Indigo Tribe

The Indigo Tribe
First Appearance	Green Lantern (vol. 4) #25 (December, 2007)
Creators	Geoff Johns, Ethan Van Sciver
HQ	Nok
Members	Indigo-1, Munk, Natromo, Kreaven, Slog the Slayer, etc.
Rallying Cry	Tor lorek san, bor nakka mur,'Natromo faan tornek wot ur.'er Lantern ker lo abin sur,'Taan lek lek nok--Formorrow Sur!
Alias	Indigo Lanterns
Tools and Weapons	Indigo Rings and Lanterns

The Indigo Tribe is a group of lantern bearers in the DC Universe and a sometimes ally to the Green Lanterns.

Origin

When the alien Natromo discovered that the planet Nok contained the power known as the Indigo Light of compassion, capable of making even the most sinister villains remorseful, he decided to harness it to create a team with the purpose of rehabilitating the universes most fiendish villains.

History

Long ago, the Green Lantern Abin Sur arrived at the planet Nok, where he discovered aliens looking to exploit new civilization had captured and enslaved its indigeneous peoples. One such being, Natromo, discovered that within the planet was a wellspring to the indigo light, the power of compassion in the emotional spectrum that powers the the various lanterns such as the Red, Yellow and Green Lanterns.  by it suddenly felt remorse as well as regret over their actions. After their defeat, Abin Sur and Natromo decided to harness the Indigo Light of Compassion. This was because the Green Lantern had learnt of the blackes night prophecy and intended to stop the night from destroying all life. To accomplish that, the two harnessed compassion to create the indigo lantern ring. Once crafted, Abin Sur departed the world only to return with a criminal called iroque who was forcibly given the ring. The former criminal suddenly felt remorse over her actions and became a completely changed individual. Seeing the result, Abin Sur began collecting other criminals from across space and fitted them with these Power Rings thus forming the Indigo Tribe in order to fight the blackest night as had been prophecised.

Afterwards, Abin Sur departed Nok and left Natromo who was the only member of the tribe that was not a psychotic evil being. He was left in charge in keeping the Green Lantern's vision to come to pass. This included watching over the indigo lantern central power battery located within the forbidden jungles. His intention was awaiting the return of Abin Sur as another prophecy spoke of a new evil following the Blackest Night with this madness emerging from the Guardians of the Universe. Their plan was to infect the Guardians with the light of compassion to end their actions. Unknown to Natromo, Abin Sur died during his service as a Green Lantern though the Indigo Tribe continued their operations under the direction of Iroque who became known as indigo. The group remained undiscovered until the War of the Light where their existence was known only to a select few that sought them. These included the corrupted Scar who wanted to destroy them and the blue lantern corps that wanted them as allies. The members of this corps came across a battle between a Green lantern and a Sinestro corpsmen in space sector 3544. The Green Lantern had been gravely injured and the leader of the Indigo Tribe used her light of compassion to put him out of his misery by killing him due to the extent of his injuries. When the sinestro corpsmen attacked, Indigo used her light to absorb the yellow energy and fired it back by creating a monstrous construct that scared her opponent away.

Oath, Powers, and Emotion

Oath: in their alien language, Tor lorek san, bor nakka mur,'Natromo faan tornek wot ur.'er Lantern ker lo abin sur,'Taan lek lek nok--Formorrow Sur!

powers: they carry their battery as a staff, staff capable of using other lanterns's light, teloportation, turns wearer good, brainwashes the wearer if reluctant to join, flight

emotion: compassion

Notable Tribe Members

Munk

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