After his defeat at Batman's hands, Slade Wilson — Deathstroke — found himself in Arkham Asylum with nothing to do except sit with the weight of his failure. He used the time. He disappeared quietly, trained, and meditated until he reached a conclusion: there was nothing left to prove. Then Brainiac invaded Earth, and Amanda Waller arrived with a blank check. Deathstroke didn't need to hear the pitch twice. Task Force X has been tracking Brainiac across dimensions, always arriving after he has already taken control and reshaped each Elseworld to his design. This one is different — they may have caught up. The new Elseworld reimagines Smallville as a medieval village, stripped of the technology that powers the modern Justice League. Deathstroke has already begun making himself useful in a land of chivalry and swordsmanship.