn't recognise the red flags when Cameron rushed ahead in their relationship. Cameron incredulously asked if Jo was accusing her of taking advantage of her, but Jo replied that she didn't think Cameron planned to love bomb and then ignore her, she was just so much of a disaster that she couldn't do anything else.

Cameron claimed that she hadn't been love bombing, she just genuinely loved Jo. In response Jo exploded with anger, yelling back that the only thing Cameron ever loved was her work. She ranted about everything that had happened to her, including her vision of Tomar Re, and screamed that she was now finally part of Cameron's work and asked her if she finally wanted to be around. Cameron calmly lit up a cigarette and asked who Tomar Re is. Jo was nonplussed by Cameron's reaction but Cameron said that Jo is right about her and she needs to investigate any thread that comes her way, and Jo hadn't mentioned him before. Jo's anger was derailed by Cameron and she told her about the visions.

Cameron asked her to take the ring off and Jo bowed up for an argument, but Cameron pointed out that they don't know if the power is in her or the ring. Jo removed the ring and the green light around her disappeared. Cameron then snatched the ring from her, put it on and punched the coffee table, shattering it. She deduced that only Jo can access the ring's full power, but even if someone else uses it, it is still a powerful weapon. Cameron gave Jo the ring back and told her to wear it at all times because she's vulnerable without it. She left to contact her partner Simon, and told Jo that while she was gone she should write down every detail of her visions and stay away from the windows. After she left Jo ruefully said that Cameron still didn't want her around

Later while Jo was writing out note for Cameron there was a knock at the door and what sounded like John's voice called from outside. He asked her to let him in, saying that there wasn't much time. The ring allowed Jo to look through the door and see what appeared to be John on the other side. She opened the door and saw that he was dressed in a gold coloured suit. She started to ask him what he was doing there and then "John" suddenly shot her in the shoulder with a gold bullet that punched straight through her force field. She fell to the ground and tried to get back up, but the impostor then shot her in the stomach as well. He pressed a button on his collar that shot a jet of steam over his head; when it cleared his true face was revealed. The attacked told her that his name was Keith, but he could call her Goldface. He pressed the button again and his head was encased in a gold helmet.

Goldface told Jo that he would let her live if she told him where the Green Lantern was. She pretended to pass out and when he moved in closer she punched him in the crotch. Her bloody fist left blood on on his pants and he panicked, believing that she cut him. While he was distracted she crawled into the kitchen. The gold bullets in her body prevented her from using her full power, but she was able to use the green light to shut the door from across the room and fuse the door handle to the frame. She rooted through the drawers and found a pair of pliers while Goldface tried to break down the door. She used the pliers top reach into the holes and pull the bullets out. The pain was excruciating and she almost passed out, but she imagined Cameron yelling at her that she deserved it and was able to power through. She successfully removed the bullets out, restoring her powers and allowing her to heal herself. When Goldface broke in she shot the pliers into his eye, killing him.

Suddenly she heard voices in the living room. She flew in and found a masked man and a woman in sunglasses standing over the unconscious Hal. She assumed that they were working with Goldface and ordered them to stay away from Hal. The masked man was stunned by her power and asked her what she was. She told him to ask his friend in the kitchen and he pointed his gun at her even as his partner yelled at him to wait. Jo slammed the masked man into the wall with a force field. The woman in sunglasses dodged it and Limbo chastised him for not listening to her. She called him "Simon" and Jo realised that he was Simon Baz, Cameron's partner at the D.E.O. who she had not recognised because he was wearing a mask. She released the field and he once again levelled his gun at Jo and demanded to know where Cameron was. Cameron then walked in, lit up a cigarette and asked what happened.

Jo told them about Goldface and showed them his dead body in the kitchen. Cameron realised that if he had brought gold bullets then he knew about Jo's weakness to gold and he had also known where to find her, which meant that somebody must have sold her out. To try and work out who it was the other agent, who was a psychic named Kari Limbo, performed a reading on the dead body. She determined that he worked for a man named Hector Hammond. Cameron and Simon were both shocked by the news and Cameron said they needed to leave immediately.

