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This group is composed of the [[Brotherhood of Nod|Brotherhood's]] most powerful members, second to Kane in authority. During the events of ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun#Firestorm|Firestorm]]'', the group is composed of five generals who have survived the aftermath of [[GDI]]'s victory over |
This group is composed of the [[Brotherhood of Nod|Brotherhood's]] most powerful members, second to [[Kane (Command & Conquer)|Kane]] in authority. During the events of ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun#Firestorm|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 and a man known as Marzaq (played by [[Nicholas Worth]]), both of which try to estabilish total control over the group and enforce their concept of what the Brotherhood should become in the second interregnum. |
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The Inner Circle members are eventually assassinated by [[Computer_Assisted_Biologically_Augmented_Lifeform#Computer_Assisted_Biologically_Augmented_Lifeform|CABAL]]'s cyborgs, with only Anton Slavik escaping the assassination attempt succesfully. |
The Inner Circle members are eventually assassinated by [[Computer_Assisted_Biologically_Augmented_Lifeform#Computer_Assisted_Biologically_Augmented_Lifeform|CABAL]]'s cyborgs, with only Anton Slavik escaping the assassination attempt succesfully. |
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Revision as of 15:14, 5 November 2006
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. He positions himself as a prophet and controls the Brotherhood with an iron fist. Kane claims to have discovered Tiberium 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 civillian 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 attempts to take control of the Brotherhood and attacking America.
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."
The character is played by Eric Gooch, who also worked on Command & Conquer as a 3D artist.
Greg Burdette
Greg Burdette is a news reporter who covers 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 succeeds in falsely blaming GDI for the massacre. The international uproar caused by the report leads 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 suggests that he may not actually be a member of the Brotherhood of Nod and instead has been 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 posseses 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.
His model was originally intended for Gideon Raveshaw, while Mendoza was supposed to be a long, black-haired muscleman.
Mendoza is voiced by Gregg Berger.
Sakura Obata
Rumured 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 "PArker" Havoc. She eventually left the Dead-6, lured by the Brotherhood of Nod's ample bank accounts.
She was Parker's love interest in the game. Sakura switched sides again, when Raveshaw ordered Mendoza to kill her along with Havoc, and 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 it's 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.
She has finally underwent the process herself, resulting in the creation of an entity Nod considers the closest to perfection.
Dr. Petrova is voiced by Lori Tritel.
Captain Stubing
Captain Stubing has joined the Brotherhood when he was rescued by them after his ship crashed on a desolatem island, during what was to be a simple, three hour trip.
Captain Stubing commanded 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
Ceptain Stubing's subordinate, Gilligan worked his way in the naval ranks as he wanted to avoid fighting on land. He was eventually recruited by the Brotherhood and eventually was put under the command of captain Stubing 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.
Commander Anton Slavik
Anton Slavik was a young and a gifted commander of the Brotherhood of Nod, who would rise to become one of the most powerful and influential figures of the terrorist 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 Serbian origin and was known as "The Serbian Wolf" for his reputation of ruthlessness. His abilities made him rise quickly up 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 his 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 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 and inadvertently making him the single most powerful man 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.
Anton Slavik was played by Frank Zagarino in both Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and its expansion pack Firestorm. It is currently unknown what role the character will be playing in the upcoming Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, if any.
Oxanna Kristos
An exceptionally skilled Nod propagandist, Oxanna Kristos is also a member of the Black Hand and one of the few members of the Brotherhood completely loyal to Kane and his vision. She posseses a hatred towards mutants, reffering for example to Umagon as "disgusting".
Her loyalty became evident when she rescued commander Anton Slavik before he could have been executed by Hassan's men, who collaborated with GDI. In an attempt to cover up the embarrasing story, she has been proclaimed dead, accidentally killed in a tunnel collapse near her home - something Slavik jokes at, remarking "Heard you're dead lieutenant, rest in peace.".
After forces loyal to Kane seize the TV stations, she appears on air, much to the surprise of his colleague (portrayed by Thyme Lewis), executing him shortly afterwards, after what she broadcasts a speech calling brethren loyal to Kane to rise up against the traitors. The call is succesfull, giving Slavik enough forces to seize and overthrow the would-be pharaoh, Hassan.
It is not specified what happened to her after the end of Tiberian Sun, as she does not appear in Firestorm.
Oxanna is portrayed by Canadian actress Monika Schnarre.
General Vega
A powerful South American druglord dealing in the Eye Candy drug (a substance applied to one's eye), Vega was also an influential Nod general and a frequent abuser of the substance he dealt in.
However, during Tiberian Sun, he has made several mistakes, propably due to his addiction, that resulted in the loss of a Scrin battleship constructed by Kane at the end of the First Tiberium War, when he used it to try and settle an old score in South America. Additionally, he left the hydroelectric dams generating power for his base vulnerable, allowing the GDI to destroy them and severely hamper Vega's combat forces in the initial stages of the asault on his island.
The island housed Vega's command center, located in an old Mayan pyramid. After overpowering the defence force, GDI commander McNeil and his lieutenant Chandra infiltrated it, as Vega's plead for help from Kane. His superior decided Vega was a loss and on-screen launched a nuclear ICBM to obliterate Vega and his island. Shortly thereafter, the general commits suicide by injecting himself with an overdose of Eye Candy and dies in the grip of commander McNeil.
Vega is portrayed by Francesco Quinn
General Hassan
An African Nod general on the payroll of GDI, Hassan used his power to make sure, that Nod remained harmless to GDI all the while portraying himself as a strong GDI enemy and powerful man. He was under the direct supervision of general Solomon, and was merely a puppet. When he failed to kill the Black Hand's commander, Anton Slavik, he was reminded by Solomon that if he became useless to GDI, "useless things have a way of disappearing".
He attempted to track down and kill Slavik with his Elite Guard, but Kane loyalists managed to defeat his men and eventually depose the "would be pharaoh" in Cairo.
Hassan was later executed during a ceremony, shortly after Kane reminded him that "you can't kill the Messiah".
Hassan is 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 and a man known as Marzaq (played by Nicholas Worth), both of which try to estabilish 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 escaping the assassination attempt succesfully.