Aquaman (Modern Age)

* Rebirth
* Trident of Neptune
* Trident of Poseidon

## Summary

**Aquaman**, also known as **Arthur Curry**, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. In the Rebirth timeline following the events of Superman Reborn, elements of the Post-Crisis and New 52 versions of the character have been restored and combined. Arthur is a half-human, half-Atlantean born to his Atlantean Queen mother Atlanna and human lighthouse keeper father Tom Curry. Raised in Amnesty Bay by his father without ever truly knowing his mother, Arthur discovers his abilities and protects the immediate area. Upon the death of his father, Arthur gets revenge by killing Black Manta's father and discovering his true heritage from an exiled Atlantean named Vulko. After finding Atlantis, claiming the Trident of Neptune, and falling in love with the Xebel Atlantean Princess Mera (who was sent to kill him), Arthur allows his brother Orm (also known as Ocean Master) to rule as King of Atlantis, so long as he never attacks the surface world. He and Mera then depart to live in Amnesty Bay.

Aquaman is one of the seven founding Justice League members to repel Darkseid's initial invasion. He fights alongside The Others and discovers the Dead King Atlan's Seven Atlantean Weapons that are all subservient to his Trident of Neptune. After years of traveling and being apart of the Justice League, Aquaman eventually takes his rightful place as King of Atlantis after fighting his brother Orm (also known as Ocean Master) in an attack on the surface world. However, though he becomes king, his attempts to bridge the gap between Atlantis and the surface world creates tension between him and the Atlanteans he rules over. After years of failed attempts to create peace among both the cultures he is apart of, he is eventually deposed and overthrown by the despot Corum Rath, who reinstates the liberal use of magic in Atlantis and erects a Crown of Thorns to protect the underwater continent.

After being thought dead, Aqauaman takes the name **Orin** after one of his ancestors and spends months working as a vigilante in the lowest parts of Atlantis. Eventually, he forms a resistance group powerful enough to help him take back the throne. After reclaiming his Trident of Neptune and realizing its true power through the raw mystical energies surrounding Atlantis, Aquaman uses the weapon to become the King of Atlantis once more.

Aquaman was created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger and debuted in *More Fun Comics* #73 in 1941.

## Powers and Stats

**Key: Unarmed | Tridents**

**Tier:** **4-A | 3-C**

**Name:** Arthur Curry / Aquaman

**Epithets:** Orin

**Origin:** DC Comics

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** 18 (DC Year 0), 40's (Currently)

**Race:** Half-Atlantean, Half-Human

**Classification:** King of Atlantis, Founding Member of the Justice League

**Powers and Abilities:** Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Marine Telepathy, Weapon Mastery, Magic / **Trident of Poseidon:** Divine Empowerment, Limited Flight, Weather Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Hydro Teleportation, Poison Immunity

**Attack Potency:** **Solar System level+** (Power scaling to Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, and Despero) | **Multi-Galaxy level+** with various Tridents (Capable of harming Darkseid avatars), **possibly Universe level** via Trident self-destruction (destroyed the Thule dimension)

**Speed:** **Supremely FTL+** (315 quintillion c. Power scaling to Wonder Woman.)

**Durability:** **Solar System level+** (Power scaling to Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, and Shaggy Man.)

**Lifting Strength:** **Class Y+** (1.99e+24 kg. Power scaling to Wonder Woman.)

**Range:** Extended Melee Range with Trident, Interdimensional with Marine Telepathy, Interdimensional via Hydro Teleportation

**Stamina:** **High** (Out of water), **Superhuman** (In water)

**Mental Capacity:** **Educated** / **Master Telepath**

**Fighting Experience:** **Class B-4** (20+ Years / Underwater Combat, Trident Combat, Weapons Combat, Unnamed Martial Arts Training via Batman)

**Standard Equipment:**  True Trident of Poseidon, Trident of Neptune, Trident of Poseidon, Scale Armor

**Weaknesses:** Dehydration (Becomes progressively weaker the longer he is without water).

## Skills and Abilities

### **Powers**

**Atlantean Hybridized Physiology:** Like most Atlanteans, Arthur Curry is an offshoot homo sapien who is biologically adapted to the deep ocean environment. For most Atlanteans, this means they can breathe underwater, endure the intense pressures of the deep, and need to be regularly hydrated. However, due to either Aquaman's hybrid nature or his royal heritage, he possesses a number of traits other Atlanteans do not. For instance, he can spend an elongated time on dry land with little ill effect and is shown to be several times stronger, faster, tougher, and more tireless compared to others of his race. Also akin to other amphibian life is his ability to not only function indefinitely within water but to easily withstand the crushing depths of the ocean deep and the harsh environment of the sea itself. Being from both Atlantis and the surface world, these powers, among other traits, make Arthur both a super-Atlantean and a superhuman.

