Nemo (Earth-8918)

"I am not what you call a civilized man. I have done away with society entirely, for reasons which I alone have the right of appreciating."

- Nemo Nemo is the son of an Indian Raja and a scientific genius who roams the depths of the sea in his submarine, the Nautilus. Nemo tries to project a stern, controlled confidence, but in reality is driven by a thirst for vengeance and a hatred of imperialism, focused on the British Empire thanks to their control over his home nation, and wracked by remorse over the deaths of his crew members. At some point during his travels, he was (very reluctantly) recruited by agents of British intelligence into their new, "extraordinary" clandestine force on the promise of a loosening of Britain's control over India.

Early Life
Captain Nemo was born Prince Dakkar, the son of the Hindu Raja of Bundelkhand. Like many Indian princes of the era, Dakkar had an English education, in which he spent his youth studying and touring Europe. Upon completing his education, Nemo returned to India to pursue a career in the sciences, hoping he could improve the lives of all Indians under his rule.

Becoming No One
Dakkar's dreams were crushed during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. A group of British soldiers suspected Dakkar of inciting the rebellion and invaded his palace, resulting in a battle that killed Dakkar's father, wife and son. Dakkar grew to hate the British for this reason, as well as the oppression he witnessed under the rule of the British Raj.

Fleeing India for France, Dakkar spent much of his time developing his grand project - the Nautilus, the most advanced seacraft on Earth, which he intended to use to fight the British and other oppressive imperialists everywhere. Renouncing his Indian name and citizenship, Dakkar took the new name of Nemo (meaning "no one" in Latin) and set sail on the Nautilus, recruiting crewmen using looted treasures and fighting imperialists across the world.

Trivia

 * Nemo's hatred of the British has, over time, metamorphosed into a general dislike of white people - he holds a particular contempt for the white woman's fashion sense. He nearly started a fight among his teammates by calling Mina Harker a whore because of her outfit.
 * Nemo used to be a devout Hindu. Since taking to the seas in the Nautilus, he has renounced religion entirely. In keeping with his hatred of the British, he dislikes Christianity most of all.