History Characters / AquamanSupportingCast

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Feels like this every time he's around Arthur but only pronounces itself the most during the Waterbearer saga. Once when AC undid a astral projection spell he cast and again when his magic couldn't touch The Thirst, who is immune to it due to being of the secret sea.

* BroughtDownToNormal: Inverted, a spell cast by Hagen to spite Arthur and Co, turned her gills into lungs, making her surroundings inhospitable to her.

* UnstoppableRage: To put it lightly, Mera is nowhere near as patient as her husband. Though she learns some restraint, she's still the more easily angered of the two.
** To the point that she became a deputized [[Characters/GLRedLanternCorps Red Lantern]]!

* {{Xenafication}}: In the early years, she was a frequent DamselInDistress despite her skills. She slowly became more competent and violent over the years until Blackest Night cemented her ascension.

Post-Flashpoint, Garth is an Atlantean warrior and former superhero known as Aqualad. He was a member of the original Teen Titans before an event caused the world to forget about his team and his mentorship under Aquaman. He has since reappeared, using the name Tempest, and is a high-ranking Atlantean warrior who works to remember his lost past.

* GirlNextDoor: Tula began as this to Garth as she grew up froma gawky pree-teen into a stunning young woman.

* AdaptationalBadass: The original Tula, aka Aquagirl, wasn't weak per se, but had the water dependency typical of Atlanteans pre-Flashpoint, and was ultimately killed during ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths. Here, she's captain of the Atlantean black ops team The Drift, and is more than capable of holding her own on land or sea.

Post-Flashpoint, Garth is an Atlantean warrior and former superhero known as Aqualad. He was a member of the original Teen Titans before an event caused the world to forget about his team. He has since reappeared, using the name Tempest, and is a high-ranking Atlantean warrior. While he obeys his king, he's never acted as Aquaman's sidekick.

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'' | ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' | ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' Vol 1 | ''World's Finest'' Vol 1 | ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' Vol 1 | ''Aquaman: The Search for Mera'' | ''Aquaman: Deadly Waters'' | ''ComicBook/DeathOfAPrince'' | ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheTeenTitans'' | ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' | ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' Vol 2 | ''Teen Titans Spotlight'' | ''ComicBook/{{Millenium}}'' | ''ComicBook/TeamTitans''[[superscript:(guest)]] | ''[[ComicBook/Aquaman1994 Aquaman]]'' Vol 5 | ''ComicBook/{{Tempest}}'' | ''ComicBook/TeenTitans1996''[[superscript:(guest)]] | ''JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative'' | ''ComicBook/Titans1999'' | ''Justice Leagues'' (2001) | ''JLA: Black Baptism''[[superscript:(guest)]] | ''[[ComicBook/JLA1997 JLA: The Obsidian Age]]'' | ''ComicBook/TitansYoungJusticeGraduationDay'' | ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' Vol 6 | ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans2003 Teen Titans: Lights Out]]'' | ''Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis'' | ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' | ''Aquaman: Exiled'' | ''Aquaman: Out of Darkness'' | ''ComicBook/TitansHunt2015'' | ''[[ComicBook/TitansRebirth Titans]]'' Vol 3 | ''ComicBook/TheLazarusContract'' | ''Aquaman: Underworld'' | ''ComicBook/DrownedEarth'' | ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'' | ''ComicBook/TeenTitansAcademy'' | ''ComicBook/{{Aquamen}}'' | ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'' | ''ComicBook/WorldsFinestTeenTitans'' | ''ComicBook/Titans2023'' | ''ComicBook/BeastWorld''

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Hasn't been seen or mentioned since ''Sword of Atlantis''.

Pre-Crisis Aquaman and Mera's toddler son, he inherited his mother's hard water powers and saw the best in everyone. Arthur Jr. was infamously killed by Black Manta in the "Death of a Prince" storyline.

The daughter of Arthur and Mera.

* GenderFlip: By accident, some issues referred to the baby as "she" and others "he" before settling on Ceridan being male.

[[folder:Topo]]
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An octopus who occasionally functions as Aquaman's ally, he was initially just a normal octopus before the New 52 made him gigantic.

* FourStarBadass: Topo once led a whole army of sea creatures to rescue Aquaman and was made a "five starfish general" in recognition of his heroism.
* MultiarmedMultitasking: With his eight limbs he can play piano, cook, juggle, and shoot arrows all at once.
* NonHumanSidekick: Along with Ark the seal and Tusky the walrus, Topo was Aquaman's closest sidekick and friend.
* TookALevelInBadass: The New 52 reboot was pretty kind to him. He goes from being a regular octopus to a gargantuan thing that looks like he could give Cthulhu a black eye.
* UpliftedAnimal: Topo was unusually intelligent even by his species' standards and was able to communicate with Aquaman and others through gestures.

[[folder:King Atlan]]
While King Atlan is currently a rogue, in previous Aquaman history he was a legitimately good king of Atlantis, and was even Aquaman's father.

[[folder:Debbie Perkins]]
Aquaman's half-sister on his father's side. She is the daughter of Tsunami.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: She has deep blue skin.
* ColorMotifs: She takes on the superhero titles Deep Blue and Indigo, to fit her skin color.
* SurpriseIncest: Before she learned of her family tie to Arthur, she had taken a romantic interest in him.

%%* RescueRomance: The rescued with Atlanna.

[[folder:Atlanna]]
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->''"You have come a long way to find '''death'''. So commands '''Atlanna'''!"''

The former Queen of Atlantis and mother to both Arthur and Orm. Pre-Crisis, she was an Atlantean scientist and explorer who was exiled from her home for her curiosity about the surface, and fell in love with Tom Curry. She died giving birth to Arthur until a retcon revealed she was in a deathlike coma, after which she became unstable and evil and ultimately died again. Post-Crisis, she instead romanced the mage Atlan, and died in prison without ever meeting Arthur in person. Post-Rebirth, she was swimming one day when she witnessed Tom Curry risk his life to save a boat in need. She saved ''him'', and the two fell in love. She eventually gave birth to Arthur, but had to leave him when he was a child to return to Atlantis. There, she married the Captain of the Atlantean Guard, Orvax and gave birth to Orm. She went missing when Orm was a child and was presumed dead.

