"Opening the Floodgates"
"Twelve Years"
*Aspen Matthews is a child of two worlds. Born amongst the Blue, and underwater race, she was raised on the surface among humans. As a marine biologist abroad the experimental DMD facility she was awakened to her true heritage. Aspen, along with the help of Cannon Hawke, protector of the Elite Council of the Blue, foiled a plot by the Blue dissident Killian to destroy both the surface and undersea worlds. However, uncertainty remained concerning the events leading up to Aspen's remarkable appearance on the Paradise ocean liner, and the truth surrounding her parents below the surface - until now... *Source: Michael Turner's Fathom: Blue Descent #0