* **Superhuman Strength:** Aquaman's super-Atlantean status enables him to lift insurmountable amounts of weight. He can tow around fishing boats with tidal waves crashing down upon them. He is capable of lifting a 160,000 ton sea liner and a collapsing building barehanded. He can throw submarines and sunken cargo ship from the bottom of the ocean to the top. He has been shown punching out the likes of Superman and Wonder Woman and even fighting with Martian Manhunter for a prolonged period of time barehanded. He also matched and defeated the legendary Hercules blow for blow, a demigod known mostly for his pure physical strength. To halt the threat of the Trench, he also moved an oceanic plate over the entrance to the trench's lair, the heft of which could exceed 44 quintillion tons.

* **Super Leaping:** Aquaman can make use of his powerful bodily muscles to launch himself high into the air, either jumping miles across the land or propelling himself like a torpedo out of open water.

* **Superhuman Speed:** Arthur is extremely fast be it on land or sea. In the water, he is able to outrace hypersonic jets with ease and on land he can dodge bullets, missiles, and even lasers without difficulty. He says he's even faster on land due to not having to deal with the pressures of the deep. Aquaman's speed and reflexes are so heightened he is even able to blitz the likes of Wonder Woman, a warrior known for her faster than light reactions.

* **Superhuman Durability:** Aquaman is tough enough to resist bullet and artillery fire without injury. The teeth of most sea life break upon contact with his body. He survived an RPG exploding in his face and can thrive in the deepest, darkest bowels of the ocean deep (over 15,750 psi), suffering absolutely no discomfort. He lived through falling back to Earth after being launched into orbit by Mera, coming down on top of a monster without injury. He fought the likes of Superman, Martian Manhunter, and Wonder Woman without sustaining any serious injuries. And he even fought and defeated Shaggy Man, a being capable of defeating the entire Justice League, by himself, though his injuries were substantial.
	+ **Temperature Resistance:** Arthur has taken and lived through multiple kinds of energy blasts and rapid temperature changes, including being flash frozen by the Dead King Atlan's ice magic. He is extremely resistant to energy/heat based attacks as he has with stood multiple blasts from Amazo's heat vision, Black Manta's heat beams, and energy blasts from an OMAC. His ultimate resilience was tested when he dipped into an open lava bed beneath the sea and emerged unscathed.

* **Superhuman Endurance:** Aquaman is able to function much longer than any human and even Atlantean without tiring or fatiguing. However, he does still require water after some time.

* **Superhuman Senses:** Aquaman's senses are several times more acute than human capacity. He can hear a police siren from several miles away, smell blood in large bodies of water similar to sharks, and see in the murky depths of the ocean allowing him exceptional night vision while on land. He has claimed that his eyes are adapted to see at 6,000 fathoms (or 36,000 feet below the surface of the water). [1] [2]

* **Marine Telepathy:** Despite popular belief, Aquaman doesn't actually talk to fish or other aquatic fauna, but he can redirect the thought processes of their brains to compel them into helping him when he needs it. He is capable of sending out worldwide telepathic broadcasts if and when necessary. He was able to assume control over the mind of the colossal sea leviathan Topo with extreme levels of difficulty that left him comatose for six months. However, Aquaman has developed better control over his telepathy since then, as commanding Topo to sunder a dreadnought from Thule wasn't difficult for him at all. While he primarily uses it on aquatic life, he is also an accomplished telepath in general, extending his range to non-aquatic beings as well and accomplishing such telepathic feats as mind to mind communication, mind probes, mental domination of a non-aquatic mind, and mental attacks. Aquaman has proven capable of manipulating a Green Lantern ring with his telepathy alone, completely neutralizing a White Martian with a psionic blast, as well as combating other powerful telepaths like Despero and Martian Manhunter to a mental standstill.

* **Access to The Clear:** Aquaman has the ability to sense the primal emotions of aquatic creatures through "The Clear". The Clear seems to function as a universal consciousness of all sea life. Using it he can communicate or command sea life on the other side of the planet. He can see what they see and much more. He can also push his telepathic powers to reach out to the higher land creatures to find that element of their brains that was once an aquatic dwelling creature. This may account for Aquaman's facility with language.

* **Life Force Embodiment:** Aquaman is connected to one of the seven primal forces of the universe known as the Life Force. This connection is actually what allows Aquaman to communicate and control marine life, but it extends to all life in the universe. While he hasn't been shown wielding it beyond the abilities he has using The Clear, it is stated by Black Manta to be the most powerful force he's ever felt during the brief period he stole Aquaman's powers.

### **Equipment**

* **Shell of Sounds:** Given to him by his mother, it is a relic that can contain recorded memories and dialog from the user in order to convey their memories to future generations.