* ActionMom: After Arthur finds her, she's become a badass warrior lady.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Pre-Crisis, she was blond. Post-Crisis, she's a brunette. Post-Flashpoint, back to blonde.
* AncientArtifact: She found a relic called the Staff of Storms, which allows her to utilize [[CoolGate the Maelstrom]] to travel from place to place, even to a separate dimension.
%%* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: Atlanna's only means of staving off the entity of her island, if temporarily.%%Is?
%%* BeamSpam: One of the mystical abilities of the magic spear, potent enough to stave off a living volcano.%%What is the ability?
* TheBeastmaster: She has an empathetic rapport with the DireBeast population which lives on her island -- since many of them are [[MixAndMatchCritter odd amalgams]] of land and sea animals, her marine telepathy can connect with them as well.
* BrokenBird: Became one after years as a political pawn and spousal abuse, leading to her killing him and [[FakingTheDead faking her death]] in order to escape Atlantis. It's gotten to the point where she accuses her own son, who she believed to be dead all this time, of lying about his identity. See also HeartbrokenBadass.
* DebtDetester: Saves Arthur only because he saved her from Karaku a moment earlier.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Abandoned Atlantis following years of dissatisfaction with its xenophobia and her abusive husband.
* TheDogBitesBack: Orvax got his after having [[WhosLaughingNow boasted of killing]] her first love and their son.
* DomesticAbuse: The victim of this in her relationship with Orvax.
* EasilyForgiven: She is let off the hook a little too easily for almost killing her son during his visit to her isle who had no intention of fighting her, even saving her life from Karaku, not even apologizing for what she did. She is however consumed by sorrow.
* FakingTheDead: She faked her death in order to escape Atlantis.
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: Her incredibly miserable life as a political bargaining chip caused her to develop a deep-seated hatred for Atlantean culture.
* FreudianExcuse: A [[ArrangedMarriage forced]] betrothal to a plundering [[FantasticRacism human-hating]] derelict who boasts of having [[KickTheDog murdered your first love and young son]] would be excuse enough for anyone.
* GreenThumb: Her abilities extend to the plants and fungi of her island, allowing her to track and trace the movements of whomever or whatever paces across her stomping grounds, useful for [[EnemyScan tracking the locations of intruder and enemy combatants]].
%%* HappilyMarried: With Tom Curry.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Years of having to deal with a [[DecadentCourt decadent and xenophobic]] monarchy with an abusive husband representing its worst impulses caused her to abandon Atlantis and start a new colony, where visitors, at least Atlanteans, are not welcome. This is understandable until you consider she tried killing the one person who came in peace, claiming to be her long lost son, Arthur.
* HeartbrokenBadass: She developed into this after her royal status prevented her from living with Tom and raising their child. Even to this day, long after she axed her [[{{Jerkass}} cruel]] spouse believing he murdered them for sport before having deserted Atlantis, she still carries the sorrow from her lost family.
%%* HopeSpot: After Arthur goes to painstaking lengths proving he is in fact her son.
* IHaveNoSon: She refuses to believe Arthur is her son, because she thinks he's dead.
* MissingMom: She left Arthur to keep him safe.
* OffingTheOffspring: Nearly does this to Arthur, though [[{{Irony}} she is driven by her stubborn belief that Arthur was already killed by Orvax]].
%%* RebelliousPrincess: This is what got her exiled from Atlantis, pre-Crisis.
* RescueRomance: Rescued by Tom Curry, believing she's drowning. Post-Flashpoint, it's her who rescues Tom Curry.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: The mental gifts of Atlantean royalty are passed down from generation to generation; this is how Arthur got his mojo with sea life in the first place.
* {{Telepathy}}: Atlanna is such an accomplished marine telepath that, in addition to mentally commanding and scrying through the sights of her island's native wildlife, she can do this with the plants and fungus growing there as well.
* {{Teleportation}}: The Staff of Storms can remotely activate a global network of transportation relics called the Maelstrom without need of a destination tablet, at least so far for the Pacifica dimension.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Her reaction to her other husband's boasts was less than pleasant.
* UngratefulBastard: None too grateful for Arthur saving her from Karaku. She saves him only to repay the debt. Not too soon after, she [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown prepares to kill an incapacitated Arthur]], only stopped when he proves who he is by his control of sealife.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Phineas Pike]]
Known as the Sea Sleuth, Phineas was the Golden Age Aquaman's only human friend, and was an expert on all marine knowledge in the style of Sherlock Holmes.
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%%[[folder:Mother Shark]]
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%%An ancient sea spirit who takes the form of a giant shark. She guards all memories that come to her.
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Poseidon]]
!!Poseidon
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Greek god of the oceans, and a patron deity of Atlantis.

To learn more, see his folder [[Characters/WonderWomanGods here]].

[[folder:Sea Gods of the World]]
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A group of ancient sea gods hiding from their mother Namma. An amnesiac Aquaman comes into their ocean region, Unspoken Water, and they care for him and heal him. He helps them stand against Namma, and they restore his memory. From then onwards, they are staunch allies.

* AllMythsAreTrue: They are all sea deities of various regions, who hail from the same parents.
* AntagonisticOffspring: To Namma. [[spoiler: They also killed off their father, the original sea god, though he came back and forgave them for it.]]
* BeastMan: Tangaroa stands out as being a humanoid whale.
* TheCavalry: Become this for Arthur.
* CrossoverCosmology: All the gods come from various regions:
** Chalchiuhtlicue and Tlaloc (Wee and Loc) are Aztec water gods.
** Kumungwe (Ku) hails from the Pacific Northwest Coast indigenous regions.
** Amanikable is from the Tagalog people of the Philippines.
** Varuna is a Hindu water god.
** Repun (Repu) is from the Ainu people of Japan.
** Manannan mac Lir (Mac) is an Irish water god.
** Atabey comes from the Taino people of the Caribbean.
** Master Agwe is a Haitian Voodoo water god.
** Tangaroa (Tang) is a Maori sea god.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Seeing Arthur fight Namma for them, they join the fight and get absorbed into Namma’s body. She spits them back out at the end of the fight.]]
* IncestSubtext: Chalchiuhtlicue and Tlaloc are married… but are also brother and sister. Nobody mentions it though.
* TheMedic: Kumungwe does healing as a major skill.
* PalsWithJesus: They are incredibly ancient deities (even if they have lost a great deal of power) and are perfectly happy getting along with Arthur and his family.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Caille]]
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A member of the Sea Gods, she gets her own folder as being more distinct and having a closer history with Arthur.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Her skin is sea/sky blue, though she can shift it to a normal skin tone.
* HornedHumanoid: Has some prominent horns.
* IronicName: She was named after the Cailleach, a Scottish water deity who represents an old lady. She herself is not a hag at all. Somewhat subverted as in Irish “cailin” means “young woman” or “girl”.
* LadyinRed: She tends to dress in red.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: She was meant to be used by Mother Namma to destroy the Sea Gods. Aquaman convinces her she can do better with her abilities if she chooses to.]]

[[folder:Delilah Inaego]]
Lucia Hyde's daughter by her ex-husband Ellec and Jackson Hyde's half-sister. Lucia never told Jackson about her until Delilah came to the surface to enlist him into Xebel's underground resistance.

