B'SHI	BIOGRAPHY
	Created by Scott Beatty and Graham Nolan

B'shi; Art by Graham Nolan

PERSONAL DATA

Occupation: Green Lantern
Status: Deceased
Homeworld: Suirpalam
Space Sector: 312
Group Affiliation(s): Green Lantern Corps
Gender: Female
Eyes: Black
Hair: Brown
First Appearance: Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #3 (August 2000): "A Lantern Against the Dark: A Forgotten Tale of the Green Lantern Corps, Chapter 5: Three Thousand and Six-Hundred"
Creators: Scott Beatty and Graham Nolan

HISTORY

Approximately three billion years ago, B'shi was living a peaceful life on the jungle world of Suirpalam when a stranger from the stars came to offer her great power. He was known as Raker Qarrigat, a member of the Green Lantern Corps. The Corps' masters, the Guardians of the Universe, were expanding the number of ring wielders in preparation for an invasion of the dark world known as Apokolips.

She would travel to the homeworld of the Corps, Oa, where she was trained in the use of the power ring. Like Raker Qarrigat before her, B'shi was also sent out to recruit other Green Lanterns. From the Perreseen Debris Field, B'shi brought the rock creature Ash-Pak-Glif into the Corps.

When the Corps had become 3600 strong, they were sent against Apokolips, only to find their invasion had been expected. Hordes of Parademons wore yellow armor which exploited the weakness of the power ring. Fully two-thirds of the Green Lanterns were slaughtered or, like Alisand'r of Tamaran, taken prisoner in the ensuing battle. The Green Lanterns also found the energy from the Central Power Battery of Oa was strained and diminished in crossing the barrier between the universe of the Guardians and that of Apokolips.

B'shi was one of thousands of Green Lanterns to fall before the forces of Apokolips. Numerous Green Lanterns were tortured, their bodies left as warnings to those who might oppose Darkseid's rule.

The Guardians of the Universe ultimately called for a truce with Darkseid. They recalled the Corps, leaving Raker Qarrigat behind as Darkseid's spoils of war. It is not known if the remains of B'shi and other Green Lanterns were returned to Oa for internment in the Crypts of the Green Lantern Corps. By the Guardians' command, the record of the battle was expunged from the Great Book of Oa.

B'shi is memorialized in the Crypts of the Green Lantern Corps on Oa.

BLACK LANTERN: B'SHI

During the event known as the Blackest Night, a black ring descended upon her remains, downloaded all of her memories and created a duplicate of B'shi's body that rose from the grave as a member of the Black Lantern Corps.

POWERS AND WEAPONS

As a Green Lantern, B'Shi possessed a power ring and power battery.

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of B'Shi in chronological order click here