After Arthur breaks Orm out of prison, Orm takes Arthur to the Kingfish (Martin Short), the leader of the Sunken Citadel, which serves as a sanctuary for pirates and black marketeers of the underwater underworld. Kingfish has had dealings with both Black Manta and Orm in the past, leading Orm to believe the underwater crime lord might have some information as to Black Manta’s whereabouts.
Orm poses as Arthur’s captor, taking Arthur by surprise as he tells him that everyone in the Citadel, including Kingfish, abhors Arthur because of his title as the King of Atlantis. However, Arthur seems to have no knowledge about the Sunken Citadel or its status as a black market haven, which itself is an eyebrow-raising plot point. How is it that, despite having been the King of Atlantis for four years, Arthur has never heard anything about the large underworld lurking within the aquatic territories that he rules over?
Surely someone from the Atlantean council or the civilization’s intelligence wing (if it has one) would have informed Arthur of the Citadel and its criminal elements, considering how their existence poses a threat to Atlantis and its civilians. Being a futuristic civilization of its kind, Atlantis would not only possess advanced weaponry and armies, but also adequate information and intel about the array of potential adversaries within the underwater realm, in addition to having a “Most Wanted” list of their own, which would invariably include Kingfish.
