My Blackest Night Prophecies.

"In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power...Green Lantern's light!"

Long thought to be just another part of the Green Lantern Oath, a part once changed out of political correctness to “darkest night” the blackest night was just a counterpart to the brightest day. It was a statement…and is now a prophecy, hanging over the heads of every Lantern Corps, of every color of the Spectrum.

A War of Light is coming, and it could destroy the universe. The Black Lanterns, whose rings only the dead can bear, will rise up in a tide of darkness, every death they cause a chance to increase their numbers…

And so I make my predictions of how the forces of life, not of good and evil as this war will go beyond that, will prevail in the coming “final” battle.

I offer four possibilities:

1. Just as Ion (green) is the living embodiment of Will, and Parallax (yellow) is the living embodiment of Fear, the other five Lantern Corps will reveal that they too have patron beings that embody their portion of the emotional spectrum. Parallax will have to be released from his imprisonment, and find a host (perhaps Sinestro himself) and the hosts of these seven living avatars will have to work together to create a White Light (think prism, in reverse) to defeat the Black Lantern Corps’ master stroke and end the War of Light.

2. One being will somehow come into possession of one of each of the seven rings, and will use them all at once to create a White Light, and turn the tide of battle. My candidates are Hal Jordan and Sinestro, in that order. Hal Jordan has currently wielded four of the seven rings (green, yellow, red, and blue) while Sinestro has wielded two (green and yellow) and recently a great deal of importance was placed upon his fate when the Green Lanterns were escorting him to his execution, with members of the Blue Lantern Corps stating he was of great importance, and members of the (so far) all female Star Sapphires (the Violet Lantern Corps) saying that no sentient being is so far gone that there is not an ember of love inside waiting to be fanned to life.

3. Working together, at least one or more groups consisting of seven members, one from each Corps, will create a White Light and turn the tide of battle. This is perhaps my most generic prediction.

4. The “Ultimate Power” option. One being or a group of beings will merge all seven weapons of light into a super ring with a white energy aura, and “The White Light of Life” will save the universe; a corollary to this is that using this super ring might be fatal to the user, requiring the willing gift of life to fight death. We already know that the Zamarons are collecting examples of all seven rings and power batteries.

One additional thought to tease your brains with.
The Blue Lantern Corps are both nearly powerless while not in the presence of an active Green Lantern, but their aura and nearness boosts the power levels of a Green Lantern Ring up to 207%. Will any of the other colors support and enhance each other? Will Compassion (indigo) and Love (violet) strengthen each other? Will Greed (orange) gain strength from Fear (yellow) or perhaps give strength to Rage (red)?

Only time will tell…