History Characters / PreFlashpointAquaman

[[folder:Ocean Master (Orm)]]

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Pre-Crisis.

* ProngsOfPoseidon: Like Aquaman, he favours the trident, using it as a conduit for his magical energies.

* SorcerousOverlord: Of the Dreaming City.

Ocean Master is Aquaman's jealous brother who wants to rule Atlantis. Originally depicted as a fully human pirate, utilising advanced technology, Orm became the son of Atlan the wizard and an Inuit woman post-Crisis, and a powerful sorcerer to boot. Whether he is human, Atlantean, or a mix varies, but one thing about Orm remains consistent: he wants the throne, and will trample anyone who gets in his way.

* SuddenlyEthnicity: Noted noted under "Malcolm Xerox", Black Manta was revealed African-Americans in 1977, ten years after he appeared.

* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Aquaman's Abel.Post-Crisis, it's even an EnforcedTrope, since Atlantean kings are cursed to battle their brothers over the throne. It's implied that Atlan sires him simply so Aquaman will have a brother who will fulfill the prophecy.

* TheResenter: Both Pre- and Post-Crisis, he has a hard time with the idea that Aquaman is the superhuman King of Atlantis, and he's just a normal human being who is, at best, destined simply to fight his brother a lot.

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]]

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 sorcerer's who curried prestige among the Dark Art's practitioners of the traitorous witch Gamemnae.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Compared to the corrupt Hagen and his [[NebulousEvilOrganisation gaggle of flunky wizards]] running a corrupt emperium seeking to scourge the world of all human culture.

* RetGone: In the New 52, there initially was never even ''one'' Aqualad.

* ActionGirl
* BadassPrincess

* HappilyAdopted

* OfficialCouple: With Garth until her death.

* TheVoiceless: Never speaks during his short tenure in the story.

* HourOfPower: He could only stay out of water for only one hour in the Silver Age.

An atlantean citizen turned unjustly convicted prisoner in the [[WretchedHive despotic]] sorcerous government, he was subjected to cruel black Magitek experimentation which turned him into a chimeric cast off who was believed to've died during the transformation process.

* PowerParasite[=/=]ComboPlatterPowers: One of his core abilities is to drain away the abilities of others through technological siphons.

* BrainUploading: Turns out vulko had died during The Spectre's rampage as he tore through Atlantis killing its sorcerer's, somehow he uploaded his consciousness into an atlantean {{Magitek}} apparatus in order to aid Orin's successor; Arthur Joseph Curry on his adventures.

* InternalReformist: When Vulko found that the new regime under sorc rule after the Obsidian Age was for crap. He enlisted the aid of a failed super soldier experiment to take back the throne of Atlantis from its corrupt sorcerous monarchs.

An atlantean citizen turned unjustly convicted prisoner in the [[WretchedHive despotic]] sorcerous government, he was subjected to cruel black Magitek experimentation which turned him into a chimeric cast off who was believed to'eve died during the transformation process.

** 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 [[MonsterProgenator 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.

* 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 nay kind is strincly prohibitted as Atlanteans are to be swimming or floating at all times, even having a sharp eye and a secret detail of of 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]].

** MagicGenetics: How he and the new 1% running Atlantis maintain societal day to day life. They both openly and secretly pervert naturally spawned oceanic organisms into hideous monstrosities either as royal transport to get from [[OrganicTechnology place to place]].
*** CreatingLife: [[spoiler: Or more clandestinely, taking falsely imprisoned 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.

** 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 brewed specifically to monsterize any and all water dwelling entities. Atlantean included, into a hory host ravinous freaks of nature spawned by their dark craft.
*** AnimalisticAbomination: What his sect specialized in, what his long term goal in the useage of dark magic would make him and others of the sea into.

* 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 under.
* PowersThatBe: What the sorcerer class of Atlantis becomes after Mera is [[PuppetKing put under and made into his political marionette]].

* SquishyWizard: For his 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 failed super soldier experiments.]]

* VillainTeamUp: Frequently teamed up with Manta or the Shark. He also assumes membership in Comicbook/LexLuthor's Injustice Gang and the "inner circle" of [[Comicbook/Final Crisis Libra's Secret Society]].

* BerserkButton: Harming any of his friends, and especially his wife, is not a good idea in the least. Why? Because unlike many other heroes, Orin does ''not'' have a no-kill code.

* {{Mentor|s}}: To Arthur Joseph Curry, the second Aquaman.

* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather: He is actually Black Manta's son.]]

* LegacyCharacter

* DisabilitySuperpower: His grappling-hook hand, liquid-metal hand and later, his magical water hand.

** MakingASplash: One of the cute tricks of the water hand, see blow.

* FantasticRacism: Was the reason he was left abandoned on mercy reef as a babe, oh and exiled numerous times after taking the throne by his less than ungrateful subjects; this coming prior to losing his hand, wife, firstborn son and a bit of sanity on his part.
** BreakTheCutie: It got so bad that he eventually swears off his "king of Atlantis" shtick indefinitely after the whole [[ApocalypseHow Thirst debacle]] and the [[TheIlluminati coven of wizards]] who secretly pushed for his exile/execution and attempted the [[KillAllHumans extinction of surface dwelling civilization]], going so far as to angrily rebuffing Vulko's invitation back to the throne preferring to stick to the sunken city merpeople he'd come to associate with instead.

* MakingASplash: Occasionally.
** ElementalShapeshifter: on the rare happenings when aquaman gained water abilities, he also became a embodiment of the oceans themselves.

