Nam-Ek

Nam-Ek is the tertiary antagonist of Man of Steel. He is Kryptonian that survived the destruction of Krypton He is a member of Sword of Rao and a loyal follower of General Zod. Nam-Ek is the strongest of Zod's followers.

Rebellion
Nam-Ek was born on the planet, Krypton, was chosen to be a solider. At some point Nam-Ek joined General Dru Zod and became of the Sword of Rao movement, to overthrow the Kryptonian Law Council. When Zod's former friend and scientist Jor-El tired to stop them by stealing the growth codex and giving to his infant son, Kal, whom he sent to earth in a ship. After Zod murdered Jor-El, he ordered Nam-Ek and his other followers to shoot down the ship, only to be arrested. Nam-Ek along with Zod, Faora-Ul, and the members of Sword of Rao were all sentenced to 300 years in the Phantom Zone.

Destruction of Krypton
However, this sentence allowed them to survive the destruction of Krypton. Nam-Ek and the others begin searching the galaxy for other Kryptonians that survived Krypton's destruction. However, they learned that the members of the Kryptonian outposts have all died.