When Namor returned to Atlantis and found much of the civilization in ruin, he blamed the surface world. Though Namor had defended the surface world and saved it from ruin many times over, he considered his work there a mere distraction to his work in his native Atlantis. Being hot-tempered and easily excitable, Namor built an Army to have at his disposal if needed. Atlanteans are as much as ten times as strong as the average surface dweller; outfitted in armor they are certainly a formidable force.