History Characters / Aquaman

* RetCanon: Initially looked a lot more like his ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice20102010'' incarnation, with short blonde hair. He has sinced gained his own iconic haircut: side-parted locs dyed blond, either in part or in whole like in his Future State incarnation.

* CanonImmigrant: He was originally created for the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice20102010'' cartoon, but DC liked him so much they integrated him to the comic ''before the show even came up''.

* CanonImmigrant: He was originally created for the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' cartoon, but DC liked him so much they integrated him to the comic ''before the show even came up''.

* RetCanon: Initially looked a lot more like his ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' incarnation, with short blonde hair. He has sinced gained his own iconic haircut: side-parted locs dyed blond, either in part or in whole like in his Future State incarnation.

* CanonImmigrant: He was originally created for the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' cartoon, but DC liked him so much they integrated him to the comic ''before the show even came up''.

* RetCanon: Initially looked a lot more like his ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' incarnation, with short blonde hair. He has sinced gained his own iconic haircut: side-parted locs dyed blond, either in part or in whole like in his Future State incarnation.

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: He can talk to fish. This allows him to at one point in ''[[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' befriend a [[OurMonstersAreDifferent monster fish]] whose mate tried to feed Robin to its offspring.

An amphibious humanoid who was allowed into Atlantis by Aquaman as part of his attempt to make Atlantis more open to outsiders.
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!The Others

[[folder:Nereus]]
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One of the greatest warriors of Xebel who rules it as regent while Mera was sent to assassinate Arthur. Nereus wants nothing more to rule Xebel with Mera by his side as his queen.

* ArrangedMarriage: With Mera, originally. As he was set to marry her once she returned from her mission to assassinate the King of Atlantis.
* TheDragon: Nereus willingly submits to Atlan and becomes his right-hand man.
* EvilRedhead: A common Xebelian trait with Nereus being cruel and driven by jealousy.
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards Aquaman for having won Mera's genuine affection. Made even worse by the fact she was supposed to assassinate him.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When seeing the Dead King Atlan in the flesh, he and his forces kneel to him and swear their allegiance rather than risk fighting him. Likewise when Atlan is defeated, Nereus turns tail and runs rather than face Aquaman.
* ForcefulKiss: Plants one on Mera in Issue #21. She rebukes him with a violent tidal wave.
* MakingASplash: He also has the ability to manipulate water with his mind.
* VillainousCrush: Towards Mera, whom he intends to claim as his own.

[[folder:Atlan (The Dead King)]]
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-->''"I destroyed Atlantis once with this scepter... '''AND I SHALL DESTROY IT AGAIN'''."''

The architect, builder, and very first king of Atlantis. However, along with giving life to Atlantis, he also was the one to destroy it. He is also not Aquaman's direct ancestor. In fact, Aquaman descended from Atlan's brother, Orin, who killed Atlan's family and usurped the throne of Atlantis. Atlan forged artifacts of great power and proceeded to sink Atlantis. He was frozen in ice at some point afterwards but was accidentally reawakened by Arthur's telepathy.

* AlasPoorVillain: Was an honest decent family man whose only goal was to bring the peoples of the world together, he never would've turned bad like he did if his {{jerkass}} brother and his wife hadn't taken ''his'' wife, children and entire kingdom from him.
* AnIcePerson: Somehow possesses the ability to generate ice.
* BackFromTheDead: In a dystopian parallel called ComicBook/TheNew52FuturesEnd, the people of Atlantis headed by Aquaman's former wife [[WhatTheHellHero Mera]] resurrects the former monarch in order to subjugate the surface world after a devastating war with Darkseid.
* CainAndAbel: His brother, Orin betrayed Atlan and killed his family and servants to take hold of the throne.
* TheCaligula: Inverted in his old life, where he used to rule as TheGoodKing. As a shambling age old living ghoul however....
* DiedHappilyEverAfter: After having lived for nearly 3000 years, his [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath bitter end]] finally gave him [[TogetherInDeath one happy epiphany]] out of all his suffering.
* EveryoneIsRelated: While not a direct ancestor to Arthur, Tula and Orm; he is still their maternal great, great, great, great grand uncle on his [[EvilChancellor Brother Orin's]] side of the family.
* GeniusBruiser: Physically strong enough to contend with Aquaman. Along with being the lead designer of the building of Atlantis, as well as having arcane knowledge which he used to forge the seven artifacts.
* DespairEventHorizon: When his family was murdered.
* {{Egopolis}}: Atlantis is this to him.
* FaceHeelTurn
* FallenHero: Even Vulko admits Atlan was a great hero while Aquaman's ancestors were the villains.
* MagicStaff: His scepter, which can control the Trench, who are later revealed to be descended from Atlanteans. Aquaman believes the scepter does not control them; instead, the Trench have a primal instinct that causes them to obey whoever holds the staff because of their shared ancestry with Atlanteans.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: After being woken by Aquaman's telepathy and re-taking the throne, Atlan enslaves any Arthur loyalists while he attempts to regain rule over the seven seas.
* TheGoodKing: He was this in the past. Not so much in the present.
* UngratefulBastard: Turns out Altan didn't forge the seven treasures, not on his own at least. He ended up killing the guy who actually created the gear used by '''The Others''' over some kind of dispute, that's gratitude for you.
* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Atlan is quick to correct the false history about how he and his kingdom fell. His ice abilities have the added effect of retelling the sordid history of Atlantis and how it was taken from him by showing all those effected by it what really happened.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: He was betrayed by his siblings and followers but the trope still stands.
* StartOfDarkness: Originally, Atlan was a wise and just king who believed that there could be peace between all species. His advisers and brother Orin, however, were warmongers who betrayed Atlan and killed his family. Outraged, Atlan killed Orin and his wife and started a civil war. Using his scepter, Atlan sunk Atlantis.

[[folder:Jed Coombs (Chimera/[[spoiler:Creature King)]]]]
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-->''"Death to mammals!"''

Coombs was the janitorial detail working at the American Government stationed '''Triton Base''' who worked on maintenance around the under sea facilities both inside and out. Until he got on the wrong side of a [[ThreateningShark feeding frenzy]] and was [[GoryDiscretionShot hideously chewed to pieces]]. Mix in one MadDoctor x multiple animal parts (including the grey matter of a deceased {{Kaiju}}) and you get a seriously P.O.ed AnimalisticAbomination with designs to depose the current sea king and replace him, [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt title and all]].

* {{Animorphism}}: Being a mesh of human biology combined with a host of animal anatomical parts.
* BioAugmentation: Gained his powers as a result of this.
* {{Cthulhumanoid}}
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Was indefinably the fruits of one misguided doctors labors.
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* GlowingEyes: Has this to an incredibly horrifying degree due to his surgical mutation.
** GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: The man monster was a practical dead man walking before his procedure,
** GlowingEyesOfDoom: Invoked, whenever he's about to change or commit horrible acts this is susally applied.
** RedEyesTakeWarning
* HalfHumanHybrid: The Doctor Moreau wannabe who remade him spliced an unknown amount of different types of sea creature D.N.A. into his unsanctioned pet project. Chimera seems to physically portray cephilopod, sea lion, berricuda and electric eel to name a few; whatever else he comprises of is yet to be disclosed.
** SuperPowerLottery: Being a mishmashed recombination of a host of different animal parts gave him a host of special powers and abilities relative to the great many sea creatures he's composed of, even a couple of odd abilities and characteristics which are all unique specificlally either to his giant monster genetics or himself.
*** AdaptiveAbility
*** EvolutionPowerUp
*** TheAssimilator
*** FaceStealer
*** {{Flight}}
*** VoluntaryShapeshifting
*** TransformationHorror: Chimera's transitions from monster to man and vice versa are never pretty.
*** HealingFactor
*** LEGOGenetics: A great deal of this is how his abilities revolve around.
*** NaturalWeapon: Has loads and loads of these.
*** AbsurdlySharpClaws
*** CombatTentacles
*** ChameleonCamouflage
*** FangsAreEvil
*** PoisonousPerson: Secrets incredibly potent viscous compounds which can melt flesh and bone.
*** SuperSpit
*** TheSpiny
*** ShockAndAwe
*** SuperStrength
*** SuperToughness
*** {{Telepathy}}:
* MindControlDevice: Was meant to be implanted into his brain before the procedure was finished.
* SuperPersistentPredator: His entire modus operandi given that he's made up of various deadly sea stalkers.
* SeaMonster: Possessed a great many traits of one, [[spoiler: bonus that his variation of AC's Marine Telepathy stems from an Atlantean one]].
* TearOffYourFace: Had a pretty nasty habit of this.
* {{Transhuman}}

[[folder:Fire Trolls]]
!!Fire Trolls (Pre-Flashpoint)
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An androgynous species of sentient lava mounds who once plotted to take over the world. They would often come to clash with Aquaman and then Sidekick Garth when they would try to cause catastrophic eruptions across the worlds fault lines.
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* AdaptiveAbility: for beings of fiery rock they can adjust to survive anywhere, even the [[RemovedAchillesHeel ocean floor]].
* AllTrollsAreDifferent: Fire Trolls.
* FusionDance: Can amalgamate upon one another in order to become [[MakeMyMonsterGrow 10x the monster]] they used to be.
* GeniusLoci: Beings of living lava.
* [[HeatIndex Thermokinesis]]: Can adjust their own heat temp at will.
* SuperStrength: Very strong being trolls and all.
* TakeoverTheWorld: Generic doomsday extremists.
** ApocalypseWow: Their plans involved causing global volcanic activity.
* NighInvulnerable: Being Magma men.
* [[MagmaMan Magma men]]
** LethalLavaLand: Being their modusapprendi as volcanic beings.
** BreathWeapon: Naturally they spit fire and lava
* [[PoisonousPerson Poisonous People]]: Being made of magma, they give off incredibly toxic fumes.
* WalkingWasteland: Comes with being living eruptions.

!!Fire Trolls (Post-Flashpoint)
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Fire trolls are the volcanic guardians placed beside a maelstrom gate to keep intruder's from entering Pacifica unannounced. In truth however they are loyal to Karaku, their creator and the original monarch of the island [[RewindReplayRepeat locked in time]].

* BreathWeapon
* DetachmentCombat: Can launch body parts at an opponent
** PullingThemselvesTogether: Somehow reintegrate their pieces again.
* EnemyMine: They aid Atlantis against the forces of the Frost King, since its existence threatens the Fire Trolls too.
* {{Golem}}
* ImmortalityInducer: They are intrinsically connected to the elemental entity that spawned them, if Karaku were ever to go down then they're [[KeystoneArmy rendered inert]].
** NoImmortalInertia: When their creator goes down they temporarily shut down till he revives.
* [[MagmaMan Magma Men]]: Like previous incarnations.
* NotEvenHuman: They're mostly lumbering sentinels void of sentience, barley capable of minor dialog.
** DumbMuscle
* PerpetualMotionMonster: At least until their leader stops functioning.
* WeHaveReserves: Given they are genesis creations of the volcanic beast.