Obsidian Simon quickly realised that their supervisor Jonny Double must have fed information to Hector Hammond; as he was the only one who knew they were planning to go to Cameron's apartment to look for Jo and Goldface had shown up only ten minutes after they had met with him. The five of them went on the run as they could not trust the DEO and the three agents were declared "burned". They retreated to a secret safehouse owned by Simon and Cameron that nobody at the agency knew about. After three weeks Hal regained consciousness and they filled him in on what had happened, and told him that they planned to either find evidence of Double being compromised or kill him.

Cameron asked Kari if she could track Double's location with her psychic abilities but Kari informed her that her powers did not work that way; she could only get glimpses of the future and perform readings of objects. Jo gave Kari the ring and asked her to do a reading of it. When she did she started ranting about a figure called the "left hand" or "Sin Es Tro". Kari calmed down and started muttering to herself, when suddenly a huge, crystalline black monster burst through the wall. It swatted Kari aside, killing her instantly and causing her to drop the ring in the rubble. Simon tried to shoot it but its carapace was bulletproof and it threw him into a wall. Cameron also tried to shoot it and it turned her attention to her. She realised that if it responded to bullets then there must be a human mind controlling it. To their shock the creature said Jo's name and they fled from it, leaving the ring buried in the rubble.

They reached the stairwell and ran up to the roof. Before she went up the stairs Cameron fired several shots into the creature's "face", which caused it to freeze up and confirmed her theory that there was a person controlling it. On the roof they took a moment to catch their breath. Cameron said that Jo must wish she had given her the ring when she asked for it, because then none of what was going on would have happened; and told Jo that when she had gotten rid of hers it had felt like closure. Jo started to explain to Cameron that was exactly why she hadn't given it away. However, Hal realised that he couldn't hear the monster coming up the stairs and it burst up through the roof.

Hal and Cameron were knocked down, but Jo stayed on her feet. She told them how she had wanted to keep the ring because its weight reminded her of the mistakes she had made and the pain she had felt and caused others. In a burst of green light, the ring appeared on her finger. Jo said that even though it hurt, it was her pain and her life; and that everything good and bad about her was in the ring. She blasted the monster and declared that nobody would take it away from her. Jo flew up and attacked the monster, ignoring Hal when he called after her that there was someone inside.

The creature shot Jo out of the air with lightning bolts from its eyes. Cameron ran up and asked her if she was okay. Jo replied that she was and she was going to take whoever was inside the monster down. From above, they heard Hal's voice say that they would help them up. They looked up and saw Hal floating in the air, surrounded by violet light. Hal said that he could feel that the person inside was forced into the monster. He told Jo that whoever was hunting them had been trying to create a Tomar, but the Qard as used by the Black Star itself was an anomaly. Jo was confused and worried that Hal was not making sense, and he explained that the "chaotic action" Abin Sur had been concerned about was not about fighting. It was action without thought; which could mean violence, hate, cruelty and blind obedience if it was twisted, but it could be something else: something like love. He told the monster to "Be free", and in a burst of violet light it disappeared.

Todd Rice, who Jo and Hal had assumed was dead, was left in the monster's place. He was unconscious and still appeared to be in bad shape with black veins running across his body. Jo went to check on him and the green light acted strangely around him. She asked Hal what he had just done, but before he could say anything Simon Baz appeared on the roof, having come up the back stairs. He told them he had been trying to flank the creature, but when he went outside there was something that they all needed to see. He took them outside and they saw the Green Lantern floating overhead. Jo identified it for Cameron and Simon and told them it was what landed on Evergreen. She wondered why it was there, and a voice behind her said that "Lantern" was a poor translation for what it was. She turned and saw Tomar Re sitting behind her, who said that a better word would be "Gun". He told her he was going to kill Mogo with it and asked if she was coming. Without waiting for an answer he pulled Jo and Hal into the Lantern and then flew off into space.

Tomar Re Jo demanded that Tomar Re turn the Lantern around so she could go back to protect Cameron, but Tomar Re refused. He told her how his planet had been destroyed by Mogo and said that with an anomaly of the Green Level of Light and an intact Green Lantern, he would finally be able to destroy Mogo and "save the universe". As he spoke Jo was overcome by an excruciating headache. John confronted Tomar Re and asked him what the ammunition was supposed to be in the "gun" that would kill Mogo, and Tomar Re freely admitted it would be the souls of the people of Evergreen. John refused to let him sacrifice the people, but Tomar Re revealed that the Lantern was currently under attack from the Blackstars of the planet Rann. They agreed that repelling the attack should take priority and Hal, John and Guy teleported outside the Lantern to deal with the two Black Hands flying towards them.

