Dragonlord's NAMOR: THE SUB-MARINER Movie Adaptation (Abridged Version)
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8,000 years ago, King Kamuu ordered the magma pits to be opened to destroy the Deviant invaders but it also caused a chain reaction that sank Atlantis to the bottom of the sea. The city’s sorcerers transform the Atlantean survivors into water breathers, creating a new species in the process - Homo Mermanus.
26 years ago, Princess Fen of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis investigates a disturbance on the surface. She meets Captain Leonard Mackenzie. After a few weeks, they fall in love. King Thakkor sends a war party to find his daughter thinking that she’s dead or kidnapped. The Atlantean war party kills Leonard and his crew and brings the Fen back to Atlantis. After learning Fen copulated with a surface dweller and is pregnant, Thakkor disowns and banishes his daughter from the Capital. Several months later, Namor is born – the first known Homo Sapien-Homo Mermanus hybrid.
Present. Namor, now grown up, lives in the slum area of Atlantis known as the Outer Zone. Throughout his life, Namor has been shunned and ridiculed for looking different and being a fatherless bastard. His strength, endurance and speed are also superior from the normal Atlanteans.
Once a week Namor goes to the Gigan Crab cave to procure the discarded baby carapaces, whose innards are considered a delicacy, and gives it to his mother who makes a living as a fish vendor. And once a week, Namor goes to the army recruitment center but gets rejected every time. Namor’s menial day job is working at one of the Atlantean water-free factories where they build weapons, gadgets and vehicles.
After witnessing his factory friend, Wesler, beaten up for befriending him, Namor severely beats up the attackers. Namor lands in jail for the umpteenth time. A mysterious stranger, who claims to be a friend of Fen, bails out Namor.
Having been fired from the factory, Namor is helping his mother at the fish market. Galdan, a jealous fish vendor, followed Namor to the Gigan Crab cave. Princess Verena drops by the fish market when three Gigan Crabs attack. A bleeding Galdan inadvertently led the Gigan Crabs to the Outer Zone. Namor killed the two Gigan Crabs and saved the Princess’ life.
Namor is invited to the Palace to meet the King Valdis in gratitude for saving his daughter. Namor meets the asshole Prince Vanzan and his yes-man cousin Viscount Belarus. Namor also meets Counselor Meero, who was the mysterious stranger who bailed him in jail. The King asks what reward Namor wishes. Namor asks to be part of the Vanguards, an elite group of Atlanean soldiers.
At the Vanguard boot camp, Namor comes into conflict with the drill instructor “Bones” Rhandoo but eventually both parties come to respect each other. Namor also bonded and forged long-lasting friendship with his fellow Vanguard trainees Janus, Flehm, Dartanis and Andromeda. After a few months, Namor and his friends are full-fledged Vanguards.
Receiving a distress call that the Atlantean mining colony is under attack by the barbarian warlord Attuma, Namor and his friends intervene and stops Attuma. Namor fights the legendary and mighty Attuma to a standstill. Attuma flees when Vanguard reinforcement arrives.
Namor’s heroic deed has made him a hero to the Atlantean public. Namor is invited to the pre-wedding celebration of Princess Verena. The Princess is to wed Prince Khalen from Lemuria as part of the peace treaty between the two warring kingdoms.
Namor and Verena talk privately. Verena talks about her birth mark which many scholars believe that she is the “chosen one” that will rule the kingdom. Namor reveals that he recently found out that he can command small sea creatures. Both reveal their affection for each other but Verena cannot escape her obligations to her family and the kingdom.
During a routine patrol, Namor’s Vanguard unit spots humans drowning due to their ship sinking in the middle of a violent storm. Defying the decree that no Atlanteans must interact or be spotted by surface dwellers, Namor rescues the humans. After saving the humans, Namor is knocked unconscious by the Vanguards.
Fearing his growing popularity and royal blood lineage, Prince Vanzan persuades the High Council to kill Namor for his crimes. They will forego a public trial and plan to make it look like extremists broke in the jail and killed Namor.
The assassins arrive in jail but Namor’s friends (Janus, Flehm, Dartanis, and Andromeda) stopped them and broke Namor out. Counselor Meero found out about the assassination and informed Namor's friends. Namor and his friends are no longer safe and plan to leave Atlantis maybe forever.
Prince Khalen and Princess Verena are officially wed. During the wedding reception, Khalen puts on the Serpent Crown on Verena, transforming her into a serpent-like being. The Atlantean guests and guards have been poisoned by Viscount Belarus, who has been conspiring with Lemuria for a while now. Belarus also managed to sneak in hundreds of Lemurian troops inside the Capital. Khalen reveals to King Valdis that Verena is indeed the “chosen one” but for the other side.
To complete her corruption, Khalen tricks Verena into killing her own parents. Gone forever is the sweet and kind Verena and replaced with a new dark and sinister persona. Khalen, Belarus and Verena leave the Palace to meet up with the incoming Lemurian armada.
Namor and friends are on the Outer Zone when news broke out that the Capital is under attack by Lemurians. Namor rallies the Outer Zone citizens to fight for Atlantis. Knowing that the Atlantean militia is no match for the well-trained Lemurian invaders, Namor goes out to find reinforcements.
As the battle rages on, the Atlantean militia are pinned and about to be finished off by the invaders. Namor arrives with an army of Gigan Crabs under his command and turns the tide of the battle.
Namor goes to the Palace. A badly wounded Meero tells Namor that a large Lemurian fleet is heading this way. Namor finds the cowardly Prince Vanzan hiding in the massive Vault room along with fifty Royal Guards, whom Vanzan refuses to let them leave his side instead of helping the battle outside. A disgusted Namor leaves and grabs the Horn of Proteus, which legend says should be used in Atlantis’ darkest hour. Fen stays behind to accompany a dying Meero.
At the border of Atlantis, Namor blows the Proteus Horn but nothing happens. Nevertheless, the Atlanteans fight a losing battle against the Lemurian armada. Flehm and Dartanis are killed. Namor is wounded. All hope is lost when Giganto (a 400-foot sea monster summoned by the Horn) arrives and systematically destroys the Lemurian fleet.
Khalen and Belarus attack the already-injured Namor. After a grueling battle, Namor manages to kill Khalen. As Namor is about to kill Belarus, Verena comes between them. Namor can’t bring himself to kill Verena. Belarus and Verena escape. The Lemurian armada also retreats. Atlantis has prevailed.
Two days after the invasion, Vanzan is now crowned as the new King of Atlantis. The public and even the Capital citizens are not too thrilled. The coronation is televised across the entire Atlantis. Namor interrupts the coronation ceremony. Namor walks to the podium, with the guests and Royal Guards all parting for him. Namor comes face to face with Vanzan. After several tense seconds, Vanzan takes off his crown, kneels and presents the crown to Namor. As Namor puts on the crown on himself, the crowd and everyone in Atlantis rejoice, shouting “Long live, King Namor.”
The End
Post-Credis Scene
At the surface world, we see a lighthouse. Inside the lighthouse is a messy work office of some sorts. The walls and whiteboards are filled with newspaper clippings, charts, diagrams and illustrations. The resident of the house, whose face is not shown, leaves the house to get the newspaper from the mail box. The mailbox name plate says "Mackenzie." The newspaper's headlines reads "Sub-Mariner Saves Crew of Sinking Ship" with an unfocused picture of Namor.
