Nod characters of Command & Conquer
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This page lists the characters of the Brotherhood of Nod, one of the primary factions in the Tiberian series of Westwood Studios' popular Command & Conquer series of computer and video games.
Tiberian Dawn is the name given to the first game in the series, released in 1995 and initially known only as Command & Conquer.
Kane
Kane is the enigmatic leader of the Brotherhood of Nod. His named is derived from Cain, the first son of Adam in the Old Testament, but uses a different spelling. He positions himself as a prophet and controls the Brotherhood with an iron fist. Kane claims to have discovered Tiberium (and claims that it was named after Tiberius Caesar) and personally oversees the Brotherhood's research into that substance. He was believed killed at the end of Tiberian Dawn, but returned in Tiberian Sun and easily reestablished control over the Brotherhood of Nod.
In addition to featuring in the Tiberian Series, Kane also appears in Command & Conquer: Red Alert as an advisor to Josef Stalin.
The character is played by Joseph D. Kucan.
Seth
Seth is Kane's "right hand man", and the first character the player encounters while playing the Nod campaign in Tiberian Dawn. He takes his name from the biblical Seth, the third son of Adam. Seth briefs the player on several missions, however, it is evident that he slowly grows irritated by the player's successes, as he rises in the Brotherhood's ranks. It is most evident when Seth passes the order to destroy a civilian village, and Seth remarks that there should be only scientists lurking about, while in reality, there's a full GDI base in the vicinity. Given Nod's intelligence gathering skills, this is intended misinformation. Seth is shot point blank by Kane after he sends the player's troops to the United States and orders the player to attack the Pentagon in Washington, contrary to Kane's wishes, as part of his plan to take control of Nod.
In Renegade, it is revealed that instead of simply being disposed of in some manner, his corpse is kept perfectly preserved inside a machine, as a warning to anyone who would dare circumvent Kane's authority.
His most famous quote is: "I'm Seth. Just Seth. From God, to Kane, to Seth."
The character is played by Eric Gooch, who also worked on Command & Conquer as a 3D artist.
Greg Burdette
Greg Burdette was a news reporter of the fictional WWN news network who covered several stories relating to the events of the original Command & Conquer. He is first seen in the game's introduction, reporting from a GDI aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean sea. He later makes an important report on the slaughter of civilians in a "peaceful farming village" of Białystok in Eastern Europe. Working for Kane and the Brotherhood of Nod, Burdette succeeded in falsely blaming GDI for the massacre. The international uproar caused by the report led to a UN investigation and a severe cut in GDI funding (although this is later shown to have been orchestrated by GDI to make Kane let his guard down). It should be noted that Burdette's body language in a certain in-game cut scene suggested that he may not actually have been a member of the Brotherhood of Nod, and instead was coerced in some way.
The character was played by Eric Randall.
Command & Conquer: Renegade is a first-person shooter game set during the events of Tiberian Dawn.
General Gideon Raveshaw
The leader and founder of Brotherhood of Nod elite Black Hand unit, general Raveshaw is a cold and unforgiving man. Although he is of a short stature (which earned him the nickname Peewee from captain Parker), he possesses unmatched charisma and intelligence. His soldiers are as loyal to him, as he is to Kane.
General Raveshaw was responsible for protecting and overseeing "Project ReGenesis", and eventually, under the guise of Dr Elena Petrova, was converted into a cybernetic Tiberium mutant, one of the earliest and most powerful Project ReGenesis successes. Unfortunately, the process killed off his charisma and intelligence, leaving only an obedient supersoldier behind.
He was eventually killed by captain "Havoc" Parker in the underground part of a Nod Tiberium research facility.
The name Gideon is of Hebrew origin, meaning "mighty warrior".
Gideon Raveshaw is voiced by Rodger Bumpass.
Carlos Mendoza
An ex-mercenary who came to Nod after his methods became too extreme even for the extremists he was working for. He stays in General Raveshaw's employ due to the amount of money he receives for his services.
