Aquaman

Orin/ Arthur Curry

Origin

Orin is left to die on Mercy Reef

Knowing he would soon be dead his body defences used it telekinetic abilities to send out a telekinetic S.O.S to the sea life, the S.O.S worked and Orin was saved by a dolphin called Porm, Orin spent a few years with Prom learning to swim and contacting her telekinetically. A few years later Orin was found by a lighthouse keeper called Arthur Cuury, he cave Orin the name Arthur Curry [after himself], Arthur had to teach the boy how to walk and how to speck and how to be a human being. For some reason when Orin was growing up he wasn’t effected by the lack of salt water never effected him and he had strong connections to the sea and often had dream about swimming. Orin never told his adopted father about his memories about his life under water and still venturing out into the sea but never to far out or to deep.

He stayed with Arthur until he was in his teens when one day after he came home from school and he found his adopted father had disappeared with out a trace. He wondered around the country for a year where he met his first love, Kako, it was around this time that Orin first encountered Orm, who would be the future ocean master, it would also be revelled that Orm was the son of Atlan and a human woman which makes Orm Orin’s half brother. Kako became pregnant but before Orin found out he was driven away by Orm.

Return to Atlantis

Arthur still had memories of his time in the sea so he decided to find out who he really was and where he came from. He swam deeper and further than he had ever did before, after a time he came across the place of his birth Atlantis. However his joy was short lived he was captured by Atlantic soldiers and was thrown into a Atlantian concentration camp. It was revelled that the Atlantian Queen Altanna [Orin’s mother] and her government had been over thrown by a dictatorial and cruel group that want to rule Atlantis with an iron fist, they threw Altanna and her government and anyone who supported her into a concentration camp.

Orin was scared and alone, he was an outsider, he did know the language the other prisoners spoke and he was still discovering his abilities to talk to sea life but luckily for Orin two people recognized him Altanna and Vulko. Vulko felt the need to help the young prince so he taught him how to speck Atlantian so he could understand the other prisoners. Altanna revelled her identity to Orin that he was her son and the rightful hire to the throne of Atlantis, but soon after this she was killed.

Becoming a super hero and the JLA

Aquaman is born

Orin returned to Atlantis to free the people of Atlantis from the dictatorship, due to Orin being Atlantian hybrid he was much stronger, faster and more durable that any other Atlantian he also had his ability to telepathically talk to marine life he was able to take back most of Atlantis on his own, his actions inspired the Atlantians to fight back and drive away the government and free their city.

King of Atlantis

Eventually, Aquaman's foe Black Manta kidnapped and murdered Orin’s son, causing a rift between Orin and his wife. Mera had been driven insane by grief and was soon committed to an asylum in Poseidonis [a part of Atlantis]. Shortly afterwards, an alien force conquered Atlantis. Arthur was forced to save the day, and in the process was hampered by an escaped Mera who blamed Arthur for the death of their son. In a fit of rage, Mera left Aquaman's dimension. After Atlantis was freed, Arthur knew he had to remain in Atlantis, and thus he resigned from the Justice League. For a time, he served as Atlantis's representative to the United Nations, but always found himself thrust back into the superhero role.

Becoming more and more of a workaholic and solitary figure, Aquaman eventually returned to the oceans. He soon became tangled up in Black Manta's latest attempt at destroying Atlantis by dragging it into a war with a surface nation. In the aftermath of the war, Arthur received the Atlantis Chronicles, thus learning all about the history of his people and discovering that Ocean Master was really his half-brother, Orm. With all the chaos in his life, Arthur fell into a bout of severe depression. He became deeply depressed and distancing himself from Garth and his people and having no real interest in Atlantis or superheroics.

Called back into action

New look

Orin soon after fitted a harpoon to relace his missing hand, which led to an entirely new look, discarding his classic orange shirt for a more gladiator look a silver piece of armor that only covered the upper right half of his chest and part of his right arm, while growing long hair and a scraggly beard. Aquaman was also joined by Dolphin after Aqualad disappeared on a solo mission. Early on, Aquaman learned he had an illegitimate son named Koryak upon a visit up north. Aquaman fended off an attack by some villains from Apokolips. Koryak joined his father and returned with him to Atlantis. Aquaman's harpoon was soon destroyed in a battle, so Orin had it replaced with a cybernetic replacement from S.T.A.R. Labs. This new harpoon had a retractable reel that he could fully control.

Uniting the lost cities of Atlantis

After the king of Poseidonis was killed in one of a series of earthquakes, Koryak managed to convince the population to follow him on an exodus from the city. Aquaman returned to the empty city with Dolphin and they enjoyed a passionate night, unfortunately for Arthur, Mera returned and walked in on the two, Mera was briefly amnesic to her recent whereabouts and still various with Arthur. Orin and Dolphin pursued her to a nearby trench, where they were pulled into a parallel dimension by Thanatos. The alien/demonic beings who ruled that dimension pitted Thanatos against Aquaman. When Orin defeated Thanatos but refused to kill him, it was decreed that he must remain until he was sufficiently evil and that Thanatos would be freed to come to Earth. Thanatos expected to find a kingdom to rule, but instead arrived to an empty city. Posing as Orin, he declared war on the surface world only to be unexpectedly killed by a massive earthquake. Orin learned that Mera had been living in this other dimension for about nine years in its time (about one year in the real world) and that she had a son exactly nine months after arriving. The son, A.J., could have been either Arthur's or Thanatos's, since she was under his complete domination at the time. Orin managed to contact his father, Atlan, who came to his son’s aid and used his magic to release Orin and his friends back onto Earth.

