The Red Lantern Corps was formed by Atrocitus of the Five Inversions, one of the five survivors of the Massacre of Space Sector 666. Using the blood magics of the five inversions Atrocitus harnessed the red spectrum of light, giving form to the rage within him. The red ring was born out of anger and crystalized the blood of the inversions.
It has been said that the red ring replaces the heart of its bearer, rendering it useless. The blood spoils and the ring expels it from the bearers mouth in a vomit of violent rage. A Red Lantern's veins stretch as they fill with the liquid fire of the red light. It is unknown whether the bearer can recover from the physical transformations that come with wielding the rage of a Red Lantern ring.
Atrocitus' first discovery of the red spectrum came during the years of incarceration he endured on the prison planet of Ysmault. As a prisoner of the Guardians, whom he blames for the massacre of his sector, Atrocitus built up years of hatred and rage. His animosity was given shape for the first time when he bludgeoned to death Qull, one of his fellow survivors, with a Red Lantern. Over time, Atrocitus poured forth more and more bloody rage drawn from his body by the power of the red spectrum. Using blood magics he forged a Central Power Battery of his own amidst a great lake of blood, and from that Lantern emerged batteries and rings to power the Red Lantern Corps. In the shadow of the great Red Lantern, immersed in his victims blood, Atrocitus vowed revenge against the Guardians and Sinestro, the Green Lantern who incarcerated him.
Laira is the first known member of the Red Lantern Corps, receiving her Red Lantern Ring after being expelled from the Green Lantern Corps after the end of the Sinestro Corps War. Others will soon join their own rage to Atrocitus cause, taking the oath:
"With blood and rage of crimson red...
...ripped from a corpse so freshly dead...
...together with our hellish hate....
....we'll burn you all....
......THAT IS YOUR FATE!"
Leader:
Atrocitus of Sector 666
Current Corpsmen:
Dex-Star of Sector 2814
Bleez of Sector 33
Zilius Zox of Sector 3544
Skallox of Sector ???
Haggor of Sector ???
Fury-6 of Sector ???
Abyssma of Sector ???
Ratchet of Sector ???
Antipathy of Sector ???
Temporary Members:
Mera
Former Members:
Vice of Sector ???
Veon of Sector ???
Laira Omoto of Sector 112
Hal Jordan of Sector 2814
