▁ ▁Cent uries ▁later , ▁it ▁was ▁explained , ▁when ▁Scott ▁found ▁the ▁myst ical ▁lan tern , ▁it ▁had ▁no ▁memory ▁of ▁its ▁true ▁orig ins , ▁save ▁a ▁vague ▁re collection ▁of ▁the ▁uniform ▁of ▁its ▁last ▁master . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁Scott ' s ▁distinct ive ▁cost ume . ▁Due ▁to ▁its ▁dam aged ▁link ▁to ▁them , ▁the ▁Guard ians ▁pres umed ▁the ▁ring ▁and ▁lan tern ▁to ▁be ▁lost ▁in ▁whatever ▁c ata c ly sm ▁over c ame ▁their ▁last ▁owner ▁of ▁record , ▁thus ▁Scott ▁was ▁never ▁noticed ▁by ▁the ▁Guard ians ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁car ve ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁apart ▁from ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁Corps , ▁sport ing ▁a ▁ring ▁with ▁an ▁artificial ly ▁induced ▁weak ness ▁against ▁anything ▁made ▁of ▁wood . ▁Hon oring ▁this ▁separate ▁history , ▁the ▁Guard ians ▁never ▁moved ▁to ▁force ▁Scott ▁to ▁rel in qu ish ▁the ▁ring , ▁formally ▁join ▁the ▁Corps , ▁or ▁adopt ▁its ▁colors . ▁Some ▁sort ▁of ▁link ▁between ▁Scott ▁and ▁the ▁Corps , ▁however , ▁was ▁hint ed ▁at ▁in ▁a ▁Silver ▁Age ▁c ros so ver ▁story ▁which ▁dep ict s ▁Scott ▁and ▁Hal ▁Jordan ▁charg ing ▁their ▁rings ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁Power ▁B atter y ▁while ▁both ▁rec iting ▁the ▁" B right est ▁Day " ▁o ath . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁R ann - Th an agar ▁War , ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁Scott ▁is ▁an ▁honor ary ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Corps . ▁ ▁On