Unfortunately, given the difference in time between the two worlds and that A.J. was a native of the other universe, he began to age rapidly. To save his life, Mera took him back through the portal. Orin and Dolphin discovered they were beneath Poseidonis and that the entire domed city rest on top of an enormous, skull shaped spacecraft. The sentient starcraft was pulling itself up from the ocean floor, which had been the source of the recent earthquakes. It finally managed to break through, coming to a stop with Poseidonis resting just above the ocean surface.

Orin manged forged a psychic link to the sentient starship, began to have more more of an idea about what was coming. He sensed that there was an impending alien invasion. Aquaman decided he had to seek out the five lost cities of Atlantis and join them with Poseidonis and Tritonis. Orin is confronted before he can begin by the JLA who are seeking a declaration for Thanatos’s declaration of war. Aquaman abruptly turns them away. Orin recruited the city of Hy-Brasil without too much trouble. Unfortunately, Aquaman and Dolphin encountered Ocean Master at one of the other cities, a city that was destroyed in the subsequent battle. Also during the battle, Garth returns from his training with Atlan in another dimension and was now a extreamly powerful mage he also changed his name to Tempest. Aquaman then recruits the cities of Thiena Na Oge and the floating city of Basilia. Orin also recruit his father  Atlan to their cause and head for Tritonis all while the aliens (known as the Hunter/Gatherers) turn up in Washington D.C. under the guise of seeking peaceful relations.

Aquaman finds Tritonis in ruins--Koryak and Vulko had led the people of Poseidonis into the forbidden tunnels beneath the city and awakened Kordax from antiquity. Kordax, using his mind control power to forced Koryak and the Poseidonis citizens to attack their relatives in Tritonis, maiming or killing much of the population. Orin helped the Tritonis people out before rallying all of his allies for the final confrontation: his father Atlan, The Guardian of Hy-Brasil, Arion, his former sidekick and close friend Tempest, Tsunami, Nuada, Dolphin, the Sea Devils, Power Girl (at this time still thought to be a descendant of Atlantis), Spought the Guardian of Basilia and his half sister Deep Blue. Orin leads the others to Washington D.C. by flying the skull ship straight to the capital. A major battle ensues inside the White House with Orin and allies battling against Kordax, Tiamat, and Koryak (still under Kordax's control). Kordax kills himself in the battle when he cannot defeat Orin. Basilia is destroyed in the fighting that happens there. The Hunter/Gatherers leave the Earth without any further destruction. Orin leads his small army to victory further proofing his leadership skills.


Arthur Joeseph Curry

Arthur Joseph Curry was delivered prematurely when his mother, Elaine, died of complications. His father, an oceanobiologist, Dr. Philip Curry, did all that he could to save the baby, and injected him with a mutagenic serum that would allow him to breathe underwater.

The serum gave him gills, and he can only stay out of water for short periods of time. So it was that he lived his life in the main tank of his father's research facility at Avalon Cay. 

Aquaman was the first character in DC Comics History to get married when he married Mera.

Infinite Crisis

During "Infinite Crisis", Arthur was being kept at his home, the laboratory where his father worked. Storms created by the Spectre during his attack on Atlantis caused the lab to be destroyed, along with the tank that Arthur was kept in. Arthur's father was found dead a year later.

One Year Later

Arthur Joseph Curry had his first comic book appearance in May of 2006 in Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #40 (#39 was merely under the Aquaman title). It was marked with the "One Year Later" stamp as it was part of the storyline. It began with Arthur swimming downward, and eventually hearing a voice asking him his name. The voice mistakes him for Aquaman because their first and last names are the same.

The voice directs him to a large battle between King Shark, and many other sea creatures. The voice tells him to help King Shark, and the two of them hold off the sea creatures until more sharks arrive. At this point, King Shark grabs Arthur, and then, the voice leads them to itself (the voice gives them his location).

It is revealed to be a creature known as the, "Dweller In The Depths". It gives Arthur a set of armor that is similar to that of the original Aquaman (orange shirt, green pants)(because Arthur's current outfit consists of a pair of shorts). The armor also includes a sword.

Arthur soon meets many of the original Aquaman's allies or supporting characters. This includes Mera, Vulko, the Sea Devils and Ocean Master. It is during this journey of Arthur's that the Dweller of the Depths realizes he is the original Aquaman, but his memories of that time have been lost.

Arthur then proceeds to meet a humanoid squid, Topo, who seeks to become a sidekick. He also finds an amnesiac Tempest. Tempest is no longer able to breathe underwater and through hypnosis warns of a battle yet to come.

And when it comes the Dweller of the Depths (Orin) is believed to be killed, though the Justice League wonders if his magical nature would allow him to resurrect himself or if he is truly dead.

However, the Lady of the Lake explains his origins to him. It seems that the original Aquaman gave a sample of his water hand to Dr. Philip Curry so that the man could resurrect his dead son (Arthur Joseph Curry), who he named after Orin.

But when Orin tried to resurrect Sub Diego, part of his soul bonded with the dead Arthur Joseph Curry and his body mutated into the Dweller of the Depths.

So Arthur Curry blamed himself for the death of Orin and decided he would no longer be known as Arthur Curry, rather he would be Joseph.

Batman considered Joseph to be a potential member of his new Outsiders but he decides against this after he is seen in action with Metamorpho.

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