Mendoza has a very confident and arrogant character, often insulting his enemies during firefights and gloating. He is extremely proficent with flamethrowers, and uses them along with the flame tanks without any fire-retardant suits.
Ironically, he meets his end after his flamethrower tanks explode during a firefight with Captain Nicolas "Havok" Parker.
His model was originally intended for Gideon Raveshaw, while Mendoza was supposed to be a tall, black-haired muscleman.
Mendoza is voiced by Gregg Berger.
Sakura Obata
Rumoured to have been brought up in the Yakuza, Sakura was a mercenary who originally operated for the CIA before siding with GDI, as a member of the "Dead Six" special forces team with Nicholas "Havoc" Parker. She eventually left the Dead-6, lured by the Brotherhood of Nod's ample bank accounts.
She was Parker's counterpart and later partner in the game, when she switched sides again, as Raveshaw ordered Mendoza to kill her along with Havoc. Sakura wound up aiding Havoc for the remainder of the game.
Her preferred method of transportation is a custom Nod RAH-66 Comanche.
Sakura is voiced by Mari Weiss.
Dr. Elena Petrova
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One of the three top Tiberium scientists in the Tiberian universe, Dr. Elena Petrova worked for GDI together with Dr. Ignatio Mobius and his daughter, Sydney, researching Tiberium and its practical applications.
However, she switches sides during the course of the game, and defects to the Nod, taking the position of main researcher in the Nod eugenics program, "Project ReGenesis". Her experience in Tiberium research has allowed the Brotherhood to perfect the process and resulted in creation of supersoldiers, created from controlled infusion of Tiberium and made Petrova finally undergo the process herself, resulting in the creation of an entity Nod considers the closest to perfection.
She was killed by Captain Parker.
Dr. Petrova is voiced by Lori Tritel.
Captain Stuving
Captain Stuving has joined the Brotherhood when he was rescued by them after his ship crashed on a deserted island, during what was to be a simple, three hour trip. He was tasked with commanding a large Brotherhood freighter, which served as a mobile base for submarines, Apaches and rocket launch site.
He was eventually killed by captain "Havoc" Parker, during his liberation of GDI prisoners.
First Mate Gilligan
Captain Stubing's subordinate, Gilligan worked his way in the naval ranks as he wanted to avoid fighting on land. He was recruited by the Brotherhood and eventually put under the command of Captain Stuving onboard a Nod freighter.
He was killed by Captain Parker.
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun is set thirty years after the events of Tiberian Dawn. Kane returns as the leader of the Brotherhood of Nod, surrounded by a whole new cast of characters.
Kane
After a thirty year absence from his followers Kane finally remerged in Tiberian Sun. He had undergone some aesthetic changes, the most noticeable of which were the burns and disfiguration around the right side of his face which are believed to be scars from the Ion Cannon strike that obliterated the Temple of Nod in Tiberian Dawn. Kane’s reapparence was met with much joy from the followers of the Brotherhood, and disbelief from members of the Global Defense Intitative.
In addition to featuring in the Tiberian Series, Kane also appears in Command & Conquer: Red Alert as an advisor to Josef Stalin.
The character is played by Joseph D. Kucan.
Anton Slavik
Anton Slavik was a young and gifted commander of the Brotherhood of Nod, who would rise to become one of the most powerful and influential figures of the secret society during the events of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, and especially during their aftermath (as shown in the expansion pack of Firestorm). Slavik originally was a freedom fighter of Serb origin and was known as "The Serbian Wolf" for his reputation of sheer ruthlessness. His abilities made him rise up quickly through the ranks of the Brotherhood, to eventually become the leader of the inner circle of Nod's most elite militant forces -- the Black Hand.
