Unlike other Lords of Order, he possess a phyiscal body. Regarded as the greatest mage in the history of Atlantis, Arion is a demigod that possesses vast magical abilities and immortality. Īttempting to combat Doctor Fate once more, he is instead knocked out by a cannon blast from Jaime and is taken by Doctor Fate. Arion is severely weakened after being forcibly stripped of the scarab. However, Jaime manages to break through Arion's telepathic powers and regain control of his Scarab and re-bond with it. He then begins to casts a global enchantment and calls upon Jaime's assistance by using the spark of energy he retained from his unique bond with the Scarab, controlling his body into doing so. He then bonds with the Blue Beetle Scarab and is empowered further from it and tears through the dimension barriers into the known world. With his newfound power, he defeats Doctor Fate and begins transforming the Earth into his dark image. As an act of mercy and gratitude for ushering his return, Arion uses his influence to merge his body with his soul and feeds off the energy from Fate and the Scarab, enabling him to break through his imprisonment. Īs Doctor Fate fights the Scarab, it releases Jaime from it's body.
Using his limited influence and Mordecai, he is successful in luring Doctor Fate, Jaime, and the Blue Beetle Scarab near the sealing grounds of his imprisonment as well as separate Jaime's soul from his body to give the scarab full control. Having found the current Blue Beetle holder, Jaime Reyes, he sends his servant Mordcai Cull to retrieve it though he is unsuccessful in his endeavor. With the scarab escaped, Doctor Fate had resorted to sealing away Arion. While Doctor Fate battled the entity in the Scarab in Egypt, he encountered Arion and battled him. Thousands of years ago, Arion had encountered the Blue Beetle Scarab and was driven insane from it's contact, coming to believe it needed the scarab to prevent a calamity to Atlantis. Alliance with the Amazons of Themyscria The Ocean Lords & Corruption Ancient Egypt Era Encounter with Doctor Fate The gates were form by the Alabaster Column, four stones imbued with the might of all civilizations of Earth at that time and buried it deep within the ocean near Atlantis, sealing away the elder gods. When the world was under the control of the Dark Giants, Arion assembled all the mystics within the world and with their help, created the White Gate. Arion's reign Sealing of the Dark Giants Separated at some point, Majistra would raise his twin brother, Garn Daanuth, to be his future nemesis. Over 45,000 years ago, Arion was born to the Calculha and Dark Majistra, forces of good and strife respectively.
However, Arion's appearances recently depicts him having been born during the "dawn of human civilization", making him predate Atlan. Portrayal Character inconsistencies Arion's significance in Atlantean history īoth Arion and Atlan's character have shared or very similar historical accounts in both official canons that contradict the histories of the DCU: both share the distinctive historical significance in being the first and greatest sorcerer-kings in Atlantis that pioneered Atlantis in being a scientific and mystical marvel.