| “ | Free me from my prison and I will grant you the strength to kill the man who murdered your father. You will take from him what he stole from you, and his home will burn, and his kingdom will fall before my legions. | „ |
| ~ Kordax's first words in the film upon meeting David Kane/Black Manta for the first time |
| “ | You wear my brother’s armor and wield his trident, but you’re only half the man he was. (Chuckles) How pathetic. | „ |
| ~ Kordax possessing Black Manta and comparing Aquaman to his brother Atlan before trying to kill him. |
| “ | I live again! I have waited countless centuries in the dark for this moment! | „ |
| ~ Kordax's final words as he is finally freed from his prison |
Kordax is one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Jesse Kane) of the 2023 DC Extended Universe superhero film Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the sequel to Aquaman.
He was once the brother of King Atlan and the ruler of Atlantis' 7th kingdom Necrus. Upon discovering orichalcum, however, Kordax became an ambitious and power-hungry conqueror upon exploiting its power and seeks to overrule all no matter if the world is nearly destroyed by his machinations. Sealed by Atlan, centuries after Kordax contacts Black Manta, using his desire to kill Aquaman to form a deal that will see him released from prison.
He was portrayed by Pilou Asbæk, who also played Euron Greyjoy in Game of Thrones and Wafner in Overlord. While possessing Black Manta/David Kane and Orm Marius, he was portrayed by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and by Patrick Wilson respectively.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- He used Orichalcum to turn Necrus into a superpower, which caused the world to slowly be destroyed by the Orichalcum's destructive emissions. While the Orichalcum is claimed to have poisoned Kordax's mind, the film only portrays it as a figurative sense on Kordax falling into greed and lust for power upon noticing the Orichalcum's power than his mind being warped by it, with dialogue implying this is ambitiousness is what Kordax always had.
- When King Atlan pleaded Kordax to stop using the Orichalcum before it damaged the world beyond repair, Kordax refused and challenged Atlan, believing he wished to usurp his power.
- After forging the Black Trident with Orichalcum, he used it to turn himself and everyone in his kingdom into undead monsters against their will for a deadly war against all the other Seven Kingdoms in Atlantis that sees death and destruction galore.
- Centuries after being sealed by Atlan, Kordax contacts Black Manta, playing on his hate on Aquaman and using him to free Atlantis, influencing his descent into insane cruelty and inspiring a desire to see all of Atlantis burnt down through freeing him.
- He has Black Manta raid Orichalcum storage vaults and burn them all, causing an ecological crisis that sees countless lives lost on both the surface and sea, be it climate induced natural disasters on the surface, and rampant, lethal plagues in the sea, and overall pushing the world to the point of destruction, all for the sake of weakening his prison.
- He has Black Manta kidnap Aquaman's infant son, Arthur Jr. and then have him sacrificed to use his blood to free himself from his prison.
- He sadistically forces Aquaman to fight his brother Orm, upon brainwashing the latter, and force Aquaman to either kill Orm or be slain by him.
- Freed from his prison, Kordax seeks to use the Orichalcum to conquer the entire planet by ravaging the entire planet and rule what all remains.
Trivia[]
- In the comics, Mongo is the ruler of Necrus instead of Kordax.
- Kordax is a negative reflection of what Orm would have become, had his paranoia, hunger for power, and tyranny consumed him to such levels.
- Although Black Manta is the main antagonist, Kordax may be considered the Greater-Scope villain of the sequel due to possessing him.
- Interestingly, couple of Kordax's most heinous actions, namely taking his infant child hostage with homicidal intent and forcing Arthur fight an ally to the death, are similar to those of Black Manta from the comics.
- He is ultimately the last Pure Evil, and last villain overall, to appear in the DCEU, as the franchise was rebooted by James Gunn after the film was released.
- He is the only villain in the Aquaman duology to be Pure Evil.
External Links[]
- Kordax on the Villains Wiki
- Kordax on the DC Extended Universe Wiki
- Kordax on the DC Database Wiki
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