Mera: You must defeat Orm.
Arthur Curry: And what if I can't?
Mera: Last time you fought him on his ground. This time, fight him on yours.
[Mera kisses Arthur]
Arthur Curry: [stunned] What was the plan again?
Mera: [smiles] The plan is not to get killed.
[first lines]
Arthur Curry: [narrates] Jules Verne once wrote: "Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide... they will come together". That's how my parents met: like two ships destined for each other.
Orm: Join me or die!
Brine King: And you expect me to address you as Your Highness?
Orm: Not Highness. Call me... Ocean Master.
Brine King: You can take my army, you soft-bellied slug, but you will never have my allegiance!
Orm: So be it!
Orm: Vulko, my trusted vizier, you have stood by the throne since my father sat upon it. Have you any advice for me, as this war begins?
Nuidis Vulko: I have already given it, my king. But I will stand by your decision, as always.
Orm: My decision. To protect it... while you betray it? You think I do not know of your treachery, that
you were ever loyal to my mother's bastard son, that you have spent years training him to take the throne from me. Do not deny it!
[guards surround Vulko]
Nuidis Vulko: I do not.
Orm: Why? I am pure of blood! I have dedicated my entire life to Atlantis! He wanted nothing to do with it! You swore to serve the throne!
Nuidis
Vulko: I do serve it! Arthur may only be half-Atlantean, but he's already twice the king you'll ever be!
Orm: [to guards] Take him. But make sure he gets a view.
[Thomas sets up a camera to take a picture of himself, Atlanna, and their newborn son]
Radio Newscaster: Category 4 Hurricane Arthur is due to make landfall sometime after 2pm...
Thomas Curry: How about... "Arthur"?
Queen Atlanna: After the hurricane?
Thomas Curry: After a legend! He's a king, isn't he?
Queen Atlanna: He's more than that. He's living proof our people can co-exist.
[cuddles her baby]
Queen Atlanna: You could unite our worlds some day.
[Atlanna reunites with Orm]
Orm: I don't understand... we thought you...
Queen Atlanna: I know. Arthur saved me.
Orm: You're with him?
Queen Atlanna: I am. You're both my children, and I love you so much. But you have been misguided. Your father told you that there were two worlds. He was wrong. The
land and the sea are one.
Queen Atlanna: [telling a story to baby Arthur] ... and the Trident could only be wielded by the strongest Atlantean. And it gave the king master of the Seven Seas. It made him so powerful, that the ocean became so jealous, and sent a terrible earthquake to destroy Atlantis. Down it fell, to the bottom of the ocean. But legend has it that one day, a new king will come who will use
the power of the Trident to put Atlantis back together again.
[Arthur approaches the Trident of Atlan]
Karathen: You do not belong here. I have guarded the Trident against false kings since the beginning and for a thousand years. I have seen the greatest champions try and failed, but never have I sensed one as unworthy as you. You dare to come here with your tainted mongrel blood to claim Atlantis's greatest treasure?
[Arthur
goes for the Trident, but is swatted away]
Karathen: So be it. Half-breed! You thought yourself worthy? You thought yourself king? You dishonor this place with your presence!
Arthur Curry: Stop! You're right, I am a half-breed mongrel. But I did not come here because I thought I was worthy. I know I'm not.
Karathen:
[surprised] You understand me?
Arthur Curry: I do.
Karathen: No mortal has conversed with me since King Atlan. Who are you?
Arthur Curry: I'm nobody. I came because I have no choice. I came to save my home, and the people that I love. I came because the Trident is our only hope. And if that's not good enough... then screw you!
Karathen: [withdraws] No man has ever freed the Trident from Atlan's grip. Should he deem you unworthy... well, I haven't feasted in eons, and I am famished.