Blackest Night
A group of Indigo Tribesmen, led by Indigo-1, traverses a desert landscape in Sector 3544, where it observes explosive displays of green and yellow light in the distance. The group investigates the site and finds a wounded Green Lantern Corps member lying on the ground. He reports that he was in a conflict with a "being who knows no mercy" and tells the group to stay away so as to not attract the being's attention. Indigo-1 says something, but when the Green Lantern member asks his ring to translate, it replies that it cannot, despite having a catalog of known languages in the DC Universe. Indigo-1 kneels and places her hand on his heart; her indigo power ring responds with the word "will". Drawing power from the Green Lantern, she creates a simple green light construct that fatally suffocates him. The attacker, a member of the Sinestro Corps, emerges and exclaims that he will not be taken down as easily as he fires a beam of yellow energy at Indigo-1. However, Indigo-1 is not fazed by his threat, and her power staff absorbs the beam. As her power ring says "fear", she creates a monstrous yellow light construct that frightens her attacker away.[7]
Indigo-1 and Munk arrive on Earth to help Hal Jordan, the Flash, and the Atom escape from a group of Black Lanterns. Indigo-1 channels Jordan's green light through her staff and kills Black Lanterns Elongated Man and Sue Dibny by destroying their rings.[8] Indigo-1 explains that the Black Lanterns can only truly be defeated if the Corps work together and recreate the white light of creation.[8]
Indigo-1 and her allies encounter the Life Entity, the embodiment of life.[9] Hal Jordan bonds with the Entity; they convert some of the Black Lanterns into White Lanterns and resurrect Black Hand. Nekron is destroyed without Hand to act as a tether. The Indigo Tribe imprisons Hand, who bears an imprint of the Indigo Tribe symbol and a power staff.[10]
Brightest Day
During the search for the emotional entities, Indigo-1 returns to Earth to infuse Proselyte, the Indigo Tribe's emotional entity, into Shane Thompson, a paramedic who prioritized the care of a mortally wounded patient over a less-wounded man who had health insurance. Indigo-1 and Black Hand visit Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Sinestro, Saint Walker and Larfleeze. The others realize that the Indigo Tribe cannot feel any emotion without the rings. The Indigo Tribe offers to take the remaining emotional entities into protective custody, but Jordan declines.[11] Parallax takes over Allen and desires to take over Jordan. Adara, the entity of hope, fights a cloaked villain who reveals himself to be Krona, who has been planning on capturing all of the entities.[11] Proselyte frees Flash from Parallax's control by reigniting his emotion for compassion over his fear.[12]
War of the Green Lanterns
In the "War of the Green Lanterns" storyline, Krona traps Indigo-1 and the allied Corps members in the Book of the Black, where they are forced to relive their lives prior to acquiring their rings.[13] Meanwhile, John Stewart uses Indigo-1's ring after his Green Lantern ring is contaminated by Krona and Parallax, but struggles to wield its power.[14] When Sinestro tries to escape the book, he encounters Indigo-1, who is revealed to be named Iroque.[13] When Kyle Rayner frees her from the Book of the Black, Iroque does not remember her Indigo-1 identity until she puts on her indigo ring.[15]
The New 52
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, the Indigo Tribe learns that Sinestro is returning to Earth to assume his old role of Green Lantern. Sinestro asks Hal Jordan to work with him as the Guardians are planning to replace the Green Lantern Corps with the Third Army; however, the Indigo Tribe goes to Earth and captures Sinestro.[16] Jordan follows them to Nok, the Indigo homeworld, but he is captured and delivered to Black Hand.[17] Jordan tricks Hand into recharging his ring, and escapes; however, he discovers that Sinestro has been forcibly inducted into the Indigo Tribe.[18]
As he flees into the jungles of Nok, Jordan finds the Indigo Central Battery and meets its guardian Natromo, who tells him of the Indigo Tribe's history. Centuries ago, violent explorers came to Nok and captured its natives before transporting them across the universe to fates unknown. When Abin Sur arrived on Nok, he allied with Natromo, one of the remaining free natives, and fought against the invaders.
