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|birth   = 
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|status  = Ascended (2077)
|gender  = Male
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|faction = {{Flag|Nod|TT}} [[Brotherhood of Nod]] <br/> {{Flag|USSR|RA1}} [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]] (briefly)
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* Soviet advisor (WW2)
* Nod supreme leader
* Messiah
|rank    = Prophet
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* ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Tiberian Dawn]]''
* ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert|Red Alert]]''
* ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun|Tiberian Sun]]''
* ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm|Firestorm]]'' (mentioned)
* ''[[Command & Conquer: Renegade|Renegade]]''
* ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars|Tiberium Wars]]''
* ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath|Kane's Wrath]]''
* [[Tiberian Twilight motion comic|''Tiberian Twilight'' motion comic]]
* ''[[Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight|Tiberian Twilight]]''
* ''[[Command & Conquer: Rivals|Rivals]]''
|actor   = [[Joseph David Kucan]]
}}
{{Quote|You can't kill the Messiah.|Kane, on multiple occasions}}
'''Kane''' is the charismatic, absolute leader of the [[Brotherhood of Nod]], appearing in all events throughout the [[Tiberium universe]]. He was also the secretive advisor to [[Joseph Stalin]] during the [[Second World War]].

His exact origins are unknown, but is claimed to have been present on Earth for an exceptionally long period of time, not having aged a day in his appearance. Throughout his time on Earth, he has rallied people around him to accomplish his goals at the expense of everything and everyone else, and has believed that [[Tiberium]] and its connection to the [[Scrin]] would bring humanity "[[ascension]]".

==Identity==
{{Quote|I found you people in mud huts, you were living in caves!|Kane to [[Parker (Tiberian Twilight)|Commander Parker]] about his life on Earth}}
[[File:Kane-s-Evolution.gif|250px|thumb|Despite the verified passage of more than one hundred years, Kane's physical appearance has remained generally constant through all known reports and sightings.]]
The problem with Kane's identity, according to GDI dossier, is that its only source is Kane himself, who is not particularly famous for his trustworthiness. At times he has also gone by the names Jacob Caine (INTERPOL, File TRX11-12Q) and Amir al-Quayym (MI6 DR-416.52).<ref name=":0" />

Kane claims to have come to Earth thousands of years ago,<ref name="CC4:Nod7" /> and found humans living in mud huts and caves, which would place his arrival between 6000 and 4000 years BC.<ref name="CC4:Nod7" /> Again according to Kane; to humans, Kane is like a father - he uplifted the fledgling humanity, giving them tools and knowledge, guiding them every step of the way.<ref name="CC4:Nod7" /> However, he does not explain as to why he is absent from all written history in spite of having such an important role in human evolution.

He is known to the [[Scrin]], as his genetic pattern appears in the [[Alien AI|Mothership's records]]; however, his relationship with them is never explained.<ref name="CC3_Scrin3">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars]]''. Scrin mission 3: "Croatia".</ref> This genetic code also grants his human form practical immortality and extreme resiliency to damage.<ref name="CC4:Nod6">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight]]''. Nod mission 6: "[[Bleed Out]]".</ref>

While he became a public enemy in Western nations only in the last decade of the 20<sup>th</sup> century or so, he is linked to [[Joseph Stalin]], the infamous leader of the [[Soviet Union]], as far back as the early 1950s.<ref>[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert]] [[Soviet]] Campaign cutscenes</ref><ref>[[Criminal Dossier C13.274.A]], Promotional Material released by [[EALA]]</ref> Numerous files exist concerning him, with the most important being Interpol file GEN#4:16<ref>The ID of the file seems to be a pun on bible references. The actual bible passage Genesis 4:16 deals with Cain going into exile to the "Land of Nod"</ref> and the GDI criminal dossier. They list numerous aliases Kane used, including Jacob Caine, Caine or Amir Al'Quayym and indicate that no truly reliable source exists for reconstructing his past as all records are either false, forged or outright planted by [[Nod]].<ref name=":0">[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn]], Manual</ref>

Among the Brotherhood's faithful Kane is often referred to as ''The Prophet'' and ''the Messiah''. During the [[Fourth Tiberium War]], however, Kane dropped all pretence in front of [[Parker (Tiberian Twilight)|Commander Parker]] and says that human fanaticism was something he found very useful.

