Empyrean Issue #2: The Once and Future Team

In 1998, the world, in a fevered rage of intolerance for any with special powers, designed a place to imprison and separate any that they thought posed a threat to the rest of civilization. With the combined efforts of fifteen countries, a floating prison was created high above the Pacific ocean. It was positioned politically as a last resort to contain some of the most dangerous and deadly--those who used their powers to harm others. The reality was sometimes much different.As the years went by and political climates shifted, what was considered criminal use of powers could come down to simply having any powers at all.These floating island prisons consisted of one main island known simply as Empyrean. A second island, largely unpopulated, was mostly wilderness that had been intended for expansion. There was also a third, named only Black Rock. You did not want to end up on Black Rock.Last Time:Candy Pendragon found herself swept up in a plot to kidnap the ruler of Empyrean, the Emperor Sun. She met a team of once rebels that had been nearly wiped out by The Emperor and his Elite Guard.With nothing to lose, she now finds herself trapped with the very person they came to save.