At the beginning of Tiberian Sun's events, Anton Slavik was captured and arrested by members of the guard of Nod's general Hassan, who was actually a puppet leader of the Global Defense Initiative, and was sentenced to public execution by lethal injection (with a "100% toxin and no sedative" mixture) by Hassan under the direction of GDI's general James Solomon, who recognized the inherent dangers the man Anton Slavik represented. Before the execution could be finalized however, Slavik was liberated by a group of Black Hand Kane loyalists led by Slavik's second-in-command; a woman known as Oxanna Kristos. After being transported to their mobile and subterranean base of operations, the "Montauk", Slavik swiftly reassumed leadership by shooting the man who had sold him out to Hassan right in front of the other operatives.
Out of the reach of GDI's covert grip on the remnants of the many Nod splinter groups, Slavik began to work towards reuniting the Brotherhood under his own command in an effort to uphold Kane's legacy. This included capturing a major TV station dedicated to the Brotherhood's followers worldwide for purposes of propaganda, and freeing a rebel commander who was fighting against Hassan's forces as well. These efforts came to fruition when he would invade the base of operations of the traitorous general, eventually capturing him. During a ceremony celebrating the Brotherhood's reunification on worldwide television, Hassan was to be executed, but as hails to Kane were made, Kane himself reappeared, finally uniting the split Brotherhood for the first time since the end of the First Tiberium War. As one of the few generals to remain truly loyal to the Brotherhood's cause throughout the long period of Kane's absence, Slavik was made Kane's right hand man and Nod's leading general throughout the Second Tiberium War despite his relatively young age.
After Kane's second demise at the hands of the GDI commander Michael McNeil, Slavik, as a member of the Inner Circle, tried to convince the remaining Nod generals to continue to follow the line set by Kane. His plans were met with hostility however as these other generals, under the lead of a man called Marzaq, quickly proved to have no intentions to follow, instead attempting to secure a powerbase within the Brotherhood for themselves. Slavik then ordered one of his commanders to retrieve the three fragments of CABAL's system core which was disasembled and deactivated by GDI at the end of the second war, seeing the reactivation of the AI as a way to forcefully unite the again split Brotherhood.
However, this move would soon prove to be nearly fatal as the AI went rogue without warning and suddenly began to assassinate the remainder of Nod's generals, leaving only Slavik alive due do his headquarters being a vehicle. This inadvertently made him the single most powerful leader within the Brotherhood and the heir to Kane's legacy. Eventually, after being forced into an unholy alliance with the GDI in order to overcome the ever growing threat of CABAL, the AI was defeated and Slavik was left as the sole ruler of the Brotherhood until Kane's return.
Anton Slavik was played by Frank Zagarino in both Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and its expansion pack Firestorm. Some speculates that an aged Anton Slavik makes various cameos in the Nod campaign of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars as the most senior member of Kane's re-established Inner Circle, but not played as Frank Zagarino.
Oxanna Kristos
An exceptionally skilled Nod propagandist, Oxanna Kristos was a member of the Black Hand and alongside Anton Slavik one of the few upper members of the Brotherhood who would prove completely loyal and dedicated to Kane's vision throughout the long period of his absence. She apparently possessed a powerful hatred toward mutants, referring to Umagon for example as "sickening" and "the weak".
Her true loyalties became evident when she rescued Anton Slavik right before he could have been executed by Hassan's men. In an attempt to cover up the embarrassing story, she was proclaimed to have been accidentally killed in a tunnel collapse near her home - something Slavik morbidly joked at, remarking to her: "I hear that you're dead, lieutenant. Rest in peace.".
After Kane loyalists, under the command of Slavik and Oxanna, seized the TV stations through which Hassan communicated to the bulk of the Brotherhood's followers, she appeared on air much to the surprise of her former colleague Maycheck (portrayed by Thyme Lewis), executing him immediately on live television while he reported that General Solomon was thought to be "mentally unstable" and broadcasting a speech calling upon all those loyal to Kane to rise up against the traitors. The call was successful, providing Slavik with the forces he required to overthrow and seize the would-be pharaoh Hassan. Kane himself reappeared shortly after these events reached their conclusion, which would reunite the Brotherhood of Nod in full for the first time since the end of the First Tiberium War.
