User:Leader Vladimir/Arthur Curry (Prime Earth)

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 * PageTitle              = Orin (New Earth)
 * Theme                  = Aquaman
 * Image                  = Aquaman 0003.jpg
 * RealName               = Arthur Curry
 * CurrentAlias           = Aquaman
 * Aliases                =
 * Identity               = Public
 * Alignment              = Good
 * AlienRace              = Atlantean
 * Affiliation            = Justice League, Aquaman Family, Atlantean Royal Family
 * Relatives              = Orm (half-brother), Atlanna (mother), Tom Curry (father)
 * Universe               = Prime Earth
 * BaseOfOperations       = Atlantean Royal Palace; Poseidonis, Atlantis


 * Gender                 = Male
 * Height                 = 6'1"
 * Weight                 = 325 lbs
 * Eyes                   = Blue
 * Hair                   = Blond
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 * Citizenship            = Atlantean
 * MaritalStatus          = Married
 * Occupation             = Monarch
 * Education              =


 * Origin                 =
 * PlaceOfBirth           = Poseidonis, Atlantis
 * Creators               = Mort Weisinger; Paul Norris
 * First                  = More Fun Comics #73


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 * HistoryText            = Aquaman is the telepathic ruler of Atlantis and the Earth's oceans, an Atlantean with incredible strength and speed as well as the ability to command all sea-life. His unique physiology allows him to survive on land and at the ocean's greatest depths of pressure and temperature. Born Arthur Curry, he is the son of human lighthouse keeper Tom Curry and exiled Atlantean Queen Atlanna. As he struggles to live between his Atlantean birthright and his human upbringing, Aquaman is a noble defender of both sea and land. He is a founding member of the Justice League of America.

Origins
Arthur Curry was born to human lighthouse keeper Tom Curry and Atlantean queen Atlanna. Shortly after Arthur was conceived, Atlanna was imprisoned for travelling to the surface world, a great crime in Atlantis. Atlanna escaped almost a term and Arthur was born just off the coast. As the queen's son, Arthur had the birthright to the throne of Atlantis. Later, Atlanna was killed in Atlantis and Tom raised Arthur by himself.

As Arthur grew, he discovered he had the ability to control sea life. Tom revealed his origin to Arthur and asked Stephen Shin, a marine biologist, for help in teaching Arthur how to control his powers. As Arthur became an adult, Shin wanted to reveal Arthur's origin to the world to save his career, but Tom would not let him. Desperate, Shin hired a treasure hunter known as Black Manta, who came into conflict with Arthur. Tom attempted to stop a fight between the two but suffered a heart attack. At the hospital, Tom asked Arthur to find his mother and tell her he never stopped loving her. After three days, Tom died. Angry, Arthur attacked Manta's ship and tried to kill him but accidentally killed Manta's father. Since then, Arthur and Manta had been locked in a cycle of vengeance.

Later, Shin revealed Arthur's secret to the world. As reporters surrounded Aquaman's home, he jumped into the sea and eventually found his way to Norway, where he met Vulko, who revealed Arthur's birthright as king of Atlantis. Vulko also said Arthur had a half-brother, Orm, who was the current king of Atlantis. Then, he takes Arthur to an armory that contains a trident belonging to the Dead King, the first king of Atlantis. Vulko tells Arthur that he must protect the relics of Atlantis.

The Others
As time passed, Arthur became acquainted to five different people: Ya'Wara, the Operative, Kahina, the Prisoner-of-War and Vostok-X. The six were known as the Others, a secret group dedicated to protecting the relics and finding Black Manta.

Justice League
As time passed, the Others went separate ways and Arthur decided to become a superhero, becoming known as "Aquaman". He also became one of the founding members of the Justice League. Aquaman met Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern and Victor Stone (Prime Earth), who were investigating the appearance of Parademons across the world. The leader of the Parademons, Darkseid arrived to take over Earth. The seven heroes work together and manage to defeat Darkseid. Acknowledged by the world, the heroes decide to join forces, marking the beginning of the Justice League.

