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* BadPowersGoodPeople: The Empyreans are inherently [[ParadoxPerson walking paradoxes]] that bring destruction across the multiverse, but several are willing to use their power to protect the various realities from their kin [[OmnicidalManiac who just want to bring chaos and destruction]], namely Akali, Jax, Lux, and K'Sante, the latter of whom wants to get the bottom of what released the Foreglow and is attempting to lead his kin into stopping it before [[YourDaysAreNumbered it inevitably consumes all of them]].
* BigBad: Nocturne, who in this line is framed as a "dimensional parasite" that discovered the Foreglow, inadvertently burrowed into he power's raw form, and led to the first dimensional collapse and the first Empyrean, Pyke. Nowadays, Nocturne still remains and [[TheManBehindTheMan is further experimenting with the Foreglow to find new ways to feed its hunger.]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Several Empyreans stray from the sides of "spreading destruction" to "stopping said destruction" and are out for their own agendas: Vex simply wants to remain alone, Zac wants to "reunite" with all of the other Zacs across the realms, Malzahar positions himself as [[HarbingerOfImpendingDoom the herald for "a greater sickness" across the realms]], and Zed seeks to take over the various "husk" realms destroyed by Pyke and create an empire that no other Empyrean can topple.
* CosmicEntity: A much more technicolor variant of the concept compared to the Event Horizon line, and one that explicitly spreads across the multiverse. The Empyreans are empowered by a cosmic force at the center of everything known as the Foreglow, which is being spread by the destruction of various realms, focused onto their {{Sole Survivor}}s. Not all of them are evil, but their power collectively represents [[ApocalypseHow the gradual collapse of the multiverse]].
* KillingYourAlternateSelf: The goal of several of the Empyreans, most prominently Pyke, the first of his kind.
-->'''Pyke:''' Pyke kills Pyke kills Pyke kills Pyke... ''([[EvilLaugh chuckles]])''
* ParadoxPerson: What the Empyreans effectively are. [[DeityOfHumanOrigin While they are born out of individual mortal hosts]], the Foreglow's influence compels them to travel to other realms and snuff out their counterparts, taking the rest of the realm with it and [[HordeOfAlienLocusts birthing even more Empyreans to do the same]].
* SentientCosmicForce: The central paradigm of the line is the "Foreglow", normally a cosmic "balancing" force standing in between realms, but has been thrown into disorder, with its power being channeled into various "Empyreans", [[ApocalypseHow causing everything to break down to apocalyptic levels]].
* SoleSurvivor: All of the Empyreans are stated to be the remaining survivors of their realms before the Foreglow's power was funneled into them. Some have maintained some sense of higher morality, but given that most are displaced without a home and seething with hatred towards their surviving counterparts, it's not surprising that most [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum are extremely wrathful and ready to destroy other realms in the process]].
* YourDaysAreNumbered: It's repeatedly implied that the Empyreans are ultimately going to collapse under their paradoxical nonexistence, eventually falling to the Foreglow that currently empowers them. Lux is aware of it, but is living out to use her powers to how she best sees fit before she expires, while K'Sante is attempting to lead the Empyreans into uncovering what birthed the Foreglow.
* BigBad: Nocturne, who in this line is framed as a "dimensional parasite" that discovered the Foreglow, inadvertently burrowed into he power's raw form, and led to the first dimensional collapse and the first Empyrean, Pyke. Nowadays, Nocturne still remains and [[TheManBehindTheMan is further experimenting with the Foreglow to find new ways to feed its hunger.]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Several Empyreans stray from the sides of "spreading destruction" to "stopping said destruction" and are out for their own agendas: Vex simply wants to remain alone, Zac wants to "reunite" with all of the other Zacs across the realms, Malzahar positions himself as [[HarbingerOfImpendingDoom the herald for "a greater sickness" across the realms]], and Zed seeks to take over the various "husk" realms destroyed by Pyke and create an empire that no other Empyrean can topple.
* CosmicEntity: A much more technicolor variant of the concept compared to the Event Horizon line, and one that explicitly spreads across the multiverse. The Empyreans are empowered by a cosmic force at the center of everything known as the Foreglow, which is being spread by the destruction of various realms, focused onto their {{Sole Survivor}}s. Not all of them are evil, but their power collectively represents [[ApocalypseHow the gradual collapse of the multiverse]].
* KillingYourAlternateSelf: The goal of several of the Empyreans, most prominently Pyke, the first of his kind.
-->'''Pyke:''' Pyke kills Pyke kills Pyke kills Pyke... ''([[EvilLaugh chuckles]])''
* ParadoxPerson: What the Empyreans effectively are. [[DeityOfHumanOrigin While they are born out of individual mortal hosts]], the Foreglow's influence compels them to travel to other realms and snuff out their counterparts, taking the rest of the realm with it and [[HordeOfAlienLocusts birthing even more Empyreans to do the same]].
* SentientCosmicForce: The central paradigm of the line is the "Foreglow", normally a cosmic "balancing" force standing in between realms, but has been thrown into disorder, with its power being channeled into various "Empyreans", [[ApocalypseHow causing everything to break down to apocalyptic levels]].
* SoleSurvivor: All of the Empyreans are stated to be the remaining survivors of their realms before the Foreglow's power was funneled into them. Some have maintained some sense of higher morality, but given that most are displaced without a home and seething with hatred towards their surviving counterparts, it's not surprising that most [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum are extremely wrathful and ready to destroy other realms in the process]].
* YourDaysAreNumbered: It's repeatedly implied that the Empyreans are ultimately going to collapse under their paradoxical nonexistence, eventually falling to the Foreglow that currently empowers them. Lux is aware of it, but is living out to use her powers to how she best sees fit before she expires, while K'Sante is attempting to lead the Empyreans into uncovering what birthed the Foreglow.
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