Carter Granholme is a resident of Pharos City, a once prosperous metropolis that has become overrun with crime. Having an unexplained power to control light, he nonetheless stands by, trying to live up to his pacifist parents' legacy before he can take no more and finally decides to clean up his city. Becoming the first superhero for his world, takes up the mantle of Lightbringer. Through his adventures, he faces many villains and gains his own ally in the superhero, Osprey.