Namorita

Princess (Title)

Betty Prentiss (Former Legal Guardian, deceased)

Namor (First Cousin, once removed)

Atlantean Royal Family (Relatives)

## Background

### 1975 - 2004: Namorita Aquaria Neptunia

Namorita was born to Namora, the cousin Prince Namor, & her husband Talan. After her father died when Namorita was six, she & her mother relocated to Lemuria. As her mother became busy with her royal affairs, Namor suggested for Namorita's welfare be entrusted to his longtime surface friend, Betty Prentiss. Namora agreed & under Prentiss' guidance, Namorita attended high school & college, allowing her to learned the customs of surface dwellers. Namorita came to consider Betty as a second mother & when she passed, she moved back to Atlantis.

Because of her expertise of customs on the surface, Namor had her become his personal liaison. She also learned combat techniques, though mostly for defensive reasons. These skills came in handy when she encountered Sea Urchin, a treasure hunter & salvage expert. Urchin was looting Atlantean property from the seabed when Namorita came across him. Not understanding her full strength, she came very close to killing him after an initial conflict in which he scalped her. She was left seriously wounded physically & emotionally for some time after their encounter.

While out healing herself from this event, she came across the New Warriors, a newly formed group of teen heroes. Intrigued by them, she joined them in their ranks. She became close to her teammates while also developing a playful banter with Richard Rider (aka Nova).

### 2004 - 2006: Namorita

As a founding member of the team, she played an important part in their quest to "change the world." While the team battled with many villains, none of the missions would effect Namorita as the one in Republic of Trans-Sabal. In this nation, the Warriors found themselves involved in an armed insurrection, forced to choose sides. At one point, Nita was in a position to prevent one of the army leaders from being killed, but because of the situation, she could not decide how to act, which allowed for the army leader to be killed by her inaction.

Namorita underwent great emotional turmoil after the Trans-Sabal incident & she decided to return to her home of Atlantis. Back home, she learned that her emotional problems were the result of physical change. When she was younger, Namorita became gravely ill so the doctors spliced in genetic codes from ancient Atlantean warriors to stabilize her. However, those dormant Atlantean genes were re-activated by Nita's physical & emotional stress, causing her to transform into the blue-skinned Kymaera (which means "ghost-shark"). Nova, worried about Nita, came to check on her & helped her throughout the whole ordeal. The incident seemed to solidify their relationship as the two officially became a couple.

While Nova & Nita continued their relationship for some time, it fell apart later when Nita began undergoing the next change in appearance & powers. She needed Rich's support but he turned away from her because of his own personal problems. She did not forgive Rich for a long time & when her appearance stabilized as the classic "Namorita" look, she pursued a relationship with the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four. They had known of each other through her cousin's contact with the Fantastic Four. The two dashing young heroes (and popular tabloid topics) began a very public relationship but eventually broke up.

Namorita focused back on her crimefighting career for the next year while simultaneously operating as part of her cousin Namor's ruling council in Atlantis. The team also went through some changes as Nova went into space, Night Thrasher took some time off & Justice went to jail for the accidental killing of his father. All of the departures led to Namorita rising to become the team's new leader. On her last mission as leader, she led a televised raid with the New Warriors of a building in which Nitro & his group of supervillains resided. As Warriors fought with the group, Nitro tried to escape by Nita followed. Slamming him into a bus, Namorita taunted him, which made him let off a massive explosion that killed her, all of the children at the nearby elementary school & almost all residents in the surrounding neighborhood where the fight took place.

## Romantic Relationships

* Richard Rider: Boyfriend (2004)
* Johnny Storm: Dated (2005)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Human/Atlantean Physiology**
	+ ***Amphibious Physiological Adaptation:*** Namorita's body was specially developed for underwater conditions, granting her specialized blood circulation to withstand freezing temperatures and highly developed vision to see clearly even in murky ocean depths. This hybrid physiology meant she could survive indefinitely underwater or on land, though she would still need occasional contact with water to survive.
		- ***Accelerated Healing*:** If injured, Namorita's body could heal damaged tissue faster and more extensively than an ordinary human or most Atlanteans. Namorita's accelerated healing was at its peak while she was immersed in water & diminished the longer she was out of contact with water or if she was completely dry.
		- ***Amphibious Breathing*:** Like all Atlanteans, Namorita could breathe indefinitely underwater due to having gills located behind her ears. Unlike most Atlanteans, however, Namorita could also breathe on land indefinitely as well without the aid of breathing devices.
	+ ***Enhanced Strength:*** Namorita was superhumanly strong & was capable of lifting 75 tons (although prolonged surface activity could reduce her strength to 33% or lower) while immersed in water.
	+ ***Enhanced Speed:*** Namorita could run & move at speeds greater than even the finest human athlete. Her speed was greatest, however, while swimming.
	+ ***Enhanced Stamina:*** Her advanced musculature produced considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of normal human beings, and most other Atlanteans for that matter.
	+ ***Enhanced Agility:*** Nita's agility, balance & bodily coordination were enhanced to levels that were beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.
	+ ***Enhanced Reflexes:*** Namorita's reflexes were similarly heightened and were superior to those of the finest human athlete.
	+ ***Enhanced Durability:*** The tissues of her body were much harder & more resistant to physical injury than those of normal human beings and most other Atlanteans. She could withstand tremendous impact forces, high caliber bullets, falls from great heights, exposure to temperature & pressure extremes, & powerful energy blasts without sustaining injury though it was still possible to injure her.
	+ ***Extended Longevity:*** Atlanteans aged much slower & lived much longer than human beings.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** She is trained in Atlantean combat methods.
* **Multilingualism:** Namorita is fluent in English, Atlantean & Lemurian languages.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Strength:** 5 - Learned / Exceptional
* **Speed:** 5 - Learned / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 1 - Nonexistent
* **Weapons:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Energy Projection:** 5 - Learned / Exceptional
* **Strategy:** 3 - Average / Basic
* **Fighting Ability:**  4 - High / Trained

## Trivia

* Her death served as one of the catalysts for the Superhuman Civil War.
* Namorita has a power ranking of 82, classifying him as Power Level 3 / General Threat.

## Notes

* The original character of Namorita belongs to the Marvel Universe.
* In the comics, she is a clone of Namora. On Earth-61, she is the biological daughter of her & Talon.