be . ▁ ▁The ▁Justice ▁League ▁eventually ▁found ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁still ▁there , ▁just ▁mag ically ▁shield ed , ▁but ▁in ▁ru ins ▁and ▁apparently ▁un in hab ited . ▁The ▁Atl ante ans ▁were ▁tra pped ▁in ▁the ▁ancient ▁past , ▁where ▁Temp est ▁had ▁sent ▁them ▁as ▁a ▁last ▁measure ▁when ▁it ▁appeared ▁that ▁the ▁city ▁would ▁be ▁destroyed ▁by ▁the ▁pro be . ▁There , ▁however , ▁they ▁were ▁ens la ved ▁by ▁their ▁own ▁Atl ante an ▁ancest ors , ▁led ▁by ▁a ▁powerful ▁sor cer ess ▁named ▁Gam em na e , ▁and ▁Aqu aman ▁himself ▁was ▁transformed ▁into ▁living ▁water ▁and ▁imprison ed ▁in ▁an ▁orn amental ▁pool . ▁Over ▁time , ▁this ▁civil ization ▁had ▁col lapsed ▁until ▁only ▁Gam em na e ▁herself , ▁now ▁imm ens ely ▁powerful , ▁inhab ited ▁the ▁ru ins . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁few ▁months ▁of ▁their ▁time ▁but ▁fully ▁fifteen ▁years ▁for ▁the ▁Atl ante ans , ▁the ▁J LA ▁free ▁Aqu aman ▁in ▁" The ▁Ob s id ian ▁Age " ▁story line ▁in ▁J LA . ▁Although ▁the ▁original ▁League ▁is ▁killed ▁by ▁Gam em na e , ▁their ▁sou ls ▁are ▁contained ▁by ▁the ▁mag ician ▁Man it ou ▁R aven ▁to ▁use ▁in ▁a ▁spell ▁to ▁contain ▁Gam em na e ▁in ▁Atl ant is ▁until ▁the ▁present ▁day , ▁when ▁he ▁is ▁able ▁to ▁res ur rect ▁them . ▁Aqu aman ▁is ▁fre ed ▁from ▁his ▁prison ▁in ▁the ▁pool