* AntiHero
* BadassNormal: She doesn't have hydrokinesis like Jackson and Lucia.
* CainAndAbel: Subverted, in her first appearances she attacks and mocks Jackson but only so he will [[TeachHimAnger get angry]] and stop holding back, because she wants him to unleash his full potential. She's actually very excited to finally meet him and really wants a sibling relationship with him.
* ChainmailBikini: Subverted, she wears a full suit of PoweredArmor that covers her from head to toe and isn't remotely sexual. It isn't even shaped to her figure like most depictions of female armour.
* CoolBigSis: She really tries to be this to Jackson, but he ends up pushing her away.
* DaddysGirl: She loved her father Ellec and misses him deeply.
* {{Foil}}: To Orm, they're both the maternal half-siblings of a hero who uses the name Aquaman, but are otherwise mirror images. She's a black woman, Orm is a white man. She's Jackson's older sister, Orm is Arthur's younger brother. She reveres her dead father, while Orm hates his. Arthur and Orm started out as friends but became enemies, meanwhile Jackson starts out hostile to Delilah she really tries to build bridges with him.
* LongLostRelative: She's Jackson's older half-sister and he didn't know about her until she revealed herself.
* MissingMom: Lucia left her and her father when she was a child.
* PatrioticFervor: She loves Xebel, even if it doesn't love her.
* SamusIsAGirl: Her armour gives her a male silhouette, so readers and characters in-universe assumed she was a man until she took her helmet off.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: PlayedWith. She's extreme compared to Jackson, but much less extreme than the rest of the Xebelian Liberation Front.
* WickedStepmother: ZigZagged. Her stepmother, Meeka, is a villain but was always nice to Delilah, and Delilah thought of her as her real mother since Lucia abandoned her. Even after Delilah learns Meeka is evil she still loves her.
%%zce* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters

[[folder:Quisp/Qwsp]]
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->''""-Tee hee- Sorry -- but I couldn’t resist using my powers to play some pranks ! -Tee hee-"''

* ArcWelding: Later stories show that Qwsp is an imp from the Fifth Dimension of ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s enemy Mister Mxyzptlk.
* BadassBoast: "I can wear your laws of physics like a funny-paper hat!"
* DarkerAndEdgier: Followed the same suit as Aquaman in the 90's [[InvokedTrope on purpose]].
* EvilTwin: In the 1960's, he had a pair of nasty brothers who appeared once or twice.
* GreatGazoo: Just like Mister Mxyzpltk.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: His ''modus operandi'' in later stories is fomenting wars in the Fifth Dimension that spill over onto Earth.
* SadisticChoice: Once he decides it would be fun to go Darker and Edgier like Aquaman, he demands that one of Earth's heroes sacrifice themselves as a condition of ending his rampage.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Koryak]]
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Aquaman's illegitimate son by the Inuit woman Kako, Koryak possesses the power to control water, and a whole host of parental issues. When his mother is apparently killed by the Deep Six, he allies with Aquaman to fight them, but later becomes jealous of Arthur's close relationship with Tempest. Responsible for freeing Kordax from his centuries long exile, Koryak temporarily sides with him against his father, is exiled to his village, and then finally aids Aquaman against Anton Geist.

%%* {{Antihero}}: On a good day.
* BastardBastard: Even when he's one of the good guys, Koryak can't let go of his ParentalIssues, and is willing to kill far too readily.
* DaddyIssues: Having a parent who tried to kill you often leaves you with this.
* ExactWords: When Aquaman says that he promised he would let Jaffar of the Deep Six go, Koryak promptly murders the Apokiliptian agent, because he has made no such promise.
%%* GreenEyedMonster: Towards Tempest.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Allies with Aquaman, then Kordax, then aids Atlantis against Geist.
* HotBlooded: Koryak tends to charge in without thinking. This nearly gets him killed against the Deep Six.
* InTheBack: Blows Jaffar apart from behind while he is trying to run away.
* MakingASplash: Controls water, using it to form hard projectiles.
* RetGone: He disappeared after the New 52 reset.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: No shirt needed here.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lagoon Boy]]
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An amphibious humanoid who was allowed into Atlantis by Aquaman as part of his attempt to make Atlantis more open to outsiders. Became a member of the temporary "New Young Justice" team and teamed up with the normal Young Justice as a reserve member after. Following the disbanding of Young Justice he was recruited into Titans East.

* AdaptationalJerkass: He shows up in the Animated Series with the team's name where he is a jerk.
* AmphibianAtLarge: He's an amphibian humanoid.
* TheBeastmaster: He's shown the ability to command humpback whales.
* BlowThatHorn: Lagoon Boy has a conch horn that allows him to summon Spotty, a monstrous animal from an undersea trench called the ''Devil's Deep''.
* {{Expy}}: Lagoon Boy is based on the ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon''.
* FishOutOfWater: While he is fascinated by the surface his knowledge of it comes from TV so he is always interested in how the real thing differs.
* FishPeople: He's a scaled green fish boy.
* MonochromaticEyes: Red ones.
* NiceGuy: He's still learning and makes mistakes but he's a nice guy who is fascinated by life on the surface.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Can expand like a puffer fish.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: He can talk to fish. This allows him to at one point in ''[[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Robin]]'' befriend a [[OurMonstersAreDifferent monster fish]] whose mate tried to feed Robin to its offspring.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He doesn't seem to own any shirts.

[[folder:Silverarm (Nuada Silverhand)]]
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The King of the Atlantean city of Thierna Na Oge, Nuada lost her arm when her sister Bres, deposed her and siezed the throne for herself, and gained a new, cybernetic arm instead. Imprisoned in the city's dungeons, Nuada aided a visiting Aquaman, also imprisoned by Bres, in escaping the city and defeating his brother, Ocean Master, before returning home and regaining her own throne from Bres. She has been his ally since.

%%* ActionGirl: Pre and Post-Crisis alike.
* AnArmAndALeg: Lost her arm when Bres tried to feed her to a monster.
* CainAndAbel: With her sister Bres, resulting in her crippling Pre-Crisis and the latter's death during the Post-Crisis timeline.
* DistaffCounterpart: She has a lot in common with Aquaman, right down to her rivalry with Bres, which mimics his problems with Ocean Master. Post-Crisis the similarities only became stronger, courtesy of his loss of his hand; during her Post-Crisis return to continuity the narration invokes their similarities, stating that she and Bres are the Yin to Aquaman and Ocean Master's Yang.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Averted for once. Nuada is a very good queen, and a staunch ally to Aquaman.
* HotWitch: A very powerful, and very attractive, sorceress.
* LadyOfWar: Refined, intelligent, and very dangerous.
* MetaGuy: When Aquaman and Nuada meet in the Post-Crisis world, she hints that she still remembers their meeting during the pre-Crisis timeline.
* PublicDomainCharacter: She and Bres are named after a pair of (male) characters in Celtic mythology.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After removing Bres from power.
* {{Seers}}: Nuada can see the past and future, and even timelines that no longer exist.
* SheIsTheKing: The ruling monarch of Thierna Na Oge is commonly referred to as "King" regardless of their gender.

[[folder:Lady of the Lake]]
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A kindly benefactor who guards the [[MagicalLand Secret Sea]] along with her mystic sea nymph hand maidens who wait on her as well as doting seafarers who've passed on the oceans as servants and occasional concubines. [[Myth/TheLadyOfTheLake Having had ties]] to Myth/ArthurianLegend, she aided then disposed king of the seas; Orin of Atlantis when his own people left him for dead and after [[NebulousEvilOrganisation a mystic cabal]] enchants the sea life against him, making Arthur her champion by gifting him with her particular seas power.

