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45. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
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That's right! The guy who destroyed the entire Green Lantern Corps and went back to the beginning of time in an attempt to rewrite the world in his image.

We just met Hal for the first time in week 71 sessions. It was our first session on Oa! With two sessions a week, that's some 560 hours in sessions before getting there. And, of the big seven Justice Leaguers, if you ignore A.J., he's the third we've met. In Central City, the party there managed to run into the Flash, both Barry and Wally, who were running through time or the speed force or something. And then right after, ran into Wonder Woman - turned into one of Darkseid's Furies with the Anti-Life Equation. Batman is said to be in NYC but a Bruce Wayne was seen elsewhere - can't determine. We are told Aquaman is dead. Martian Manhunter is dead. Oh, and Superman is Equated in Asia. So Hal is the first we've met who is actually accessible! But he can't get back to Earth...

Hal's role in this campaign begins with a whole bunch of shit that happened in the past. First, the vote - once upon a time, Doctor Light got aboard the Justice League satellite and assaulted Elongated Man's wife. There was then a vote to see if Zatanna would wipe Light's mind. Seven votes - Hawkman, Atom, Zatanna, Flash for, and three against - Black Canary, Green Arrow, and Green Lantern. This mindwipe laid the entire stage for the Society (all of the villains united) to band together to strike back at the hero community, as we came to learn that Zatanna mindwiped even MORE villains. Tons of them! We also learned that Lush, Scare's character who I recently described, was one of those villains. Lush has come to find out that she used to be a lot badder and more bloodthirsty than she thought. Now, this is about Hal, so let's get to him - this was a place where he was on the right side of things! But an important event nonetheless.

Sometime later, Hal became the host for Parallax, the creature of pure yellow that powered Sinestro when he turned from the Green. He did a whole bunch of bad shit. This is a place where Hal was in the wrong.

He also died, and then became the host for the Spectre. While as host of the Spectre, he interfaced with Varra, MI's campaign one character! Eventually, Hal was separated from the Spectre and remade the Green Lantern Corps, along with Coast City and some other stuff, I'm not too sure off-hand. The Corps is split - most people hate Hal. Most people across the entire universe do. Lanterns that were off Oa lost their ring's powers. Lanterns on Oa were killed. The Guardians were killed. After being brought back, the Guardians decided to trust Hal, but most of the Lanterns don't. That leaves us in a precarious position on Oa where we can't get the support we need without doing some dirty work.

Oh, and when Hal separated from the Spectre, the Spectre was left without a host. As an angel of vengeance unhinged, the Spectre went on a rampage, trying to destroy all sin. We've come to think he might be being guided by Eclipso, but how that interface happens, we're unsure. But he is trying to destroy all of magic, which is a large part of this campaign.

ANYWAY, that's all the stuff that Hal has done before the campaign and how it ties in. Since meeting him, we've learned that the Lanterns are forbidden from going to Earth (it's held in a cage made by Alpha Lanterns as they investigate the death of a New God), and are in open war with the Sinestro Corps. So the Lanterns are sort of in a weird place, but we're teaming up with the Earth ones as they all want to get back home, but also need help resolving issues with the Sinestro Corps, and oh yeah, a massive intergalactic war that has broken out between Rann and Thanagar.

Now, Hal has not had much of a chance to shine, but his classic heroism and dark past have been very potent so far. Let me talk of my character - Saoirse, a witch who knew John Constantine who has a massive guilt complex due to a bunch of shite in her past that she likes to hide. So guilt is a theme I went into this campaign holding dear to.

Saoirse just met Hal who has infinitely more reason to feel guilty than she ever does. And that makes him a person that she can really look at - not a mirror to reflect her own guilt, but almost like a mentor, who knows so much of what guilt is, what it can do, and how to move past it, or at least work with it. And though Saoirse's guilt is a little irrational with how tight she holds onto it, people like Hal (and others) provide a rational image that she can compare herself to, and perhaps gain some growth through.

Recently, Hal's niece Helen got injured in the attack that Kobra did on our base. This is an attack that Saoirse feels pretty guilty for (she was sleeping with Kobra while he was infiltrating and feels awful that she couldn't see anything before it all happened). And so a big part of Saoirse's recent guilt is about how Hal's niece got shot and it's just a potent feedback loop that I am loving so far.

In happier news though, we got ahold of the Star Sapphire Ring of our Sector (that Carol Ferris used to wield), and it is very excited to see Hal! It also assures him that Carol and him are meant for each other, and she might not know how to process the information that Hal slept with fellow Lantern, Arisia.

Hal is a great character who had such a big impact on the campaign before ever being in a scene, and him being this low in rankings I can only believe will be rectified as the campaign continues.

Hint for number 44: This character was encountered in Texas