Amphitritis

Located in the Coral Sea between New Guinea and Australia is the sunken city of Amphitritis, named for the Greek ocean goddess and wife of Poseidon, Amphitrite. Originally a colony of Atlantis, Amphitritis is an independent city that maintains good diplomatic relations with its siring city, despite bad blood between their monarchs. The people of Amphitritis are physically similar to Atlanteans, but culturally they are quite different; a war-like and aggressive people, they maintain a culture of gladiatorial arenas, trial by combat, and an aggressively xenophobic point of view. Boasting a relatively high level of technology as well as a magical heritage, the city is ruled by King Ormor the Aquarian, who is assisted in his duties by a council of democratically elected senators. The Amphitriteans were content to remain hidden from the surface world, but their isolationism was ended suddenly in the 1990s by an oil drilling operation. Believing that his city was under attack by the surface dwelling “barbarians,” King Ormor declared war and destroyed the oil rig, killing the men who were working on board. Not content to end his attack there, Ormor then led a force to the shores of Australia where he was confronted by the Australian superhero team The Southern Stars. While the Southern Stars were able to defeat Ormor and his army, relations between Australia and Amphitritis are at best strained, and at worst openly hostile.

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