==Objectives==
===Ascension===
Kane's ultimate goal was [[Ascension]], understood as the activation of the [[Scrin]] portal at a [[Threshold]] tower and leaving [[Earth]] through the passage.<ref name="CC4:Nod7">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight]]''. Nod mission 7: "[[The End of All Things]]".</ref> All of Kane's actions throughout the thousands of years he has spent on the planet were probably focused on achieving this single event.<ref name="CC4:Nod7" />

Kane eventually decided to achieve this goal through the detonation of a [[Liquid Tiberium bomb]] which would attract the [[Scrin]] scout ships to earth as was depicted in the [[Tacitus]]. While [[Nod]] scientists were unsuccessful in their own efforts to this end, it turns out that the [[GDI]] under [[Redmond Boyle]] by using the [[Ion Cannon]] on [[Temple Prime]] unwittingly detonated [[Nod]]'s [[Liquid Tiberium]] resources in a manner that achieved Kane's goals; though at a staggering human and ecological cost. During the resulting [[Scrin]] invasion of Earth, [[Nod]] were able to steal a [[Scrin]] [[Threshold]] tower and protect it from [[GDI]], a tower Kane would eventually use to [[Ascend]].

At the conclusion of the [[Fourth Tiberium War]], Kane and thousands of [[Nod]] followers would activate the [[Threshold 19]] tower that they had captured at the end of the [[Third Tiberium War]]. Thus Kane would finally leave the earth and achieve his goal of [[Ascension]].

===Divination===
An earlier goal of Kane, if it had not been his ultimate goal, was [[Divination]]: the transformation of the human race itself into a form that, unlike current humans, did not suffer and die in the presence of [[Tiberium]]. Since Tiberium is a resource without equal, such humans would be able to bask in the power of Tiberium and create a world without scarcity, a paradise on earth, inhabited by "divine" beings capable of anything.

As humanity suffered and prospered from Tiberium in equal measure during the [[First Tiberium War]], [[Nod]] conducted highly unethical secret research into Tiberium mutation and augmentation known as [[Project ReGenesis]]. The [[GDI]] did not understand the true purpose of this research, considering it only a means of creating supersoldiers, but they were successful in terminating the project thanks to the efforts of Captain [[Nick Seymour Parker|Nick "Havoc" Parker]].

By the [[Second Tiberium War]] it became clear to Kane that the [[GDI]] would inevitably disrupt [[Nod]]'s Divination research, thus it was necessary for the [[GDI]] to be eliminated or emasculated for it to be completed. But with Nod forces unable to decisively prevail on the battlefield, Kane devised the [[World Altering Missile]], a device that would massively and rapidly accelerate Tiberium growth globally, leaving the human race and the [[GDI]] with no choice but to cooperate with Nod Divination plans or die.

The destruction of the World Altering Missile, along with Kane's [[Cairo]] [[Pyramid Temple]] seems to have led to Kane abandoning his Divination plans for the human race. He would instead focus on his [[Ascension]] through the means of the [[Scrin]], although the launching of the World Altering Missile would have, through the proliferation of [[Tiberium]] eventually led to the arrival of the Scrin anyway, thus Ascension may have been his real reason for [[Divination]] and the World Altering Missile anyway.

{{NonCanonCamp|Nod|TS}}
However the non-canonical cutscene in which Kane actually succeeds in launching the World Altering Missile however indicates that had the missile actually been launched, Kane would have then vanished into thin air for reasons unknown. Had the aim of the World Altering Missile and Divination really been Ascension through the Scrin's arrival then he must have been unaware that this would happen.

===Global power===
Kane sought always to influence the development of human civilization, to guide their development along lines which he found to his liking. To this end he created the [[Brotherhood of Nod]], part religion, part political movement devoted to himself and to his teachings.

Kane had through the [[Brotherhood]] always sought to dominate human society from the shadows. At the time a secret society devoted to its secretive leader but clearly sharing certain goals, [[Nod]] had a strong presence in the [[Soviet Union]]; being present during [[Stalin]]'s reign. Kane was a mysterious advisor to [[Joseph Stalin]] and his mistress [[Nadia Zelenkov]] was a [[Nod]] member. But it is not clear whether Kane and Nod had been present in a prominent role during [[Lenin]]'s reign and the original [[Soviet]] Revolution or whether they had risen to such a position only during the rise of [[Stalin]] to power which they may even have arranged at the expense of Trotsky.

