Parallax

Parallax's History

After the death of Green Lantern Abin Sur, a Human by the name of Hal Jordan became the Green Lantern of Sector 2814 for the first time. With great will power and defense against fear, Hal Jordan was the perfect selection for Green Lantern and proved it on a number of a occasions. However, over the coming years, the being that at the time was trapped inside the Central Battery, found a way to escape its imprisonment through Hal Jordan.

Since Sinestro hated Hal, he made Parallax choose Jordan as its tool to free itself. Parallax spent years influencing Hal, causing him increasing self-doubt, then fear and notably his premature whitening at the temples. Parallax's control over Jordan became nearly complete with Jordan's grief over the destruction of Coast City during the Reign of the Supermen storyline, and it was Parallax who was responsible for Jordan's subsequent murderous activity, his apparent killing of Sinestro (which was later revealed to be an energy construct created by Parallax and Sinestro's manipulation to the creature's creation with his own Qwardian ring, created as the final stage of Jordan's susceptibility to the impurity in order to break his will), and Jordan's destruction of the Central Battery, which allowed Parallax to graft itself onto Jordan's soul.

However, Parallax didn't account for its host's amazing willpower which caused Parallax's plan to take years. Its plan took a major boast when the evil Mongul, with the help of the mad Cyborg Superman, laid waste to Coast City. It was that event that tipped Hal Jordan over the edge and allowed Parallax to take over.

Despite Parallax's seeming conquest of Jordan's soul, Jordan's heroic tendencies managed to manifest themselves enough for him to sacrifice his life in order to reignite Earth's Sun. Jordan's soul (with Parallax still grafted onto it) subsequently became the newest host of the Spectre, the spirit of God's vengeance.