Jo tried to follow her friends out but couldn't. She realised that the pain she was feeling was Tomar Re trying to take control of her mind; as the Red Flame was the power of restraint, he was able to "restrain" her choices. She tried to resist, saying that her powers are higher on the scale than his, but Tomar Re smugly replied that rules like that didn't apply to them and that he would inevitably beat her due to his greater experience. However, Jo was able to fight through the pain and fight back, hitting him with a construct of a fist.

Tomar Re created a huge labyrinth around Jo, claiming that his greater experience with his powers meant that she had not chance against him. He once more tried to take control of her mind and she again forced him out, but seemed to require more effort a second time. Tomar Re tried to persuade Jo to go along with his plan, but she refused as to kill the people of Evergreen will not. Chains of light erupted from the floor and bound her, and Tomar Re emerged from hiding to speak to her again. He explained that Mogo must stay focussed at all times to maintain control over its massive body, and if its thought process is ever disrupted it will not be able to start again, thereby killing it. The death screams of the people of Evergreen broadcast directly into Mogo's mind would provide that disruption, sacrificing two thousand people to save the universe.

Jo still refused and Tomar Re asked her if she really cared that people she doesn't even like much will die, or if she was just mad he didn't ask first; she replied that it's a bit of both. Jo transformed into pure green energy like Abin Sur and simply phased through the chains. He tried to trap her in a box but effortlessly walked through it, and revealed that she was just waiting for him to show himself and gloat. Jo grew to a gigantic size, then summoned a construct of a birdcage around Tomar Re. She told him that he may understand everything about his powers, but that meant he has accepted there are rules and limits to what he can do, but she hasn't. Tomar Re told her that none of what has happened changed the fact that he is right; Mogo is still coming for her and she has the perfect way to stop it. She said she would cross that bridge when she comes to it and went to leave the Lantern, but Tomar Re revealed that Mogo had already found them.

Mogo Tomar Re told Jo that Mogo would destroy the Lantern and the people of Evegreen would die anyway, so she should make the hard choice and at least ensure their deaths were worth something. However Jo realised that as a "Tomar", someone who possessed all the power of Abin Sur and none of the wisdom, then she could also act as a bringer of power like he had intended to. She called out to the people of Evergreen, asking for anyone who was ready for the Green Light to come forwards. One woman volunteered and Jo granted the power to her.

After the volunteer took the power, Jo realised that she only vaguely recognised her. She introduced herself as Jessica Cruz and said that Jo wouldn't know her, because she had always been alone. Jessica said that nobody in Evergreen had ever been there for her, and that was why she was on Mogo's side.[15] However, Jo was able to convince both Jessica and Tomar Re to work with her to kill the Controller of MU, the leader of the Blackstars and the "Sin Es Tro" from Kari Limbo's vision. Tomar Re transformed into a bullet and Jo loaded him into an energy construct of a gun. They left the Lantern and confronted the Controller. Jo shot Tomar Re at the Controller and John channelled the power of the "Gold Flame" into Tomar Re, allowing him to pass through the Controller's defences. Tomar Re blew through the Controller's head and killed him.

Mogo sensed that something was wrong and was thrown into confusion. Katma Tui, one of the Black Hands, said that it would fire as soon as it worked out what happened. Jessica flew up from the Lantern and circled around Mogo, causing plant life to grow across the planet. She told Mogo that it's not about will, it's about letting go, and that everything would be okay. A symbol of a Green Lantern appeared on Mogo's surface, surrounding the black star on its equator. Katma Tui took control of the Blackstars and told them to stand down.

Homecoming With the threat of Mogo and the Blackstars seemingly resolved the group, now calling themselves the Green Lantern Corps, decided to return to Earth. Jessica Cruz chose to remain behind on Mogo, while Katma Tui and Tomar Re asked to come back with them. Jo piloted the Green Lantern back to the ruins of Evergreen. The four Hammond Consulting guards left behind to guard the site were terrified and attacked them with guns loaded with gold bullets. Despite the Corps repeatedly giving the guards the chance to lay down their weapons and surrender peacefully, the Corps were forced to kill them in self-defence.

