A YJA Moment - The Hidden Masters of the Emotional Spectrum (Part I)

The Zamarons left Maltus millennia ago due to a schism with their counterparts, the future-Guardians of Oa.  Embracing the power of emotions in the face of the cold stoicism of the Guardians, the followers of Zamar founded their own world and civilizations. On their new planet, they found a crystalline formation, from which the remains of two lovers were intertwined.  The eternal love of these individuals tapped into the Violet Spectrum of Love, which the Zamarons believed was the strongest of the Emotional Spectrum.  Utilizing this crystal as a substitute for a Central Power Battery, the Zamerons forged gems to tap the spectrum, creating the all-female Corps known as the Star Sapphires.  The Sapphires have all the abilities common to a Power Ring such as the abilities of space flight the generation of energy constructs.  The crystal gem also has parasitic properties with the ability to infect another being and seemingly consume them - males always perish but the females are reborn as brand-new Star Sapphires.

Though denied by the Guardians of Oa and virtually unknown by the Green Lantern Corps, the Orange Spectrum of Greed lies within the Vega star system. Vega and its capital world Okaara were notable as one of the homeworlds of the spider-like Vine, who had attempted to infiltrate the governments of Known Space with its Seedlings.  The Guardians and their Manhunters had stepped in, eventually resulting in a peace treaty that turned back the invasion but also banned the Guardians forces out of the Vega system.  The treaty also inadvertently concealed the existence of another alien, the immortal creature known as Larfleeze, the sole wielder of the orange spectrum.  The origins of his Power Ring and the source of its power are not known as he selfishly guards anything regarding his history.  In addition to having powers of other Power Rings, the Ring of Avarice can create an army of energy "avatars" made up of any individual that it has killed.  These energy constructs compromise the entirety of Larfleeze's "Corps".

The Blue energies of Hope started with the Guardian known as Ganthet, who began a project to rebuild the Corp after the destruction of the Oan Central Power Battery by Parallax.  He located a powerful wave of emotional energy emanating from the world of Odym, which revealed itself to be the spiritual entity known as Adara, which the populace worshiped as a god.  After conversing with the bird-like spirit, who had harnessed the power of the blue portion of the emotional spectrum, she forged a link to by altering seemly normal rings forged by her followers.  These Rings were given to the foremost members of her clergy, Saint Walker among them, granting them the power of Hope.  Though the Adaran Ring has many of the common powers to Power Rings its is the weakest in comparison to the rest of the spectrum.  Its main advantage lies within its ability to boost other emotions, primarily the green energy of Willpower, to unseen levels.  This grants Green Lanterns in Saint Walker's vicinity an incredible boost in power.