It was with the arrival of [[Tiberium]] and the rise of the [[GDI]] however that [[Nod]] would become an openly global mass organization and Kane would achieve a kind of profile and power that he had never before had as its leader. Through [[Nod]], Kane would openly contend with the [[GDI]] for the allegiance of whole nations, on the diplomatic, media, economic, political and military fronts.

Nations governments would be persuaded to ally with [[Nod]], populations would be incited to oppose governments hostile to [[Nod]] using the media, [[Nod]] would expand their [[Tiberium]] harvesting operations globally to gain immense wealth, genuine political movements acting on [[Nod]] fronts would be created to assume the reins of power over nations and military or paramilitary forces ranging from terrorists to conventional armies would be deployed against [[Nod]]'s enemies.

Though Kane would rise to become one of the most powerful men in the world through [[Nod]], it came at a price. [[Nod]] would be assimilating so many elements that it obtains a will of its own, separate from its immortal leader Kane. Eventually by the [[Third Tiberium War]] there were those such as Brother [[Marcion]], who while claiming the mantle of [[Nod]] actively denounced his 'memory', while by the [[Incursion War]] and [[Fourth Tiberium War]] the [[Nod Separatists]] lead by [[Gideon]] were actually willing to wage war against a clearly living Kane.

==Personality and traits==
[[Image:CNCR Kane Banner.png|right|thumb|right|A banner widely used in TW1 [[Hand of Nod|Hands of Nod]]]]

{{quote|I have many names, Captain Pierce...|Kane to [[Christian Pierce]].}}

Kane was widely considered to be a highly intelligent and cunning man possessing extreme charisma, most sources placing his IQ at 192 at the very least, vastly above genius level, allowing him to unite the [[Brotherhood of Nod]] under his supreme authoritarian rule although not always.

He was a master at propaganda and information warfare, evidenced when he broadcasted a news report about the alleged [[GDI]] slaughter of civilians in [[Białystok]], [[Poland]], as well as manipulation and control, evidenced by him managing to control [[Joseph Stalin]]'s actions (while avoiding being purged). Kane's own messages may reflect his reputed charisma, speaking with a confident deep voice. Interestingly, recovered footage from a Nod propaganda studio reveals Kane speaking with a uncharacteristically softer tone.

Kane was undoubtedly ruthless, showing little regard for ethical constraints when they stood in the way of his goals and willing to sacrifice thousands or millions of people in order to succeed; but at the same time he does not appear to be without sympathy for the plight of human suffering. He is known to have expressed seemingly genuine anger at the plight of the destitute of the slums of Rio in a non-public context.

While making limited use of tactical nuclear weaponry, he has never made use of them directly against major civilian targets and had always avoided any escalation into a full nuclear war; despite being defeated in multiple wars. But at the same time, he was quite willing to endorse the use of false-flag operations involving the killing of limited numbers of civilians.

Kane's relationship to his subordinates was a complex one. He showed a certain amount of mercy and was able to forgive even betrayal up to a point. For instance he did not allow his anger at Marcions betrayal and his assassination of [[Anton Slavik]] to cause him to execute Marcion and prevent him from being put to good use. At the same time he showed no mercy to [[Seth]]'s attempts to subvert his authority, even going so far as making a public example of his body, and yet showed a certain leniency in dealing with [[Kilian]]'s questioning of his authority. However, he ultimately came to believe in her betrayal and she was executed.

Kane also has a certain tolerance for failure. [[Anton Slavik]] and [[Oxanna Kristos]] were completely forgiven for their capture by [[Michael McNeil]] and were rescued rather than being allowed to rot in [[GDI]] captivity. At the same time however he used a nuclear warhead to kill [[General Vega]] after his multiple failures, but this may have been simply in order keep the intelligence within his [[Pyramid Temple]] out of [[GDI]] hands.

