Atrocitus

According to comic continuity, Atrocitus was one of five survivors who formed a cabal called the Five Inversions. The group performed a ritual that allowed them to perceive the prophecy later called the Blackest Night. In the course of subsequent actions Atrocitus killed the other members of the Five Inversions and used their blood in rites that produced the first Red power rings and a Red Lantern power battery; he then donned a ring and became the first Red Lantern. He established Ysmault as his base and organized followers into the Red Lantern Corps, centered on rage-derived power.

Textual descriptions in the provided sources are limited; most representations of Atrocitus are conveyed through comic and animated artwork and merchandise. Sources identify him as the founding figure and leader of the Red Lanterns and reference visual depictions in comics, animation, and collectibles rather than providing a detailed prose physical description in the cited material.

Atrocitus is presented as the forger and first bearer of Red Lantern ring(s) and the Red Lantern power battery, employing blood-based ritual elements in their initial creation. He can tap and channel rage-based energy via the Red Lantern artifacts, leads and commands corps-level military actions, and has taken part in divinatory ritual acts (notably the rite performed with the Five Inversions to learn the Blackest Night prophecy). He organizes and conducts violent campaigns, pursues prophetic or instrumental figures (e.g., William Hand), and can enter temporary alliances when strategic. Storylines depict him participating in combat against Lantern Corps and other cosmic threats and using ritualized violence as part of his program.