58 Atlantis (3)

Atlantis has a very rich history spanning millions of years.

The ancient Atlanteans were a part of the secret race Homo magi, who learned magic from the place known as Rock of Eternity, which is now under the wizard Shazam's control.

They delved and studied the primordial magic energy of the earth and after some time were able to make 12 crystal statuettes patterned after the signs of the zodiac, which were called the zodiac crystals.

Each crystal could be used to harness and distribute the natural mystic energies of the world, but if used in conjunction with one another they could greatly amplify the ambient energy, providing ultimate power to whosoever took charge of them.

At this time Atlantis became a magical focal point much like Rock of Eternity and was at it's strongest. At this time the Silent School, which is the college of magicians in Atlantis, during their research on magic accidentally awoke the incredibly dangerous Abyssal Dark Demon.

Now after a very long magic war with the immortal demon, they managed to seal it away inside the college. And after which during a political power struggle, the 12 zodiac crystals which proved to be the source of this infighting were buried in secret locations across the world, forgotten in time.

Then came the reign of Arion. Arion is a legendary character, he was believed to be the first and the greatest hero in the history of Atlantis.

He was the one who synched magic and technology and created most of the inventions which Atlantis is famous for. He was a powerful sorcerer-king and scientist.

He was such a genius that even the sea god Poseidon was impressed with him and gifted him many things including Nth metal and shared even his own greatest secret.

But that secret was the downfall of Arion. Arion even managed to gain god-like powers and immortality. In the end, he went crazy and was sealed away by Doctor Fate.

Arion was pronounced dead, the historical facts were changed into a legendary tale, but what really happened and what that secret was, everything was known only to the Atlantean royal bloodline.

Now after the fall of Arion, Atlantis regressed rapidly and shifted their direction to pure magic from science, which awakened the sealed Abyssal Dark.

It made the Atlanteans mistakenly believe that it was the source and wellspring of all Atlantean magic.

Even though he was in captivity, he secretly converted a few people and made a powerful mystic faction called Coven of Thule, whose only goal was to use Atlantis for their own selfish desires.

They divided Atlantis further into parts and halted its development. That all came to an end with the advent of King Atlan. He united the whole Atlantis making it rise near to its past glory and even wished to open its borders for everyone.

But his twin brother Orin and his wife who were strict followers of isolationism and hated outsiders, usurped the throne, killing all the supporters of Atlan and his entire family. They even managed to injure Atlan seriously before he fled.

Then for the next decade Atlan using Nth metal and with the help of an alchemist of the Deserter Kingdom which belonged to the Arion era, made 7 powerful relics. This came to be known as the Seven treasures of Atlantis. After they were made, he killed the alchemist.

One night armed with the 7 relics he attacked Atlantis killing everyone in sight. He killed all his betrayers and then in a fit of rage and despair he plunged his most powerful relic in the ground. Which shattered and sank the Atlantis.

But Atlantis did not completely disappear, Atlantis and it's six major cities were able to survive. But the surviving kingdoms evolved differently biologically and mystically, to adapt to their new environments.

The abilities like to survive in the heavily pressured water, were now physically stronger, faster, tougher, and lived longer than baseline humans. But with that came discrimination against people who took an appearance more akin to marine life.

Seachanged, Taintblood were some of the derogatory terms used for them. The hostilities turned even more superstitious as time went on.

The relationship with Humans worsened as they believed they were the first civilization and mankind should be destroyed. For the surface dwellers, they coined a derogatory term called Drymouths.

They have a great hatred for the war machines and vehicles running across their waters without permission. The trash, garbage, and pollutants dumped carelessly in water, fueled their grudges.

The Humans forgot about them and treated them as mere legends or a fairy tale.

Hearing all of this Atlanna had her jaw wide open, many of those things she had read about, many were just rumors, and many she still couldn't believe.

"Is this all true? … How do you know so much?" Atlanna said, messaging her head from all this information. "Did all this seriously come from your Kryptonian database and that magic library?"

I sit beside her and let her rest her head on my lap giving her a classic lap pillow, and start messaging her head."Well, you could say I am somewhat of a seer, which grants me a precognition-like ability."

"A seer huh, I have read a bit about them ... so did you see some vision about me?" She replied lazily, enjoying my message.

"I told you already, the moment I saw you I knew you were meant for me." She gives me a sweet smile hearing my reply and gets even more comfortable in my lap.

"So what's your plan for tomorrow?" She asks, almost ready to fall asleep.

"World Tour!"