[1] A nation considered a superpower, it is often stated to be among the oldest and most sophisticated civilization within the fictional universe throughout its collective history and possess significant technological and magical capabilities.

[2] Historically a hereditary monarchy, many stories involving Atlantis as a setting focuses on conflicts regarding its succession of leaders, diplomatic relations with the global world, and its fictional cultural heritage.

Each issue dealt with a separate era or event in Atlantis' past, beginning with its sinking, as told through the royal historian's point of view.

[4] The benevolent Calculha and his queen, Earthborn goddess Dark Majistra, eventually ruled over a prosperous Atlantis after ending its early warring state and it came to be populated by the homo magi.

This family conflict erupted when Majistra's attempt to use the Zodiac Crystals to empower herself to create a golden age using dark magic leading to Majistra's displacement, Daanuth's mystical scarring, Calculha's entrapment, Arion's forced displacement of body and soul, and the tilting of Earth's axis, causing an Ice Age and a reliance on technology for Atlantis over the millennia.

Teaming up with Chian and Wyynde, Arion becomes a mystical warrior of legend as he worked to end the Ice Age and protect Atlantis from threats as magic continued to wane.

[2] Daanuth, over the millennia, became a powerful sorcerer and Lord of Chaos whose black magic made him remain potent and inherited his mother's position as ruler of Mu.

During Arion's reign as king, his progressive agenda led to a golden age of both magical and mystical advancement and held a benevolent alliance with the Amazons of Themyscira.

This eventually fell apart when Arion sought to expand his nation influence into space and offer sea gods from other planets a cosmic energy known as the Life Force, originating from Poseidon's trident.

[11] A legend was concocted around his death as a cautionary tale against exploration, ironically fueling isolationist tendencies he fought against in his lifetime and dissolved the alliance with the Amazons.

[16] In his grief, he sinks Atlantis but fails to kill off the rest of Orin's family, who alongside other Atlanteans adapted for life underwater.

The Golden Gate City would serve as the main base of operations and setting in several story arcs of the Arion, Lord of Atlantis series.