# Captain Nemo — The Mysterious Island character guide

> Captain Nemo in The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Nemo, Dakkar, Prince Dakkar

**First appearance:** 0055-liii

## Snapshot

An exiled Indian prince living beneath the sea, whose hidden hand quietly rescues the castaways while he guards a lifetime of grief.

## Who they are

Known to the colonists only as the unseen 'genius of the island,' Nemo is in truth Prince Dakkar, a man who abandoned the surface world for thirty years of freedom in the ocean's depths. When Cyrus Smith finally names him, the dying captain must decide whether to reveal the history he has kept from all humanity. His secret aid shapes the colonists' survival, and his confession reframes the island itself as the stage for a great man's last reckoning.

## In the story

### [Part III: The Secret of the Island](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysterious_island_se/chapters/part-iii-the-secret-of-the-island)

Revealed as the mysterious benefactor who has been secretly aiding the colonists.

### [Captain Nemo's Revelation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysterious_island_se/chapters/lviii)

Reveals his identity as Prince Dakkar, recounts his life as a freedom fighter and his thirty years under the sea, and confesses to secretly aiding the colonists.

### [The Last Hours of Captain Nemo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysterious_island_se/chapters/lix)

Dies peacefully after revealing his past and final wishes; asks to be buried in the Nautilus.

### [LX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysterious_island_se/chapters/lx)

Deceased; his loss is mourned by the colonists; Crypt Dakkar is named in his memory.

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