Emotional Entity
Ophidian
The serpent embodiment of avarice — the hungriest of the entities.
Avarice · Orange light
First appearance: Green Lantern #52 (2010)
The story
Ophidian was born the moment the first creature ate more than it needed — the first hunger that wasn't about survival, but about having. It is a great serpent, coiling and endless, and it is the hungriest of all the entities: nothing ever satisfies it, because avarice by definition cannot be satisfied.
For most of its existence Ophidian was trapped inside the Orange Lantern Central Power Battery on Okaara, where Larfleeze hoarded it like everything else he owns. It whispers to the greedy, inflaming their hunger until nothing matters more than what they crave.
Of all the entities, Ophidian is the hardest to bargain with — you cannot offer enough to a being whose nature is 'more.'
Known hosts & seekers
Key issues
- Green Lantern #52 (2010) — first appearance
- Agent Orange (2009) — the orange light revealed
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