[[folder:Lava Lord]]
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A simple Fire Troll with a rational intelligence greater than those of his kind who had been vastly augmented by a [[MutagenicGoo toxic waste spill]] that Aquaman and Aqualad [[NiceJobBreakingitHero plowed him into]]
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* AllTrollsAreDifferent: A fire troll no less.
* AssKickingEqualsAuthority: Considering how dangerous the weaker non-sentient members of his race are, he must be quite powerful on his own.
** BadassInCharge: Able to give a slew of super Atlanteans a run for their money single handed.
* BeastAndBeauty: Fell in love with Mera at first sight, many years after his radioactive mishap he's still [[AmazonChaser trying to woo her]].
* GeniusLoci: Being made of anthropomorphic magma.
* ILoveNuclearPower: How he describes his upgrade from a lowly lava beast
* ItCanThink: A sapient mind from anthropomorphic magma.
* MagmaMan: With a name like Lava Lord, comes with the territory.
** DeflectorShields: Can wrap an nigh impenetrable shell of lava rock around himself.
* MadeOfDiamond: Made Of Magma so really hard to injure.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Made, Of, Lava.
* SuperpowerLottery: He's a sentient volcanic entity and has all the powers his other weaker brethren possess.

[[folder:Karaku, The Volcano God]]
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A walking volcano who once was the sole inhabitant of the isle of Pacifica. The creature is an elemental of great power and is extremley territorial, at best he can only be staved off by a powerful relic owned by Atlanna. Even then he's an all but unstoppable mass of molten destruction that crushes and burns whatever is standing it its wake.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Near as tall as the volcano it sits in.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Title has God in it. Nuff said.
* CompleteImmortality: At best he can only be temporarily belayed. Never destroyed.
* GiantEqualsInvincible: Of a kind, knock it down once it'll reform itself.
* HealingFactor: Taking off it's head does nothing to it.
* TheJuggernaut: Next to unassailable, even [[NamedWeapon Atlanna's lance]] can barely stave it off.
* {{Kaiju}}
* LethalLavaLand: Being a walking active volcanic eruption.
** MagmaMan
** ClimacticVolcanoBackdrop: where it makes its home.
* MonsterShapedMountain
** GeniusLoci: A living aspect of volcanic activity.
* MookMaker: He's how the fire trolls came to be.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* NatureIsNotAToy: Programmed to allow only a limited amount of inhabitants on the isle. Atlanna thinks she can [[AppeaseTheVolcanoGod keep it appeased]] by a sacrifice. As Dr. Shin and archaeologist Daniel Evans observe, she's bitten off more than she can chew, and Karaku comes for her.
* ViciousCycle: Every time it's destroyed it'll revive itself.
* WaveMotionGun: Similar to it's genesis cast off's lava breath, but [[UpToEleven Much, MUCH more powerful]].
* ZergRush: Able to churn out a host of fire trolls from itself.
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[[folder:Coven of Thule]]
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This cabal of {{Evil Wizard}}s were TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness of Old Atlantis. They profited off the turmoil resulted from the many wars around their kingdom and the world over until the rule of [[TheGoodKing Atlan I]] ceased all ceaseless conflict. Seeing this as a threat to their rule; these vile despots sought an escape from their predicament. Using the devastated kingdom caused [[TheExile by the then deposed king]] as a sacrificial means to create their own world separate from Earth, ruling as SorcerousOverlord's for a millennium.

* AncientConspiracy
* EvilOverlord: What they were past and present.
* FemmeFataleSpy: Deployed one of these to undermine Arthur and Atlantis during Thule's invasion.
* GardenOfEvil: What the world of Thule is to the primary earth, its buildings alone generate foul magical energy which poisons the environment around it.
* SquishyWizard: While they're magic is potent enough to bend reality, they themselves are spindly weaklings hiding behind an army.
** OrcusOnHisThrone: Largely they rely upon scheming, manipulation and background orchestrations to accomodate themselves. Otherwise sending their make-believe mystic mook's or spy's to do their dirty work, they're rarely seen taking part in any conquest.
* TheHorde: Has a sizable army of ghosts n'goblins at they're beck and call.
* TheIlluminati
* ImprovisedGolem: They breach part of their own infrastructure into the world transforming them into mobile dreadnoughts for invasion.

[[folder:Siren (Hila)]]
!!Hila/Siren (Pre-Flashpoint)
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-->"''[[BadassBoast King of Atlantis... You will die on your Knees]]''"

Pre-Crisis, Hila was little more than a rambunctious albeit vicious troublemaker and eponymous pain in the ass for her Gemini, Mera.

Renowned in their family as the black sheep of the lot, she would often cause all kinds of havoc anywhere she went, more often than not at Mera's expense since they look [[CriminalDoppelganger identical]]. Being the bad girl she was, Hila eventually fell in with a bad boy sorcerer and long time enemy of Aquaman by the name of Kandor, both of whom were exiled from their native home dimension Aqua for past crimes. Together, the two conspired against Aquaman and Mera in a bid for power, but both suffered a change of heart in the following events and redeemed themselves.

In the Post-Crisis continuity, Hila is one amongst a colony of vicious inmates from the PrisonDimension of Xebel which was located within TheBermudaTriangle. The [[Characters/GLOtherLanternCorps White Entity]] undid the seal that bound her and fellow exiles in their [[PhantomZone concentration reality]] to test Arthur by letting them unleash terror upon the world and it's unsuspecting masses as well as kill the current monarch of Atlantis as revenge for her people.

* EvilBrunetteTwin: Physically the two are practically adjacent to one another, and Siren is the [[BigLittleBrother younger]] of [[YoungerThanTheyLook the two]] no less.
** YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In Hila's case ultra violet.
* FantasticRacism: Like most Xebelians, Hila is an clear speciesest towards Atlanteans, half-breeds and especially surface dwellers due to her prison home upbringing. The former is due to right wing bigoted supremacy thinking the world and everything spawned from the sea belongs to her people. The latter of which because the reigning power of Atlantis' life imprisonment sentence.
* HeelFaceTurn: In her Pre-Crisis days, Hila had initially taken the place of Mera to better earn Aquaman's trust. But after seeing just how much the kingdom and it's monarch truly loved her, she had a change of heart.
* MakingASplash: Like her sister and all Xebel prisoners, Hila has incredibly potent hydrokinetic shifting capabilities.
** TheAce: Also like her sibling yet unlike other aquamancers she uses a more advanced form of water shifting powers. Ones which don't rely upon the waterbearers like those of Jackson Hyde or her fellow criminals.

!!Hila/Siren (Post-Flashpoint)
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-->''" Well... that could have gone better."''

Hila is the demented twin sibling of Aquaman's wife Mera and a resident of Xebel. Sometime in her life she ran with [[SorcerousOverlord the Thule]] in order to reclaim the seven seas and, as an eventual milestone, the world at large by encroaching their dimension into Earth's own. To this end, Hila's natural capabilities had been [[MagicEnhancement augmented]] by their potent dark magics, this coupled with her [[{{Shapeshifting}} Shifter]] background enables her to better infiltrate Arthur's throne and impersonate Mera, ruling in both the former when implicating monarchy in her place after casting out the latter as a conspirator against the crown and kingdom, turning Atlantis against him.

* AxCrazy: Had a precocious slasher smile when she was bleeding Arthur dry after laying him. And her eyes were shot wide open while comparing herself to Mera with him in the sack.
* BedTrick: After Arthur comes to reconcile with who he believed to be his wife, only for the doppelganger to reveal her true colors to him [[ForTheEvulz as a jest]].
* EvilTwin: To her more mellow sibling.
* MakingASplash: She was outfitted with watercrafting abilities by her [[EvilSorcerer benefactors]] rivaling those of her sister.
** BloodyMurder: Unlike her sister, however, Hila uses them for much more lethal endeavors, to which Aquaman can quite [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank painfully attest]].
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: As we learn, Hila may be or is a descendent of a resident from Thule called a Shifter. Master spies, and weavers of falsehood who can alternate their outward appearance or even cast illusions at will. Turns out she and a host of their thought-to-be-extinct race have taken over the throne of Atlantis from the ruling royalty in order to pave the way of Thule's incursion into Earth 0.
** ShapeshiftingSeducer: Suckered Aquaman into courting her in bed before giving him the Wham event by revealing her true self to him.

[[folder:Symbiotic Entity ('''Dead Water''')]]
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A vicious otherworldly predator who can possess a host and become the hydration catalyst utilized to transform the vessel, it's first host was Jonah Kendry Payne who worked under The Scavenger. Coming into a SuperPoweredEvilSide due to this parasitic intrusion when he came into contact with its "strange water" form, becoming Dead Water whenever he gets wet. Dead Water was thought to've perished when its previous overshadow [[DrivenToSuicide chose to die as himself]] then let the nightmare continue, everyone believed that horrifying .

* BodySurf: Dead Water is merely a malignant liquid sentience who wears and morphs the skin of others.
* CursedWithAwesome: All things considered, the powers are pretty sweet... but whosoever is host to Dead Water has no way to control them.
* DrivenToSuicide: Jonah Kendry Payne allows himself to be killed by Arthur for what he's done.
* ElementalShapeshifter: Dead Water can literally transform into his namesake to avoid physical attacks.
* InformedLoner: Jonah Kendry Payne; Scavenger says he liked to keep to himself.
* MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil: What Dead Water truly is at its center.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Killed two of his colleagues in order to escape a sinking ship. Jonah Kendry Payne really had no choice, since they were all at each other's throat over an oxygen tank, but it still haunts him.
* PunchClockVillain: previous host was a diver for Scavenger, but only did it so he could pay child support in order to see his son.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Dead Water kills people who have slighted Jonah.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Dead Water to Jonah, or anyone he's in control of.
* PortalPool: Their teleportation requires a body of water to work.
* VillainTeleportation
* WeaponizedTeleportation

[[folder:Corum Rath]]
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Fiercely xenophobic atlantean leader of a fanatical terrorist cell of equally fascist merepeople coined '''The Deluge'''. Naturally being one of many Atlanteans who despise the surface world, he also bares a particular enmity towards his half-breed king; whom he feels is more at liberty towards taking and giving with the surface world over his own people.

After becoming frustrated with Arthur's ways, and with Orm presumed dead, the Atlantean Elders place him on the throne.

