VATH SARN	BIOGRAPHY
	Created by Dave Gibbons; Geoff Johns; Patrick Gleason

PERSONAL DATA

Occupation: Green Lantern; formerly Sergeant in the Rannian Army
Homeworld: Rann
Space Sector: 2682
Race: Rannian
Marital Status: Presumed single
Group Affiliation(s): Green Lantern Corps; formerly Rannian Army
Sector Partner: Isamot Kol
Gender: Male
Eyes: Unknown
Hair: Black
First Appearance: Rann-Thanagar War #4 (October 2005): "Deadly Harvest"
(as a Green Lantern): Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1 (November 2005): "The Gathering"
Creators: Dave Gibbons; Geoff Johns; Patrick Gleason

HISTORY

Nothing is known of Vath Sarn’s life prior to his service in the military. He was a sergeant in the Rannian army, defending his homeworld of Rann from hostile forces and in Rann’s history there had been many. Over one thousand years ago, the planet Rann was involved in a nuclear war which had deteriorated their gene pool to the point of eventual extinction. Divided into city-states, Rann had only recently started to reverse the war’s effects as a visit from Earth’s Swamp Thing helped jump start the planet’s vegetation.

It was Rann’s technological advances that made it such a tempting target, especially a teleportational device known as the Zeta Beam. One of Rann’s foremost scientists, Sardath created the device which brought archaeologist Adam Strange from Earth to Rann. Strange would spend many years zeta-beaming to and from Earth to serve as Rann’s champion.

A traditional enemy of Rann was the planet Thanagar, and though there had been hostilities between the two powers, a series of events would eclipse any and all prior conflicts. Rann had been threatened by the cosmic vampire known as Starbreaker and both Rann and its trinary star system Alpha Centauri had to be zeta beamed into another universe to save itself. After the defeat of Starbreaker, a rogue group of Thanagarians sabotaged the zeta beam device, the planet Rann appeared in the Polaris system, rather than Alpha Centauri. The rogue Thanagarians had hoped to instigate a war between the two worlds. - Adam Strange Vol. 2 #1- #8

Believed to be knocked from its orbit by the appearance of Rann, Thanagar plunged towards its sun. It would later be learned that Thanagar had actually been shoved out of orbit by the massively powerful Superboy-Prime as part of a larger scheme.

Starships from the L.E.G.I.O.N. as well as members of the Green Lantern Corps and the Omega Men tried to assist in the evacuation but there were too many to rescue while Thanagar’s atmosphere ignited. Rann’s leader, Sardath, offered refuge for the Thanagarians but before too long tensions rose to a boiling point and hostilities broke out. Many of the Thanagarians wished to exterminate the Rannians and rename the planet New Thanagar. Matters were complicated when the near-omnipotent being known as Onimar Synn used the death and disaster to fuel his bid for universal conquest. Though Onimar Synn would be defeated, the war itself expanded as other galactic powers chose either the side of Rann or Thanagar. - Rann-Thanagar War #1- #6

In the midst of Rann’s Dys City, Vath Sarn’s unit was pinned down by superior Thanagarian forces. With their blasters out of power and their communications inoperable, Sarn’s commanding officer ordered him to break free and bring reinforcements. An incoming salvo killed the remainder of his unit as Sarn was thrown by the blast. His comrades Captain Dorn, Ameth, and Landos were dead. While getting his bearings, a power ring sent by the Guardians of the Universe selected him for enrollment in the Green Lantern Corps. Sarn tried to use the power ring in battle against the Thanagarians, but found it would only disable their weapons, not cause mortal harm. The power ring advised him he was now the Green Lantern of Space Sector 2682 and that the war was now behind him. He was taken to Oa for training.

Sarn would learn another veteran of the Rann-Thanagar war, a Thanagarian soldier named Isamot Kol had also been selected for the Corps. Much to their mutual disgust, the enemies were to be partners in Space Sector 2682. Senior Green Lanterns Kilowog and Salakk would allow for any fighting between the two trainees. While Vath Sarn seemed to accept that the new role as Green Lanterns had put the war behind them, Isamot Kol did not.

They were each given a temporary badge of office and sent to the edge of their sector to divert ships away from Star 38 which like many other stars had recently shown signs of instability. When an Okaaran hospital ship refused to change course and fired on him, Isamot Kol threatened them, but any threat paled to the supernova event that claimed the star and developed into a black hole. Kilowog arrived and was able to save the hospital ship, but the two trainee Green Lanterns were sucked in.

Brought to the forbidden Vega system in Space Sector 2828, they found themselves within a Spider Guild construction of massive proportions. The Spider Guild had been the cause of the many recent supernovas that destroyed planets and slayed the Green Lanterns as they tried in vain to save the nearby worlds. Kilowog followed them through the black hole, and soon after they were joined by senior Green Lanterns Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner as the two were attempting to rescue Lantern recruit Soranik Natu of Korugar. The Green Lanterns managed to escape both the Spider Guild and a group of bounty hunters. They soon found themselves back on Oa, part of the Corps successful attempt to ward off a Spider Guild attack on the planet itself. - Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1- #5

It is presumed that Vath Sarn had stood with the Green Lantern Corps in defense of Oa against Superboy-Prime. Thirty-two Green Lanterns gave their lives before Superboy-Prime’s defeat and capture on the surface of Mogo. -Infinite Crisis #7

POWERS AND WEAPONS

As a Green Lantern, Vath Sarn possesses a power ring and power battery.

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Vath Sarn in chronological order click here (2005-2011) and here (2011-present)