* **Scale Armor:** Received after visiting Atlantis for the first time, Aquaman's scale armor acts as additional defense for his already super durable body. The armor is strong enough to brush off artillery fire and survive the absolute lowest depths of the ocean, but starts to chip away from high yield explosions and strikes from other superpowered beings.

* **Trident of Neptune:**      Forged from Nth Metal by Atlan, the first king of Atlantis, the Trident of Neptune serves as a symbol for the royal line. Arthur wields the Trident as both his right to rule and as a lethal weapon. Being mystical in nature, it can pierce magical defenses and draw blood from New Gods like Darkseid. He once lost this trident when the villain Siren, posing as Mera, usurped his leadership and kingdom, but he has since regained it. Initially just a powerful weapon used in melee combat, Arthur eventually learned the trident is empowered by magical energies. The Trident of Neptune strengthened him by awakening his own dormant mystical capabilities, enabling to combat magic in many forms.
	+ **Magic:** Aquaman is able to manipulate magical power through his trident, able to create bundles of arcane energy to attack his enemies with. Arthur's arcane power is usually accompanied with a bright golden glow in his eyes and surrounding the trident. His magical abilities are likely due to his regal inheritance. He has already been able to overthrow the Crown of Thorns surrounding Atlantis, a mystical barrier powerful enough to keep out Mera and Superman, and used his magical power to resist the effect of others' spells and enchantments.
	+ **Physical Augmentation:** Once awakened, the magic of his trident seemingly makes Arthur even more powerful as he absorbs its mystical energies, since he was able to defeat opponents he couldn't before.
	+ **Healing:** Using the power of the trident, Arthur was able to heal Mera when she was cursed and drowning from another magical enchantment.
	+ **Magic Resistance:** Arthur is more resilient against arcane forces thanks to his dormant magical capabilities being awakened by the trident.
	+ **Force Fields:** Arthur is able to generate powerful barriers of energy from his trident.
	+ **Magic Explosions:** Arthur can combine his magic and that of the trident to execute great explosions of magic, the explosions being powerful enough to destroy entire Atlantean fortresses.
	+ **Eldritch Blast:** Through the trident, Arthur can discharge potent blasts of raw esoteric power which can put down even the most savvy magic practitioners.

* **Trident of Poseidon**:      After being deposed by the evil Siren, Arthur received divine blessing from Poseidon in the form of the sea god's trident. The trident given to him blessed and bestowed him with a host of mystical powers and enchantments as a means to help him battle the invading force known as Thule. The trident can transform itself into either a long trident or short sword by Arthur's will. He eventually sacrificed it in order to destroy the encroachment of dimensions, but has been given a replacement by the gods since then. He sometimes uses this second trident instead of his main one, putting it to full use against Dead Water and in the League's war against the mad Kryptonian acolytes and their insane god Rao. [3]
	+ **Divine Empowerment:** After receiving the blessing and trident from the Olympian god of the seas, Poseidon, Aquaman gained various mystical powers.
	+ **Transformation:** The blessed weapon can transform into various forms and weapons showcasing a trident, short sword, and spear. [4]
	+ **Magic Resilience:** With the blessing he received from Poseidon, Aquaman was granted a degree of defense against magic, most prominently shown in his battle against Thule users. [5]
	+ **Weather Manipulation:** Aquaman demonstrates that he has control over the storms, rain, wind, thunder, and lightning, summoning it all by uplifting his trident. [6]
	+ **Electrokinesis:** Aquaman was capable of summoning bolts of lightning from the sky. He could also project powerful bolts and arcs of electricity from the trident itself. This electricity proves powerful enough to completely vaporize certain opponents. [7]
	+ **Hydrokinesis:** Through the trident's power, Arthur is able to bend and manipulate water around himself for various purposes. He even conjured a massive tidal wave teaming with sea horses to take out several superpowered Kryptonians.
	+ **Cryokinesis:** Aquaman is able to use his trident to summon large icicles from the ground, piercing his enemies or encasing them in solid ice. He also showed the ability to freeze an Atlantean just by grabbing him. [8] [9] [10]
	+ **Geokinesis:** Aquaman is able to plunge his trident into the ground to create and control massive columns of rock and stone. [11]
	+ **Hydro Teleportation:** With an external water source, Arthur can teleport to any other water source on the planet at will. He can even travel interplanetary distances at will, though he needs a new water source to be able to return. [12] [13]
	+ **Bane Field Manipulation**: Arthur shows a limited capacity to bend and defend against poisonous energies.
	+ **Flight:** Using the trident, Arthur has the limited capability to fly, though he only ever demonstrates hovering. [14]

### **Weaknesses**

* **Dehydration:** Aquaman dehydrates at a faster rate than the average human when he is away from a water source, making him progressively weaker. Although it does take a considerable amount of time for this to begin to occur, extreme heat and other methods of dehydrating him can speed up the process.