History Characters / Fathom

* MagicalBarefooter: Like all Blue, Aspen largely goes barefoot as dermal contact with water is required for her powers to kick in. Also crosses over with DoesNotLikeShoes as sandals are just about the only shoes she'll wear, and even those she tends to ditch whenever she feels like it (which is ''quite'' often). Even without her powers coming into play, she spends almost the entirety of Volume 3 barefoot.

!!Casques

* LukeIAmYourFather: He's Aspen's biological father, although nobody knew that until he revealed it much later.

* MakingASplash: Aspen, being part Blue, can manipulate water on command, turn herself into water, and has no problem dealing with the depths of the ocean. She can do this to a much greater degree since she's also part Black, which also brings the added powers of energy blasts, electricity control, weather generation, telepathy, and the ability to heal wounds (even fatal ones).

!!Admiral Maylander

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Aspen herself. It doesn't help that her skin tone tends to fluctuate from volume to volume. The novelisation has the Navy fabricate the cover story that her mother is Polynesian so they don't have to explain to the public how a girl mysteriously appeared on a cruise ship.

* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: Akiko's reaction to the fact that Cannon's brand new ocean cruiser didn't even last two days before sinking at sea. And it's the sixth one he's purchased......

* HeelFaceTurn: Kiani spins so much on this point, it's hard to tell who she'll side with in any given story arc. She eventually turns good again thanks to the PowerOfFriendship.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Aspen herself. It doesn't help that her skin tone tends to fluctuate from volume to volume. The novelisation has the Navy fabricate the cover story that her mother is Polynesian so they have don't have to explain to the public how a girl mysteriously appeared on a cruise ship.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Aspen herself. It doesn't help that her skin tone tends to fluctuate from volume to volume.
** The novelisation has the Navy fabricate the cover story that her mother is Polynesian so they have don't have to explain to the public how a girl mysteriously appeared on a cruise ship.

* HopelessWithTech: Type B. Being a member of the Blue in her childhood and a marine biologist who spends a lot of time in and under water, this is to be expected. She's gotten better about it in more recent volumes, even making a broadcast from her laptop when [[spoiler: her identity gets exposed in Volume 7]].
* MakingASplash: Aspen, being part Blue, can manipulate water on command, turn herself into water, and has no problem dealing with the depths of the ocean. She can do this to a much greater degree since she's also [[spoiler: part Black]], which also brings the added powers of energy blasts, electricity control, weather generation, telepathy, and the ability to heal wounds (even fatal ones).

* NonHumanHumanoidHybrid: Aspen herself, being both [[spoiler: part Blue on her mother's side and part Black on her father's side]].

* BrokenBird / HeroicBSoD: The abduction of her younger sister causes this in Kiani and she runs away from everyone/everything she ever knows to avoid the pain of being reminded of her loss. She gets better later.
* {{Humble Hero}}ine: Kiani views herself as an average soldier in the ranks of the Blue's army, despite the fact she's very much aware of her skills in combat and her innate Blue powers being superior to most other Elites.

* [[GiveHimANormalLife Give Her A Normal Life]]: Killian gave his firstborn daughter Kiani to his mentor to raise, to avoid her being shamed by the traitorous actions of her parents. Kiani was told she was an orphan.

* [[LukeIAmYourFather Aspen, I am your father]]: He's Aspen's biological father, although nobody knew that until he revealed it much later.

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* OlympicSwimmer: Aspen took part in the Youth Olympic Games as a member of the US Swim Team. She would later be disqualified after a world-record breaking preliminary heat for "performance-enhancing drugs", even though the tests came back negative. She would later find out that her Blue heritage was responsible for her red blood cell count being higher than normal human standards.

* [[BrokenBird Broken Bird]]/[[HeroicBSoD Heroic BSoD]]: The abduction of her younger sister causes this in Kiani and she runs away from everyone/everything she ever knows to avoid the pain of being reminded of her loss. She gets better later.
* [[HumbleHero Humble Heroine]]: Kiani views herself as an average soldier in the ranks of the Blue's army, despite the fact she's very much aware of her skills in combat and her innate Blue powers being superior to most other Elites.

* LineOfSightName: His surname Hawke was inspired by the first living creature he saw that was not from the ocean, a hawke.

Finn/The Stranger

Anika

Chance Calloway

Captain Matthews

Casques

* BrokenBird/HeroicBSoD: The abduction of her younger sister causes this in Kiani and she runs away from everyone/everything she ever knows to avoid the pain of being reminded of her loss. She gets better later.