Who is Tempest?
TEMPEST – aka Garth, Aqualad. Doesn’t like to be called Aqualad, Tadpole, or Gill-head (which is Arsenal’s nickname for him). His friends mostly call him Garth. Others now refer to him as Tempest. Was exiled from his home and was raised mostly by Aquaman… though his youth is now in question because he couldn’t have been adopted by Aquaman as early as in the Silver Age. He is the rightful ruler of Shayeris, also known as the Hidden Valley. However, he was exiled because the people of Shayeris believed he would be insane, like his father apparently was. It was later learned that his father, Thar, was NOT insane, but was trying to prevent his brother (Garth’s uncle) from taking over. It’s somewhat complicated, read the Tempest mini-series for more details. His mother is still alive. Garth went to school in Scotland for a time, and is quite familiar with surfacer ways through his connections with the Titans. He is, however, a bit shy.
TEMPEST – aka Garth, Aqualad. Doesn’t like to be called Aqualad, Tadpole, or Gill-head (which is Arsenal’s nickname for him). His friends mostly call him Garth. Others now refer to him as Tempest. Was exiled from his home and was raised mostly by Aquaman… though his youth is now in question because he couldn’t have been adopted by Aquaman as early as in the Silver Age. He is the rightful ruler of Shayeris, also known as the Hidden Valley. However, he was exiled because the people of Shayeris believed he would be insane, like his father apparently was. It was later learned that his father, Thar, was NOT insane, but was trying to prevent his brother (Garth’s uncle) from taking over. It’s somewhat complicated, read the Tempest mini-series for more details. His mother is still alive. Garth went to school in Scotland for a time, and is quite familiar with surfacer ways through his connections with the Titans. He is, however, a bit shy. In a crowd of guys, he’s the one who quietly observes