Disgusted by the guards display of pointless defiance, Katma Tui flew off, saying that on the Blackstar Worlds "the herd" knew their place. Jo encouraged John to follow Katma and try to convince her to come back, aware that he was attracted to her. She then dug the sign for Todd Rice's diner out of the rubble and used the ring's power to rebuild the building exactly from its's component fragments around them. Tomar Re asked her why she did it when people were looking for them and such actions would only draw attention. Jo replied that she had been running away her whole life, but she was done running and Evergreen was her home. She created a construct of the Lantern on top of the sign and announced that Evergreen was Green Lantern country, and anyone who wanted her could come.

Powers:

Weapons Ring: Jo's solid gold wedding ring was imbued with the "Green Level of Light" when she reached into the Abin Sur's energy form while wearing it. This made her a "Tomar", or an anomaly wielding the Green Flame without any of the limitations imposed by OA's teachings.

Energy Construct Creation Force Field Energy Projection Flight Accelerated Healing Biokinesis: Jo can transfer nutrients from the food she consumes into other people. Power Distribution: Jo is able to bestow the powers of the Green Light onto others. Pyrokinesis: Jo can create green-coloured fire with a snap of her fingers. Telekinesis: The ring allows Jo to move objects through sheer force of will. She was able to completely rebuild Todd Rice's diner from the rubble of Evergreen with her mind. Thermokinesis: Jo can cause metal to heat up to the point of melting and welding together. Transformation: Jo can change at will into a form of pure green energy. Intangibility Size Alteration X-Ray Vision: The power of the ring allows her to see through solid objects.

The Absolute Emotional Spectrum

The Absolute Emotional Spectrum is the cosmic philosophy that governs the powers Jessica and wield.

Unlike the traditional emotional spectrum, which associates different colors with emotions such as rage, fear, hope, and love, this version is organized around how a person chooses to act in relation to the world and other living beings.

Its central question is not simply, "What do you feel?"

It is, "How do you choose to act, and what do your choices mean for everyone affected by them?"

The Spectrum contains four primary Levels of Light:

• Aur — Gold: Enlightenment and comprehensive understanding.

• Sur — Green: Correct action and moral responsibility.

• Rao — Red: Restraint, deliberation, and consideration of consequences.

• Qard — Black: Unrestrained action driven by individual freedom and impulse.

These levels represent different philosophies rather than a straightforward division between good and evil. A person can use any level for constructive or destructive purposes, although the ideologies of the factions associated with each level influence how they wield their power.

The hierarchy of the four levels

1. Aur — Gold Flame

Highest level

Philosophy: Enlightenment through understanding.

Aur represents the highest rung of the Spectrum: the pursuit of comprehensive knowledge, understanding, and awareness of existence. Its adepts seek to comprehend the circumstances surrounding an action before deciding what, if anything, should be done.

Its greatest power is paired with its greatest limitation: a wielder must remain passive for its full enlightened state to function. Understanding everything does not automatically grant permission to interfere with everything.

2. Sur — Green Flame

Jessica's level

Philosophy: Correct action through morality.

Sur represents acting according to an ethical understanding of right and wrong. Its adepts must consider what is right, accept responsibility for their choices, and recognize that good intentions alone do not guarantee a good outcome.

Sur is the level of guardianship, intervention, and moral courage. Its practitioners are expected to learn, reflect, and improve rather than relying on raw determination alone.

3. Rao — Red Flame

Restraint and deliberation

Philosophy: Consider every available option before acting.

Rao represents the ability to pause, exercise self-control, and consider the consequences of one's choices. Its adepts understand that not every problem requires immediate intervention and that restraint can be a form of strength.

Its practitioners may be extraordinarily dangerous when they finally act, but their philosophy emphasizes the importance of choosing when, why, and how to do so.

4. Qard — Black Flame

Lowest level

Philosophy: Unrestricted freedom of action.

Qard represents acting according to personal desire without Qard represents acting according to personal desire without allowing external rules, obligations, or concern for others to restrict one's choices. It prizes immediate action, instinct, and the belief that the individual should be free to do whatever they wish.

Its adherents believe that restraint is a weakness and that the other levels impose unnecessary limitations on existence. The Weaponers of Qard and the Blackstars seek to establish this philosophy as the dominant order of the universe.

