Veritas (Smallville)

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 * OfficialName           = Veritas Society
 * Aliases                =


 * Status                 = Active
 * Identity               = Secret
 * Universe               = Earth-Smallville
 * BaseOfOperations       = Smallville, Kansas


 * OrganizationLeaders    = Lex Luthor
 * CurrentMembers         = Oliver Queen, Lex Luthor
 * FormerMembers          = Virgil Swann, Patricia Swann, Robert Queen, Laura Queen, Lionel Luthor, Edward Teague, Genevieve Teague, Bridgette Crosby
 * Allies                 = Gina
 * Enemies                = Clark Kent, Chloe Sullivan, Martian Manhunter, Justice League of America, Lana Lang Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen


 * Origin                 = Veritas was a society who looked to the skies for coming life, most especially "the Traveler", the Son of Krypton.
 * PlaceOfFormation       = Smallville, Kansas
 * Creators               = Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
 * First                  = Fracture


 * HistoryText            =

Veritas
The group would meet every summer at the Swann Mansion while their children were off in other rooms. The symbol had a star alignment on them that occurred on October 7, 1989, around the day of the first meteor shower.

Once, Lillian Luthor broke into Lionel's briefcase. Lex tried to cover it up, but was abused by Lionel until he said that it was indeed Lillian. She asked where he went at night and what Veritas was.

Years later, Lionel Luthor received threating letters with wax seals of the Veritas symbol. They were from Patricia Swann, who was trying to get the Traveler from Lionel. She hinted to Lex at what the society was, and told Lionel that she knew he killed Edward Teague, Laura and Robert Queen, and probably Virgil Swann. He agreed to hand over the Traveler, Clark, but instead knocked her out. Lionel tried to return Clark back to his farm, but Pierce knocked him unconscious. Eventually, Clark was freed by Kara, and discovered that Lionel had been the one who ordered him captured.

Patricia gave Clark Virgil's diary, which told of the change the Traveler would bring. Patricia was killed and Lex ended up with her locket.

Lex had stolen part of a Veritas key from Lionel, but that was before he pushed his father out of a window to his death. He then found the Veritas key in Chloe Sullivan's desk that was left by Lionel to give to Clark which was the missing piece.

When Gina found out that Clark was the Traveler, the last remaining member of Veritas fulfilled the prophecy of protecting the Traveler by poisoning her so that she couldn't reveal Clark to Lex.

The Traveler
The prophecy of the Traveler was forged by Dr. Virgil Swann. It told that the Traveler would come to Earth and then would need protecting before he was able to save the planet from destruction. Because of the Traveler, Dr. Swann founded a secret society called Veritas; its members were all from powerful families. Every summer, the group would meet up at the Swann's mansion and discuss the Traveler. Dr. Swann found a possible way to control the Traveler if he ever posed as a threat and it was concealed in a envelope which was stored in a bank in Zürich inside a safe deposit box which has to be opened by two Veritas keys. Dr. Swann had one key which was enclosed inside a locket and Robert Queen had the other. When Lionel Luthor had Robert Queen's plane sabotaged, he recovered the key so that he had the opportunity to control the Traveler. When Dr. Swann died, he gave his necklace to his daughter Patricia Swann which she wore at all times. Patricia was murdered by her driver who was hired by Lex, and Lex recovered the necklace, finding the key to the deposit box through a series of flashbacks. Lex then recovered the second key from Chloe's draw at her desk at the Daily Planet before firing her for siding with Lionel and now has both keys which he plans to use to control the traveler and unlock the knowledge that Dr. Swann placed in the safe deposit box in Zurich. The secret within the box holds the key to controlling the Traveler and potentially destroying the world.

Veritas Keys
The Veritas Keys are two separate identical keys that were hidden away in two separate lockets. The keys both belonged to Dr. Swann who gave one of the keys to his close friend and fellow Veritas member, Robert Queen. The keys together unlock a safe deposit box in a bank in Zurich which contains an envelope of how to control the Traveler and give them ultimate power. Dr. Swann told the members of Veritas about the box which made Lionel power hungry for it. He had Robert Queen's plane crashed and recovered the necklace which he kept at all times around hid neck.

When Dr. Swann died, he gave his necklace to his only daughter Patricia Swann and told her to wear it all the time. She didn't know what it was for and when she confronted Lionel about the Traveler, she informed Lex about Veritas which intrigued him and had Patricia killed and recovered the necklace from her.

When Lionel realized that something terrible is coming, he decided to give his key to Clark for safekeeping. But Clark was angry with Lionel for kidnapping him, so he ignored him. Lionel gave the key to Chloe and left it for her in a package in her desk drawer with the Kryptonian symbol for the House of El on it. She found the key and placed it back in her drawer when she saw Lex coming but he found the key and took it, before firing Chloe from the Daily Planet for lying about the key.


 * Equipment              = Virgil's diary, Veritas Keys, Veritas Lockets, Zurich Safe Deposit Box
 * Transportation         = None Known
 * Weapons                = None Known


 * Notes                  =
 * Total Members:9
 * Other Possible Members:2
 * Dead Members:8
 * Veritas is mentioned in Fracture, seen in the Justice & Doom web series, explored in Traveler, Veritas and Descent.
 * Before Season 4 began, a planned story arc revolved around the "Seers". This group included all of the members of the now-called Veritas society and Bridgette Crosby and Genevieve Teague. Due to Christopher Reeve's death, the arc was not possible, and it was abolished, although hints of it continued, and were around even in the Piolet Episode.
 * Veritas was introduced last year in an online game tied to the Justice and Doom comic. Players completed "missions" to receive clues about the society.


 * Trivia                 =
 * Links                  = *Smallville
 * Lex Luther
 * Oliver Queen
 * Lionel Luther
 * Clark Kent
 * Chloe Sullivan

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