* AmplifierArtifact: Gives AC the Waterbearer Hand which now empowers him through her.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of lakes.
%%* BackgroundMagicField: She has this when Aquaman meets her.%%Has what?
* ButterflyOfDoom: Orin's waterhand [[spoiler: or its misuse thereof]] is considered this.
* ContentWarning: Gave one to Arthur about The Waterbearers usage.
%%* CosmicKeystone: Seems to happen when something happens to her.%%What does?
* ElementalEmbodiment: Of water.
* EmpoweringLakeLady: TropeCodifier, based on the original Lady of The Lake no less.
* FisherQueen: She along with her sister oceanic figureheads represent the health state of the world's seven seas. Her evil counterpart The Thirst is a very direct threat to both her and the well being of the world as a whole due to his drought inducing vampiric tendencies.
* FunctionalMagic: The sea itself is a wellspring of arcane power and she physically embodies that power.
* InnocentBlueEyes: She literally has crystal clear blue eyes.
%%* LivingBattery: She's this for Aquaman's arm.%%How?
%%* MagicalGuardian: To Aquaman.
* MakingASplash: She has extreme control over water.
* OurSpiritsAreDifferent: She's the the guardian spirit of life-giving oceans powered by dreams.
%%* MadeOfMagic: Particularly of magic water.
* MagicalAccessory: Played with; A leg brace she enchanted and gave to Arthur which forms his water hand.
* NatureSpirit: One of water, the oceans and collective idea/visualization.
%%* PlaceOfPower: Her domain, the Secret Sea.%%Is an example how?
%%* {{Stripperiffic}}:

[[folder:Topo II]]
A young Coleoidiform, Topo is an anthromorphic cuttlefish who's eager for adventure, just like in his favorite TV show. He has knowledge of "hatches", portals that form a vast network in the seas. He helped the second Aquaman, Arthur Joseph Curry.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Hasn't been seen or mentioned since ''Sword of Atlantis''.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: He's named after the original Aquaman's octopus sidekick.
* PluckyComicRelief: His main function was to be funny and provide surprisingly good help in a pinch.

[[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 [[GoneHorriblyRight died during the transformation process.]]

* BodyHorror: His transition into the thing he is was... graphic to say the least.
%%* CombatTentacles: Dozens of these.
%%* ElectricJellyfish: His letmotif given what he was fused with.
* HorrifyingHero: Given how his transformation makes him [[{{Cthulhumanoid}} reminiscent to Cthulhu.]]
* InstantMessengerPigeon: He and Vulko use very rapid messenger jellyfish to communicate between picking of members of the Sorcerer's league.
* TheLabRat: He was one of many to suffer at the hands of the Sorc council's dabbling in techno-mysticism, and one of the few to survive this.
* 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 hierarchy running the show is considered this as well.
* PoisonousPerson: He has poisonous stingers in his tentacles.
%%* ShockAndAwe: He has great electrical powers.%%Like?
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: He just disappear's after The Thirst crisis is averted and the corrupt council is officially dissolved.

[[folder:Cron One-Eye]]
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A shark who once tried to eat Aquaman when Arthur was a child, losing an eye to a sharpened piece of coral. The two met again when Arthur was in his teens and struck up a friendship. Cron's memory is better than those of most of his kind, and he often acts as an interpreter between Aquaman and the other sharks.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Forcibly mutated and brainwashed into serving The Shark at one point. When Aquaman defeated The Shark, Cron returned to his old form and personality.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Cron remembers Arthur taking his eye when they meet up again, but doesn't hold a grudge, and instead treats Arthur with wary respect.
* TheDitz: Sharks, at least in Peter David's run, are universally portrayed as ditzy, forgetful creatures who can't remember five minutes into the past. Somewhat downplayed in the case of Cron, who while retaining the typical shark personality, has a working memory.
* DueToTheDead: Within the confines of shark culture. Cron believes refusing to eat someone who has died would be most disrespectful. When one of Arthur's dolphin friends is killed and Arthur tries to run off the circling sharks, it is Cron who approaches him and asks "are ''you'' going to eat him?" We later meet Cron when he's on deathwatch with a much older shark; when the older shark finally expires it will be Cron's sacred duty to eat him.
* EyeScream: Lost an eye in his first battle with Arthur.
* HumansAreSmelly: Slight variation--it is Cron's considered opinion that humans ''taste'' terrible.
* ThreateningShark: Mostly averted. While he tried to eat Arthur when he was a child, he's generally not interested in eating humans because they taste bad.

[[folder:Tsunami]]
Tsunami, aka Miyu Shimada, was a Japanese-American superhuman who could control water. Though originally a member of the All-Star Squadron, she later had a relationship with King Atlan.

For more on the character, go [[Characters/AllStarSquadron here]]

* SapientCetaceans: She communicates with Arthur telepathically and advises him on matters both underwater and above the waves.

[[folder:Iqula]]
Introduced in ''ComicBook/Aquaman1991''. The prince, later king, of the merpeoples' city of Tritonis, alongside his wife S'Ona. Iqula is a warrior first and foremost and once led his people to help Poseidonis without their consent. After a defeat in battle, he became an uneasy ally to Aquaman, though they're hardly friends.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: His hot temper and stubbornness make him one to Namor the Sub-Mariner, whie S'Ona is equivalent to Lady Dorma as his wife and mediating voice.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: S'Ona brings up her 'curse' and her pendant with a conspicuous letter K on it, with later issues showing she had a connection to Kordax through her blonde hair.
* MightMakesRight: Challenges Aquaman to trial by combat to determine the fate of Poseidonis. After losing, he departed peacefully.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He underestimated Aquaman's physical and mental prowess and was solidly defeated in their first encounter.

[[folder:Dr. Stephen Shin]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stephenshen_profile_aquaman27_006_colorfinal_v1_401x600_masthead.jpg]]

One of Arthur's oldest friends. A marine biologist and former friend of Tom Curry's who taught Arthur how to use his powers. Feeling that Arthur was a great discovery, he told his colleagues, who did not believe him. He convinced Tom to allow him to publicise the fact that Arthur was Atlantean, but Tom reneged on their agreement, and destroyed Shin's lab and all evidence. Shin eventually told the media, and Tom died, Arthur running away from home for years. Dr. Shin was disgraced and lost his only friends.

!Supporting cast

[[folder:Tom Curry]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tom_curry_rebirth.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Rebirth]]
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[[caption-width-right:276:Pre-Flashpoint]]
->''"Part of the test... is not just knowing when to fight, but realizing when a '''fight''' is not worth knowing. And you can always seek help when you need it. Though your aquatelepathy was taken... your friends '''haven't''' forgotten you. '''Trust''' them, when all seems dark."''

Tom Curry was a lighthouse keeper who fell in love and had a child with the Queen of Atlantis, Atlanna, after she saved his life. After she gave birth to Arthur, she was forced to return to Atlantis, and Tom waited every day for her return, while also teaching his son responsibility. He eventually died of a heart attack when Arthur was a teenager.

* DeathByOriginStory: His death, combined with Dr. Shin outing him, starts Arthur on his path to discovering his heritage and becoming Aquaman.
* DisappearedDad: Post-Crisis, Arthur returned to the lighthouse after traveling the oceans to find he's gone.
* GoodParents: Made sure his son learned the value of responsibility and tried his hardest to make sure Arthur was kept safe.
* HappilyMarried: With Atlanna, though he's concern about her keeping her past a secret.
%%* MuggleFosterParents: Post-Crisis.
* MuggleMageRomance: As the muggle in the relationship with Atlanna, he completely lacked understanding of Arthur's abilities and had to ask his friend, Stephen Shin, to help Arthur.
* PapaWolf: When Dr. Shin planned on outing Arthur, Tom went to his lab and wrecked the place, along with every scrap of evidence.
%%* ParentalSubstitute: Post-Crisis to Arthur/Orin.
%%* RescueRomance: The rescued with Atlanna.
* SuddenNameChange: Post-Crisis, his name was changed to Arthur. Post-Infinite Crisis, his name is Tom once again.
* UpbringingMakesTheHero: In ''Flashpoint'', due to him dying earlier, Arthur grew up never learning the values he lives by.