It is not specified what happened to Oxanna Kristos after the end of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, however she did not appear in its expansion pack of Firestorm.
Oxanna Kristos was portrayed by Canadian actress Monika Schnarre.
General Vega
A general of the Brotherhood of Nod, as well as a powerful South American druglord dealing in the "Eye Candy" drug (a substance applied to one's eye), Vega was a notorious and frequent abuser of the substance himself. During the course of the Second Tiberium War he began to make several severe mistakes, resulting in the loss of a Scrin battleship supposedly constructed by Kane at the end of the First Tiberium War, which he attempted to use to try and settle an old score in South America. Additionally, he left the hydroelectric dams generating power for his base vulnerable to attack, allowing the Global Defense Initiative the opportunity to destroy them, severely hampering Vega's forces in their attempts to fend off the GDI assault on his island base.
Vega's command center was located upon the island within an old precolumbian pyramid. After overpowering Vega's last defenses, GDI commander Michael McNeil and lieutenant-commander Chandra infiltrated the compound as Vega pleaded to Kane for help and reinforcements. Kane however decided Vega was a loss and on-screen launched a nuclear ICBM to obliterate him and his island. Shortly thereafter, the general committed suicide by injecting himself with an overdose of the "Eye Candy" substance, and died in the grip of commander McNeil.
Vega was portrayed by Francesco Quinn.
General Hassan
A north-African military ruler of the Brotherhood of Nod prior to the Second Tiberium War, Hassan was secretly on the payroll of the Global Defense Initiative. He utilized his power in the Brotherhood to make sure Nod remained relatively harmless to GDI, while actually portraying himself to his followers as a strong enemy to the Global Defense Initiative as well as a man of powerful influence, all in a bid to ensure that he would be able to remain in power within the Brotherhood with both the blessings of the GDI as well as the majority of Nod's followers. He was under the supervision of GDI general James Solomon, and effectively was a Nod puppet leader for the Global Defense Initiative. When he failed to execute the commanding officer of Nod's Black Hand forces, Anton Slavik, as he was instructed to, he was reminded by Solomon that he would become useless to GDI and "useless things have a way of disappearing".
Cornered, Hassan subsequently attempted to track down and kill Slavik with his own elite guard, but Kane loyalists managed to defeat his men and eventually would overthrow and capture the "would-be pharaoh" in Cairo.
Hassan was soon after executed during a public ceremony in which Kane himself reappeared, telling the fallen Nod general at the moment of his death that "You can't kill the Messiah!". Hassan's throat was slit by Slavik at that moment.
Hassan was portrayed by Adoni Maropis.
The Inner Circle
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This group is composed of the Brotherhood's most powerful members, second to Kane in authority. During the events of Firestorm, the group is composed of five generals who have survived the aftermath of GDI's victory over Kane. The group is dominated by two generals - Anton Slavik (in the middle of the right photo) and a man known as Marzaq (played by Nicholas Worth) (at the right of Slavik), both of whom try to establish total control over the group and enforce their concept of what the Brotherhood should become in the second interregnum.
The Inner Circle members are eventually assassinated by CABAL's cyborgs, with only Anton Slavik successfully escaping the assassination attempt.
Following the events of Firestorm and the return of Kane to the Brotherhood of Nod in Tiberium Wars, the Inner Circle was re-established and regained it's role as advisors to Kane and his most loyal followers. General Kilian Qatar was a member of the Inner Circle, but following her betrayal and execution her position was took over by one of Nod's most successful commanders(the player) who managed to protect the Gateways of the Scrin.
Seventeen years after the Second Tiberium War, a global conflict between the Global Defence Initiative and the Brotherhood of Nod erupts once again.
