The Legend
The Universe had begun as normal, galaxies had formed, stars had ignited and life was beginning to evolve. Maltus was not the first planet on which life evolved but it was the first where life did not destroy itself with wars and pollution. The Maltusians were naturally born immortal and able to command vast mental energies. To many other races they were gods. Among there number was a scientist called Krona who sought to peer pass the veil that surrounded the creation of the Universe and witness the Big Bang with his own eyes.
The Maltusians warned and tried to dissuade Krona from his experiments but he refused to listen. The result of his experiment was to let evil loose into the Universe. Krona was punished and the Maltusians decided to contain the evil and bring order to the Universe. They shifted their base of operations to the planet called Oa and became the Guardians of the Universe. They told their agents, the Green Lantern Corps, of their history and for three billion years they defended the Universe against evil. At least that was what the Green Lantern Corps was led to believe.
The truth was a conspiracy of silence as old as the Universe itself and a secret crime that doomed the possibility of existence for all subsequent Universes... |