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Hates the surface and anything related to the surface.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's outraged when Aquaman asks him if the Deluge is responsible for framing Atlantis for attacks on the surface, as Rath just wants to reinstitute the kingdom's isolationist policies, not drag it into a war or KillAllHumans (regardless of how much he dislikes them). This gets thrown out the window after he becomes king, however, as his inability to get everyone in the kingdom to submit to his rule frustrates him to the point that he becomes increasingly unhinged and begins declaring that all of his "enemies" (which includes all surface dwellers) need to be obliterated, frightening even his [[TheDragon Dragon]].
* PatrioticFervor: Starts out this way, as he loves Atlantis and only wants what he believes is best for it. Eventually becomes ItsAllAboutMe.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Black Manta attempts to instigate a war between the surface and Atlantis; after dealing with Manta, Aquaman diffuses the situation by formally surrendering to the United States. Rath takes advantage of this show of "weakness" by rallying the increasingly resentful Atlantean populace into helping him overthrow and exile Arthur.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Feels it'll be how he'll get Atlantis' voice heard.

[[folder:Mother Namma]]
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An ancient sea goddess formed from salt, who sought to purify the world of the lesser beings.

* ElementalMotifs: Salt.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:She actually didn’t want to kill off her children, but when they killed their father she took it ill and in grief and rage decided to kill them all.]]
* SaltTheEarth: Her plan, literally and figuratively.

[[folder:Black Jack]]
!!Black Jack (Pre-Flashpoint)
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A modern day pirate who dressed like an old fashion one. He was able to take control of Pearl Island and its in habitants. Black Jack is also considered Aquaman's first arch-nemesis, and one of the few recurring villains he fought during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks.

* DressedToPlunder: Wore several different costumes, but all of them were variations on classic pirate outfits.
* APirate400YearsTooLate: Dresses like an old fashioned pirate.
* RuthlessModernPirates: Captain of a modern day pirate crew.

!!Black Jack (Post-Flashpoint)
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An agent of Black Manta following his usurpation of leadership over the mysterious organization code-named N.E.M.O after they broke him out.

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: A modern-day PirateGirl using the codename that used to belong to a Golden Age pirate.
* CoolPlane: The Albatross, an advanced undetectable aerial craft employed by Black Jack and other agents in order to get from place to place around the world undetected.
* CyanidePill: All N.E.M.O operative have a bit of Atlantean technology imbedded in their brain stem, triggered to go off in the event that sensitive intel is at risk upon capture by enemy forces. When triggered, causes a coral like implant to branch out of their bodies, bursting their skulls in to bloody paste.
* EyepatchOfPower: Wears a high-tech version that might be either a targetting scope or a replacement for a missing eye.
* PirateGirl: Belongs to N.E.M.O.: a secret society intent on controlling the world through controlling its largest resource: the oceans.
* RuthlessModernPirates: Belongs to N.E.M.O.: a secret society intent on controlling the world through controlling its largest resource: the oceans.
* SpyCatsuit: Look at the image.

[[folder:Broadside]]
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Broadside is a N.E.M.O underboss, heading one of the assassinations divisions amd specialising in kill Atlateans.

* ArmCannon: Broadside uses a pair of ballistic launch devices to propel explosive possibly active uranium shell casings which can pierce and rend even the dense skin of an Atlantean or Xebelian hide.
* CyanidePill: All N.E.M.O operative have a bit of Atlantean technology imbedded in their brain stem, triggered to go off in the event that sensitive intel is at risk upon capture by enemy forces. When triggered, causes a coral like implant to branch out of their bodies, bursting their skulls in to bloody paste.
* FantasticRacism: Boasts of his hatred of Atlanteans.
* InvisibilityCloak: Uses holo-disguise to mask his combat gear while out among the masses, giving his gear the appearance of regular civilian clothing.
* ProfessionalKiller: Is in charge of wetwork operations for N.E.M.O.
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: His armaments also dispense small but powerful explosive charges with enough destructive force to collapse building structures.

[[folder:Fisherman]]
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The Fisherman is an international criminal who began his career by stealing rare objects and scientific inventions and selling them to the highest bidder. When he stole a growth formula capable of enlarging any living matter it came into contact with, he encountered Aquaman and he's been an enemy of him since.

* ArmsDealer: Once smuggled weapons to Atlantean rebels on behalf of the Shark.
* ArtificialGill: Wears a special pressurized suit with a recyclable air supply that allows him to survive for extended periods at the very bottom of the oceans.
* RodAndReelRepurposed: Wields a reinforced titanium steel fishing rod with an incredibly strong polymer line which he is able to cast with pinpoint precision with either razor-sharp hooks or specially weighted lead bobs.
* SuperStrength: The Fisherman is strong enough to casually hurl ComicBook/BlueDevil (in his armored form, weighing 385 lbs) a long distance after lifting him from the ocean with his titanium rod. He is also strong enough to lift a mini satellite, carry a hoard of treasure 2 of his henchmen struggle with and knock out Aquaman via physical force.
* SuperToughness: Fisherman is durable enough to take direct hits from Blue Devil and Aquaman, without getting knocked out, and can survive the crushing pressure on the ocean floor
* TrickArrow: Fisherman has a number of special fishing lures around his waist that have been gimmicked to explode or release clouds of noxious gases upon impact.

[[folder:Piranha Man (Charybdis)]]
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The villain who caused the loss of Aquaman's hand, Charybdis was a terrorist who lost his wife, Scylla, in the same incident that gave him control over fish. He attacked Aquaman, and was mutated into a piranha/human cross in the process.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Before he gets mutated, Charybdis is this. His ethnicity is unclear, but he has a dark, red-brown skin tone.
* AxCrazy: Charybdis' mental state was always questionable at best. After Scylla's death, he hires actresses to impersonate her, so he can then murder them as a deranged way of punishing Scylla for "leaving" him. This gets even ''worse'' after his transformation, and he begins torturing Aquaman's friends and family while making bad pop-culture references and laughing maniacally.
** LaughingMad: Due to his deteriorating mental state, he could give Joker a run for his money in this department.
* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: Has all of Orin's abilities, many of them at a much greater degree.
* DisabilitySuperpower: After losing an arm he replaced it with the limb of a [[MagmaMan fire troll]] using Atlan's stolen magics.
* EvilSorcerer: Became this after stealing Atlan's magical abilities.
* FreudianExcuse: He was already a wanted criminal, but losing Scylla did nothing for Charybdis' sanity.
* HeelFaceTurn: Strangely, Charybdis' arc ends when the magic he stole from Atlan eventually winds up restoring his conscience and sanity. He then apologizes to Aquaman, asks that they drop their feud, and [[PutOnABus teleports off to parts unknown.]]
* HeManWomanHater: Scylla's death leaves him with something of a misogynistic streak. He insults Dolphin in sexist ways, and seems to blame Scylla for her own death.
* IWillTearYourArmsOff: Had this done onto him by Aquaman when he mutilated his mother in rather horrendous ways.
* MisanthropeSupreme: His first evil scheme revolves around targeting sunken military submarines so that he can detonate their nukes and cause a worldwide Holocaust. As Aquaman puts it, Charybdis hates women, mankind, and himself.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Named for a whirlpool in Greek mythology that sucked everything down.
* OmnicidalManiac: He first attacks Aquaman so that he can drain his powers and use them to access sunken military submarines, intending to use the nukes to cause Armageddon.
* PiranhaProblem: Sicced a school of them on Aquaman, and resembles one himself.
* PowerParasite[=/=]ComboPlatterPowers: One of his core abilities is to drain away the abilities of others either naturally or through technological siphons, it was never disclosed as to which held true.
** PowerDegeneration: of a type, when he stole some of Arthur's powers before taking a plunge into the Piranha pool. Their collective essence rubbed off on him turning the guy into the human barracuda he is today.
* {{Telepathy}}: Got this from ripping off Aquaman's powers.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Scylla.
* WesternTerrorists: His ethnicity is unclear, but he doesn't seem to be an Islamic or African terrorist.
* WouldHitAGirl: After Scylla's death, an unhinged Charybdis begins hiring women to impersonate her, so he can then murder them in a warped attempt to punish Scylla for "leaving" him. He also shows no hesitation in trying to kill Dolphin or torturing Aquaman's mother.

[[folder:Thanatos]]
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-->''"Come fight with me, little one. Come find out what the important things are."''

An evil version of Aquaman from another dimension. He was eventually killed by Major Disaster.

* BigBadWannabe: Got killed off early in the later series by a low tier supervillain.
* EvilTwin: To Aquaman.
* FakeBoss: Not really a long king at all.
* MasterOfIllusion: His main trick is making him look stronger than he is.
* SuperpowerLottery: Being an evil double of Orin automatically grants this.
** AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: In many fields Thanatos is stronger than his mirror image.

[[folder:Kordax]]
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-->''" And was it normal, I wonder, for a mother to abandon her child to the harsh mercies of the depths? To take a squalling babe and leave it to die on the ocean floor?"''

A mutated Atlantean prince with blond hair and green scales, Kordax was exiled at birth, only to return later in life and make a bid for the throne. The horrors of his invasion of Atlantis, and Kordax's own unnerving appearance, sparked the legends that led the Atlanteans to see all blonds as cursed. Returning in the present day, Kordax tried to usurp the throne of Atlantis, coming into conflict with Aquaman.

* TheAntichrist: Not really, but boy do the Atlanteans think he is.
* BastardBastard: Born a bastard child of incestuous rape, Kordax's parental and abandonment issues made him a bastard in every other sense by the time he was an adult.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Kordax's hand was severed in punishment for his crimes. He replaced it with a sword.
* ChildByRape: His father, Dardanus, raped his mother, Cora, as part of his revenge against her father. Just to heighten the squick, Dardanus and Cora were [[KissingCousins cousins]].
* TheDreaded: Still spoken of in hushed tones in Atlantis.
* DrivenToSuicide: Killed himself after being defeated by Aquaman.
* EvilIsBigger: Kordax is essentially Aquaman's EvilCounterpart, but as the villain of the piece, is considerably taller and heavier (6 feet, 6 inches, and five hundred sixty-five pounds).
* TheEvilPrince: Son of the Queen of Atlantis, he sought to destroy all it stood for.
* FamedInStory: Infamous in-story.
* FishPeople: Taken all together, Kordax's deformities make him look very reptillian or icthyoid. He's basically this trope, but with blond hair.
* {{Foil}}: To Aquaman, with their similar curses, appearances, powers, lineage, back stories, and handicaps. It verges on EvilCounterpart.
* FreudianExcuse: His ParentalAbandonment and subsequent raising by Dardanus did nothing for his personality.
* GeniusBruiser: A charismatic leader and strategist, as well as a six and a half foot tall killing machine.
* HandicappedBadass: Has only one hand.
* ImmuneToBullets: Thanks to his heightened durability.
* LightningBruiser: Every bit as fast and strong as Aquaman himself.
* TheMagnificent: Kordax the Destroyer.
* ManipulativeBastard: Takes advantage of Koryak's anger to turn him against his father, Aquaman.
* {{Mutant}}: Scaled and huge, weighing at over five hundred pounds, all of it muscle.
* ParentalAbandonment: Was abandoned as a child due to his grotesque appearance.
* PointyEars: Sort Of like Namor.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Probably older than that.
* RedRightHand: Cora viewed Kordax's deformities as proof his evil nature and abandoned him accordingly. This ultimately resulted in Kordax being raised by his father, Dardanus, and turning out to be every bit as bad as you would expect.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Just like Aquaman.
* SpikesOfVillainy: On his ShouldersOfDoom.
* SuperStrength: All Atlanteans are, but Kordax is capable of matching Aquaman himself.
* {{Telepathy}}: A pretty damn powerful one. When he psychically clashed with Aquaman, every creature in the sea was nearly driven insane due to the mental shockwaves. Fish and Atlanteans.
** Of course Kordax wouldn't care if they were mindless husks either way.
* VillainousLineage: Kordax's father Dardanus was as bad or worse than he was. His grandfather Shalako, while well-intentioned, was a dark wizard who murdered his wife.

