SAYD
Real Name: Sayd
Class: Extraterrestrial (Guardians of the Universe)
Occupation: Guardian
Group Affiliation: None
Known Relatives:
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Oa
First Appearance: Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 (August, 2007)
Powers: Like all Guardians Ganthet needed neither sleep nor rest, possessed superhuman intelligence, could control great energy with his mind, and was virtually immortal.
History: (Green Lantern IV #21 (fb, BTS) - A female Guardian was inspired by Ganthet to exist as an individual, and took the name Sayd.
(Green Lantern IV #15) - Sayd recovered the remains of Cyborg-Superman from Space Sector 3601, telling him he’d reveal everything he’d learned inside the Sector as well as his knowledge of the 52.
(Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1, Green Lantern IV #21) - The Guardians interrogated Cyborg Superman, and found that he knew Earth was the secret to the stability of the 52 parallel universes, if it was destroyed, the entirwe multiverse would perish as well. They resolved that no one else learn of this, but Sayd feared that the Cyborg Superman was a sign that the Blackest Night would soon be upon them, and quoted the forbidden chapter of the book of Oa, the chapter written after Abin Sur visited Ysmault. Sayd and Ganthet pleaded with the Guardians to use the other powers of the emotional spectrum such as hope and compassion, but their words fell of deaf ears. The other Guardians also forbade them from telling the GLC about the Blackest Night, seeing as it was foretold by their enemies in the Empire of Tears they chose to see it as lies. Ganthet and Sayd asked why the Guardians even wrote the forbidden chapter if they chose to ignore it, and the Guardians responded that they did the unforgivable, and felt fear. A Guardian burned the forbidden chapter from the book. After the Sinestro Corps attacked Oa Ganthet and Sayd secretly appeared to Hal Jordan, warning him that the Sinestro Corps War signaled the beginning of the end, and asked him to be their beacon and burn brighter than ever. Hal pointed out that the Guardians had only asked that of him and Sinestro, and they both failed. They told him to find Kyle Rayner, who’d been infected by Parallax, and confront the one fear he never faced.
(Green Lantern IV #22) - Ganthet and Sayd were present when the Guardians divided the remaining active Corps members between defending Mogo from the sentient planet Ranx and preparing Oa for another assault.
(Green Lantern Corps II #15) - Ganthet and Sayd were disturbed that the Sinestro Corps were assaulting Mogo, the heart of the GLC, with the aid of Ranx and the Children of the White Lobe, further confirming the prophecies of the Blackest Night. Their fellow Guardians decided that they must combat the prophecy by not showing emotion and fear, by rewriting the Book of Oa.
(Green Lantern IV #23) - When Ganthet and Sayd protested against rewriting the Book of Oa, the Guardians banished them, citing their forbidden love and giving into emotion as the reason. The Guardians announced to the GLC that ten new laws would now be enacted, and that the first was that lethal force against the Sinestro Corps was autherized.
(Green Lantern IV #24, 25) - After Hal, Guy and John Stewart removed the Parallax parasite from Kyle Rayner Ganthet and Sayd appeared and split Parallax’s essence into four pieces, imprisoning each one in a GL lantern. Guy, John, and Hal were now responsible for containing Parallax’s essence, and after Kyle stepped down as torchbearer at Ganthet’s request and accepted a GL ring he was given the fourth GL lantern. Ganthet and Sayd showed Hal, Kyle, Stewart and Guy a vision of the Blackest Night prophecy, with Lantern Corps arising from the other colors of the emotional spectrum, and waging war against each other. They told the heroes they would be expected to end the Sinestro Corps War and prevent the Blackest Night from coming to pass, and left them to find a suitable planet to found their own Blue Lantern Corps.
Comments: Created by Geoff Johns & Joe Kelley.
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