Arthur Curry

## Aquaman

 Mera Nereus (wife)

 Perseus Lykaios (twin brother)Orm Marius & Namor McKenzie (maternal half-brothers)

 Orvax Marius (stepfather)

 Zeus, Hades, and Chiron (uncles) Hestia, Demeter, and Hera (aunts)

 Arion (godfather/ancestor)

Atlan (ancestor/half-brother)Cleito (ancestor) Calculha (ancestor)Majistra

### Affiliation

Justice League, Atlantean Royal Family, Excalibur

### Occupation

King, Adventurer, Protector of Earth's oceans

## Equipment

### Weapon(s)

Trident of Atlan

**Arthur Curry** is the King of Atlantis and protector of Earth's oceans. He's the first born son of Atlanna and Poseidon, the twin brother to Perseus Lykaios, and the maternal half-brother of Orm Marius. Arthur is a member of the Atlantean Royal Family, having been given the name **Orin** at birth, he fights to protect both worlds as a founding member of the Justice League known as **Aquaman**.

## Personality

Aquaman has been described calm-headed and even wise, behaving very regally and formal even towards friends and family. However, he seems to have his soft spots, and allows disagreement with his command to some degree, if it carries wisdom.

Arthur grew up alienated from both the human and Atlantean worlds, feeling trapped between them, yet having the responsibility of protecting both. He most of his life was feeling like an outcast amongst thier people and the only source of comfort was their parents. In addition, Arthur was bitter at his mother Atlanna for abandoning him and separating him from Perseus, his twin.

As a child, Arthur was eager to reunite with his twin and made attempts at sneaking out behind Atlanna's back and would be overjoyed to see him even of it was only for couple miniutes. His twin even acknowledged that Arthur was both highly overprotective and very overbearing, having once castrated several noblemen after they flitered with him and deemed Perseus as an "*innocent baby who always needs to be protected*".

He gends to hides any insecurities and troubled past behind a tough intimidating attitude, choosing to alienate himself from others and almost never showed any emotion towards anyone. However, he can be more relaxed and friendly around those he trusts and is close to, such as his father and Mera. Despite his somewhat gloomy and fearsome exterior, Arthur is ultimately a selfless and compassionate person, indicated by him frequenting an Icelandic fishing village during the winter in order to feed its hungry inhabitants with fish.

Arthur also showed compassion towards his half-brother Orm, whom he refused to kill despite the multiple atrocious actions Orm had committed. He also showed guilt over letting David Hyde's father die and leading him to become the Black Manta.

When his half-brother confessed to murdering their mother, Arthur's righteous fury showed, and displayed a wrath that bordered on murderous and homicidal, understandably justifiable as they were. He also showed a flirtatious side to him as well, such as his interactions with Mera, who reciprocated his advances with obvious enthusiasm.

## Appearance

Arthur resembles a tall, muscular Caucasian male with short blond hair and ocean blue eyes, an attributed inherited from his mother. He's described as being inhumanly handsome, even secretly having members of the Justice League regardless of gender, crushing on him. As Aquaman, he wears an orange scale-mail tunic and dark green leggings. At his waist is a gold belt that is clasped with a stylized letter "A", which has a built-in communicator. He also wears golden gauntlets on his wrists, and dark green greaves

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

Aquaman is known for being one of the most powerful beings on the planet, having physical power rivaling Superman and Wonder Woman. Arthur was later revealed to have greater power than either of them, but admitted that despite having such immense power, he requires objects created by the Atlantean Royal Family to safely channel this power.