Kane
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Once again, Kane seemingly cheats death, reappearing as Nod's leader. The lack of scarring he had during Tiberian Sun, as well how he returned again, remains officially unexplained. However, given that he is seen in stasis at the end of Firestorm, it can be assumed that he merged with CABAL and underwent facial reconstruction process as well as reanimation. During the game, Kane tricks the Global Defense Initiative into using the Ion Cannon on the Sarajevo Temple, detonating a Tiberium Bomb underneath it. The explosion attracts the third faction; the Scrin, who believe that Tiberium had driven Terran life extinct. When they arrived at Earth, the Scrin or how Kane calls them, the visitors begin building nineteen Towers all over the globe. Kane orders the player to secure the last Tower in Italy intact (as GDI destroyed the other towers) and finish off GDI. At the end of the Nod campaign, Kane invites the player to step into the tower and announces to the Inner Circle: Behold, our hero! The one whose loyalty and courage made our dreams of Ascension, a reality! And then the campaign ends.
Intelligence Agent Ajay
Ajay is Kane's most valued intelligence officer and tactician. He is of Australian descent, having grown up in the Australian outback. He is devoted to the cause of the Brotherhood of Nod and views GDI as an oppressive government that has to be destroyed. He aided a young Nod commander in destroying Goddard Space Center's A-SAT control center and the subsequent invasion of the northeastern B-2 Blue Zone (United States eastern seaboard). Following the dramatic turn in the war, he aided the commander on several occasions and eventually developed a rivalry with general Kilian Qatar. When Temple Prime was destroyed, following a surprise attack by Nod renegades (supposedly sent by Qatar), he returned to Australia and reluctantly submitted to Kilian's orders.
During the mission to acquire nuclear warheads from GDI stockpiles in the outback, his encampment is hit by a Scrin Drone ship and he is forced to move his base of operations. He is reluctant to accept a cease-fire instituted by Kilian Qatar between GDI and Nod and is more than happy to coordinate an attack on them in downtown Sydney and the occupation of Kilian's headquarters on Ayers Rock. However, when he is asked by Kane to testify against her, he is reluctant to state what happened and upon seeing her execution becomes disenfranchised and leaves his quarters, essentially abandoning the Brotherhood shortly before the Commander's defense of the Scrin tower.
He is portrayed by Josh Holloway, known for his role in Lost.
General Kilian Qatar
Kilian Qatar is the right hand woman of Kane. She is the direct commander of Nod armed forces, mastermind of the strike against the GDSS Philadelphia, the preparation of Nod deployment in Australia where she had established her command center at Ayers Rock.
During the Nod assault on the Blue Zones, she oversaw a young Nod commander that was tasked with invading the eastern seaboard of the United States. She grew fond of his skill, but as the strategic situation began to take turn after turn for the worse, her faith in Kane began to waiver. The tactics employed by Kane in the reckless and overly aggressive assault on the blue zones particularly concerned Killian. When Kane revealed a part of his grand plan to her, a plan that involved removing the GDI from the picture all together and through this transforming the world, she questioned her loyalty to Kane as she had been left out of the planning stages of this most monumentous operation.
When the leader of Nod denied reinforcement to her campaign in Australia, calling instead their brothers to defend Temple Prime. These reinforcements promptly rebelled against Kane (possibly inspired by Qatar) and as the Ion Cannon obliterated New Sarajevo Temple, Killian Qatar seized the moment and assummed command over The Brotherhood of Nod. Defying Kane's edicts, Killian refocused The Brotherhood's efforts on acquiring nuclear warheads and ICBMs, to replenesh the supply lost with the old Brotherhood silos at Cairo after their destruction by the GDI. When the Scrin invaded, it was Killian who struck a pact with GDI to fight against them.
However Kane intervened and as the GDI attempted to evacuate Sydney he ordered a retaliatory strike against the Global Defense Initiative there, the result of which was the total destruction of the GDI base located within the heart of the city. In the aftermath of this, Kane finally brought the rogue commander within his grasp, executing Killian Qatar for treason.
She is portrayed by Tricia Helfer.