Karaku, the volcano god, is the 1st of the Fire Trolls who Atlanna and her followers gave sacrifices to keep asleep on an ancient Atlantean settlement. The settlement is covered in dormant Fire Trolls. Aquaman finds the island alongside Mera and reunites with his mom for the first time since she was forced to abandon him due to the Atlantean superstition about his blonde hair. While Mera can’t kill Karaku she does crush his head with a giant water construct. I love the idea of Karaku. While the Lava Lord is a mutated Fire Troll given higher intelligence he is their creator god and hold malice towards Aquaman. Like Kamo, Mother Shark or Triton I would love to see him more thoroughly integrated into the world. Maybe connected to the Parliament of Flame and Kako.
Black Manta’s broker who believes he’s a noble man. A pirate who runs the Mantamen operation behind the scenes.
Mai Miyazaki was a radical environmentalist trying to out an oil company for abandoning an oil spill, which the director had set on fire while her boat was on the water. She was burned but Maya, the spirit of the Earth, transformed her into a water elemental. A few heroes stop her from taking revenge on the company before she gets into a fight with Corona. Since she’s basically a water version of Corona I feel they share a lot of potential. Since Aquaman is an avatar of the Parliament of Waves it could be interesting to use her as an in-between between them.
A newer villain. Atlan forged artifacts from the Gold of Legacy he stole from Legend’s alchemist dad. Legend wants to reclaim his dad’s gold and take revenge on Atlan’s family. This happened so long ago that he needs to bind himself to suits of armour in order to live longer (1 lifetime per suit). He became the king of Trezygstan. Atlan and Legend have been difficult characters for me to draw. Atlan since there are 2 distinct versions of him that don’t line up well but are essential to major stories. Legend because of his heavily detailed suit.
Aquaman week 8 pt1.
The god of the Lava trolls #Karaku, Black Manta's right hand #GallousTheGoat, representative of the Parliament of Waves #Naiad, and #Legend.