* **Atlantean/Olympain Physiology**: Due to his half Atlantean and Olympian high-born lineage, Aquaman has incredible superhuman abilities exceeding most other Atlanteans, with other high-born Atlanteans rivaling his genetic attributes. He's one of the most powerful members of the Justice League, being riavled by Superman and Wonder Woman in physical strength, but was revealed to possess greater power than either of them.
	+ **Marine Telepathy**: Aquaman inherited the ability to telepathically interact with sea creatures from his father and command them into obeying him, causing his eyes to become golden when used. While children of Poseidon were capable of asking marine animals for help and even communicate with them, the Karathan stated Aquaman was the first to actually force them into obediance him since Atlan himself. After gaining the Trident of Atlan, Aquaman's powers over sea life were boosted, granting him control over every oceanic creature on Earth, including the savage Trench (a feat previously considered impossible). He's capable of accessing The Clear, a morphogenic field that seems to function as a universal consciousness of all sea life; Through it, Arthur is attuned to the emotions and overall conditions and well-being of everything within the ocean.
		- **Reality Warping** (limited): To a marginal extent, Aquaman is able to use his marine telepathy to alter the fabric of reality on a microcosmic level by tapping into the Clear. This allows him to manipulate the evolutionary phases and physical transformation of marine creatures, having mentally willed The Shark back into a regular predator instead of a hyper-evolved being. This doesn't come without consequences, as doing so interferes with the Natural Order and results in mental backlash of his marine telepathy when used; Aquaman had stated this was only when affecting nature's evolutionary cycle and beings such as The Shark were transformed by outside influence, thus Arthur didn't suffer any drawbacks.
		- **Psychic Wave Manipulation**: Aquaman learned a new technique while attending the Silent School; He's able to channel his thought waves into psionic force that's a massive psychic shockwave with tangible concussive effects. This disrupts people's mind and body with disorienting inducing vertogo waves that causes people to lose their balance and coordination. If the waves generated are strong enough, Aquaman could mimic some form of destructive telekinetic force which is able to cause matter to disintegrate and forcibly move objects without traditional levitation.
	+ **Nigh-Invulnerability**: Arthur has an incredible amount of durability that equals invulnerability and like most Atlanteans, is able to survive in the deepest depths of the ocean without suffering any discomfort. Aquaman also resisted numerous blows from his half-brother Orm, Black Manta, and the Atlantean soldiers, but was completely incapacitated when Namor struck him with a punch from a powered gauntlet. He's lived falling back to Earth after being launched into orbit by Mera, coming hard on top of a sea monsters head without injury. Aquaman has survived blows from powerful beings such as New Gods like Darkseid and Steppenwolf, the Karathan, and was even amused by the punches of an enraged Hulk. As a son of Poseidon, Aquaman is resistant to heat, but is vulnerable to extreme temperatures such as suffering burns from Black Manta's plasma beams and when Namor believed Aquaman and Mera were dead after seeing their ship crashing into molten lava.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Aquaman's unique physiology grants him an incredible amount of physical strength equalling Hercules and Thor, allowing him to fight against other Atlanteans, Trench monsters, Parademons, and even Old Gods. Aquaman was also able to fight against the powerful Steppenwolf, having sent the huge New God flying with a blow from his trident and prevent him from reaching Perseus. Arthur was stated by Poseidon to possess a level of divine strength rivalling Ares whom dealt a near fatal blow against Darkseid when the latter first invaded Earth. His physical might has allowed him to lift cruise ships and submarines without any difficulties, and traded blows with the Hulk several times. Arthur is stated to be the physically strongest Atlantean, having fought against Ocean Master and Sub-Mariner multiple times with his brothers even admitting Arthur was stronger than either of them combined.
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**: Despite his immense durability, Aquaman can still retain injuries from magic and bladed weaponry imbued with supernatural properties; His divine life-force enables him to regenerate tissue and organs at superhuman levels considerably quicker than most other Atlanteans, the process being augmented when in contact with water. After the serious injuries sustained from battling the Trench and requiring some treatment from Mera, Aquaman only needed a few hours of rest to fully heal with no signs of lingering damage.
	+ **Superhuman Senses**: Arthur's senses were more accute than ordinary mortals and other Atlanteans, being notably useful when navigating underwater environments. He can see perfectly fine in the pitch black abyss of an oceanic trench as well as hear things from a good distance away even while deep beneath the ocean line, having once heard Perseus' physical pain akin to hearing with one's ears from their telepathic-twin bond. His senes are somewhat average while on land, but reatined their level of superhuman enhancement in comparison to regular humans.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**: Aquaman is superhumanly faster than most Atlanteans, having moved quicker than Superman and pinned him to a wall before the Man of Steel could react. When fighting Steppenwolf and Darkseid, Aquaman had parried many of their attacks and returned with several high speed punches that caused them an immense amount of pain due to the velocity of which the punches were thrown. Aquaman stated his speed wasn't on the same level as Superman while on land and was much slower than Flash, but had greater speed underwater than any member of the Justice League.
		- **Superhuman Agility**: Aquaman has a level of agility and coordination that's greater than most Atlanteans, being capable of dodging various attacks from enemies and is described as being incredibly difficult to hit even in close range combat. His ability was comparable to Wonder Woman, having always been able to dodge her attacks during their sparring matches and could maintain enough control to counterattack with masterful proficiency.
		- **Superhuman Reflexes**: Despite being slower than the aforementioned beings, Aquaman was stated to possess greater reflexes than either of them. He's reacted to a trident moments before striking him, catch enemy blades without facing them, and react to the Flash running at superspeed. Aquaman's reflexes were noted for being superior to the Flash and Superman, with Wonder Woman acknowledging Aquaman having better reaction times than anyone she's ever known.

