Aquaman (Prime Earth)

"*My father was a lighthouse keeper. My mother was a queen. They were never meant to meet... but their love saved the world. They made me what I am. A son of the land, and a king of the seas. I am the protector of the deep. I am... Aquaman.*"
―Aquaman[src]
**Arthur Curry** was the firstborn son of Queen Atlanna, the older maternal half-brother of Orm Marius, and a member of the Justice League, as well as the superhero known to the world as the **Aquaman**.

During his childhood in Amnesty Bay, Maine, he was secretly trained by his vizier Nuidis Vulko in hand-to-hand combat and gifted with his mother's trident as a blessing. While he was initially reserved and content with his self-imposed isolation from both the surface world and Atlantis, which was primarily due to his mother's forced abandonment of him and his father Thomas Curry as a child by Orm's father Orvax.

Aquaman would eventually encounter and allied with the Justice League, who helped him stop the war against the Amazons orchestrated by his brother and Ares.

## Biography

### Early life

Arthur Curry was born in Amnesty Bay, Maine, to Thomas Curry, a lighthouse keeper, and Atlanna, the queen of Atlantis. When Arthur was only three years old, their home was attacked by royal guards, who were sent to bring Atlanna back so that she could marry King Orvax. While Atlanna managed to fight them off, she realized she had to return to her home and leave him and his father in order to keep them both safe. Before she left, she imparted Arthur her trident as her legacy, believing him to be the key to uniting the Atlanteans and humans one day.

### Metahuman project

Arthur was one of the Metahumans Lex Luthor was investigating.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

**Atlantean Physiology**: Due to his half-Atlantean high-born maternal heritage, Aquaman has incredible superhuman abilities, that surpass most other Atlanteans, deemed as the most developed traits of all Atlanteans, with only other high-born Atlanteans equaling his genetic attributes. He is also one of the most powerful members of the Justice League, only surpassed by Superman and Wonder Woman.

* **Superhuman Strength**: Arthur's incredible strength allowed him to easily master other creatures such as other trained elite humans, other Atlanteans, Parademons and Trench monsters. He is also able to break through metal doors and destroy it with his own hands.
* **Superhuman Durability**: Aquaman possesses incredible physical durability, including resistance to sharp blades, high-caliber bullets, falling from great heights, explosions of hand grenades, small arms fire and tremendous pressures underwater (with him managing to be 4.11 miles underwater at the Tonga trench, to swim across the Kingdom of the Trench, and reach the Hidden Sea, without pain).
	+ **Regenerative Healing Factor**: Aquaman can heal from wounds at considerable superhuman rates, quicker than most other Atlanteans, as he survived many critical stabs. He also appears to have a very high tolerance to alcohol.
* **Superhuman Speed**: Aquaman is superhumanly fast, being able to move faster, especially underwater.
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes**: While not on par with the likes of Flash and Superman, Aquaman's reflexes are still superhuman. He can catch a trident thrown at him moments before it hit him as well as catch enemy projectiles swung at him.
* **Superhuman Agility**: Aquaman has a superhuman level of agility and coordination, able to dodge vicious attacks from skilled warriors like Steppenwolf, Orm, and Black Manta with great efficiency and still maintain enough control to counterattack. The also lets him support himself on speeding vehicles like the Batmobile.
* **Superhuman Stamina**: Aquaman is able to endure prolonged battles and adventures without tiring.
* **Superhuman Senses**: Aquaman possesses enhanced senses to help him better navigate underwater.
	+ **Enhanced Vision**: Aquaman's vision lets him see in the darker environment of the sea, as his eyes reflect all available light, giving them a distinct sheen in darkness. From his perspective, the seemingly dark environment of Atlantis is brightly lit, with the vivid and vibrant flora and fauna of the sea being as clear as though he were on land.
* **Amphibious Adaptation**: As a high-born half-Atlantean, Aquaman can survive both on land and in underwater environments for as long as he desires with no hindrance to his performance, unlike most Atlanteans.
	+ **Aquatic Respiration**: Due to his high-born Atlantean heritage, Aquaman is able to breathe both on lands and underwater, thereby meriting his superhero nickname. This also allows him to clearly talk underwater with others as if he was above water.
* **Marine Telepathy**: Aquaman is able to telepathically interact with sea life, and can induce them to ally with him, causing his eyes to glow golden. Aquaman is the first Atlantean since Atlan himself to possess this ability. He first manifested this as a young child, when defending himself against two bullies. After gaining the Trident of Atlan, Aquaman's powers of marine communication were boosted, granting him control over every oceanic creature on Earth.
* **Hydrokinesis**: Aquaman, as the heir of Atlan, can control and manipulate water, though he has less experience with this ability than Mera.

### Abilities

* **Master Combatant**: Having been trained by Nuidis Vulko from a very young age, Aquaman is an extremely skilled fighter, both in armed combat and melee, whether it be above or in water.
	+ **Trident Mastery**: Trained to use trident at a young age, Aquaman has become extremely skilled in battling with a trident. As per Vulko's training, Aquaman can employ a rare combat move, performing a rapidly-spinning with his trident so fiercely that it became a blur, which upon doing so will repel all attacks attempting to penetrate this trident defense.
	+ **Sword Mastery**: While Aquaman rarely uses swords in combat, he was trained by Nuidis Vulko to be an exceptionally skilled swordsman.
* **Expert Marksman**: With his trident, Aquaman has immensely proficient marksmanship. He can strike down several enemies with a single throw.
* **Gifted Intellect**: In contrast to his loutish personality, Arthur is well versed in the finer arts of knowledge and literature and plays.
	+ **Multilingualism**: Aquaman is fluent in various dialects ranging (but most likely not limited) to English, Icelandic, Russian, Maori, Spanish, and Italian.
* **Master Swimmer**: Aquaman, like all Atlanteans, is an extremely skilled swimmer, though Nuidis Vulko had to train him to swim like an Atlantean as well, with Arthur thus learning to quickly propel himself from water, like a dolphin.

## Equipment

### Weapons

* **Atlanna's trident**: Aquaman's first weapon, it once belonged to his mother Atlanna, former Queen of Atlantis, who left him the trident after her departure.
* **Trident of Atlan:** Arthur possessed the Trident of Atlan as the new ruler of the underwater kingdom, Atlantis.

## Relationships

* Thomas Curry - father
* Atlanna - mother
* Orm Marius/Ocean Master - half-brother and former enemy

Allies* Garth
* Tula
* Nuidis Vulko
* Justice League
	+ Bruce Wayne/Batman
	+ Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman
	+ Barry Allen/Flash
	+ Hal Jordan/Green Lantern
	+ J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter
* Prime Earth
	+ Jesse Hyde
	+ Black Manta † - archenemy
* LexCorp
	+ Lex Luthor
* Ares
* Amazons
	+ Diana/Wonder Woman
	+ Donna troy
	+ Wonder Girl (Prime Earth)
	+ Artemis of Bana-Mighdall

## External links

* Aquaman (Prime Earth) on DC Database
* Aquaman on DC Extended Universe Wiki
* Aquaman on Wikipedia