Earth (Earth 1) - SirJeffCena

**Earth** is the third planet from the sun in the Solar System, located within the Milky Way Galaxy.

After the destruction of Krypton, two separate meteor showers struck Earth, primarily around Smallville, Kansas, USA. The first meteor shower struck in October 1989 and the second one struck in May 2005. Both meteor showers deposited significant amounts of kryptonite in the Smallville region.

Earth serves as a home for many different species, the most of which are humans. Humans have a genetic affinity for kryptonite, radioactive remnants of the planet Krypton. When exposed to kryptonite (usually along with a catalyst such as heat, electricity, magnetism, or the like), many humans develop superpowers and become metahumans.

## Important Places

* **Smallville** - A small rural town in Lowell County, Kansas, USA on Earth. It was founded in 1831 by Ezra Small. Smallville is located within driving distance of Metropolis, 425 miles from Hub City and near Granville. Smallville was proud of its status as the *Creamed Corn Capital of the World* until 1989 when it became the *Meteor Capital of the World*. When the meteor shower of 1989 occurred, it caused all sorts of mutations and destruction to the town and its citizens.

* **Metropolis** - Metropolis is a major city in the state of Kansas. It is home to many businesses and organizations, including the *Daily Planet*, LuthorCorp, Queen Industries and the Isis Foundation. Metropolis has very high levels of crime. It has also been ravaged by an alien serial killer, an enraged Kryptonian phantom wraith and infected with a zombie virus. This has inspired several super-powered vigilantes, ranging from the Angel of Vengeance to Green Arrow and the Blur/Superman.

* **Star City** - A port city and is most notably the home of young billionaire Oliver Queen and headquarters of his planet-wide company, Queen Industries.

## Relationship with Krypton

Earth exists under a yellow sun, giving superpowers to visiting Kryptonians. Perhaps as a result, Kryptonians have been traveling to Earth for centuries. These ancient Kryptonians implanted their technology in underground caverns belonging to a Native American tribe called the Kawatche, as well as hid the Stones of Power, Kryptonian crystals encoded with all the knowledge of the Kryptonian civilization, around the planet.

Krypton and Earth had several teleportation portals set up between the two planets, until a civil war with Zod forced the Ruling Council to shut them down. The Kryptonian scientist Dax-Ur used one of these portals to come to Earth 100 years ago. In 1961, Jor-El used another such portal to travel to Earth. Lara-El, Kara, as well as Zor-El used these portals to visit Earth in 1986.

Kryptonian spaceships can be used to fly from Krypton to Earth. So far, three ships have made the journey: Kal-El's spaceship, the Black Ship carrying the Disciples of Zod and Brainiac and Kara's ship. Both Kal-El's and Kara's trip lasted three years, but Kara's ship landed in reservoir near Reeves Dam, holding her in suspended animation. For some reason, the Black Ship never made the full journey, but after the Crystal of Air was tainted with Genevieve Teague's blood, the Black Ship finally made its journey to Earth during the 2005 Meteor Shower.