Brotherhood of Nod (Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn)
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The Brotherhood of Nod, often shortened to Nod or the Brotherhood, was an organization with the characteristics of a religious movement, a multinational corporation, and a nation-state. It was classified as a terrorist group by the Global Defense Initiative.
The origin of Nod was shrouded in mystery, with the group itself claiming that it existed since before 1800 BC.[1][5] It rose to prominence in 1995 when a meteorite carrying Tiberium landed near the Tiber River in Italy. During this period, Nod launched a series of terrorist attacks all over the world. In response, the United Nations founded the Global Defense Initiative, a multinational military alliance to eliminate multinational terrorism.
The conflict between Nod and GDI escalated into a world war in the late 1990s, and would later be known as the First Tiberium War. Though Nod was defeated during the war, it returned time and time again in the decades that followed, leading to the Second and Third Tiberium Wars. Finally, at the end of the Fourth Tiberium War in 2077, the entire Brotherhood of Nod and Kane achieved Ascension through Threshold 19, leaving Earth behind and putting an end to the conflicts between Nod and GDI for good.
The central tenets of Nod's beliefs included the worship of Tiberium, which they saw as the catalyst for the next stage of human evolution the worship of Kane, Nod's charismatic leader, believed to be immortal by many within the Brotherhood and the Ascension prophecy, a mythological reward promised to Nod's followers by Kane.
In addition, Nod consistently presented itself as the voice of the oppressed masses and worked to unite the downtrodden and the disenfranchised against the GDI, which it painted as a fascist group subservient to the wealthy Western nations and global elites.
In response to a series of terrorist attacks orchestrated by Nod, the United Nations passed the United Nations Global Defense Act (UNGDA) on October 12, 1995, forming the Global Defense Initiative,[1] a global peacekeeping force with the goal of eliminating multinational terrorism.[7][9]
Initially, GDI forces had the upper hand. However, the tide of the war turned when Nod propaganda claimed that GDI slaughtered the Polish town of Białystok, forcing the United Nations to suspend funding for GDI while they conducted an internal investigation. With GDI forces weakened Nod went on the offensive, attacking GDI positions while continuing to smear GDI in the media. Kane himself even sent a taunting message to GDI Commander James Solomon, admitting his manipulation of the media and claiming that the GDI had already lost.
However, the funding suspension was revealed to be a trick: the UN never believed that GDI had conducted atrocities and this was all part of a plan to lull Kane into a false sense of security. With funding restored, GDI forces pushed back against Nod forces, destroying a Nod Bio-Research Laboratory in Yugoslavia, where Kane was personally overseeing Tiberium-based human experiments.
Though Kane escaped before the destruction of the lab, GDI was able to pinpoint the location of Nod's headquarters: the Temple of Nod in Sarajevo. After a three-day siege, the Temple was destroyed by a GDI ion cannon, presumably killing Kane and ending the war. However, Kane's body was never recovered.
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