▁▁ ▁K yle ▁Ray ner ▁was ▁a ▁struggling ▁fre el ance ▁artist ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁approached ▁by ▁the ▁last ▁Guardian ▁of ▁the ▁Un iverse , ▁G anth et , ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁new ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁with ▁the ▁very ▁last ▁power ▁ring . ▁G anth et ' s ▁reasons ▁for ▁choosing ▁Ray ner ▁remained ▁a ▁secret ▁for ▁quite ▁some ▁time . ▁Despite ▁not ▁being ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁cloth ▁of ▁bra very ▁and ▁fear less ness ▁as ▁Hal ▁Jordan — or ▁perhaps ▁because ▁of ▁that — R ay ner ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁popular ▁with ▁readers ▁and ▁his ▁fellow ▁characters . ▁Having ▁contin ually ▁proven ▁himself ▁on ▁his ▁own ▁and ▁with ▁the ▁J LA , ▁he ▁became ▁known ▁amongst ▁the ▁O ans ▁as ▁The ▁Tor ch ▁Bear er . ▁He ▁briefly ▁operated ▁as ▁I on ▁after ▁using ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁Corps . ▁He ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁reb irth ▁of ▁the ▁Guard ians ▁and ▁the ▁re - ign ition ▁of ▁the ▁Central ▁Power ▁B atter y , ▁essentially ▁rest oring ▁all ▁that ▁Jordan ▁had ▁destroyed ▁as ▁Par alla x . ▁ ▁K yle ▁Ray ner ▁was ▁chosen ▁to ▁w ield ▁the ▁last ▁ring ▁because ▁he ▁knew ▁fear , ▁and ▁Par alla x ▁had ▁been ▁released ▁from ▁the ▁Central ▁Power ▁B atter y . ▁G anth et ▁knew ▁this ▁and ▁chose ▁K yle ▁because ▁his ▁experiences ▁dealing ▁with ▁fear ▁enabled ▁him ▁to ▁resist ▁Par alla x . ▁Because ▁Par alla x ▁is ▁a ▁manifest ation ▁of ▁fear , ▁and ▁yellow ,