Atrocitus
Atrocitus is a comic book character that first appeared in Green Lantern Vol. 5 #25
The founder of the Red Lantern Corps who anointed the Red Lantern in blood and harnesses the power of the Red Spectrum of light.
History
The Five Inversions
The being known as Atrocitus was born on planet Ryut, and was a survivor of the infamous Massacre of Sector 666, during which the Manhunters wiped out the life in an entire space sector except for five lifeforms. These five became the terrorists known as the Five Inversions, led by Atrocitus, and sought revenge against the Guardians of the Universe and gained powers through dark magics. Over time, the demons would build themselves a strong following of worshipers and become known as the Empire of Tears. When the Guardians decided to rid the universe of magic to make way for order, the Empire crumbled and the Five Inversions were imprisoned and crucified on the planet Ysmault to serve out a long sentence for the crimes they had committed. However, the demons were still far from powerless. Through rituals and sacrifices, they discovered a black power so dark it was beyond the power of the Guardians' light.
Killing Abin Sur
Killer of Abin Sur
Much later, Atrocitus was outraged with his associate Qull for revealing the prophecy of the Blackest Night to the Green Lantern Abin Sur. However, Qull's manipulations of the Green Lantern did aid Atrocitus in being released from Ysmault. Abin Sur took him from the planet against orders of the Guardians, traveling to Earth to use Atrocitus to help him find the source of this black power that was prophesied to consume the universe. In transit, Atrocitus exploited the fear these dark prophecies had infected Abin Sur with to free himself from his restraints. He severely wounded Abin Sur and caused them both to crash to Earth's surface, though Atrocitus fell from the ship while it was still airborne.Atrocitus survived the fall and committed himself to locating the source of the black power on Earth. He used his blood rituals to discover it was to be found in a human named William Hand. He also constructed a cosmic divining rod to contain the power.
In finding William Hand, he was in turn found by two Green Lanterns, Sinestro and a rookie Hal Jordan. He used his cosmic divining rod on them to drain the power from their rings. With them no longer a threat to him, he continued his pursuit of William Hand. The two Green Lanterns managed to recharge their rings and catch up to him in time, but he was still a physical match for their power. He nearly killed Sinestro with a yellow crane and would have succeeded if Hal Jordan not surprisingly overcome the yellow weakness to stop him. Stunned, he was rendered unconscious by Sinestro, who triumphantly proclaimed himself the greatest Green Lantern.
Sinestro's prophecy
Rage's Red Light
The first Red Lantern
Rather than leave Ysmault behind, Atrocitus constructed his Central Power Battery on the planet and made it the homeworld of his Red Lantern Corps. Red power rings were dispatched, bringing back to him an army of beings overcome with rage. At the root of their rage for many of them were actions committed by the Sinestro Corps, and Atrocitus favored them as they fed directly into his plans. Knowing that Sinestro was being transferred to Korugar by the Green Lantern Corps to face his execution, Atrocitus led his Red Lanterns on an attack to intercept that transfer. He and his Red Lanterns tore through the combined forces of the Green Lantern Corps and Sinestro Corps, succeeding in bringing Sinestro back to Ysmault.
Atrocitus' Red Lantern Corps
With all his prey having escaped, Atrocitus used his blood ritual magic to search for the Blue Lantern Corps' homeworld.
Atrocitus vs Hannu
Blackest Night
In response to the rise of Atrocitus' Red Lantern Corps, the Guardians of the Universe dispatched the Lost Lanterns to Ysmault for a brutal crack down to restore order to the prison planet. However, the Lost Lanterns were more interested in recovering the body of Laira. When they were attempting to make their retreat, Atrocitus attacked Hannu to prevent that. As the two fought, black power rings suddenly rained down around them and reanimated the corpses of Atrocitus' four fellow Inversions.Seething with rage when confronted by the dead Inversions, Atrocitus did not even try to stop Qull from harvesting his rage-filled heart. His heart was torn from his chest, and nothing. Atrocitus did not die as the Black Lanterns intended. With his red ring, he no longer needed his heart and was effectively immune to the Black Lanterns' trick.
Rage of Atrocitus
Pain of Atrocitus
Powers
Atrocitus is a physically powerful being capable of great strength and resistance to injury. He is also very adept with blood magic, which he can use to perform such feats as conjuring omens of the future and divining secret truths.Atrocitus has better control over his red power ring than other Red Lanterns. He is not reduced to a mindless rage like the others but retains all the power it imbues such as flight through space and breathing destructive red flame.
Atrocitus is able to survive his heart being ripped out and continue to act and behave normally (for him that is). It is unknown if this is an innate power, a result of his connection to his ring, or a standard ability of all red lanterns. One one theory is that the rage is so great in his heart that it blinds him to everything even the concept of death thus preserving his life indefinitely. It is mentioned that a Red Lantern's heart is replaced by their ring, and Hal Jordan was informed that removing Laira's ring would be fatal to her.
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Power Rank
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| Super Name: | Atrocitus |
| Real Name: | Atrocitus |
| Aliases: |
Atrocitus Brother Atrocitus The Red Lantern |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Alien |
| 1st Appearance: | Green Lantern Vol. 5 #25 |
| Appears in: | 26 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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