Arion, Lord of Atlantis Vol 1

## Arion, Lord of Atlantis (1968—1974)

***Arion, Lord of Atlantis*** was published from 1968–1974. It starred the titular hero Arion as he sought to take his royal thrown back from King Neptune

## 1960s

Arc 1 - 6 issues -

* 1 - Arion explores the political structure of Atlantis as well as the caste system and the Neptunian High Council that serve him and the needs of the kingdom.
* 2 - Polyphenus, the Blind Cyclops Son of Neptune, builds a cult, The Children of the Blind Eye, in the depths of the ocean to overthrow Arion and take his own rightful place as ruler of Atlantis. whole Blind guru cult leader vibe. Arion has begun instituting reforms to take down the caste system in Atlantis, much to the anger of Neptune's old council.
* 3- When Arion goes to the surface to meet with Neptuna, the council frame the lower caste for a terrorism, which causes havoc in the city, allowing for Polyphenus to step and capitalize on the chaos.
* 4 - Arion returns to quell the chaos while Polyphenus insists that Arion is distracted by his own desires and institutes bad reforms and isn't there when the city falls into chaos.
* 5 - Members of the Neptunian Council are 'kidnapped' by Polyphenus and used as hostages to force Arion to surrender the thrown, but he frees them and exposes Polyphenus as a fraud and not the real polyphenus and the council as being on Poly's side in all this. This weakens but not destroys his cult and he put behind bars.
* 6 - Arion then begins peace talks between the Lower Caste and the High Council. Arion alieviates the angers of the lower caste by demoting the councilmembers that were involved to members of the Lower Caste as well.

Arc 2 - 3 issues -

* 7 - Arion gets word of trouble in the outer territories involving a giant monster, as he approaches the northern most colony, he runs into a lumbering monster made of lava, but he tries to fight it, it slips into a volcanic vent and escapes. He arrives at the colony and faces unrest and distrust from the locals who believe he is just a figurehead like King Neptune was before. He agrees to find the monster and help his people
* 8 - While following the destruction of the monster, he traces it back to a group of islands off the coast of iceland, and learns that the island itself is sinking after a mysterious earthquake hit their shores six months ago. Arion realizes that the monster had been slumbering underneath the island and that the earthquake must have awoken it. He must then quell some fighting between the islanders and the atlanteans.
* 9 - Arion learns that the islanders and atlanteans both uncovered a Ivory Pearl and an Obsidian Pearl respectively and that these were used to keep the Lava Monster asleep under the island and if the monster is not returned, the island will not just sink, but collapse onto the colony. With both groups working together and Arion luring the monster back to its resting place, they re-seal it away again.

* Issue 10 - Arion explores the Royal Library and uncovers various conflicts that were averted in the city's past to better educate himself on the city's future dangers. Introduces the librarian advisor, Urdrom character who is Mordru in disguise.

Arc 3 - 2 issues -

* 11 - Arion assembles his council of advisors and trustees, including the Gilded Gladiator from Strange Adventures, Dane Dorrance of the Sea Devil who serves as the human ambassador, Urdrom the Librarian, and Azora the Neptunian Commander of the Atlantean Royal Guard. At a gala where Arion is introducing his new council and meeting with the nobles, a young girl with white hair and a fish hand crashes the party through the skylight. Arion comes to her aid, much to the aghast of the nobles who recognize her condition as that of an untouchable. a Sea-Changed. They see her condition as contagious, like leprosy. But Urdrom advises Arion that her condition is more akin to that of Neptune himself and that the untouchables are perchance the ancient descendants of Neptune long ago.
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Arc 4 - Dolphin

* 20 - Christmas Special

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### Arion's Queen Returns

After Nature Man was ultimately cancelled, Neptuna would be moved over to Arion's book as a full-time member where they would attempt to make their marriage work and eventually fall in love.

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