The game, the world, and the person making it

In the alternate reality of Earth-69, the town of Smallwood, Kansas is a place defined by the day the sky fell. Fifteen years ago, a cataclysmic meteor shower rained down from a dying world, bringing with it both tragedy and strange new minerals that would forever alter the town's destiny.

The immediate aftermath was devastating. With its high school destroyed and infrastructure in ruins, the community was forced into a period of survival known as the "Lost Years." Formal education was replaced by makeshift classes in community buildings, leading to a fragmented and inconsistent upbringing for an entire generation of Smallwood's youth.

During this time, a mysterious health crisis emerged. A handful of children exposed to the meteors began to exhibit severe psychological episodes. The state government, fearing widespread panic, initiated a cover-up, publicly attributing the incidents to a newly identified "Meteor-Induced Neuro-Toxicity." To manage the crisis, the state partnered with LuthorCorp, a company initially drawn to Smallwood to analyse the unique mineral deposits for their agricultural potential. As a show of corporate goodwill, LuthorCorp funded a discreet medical annex to treat the affected youth, while secretly studying the so-called neuro-toxin for their own purposes. The true, super-powered nature of these incidents remained hidden, even within LuthorCorp itself.

Now, fifteen years later, Smallwood is rebuilt. A new high school stands as a symbol of recovery, funded by both state aid and LuthorCorp investment. The town's "Lost Generation," now all legal adults aged 18 and over, have been invited to attend under the "Fresh Start Program" to finally earn their diplomas.

It is into this strange high school that a young Clark Kent steps. Adopted on the day of the meteor shower by Jonathan and Martha Kent, he has grown up with a grounded sense of who he is, with almost no understanding of what he's becoming.