[[folder:Prime Minister Hagen]]
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A rather unscrupulous politician who became the de-facto ruler of a new, quite possibly more human hating regime of Atlantis after prompting then disillusioned queen Mera, as well as using the backwash of begrudging Atlantean sentiment as a means to oust Aquaman from the throne. Him and his inner circle consist of conjurers and sorcerers who curried prestige among the Dark Art's practitioners of the traitorous witch Gamemnae.

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Hagen and his cronies bitterly despise anything related to the surface world as well as land walking civilization in general, under his rule the new Atlantis is devoid of any kind of semblance relating to human culture whatsoever. Structures and architecture are modeled after marine life over classical above ocean engineering, walking and sitting of any kind is strictly prohibited as Atlanteans are to be swimming or floating at all times, even having a sharp eye and a secret detail of [[ArmiesAreEvil militant thugs]] keep watch over individuals who have ties to the former monarch of the kingdom. [[UpToEleven And in worst case]] [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident secretly ordering their summery executions]].
* AssholeVictim: While most had died when The Spectre ripped through the mermaid capitol, no tears were shed for this guy's tattered remains at the end by the survivors who lived.
* BigBadWannabe: Coming off as an immediate threat to all, he and his ilk of [[KillAllHumans genocidal witch's & wizards]] are still largely circumvented by the much more immediate dangers presented by [[DroughtLevelOfDoom The Thirst]]
* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: If his physical appearance is anything to go on.
* DevilInPlainSight: Just look at him.
* EvilGloating: Has a penchant for this throughout his appearances.
* EvilPlan: Hagen sought to effectively take the reigns of power within Atlantis for him & his in order to crown the undersea nation as supreme emperium of the earth.
** Having lobotomized Mera through mystic drugs to use her as a [[PuppetKing proxy]] in order to cement sorcerer ruler-ship in Atlantis for him and his sect.
** A step further being he and his cronies utilizing foul powers gained from years of [[SycophanticServant bootlicking to Gamemne's inner circle]] to mutate all sealife, themselves included, to TakeOverTheWorld and [[KillAllHumans kill all Surface Dwellers]].
** Failing the top two he would settle for screwing over Aquaman and the throne [[RevengeByProxy by cursing Mera with lungs]] out of [[EvilIsPetty spite for Atlantis's hated liege.]]
* EvilSorcerer: How he was able to usurp the Atlantean crown and enforce his flippant laws through means of drugs and mysticism.
** MagicGenetics: Hagen and the new 1% run Atlantis mainly through both open and secret perversion of naturally spawned oceanic organisms, turning them into hideous monstrosities either as royal transport to get from [[OrganicTechnology place to place]].
*** CreatingLife: [[spoiler: Or more clandestinely, taking falsely persecuted convicts and fusing them with lower lifeforms to create [[MixAndMatchCritters fusionistic]] [[SuperSoldier mutant warriors]] loyal to the councils whims]], this later [[LaserGuidedKarma comes and bites them all]] in the ass thankfully.
** EvilMakesYouMonstrous: Difficult to tell either him being a resident of Tritonis before becoming a Sorc, or because his dabbing in foul powers monsterized his appearance.
** TheVirus: Had his crew of like minded mystics come up with a means of wiping away the surface dwelling civilization, a chamber pot of foul magic [[MonsterProgenitor brewed specifically to mutate]] any and all water dwelling entities. Atlantean included, into a hoary host of ravenous freaks of nature spawned by their dark craft.
*** AnimalisticAbomination: What his sect specialized in, what his long term goal in the usage of dark magic would make him and others of the sea into.
* FantasticRacism: Towards surface-dwellers.
* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: How he managed to assume command of Atlantean Monarchy, he and his conspirators beset The current regent with a host of intoxication spells in order to keep her under. Being the highest ranked imperial and all, he naturally assumes the reins of state as the [[BlatantLies spokes person]] of the queen who his cohorts are keeping drugged up.
* PowersThatBe: What the sorcerer class of Atlantis becomes after Mera is [[PuppetKing rendered comatose and made into his political marionette]].
* RedBaron: With a name like Hagen The Heinous, what would one expect?
* SquishyWizard: For all his [[ChewingTheScenery boisterous grandstanding as an evil overlord and such]], he can't win in a contest of might or magic against Garth and/or Vulko. [[spoiler: granted the latter had help from one of Hagen's [[TheDogBitesBack failed super soldier experiments]].]]
* TheConspiracy: Basically what his coven of sorcerer's occupation in the New Atlantis boils down too.
** EvilPlan: Standardly speaking, what his whole usurping of the throne of Atlantis boils down too. This coupling in his resentment of surface dwelling folk drives him and his cabal to [[TheCorruption mutate]] all single cellular life in the ocean gradually working up to larger sea animals into [[TransformationHorror hideous abomnoids]] who would attack and scourge every land based settlement on earth of all human life.
* TheManBehindtheMan: For a time he's this to Mera as her handmaidens feed her faux medicine while he runs matters of state.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: He and the new ruling caste in Atlantis are this, a coalition of one-off side characters who appeared out of nowhere to assume power after escaping the Obsidian age.

[[folder:The Thirst]]
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-->''"''' Let me drinnnk my filll... from the wellsprinnngs... of eterrrnal life itselllf!'''"''

The personification of drought, and the ideological opposite of the Waterbearer, the Thirst is an ancient being who attacked Aquaman after he became guardian of the Secret Sea. Taking the form of a golem made from dry river mud, The Thirst tried to drain the Seven Seas (the reservoir of human imagination), and the entirety of the world's rivers, all as part of its attempt at claiming Aquaman's soul.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of drought.
* AntiMagic: Being of the Secret Sea where Orin derives his water hand, Thirst is uneffected by mystical arcanum. [[spoiler: As [[TheAce Tempest]], [[BrokenAce an accomplished sorcerer in his own right;]] [[ButtMonkey would come to find the hard way in his attempt to stop him]].]]
* BadassLongcoat: A really cool long coat.
* BaldOfEvil: As a golem, The Thirst is hairless.
* CainAndAbel: With his "sister" the Waterbearer.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Waterbearer.
* {{Golem}}: A golem made from dry river mud, to be precise.
* HumanoidAbomination: The Thirst is roughly human in appearance, with a head, arms and legs in all the right places.
* KilledOffForReal: By Aquaman.
* ManOfKryptonite: His ability to drain water from his victims makes him very dangerous to Aquaman.
* MeaningfulName: Thirst and he’s constantly drinking.
** NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: It's not as obvious as with some villains, but to anybody reading a comic about an aquatic superhero, the presence of a being called "The Thirst" should instantly set off warning bells.
* {{Necromancer}}: Can resurrect those that he has slain as mindless, zombie husks slaved to his will.
** SlaveMooks: The victims he has drained and resurrected.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: red eyes from a formidable foe.
* VampiricDraining: Sucks the life energy and water from his victims.
* WalkingWasteland: He causes drought if it’s not obvious enough.
* YourSoulIsMine: Wanted Aquaman's soul more than anything else.

[[folder:The Deep Six]]
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Six minions of ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}, the Deep Six are aquatic terrorists who carry out the will of their master. Originally dispatched to battle Orion, the Six were thought to have died at his hands, but resurfaced in Aquaman, during Peter David's run. It is revealed that this new Deep Six is made up of spawns of the originals, who were raised on Earth, and are thus more attuned to its oceans then those of their homeworld. They battled Aquaman, Dolphin and Koryak, after apparently killing Koryak's mother, Kako. The Six are Gole, Jaffar, Kurin, Shaligo, Slig, and Trok.

* AnAxeToGrind: Trok wields an axe on a leather thong, which he whirls about.
* BodyHorror: Slig and Jaffar can rearrange a person's features with a touch, with Jaffar at one point removing Dolphin's face completely.
* CoolHelmet: Slig, Gole, Kurin and Trok each wear one.
* CoolMask: Gole's helmet, which includes a mask that completely covers his face.
* TheCorrupter: Try to corrupt Kako after her transmutation into a fire elemental, by allowing their spawn to feed on her.
* DualWielding: Gole's sai.
* FishPeople: All six have a serious ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' vibe going for them.
* GenerationXerox: It is revealed that whenever one of the Six dies, they are replaced by one of their identical spawn.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Shaligo's wings are very evil--batlike, razor sharp, and used as weapons.
* ItsPersonal: Koryak and Arthur take their "murder" of Kako, and Jaffar's disfigurement of Dolphin very seriously.
* KnifeNut: Gole dual wields twin sai.
* TheLeader: Slig seems to be first among equals.
* MadArtist: Jaffar, who considers the mutations he causes in others to be artistry.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Favoured by Kurin, who uses a short-handled trident singlehandedly.
* PsychoForHire: All six of them clearly enjoy their work.
* PunnyName: Deep 6 and their from underwater.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: 6 guys.
* SuperStrength: All of the six are stronger then your average human, and are capable of taking punches from the likes of Aquaman.

[[folder:Eochaid Bres]]
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The sister of Nuada Silverhand, Bres launched a coup against her sister, gaining control of Thierna Na Oge for herself. A manipulative schemer, she came into conflict with Aquaman as well, when the latter arrived in Thierna Na Oge, hunting for Ocean Master. She was eventually deposed by Nuada, and post-Crisis, died when she allied herself with an alien force that sought to invade Atlantis.

* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Nuada's Abel.
* DistaffCounterpart: As the jealous younger sibling who schemes to seize the throne for herself, she is Thierna Na Oge's answer to Ocean Master.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
* KilledOffForReal: Killed by Nuada post-Crisis when she leads an alien attack on Thierna Na Oge.
* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: Convinced the ruling council of eleven that Nuada was unfit to be monarch and that the gods favoured her own ascension.
* {{Narcissist}}: Bres almost never stops bragging about how great she is.
* PublicDomainCharacter: She and Nuada are named for (male) characters from Celtic myth.
* SmugSnake: Very full of herself.
* SorcerousOverlord: Can is magic and uses this to stay in power.
* VainSorceress: Arrogant, convinced of her own supremacy, and a capable mage.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Post-Crisis. If you hadn't read her original appearance, Bres seems to come out of nowhere right at the start of ''Aquaman #21'' and then dies at the end of the issue.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Being the sister of SilverHand it comes with the territory.