Perhaps the most remarkable trait of Kane is his apparent survivability and seeming-immortality: despite being supposedly killed three times, or at least subjected to harm easily sufficient to be fatal in most cases, Kane has repeatedly managed to resurface after his 'demise'. Also, Kane has not shown appreciable signs of physical age at any point since at least the filming of the first video footage of him known to exist, during the early 1950s. While any reasons for this remain unknown, it unmistakably adds to the mystique of the Nod leader.<ref name="CC3_KaneDossier">Electronic Arts. [http://files.ea.com/downloads/eagames/cc/tiberium/CC3_Kane_Dossier.pdf Kane's Secret Dossier (mysterious pamphlet)]. 2009-10-13.</ref>

Within the [[Brotherhood]], Kane is viewed as a prophet and considered an immortal, as he has lived through over one hundred years without aging. Although Kane does not go out of his way to confirm or deny any of the wide variety of views and theories regarding himself, his followers are absolutely loyal to him and the [[Brotherhood]]'s ideals: they would fight for the Brotherhood, but die for Kane.<ref name="CC3_KaneDossier" /> [[GDI]], on the other hand, considers him to be the single most threatening man to the status quo, and constantly wages war against the [[Brotherhood of Nod]] to remove him and any and all chances he may have to interfere with worldwide 'peace'.

==Biography==
===Origins===
{{quote|I have spent... thousands of years trapped here working toward this!|Kane}}

:''See [[Cain]]''
According to himself, Kane found humans living in mud huts and caves, which would place his arrival on [[Earth]] between 6000 and 4000 years BC.<ref name="CC4:Nod7" /> To humans again according to himself, Kane is like a father - he uplifted the fledgling humanity, giving them tools and knowledge, guiding every step of the way.<ref name="CC4:Nod7" />

His most important and powerful tool, the [[Brotherhood of Nod]], was founded by him in 1800 BC (according to [[Nod]]'s own records, which [[GDI]] dismisses as exaggerated).<ref name="CC1_Manual">Finger, Penina, Adam Isgreen, and Erik Yeo. ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn]]: Instruction Manual''. Las Vegas, Nevada: Westwood Studios, 1997.</ref> The [[Temple of Nod]] that was built in [[Egypt]] contained the sarcophagus apparantly of [[Abel]], the biblical [[Cain]]'s brother and first victim.<ref name="CC:Ren1_GDI12">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer: Renegade]]''. Mission 12: "Stomping on Holy Ground".</ref>

A common [[Nod]] belief apparently claims that Kane is the [[wikipedia:Cain and Abel|Biblical Cain]] ("Kayin" in ancient Hebrew and 'Qabil' in Arabic), and thus thousands of years old.<ref name="CC3_KaneDossier" /> If this is true however; this indicates that [[Nod]] has an inverted, even Satanistic reading of the scriptures, since they are identifying their prophet as the biblical first murderer who was rejected by god.

===Second World War===
[[File:Kane with Stalin.jpg|thumb|right|Kane advising [[Joseph Stalin]]. [[Nadia]] and [[Gradenko]] are present.]]
The earliest appearance of Kane was as an advisor of sorts to [[Joseph Stalin]], the leader of the [[USSR]], before the [[Second World War]]. Along with [[Nadia]], he had a major impact on Soviet decisions throughout the war. However, no trace of him was found after the war, apart from a few minor clues noted by the [[United States]] Central Intelligence Agency and referenced later on by [[Lia Suskind]] in her dossier.<ref name="CC3_KaneDossier" />

{{NonCanonCamp|Soviet|RA1}}
The exact extent of control Kane had over the USSR is unknown, however, cutscenes indicate that he was no mere advisor, rather, the gray eminence of the Union.

====Second World War (Soviet victory)====
{{Q|For the foreseeable future? Comrade Chairman, I am the future...|Kane|Soviet Supremacy}}
Kane accompanied Stalin to London, England, to celebrate the Soviet victory. He shot and killed accomplice [[Nadia]], after she had poisoned and killed Stalin. Kane proclaimed himself the future and subsequently promoted a [[Soviet Commander (Red Alert 1)|successful Soviet general]] to Chairman.<ref name="RA1_sovfinal.vqa">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert]]''. Cinematic: sovfinal.vqa.</ref>

===Tiberian Prophet===
[[File:CNCTS Install Kane Article.png|left|thumb|Archived newspaper article concerning Kane and the mystery surrounding him]]