[[folder:Atlanna]]
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->''"You have come a long way to find '''death'''. So commands '''Atlanna'''!"''

The former Queen of Atlantis and mother to both Arthur and Orm. Pre-Crisis, she was an Atlantean scientist and explorer who was exiled from her home for her curiosity about the surface, and fell in love with Tom Curry. She died giving birth to Arthur until a retcon revealed she was in a deathlike coma, after which she became unstable and evil and ultimately died again. Post-Crisis, she instead romanced the mage Atlan, and died in prison without ever meeting Arthur in person. Post-Rebirth, she was swimming one day when she witnessed Tom Curry risk his life to save a boat in need. She saved ''him'', and the two fell in love. She eventually gave birth to Arthur, but had to leave him when he was a child to return to Atlantis. There, she married the Captain of the Atlantean Guard, Orvax and gave birth to Orm. She went missing when Orm was a child and was presumed dead.

* ActionMom: After Arthur finds her, she's become a badass warrior lady.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Pre-Crisis, she was blond. Post-Crisis, she's a brunette. Post-Flashpoint, back to blonde.
* AncientArtifact: She found a relic called the Staff of Storms, which allows her to utilize [[CoolGate the Maelstrom]] to travel from place to place, even to a separate dimension.
%%* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: Atlanna's only means of staving off the entity of her island, if temporarily.%%Is?
%%* BeamSpam: One of the mystical abilities of the magic spear, potent enough to stave off a living volcano.%%What is the ability?
* TheBeastmaster: She has an empathetic rapport with the DireBeast population which lives on her island -- since many of them are [[MixAndMatchCritter odd amalgams]] of land and sea animals, her marine telepathy can connect with them as well.
* BrokenBird: Became one after years as a political pawn and spousal abuse, leading to her killing him and [[FakingTheDead faking her death]] in order to escape Atlantis. It's gotten to the point where she accuses her own son, who she believed to be dead all this time, of lying about his identity. See also HeartbrokenBadass.
* DebtDetester: Saves Arthur only because he saved her from Karaku a moment earlier.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Abandoned Atlantis following years of dissatisfaction with its xenophobia and her abusive husband.
* TheDogBitesBack: Orvax got his after having [[WhosLaughingNow boasted of killing]] her first love and their son.
* DomesticAbuse: The victim of this in her relationship with Orvax.
* EasilyForgiven: She is let off the hook a little too easily for almost killing her son during his visit to her isle who had no intention of fighting her, even saving her life from Karaku, not even apologizing for what she did. She is however consumed by sorrow.
* FakingTheDead: She faked her death in order to escape Atlantis.
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: Her incredibly miserable life as a political bargaining chip caused her to develop a deep-seated hatred for Atlantean culture.
* FreudianExcuse: A [[ArrangedMarriage forced]] betrothal to a plundering [[FantasticRacism human-hating]] derelict who boasts of having [[KickTheDog murdered your first love and young son]] would be excuse enough for anyone.
* GreenThumb: Her abilities extend to the plants and fungi of her island, allowing her to track and trace the movements of whomever or whatever paces across her stomping grounds, useful for [[EnemyScan tracking the locations of intruder and enemy combatants]].
%%* HappilyMarried: With Tom Curry.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Years of having to deal with a [[DecadentCourt decadent and xenophobic]] monarchy with an abusive husband representing its worst impulses caused her to abandon Atlantis and start a new colony, where visitors, at least Atlanteans, are not welcome. This is understandable until you consider she tried killing the one person who came in peace, claiming to be her long lost son, Arthur.
* HeartbrokenBadass: She developed into this after her royal status prevented her from living with Tom and raising their child. Even to this day, long after she axed her [[{{Jerkass}} cruel]] spouse believing he murdered them for sport before having deserted Atlantis, she still carries the sorrow from her lost family.
%%* HopeSpot: After Arthur goes to painstaking lengths proving he is in fact her son.
* IHaveNoSon: She refuses to believe Arthur is her son, because she thinks he's dead.
* MissingMom: She left Arthur to keep him safe.
* OffingTheOffspring: Nearly does this to Arthur, though [[{{Irony}} she is driven by her stubborn belief that Arthur was already killed by Orvax]].
%%* RebelliousPrincess: This is what got her exiled from Atlantis, pre-Crisis.
* RescueRomance: Rescued by Tom Curry, believing she's drowning. Post-Flashpoint, it's her who rescues Tom Curry.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: The mental gifts of Atlantean royalty are passed down from generation to generation; this is how Arthur got his mojo with sea life in the first place.
* {{Telepathy}}: Atlanna is such an accomplished marine telepath that, in addition to mentally commanding and scrying through the sights of her island's native wildlife, she can do this with the plants and fungus growing there as well.
* {{Teleportation}}: The Staff of Storms can remotely activate a global network of transportation relics called the Maelstrom without need of a destination tablet, at least so far for the Pacifica dimension.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Her reaction to her other husband's boasts was less than pleasant.
* UngratefulBastard: None too grateful for Arthur saving her from Karaku. She saves him only to repay the debt. Not too soon after, she [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown prepares to kill an incapacitated Arthur]], only stopped when he proves who he is by his control of sealife.

[[folder:Phineas Pike]]
Known as the Sea Sleuth, Phineas was the Golden Age Aquaman's only human friend, and was an expert on all marine knowledge in the style of Sherlock Holmes.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He made three appearances total before vanishing completely.
* HypercompetentSidekick: His appearances had him do most of the detective work, leaving Aquaman to work as the muscle of the pair.
* IronicFear: Despite his love for the water, he couldn't swim, and attempts by Aquaman to teach him were fruitless.
* OnlyFriend: He was the Golden Age Aquaman's only human friend.
* SherlockHomage: He wore a deerstalker and smoked a pipe just like the popular image of Sherlock Holmes.

[[folder:Calvin "Cal" Durham]]
A former employee of Black Manta, Calvin quit a life of evil and became one of Aquaman's allies.

* TheBusCameBack: Years after the story arc in which he debuted, he became Mayor of Sub Diego.
* HeelFaceTurn: Turned on Manta when he realized the villain was using the ideals of freedom as a cover to kill Aquaman, caring nothing for what he claimed to espouse.

[[folder:Arion]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arion_01_3.png]]

An archmage and previous king of Atlantis, whose sorcery and rule made an impact on the kingdom's history.

To learn more, see his folder [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/Arion here]].