[[folder:Tom Curry]]
* DisappearedDad: Post-Crisis, Arthur returned to the lighthouse to find he's gone.
* {{Good Parent|s}}
* HappilyMarried: With Atlanna, though he's concern about her keeping her past a secret.
* {{Muggle Foster Parent|s}}: Post-Crisis
* UpbringingMakesTheHero: In ''Flashpoint'', due to him dying earlier, Arthur grew up never learning the values he lives by.
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[[folder:Man-o-War]]

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An atlantean citizen turned unjustly convicted prisoner in the [[WretchedHive despotic]] sorcerous government, he was subjected to cruel black Magitek experimentation which turned him into a chimeric cast off who was believed to've died during the transformation process.

* BodyHorror: His transition into the thing he is was... graphic to say the least.
* ElectricJellyfish: His letmotif given what he was fused with.
** CombatTentacles
** PoisonousPerson
** ShockAndAwe
* HorrifyingHero: Given how his transformation makes him [[Cthulhumanoid reminiscent to Cthulhu]].
* [[InstantMessengerPigeon Instant Messenger Jellyfish]]: How he and Vulko communicate between picking of member of the Srocerer's league.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Goes on one against a host of murderous soldiers as he remembers who turned him into a monster, the entire "Patriotic Vendetta" of his and Vulko's against the corrupt nobility running the show is one as well.
* TheLabRat: Was apparently one of many to suffer at the hands of The Sorc councils dabbling in techno-sorcery, only one of the few to survive it too.
* TheVoiceless: Never speaks during his short tenure in the story.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: He just disappear's after The Thirst crisis is averted and the corrupt council is officially dissolved.

!Enemies

[[folder:Black Manta (David)]]

Black Manta is Aquaman's arch enemy. A sociopathic PsychoForHire and pirate who's dedicated his life to ruining Aquaman's. Dressed in a combination scuba suit and PowerArmour, Black Manta's most infamous act was undoubtedly killing Aquaman's son.

* DisabilitySuperpower: After he lost an arm he replaced it with the limb of a [[MagmaMan lava troll]] using Atlan's stolen magics.

** MagicGenetics: How he and the new Cabal running Atlantis maintain societal day to day life. They both openly and secretly pervert naturally spawned oceanic organisms into hideous monstrosities either as royal transport to get from [[OrganicTechnology place to place]].

* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: He and the new 1% ruling Atlantis are this, a coalition of one-off side characters who appeared out of nowhere to assume power after escaping the Obsidian age.

* AntiMagic: Being of the Secret Sea where Orin derives his water hand, Thirst is uneffected by mystical arcanum. [[spoiler: As Tempest, [[BrokenAce an accomplished sorcerer in his own right;]] [[ButtMonkey would come to find the hard way in his attempt to stop him]].]]

** NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: It's not as obvious as with some villains, but to anybody reading a comic about an aquatic auperhero, the presence of a being called "The Thirst" should instantly set off warning bells.

* SlaveMooks: The victims he has drained and resurrected.

* FantasticRacism: Like most if not all Xebelians, Hila is an incredibly perspicuous speciest 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 ruling power of Atlantis' life imprisonment sentence,

* ManipulativeBastard: Convinced the ruling council of eleven that Nuada was unfit to be monarch and that the gods favoured her own ascension.

[[folder:Prime Minister, Hagan]]

* Cthulhumanoid: If his physical appearance is anything to go on.

* EvilSorcerer: How he was able to usurp the Atlantean crown and enforce his flippant laws through mystical means.

*** CreatingLife: [[spoiler: Or more clandestinely, taking falsely imprisoned convicts and fusing them with lower lifeforms to create [[MixAndMatchCritters fusionistic]] [[SuperSolider mutant warriors]] loyal to the councils whims]], this later [[LaserGuidedKarma comes and bites them]] all in the ass thankfully.

* PersonofmassDestruction: Made, Of, Lava

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!Enemies

[[folder:Black Manta (David)]]

Black Manta is Aquaman's arch enemy. A sociopathic PsychoForHire and pirate who's dedicated his life to ruining Aquaman's. Dressed in a combination scuba suit and PowerArmour, Black Manta's most infamous act was undoubtedly killing Aquaman's son.

[[folder:The Thirst]]
The personification of drought, and the ideological opposite of the Waterbearer, the Thirst is an ancient 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.

** AmplifierArtifact: Been known that the trident has the property of increasing inherent magical powers of the wield, turbo charging his already impressive acclaim in the mystic venture.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Not only is he totally evil, but he caused the Atlanteans to think anybody sharing his hair colour must be pure evil.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Shaligo.

* BlondGuysAreEvil

* BlondGuysAreEvil

This is a character sheet for Aquaman and the characters associated with him prior to the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' event.

* {{Badass}}: Ignore everything Superfriends taught you. From his first appearance in the 1940s, through to the present, Aquaman is, and always has been, a badass.
** BadassBeard: Grew his beard out in his DarkerAndEdgier phase along with losing his hand to piranhas and getting a HookHand.
** BadassBoast: Even though Arthur is pretty humble, you can expect him to throw one of these towards anyone who underestimates him.

* {{Badass}}

* {{Badass}}: ''Anyone'' who makes a living out of fighting Aquaman is this.

* {{Badass}}
** BadassCape: Almost always.
** BadassNormal: Pre-Crisis, when he was just a normal human being.

* {{Badass}}
** HandicappedBadass: Has only one hand.

[[folder:Nuada Silverhand/Silverarm]]

[[folder:Hila (Siren)]]

This is a character sheet for Aquaman and the characters associated with him prior to the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} event.