Important distinction: The ranking describes the Spectrum's philosophical ladder, not a universal combat ranking. A lower-level adept may defeat a higher-level adept through experience, preparation, circumstances, or an advantageous ability. Qard is not inherently evil, and Aur does not automatically make every decision morally correct.

How the ranking works

The levels can be understood as four different approaches to a difficult decision.

Level

Central question

Core principle

Aur — Gold

What do I need to understand?

Enlightenment

Sur — Green

What is the right thing to do?

Moral responsibility

Rao — Red

What should I consider before acting?

Restraint

Qard — Black

What do I want to do?

Unrestricted freedom

The distinction is particularly important for roleplay because the powers are connected to their wielder's philosophy. A Green adept should not be portrayed as a person who automatically wins through willpower. Their growth comes from understanding their responsibilities and learning to make better decisions.

5. Aur — The Gold Flame of Enlightenment

Aur occupies the highest level of the Spectrum. It is associated with enlightenment, immense awareness, and an understanding of the deeper structure of existence.

An Ain Aur has undergone Abin Sur's judgment and been granted access to the Gold Flame. The experience is not simply a reward for intelligence. It represents a profound shift in how a person understands the universe, its inhabitants, and the consequences of their actions.

Powers of Aur

Cosmic Awareness: Perceives the broader structure of the Spectrum and understands aspects of the other levels of Light.

Invulnerability and Force Fields: The Gold Flame provides extraordinary protection, including resistance to the powers of other Flames and the Black Hand, according to this setting's cosmology.

Levitation: Allows the adept to hover and move through the air.

Regeneration: Restores damage to the wielder's body or energetic manifestation.

Self-Sustenance: Allows survival in hostile environments, including the vacuum of space.

Telepathy: Enables communication and the perception of thoughts or mental impressions.

The limitation of enlightenment

Aur's defining restriction is that its highest state requires passivity.

An Aur adept may understand a situation with extraordinary clarity, yet understanding does not mean they can freely intervene without relinquishing the conditions that sustain that state.

This creates an important philosophical dilemma: knowing what might happen is not the same as being able to prevent it.

An Aur adept must confront the difference between observing the universe and taking responsibility for changing it.

6. Sur — The Green Flame of Correct Action

Sur is the level Jo Mullein wields. It represents the belief that power should be guided by an understanding of morality and responsibility.

An Ain Sur is not simply someone who wants to do good. They are someone who must continually examine what doing good actually means.

Saving one person at the expense of thousands may be necessary in some situations, but the decision still carries consequences. Protecting a person who has committed wrongdoing may be morally complicated, yet abandoning them without consideration is not necessarily the correct choice either.

Sur's adepts must learn to make difficult decisions without assuming that every answer is obvious.

Powers of Sur

Energy Construct Creation

They can create solid forms of Green Light, including shields, platforms, restraints, tools, weapons, vehicles, and complex structures. Their complexity depends on her imagination, understanding, and control.

Force Fields

They can surround themself, , or other people with protective barriers. Their strength depends on the power she channels and the demands placed upon them.

Energy Projection

He can project concentrated bursts, beams, and waves of Green Light. They can use these to repel attackers, disable equipment, or fight hostile entities.

Flight

They can fly through the atmosphere and travel through space without a conventional vehicle.

Accelerated Healing

The Green Light can accelerate recovery from injuries. This does not automatically erase trauma or make her immune to every form of harm.

Biokinesis and Nutrient Transfer

They can transfer nutrients from food she consumes into another person. This ability can help sustain someone who is weakened or unable to eat normally.

Power Distribution

They can bestow the Green Light upon another person, allowing them to become an initiate of Sur. This is the ability he used to grant their powers.

Telekinesis

They can move, lift, manipulate, and restrain objects through Green Light without physically touching them.

Thermokinesis

They can heat metal until it melts or welds together, allowing her to repair structures, disable machinery, or alter metal objects.

Transformation

She can transform her physical body into a humanoid manifestation of pure Green Light, retaining her identity and consciousness.

Intangibility

She can pass through solid objects by altering the interaction between her energetic form and physical matter.

Size Alteration

She can increase or decrease her size, allowing her to interact with objects and beings of different scales.

X-Ray Vision

She can see through many solid materials, allowing her to locate people, inspect structures, and identify hidden dangers.