[[folder:Shalako]]
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-->''"The Gods protect us! The Gods love us, and their prophet... Shalako!"''

The brother of King Orin I of Atlantis, Shalako was a sorcerer who grew jealous of his brother's position and power. Leading a group of exiles to live in Tritonis, Shalako manipulated events to transform them into fishlike merpeople. When it was revealed that this mutation was his own fault, his people ultimately killed him.

* {{Bishonen}}: Shalako is an effeminately handsome man with long blonde hair.
* CainAndAbel: With Orin I. This is a theme in Atlantean history; there is a prophecy that two brothers will always war for control of Atlantis.
* DealWithTheDevil: Made a deal with dark gods in exchange for powers after he was forsaken by the goddess of the sky.
* EvilSorcerer: He begins as a priest of the sky goddess Suula, but eventually resorts to worshipping darker gods in order to get what he wants.
* {{Expy}}: He's essentially a better looking Ocean Master. Given that he is supposed to be the originator of the prophecy about the brothers warring over rulership of Atlantis, and Ocean Master is a part of that prophecy, this is justified.
* FaceHeelTurn: At one point he and his brother were genuinely close. Then the fall of Atlantis happened and it all went downhill from there.
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards Orin I, whose throne he sought after.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: With his last words, he claims that all his actions were motivated by love for his people and a desire to protect them. The truth is a little more complex. The curse he placed on the people of Tritonis (which transformed them into proto-mermaids) was out of jealousy that they loved his brother Orin, even if it did wind up helping the Tritonians to survive underwater.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Speared to death by the people of Tritonis.
* MakingASplash: One of his mystic powers enabled him to form hard water weapons.
* OffingTheOffspring: If you believe the chronicler Regin, [[spoiler:Shalako's ghost kills his son, Dardanus, after the latter kills Orin I.]]
* {{Pride}}: His great sin. Shalako could not accept that anybody, including his own brother, might be better at something then he was.
* ReligionOfEvil: Believed in dark gods and human sacrifice, ultimately killing his own wife on the sacrificial altar.

[[folder:Dardanus]]
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The son of Shalako, and the father of Kordax, Dardanus initially seemed like he would turn out to be one of the heroes. Having witnessed his father sacrificing his mother, Dardanus turned on Shalako, revealing to the people of Tritonis that it was Shalako, and not King Orin I of Poseidonis who was to blame for their mutated condition. Resurfacing as an adult, Dardanus proved himself every bit as bad as his father. He raped Princess Cora, impregnating her with Kordax. He later found Kordax after his abandonment, and raised him to be a weapon, eventually using his son as a pawn in a gambit to seize control of Atlantis.

* {{Bishonen}}: Like his father, Dardanus is quite handsome, and has long blonde hair.
* BlatantLies: Tells the people of Tritonis that their condition is Orin I's fault, despite he himself having revealed to them years ago that it was Shalako's.
* {{Ephebophile}}: Cora was fourteen when Dardanus raped her.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Dardanus' love for his mother would seem to have been his only redeeming trait.
* FreudianExcuse: His father Shalako sacrificed his mother in a dark magical ritual intended to help the people of Tritonis survive underwater. In revenge, the young Dardanus told the Tritonians that Shalako had been the one to curse them and turn them into proto-mermaids. Enraged, the Tritionians murdered Shalako and all his family except Dardanus, who survived by fleeing into the tunnels beneath Tritonis. The murder of his family, coupled with the long years living in isolation in the tunnels, result in Dardanus growing into a deeply disturbed young man.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Despite his horrific past, no one in the series treats Dardanus as anything but a monster once his crimes come to light. During their climactic duel, King Orin I even points out that Dardanus is largely the one responsible for his father Shalako's murder, having sicced the angry Tritonians on him in the first place.
* HateSink: Dardanus is obviously designed to be the most vile character in the entire ''Atlantis Chronicles''. He's a demented, narcissistic madman who rapes a fourteen year-old girl, sires the mutant villain Kordax, and starts a pointless war between Tritonis and Poseidonis in order to place Kordax on the throne and rule through him. After his death, the victorious Poseidonians are so disgusted that they leave his body to the sharks.
* InTheBack: Stabs King Orin I in the back during a pause in their duel.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Dardanus needed the world to orbit him. Nothing, not even his own child, mattered to him beyond his own position and power.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Slain by the ghost of his father, Shalako,]] if you believe the chronicler Regin. Regin's wife believed that [[spoiler:Regin had simply killed Dardanus himself, and then used the story of Shalako's ghost to scare the Atlanteans and Tritonians into getting along.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulated his own son, Kordax, into becoming a weapon, and played the people of Tritonis for fools.
* {{Narcissist}}: Dardanus' every action was dedicated to his own advancement, and his egoism and sense of self-worth knew no bounds. Convinced the world revolved around him, and seeing almost everyone as a potential pawn, he was a textbook narcissist.
* NeverMyFault: Dardanus wants revenge on Orin I and the people of Tritonis for the death of his father Shalako, even though ''he'' was the one to incite the Tritonians to kill Shalako in the first place. Orin had nothing to do with it, and even tried to ''save'' Shalako at the very end.
* {{Patricide}}: Not directly, but by telling the people of Tritonis that it was Shalako who caused their mutations he ensured his father's death.
* RapeAsDrama: Raped Cora and impregnated her with Kordax.
* SmugSnake: Arrogant, smarmy, and manipulative, but also rather deranged and impulsive at times.
* StalkerWithACrush: A dark, disturbing example. He believes that he's in love with Princess Cora, which leads him to assault and rape her, impregnating her with the mutant child Kordax. Needless to say, Dardanus' "love" is really more like lust or infatuation.
* VillainousLineage: Would seem to have inherited Shalako's egotism and cruelty, which he then passed on to his own son, Kordax.

[[folder:Demon Gate (Kimon Tanaka)]]
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Kimon Tanaka was a sea captain who hunted dolphins for a living. He captured several dolphins for a research center in Shinobi, one of whom was Porm (adoptive mother of Aquaman). When their boat was destroyed by Aquaman, Kimon was left to be eaten by sharks. However, Kimon was rescued by his brother Tanaka, head of Raiden Industries. Tanaka rebuilt his brother's body using highly advanced technology; turning his brother into a cyborg. He adopts the name Demon Gate and goes in search of vengeance on Aquaman.

* {{Cyborg}}: His transformation to a cyborg provides him with superhuman strength and durability. He can fight Aquaman for a while and survive a drop from the top of skyscraper. He can also breath underwater via his suit. He can also track beacons through his suit and has enhanced vision.
* EnhancedArchaicWeapon: He uses a remote controlled spear that can be charged with energy.
* EvilPoacher: Was an illegal dolphin hunter before his transformation.
* FireBreathingWeapon: His suit includes a wrist mounted flame thrower.

[[folder:The Eel (Mort Coolidge)]]
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A criminal with mild telekinetic powers, Mort Coolidge had a career in both Gotham City and San Diego before the quake that sunk half of that city. Here he found his powers far more effective, figuring out that he had great control over water.
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* ArtificialGill: He wears special armor that allows him to breath and function underwater.
* TheFaceless: Interestingly he's almost never seen without his mask.
* MakingASplash: His telekinesis increases underwater. He is able to control and change the density of water. His control is great, allowing him to manipulate water inside someone's body or use water to crush his opponents.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Human Flying Fish (Vic Bragg)]]
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Vic Bragg was a swimming champion before turning to crime, before he fell in with Dr. Krill, the brilliant medical doctor and marine biologist who had also turned to a life of crime for some unknown reasons. Dr. Krill had been studying Aquaman's powers and crime-fighting methods, and had hypothesized that the only way for a person to commit crimes on the sea is if one could escape into the air afterwards, where Aquaman would not be able to follow. After coming to this conclusion, Dr. Krill surgically altered Bragg making him not only just amphibious, but able to take to the air for short periods of time with the aid of a special costume.
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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Has powers based on those of a flying fish.
* {{Flight}}: Bragg is able to fly at high speeds thanks to the special winged suit he is wearing. He is very precise at flying able to snatch bird while they are flying or board a flying plane.
* PoweredArmor: His suit is an armored exoskeleton which partially protects him from damage.
* SuperSwimmingSkills: Bragg was a champion swimmer before her turned to crime. His suit helps him swim at super human speeds.
* TrickedOutGloves: Wears taser gloves and can shock people with electricity by touching them with his hands.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bugala]]
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Bugala is a sea serpent, that constantly terrorized a small undersea colony called Eldfur. The Eldfur's warriors, under the command of their king, came seeking a champion. They kidnap Aqualad to face the creature. With the help of Aquaman, Bugala was kicked out, but would return other times to face the duo. Years later the evil inventor Weisbogg working for Black Manta created a robotic duplicate to destroy Atlantis.
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* SeaSerpents: Is a sea serpent who resembles a Chinese dragon.
[[/folder]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to view Jed Coombs ]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coombs.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

[[folder:Hila (Siren)]]
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-->''" Well... that could have gone better."''

Hila is the demented twin sibling of Aquaman's wife Mera and a resident of Xebel. Sometime in her life she ran with [[SorcerousOverlord the Thule]] in order to reclaim the seven seas and, as an eventual milestone, the world at large by encroaching their dimension into Earth's own. To this end, Hila's natural capabilities had been [[MagicEnhancement augmented]] by their potent dark magics, this coupled with her [[{{Shapeshifting}} Shifter]] background enables her to better infiltrate Arthur's throne and impersonate Mera, ruling in both the former when implicating monarchy in her place after casting out the latter as a conspirator against the crown and kingdom, turning Atlantis against him.

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An agent of Black Manta following his usurpation of leadership over the mysterious organization code-named N.E.M.O after they broke him out.