The Trench


Aquaman begins protecting Boston, where he quickly develops a more positive reputation than his negative public image. He decides to completely abandon Atlantis, choosing instead to pursue a life on land with Mera. The city is attacked by a carnivorous underwater species called The Trench and they fight off the invasion. Many humans are taken captive during the slaughter. His former mentor Stephen Shin is the only man who can help discover their whereabouts, and they visit him for guidance despite Shin having tried to kill Arthur. Descending into the Marianas Trench, they discover the predators dying out and desperately trying to feed their children in the remnants of an Atlantean craft. They save the captives, and Aquaman reluctantly causes the Trench's extinction to prevent further loss of human life. One of the creatures saved is a homeless dog who they decide to take in, calling him Aquadog. The Navy discovers an ancient black box aboard the craft, and Atlantean soldiers assault their base to take it back. Aquaman strands himself in the desert taking their aircraft down during the escape, and receives a centuries-old warning from the device before getting rescued.

Return of the Others
Later, Aquaman and Mera visit Shin once more to ask him about who sank Atlantis, when suddenly, Ya'Wara, an old friend of Aquaman's, attacks Shin. Mera stops her, and Aquaman prevents Mera and Ya'Wara from fighting each other. Ya'Wara tells Aquaman that Kahina has been killed by Black Manta, who has taken one of the seals of Atlantis.

Aquaman and Ya'Wara teleport to Brazil, where they find Kahina's corpse. They discover that Manta has stolen the Seal of Clarity, one of the Atlantean relics. Aquaman and Ya'Wara decide to warn the Others, but they are suddenly attacked by Manta's henchmen. After defeating Manta's hunters, Aquaman and Ya'Wara teleport to Germany, where Another, the Prisoner-of-War, is located. Manta wants to obtain the Prisoner's manacles, which also are Atlantean relics. After a small chase, Aquaman encounters Manta. As Aquaman meets up with Ya'Wara and the Prisoner, Manta steals Ya'Wara's necklace and escapes.

The Others are reunited in the Operative's plane, the Living Room, where the Operative informs them that Manta is planning to steal the seventh relic, the scepter of the Dead King. The Others travel to the Dead King's tomb to stop Manta. Aquaman, Mera and the Others fight Manta and his forces, who have kidnapped Dr. Shin. Vostok dies protecting Aquaman from Manta's attack. Aquaman and his allies track Manta down as he is delivering the scepter to an Atlantean stranger. Although Aquaman defeats Manta, the stranger escapes with the scepter.

