GREEN LANTERN CORPS: RECHARGE

Vath Sarn is one of the first new recruits to the Green Lantern Corps after its reactivation. When first introduced to Vath he is serving in the Rann-Thanagar war. A veteran of the Rannian forces, his unit was surrounded when an Oan power ring chose him. Using it to destroy the weapons of his foes he was angered when the ring ignored his directives and transported him to Oa for training. Upon arrival he was trained by Kilowog for his duty as one of the Green Lanterns of Sector 2682. For his first assignment he was given a temporary badge and partnered with fellow citizen of sector 2682, the Thanagarian Isamot Kol.

Isamot was also a veteran of the war, though he had fought with the Thanagarian ground forces, comprised mostly of Thangar’s “downsider” Lizardken population. While Sarn was able to adapt to his new position as an officer of the Corps, Isamot continued to view him as an enemy. This caused problems. Their assignment was relatively simple, diverting ships from Star 38 which, as part of a recent string of similar incidents, was beginning to show signs of instability. Isamot continues to have trouble adjusting to corps protocol, and even threatened to fire on an Okaaran Hospital ship that suspected his warnings were a Thanagarian trap and fired on the Lizardken Lantern.

Eventually the two rookies began to work together, valiantly trying to save the ship from a black hole created when the Star goes Supernova though they were eventually sucked in. Kilowog soon came after the two rookies, to save them. Finding themselves in Vegan space the trio infiltrated a Spider-Guild ship. Kilowog, being to large, was forced to allow Kol and Sarn to continue without him. The two manage to gain vital intelligence on what the guild was planning. Joining back up with Kilowog, the three Lanterns were forced to fight even more adversaries as they made their way out of the ship. Eventually they ran into Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner, and fellow rookie Lantern Soranik Natu who were also trapped on the ship.

Though all were low on power they manage to work together to escape the ship and return to Oa where they aided the Corps in repelling the Spider-Guild Assault. After this he and Isamot were able to work together as partners, putting their past firmly behind them.

TO BE A LANTERN

Although a skilled and hardened soldier, the horrors of the Rann / Thanagar war had taken their toll on Sarn. He grew irritable and easily angered, at one point punching Isamot Kol when Kol harmless suggestion that Sarn talk to Mogo about his troubles. Sarn was immediately regretful and decided to take his partners advice and seek out Mogo’s counsel.

On Mogo, Sarn saw images of his former platoon mates. Their “conversations” with Sarn revealed a violent and dark history. At one point Sarn had apparently hurt a former lover, and killed an innocent man in a bar fight. Mogo helped Sarn in confronting who he was and advised the troubled Lantern that he must learn to forgive himself if he expects to move beyond his violent past.

SINESTRO CORPS WAR

Sarn has sought to move on and he and Kol have developed into one of the Corps most dependable partnerships. During the Sinestro Corps was, Sarn fought with distinction in the Battle of Ranx / Mogo and the attack on Earth.

During the Ranx battle, Sarn was one of the first Lanterns to exercise the Guardians new law permitting the use of lethal force. Upon authorization, Sarn rallied the decimated Lanterns; crying out “we finally have real weapons, so let’s use them” and stabbing a Sinestro thug threw the mouth with a broadsword he instantly conjured.

After the war ended, Sarn was seen in a Rannian bar honoring his fallen brethren. Sarn drank to their memory while using his ring to will an image of each and every fallen Lantern. He has since returned to the Corps where he and his partner have earned a reputation as Lanterns who have openly embraced the use of lethal force.

RING QUEST

Due to in part to their service during the Sinestro Corps War Vath Sarn and Isamot Kol were chosen to accompany Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner, Sodam Yat, Arisia, Bzzd, Soranak Natu, and Princess Iolande on a mission to locate and destroy the numerous Sinestro Corps rings loose in the universe, before these terrible weapons could find new bearers. Sarn and his partner traced the energy signature of one ring planetside where they found a newly inducted Sinestro Corpsman massacring innocents with glee. The two Lanterns literally disarmed the villain and send both their prisoner and his ring arm to Oa for trial and imprisonment.

When the Corps lost contact with Arisia and Sodam Yat, Vath Sarn and his fellow Lanterns pursued their trail to the Black Mercy planet. Sarn was one of the more outspoken Lanterns intent on killing Mongul and destroying the deadly mercy planets. When the planet attempted to kill the Lanterns by increasing gravity, Vath Sarn struggled against the crushing gravity to protect himself and Princess Iolande from being crushed under the tons of dead bodies being pulled from space to the planet below. Sarn participated in the battle against Mongul, shown once again to favor constructs of the weaponry he employed as a soldier.