[[folder:Iqula]]
Introduced in ''ComicBook/Aquaman1991''. The prince, later king, of the merpeoples' city of Tritonis, alongside his wife S'Ona. Iqula is a warrior first and foremost and once led his people to help Poseidonis without their consent. After a defeat in battle, he became an uneasy ally to Aquaman, though they're hardly friends.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: His hot temper and stubbornness make him one to Namor the Sub-Mariner, whie S'Ona is equivalent to Lady Dorma as his wife and mediating voice.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: S'Ona brings up her 'curse' and her pendant with a conspicuous letter K on it, with later issues showing she had a connection to Kordax through her blonde hair.
* MightMakesRight: Challenges Aquaman to trial by combat to determine the fate of Poseidonis. After losing, he departed peacefully.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He underestimated Aquaman's physical and mental prowess and was solidly defeated in their first encounter.

[[folder:Dr. Stephen Shin]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stephenshen_profile_aquaman27_006_colorfinal_v1_401x600_masthead.jpg]]

One of Arthur's oldest friends. A marine biologist and former friend of Tom Curry's who taught Arthur how to use his powers. Feeling that Arthur was a great discovery, he told his colleagues, who did not believe him. He convinced Tom to allow him to publicise the fact that Arthur was Atlantean, but Tom reneged on their agreement, and destroyed Shin's lab and all evidence. Shin eventually told the media, and Tom died, Arthur running away from home for years. Dr. Shin was disgraced and lost his only friends.

* AsianAndNerdy: Needless to say. He was even the lonely kind of nerd and admits that Tom and Arthur were his only friends.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Hasn't been seen since Rebirth.
* HeelFaceTurn: Started out a reluctant ally up but eventually became a straight-up ally.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Wanted to be credited with discovering Arthur. He later regretted how he acted. It was later revealed that he wasn't being unreasonable, because Tom ''agreed'' to allow Shin to publicise his findings.
* TheMentor: Taught Arthur how to control his powers.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sent Black Manta after Arthur to get his blood, leading to Tom Curry getting a heart attack, Arthur killing Manta's father, Manta becoming a super villain, and then caused Arthur to run away from home.
* MyGreatestFailure: Causing Arthur to run away from home.
* OnlySaneMan: On the research team he's placed onto after Arthur becomes king. Everyone else is pretty much an idiot or amoral/corrupt.

[[folder:Lucia Hyde]]
Jackson Hyde's mother, a refugee from Mera's homeland Xebel.

* ExpansionPackPast: Jackson's solo series significantly expands her backstory prior to meeting Black Manta. [[spoiler:Including giving her an ex-husband and another child]].
* MakingASplash: Has hydrokinesis like her son.
* MamaBear
* MissingMom: [[spoiler:Abandoned her first child Delilah.]]
* MrsHypothetical: Subverted. She had a brief romance with Black Manta and uses his name, but only because she needed a surname on the surface and "Hyde" was the only one she knew, not because she wishes they were married.
* RebelLeader: [[spoiler:In her youth she lead a rebellion against Xebel's militaristic government]]
* StrongerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:She feigns being meek but is actually a RetiredBadass.]]

[[folder:Karaqan]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/karaqan.jpg]]
->''" My time is not now. My time is '''before'''. My place is '''there'''. The '''original'''. Othermen come to destroy, and I will stop them. I '''always''' stop them."''

The age-old guardian sea beast who once protected Atlantis in the distant past. Serving as the ultimate guardian of the AdvancedAncientAcropolis until it sank beneath the waves by Atlan's hands, waking up almost several thousand years later it would be seen going on a rampage at a populated city in Iceland.

* AttackAnimal: It served as this for the Kings of Atlantis and the domain itself.
%%* BigEater: Implied as it is a giant sea monster.%%Implied how?
%%* BreathWeapon
* ChekhovsBoomerang: Part of its [[BrainUploading grey matter]] is used to create a deadly new enemy for Aquaman to fight.
%%* GuardianEntity
%%* {{Kaiju}}
* LivingRelic: It's a living, breathing piece of Atlantean history, making it incredibly sacred and revered to Arthur's subjects.
* PostHumousCharacter: It's killed off as soon as it makes an appearance but.
%%* TentacleRope

[[folder:Orvax Marius]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/orvax.jpg]]

A former military commander of the Atlantean naval fleet and Atlaana's forced betrothed. He was an abusive husband who would regularly carry out surface dweller sinking raids alongside his forces. Becoming King of Atlantis only served to worsen his frightful demeanor and further estrange himself from his royal bride.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Even among his fellow Atlanteans he made a great deal of enemies.
%%* TheBully
%%* DomesticAbuse: Regularly accosted his wife.%%Meaning what?
%%* FantasticRacism
%%* TheFundamentalist: Stands to reason whom Orm got his mindset from.
* GeneralRipper: He was a captain of Atlantis' marine fleet who regularly abused his family and sank surface-world ships.
%%* KarmicDeath:
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: He believes that humans are an inferior breed to be preyed upon, regularly berates those who he believes to be beneath him, and seemingly takes a sadistic glee in picking on both the former and the latter on a regular basis.
* PosthumousCharacter: He was killed off early on before the story began.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:His constant insulting of his wife while bragging of [[BreakTheCutie having murdered]] her other family did not end well for him.]]
%%* WhoDares: He reacts this way to Atlanna's dissent to his attacking land-made ships.%%What way?

[[folder:Nuidis Vulko]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nuidis_vulko.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Post-Flashpoint]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vulko.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Pre-Flashpoint]]
->''"'''Neptune's Knickers!''' Sorry, Reverend Mother!"''

Pre-Rebirth, Vulko was a noted scientist and trusted advisor of Aquaman and was around to see the previous kings of Atlantis. He acted as interim king on occasion when Arthur abdicated the throne, and often worked to ensure the success of the city and Aquaman himself even when not currently ruling.

Post-Rebirth, Vulko was the advisor to Atlanna, Arthur's mother, but was exiled when he tried to blame her death on Orm. Arthur eventually found him after being outed in being Atlantean by Dr. Shin. He waited his whole life to be found by the true King of Atlantis and took Arthur there. Eventually, Arthur would leave the throne to his brother, leaving Vulko alone.

!!Pre-Flashpoint

* AssholeVictim: While a trusted adviser & confidant before dying in ''Day of Vengeance'' one can't forget he plotted with the other son to steal the throne or personally oversaw Orin's sentencing after escaping the Obsidian Age.
* BigGood: Tends to serve as this during the Silver and Bronze Age stories, often advising Arthur or helping him in his duties.
* BrainUploading: Turns out Vulko died during The Spectre's rampage through Atlantis. Somehow his soul, his very consciousness was uploaded into an Atlantean {{Magitek}} apparatus in order to aid Orin's successor, Arthur Joseph Curry on his adventures.
* CoolOldGuy: Despite his age and weight, he's a competent fighter in a pinch and an expert scientist and diplomat.
* FlatEarthAtheist: He's an Atlantean who doesn't believe in curses or other superstitious. He often argues against them, but [[BeliefMakesYouStupid no one listens to him]].
* TheGoodChancellor: Post-Crisis, after freeing them from the prison and taking the throne, Aquaman appointed him his regent. He was briefly king.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: This is how he felt when Atlantis pushed for Arthur's exile and execution as he carried it out. Subverted when he realizes his grave error in trusting a [[EvilChancellor duplicitous, surface hating sorcerer's word]] over his best friend.
* InternalReformist: When Vulko found that the new regime after the Obsidian Age was built on the foundation of corruption and self gain. He turned to enlist the thought to be failed super soldier experiment to take back the throne of Atlantis from its sorcerous monarchs.
* NobleConfederateSoldier: Once he and the council conspired with AC's illegitimate son to depose him and make Koryak king. Feeling that it was for the good of Atlantis due to Orin's disillusionment with his liege. After that there was personally overseeing and carrying out Orin's summery execution by decree of Atlantean law due to the former's [[TrappedInThePast failed past rescuing]] ended getting the people of Atlantis enslaved by their ancestors. He quickly regretted this though as unscrupulous.
* RegularCaller: Was this to both Arthur's pre & post crisis, Vulko was a dutiful follower of the throne and would always cull to Aquaman in order to retake the throne. Even and especially when after the flat out [[RefusedTheCall refusal]] by the latter, given all that Atlantis put him through [[ProperlyParanoid Arthur had good reason not to]].

