In 1020 BC, Aquaman came to ancient Atlantis in the wake of the Imperiex War. Captured and interrogated by Gamemnae, he was magically trapped in a pool of water. Realizing that Aquaman's friends, the Justice League, would eventually come looking for him, she looked for defenses. Finding six other metahumans, she arranged for Rama Khan to receive visions, and then helped him gather her allies with his stories of a "seven-headed Hydra" who would savage the world. Under the command of Gamemnae and Rama Khan, the heroes left their homes and began training