After the Great Deluge the Atlanteans were trapped inside the dome over Poseidonis. The king Orin’s brother Shalako felt technocracy was to blame and his followers made the first cultural split, leaving through the tunnels beneath city. Orin created a way to turn them into water breathers and offered it to the now “Tritonians”. Shalako, having tapped into dark forces (guess who I think this should be) and feeling betrayed when his people accept cursed his people into monsters which eventually develop into merpeople. This eventually leads to Kordax (who resembles what the cursed Tritonians). The king of the open ocean living Tritonians, who look down on the Atlanteans for living in a dome. Another king to negatively compare Aquaman too, he appears well loved by his people. He never gets close to Aquaman, instead they have a shaky truce.

Darya is Legend’s granddaughter. She could easily become the new Legend (since he died) or he could return and she could continue as an Aquaman equivalent to Talia AL Ghul (just minus the mutual attraction to the hero).

The Trench leader who follows under the Queen.

Get a load of this guy. QueeQueg is an eccentric extremist who believes it’s hit right to hunt whales and that anyone who opposes that right is evil. He uses a variety of harpoons and torpedoes to take out anyone he sees as a part of the “dark forces of anti-whaling” and has fashioned himself after a character from Moby Dick. Turns out he’s more of an Ahab. Just imagine this guy with a Green Arrow-like arsenal of trick harpoons and high tech torpedoes ranting about “My rights” and calling Aquaman a “woke zombie”. And there are people who think comics never used to tackle political issues. I extended his facial tattoos to fit a CMYK theme across the rest of his design.

Aquaman week 8 pt2.

The king of the Tritonians #KingIqula, Legend’s granddaughter #DaryaSolokov, #KingTrench, and whale hunting enthusiast #QueeQueg.