Karu-Sil

KARU-SIL

Real Name: Karu-Sil

Class: Extraterrestrial (Graxos III) technology-user

Occupation: Sinestro Corps member

Group Affiliation: Sinestro Corps

Known Relatives: unnamed parents (deceased)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Space Sector 2815, formerly Graxos III, Graxos IV

First Appearance: Green Lantern IV #19 (June, 2007)

Powers: Karu-Sil's primary weapon was her power ring, which was virtually identical to the power rings used by the Green Lantern Corps, except that it only utilized the yellow range of the spectrum, tapping into the emotional energy of fear. Sil’s power ring was capable of doing almost anything she could imagine. Examples of its’ powers include flight, phasing, creating giant objects formed of energy, and force fields. Its power ring could also counter the abilities of any Green Lantern’s power ring. The power construct she usually materialized were simulacra of the predatory carnivore pack that raised her.

History: (Green Lantern IV #19) - Karu-Sil was born into a primitive tribe on Graxos III, a world full only of sociopaths and ruthless carnivores, and when she was five her parents were killed in a raid by a neighboring tribe. She fled into the jungle, and was forced to fend for herself. After killing an animal for food she realize dit was already being hunted by a pack of vicious predators. They adopted her into their pack, and she lived with them as an animal for years, even going so far as to mutilate her face to resemble them more. She met a young boy of her tribe and bashed his head in with a rock. Green Lantern Blish saw her pack feeding on the boy, and imagining she was in trouble slew the pack. He brought her to an asylum on Graxos IV, the death of her pack completely broke her. Karu-Sil was chosen to join the Sinestro Corps because of her ability to instill great fear, and she was grateful to Sinestro for giving her back her freedom and giving her the means to recreate her pack with the Sinestro Corps power ring.

(Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1) - Sinestro sent Karu-Sil and a number of the Sinestro Corps to lead an assault on Oa. Many Green Lanterns perished, and the Sinestro Corps managed to free Superboy Prime and Cyborg Superman from their Oan sciencells and recruit them into the Corps.

(Green Lantern IV #21) - Sinestro sent out Karu-Sil and a number of her fellow corpsmen across the space sectors to pick off Green Lanterns one by one. Karu-Sil’s pack feasted on the Green Lantern of sector 555, and Karu-Sil decided to follow the ring and kill every rookie it chose as a replacement.

(Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg-Superman #1) - Warworld approached Earth, and Sinestro laid out his plan of disabling the JlofA to Cyborg-Superman, and tried to get a rise out of him by mentioning the possibility of an encounter with Superman. Cyborg just mused that he was long past taunts, or wanting revenge, and he looked forward to pursuing his agenda of the end of all life and betraying Sinestro. Karu-Sil and the Sinestro Corps damaged the JlofA satellite, battered the League, and Warworld entered Earth’s orbit.

(Green Lantern IV #24) - Sinestro communicated with Hal via his power ring as the Sinestro Corps invaded Earth. He intended to conquer the planet, making it a symbol of the Sinestro Corp’s power and their ability to control any planet. He intended to makes slaves of the Earthlings, and execute anyone who did not submit. Karu-Sil and her fellow Sinestro Corps soldiers wrecked havoc on Earth, but were staved off by the GLC and an army of Earth’s heroes.

(Green Lantern IV #25) - Karu-Sil and the Sinestro Corps continued to wage war on Earth while Hal and Kyle went to Coast City to protect it from Sinestro, and Hal issued a radio broadcast asking the residents to flee. Not a soul left, everyone had faith Hal would save them from Sinestro. Sinestro and a number of his soldiers engaged Hal and Kyle, and Sinestro told them he’d already won the war. His actions made the Guardians rewrite the Book of Oa, and now that the GLC could use lethal force they would be feared. Sinestro always wanted the GLC to be a more totalitarian police force to bring order to the universe, and he’d succeeded. Sinestro and Hal’s rings were both drained of power, and they squared off in hand-to-hand combat. Hal won, and told Sinestro he was under arrest. In NYC the Anti-Monitor tapped into Earth’s energy and prepared to unleash an anti-matter wave to consume Earth. The GLC ruptured the heart of Anti-Monitor’s Warworld, the Sinestro Corps central power battery, and created a shield around Warworld and the Monitor. The ensuing blast nearly destroyed the Anti-Monitor, and he was finished off by Superman-Prime, who betrayed him for having destroyed his home, Earth-Prime. With the Anti-Monitor destroyed, Sinestro vanquished, and having no way of recharging their rings the Sinestro Corps fled Earth to lick their wounds.

Comments: Created by Geoff Johns & Dave Gibbons

Karu-Sil received a profile in Green Lantern / Sinestro Corps: Secret Files #1.