

After that, Black Hand would be reborn as the Herald of the Black Lanterns and the Blackest Night began. Both Scar and this Guardian then guided Black Hand through the murder of his family and his own suicide. Meanwhile, Nekron released a massive number of Black Lantern Rings into the universe headed for Earth and Oa. Deep beneath Oa's surface, Scar prophesied the coming of the Blackest Night with her Book of the Black. It began by tearing the Guardians apart from the inside out.

Scar from this point on would dedicate herself to death and the darkness. This Guardian would later become known as Scar. Īfter the female Guardian was scarred by the Anti-Monitor, she became connected to the Guardian of Death - Nekron, Lord of the Unliving, as the poison of the wound spread and slowly killed her, making her vulnerable to the machinations of the Black. The series of events lead William Hand to becoming the villainous Black Hand and eventually the creation of the Black Lantern Corps.Īfter the battle with the Sinestro Corps, Superman-Prime hurled the Anti-Monitor into space, who then crashed on an unknown planet and was encased within a Black Central Battery by an unknown being.

Atrocitus sought to claim the power from Hand, but foiled by Green Lantern Thaal Sinestro and Sur's successor Hal Jordan. However, Sur was killed and Atrocitus discovered the bearer, the human William Hand. To this end, Abin Sur took custody of the Inversion Atrocitus in order to find the bearer of "The Black" on Earth. The prophecy was not taken seriously by the Guardians of the Universe, except by Green Lantern Abin Sur, who made several visits to the Five Inversions to learn more about the prophecy and coming to the conclusion that the Blackest Night must be prevented from happening. The return of the darkness was foretold in a prophecy known as the " Blackest Night" by the Five Inversions of Ysmault, the enemies of the Guardians of the Universe. Though defeated, the darkness would return to continue its fight against creation. Even though the darkness failed to fight back the white light, it caused the white light to splinter into the Emotional Spectrum. In the beginning, the darkness had been in existence long before the birth of the universe until during the dawn of time it was banished by the white light of creation.