Personality

 * Powers                 =
 * Atlantean Biological Adaptation: The Atlanteans are an offshoot of humanity that is biologically adapted to the deep ocean environment. For most Atlanteans, this means that can breathe underwater, endure the pressures of the deep (among other adaptations), and can only spend a very limited time out of water. He also possesses superhuman levels of strength, speed, endurance and durability, all by-products of his body being adapted to survive unprotected in the tremendous pressures of the ocean depths. Although other Atlanteans possess similar adaptations, Aquaman's royal lineage makes him a super-Atlantean as well as super-human, and as such he has greater physical capabilities than does a typical Atlantean.
 * Amphibious Nature: Aquaman, as an Atlantean, can breath underwater and on land. He can be immersed indefinitely without suffering any ill effects but being super-Atlantean due to his royal lineage, he can survive on land longer than an average Atlantean. This length can be extended by the humidity in the atmosphere but eventually prolonged dehydration will weaken him thus he must return to aquatic enviroment at various period.
 * Enhanced Sight: His ability to see in the murky depths of the ocean allows him exceptional night vision while on land. He has claimed that his eyes are adapted to see at 6,000 fathoms (or 36,000 feet below the surface of the water).
 * Enhanced Hearing: several times more acute than human capacity.
 * Enhanced Smell: several times more acute than human capacity.
 * Superhuman Strength: Aquaman possesses superhuman strength on the order of 150 times human maximum, but his strength is always underrated, considering the company that he keeps. His strength is more than a match for most barriers such as wood, metals, brick or concrete walls. Only extremely durable metal reinforced barriers, have any chance of slowing him for any length of time. Aquaman frequently displays feats of Super-Atlantean (the average Atlantean can lift/press approximately 2 tons) and Superhuman strength. While not on par with Superman, he has proven capable of performing standing high jumps of 4 stories (both on land and from water), lifting and throwing a tank (at least 25 tons), and even managed to hold out for an incredible length of time against Wonder Woman in combat. His strength would appear somewhat dependent on how hydrated he is as he was capable of lifting a considerable chunk of a city block in Sub-Diego, and has proven capable of shifting an oil rig platform which would weigh thousands of tons as well.
 * Superhuman Endurance: Aquaman possesses strength and stamina that allows him to swim up to 150 mph for at least a 4 hour period without significant breaks for rest or recuperation.
 * Superhuman Durability: Aquaman's enhanced physiology enables him to withstand impacts that would kill and ordinary human, and critically injure an average Atlantean. He has been seen in ocean depths as deep as 20,000 feet (3.79 miles) below the surface of the water.It seems that Aquaman has been able to travel as deep as 36,000 feet (6.82 miles) considering that he claims that his eyes have been adapted to see at that depth. He is not completely durable against large fire arms, but is able to take a direct hit by small arms fire without incapacitation. Regular bullets are shown to make him bleed but otherwise glance off his thick skin.
 * Energy-Heat Resistance: Aquaman is extremely resistant to energy/heat based attacks as he has with stood multiple blasts from Amazo's heat vision, Black Manta's heat beams, and energy blasts from an OMAC.
 * Superhuman Speed: Aquaman's regular speed is approximately 100mph swimming underwater, although slightly less on the surface. In times of distress this has shown to drastically increase, and he has reached 1,000 knots.
 * Superhuman Reflexes: While no speedster, Aquaman's reflexes are superior to even near metahumans such as Deathstroke the Terminator, and his reflexes are on the order of 12-15 times faster than a normal human. Aquaman is probably the greatest swimmer in the world.




 * Marine Telepathy: Aquaman has the ability to communicate directly with sea life and has done so throughout most of his life. Lately he possesses a greater range of control that can actually force sea creatures to obey his whims. Currently, he requests their assistance and they comply. He has chosen to continue to request since, if he forces them to comply, they will ultimately lose respect for him. He now also has access to a quantum field phenomenon called "the Clear". "The Clear" quantum phenomenon has been observed with the subject called the Swamp Thing who called it the Green or the Morphogenic Field of Animal Man (also called the Red). Aquaman is also an accomplished telepath in general and can perform such telepathic feats as mind to mind communication, mind probes, mental domination of a non-aquatic mind, and mental attacks. The potency of such mental domination is unclear but he has been seen to use his powers to great effect against the White Martians and Doctor Polaris.
 * Access to the Clear: Aquaman has the ability to sense the primal emotions of aquatic creatures through "The Clear". The Clear seems to function as a universal consciousness of all sea life. Via it he can communicate or command sea life on the other side of the planet. He can see what they see and much more what he is only beginning to realize. He can also push his telepathic powers to reach out to the higher land creatures to find that element of their brains that was once an aquatic dwelling creature. This may account for Aquaman's facility with language.


 * Superhuman Equilibrium
 * Sorcery (formerly) : His mutation into the Dweller of the Deep through a bargain with ancient sea gods gave him untold amounts of powerful ancient magics.


 * Abilities              =
 * Master Swimmer: Aquaman is a master swimmer. Perhaps the greatest there is.
 * Expert Combatant: Aquaman excels at hand-to-hand combat and overall martial ability.
 * Expert Tactician: He has an advanced strategic sense, and has natural leadership qualities.
 * Accomplished Diplomat: His natural autocratic nature does not suit him well in environments where democracy is an issue but Orin is a natural commander and his ability has served him well in the protection of Posidonis.

An approximation of Aquaman's strength would put his lifting/pressing capacity of at least over 60 tons while on land, depending on how long he has been out of water. While hydrated sufficiently, Aquaman has twice proven capable of lifting weights in excess of 10,000 tons.
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 * Water Deprivation: Aquaman must return to water after a period of time or he will weaken.


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 * Trident of Neptune


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