History Characters / GLIndigoTribe

* HarsherInHindsight:
-->'''Guy:''' Still feel compassionate, Munk?
-->'''Munk:''' Always.

* [[Comicbook/TheAtom Ray Palmer]] was temporarily deputized during the BlackestNight.

Little is known of the Indigo Tribe as they are a reclusive group of monks with their own language known to only to themselves (and untranslatable by the Green Lanterns). The Indigo Light stands for compassion, defined as the ability to empathize with others while retaining distance and understanding the motivations of others. As such, they are able to access and redirect the powers of other lanterns when they are present, they possess the powers of flight, teleportation (though this consumes a lot of their energy), and flight auras. They are also able to force compassion on those who have none [[spoiler: including, it turns out, themselves. ''Every'' permanent member of the Tribe is a {{Brainwashed}} former sociopath.]]

It turns out that [[spoiler: Abin Sur created the tribe alongside a native of the Indigo Light's "homeworld", starting with Indigo-1, his daughter's murderer.]] He created them as a potential defense against a major potential threat to the universe: [[spoiler: The Guardians of the Universe]].

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceBrainwashing: All of them. The rings ''force'' compassion onto them. Given the kind of people they were before, this is not a hypocritical position.]]
* [[spoiler:LackOfEmpathy]]: Without the Indigo Light.
* [[spoiler:NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Several members have distinctly unpleasant sounding names, which given their previous lives isn't surprising.]]

* [[spoiler:TheSociopath: Without the rings, every single one of them is this.]]
* TeleportersAndTransporters
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist: They're willing to brainwash and force compassion on people.]]

* [[spoiler:GoodFeelsGood: After the ring comes off and she reverts to her old, cruel personality, she decides that she actually liked being a compassionate person.]]

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: ''Legitimately''. Her time under the indigo ring showed her what she was like, and when it came off, she voluntarily wanted the Tribe to be put back together because she was now truly repentant for her actions.]]

* [[MrExposition Ms. Exposition]]

* [[spoiler: WouldHurtAChild: She was a child murderer before the Indigo Ring made her compassionate, and is said to have killed Abin Sur's daughter.]]
* YouAreNumberSix

* GentleGiant

One of the last survivors of his race after war devastated his homeworld, Natromo created the Indigo tribe with his ally Abin Sur after describing the unique compassion-related properties of certain elements of Nok. Together they planned to [[spoiler:defeat the inevitably despotic Guardians of the Universe by forcing compassion upon them, as they did to all Tribe members]].

* CoolOldGuy

* HermitGuru

* OnlySaneMan

* TheHermit

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods

* [[spoiler:NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Several members have distinctly unpleasant sounding names, which given their previous lives isn't surprising.

* CatchPhrase: "Nok."[[hottip:Translation:"Compassion be with you"]]

->''[[TheUnintelligible Tor lorek san bor nakka mur.]]''
->''[[TheUnintelligible Natromo faan tornek wot ur.]]''
->''[[TheUnintelligible Ter Lantern ker lo Abin Sur]]''
->''[[TheUnintelligible Taan lek lek nok-- formorrow Sur!]]''

* Abin Sur (co-founder; see "[[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorps Green Lantern Corps]]")
* Black Hand (see "[[Characters/GreenLanternBlackAndWhiteCorps Black Lantern Corps]]")

Munk later sought out Kyle Rayner, as an Indigo Power Ring had sought the Green Lantern on Earth on its' own. Calling Rayner a Ring Thief, Munk used his Power Ring's teleportation ability to enable the other Lanterns to follow Kyle Rayner to Oa, and then to Okkaa when Larfleeze battled the Guardians on Oa.

Indigo-1's second-in-command, a large alien male. Munk is now one of the New Guardians, trying to track down who tried to steal Lantern Corps rings.

* [[spoiler:TheSociopath]]

* CatchPhrase: "Nok."

It turns out that [[spoiler: Abin Sur created the tribe alongside a native of the Indigo Light's "homeworld", starting with Indigo-1, his daughter's murderer.]] He created them as a potential defense against a major potential threat to the universe: [[The Guardians of the Universe]].

* MeaningfulName: to Proselyte is to forcibly convert someone.

* TheAtoner: She was [[spoiler: an unrepentant sociopath, like all Indigo tribe members, until Abin Sur forced her to feel compassion by inducting her into the Indigo Tribe]].

->'''Base of Operations:''' Unknown

* [[spoiler: LackOfEmpathy: The tribe members when they're not influenced by their rings.]]
* MegaManning: The Indigo Light mimic any other color in the spectrum.
* NobleSavage: The members of the Indigo Tribe give up their possessions and names to the service of compassion, and dress as primitive aboriginal tribespeople.

* [[MrExposition Ms Exposition]]

* [[spoiler: TheSociopath]]

Indigo-1's second-in-command, a large alien male. Munk aided the Green Lanterns in the defense of Oa against the Black Lanterns.

* [[spoiler: TheSociopath]]

The Compassion Entity--the living embodiment of the Indigo Light, given life and strength from the empathy and concern every sentient being has for other creatures. Unlike with the rest of the tribe members, Proselyte seeks out those ''with'' compassion rather than without. It briefly chose a paramedic named Shane Thompson as its host when it first made an appearance. Its latest host is [[spoiler: one of the Guardians of the Universe.]]

* MeaningfulName: to Proselyte is to forcibly convert someone.

!![[spoiler: Black Hand]]
->'''AKA:''' [[spoiler: William Hand]]
->'''Homeworld:''' Earth

[[spoiler: Following being brought back to life at the end of BlackestNight, Black Hand has now been forcefully converted to the Tribe and had empathy forced upon him.]]

* AndIMustScream
* TheAtoner

!!Natromo
->'''Homeworld:''' Nok

One of the last survivors of his race after war devastated his homeworld, Natromo created the Indigo tribe with his ally Abin Sur after describing the unique compassion-related properties of certain elements of Nok. Together they planned to [[spoiler: defeat the inevitably despotic Guardians of the Universe by forcing compassion upon them, as they did to all Tribe members]].

* CoolOldGuy
* DespairEventHorizon: Discovering that Abin Sur was dead.
* HermitGuru
* IWillWaitForYou: A non-romantic example. He stayed behind forging indigo rings, waiting for Abin Sur to return when he needed his help.
* LastOfHisKind: Close, but there's still a few natives of Nok left. He's the only one who hasn't returned to the jungles though.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Destroying the [[spoiler: central power battery of the Indigo Tribe when he believes his plan is doomed to failure with Abin Sur's death, reverting some of the greatest psychopaths of the sectors to normal]].
* OnlySaneMan
* RetiredBadass: Helped repel an invading army with Abin Sur in his younger days.
* TheHermit

!The Indigo Tribe

->''Tor lorek san, bor nakka mur,''
->''Natromo faan tornet wot ur,''
->''Ter lantern ker lo Abin Sur,''
->''Taan lek lek nok--formorrow sur!''