Lucia Hyde (Character)

Publisher: DC Comics

Created by: Geoff Johns and Gary Frank

1st appearance:  DCU: Rebirth #1 (July 2016)

Nationality:  Xebel

Team Affiliations: Xebel

Legal Status: Unknown

Height: 5′ 10             Weight: 190 lbs

Eyes: Brown         Hair: Black

Relatives: Unnamed mother (Status unknown), Lokua (father, deceased), Jackson Hyde/Aqualad (son), Delilah/Deluge (Daughter)

Skills and abilities: Skilled in the use of weapons

Powers

biologically adapted to the deep ocean environment. Enhanced vision, sight, hearing, durability, speed, reflexes, endurance, and superhuman strength. Lucia is also able to freely control water and shape it to her will, be it figures or weapons

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Origins

Lucia was born in the underwater kingdom of Xebel, located in the Bermuda Triangle, and was the daughter of the poet Lokua. In her youth, she was a terrorist who took part ia a firebomb attack on an Atlantean delegation that killed two members and paralyzed another.

One day she met and fell in love with a human diver, who promised her a life on the surface if she helped him find the map to a magical artifact. She knew of the position of the map, but, wanting to test him, gave him a decoy instead. Frustrated he revealed his true identity, that of the supervillain Black Manta and nearly killed her. They parted, unaware that she was pregnant with his son.

Seeking to protect Jackson from his father by keeping his existence secret she fled to the surface and moved to a town in New Mexico’s desert, far away from the ocean. She also wanted Jackson to stand out as little as possible, which proved difficult due to his questions about his father that she refused to answer, the burgeoning hydrokinetic abilities he had inherited from her[5] and his coming out as gay during his high-school years.

Blood of the Manta

After Jackson ran off to San Francisco to join the Teen Titans, Lucia didn’t know where he was for weeks, until she saw him on a newscast and took a plane there. During their meeting, she told him about the origins of his powers and that she wanted to protect him from his evil father when they were attacked by Black Manta, who revealed that Jackson was his son. He then threatened to kill Lucia, but Jackson offered to follow him willfully in exchange. Lucia, badly wounded, was taken in by the Teen Titans, who patched her up and she told them about her backstory with Black Manta and his evil plans. After Jackson’s successful return they celebrated his membership in the Teen Titans, as the newly named Aqualad.

Living in Amnesty Bay

When Jackson went to Amnesty Bay to learn from Aquaman, she moved there with him. She quickly became a friend to the Sea Gods of the World.[11] After Jackson returned from Xebel, having learned of his grandfather Lokua, she promised to tell him more about her past.

Lucia and Mera began smuggling people out of Xebel and settling them in Amnesty Bay without Arthur or Jackson’s knowledge. She also began stockpiling weapons, to Mera’s disapproval. After Jackson was framed for bombing Atlantis by the villain Deluge and had to run away, she attacked him. Lucia followed them and was forced to reveal that Deluge was Jackson’s sister.