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Atlantis

General Information
Official name:	Atlantis
First Appearance:	Adventure Comics #260
Galaxy:	Milky Way
Star System:	Sol
Planet:	Earth
Locale:	Atlantic Ocean

History

Atlantis is the name of a continent located in the North Atlantic Ocean and represents one of the earliest and most highly advanced cultural societies on Earth. Untold millennia ago, groups of pilgrims settled in the greater Atlantean region establishing twelve distinctive communities, a few of which evolved into the city-states now known as Poseidonis and Tritonis. Many believe that the original twelve settlements represented the twelve signs of the Zodiac.

Atlantis owed a lot of its development to the strong mystical energies intrinsically tied to the land. Over 145,000 years ago, two powerful mystics named Calculha and Majistra became the most powerful sorcerers in the world. Calculha, a follower of the light, manipulated White Magic, while his only living equal, Majistra was a practitioner of the dark arts. Through their influence, Atlantis flourished and grew into an advanced community unlike any other on the planet. Although magic was the dominant means of power throughout the continent, noted intellectuals began to recognize the wisdom of science. While the rest of the world had yet to benefit from inventions such as the wheel, the Atlanteans were already developing highly advanced technological wonders. Legend has it that the Atlanteans even managed to combine science and sorcery to create the world's first space-craft. This vessel is thought to have left the planet Earth some 50,000 years ago. Some have speculated that the crew of this craft may have populated the nearby human worlds of Rann, Thanagar, and Krypton.

As the centuries passed, the sorcerers Calculha and Majistra decided to consolidate their mystical prowess and mate with one another. Their union produced twin offspring, Garn Daanuth and Arion. Calculha took Arion under his wing and apprenticed him in the arts of pure magic, while Majistra schooled Garn in the ways of evil. The children each grew up to become powerful mages in their own right, and the bitterest of enemies. Arion eventually defeated his brother, but at great cost to himself.

In approximately 9,500 BC, the face of Atlantis changed forever. A massive earthquake ripped across the continent killing untold millions of people. However, many Atlantean scientists had prepared for such a catastrophe and constructed large force shields, which protected several major cities from the devastation including Tritonis and Poseidonis. Nothing however, could prevent the entire continent of Atlantis from sinking permanently into the sea.

The surviving citizens of Atlantis developed a serum, which allowed them to not only breathe underwater, but survive the massive changes in undersea pressure as well. Biologically, the Atlanteans were forced to adapt to their new climate and over the course of millennia, developed the ability to communicate with one another telepathically. As their proficiency in this skill developed, many found that they could likewise communicate mentally with other species of life including fish, crustaceans and undersea mammals.

Although the submerged continent grew and prospered, the civilizations of the surface world remained largely ignorant of Atlantis for many centuries. In recent years however, Atlantis has found itself pushed to the forefront of public awareness. Their most notable monarch to date, King Orin, reintroduced Atlantis to the modern world when he took the sobriquet, Aquaman, and became one of the founding members of the famous Justice League of America.

Points of Interest

The Five Lost Cities

Basilia
Hy-Brasil
Poseidonis
Thierna Na Oge
Tritonis

Other locations

Residents

Pre-Cataclysm

Albart of Ancinar
Alloroc
Arion
Atlan
Basil
Calculha
Choloh
Cora
Dardanus
Fiona
Garn Daanuth
Haumond
Honsu
Kordax
Kraken
Lady Chian
Majistra
Narmea
Orin the First
Rajar
Shalako

Pre-Crisis

Aquaman (Earth-Two)

Pre-Flashpoint

DCnU

Aquaman
Mera
Vulko
Orm
Tula
Murk
Swatt
Neol
Koah

Links

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Atlantis

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 The surviving citizens of Atlantis developed a serum, which allowed them to not only breathe underwater, but survive the massive changes in undersea pressure as well. Biologically, the Atlanteans were forced to adapt to their new climate and over the course of millennia, developed the ability to communicate with one another telepathically. As their proficiency in this skill developed, many found that they could likewise communicate mentally with other species of life including fish, crustaceans and undersea mammals.
-Although the submerged continent grew and prospered, the civilizations of the surface world remained largely ignorant of Atlantis for many centuries. In recent years however, Atlantis has found itself pushed to the forefront of public awareness. Their most notable monarch to date, King Orin, reintroduced Atlantis to the modern world when he took the sobriquet, [[Aquaman]], and became one of the founding members of the famous [[Justice League|Justice League of America]]. And thats the story of Atalntis!
+Although the submerged continent grew and prospered, the civilizations of the surface world remained largely ignorant of Atlantis for many centuries. In recent years however, Atlantis has found itself pushed to the forefront of public awareness. Their most notable monarch to date, King Orin, reintroduced Atlantis to the modern world when he took the sobriquet, [[Aquaman]], and became one of the founding members of the famous [[Justice League|Justice League of America]].
 ==Points of Interest==