Hallax the Sun-Bringer was a God on the world of Moara. He had ruled alongside his extended divine family for countless generations. Slowly, the people of Moara began to lessen their need, and then their deference to the gods. Like Earth pantheons before them the God's of Moara took leave of their world allowing their people to grow while taking a large number of their truly faithful with them to another plane. Hallax decided to journey the stars. He was one of the few, even among the Gods, who could venture unaided into space. He spent the next millennia in exploration. He happened upon the world of Malva, and for a time he studied them. He watched Ariax Thone become the legendary Firewing. He also saw that Thone was "up to no good". That his honor was as often merely for show than it was a way of life. Hallax saw this as a release from his boredom; he would follow the Firewing to his new destination and see what played out. Taking advantage of the Gate opened by Ariax Thone, he arrived shortly after Firewing. Hallax found Earth to be marvelous. He had never seen so many beings of great power before. Heroes and monsters all over again; he wanted to participate. Hallax took the nomme de gurre, Empyrean (without knowing of the people who used that name) and tried to do good. However, a neophyte group of superheroes mistook him for Firewing and he was attacked. The misunderstanding was cleared up and Empyrean agreed to accompany the group on their endeavors (mostly on the request of the beautiful goddess, Freya). Empyrean has stayed with the LoJ ever since. He knows that sometimes the runaway egos on the team grate on the rest of the superhero community and suspects that Lockdown may one day go completely off his rocker, but he stays with them and does what he can to bridge the gap between the arrogance and heroism. Empyrean is a very easy going being formerly worshipped as a god. He is for the most part without arrogance and tends to laugh in the face of Superion's attitudes and Lockdown's burgeoning paranoia. He enjoys being a hero more than he did a god and is very comfortable "mixing with the mortals" as he calls it. He has been sweet on Freya ever since he first laid eyes on her, and it’s not simply because of her nature and gifts. He admires her spirit and her warrior wanton attitude. They spend a lot of time together but are not a couple (Yet). "I glow bright like the sun and I will burn you if you aren't careful." "Hey, I used to sit on a throne of gold and have naked virgins attending to my every need; I don't need this job, I do it because I love it." Sun God. He has intense light/fire abilities and a powerful physical presence. He tends to keep his abilities toned down at the beginning of battle to avoid unnecessary death and destruction, but if he ever deems it NECCESSARY, then all hell will break loose. A handsome man with reddish skin white hair and golden eyes. He wears a "Green Arrow" type Beard and moustache, and he can will the hair on his scalp to become a nimbus of golden and red flames. He wears a white costume trimmed with gold; sometimes with a golden cape.

This ability summons a great fist of flame and heat. The fist can do crushing damage, "Punching" damage and has a special effect of Fire for vulnerabilities. Somehow, it does not burn victems of its grasp