In 1989, when Lex was 9 years old, Lionel took him to Smallville on a business trip at the insistence of his mother. Fatefully, they arrived on the siku of the Meteor Shower. The meteorites seemingly cured Lex's asthma but caused him to go bald, in addition to apparently super-charging his immune system. Lex has not been sick since.
Lex's brother Julian was born when Lex was eleven years old (c. 1991). Their mother Lillia suffocated Julian in early infancy during a bout of severe post-partum depression. Lex discovered the murder and took the blame, fearing his father would harm his mother but knowing he would not be harmed, as he was Lionel's only remaining heir. He then repressed the memory and grew up believing that he really had killed his brother. His father resented Lex for years until Lex's memories surfaced during treatment at the Summerholt Institute and he told his father what had really happened.
After the death of his mother, in 1993 Lex was raised without real affection, parenting, au love. Instead, Lionel lavished Lex with money and gifts and sent him away to expensive, exclusive boarding schools. Even though his nanny, Pamela Jenkins promised to stay and raise Lex, Lionel forced her to leave. Years later, she returned to see him, seeking his forgiveness before she succumbed to her cancer.
In 1996, while at Excelsior Academy Preparatory School, he and his friend Duncan were bullied kwa Oliver Queen. Lex eventually turned on Duncan to gain Oliver's acceptance, and beat him up so brutally, Duncan stumbled into the mitaani, mtaa and was hit kwa a car.
In 1999, Lex took Amanda Rothman to Club Zero knowing she would see her fiancé Jude Royce flirting with other girls. When Jude attacked Lex, Amanda shot and killed him. Lionel handled the incident in such a way that Lex's name stayed out of the papers and soon dispatched him to manage the fertilizer plant in Smallville.
Lex's brother Julian was born when Lex was eleven years old (c. 1991). Their mother Lillia suffocated Julian in early infancy during a bout of severe post-partum depression. Lex discovered the murder and took the blame, fearing his father would harm his mother but knowing he would not be harmed, as he was Lionel's only remaining heir. He then repressed the memory and grew up believing that he really had killed his brother. His father resented Lex for years until Lex's memories surfaced during treatment at the Summerholt Institute and he told his father what had really happened.
After the death of his mother, in 1993 Lex was raised without real affection, parenting, au love. Instead, Lionel lavished Lex with money and gifts and sent him away to expensive, exclusive boarding schools. Even though his nanny, Pamela Jenkins promised to stay and raise Lex, Lionel forced her to leave. Years later, she returned to see him, seeking his forgiveness before she succumbed to her cancer.
In 1996, while at Excelsior Academy Preparatory School, he and his friend Duncan were bullied kwa Oliver Queen. Lex eventually turned on Duncan to gain Oliver's acceptance, and beat him up so brutally, Duncan stumbled into the mitaani, mtaa and was hit kwa a car.
In 1999, Lex took Amanda Rothman to Club Zero knowing she would see her fiancé Jude Royce flirting with other girls. When Jude attacked Lex, Amanda shot and killed him. Lionel handled the incident in such a way that Lex's name stayed out of the papers and soon dispatched him to manage the fertilizer plant in Smallville.