!!Post-Flashpoint
* AgeLift: Noticeably younger than his pre-Rebirth self.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: After it's discovered he was [[spoiler: the one behind the war between Atlantis and the US]], most people in Atlantis ''loathe'' him, to the point that one of the guards once tried to take advantage of the confusion during an attack on Atlantis to murder him and blame it on the battle.
* BigBad: Of [[spoiler:''ComicBook/ThroneOfAtlantis'']], being the cause behind the events of the story.
* EvilCounterpart: To Dr. Shin, Arthur's previous mentor.
* TheGoodChancellor: Averted. His actions come off more as him wanting his position back than anything else.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How he justifies his [[spoiler: war crimes]]; he genuinely believed forcing Arthur to take the throne was the best course of action for Atlantis. ''Nobody'', from Arthur to the people of Atlantis, agrees with him.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sort of. He says that Arthur needs to be king because Orm is a bad king... Except Orm is shown to have actually been a pretty ''good'' King until Atlantis was attacked, and his actions after ''that'' are even justifiable and [[spoiler:completely Vulko's fault to begin with]]. This bias can be attributed to Vulko assuming that Orm killed Atlanna, to whom Vulko was very loyal. In actuality, Orm had nothing to do with Atlanna's death, and [[spoiler: she faked her own death]].

[[folder:Murk]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/murk_7.jpg]]
->''"You've got nothing to '''prove'''. Not to '''them'''. Not to the '''world'''. Not to me. You're '''Aquaman''', by the Gods."''

The leader of the Men-of-War, the main army of Atlantis. While initially loyal to Orm, Murk begrudgingly served Arthur after the events of Forever Evil until he joined Rath's side.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Originally an Orm loyalist, after his plan to break Orm out of prison was interrupted by ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' he became a SourSupporter to Arthur. [[spoiler:He joins Rath's coup against Arthur, and impales him with his HookHand, but it's later revealed this was part of a plan to fake Arthur's death. He eventually turns against Rath when he goes too far]].
* HookHand: He has a blade-like hook similar to the one that Arthur had in the 90s in place of his right hand.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's generally unpleasant, xenophobic, and violent, but he has a strong sense of honor and can usually be counted on to do the right thing when the chips are down.
* NobleBigot: He's xenophobic and doesn't trust surface-dwellers, but he's still a very honorable man.
* SourSupporter: He's never converted to Arthur's liberal policies, but serves him loyally regardless [[spoiler:until Rath's coup]].
* TwoFaced: Half of his face is heavily scarred.

[[folder:Mecha Manta]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mecha_manta.jpg]]

A giant robot programmed with the memories and personality traits of Black Manta’s father Jesse Hyde, effectively resurrecting Black Manta’s dad.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Eventually sees that his son is too much of a monster beyond what he remembers, so he abandons him and becomes an ally of Jackson Hyde.]]
* HumongousMecha: Stands several meters tall.
* LosingYourHead: In a battle with Aquaman his whole body is destroyed and left in pieces, with only his head functioning.

%%[[folder:Mother Shark]]
%%[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mother_shark.jpg]]
%%An ancient sea spirit who takes the form of a giant shark. She guards all memories that come to her.
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lernaea]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lernaea.jpg]]

An imprisoned sea spirit who is found and released by Orm, thus becoming his loyal servant.

* HeelFaceTurn: Turns against Orm after she learns what she's being used for.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Was ordered by Orm to kidnap Aquaman’s daughter Andy, and while she did so, the baby went missing (though eventually found by Aquaman), to her horror and guilt. This leads to her HeelFaceTurn.]]
* PunnyName: She is named after a type of aquatic worm.

[[folder:Poseidon]]
!!Poseidon
[[quoteright:262:New 52 Version https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fcacdba900b1d188a576a32efb776443.jpg]]

Greek god of the oceans, and a patron deity of Atlantis.

To learn more, see his folder [[Characters/WonderWomanGods here]].

[[folder:Sea Gods of the World]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sea_gods_of_the_world_001.jpg]]

A group of ancient sea gods hiding from their mother Namma. An amnesiac Aquaman comes into their ocean region, Unspoken Water, and they care for him and heal him. He helps them stand against Namma, and they restore his memory. From then onwards, they are staunch allies.

To learn more, see his folder [[Characters/Arion here]].

[[caption-width-right:262:[[labelnote:Pre-Flashpoint Version:]]quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poseidon_0.jpg]]

[[folder:Iqula]]
Introduced in ''ComicBook/Aquaman1991''. The prince, later king, of the merpeoples' city of Tritonis, alongside his wife S'Ona. Iqula is a warrior first and foremost and once led his people to help Poseidonis without their consent. After a defeat in battle, he became an uneasy ally to Aquaman, though they're hardly friends.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: His hot temper and stubbornness make him one to Namor the Sub-Mariner, whie S'Ona is equivalent to Lady Dorma as his wife and mediating voice.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: S'Ona brings up her 'curse' and her pendant with a conspicuous letter K on it, with later issues showing she had a connection to Kordax through her blonde hair.
* MightMakesRight: Challenges Aquaman to trial by combat to determine the fate of Poseidonis. After losing, he departed peacefully.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He underestimated Aquaman's physical and mental prowess and was solidly defeated in their first encounter.

[[folder:Dr. Stephen Shin]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stephenshen_profile_aquaman27_006_colorfinal_v1_401x600_masthead.jpg]]

One of Arthur's oldest friends. A marine biologist and former friend of Tom Curry's who taught Arthur how to use his powers. Feeling that Arthur was a great discovery, he told his colleagues, who did not believe him. He convinced Tom to allow him to publicise the fact that Arthur was Atlantean, but Tom reneged on their agreement, and destroyed Shin's lab and all evidence. Shin eventually told the media, and Tom died, Arthur running away from home for years. Dr. Shin was disgraced and lost his only friends.