[[folder:Lava Lord]]
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A simple Fire Troll with a rational intelligence greater than those of his kind who had been vastly augmented by a [[MutagenicGoo toxic waste spill]] that Aquaman and Aqualad [[NiceJobBreakingitHero plowed him into]]
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* AllTrollsAreDifferent: A fire troll no less.
* AssKickingEqualsAuthority: Considering how dangerous the weaker non-sentient members of his race are, he must be quite powerful on his own.
** BadassInCharge: Able to give a slew of super Atlanteans a run for their money single handed.
* BeastAndBeauty: Fell in love with Mera at first sight, many years after his radioactive mishap he's still [[AmazonChaser trying to woo her]].
* GeniusLoci: Being made of anthropomorphic magma.
* ILoveNuclearPower: How he describes his upgrade from a lowly lava beast
* ItCanThink: A sapient mind from anthropomorphic magma.
* MagmaMan: With a name like Lava Lord, comes with the territory.
** DeflectorShields: Can wrap an nigh impenetrable shell of lava rock around himself.
* MadeOfDiamond: Made Of Magma so really hard to injure.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Made, Of, Lava.
* SuperpowerLottery: He's a sentient volcanic entity and has all the powers his other weaker brethren possess.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fire Trolls]]
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An androgynous species of sentient lava mounds who once plotted to take over the world. They would often come to clash with Aquaman and then Sidekick Garth when they would try to cause catastrophic eruptions across the worlds fault lines.
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* AdaptiveAbility: for beings of fiery rock they can adjust to survive anywhere, even the [[RemovedAchillesHeel ocean floor]].
* AllTrollsAreDifferent: Fire Trolls.
* FusionDance: Can amalgamate upon one another in order to become [[MakeMyMonsterGrow 10x the monster]] they used to be.
* GeniusLoci: Beings of living lava.
* [[HeatIndex Thermokinesis]]: Can adjust their own heat temp at will.
* SuperStrength: Very strong being trolls and all.
* TakeoverTheWorld: Generic doomsday extremists.
** ApocalypseWow: Their plans involved causing global volcanic activity.
* NighInvulnerable: Being Magma men.
* [[MagmaMan Magma men]]
** LethalLavaLand: Being their modusapprendi as volcanic beings.
** BreathWeapon: Naturally they spit fire and lava
* [[PoisonousPerson Poisonous People]]: Being made of magma, they give off incredibly toxic fumes.
* WalkingWasteland: Comes with being living eruptions.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Siren (Hila)]]
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-->"''[[BadassBoast King of Atlantis... You will die on your Knees]]''"

Pre-Crisis, Hila was little more than a rambunctious albeit vicious troublemaker and eponymous pain in the ass for her Gemini, Mera.

Renowned in their family as the black sheep of the lot, she would often cause all kinds of havoc anywhere she went, more often than not at Mera's expense since they look [[CriminalDoppelganger identical]]. Being the bad girl she was, Hila eventually fell in with a bad boy sorcerer and long time enemy of Aquaman by the name of Kandor, both of whom were exiled from their native home dimension Aqua for past crimes. Together, the two conspired against Aquaman and Mera in a bid for power, but both suffered a change of heart in the following events and redeemed themselves.

In the Post-Crisis continuity, Hila is one amongst a colony of vicious inmates from the PrisonDimension of Xebel which was located within TheBermudaTriangle. The [[Characters/GLOtherLanternCorps White Entity]] undid the seal that bound her and fellow exiles in their [[PhantomZone concentration reality]] to test Arthur by letting them unleash terror upon the world and it's unsuspecting masses as well as kill the current monarch of Atlantis as revenge for her people.

* EvilBrunetteTwin: Physically the two are practically adjacent to one another, and Siren is the [[BigLittleBrother younger]] of [[YoungerThanTheyLook the two]] no less.
** YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In Hila's case ultra violet.
* FantasticRacism: Like most Xebelians, Hila is an clear speciesest towards Atlanteans, half-breeds and especially surface dwellers due to her prison home upbringing. The former is due to right wing bigoted supremacy thinking the world and everything spawned from the sea belongs to her people. The latter of which because the reigning power of Atlantis' life imprisonment sentence.
* HeelFaceTurn: In her Pre-Crisis days, Hila had initially taken the place of Mera to better earn Aquaman's trust. But after seeing just how much the kingdom and it's monarch truly loved her, she had a change of heart.
* MakingASplash: Like her sister and all Xebel prisoners, Hila has incredibly potent hydrokinetic shifting capabilities.
** TheAce: Also like her sibling yet unlike other aquamancers she uses a more advanced form of water shifting powers. Ones which don't rely upon the waterbearers like those of Jackson Hyde or her fellow criminals.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shalako]]
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-->''"The Gods protect us! The Gods love us, and their prophet... Shalako!"''

The brother of King Orin I of Atlantis, Shalako was a sorcerer who grew jealous of his brother's position and power. Leading a group of exiles to live in Tritonis, Shalako manipulated events to transform them into fishlike merpeople. When it was revealed that this mutation was his own fault, his people ultimately killed him.
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[[folder:Black Jack]]
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A modern day pirate who dressed like an old fashion one. He was able to take control of Pearl Island and its in habitants. Black Jack is also considered Aquaman's first arch-nemesis, and one of the few recurring villains he fought during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks.

* DressedToPlunder: Wore several different costumes, but all of them were variations on classic pirate outfits.
* APirate400YearsTooLate: Dresses like an old fashioned pirate.
* RuthlessModernPirates: Captain of a modern day pirate crew.

[[folder:Demon Gate (Kimon Tanaka)]]
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Kimon Tanaka was a sea captain who hunted dolphins for a living. He captured several dolphins for a research center in Shinobi, one of whom was Porm (adoptive mother of Aquaman). When their boat was destroyed by Aquaman, Kimon was left to be eaten by sharks. However, Kimon was rescued by his brother Tanaka, head of Raiden Industries. Tanaka rebuilt his brother's body using highly advanced technology; turning his brother into a cyborg. He adopts the name Demon Gate and goes in search of vengeance on Aquaman.

* {{Cyborg}}: His transformation to a cyborg provides him with superhuman strength and durability. He can fight Aquaman for a while and survive a drop from the top of skyscraper. He can also breath underwater via his suit. He can also track beacons through his suit and has enhanced vision.
* EnhancedArchaicWeapon: He uses a remote controlled spear that can be charged with energy.
* EvilPoacher: Was an illegal dolphin hunter before his transformation.
* FireBreathingWeapon: His suit includes a wrist mounted flame thrower.

[[folder:The Eel (Mort Coolidge)]]
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A criminal with mild telekinetic powers, Mort Coolidge had a career in both Gotham City and San Diego before the quake that sunk half of that city. Here he found his powers far more effective, figuring out that he had great control over water.

* ArtificialGill: He wears special armor that allows him to breath and function underwater.
* TheFaceless: Interestingly he's almost never seen without his mask.
* MakingASplash: His telekinesis increases underwater. He is able to control and change the density of water. His control is great, allowing him to manipulate water inside someone's body or use water to crush his opponents.

[[folder:Human Flying Fish (Vic Bragg)]]
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Vic Bragg was a swimming champion before turning to crime, before he fell in with Dr. Krill, the brilliant medical doctor and marine biologist who had also turned to a life of crime for some unknown reasons. Dr. Krill had been studying Aquaman's powers and crime-fighting methods, and had hypothesized that the only way for a person to commit crimes on the sea is if one could escape into the air afterwards, where Aquaman would not be able to follow. After coming to this conclusion, Dr. Krill surgically altered Bragg making him not only just amphibious, but able to take to the air for short periods of time with the aid of a special costume.

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Has powers based on those of a flying fish.
* {{Flight}}: Bragg is able to fly at high speeds thanks to the special winged suit he is wearing. He is very precise at flying able to snatch bird while they are flying or board a flying plane.
* PoweredArmor: His suit is an armored exoskeleton which partially protects him from damage.
* SuperSwimmingSkills: Bragg was a champion swimmer before her turned to crime. His suit helps him swim at super human speeds.
* TrickedOutGloves: Wears taser gloves and can shock people with electricity by touching them with his hands.

[[folder:Bugala]]
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Bugala is a sea serpent, that constantly terrorized a small undersea colony called Eldfur. The Eldfur's warriors, under the command of their king, came seeking a champion. They kidnap Aqualad to face the creature. With the help of Aquaman, Bugala was kicked out, but would return other times to face the duo. Years later the evil inventor Weisbogg working for Black Manta created a robotic duplicate to destroy Atlantis.
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* SeaSerpents: Is a sea serpent who resembles a Chinese dragon.
[[/folder]]

The characters of the ''Aquaman'' franchise. Since the New 52 gave the series a hard reboot, the comics page has been separated into Pre and Post-''Flashpoint'' pages.

[[index]]
'''Main DCU:'''
* Characters/PreFlashpointAquaman
* Characters/PostFlashpointAquaman


'''Western Animation:'''
* ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse''
** [[Characters/DCAUJusticeLeagueTheLeague The Justice League]]
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''
** [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeamSeasonOne The Team Season One]] [[note]]Kaldur'ahm/Aqualad[[/note]]
** [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeamSeasonTwo The Team Season Two]] [[note]]Garth/Tempest, Tula/Aquagirl[[/note]]
** [[Characters/YoungJusticeJusticeLeague The Justice League]] [[note]]Aquaman I/Arthur Curry, Aquaman II/Kaldur'ahm[[/note]]
** [[Characters/YoungJusticeOtherHeroes Other Heroes]] [[note]]Mera, Topo, King Nanue[[/note]]
** [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheLight The Light]] [[note]]Orm/Ocean Master, Black Manta[[/note]]
* ''DC Super Hero Girls''
** [[Characters/DCSuperHeroGirls2015 web series]] [[note]]Mera[[/note]]
** [[Characters/DCSuperHeroGirls2019 television series]] [[note]]Garth Bernstein/Aqualad[[/note]]
\\
'''Live Action TV:'''
* ''Characters/{{Smallville}}''
** [[Characters/SmallvilleClarksAllies Clark's Allies]] [[note]]Arthur Curry / Aquaman, Mera[[/note]]
* ''Characters/{{Arrowverse}}''
** [[Characters/ArrowverseARGUSAndTaskForceX A.R.G.U.S. & Task Force-X]] [[note]]Shay Lamden / King Shark[[/note]]
** [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCitizens Central City Citizens]] [[note]]Shay Lamden[[/note]]
* ''Characters/Titans2018''
** [[Characters/Titans2018TitleTeam Titans]] [[note]]Garth / Aqualad[[/note]]
** [[Characters/Titans2018OtherSuperheroes Other Superheroes]] [[note]]Arthur Curry / Aquaman[[/note]]
\\
'''Films:'''
* ''Characters/DCExtendedUniverse''
** [[Characters/DCEUAquaman Arthur Curry / Aquaman]]
** [[Characters/DCEUTheSevenSeas The Seven Seas]] [[note]]Orm / Ocean Master, Queen Atlanna, King Orvax, King Atlan, Ancient Atlantean King, Mera, Nuidis Vulko, Murk, Atlantean Soldiers, King Nereus, King Ricou, The Fisherman Princess, The Brine King, The Trench[[/note]]
** [[Characters/DCEUOtherSupervillains Other Supervillains]] [[note]]David Kane / Black Manta[[/note]]
** [[Characters/DCEUOtherHumans Other Humans]] [[note]]Thomas Curry, Dr. Stephen Shin[[/note]]
** [[Characters/DCEUMinorVillainsAndCriminals Minor Villains and Criminals]] [[note]]Jesse Kane[[/note]]
** [[Characters/DCEUCreatures Creatures]] [[note]]Topo, Tylosaurus, Karathen[[/note]]
[[/index]]

** [[Characters/DCEUJusticeLeague Justice League]] [[note]]Arthur Curry / Aquaman[[/note]]
** [[Characters/DCEUTheSevenSeas The Seven Seas]]

** [[Characters/DCEUCreatures Creatures]] [[note]]Tylosaurus, Karathen[[/note]]

** [[Characters/DCEUAquaman Arthur Curry / Aquaman]]

** [[Characters/DCEUMera Mera]]

* ''Characters/{{Titansverse}}''
** [[Characters/TitansverseTitans Titans]] [[note]]Garth / Aqualad[[/note]]
** [[Characters/TitansverseOtherSuperheroes Other Superheroes]] [[note]]Arthur Curry / Aquaman[[/note]]

! Villians
[[folder:Atlan (The Dead King)]]
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-->''"I destroyed Atlantis once with this scepter... '''AND I SHALL DESTROY IT AGAIN'''."''

