The summer they were seen helping to save lives from the effects of typhoons, wildfires, and wars. The next month, they aided the victims of flash floods and deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas. When the Planeteers showed up to help the survivors of a deadly Earthquake in Nepal just three days later, they made more headlines. After giving their address to the press instead and summoning Captain Planet for a demonstration, the Planeteers made it clear that they weren't to be dismissed. The five champions of Gaia made their true appearance to the world on April 22nd, 2015, arriving outside of the United Nations and there caught the attention of the press when their requests to address the UN were denied. Each of the Planeteers had been chosen almost immediately after the Reach's retreat and then spent several months on Gaia's hidden refuge learning to use their rings' powers. The Planeteers debuted roughly a year after the Reach Invasion. The summoning ritual is further complicated by requiring that the five be in 'one mind' during the summoning, thus causing the ritual to fail if the Planeteers have some contention in their ranks. The rings can also be used to combine their power to different effects, but most commonly to create a dimensional rift that allows the Titanic spirit of Iapetus to materialize on our plane in the form of 'Captain Planet' for a short time, but though Iapetus is reformed and more benevolent, he is still a titan and does not appreciate being summoned for light matters so the Planeteers only use him in the direst situations. The Planeteers were each chosen by the rings themselves, with each ring containing a soul of Gaia which enables it to control one of the four classical elements and the fifth granting its wielder potent psychic abilities. The ring-bearers have come to be known as the Planeteers and are based in Elpida, the traveling and mystically hidden island home of Gaia (it is the smallest, most Eastern island in the Themysciran archipelago). She has trusted five young humans with rings of power that wield control over the elements and can summon forth one of Gaia's own ancient creations, a reformed titan now called Captain Planet. The Earth-Spirit Gaia had decided that the time had come to take a more direct part in protecting Earth and its peoples.

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