The Diaspora (Empath stories)

The Diaspora (or The Dispersion) is an event that took place 764 years from the present time of the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story "Days Of Future Smurfed". On the day it happened, there was an earthquake that destroyed the entire Smurf Village, taking with it Empath's half-brother Brainy, who along with Empath were the only surviving members of their generation. Because the village was totally destroyed with no hope of ever rebuilding it, the surviving Smurfs left the forest with Empath's grandson, the acting village leader at the time, leading the group. Before leaving, Empath's grandson entrusted Empath with the care of his own son Polaris, who would grow up alone with only his great-grandfather to look after him. By around 2005, which was when Empath finally died, there was no surviving record of any other Smurf in the world besides the two (Empath and his great-grandson Polaris) still living in Belgium, so it is assumed that the Smurf race became extinct.