7. Rao — The Red Flame of Restraint

Rao represents the discipline of considering possibilities before acting. Its adepts recognize that an immediate response is not always the best response and that the consequences of an action can be more important than the satisfaction of carrying it out.

Its wielders are associated with bodily control, transformation, and the ability to withstand extreme environments.

Powers of Rao

Biokinesis: Complete control over the wielder's own bodily processes, including the ability to reshape their body. Advanced practitioners can merge with others and act as a conduit between bodies, allowing blood to pass harmlessly between individuals, even across species.

Superhuman Durability: The ability to grow thick, tough scales that serve as natural armour.

Toxikinesis: The ability to form the digestive system into a weapon that projects blasts of the wielder's own stomach acid.

Enhanced Senses: The ability to perceive events at extraordinarily small and large scales, including atomic interactions and the births and deaths of stars.

Spectrum Detection: The ability to sense other wielders of the Levels of Light.

Force Fields: The creation of defensive barriers against physical and energetic threats.

Self-Sustenance: Survival without ordinary environmental support, including in the vacuum of space.

Energy Construct Creation: The ability to shape energy into physical forms.

Flight: The ability to travel through the air and space.

Metamorphosis: The ability to alter one's physical form.

Mind Control: Certain experienced wielders can influence or control other minds, with their capability depending on their mastery and time spent wielding Rao.

The danger of restraint

Restraint can prevent reckless decisions, but it can also become an excuse for inaction.

An adept who spends too long considering every possible consequence may fail to act when someone needs immediate help. Rao therefore requires its practitioners to learn when deliberation has served its purpose and when a decision must finally be made.

Its philosophy is not cowardice or indecision. It is disciplined action informed by consideration.

Qard — The Black Flame of Chaotic Action

Qard is the lowest level in the Spectrum's philosophical hierarchy. It represents action driven by unrestricted personal freedom, instinct, and the refusal to allow outside rules to dictate what an individual may do.

Qard itself is not inherently evil. Freedom and spontaneity can have positive applications, and an individual who values personal autonomy is not automatically a villain.

The danger emerges when freedom becomes an absolute justification for ignoring everyone else's rights.

The Weaponers of Qard and the Blackstars

The Weaponers of Qard and the Blackstars are the major antagonistic factions associated with this level.

They reject the Oans' doctrine of Omega-Alpha, which pursues enlightenment through the Spectrum. Instead, they follow the doctrine of MU — Maker-Unmaker.

Their ideology places unrestricted action above understanding, restraint, or moral responsibility. They view the higher levels as philosophies that prevent individuals from exercising their true power.

The Blackstars seek to impose their interpretation of Qard upon the universe. They occupy multiple planets and sectors, using military force to destroy resistance and eliminate rival adepts.

Their willingness to sacrifice entire civilizations demonstrates the destructive consequences of their doctrine when personal freedom becomes domination.

The Blackstar World: Mogo

Mogo is a living planet that was originally intended to guide adepts on their journey toward Aur. It was a source of wisdom and a place where seekers could pursue enlightenment.

Its fate changed when Thaal, the first and only Abin Aur, discovered the Black Zero at the center of the universe and descended into madness. Now known as Sin Es Tro, or the Controller of MU, Thaal used the power associated with Aur to force Mogo into serving his plans.

Under his control, Mogo became the Blackstar World: a barren, pitch-black planet bearing the Black Star symbol across its surface. It became the mobile headquarters of the Blackstars and a weapon capable of destroying entire planets.

Mogo's obedience was rooted in terror. It believed that defying Thaal would lead to its own destruction, leaving it trapped in a cycle of fear and violence.

Jessica's intervention changed that.

After the Controller's death, Mogo was left without the commands that had governed its existence. Jessica recognized the planet's confusion and helped it understand that it no longer had to remain trapped in the role imposed upon it.

Its barren exterior transformed into a thriving, green world, with forests, clouds, diverse biomes, and alien wildlife. The Green Lantern symbol appeared across its surface, surrounding the Black Star that had once represented its enslavement.

Mogo became a member of Sur and a refuge for displaced people and adepts.

It is approximately four times the size of Earth while maintaining similar surface gravity. Despite its enormous size, Mogo has no humanoid body or conventional face. It communicates telepathically, and its consciousness extends throughout its planetary existence.

Its transformation represents one of the central themes of Jessica's story: a person or being can be shaped by fear and suffering without being defined by them forever.