The Green Lantern Rings were created by the Guardian Krona untold millennia ago. In his attempts to access the Source of All Power, the theorized remnant of the power of the Big Bang, Krona instead discovered the untapped potential of the Emotional Spectrum. Throughout the Universe, he experimented with different emotions as an ideal power source. Having the most success with Willpower, he created the prototypes that would serve as a template for the Oan Power Rings used by the Green Lantern Corp.
His experiments with emotional energy would inspire others. The Zamarons created the Star Sapphire, a device analogous to a power ring to tap the emotion of Love. Sinestro used the Weaponeers of Qward to recreate both Powers Rings and a Central Battery to harness the emotion of Fear. In his crusade against the Guardians of the Universe, Atrocitus corrupted an Oan Power Ring and had it powered by the Anger emanating from the billions of vengeful spirits that were slaughtered in the Lost Sector.
There are no known devices powered by Compassion, Greed, or Hope. There is also rumors of a lost power encompassing an undiscovered invisible part of the emotional spectrum.
The original prototype for the power rings, known only as The First Ring was unique that it wasn't hard-coded to a single emotion as it served as Krona's main instrument to test the various frequencies of the Emotional Spectrum. After the founding of the Corps, it was placed in the Guardians vaults for untold centuries until the destruction of the Empire of Thorns by the Manhunters.
The Manhunters discovered that the Five Inversions, leaders of the Empire had created a magical power source known as the Starheart in order to strike back at the Guardians. Unable to destroy or dispel it, the Guardians made a decision to contain it using the only receptacle cable of holding the Starheart's power - The First Ring.
How the First Ring made it to Earth and became the property of Alan Scott is still a mystery. Within the First Ring, Scott was able to use the Starheart energy to become Earth's first Green Lantern. After the disbanding of the Justice Society, Scott absorbed the Starheart energy into himself, granting him immortality and rendering the First Ring inert.
The First Ring itself was destroyed in Pleasant Hills, Oklahoma, where Scott has it stored away for safe keeping. Sinestro, attempting to use the ring to tap into some undiscovered power was opposed by members of the Young Avengers. They destroyed the First Ring and captured Sinestro, keeping the Ring’s components in secure custody of the Office of National Emergency.
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