The architect, builder, and very first king of Atlantis. However, along with giving life to Atlantis, he also was the one to destroy it. He is also not Aquaman's direct ancestor. In fact, Aquaman descended from Atlan's brother, Orin, who killed Atlan's family and usurped the throne of Atlantis. Atlan forged artifacts of great power and proceeded to sink Atlantis. He was frozen in ice at some point afterwards but was accidentally reawakened by Arthur's telepathy.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Was an honest decent family man whose only goal was to bring the peoples of the world together, he never would've turned bad like he did if his {{jerkass}} brother and his wife hadn't taken ''his'' wife, children and entire kingdom from him.
* AnIcePerson: Somehow possesses the ability to generate ice.
* BackFromTheDead: In a dystopian parallel called ComicBook/TheNew52FuturesEnd, the people of Atlantis headed by Aquaman's former wife [[WhatTheHellHero Mera]] resurrects the former monarch in order to subjugate the surface world after a devastating war with Darkseid.
* CainAndAbel: His brother, Orin betrayed Atlan and killed his family and servants to take hold of the throne.
* TheCaligula: Inverted in his old life, where he used to rule as TheGoodKing. As a shambling age old living ghoul however....
* DiedHappilyEverAfter: After having lived for nearly 3000 years, his [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath bitter end]] finally gave him [[TogetherInDeath one happy epiphany]] out of all his suffering.
* EveryoneIsRelated: While not a direct ancestor to Arthur, Tula and Orm; he is still their maternal great, great, great, great grand uncle on his [[EvilChancellor Brother Orin's]] side of the family.
* GeniusBruiser: Physically strong enough to contend with Aquaman. Along with being the lead designer of the building of Atlantis, as well as having arcane knowledge which he used to forge the seven artifacts.
* DespairEventHorizon: When his family was murdered.
* {{Egopolis}}: Atlantis is this to him.
* FaceHeelTurn
* FallenHero: Even Vulko admits Atlan was a great hero while Aquaman's ancestors were the villains.
* MagicStaff: His scepter, which can control the Trench, who are later revealed to be descended from Atlanteans. Aquaman believes the scepter does not control them; instead, the Trench have a primal instinct that causes them to obey whoever holds the staff because of their shared ancestry with Atlanteans.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: After being woken by Aquaman's telepathy and re-taking the throne, Atlan enslaves any Arthur loyalists while he attempts to regain rule over the seven seas.
* TheGoodKing: He was this in the past. Not so much in the present.
* UngratefulBastard: Turns out Altan didn't forge the seven treasures, not on his own at least. He ended up killing the guy who actually created the gear used by '''The Others''' over some kind of dispute, that's gratitude for you.
* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Atlan is quick to correct the false history about how he and his kingdom fell. His ice abilities have the added effect of retelling the sordid history of Atlantis and how it was taken from him by showing all those effected by it what really happened.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: He was betrayed by his siblings and followers but the trope still stands.
* StartOfDarkness: Originally, Atlan was a wise and just king who believed that there could be peace between all species. His advisers and brother Orin, however, were warmongers who betrayed Atlan and killed his family. Outraged, Atlan killed Orin and his wife and started a civil war. Using his scepter, Atlan sunk Atlantis.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Corum Rath]]
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Fiercely xenophobic atlantean leader of a fanatical terrorist cell of equally fascist merepeople coined '''The Deluge'''. Naturally being one of many Atlanteans who despise the surface world, he also bares a particular enmity towards his half-breed king; whom he feels is more at liberty towards taking and giving with the surface world over his own people.

After becoming frustrated with Arthur's ways, and with Orm presumed dead, the Atlantean Elders place him on the throne.
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* AbsoluteXenophobe: Hates the surface and anything related to the surface.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's outraged when Aquaman asks him if the Deluge is responsible for framing Atlantis for attacks on the surface, as Rath just wants to reinstitute the kingdom's isolationist policies, not drag it into a war or KillAllHumans (regardless of how much he dislikes them). This gets thrown out the window after he becomes king, however, as his inability to get everyone in the kingdom to submit to his rule frustrates him to the point that he becomes increasingly unhinged and begins declaring that all of his "enemies" (which includes all surface dwellers) need to be obliterated, frightening even his [[TheDragon Dragon]].
* PatrioticFervor: Starts out this way, as he loves Atlantis and only wants what he believes is best for it. Eventually becomes ItsAllAboutMe.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Black Manta attempts to instigate a war between the surface and Atlantis; after dealing with Manta, Aquaman diffuses the situation by formally surrendering to the United States. Rath takes advantage of this show of "weakness" by rallying the increasingly resentful Atlantean populace into helping him overthrow and exile Arthur.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Feels it'll be how he'll get Atlantis' voice heard.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Coven of Thule]]
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This cabal of [[EvilWizard Evil Wizard]]s were TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness of Old Atlantis. They profited off the turmoil resulted from the many wars around their kingdom and the world over til the rule of [[TheGoodKing Atlan I]] ceased all ceaseless conflict. Seeing this as a threat to their rule; these vile despots sought an escape from their predicament. Using the devastated kingdom caused [[TheExile by the then deposed king]] as a sacrificial means to create their own world separate from Earth, ruling as SorcerousOverlord's for a millennium.
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* AncientConspiracy
* EvilOverlord: What they were past and present.
* FemmeFataleSpy: Deployed one of these to undermine Arthur and Atlantis during Thule's invasion.
* GardenOfEvil: What the world of Thule is to the primary earth, its buildings alone generate foul magical energy which poisons the environment around it.
* SquishyWizard: While they're magic is potent enough to bend reality, they themselves are spindly weaklings hiding behind an army.
** OrcusOnHisThrone: Largely they rely upon scheming, manipulation and background orchestrations to accomodate themselves. Otherwise sending their make-believe mystic mook's or spy's to do their dirty work, they're rarely seen taking part in any conquest.
* TheHorde: Has a sizable army of ghosts n'goblins at they're beck and call.
* TheIlluminati
* ImprovisedGolem: They breach part of their own infrastructure into the world transforming them into mobile dreadnoughts for invasion.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Jed Coombs (Chimera/[[spoiler:Creature King)]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to view Jed Coombs ]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coombs.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

-->''"Death to mammals!"''

Coombs was the janitorial detail working at the American Government stationed '''Triton Base''' who worked on maintenance around the under sea facilities both inside and out. Until he got on the wrong side of a [[ThreateningShark feeding frenzy]] and was [[GoryDiscretionShot hideously chewed to pieces]]. Mix in one MadDoctor x multiple animal parts (including the grey matter of a deceased {{Kaiju}}) and you get a seriously P.O.ed AnimalisticAbomination with designs to depose the current sea king and replace him, [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt title and all]].
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* {{Animorphism}}: Being a mesh of human biology combined with a host of animal anatomical parts.
* BioAugmentation: Gained his powers as a result of this.
* {{Cthulhumanoid}}
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Was indefinably the fruits of one misguided doctors labors.
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* GlowingEyes: Has this to an incredibly horrifying degree due to his surgical mutation.
** GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: The man monster was a practical dead man walking before his procedure,
** GlowingEyesOfDoom: Invoked, whenever he's about to change or commit horrible acts this is susally applied.
** RedEyesTakeWarning
* HalfHumanHybrid: The Doctor Moreau wannabe who remade him spliced an unknown amount of different types of sea creature D.N.A. into his unsanctioned pet project. Chimera seems to physically portray cephilopod, sea lion, berricuda and electric eel to name a few; whatever else he comprises of is yet to be disclosed.
** SuperPowerLottery: Being a mishmashed recombination of a host of different animal parts gave him a host of special powers and abilities relative to the great many sea creatures he's composed of, even a couple of odd abilities and characteristics which are all unique specificlally either to his giant monster genetics or himself.
*** AdaptiveAbility
*** EvolutionPowerUp
*** TheAssimilator
*** FaceStealer
*** {{Flight}}
*** VoluntaryShapeshifting
*** TransformationHorror: Chimera's transitions from monster to man and vice versa are never pretty.
*** HealingFactor
*** LEGOGenetics: A great deal of this is how his abilities revolve around.
*** NaturalWeapon: Has loads and loads of these.
*** AbsurdlySharpClaws
*** CombatTentacles
*** ChameleonCamouflage
*** FangsAreEvil
*** PoisonousPerson: Secrets incredibly potent viscous compounds which can melt flesh and bone.
*** SuperSpit
*** TheSpiny
*** ShockAndAwe
*** SuperStrength
*** SuperToughness
*** {{Telepathy}}:
* MindControlDevice: Was meant to be implanted into his brain before the procedure was finished.
* SuperPersistentPredator: His entire modus operandi given that he's made up of various deadly sea stalkers.
* SeaMonster: Possessed a great many traits of one, [[spoiler: bonus that his variation of AC's Marine Telepathy stems from an Atlantean one]].
* TearOffYourFace: Had a pretty nasty habit of this.
* {{Transhuman}}
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Karaku, The Volcano God]]
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A walking volcano who once was the sole inhabitant of the isle of Pacifica. The creature is an elemental of great power and is extremley territorial, at best he can only be staved off by a powerful relic owned by Atlanna. Even then he's an all but unstoppable mass of molten destruction that crushes and burns whatever is standing it its wake.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Near as tall as the volcano it sits in.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Title has God in it, nuff' said.
* CompleteImmortality: At best he can only be temporarily belayed. Never destoryed
* GiantEqualsInvincible: Of a kind, knock it down once it'll reform itself.
* HealingFactor: Taking off it's head does nothing to it.
* {{Kaiju}}
* LethalLavaLand: Being a walking active volcanic eruption.
** MagmaMan
** ClimacticVolcanoBackdrop: where it makes its home.
* MonsterShapedMountain
** GeniusLoci: A living aspect of volcanic activity
* MookMaker: He's how the fire trolls came to be.
* TheJuggernaut: Next to unassailable, even [[NamedWeapon Atlanna's lance]] can barley stave it off.
* ViciousCycle: Every time it's destroyed it'll revive itself.
* WaveMotionGun: Similar to it's genesis cast off's lava breath, but [[UpToEleven Much, MUCH more powerful]].
* ZergRush: Able to churn out a host of fire trolls from itself.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nereus]]
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One of the greatest warriors of Xebel who rules it as regent while Mera was sent to assassinate Arthur. Nereus wants nothing more to rule Xebel with Mera by his side as his queen.