* Expy: Starting with ''Death of a Prince'' and added onto in ''Tempest'', Garth is explicitly based on Lancelot and the plot of ''[[Literature/LancelotTheKnightOfTheCart The Knight of the Cart]]''. At the point of the publication of ''Death of a Prince'' (October 1974 - September 1978), [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/0133925b1e6c78dac0d40dc8511f3794/332eacefcbcb1215-e8/s640x960/1359d28948bf426126bb407045b8d87c059930e2.pnj Garth had yet to be named]] (Garth would only get named in Tales of the Teen Titans #45 in August 1984), similar to the beginning of ''The Knight of the Cart'' [[note]]"They call him only the valiant Warrior of the Lake, and nothing more than this, '''for he is nameless'', though I do not know why."[[/note]]

[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Garth's DCYou design:]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/garth_prime_earth_0001.jpg]][[/labelnote]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Garth as a Black Lantern:]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d0adc6dd7b56be3fc43d8c9451b18035.jpg]][[/labelnote]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Garth's initial Tempest design:]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9781401280482.jpg]][[/labelnote]]

* Expy: Starting with ''Death of a Prince'' and added onto in ''Tempest'', Garth is explicitly based on Lancelot and the plot of ''[[Literature/LancelotTheKnightOfTheCart The Knight of the Cart]]''. At the point of the publication of ''Death of a Prince'' (October 1974 - September 1978), [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/0133925b1e6c78dac0d40dc8511f3794/332eacefcbcb1215-e8/s640x960/1359d28948bf426126bb407045b8d87c059930e2.pnj Garth had yet to be named]] (Garth would only get named in Tales of the Teen Titans #45 in August 1984), similar to the beginning of ''The Knight of the Cart'' [[note:"They call him only the valiant Warrior of the Lake, and nothing more than this, '''for he is nameless'', though I do not know why."]]

Vulko was the advisor to Atlanna, Arthur's mother, but was exiled when he tried to blame her death on Orm. Arthur eventually found him after being outed in being Atlantean by Dr. Shin. He waited his whole life to be found by the true King of Atlantis and took Arthur there. Eventually, Arthur would leave the throne to his brother, leaving Vulko alone.

* NobleConfederateSoldier: Once he and the council conspired with AC's illegitimate son to depose him and make Koryak king. Feeling that it was for the good of Atlantis due to Orin's disillusionment with his liege. After that there was personally overseeing and carrying out Orin's summery execution by decree of Atlantean law due to the former's [[TrappedInThePast failed past rescuing]] ended getting the people of Atlantis enslaved by their ancestors. He quickly regretted this though as unscrupulous .
* RegularCaller: Was this to both Arthur's pre & post crisis, Vulko was a dutiful follower of the throne and would always cull to Aquaman in order to retake the throne. Even and especially when after the flat out [[RefusedTheCall refusal]] by the latter, given all that Atlantis put him through [[ProperlyParanoid Arthur had good reason not to]].
* TheGoodChancellor: Post-Crisis, after freeing them from the prison and taking the throne, Aquaman appointed him his regent. He was briefly king.

* StoryBreakerpower: Her water powers tended to overshadow her husband in the Silver Age, so early writers placed limits such as needing to gesture with her hands to make shapes, or her powers being removed with the presence of lead.

* ThwWorfEffect: In the Silver Age, she was often used as a measuring stick for tough opponents--if even ''Mera'' couldn't beat the opponent it was time to flee.

[[folder:Mera (Aquawoman)]]

!!! '''Alter ego:''' Aquawoman

* {{Xenafication}}: For most of the early years, she was a bystander to conflicts and frequent DamselInDistress. In Blackest Night, she is finally given the chance to kick ass.

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'' | ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' | ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' Vol 1 | ''World's Finest'' Vol 1 | ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' Vol 1 | ''Aquaman: The Search for Mera'' | ''Aquaman: Deadly Waters'' | ''ComicBook/DeathOfAPrince'' | ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheTeen Titans'' | ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' | ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' Vol 2 | ''Teen Titans Spotlight'' | ''ComicBook/{{Millenium}}'' | ''ComicBook/TeamTitans''[[superscript:(guest)]] | ''[[ComicBook/Aquaman1994 Aquaman]]'' Vol 5 | ''ComicBook/{{Tempest}}'' | ''ComicBook/TeenTitans1996''[[superscript:(guest)]] | ''JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative'' | ''ComicBook/Titans1999'' | ''Justice Leagues'' (2001) | ''JLA: Black Baptism''[[superscript:(guest)]] | ''[[ComicBook/JLA1997 JLA: The Obsidian Age]]'' | ''ComicBook/TitansYoungJusticeGraduationDay'' | ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' Vol 6 | ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans2003 Teen Titans: Lights Out]]'' | ''Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis'' | ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' | ''Aquaman: Exiled'' | ''Aquaman: Out of Darkness'' | ''ComicBook/TitansHunt2015'' | ''[[ComicBook/TitansRebirth Titans]]'' Vol 3 | ''ComicBook/TheLazarusContract'' | ''Aquaman: Underworld'' | ''ComicBook/DrownedEarth'' | ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'' | ''ComicBook/TeenTitansAcademy'' | ''ComicBook/{{Aquamen}}'' | ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'' | ''ComicBook/WorldsFinestTeenTitans'' | ''ComicBook/Titans2023'' | ''ComicBook/BeastWorld''

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'' | ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' | ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' Vol 1 | ''World's Finest'' Vol 1 | ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' Vol 1 | ''Aquaman: The Search for Mera'' | ''Aquaman: Deadly Waters'' | ''ComicBook/DeathOfAPrince'' | ''Tales of the Teen Titans'' | ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' | ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans New Teen Titans]]'' Vol 2 | ''Teen Titans Spotlight'' | ''ComicBook/{{Millenium}}'' | ''ComicBook/TeamTitans''[[superscript:(guest)]] | ''[[ComicBook/Aquaman1994 Aquaman]]'' Vol 5 | ''ComicBook/{{Tempest}}'' | ''ComicBook/TeenTitans1996''[[superscript:(guest)]] | ''JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative'' | ''ComicBook/Titans1999'' | ''Justice Leagues'' (2001) | ''JLA: Black Baptism''[[superscript:(guest)]] | ''[[ComicBook/JLA1997 JLA: The Obsidian Age]]'' | ''ComicBook/TitansYoungJusticeGraduationDay'' | ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' Vol 6 | ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans2003 Teen Titans: Lights Out]]'' | ''Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis'' | ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' | ''Aquaman: Exiled'' | ''Aquaman: Out of Darkness'' | ''ComicBook/TitansHunt2015'' | ''ComicBook/TitansRebirth'' | ''ComicBook/TheLazarusContract'' | ''Aquaman: Underworld'' | ''ComicBook/DrownedEarth'' | ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'' | ''ComicBook/TeenTitansAcademy'' | ''ComicBook/{{Aquamen}}'' | ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'' | ''ComicBook/WorldsFinestTeenTitans'' | ''ComicBook/Titans2023'' | ''ComicBook/BeastWorld''

The prince, later king, of the merpeoples' city of Tritonis, alongside his wife S'Ona. Iqula is a warrior first and foremost and once led his people to help Poseidonis without their consent. After a defeat in battle, he became an uneasy ally to Aquaman, though they're hardly friends.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: His hot temper and stubbornness make him one to Namor the Sub-Mariner.

* ArcWelding: Later stories show that Qwsp is an imp from the Fifth Dimension of Comicbook/{{Superman}}'s enemy Mister Mxyzptlk.

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

* HeroesWantRedheads: In Aquaman's case.