![]() During this time, he met the wizened war veteran Vulko, but also had a chance encounter with his birth mother Atlanna, though she soon passed away of natural causes soon after. Because of his blond hair, he was seized by the Atlantean guards and placed into the Aquarium Prison. Orin eventually returned to the land of his birth, Atlantis. Orin left Alaska without ever learning of the pregnancy, and it was years before he would discover that he had a son with her. Orin's affair with Kako was brief, but she did give him a child, a boy named Koryak. Like Orin, Orm was a son of Atlan, though his mother was an Inupiat. Orin soon learned that Kako was actually the cousin to Orin's half-brother, Orm Marius. Here, he began a short romance with a woman named Kako. When the wanderlust hit young Orin, he traveled North to the lands of the Inupiat people of Northwestern Alaska. Orin, now known as Arthur, stayed with Tom Curry for many years. Some accounts record his name as Arthur Curry, but this was actually the name that Orin took for himself so he could relate to surface dwellers more readily. This was fisherman and lighthouse keeper, Thomas Curry. Orin remained under her protection from infancy until the time he was roughly seventeen years old.īy this time, he encountered a man whom he would come to regard as a father. Though a marine mammal, Porm loved her "swimmer" as much as any mother could. The first true mother that Orin ever knew was the dolphin known as Porm. ![]() In addition, Orin could telepathically communicate with all sea life, a trait not shared by his fellow Atlanteans. Orin however, possessed the ability to breathe air, just as easily as water, and survived this cursed fate. It was believed that when the low tide exposed the infant to the open air, it would die in the rays of the sun. Atlanna, under pressure from the Atlantean council, placed the baby Orin on the tip of Mercy Reef. Those who bore inherited the " Curse of Kordax" were often put to death while still an infant. Because of this, all Atlanteans born with blond hair, were said to be a deformed child of ill omen. Kordax was an evil tyrant who was distinguished from other Atlanteans because of his bright, blond hair. ![]() The one family member whom Arthur most took after however, is the one whose existence had the greatest impact on his life, his uncle - Kordax. His mother was the former Queen of Atlantis, Atlanna. Though it remained largely unknown for many years, Orin's father was the ancient Atlantean wizard, Atlan. ![]()
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