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Kane, the Brotherhood of Nod and the green crystal that ate the planet, plus the Red Alert timeline where Einstein removed Hitler and made everything worse. Two universes, kept apart.
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The Brotherhood of Nod: Kane's Army of Believers
The Brotherhood of Nod is half religion, half terror network and half global superpower. It rose on Tiberium under Kane, and it keeps falling apart and coming back whenever he does.
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GDI: the Global Defense Initiative Explained
The Global Defense Initiative began as a UN-backed force sent to stop terrorism and ended up running what's left of the world. The games are honest about how much that changes it.
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Kane: the Immortal Prophet of the Brotherhood of Nod
Kane is the bald, goateed face of Command & Conquer, the messiah of the Brotherhood of Nod. He has been declared dead several times, never seems to age, and always has a plan.
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Red Alert Timeline: Einstein, Stalin, Yuri and the Empire of the Rising Sun
The Red Alert story in order, from Einstein erasing Hitler to Stalin's war, Romanov's invasion of America, Yuri's betrayal and the time-travel plot that created the Empire of the Rising Sun.
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Tiberian Timeline: Command & Conquer from Tiberian Dawn to Firestorm
The Tiberian saga of Command & Conquer in order, from the meteor at the Tiber River and the First Tiberium War to Kane's return, the Firestorm crisis and the road to the Third Tiberium War.
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Tiberium: the Alien Crystal That Ate the Earth
Tiberium is the green crystal at the heart of Command & Conquer, an alien substance that makes metal cheap to harvest, poisons almost everything it touches and slowly turns the Earth into something else.
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Long read · 6 Nov 2026
The Brotherhood of Nod: Kane's Army of Believers
The Brotherhood of Nod is half religion, half terror network and half global superpower. It rose on Tiberium under Kane, and it keeps falling apart and coming back whenever he does.
- G
Long read · 6 Nov 2026
GDI: the Global Defense Initiative Explained
The Global Defense Initiative began as a UN-backed force sent to stop terrorism and ended up running what's left of the world. The games are honest about how much that changes it.
- K
Long read · 6 Nov 2026
Kane: the Immortal Prophet of the Brotherhood of Nod
Kane is the bald, goateed face of Command & Conquer, the messiah of the Brotherhood of Nod. He has been declared dead several times, never seems to age, and always has a plan.
- R
Long read · 6 Nov 2026
Red Alert Timeline: Einstein, Stalin, Yuri and the Empire of the Rising Sun
The Red Alert story in order, from Einstein erasing Hitler to Stalin's war, Romanov's invasion of America, Yuri's betrayal and the time-travel plot that created the Empire of the Rising Sun.
- T
Long read · 6 Nov 2026
Tiberian Timeline: Command & Conquer from Tiberian Dawn to Firestorm
The Tiberian saga of Command & Conquer in order, from the meteor at the Tiber River and the First Tiberium War to Kane's return, the Firestorm crisis and the road to the Third Tiberium War.
- T
Long read · 6 Nov 2026
Tiberium: the Alien Crystal That Ate the Earth
Tiberium is the green crystal at the heart of Command & Conquer, an alien substance that makes metal cheap to harvest, poisons almost everything it touches and slowly turns the Earth into something else.
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