[CENTER][B]Kyle Rayner; The Teen Lantern[/B][/CENTER]
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"Let those who worship Evil's Might, Beware my Power."[/CENTER]
[B][U]_____Name:[/B][/U]
[INDENT]Kyle Rayner[/INDENT]

[B][U]_____Alias:[/B][/U]
[INDENT]The Teen Lantern
The Torchbearer[/INDENT]

[B][U]_____Role:[/B][/U]
[INDENT]Titan[/INDENT]

[B][U]_____Brief Bio:[/B][/U]
[INDENT]Born in Earth's year 2000, Kyle Rayner was raised by a single mother because his father had disappeared mere weeks before his birth. For the first twelve or so years of his life, Kyle had shown signs of a gifted intelligence that was largely manifested through his creative abilities and reflected through his grades and regularly received awards.

In his early teenage years, he grew fond of and obsessed over the superheroes that were coming to the forefront of the world's news. While America struggled to legalize Marijuana, he worried about a civil war that could break out in Atlantis or an Apokolyptan invasion. While he was still quite intelligent, he socially receded to the point where he was a social outcast by choice. He didn't follow trends or even try to fit in, but he could be quite charming when he wanted to be.

When he turned fifteen, he began fighting crime in New York as best he could using a homemade costume and improvised weaponry and tools. He used the alias 'The Torchbearer' because he thought it sounded cool. The Torchbearer was never particularly notable as far as notoriety in the NYC's large community of superheroes.

But one day, when he was in a fight with a mugger and losing, he was scared to death, but he grit his teeth and kept fighting to protect the man being robbed simply because it was the right thing to do. He had several bruised ribs and a collection of injuries. Then he saw the light.

A Green Lantern ring came from the sky, choosing him to wear it, capturing his assailant, and shipping him off to the planet Oa. It was there that he was trained by the lantern Kilowogg and various other instructors. Then, a while later, he returned home to planet Earth, not quite covert enough to escape the notice of SHIELD, however. He was then taken in for questioning and basically forced him to act on their behalf while he was on Earth, making him a member of the Young Avengers.

Despite strongly disliking the degree of security and lack of privacy due to his life with SHIELD, he's grown as a hero and has taken to using the ring as best he knows how, only occasionally abusing it's power for his own benefit.[/INDENT]

[B][U]_____Abilities:[/B][/U]
[INDENT][I]Communication:[/I] The ring translates almost all modern languages in the universe and can interpret the majority of outdated ones in a way that allows the user a great variety of alternatives to speaking his own language. Also, like a cell phone, the ring is a part of a network that extends through the cosmos, keeping him in contact with his fellow Lanterns and other beings equipped with the proper equipment.

[I]Constructs:[/I] Channeling his willpower and creativity, the ring creates nearly any physical manifestation that he wants for it to. Though the majority of users lack the ability to use it to cure an illness or permanently alter a structure. He is always aware of the location of his constructs, even if he isn't necessarily the one moving them. It creates within him a sensitivity to distinct shades of green and he can alter the tones of his constructs, even dimming them to near ebony.

[I]Flight:[/I] Through a protective aura generated by the ring, he can propel himself in any direction at great speed through his own willpower.

[I]Utility Belt:[/I] It includes actual utilities such as money, a cell phone, tape, fishing line, a flashlight, laser pointer, Sonic Grenade (Think Geek), and various medicines amongst other things in case his ring should ever die mid-mission.[/INDENT]

[B][U]_____Personality:[/B][/U]
[INDENT]Kyle is genuinely a lighthearted individual. He enjoys frequent joking and tries his best to keep things going well. But he is not without flaws. He, while never consciously giving in to peer pressure, occasionally partakes in drinking because minors are specifically not allowed to do so. He hates the notion of his freedom being limited by anyone for any purpose. Because of this, he has an attraction to thoughtful and analytical people, privacy, superheroes, punk rock, and alternative music. He has something of a gift for self-expression, most strongly observable in his artistry. Despite his intentional rebellion, he enjoys making scenes, causing a ruckus, and is susceptible to the pressures of youth.[/INDENT]

[B][U]_____Appearance:[/U][/B]
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I give you Jesse Hutch. The photo presents him perfectly as I imagine the likeness of Kyle, sans the mustache because of his age. Notably, the hair-do and square shape of his head fit the bill perfectly.[/Hider]

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I designed it myself a while back. While the appearance of the face speaks of mental disability, the items on the right side of the page are examples of what I imagine he'd create.

His outfit is a combination of an actual jacket customized to sport a variation of the Green Lantern emblem amongst other clothes such as a Phantom of The Opera mask and armor generated by his own willpower. He ordered his utility belt off Ebay and personally customized it to be green and fit in with the rest of his motif.[/Hider]

[B][U]_____Affliation:[/B][/U]
[I]The Green Lantern Corps:[/I]
[INDENT][I]•Hal Jordan:[/I] Though many people call him the greatest Green Lantern, Kyle doesn't really like Hal at all. Though, Hal has acted as something of a mentor to Kyle because, unlike most GLs, he and Kyle are extra-dramatic as superheroes.
[I]•Kilowogg:[/I] The drill sergeant who trained Kyle. At this point, Kyle sees him as a controll freak.[/INDENT]

[I]Young Avengers:[/I]
[INDENT][I]•Ben 10:[/I] Kyle considers Ben to be one of his best friends and recognizes him as the team's other playful powerhouse.
[I]•Bucky:[/I] Mostly because of his authoritative nature, Kyle dislikes the Captain America stand-in.
[I]•Ghost Rider:[/I] She's hot. For Kyle, that's as complicated as it gets. He doesn't really have a crush on her, but he is not above hitting on a flaming skeleton girl.
[I]•Hulkling[/I]
[I]•Scott Pilgrim:[/I] Kyle also gets along well with Scott.
[I]•Wiccan[/I][/INDENT]

[B][U]_____Other:[/B][/U]
[INDENT]This version of Kyle was inspired by a throwaway line in Young Justice about a year ago. When the Justice League was coming down on the Team, John Stewart said something like "This is why there isn't a Teen Lantern." I paused, googled it, and found out that he was kinda right, but there was a great story in there somewhere. Since then I've been dedicated to finding it.[/INDENT]