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* ArrangedMarriage: With Mera, originally. As he was set to marry her once she returned from her mission to assassinate the King of Atlantis.
* TheDragon: Nereus willingly submits to Atlan and becomes his right-hand man.
* EvilRedhead: A common Xebelian trait with Nereus being cruel and driven by jealousy.
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards Aquaman for having won Mera's genuine affection. Made even worse by the fact she was supposed to assassinate him.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When seeing the Dead King Atlan in the flesh, he and his forces kneel to him and swear their allegiance rather than risk fighting him. Likewise when Atlan is defeated, Nereus turns tail and runs rather than face Aquaman.
* ForcefulKiss: Plants one on Mera in Issue #21. She rebukes him with a violent tidal wave.
* MakingASplash: He also has the ability to manipulate water with his mind.
* VillainousCrush: Towards Mera, whom he intends to claim as his own.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Symbiotic Entity ('''Dead Water''')]]
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A vicious otherworldly predator who can possess a host and become the hydration catalyst utilized to transform the vessel, it's first host was Jonah Kendry Payne who worked under The Scavenger. Coming into a SuperPoweredEvilSide due to this parasitic intrusion when he came into contact with its "strange water" form, becoming Dead Water whenever he gets wet. Dead Water was thought to've perished when its previous overshadow [[DrivenToSuicide chose to die as himself]] then let the nightmare continue, everyone believed that horrifying .
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* BodySurf: Dead Water is merely a malignant liquid sentience who wears and morphs the skin of others.
* CursedWithAwesome: All things considered, the powers are pretty sweet... but whosoever is host to Dead Water has no way to control them.
* DrivenToSuicide: Jonah Kendry Payne allows himself to be killed by Arthur for what he's done.
* ElementalShapeshifter: Dead Water can literally transform into his namesake to avoid physical attacks.
* InformedLoner: Jonah Kendry Payne; Scavenger says he liked to keep to himself.
* MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil: What Dead Water truly is at its center.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Killed two of his colleagues in order to escape a sinking ship. Jonah Kendry Payne really had no choice, since they were all at each other's throat over an oxygen tank, but it still haunts him.
* PunchClockVillain: previous host was a diver for Scavenger, but only did it so he could pay child support in order to see his son.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Dead Water kills people who have slighted Jonah.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Dead Water to Jonah, or anyone he's in control of.
* {{Teleportation}}: Dead Water can transport itself through any body of water, no matter how large or small, from a swimming pool to a ''cup of water.''
** PortalPool: Powers require a body of water to work.
** VillainTeleportation
** WeaponizedTeleportation
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[[folder:Peter Mortimer ('''Scavenger''')]]
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-->''" It doesn't matter where Aquaman is. As long as I sit on this throne ... '''Atlantis is mine'''."''

A deep-sea [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin scavenger]] and pirate, who Arthur has a history with.
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* ArmsDealer: Went into business selling Atlantean armaments on the black market after ComicBook/ThroneOfAtlantis.
* CoveredInScars: Getting mulched by a sea beast apparently disfigures your whole body, (even when he was only bit at his side).
* EvenEvilHasStandards: A straight up asshole, but he's insulted when Arthur implies Peter didn't save his workers because there was no profit in it.
* EvilCripple: Inverted, on the evil part. Became this after his run in with Dead Water. When we next see him [[FormerlyFit he's put on some pounds]] due to being confined to a wheelchair.
* IncrediblyObviousBug: utilized one through a captured Atlantean whose organs he harvested to find the undersea city.
* PoweredArmor: His diving suit is a less badass version of Black Manta's.
** EquipmentUpgrade: He eventually decided to level up in that regard, in case of another run in with Aquaman. See character image.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Whenever he appears, it's clear he and Arthur have a history, but it's never elaborated on.
* RuthlessModernPirates: Is essentially this, though he focuses more on diving.
* VillainDecay: Suffered this since his run in with Dead Water, once a hardened sea hoarder turned frightened [[DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery lamer]] at the mere mention of its name.
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[[folder:Symbiotic Entity ('''Dead Water''')]]
[[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dead_water_2.jpg]]
A vicious otherworldly predator who can possess a host and become the hydration catalyst utilized to transform the vessel, it's first host was Jonah Kendry Payne who worked under The Scavenger. Coming into a SuperPoweredEvilSide due to this parasitic intrusion when he came into contact with its "strange water" form, becoming Dead Water whenever he gets wet. Dead Water was thought to've perished when its previous overshadow [[DrivenToSuicide chose to die as himself]] then let the nightmare continue, everyone believed that horrifying .

[[folder:Karaku, The Volcano God]]
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A walking volcano who once was the sole inhabitant of the isle of Pacifica. The creature is an elemental of great power and is extremley territorial, at best he can only be staved off by a powerful relic owned by Atlanna. Even then he's an all but unstoppable mass of molten destruction that crushes and burns whatever is standing it its wake.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Near as tall as the volcano it sits in.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Title has God in it, nuff' said.
* CompleteImmortality: At best he can only be temporarily belayed. Never destoryed
* GiantEqualsInvincible: Of a kind, knock it down once it'll reform itself.
* HealingFactor: Taking off it's head does nothing to it.
* {{Kaiju}}
* LethalLavaLand: Being a walking active volcanic eruption.
** MagmaMan
** ClimacticVolcanoBackdrop: where it makes its home.
* MonsterShapedMountain
** GeniusLoci: A living aspect of volcanic activity
* MookMaker: He's how the fire trolls came to be.
* TheJuggernaut: Next to unassailable, even [[NamedWeapon Atlanna's lance]] can barley stave it off.
* ViciousCycle: Every time it's destroyed it'll revive itself.
* WaveMotionGun: Similar to it's genesis cast off's lava breath, but [[UpToEleven Much, MUCH more powerful]].
* ZergRush: Able to churn out a host of fire trolls from itself.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Symbiotic Entity ('''Dead Water''')]]
[[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dead_water_2.jpg]]
A vicious otherworldly predator who can possess a host and become the hydration catalyst utilized to transform the vessel, it's first host was Jonah Kendry Payne who worked under The Scavenger. Coming into a SuperPoweredEvilSide due to this parasitic intrusion when he came into contact with its "strange water" form, becoming Dead Water whenever he gets wet. Dead Water was thought to've perished when its previous overshadow [[DrivenToSuicide chose to die as himself]] then let the nightmare continue, everyone believed that horrifying .

* BodySurf: Dead Water is merely a malignant liquid sentience who wears and morphs the skin of others.
* CursedWithAwesome: All things considered, the powers are pretty sweet... but whosoever is host to Dead Water has no way to control them.
* DrivenToSuicide: Jonah Kendry Payne allows himself to be killed by Arthur for what he's done.
* ElementalShapeshifter: Dead Water can literally transform into his namesake to avoid physical attacks.
* InformedLoner: Jonah Kendry Payne; Scavenger says he liked to keep to himself.
* MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil: What Dead Water truly is at its center.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Killed two of his colleagues in order to escape a sinking ship. Jonah Kendry Payne really had no choice, since they were all at each other's throat over an oxygen tank, but it still haunts him.
* PunchClockVillain: previous host was a diver for Scavenger, but only did it so he could pay child support in order to see his son.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Dead Water kills people who have slighted Jonah.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Dead Water to Jonah, or anyone he's in control of.
* {{Teleportation}}: Dead Water can transport itself through any body of water, no matter how large or small, from a swimming pool to a ''cup of water.''
** PortalPool: Powers require a body of water to work.
** VillainTeleportation
** WeaponizedTeleportation

[[folder:Peter Mortimer ('''Scavenger''')]]
[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aquaman_vol_7_51_textless.jpg]]

-->''" It doesn't matter where Aquaman is. As long as I sit on this throne ... '''Atlantis is mine'''."''

A deep-sea [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin scavenger]] and pirate, who Arthur has a history with.

[[folder:Symbiotic Entity ('''Dead Water''')]]
[[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dead_water_2.jpg]]
A vicious otherworldly predator who can possess a host and become the hydration catalyst utilized to transform the vessel, it's first host was Jonah Kendry Payne who worked under The Scavenger. Coming into a SuperPoweredEvilSide due to this parasitic intrusion when he came into contact with its "strange water" form, becoming Dead Water whenever he gets wet. Dead Water was thought to've perished when its previous overshadow [[DrivenToSuicide chose to die as himself]] then let the nightmare continue, everyone believed that horrifying .

[[folder:Corum Rath]]
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Fiercely xenophobic atlantean leader of a fanatical terrorist cell of equally fascist merepeople coined '''The Deluge'''. Naturally being one of many Atlanteans who despise the surface world, he also bares a particular enmity towards his half-breed king; whom he feels is more at liberty towards taking and giving with the surface world over his own people.

After becoming frustrated with Arthur's ways, and with Orm presumed dead, the Atlantean Elders place him on the throne.

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Hates the surface and anything related to the surface.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's outraged when Aquaman asks him if the Deluge is responsible for framing Atlantis for attacks on the surface, as Rath just wants to reinstitute the kingdom's isolationist policies, not drag it into a war or KillAllHumans (regardless of how much he dislikes them). This gets thrown out the window after he becomes king, however, as his inability to get everyone in the kingdom to submit to his rule frustrates him to the point that he becomes increasingly unhinged and begins declaring that all of his "enemies" (which includes all surface dwellers) need to be obliterated, frightening even his [[TheDragon Dragon]].
* PatrioticFervor: Starts out this way, as he loves Atlantis and only wants what he believes is best for it. Eventually becomes ItsAllAboutMe.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Black Manta attempts to instigate a war between the surface and Atlantis; after dealing with Manta, Aquaman diffuses the situation by formally surrendering to the United States. Rath takes advantage of this show of "weakness" by rallying the increasingly resentful Atlantean populace into helping him overthrow and exile Arthur.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Feels it'll be how he'll get Atlantis' voice heard.

[[folder:Symbiotic Entity ('''Dead Water''')]]
[[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dead_water_2.jpg]]
A vicious otherworldly predator who can possess a host and become the hydration catalyst utilized to transform the vessel, it's first host was Jonah Kendry Payne who worked under The Scavenger. Coming into a SuperPoweredEvilSide due to this parasitic intrusion when he came into contact with its "strange water" form, becoming Dead Water whenever he gets wet. Dead Water was thought to've perished when its previous overshadow [[DrivenToSuicide chose to die as himself]] then let the nightmare continue, everyone believed that horrifying .

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