LAIRALAIRA
HOMEWORLD: JaydSECTOR: 112
FIRST APPEARANCE:
GREEN LANTERN CORPS QUARTERLY # 6
(Autumn, 1993)
"What Price Honor?"
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Female humanoid, purple skin, reddish brown hair
KNOWN RELATIVES: Kentor Omoto (father, deceased), unnamed mother
HISTORY:
The story of Laira was told to Power Girl and Maya of the Justice League. The storyteller, Arisia, former Green Lantern of Graxos IV wished to tell the Justice Leaguers of other women in the Corps.
Laira was the daughter of Kentor Omoto, the Green Lantern of Jayd in Space Sector 112. He served for many years, and primed Laira as his successor. Laira was raised with honor and tradition.
As a native of Jayd, Laira's father resented the Draez council's decision to slowly abolish timeless rules. He left Jayd during the so-called Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Many years later, the Guardians of the Universe came to Jayd with news of Kentor Omoto's death. Laira was considered to take his place as a Green Lantern.
She went under the tutelage of one of the Guardians. Her training nearing completion, Laira was sent on a mission to her homeworld.
X'ol, a city on Jayd, had been terrorized by the Golden Dragon. Laira went to his castle to face him, and discovered the Golden Dragon was actually her father, Kentor Omoto. He told Laira of his return to Jayd from the Crisis. He had been disgusted by the behavior of the people of X'ol, and used his ring to influence the Draez council's decisions.
When the Guardians discovered Kentor's actions, he was charged with political interference, and stripped of his power ring. He was then returned to Jayd, and exiled by the council. Kentor Omoto took on the identity of the Golden Dragon, to remake X'ol in his image.
Omoto tried to get his daughter to join him by betraying the ideals of the Corps. She was opposed to this, and they fought once again.
Defeated by Laira, Kentor Omoto asked for death rather than living with his disgrace. When Laira refused, he committed ritual suicide.
Laira was angry at the Guardians for not telling her the truth about her father and her mission to Jayd. To be assured she was without fear, the Guardians had sent her to confront her father. Theey believed the exercise would be an excellent way to judge her skills and loyalty.
[GLCQ # 6]
Laira was called upon once more by the Guardians. She and Ke'haan of Varva were among the Green Lanterns defending Oa from Hal Jordan. They were defeated by Jordan, and their rings were taken.
[GL3 # 49]
Laira and Ke'haan are missing and presumed dead.
OATH: unknown
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