* **Hydrokinesis**: Aquaman, as the son of Poseidon and heir of Atlan, can control and manipulate water, though he has less experience with this ability than Mera. After claiming the Trident of Atlan, Aquaman's control of water was considerably increased to allow him to generate and control massive tidal waves. Aquaman can use hydrokinesis to push a submarine over his head, pushing it quickly to the surface without tension. While in water, Aquaman can generate an immense propulsive force, allowing him to swim at very high speeds of at least Mach 4.6, This propulsion is strong enough that it can cause a "sonic boom" effect, and can travel the ocean faster than any naval vessel, thus quickly intercepting vehicles designed for the ocean.

### Abilities

* **Battle Prowess**: Having been trained by Nuidis Vulko from a very young age, Aquaman is an extremely skilled fighter in armed and melee combat either above or underwater, being taught highly advance combat techniques which allows him to utilize both. His mastery enabled him to defeat multiple highly trained Atlantean soldiers, Black Manta, Parademons, and even fend off entire armies with relative ease. Aquaman can hold his ground against his extremely skilled brother Orm for some time despite Orm's expertise in underwater combat and was ultimately able to defeat him in their final fight.
	+ **Trident mastery**: Having been trained by Nuidis Vulko, Aquaman has become extremely skilled in battling with a trident, using one to defeat hordes of Parademons and face-off against Steppenwolf wielding his axe and later on when fighting Orm for the throne, holding his ground against both opponents despite losing and besting his brother in their final duel. As per Vulko's training, Aquaman can employ a rare combat move, performing a rapidly-spinning with his trident so fiercely that it becomes a blur, which upon doing so will repel all attacks attempting to penetrate this trident defense. After seeing Aquaman employ this move to win against Orm in their second duel, all Atlanteans, Xebellians, Fishermen, and Brine present accepted him as the new King of Atlantis, and the Seven Kingdoms thus swore allegiance to King Arthur.
	+ **Master Swordsman**: While Aquaman rarely uses swords in combat, he was trained by Nuidis Vulko to be an exceptionally skilled swordsman. With his skill, Aquaman was able to seamlessly disarm an Atlantean soldier of the latter's sword and used the sword to defeat him and the other attack soldiers.
* **Gifted Intellect**: In contrast to his easy going personality, Arthur is well versed in the finer arts of knowledge and literature and plays. His father had taught him many of the fundamental historical facts of human history as he was growing up, as well as learning more about the world and its various intrigues along his travels across the globe with Vulko, as well as his own experiences. Arthur is well-read and occasionally references works of literature, such as Friedrich Schiller's *William Tell* to Batman (*"Strong man is strongest alone."*), Herman Melville's *Moby Dick* to an Icelandic fisherman (*"Whiskey. And one for Ahab there."*), William Shakespeare's *Hamlet* (*"To be or not to be?"*), and one of Jules Verne's poems when describing the extremely unlikelihood of his parents' relationship (*"Put two ships in the open sea without wind or tide, they will come together."*).
* **Master Swimmer**: Aquaman is an extremely skilled swimmer, but Nuidis Vulko had to train him to swim like an Atlantean as well, thus; Arthur quickly learned how to propel himself our of the water, like an actual dolphin.

## Paraphernalia

### Weapons

* **Trident of Atlan**: Aquman was gifted with the Trident after the vengeful Triumvirate of Sea Gods, who were wronged by Poseidon millennia ago, came to drown the world. He wields the Trident of Atlan as the ruler of Atlantis, being his birthright as Atlan's rightful heir and the son of Poseidon himself. The Trident of Atlan has strengthened Aquaman by awakening his own dormant mystical capacity, allowing to combat and perform magic in various forms.

### Transportation

* **Storm**: Aquaman's faithful seahorse steed.