{{Quote|It is, as I foresaw it.|Kane to Dr. [[Elena Petrova]]|Stomping on Holy Ground}}

Kane, along with the [[Brotherhood of Nod]], remained out of the public eye until [[1995]] and the arrival of [[Tiberium]] to Earth, when the Brotherhood emerged as a major force practically overnight, with a keen understanding of the material. Indeed, Kane claimed to have named Tiberium after Tiberius Drusus Caesar, in accordance with the Nod belief that the Brotherhood discovered the substance and revealed it to the world.<ref name="CC1_kanepre.vqa">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. Cinematic/animation: ''kane's intro to tiberium'', kanepre.vqa.</ref> Kane made Tiberium a core of Nod ideology.

Over the years he worked to cement Nod influence in developing nations, exploiting disparity in global wealth and urging developing nations to use Tiberium to free themselves from their subservience to industrialized nations. Many of the disenfranchised peoples agreed with Nod's vision of global peace and prosperity, giving the Brotherhood immense influence and control over a significant portion of the world's population and Tiberium deposits.<ref name="CC3_KaneDossier" /><ref name="CC1_intro2.vqa">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn]]''. Animation: ''c&c intro movie'', intro2.vqa.</ref><ref name="CC1_bkground.vqa">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. Animation: ''background on the conflict'', bkground.vqa.</ref> Numerous interviews with the [[WWN]] were also intended to persuade their viewers, as the suave and charismatic leader modestly expressed his concerns about [[GDI]].<ref name="Always.dat sound files">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer: Renegade]]''. Voicefile: M00CCNC_DSGN0014I1CCNC_SND.wav in Always.dat</ref>

Under orders from the prophet, Nod scientists aggressively researched Tiberium and its practical applications, pursuing Kane's doctrine of the [[Technology of Peace]]. Their extraordinary results put Nod at the forefront of technology, providing safe methods of [[Tiberium]] harvesting and processing into readily available raw goods.

Additionally, without being bound by petty morality or constraints imposed by the weak, Kane initiated several research programs into applications of Tiberium widely considered to be unethical, at best, the most significant of those being [[Project ReGenesis]].

Of course, Kane and his beliefs alarmed the western world. Several agencies (including [[GDI]] itself, INTERPOL and MI6) conducted investigations and background checks on Kane, revealing little information, as no social security numbers, licences or any other identification existed. Kane remained a mystery, constantly eluding capture.<ref name="CC3_KaneDossier" /><ref name="CC1_Manual" />

===First Tiberium War===
The [[First Tiberium War]] was the first great struggle between GDI and Nod. Kane waged war on the [[GDI]] on several fronts, including military, propaganda and science. While [[Nod]] would never be a match for the UN-funded military directly, they focused on covert, fast strikes, capturing technology,<ref name="CC1_Nod6">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. Nod mission 6: "get detonator"</ref> assassinating enemy scientists and commanders<ref name="CC1_Nod10a">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. Nod mission 10a: "kill scientist"</ref> and destroying vital assets, hampering their arrival on the battlefield.<ref name="CC1_Nod10b">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. Nod mission 10b: "destroy mammoth tank"</ref>

In terms of propaganda, Kane was second to none. His most important move in the campaign to win the hearts and minds of the people was orchestrating the [[Białystok scandal]] through a [[WWN]] reporter, and collaborator, [[Greg Burdette]], blaming GDI ''terrorists'' for the massacre.<ref name="CC1_burdet1.vqa">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. Cinematic: ''greg burdette reports 1'', burdet1.vqa.</ref> The media offensive seemed to work when the UN suspended GDI funding.<ref name="CC1_GDI5">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. GDI mission 5: "repair gdi base"</ref>

The Nod leader also occasionally contacted GDI commanders and soldiers to try and goad and demoralize them. Then-Commander [[James Solomon]], waging successful battles against Nod in Europe, received such a message shortly after suffered funding cuts when Kane interrupted an [[EVA]] briefing; although Kane claimed to know Solomon's location and made a veiled assassination threat, the commander was ultimately not deterred.<ref name="CC1_tbrinfo1.vqa">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. Animation: ''tiberium info 1'', tbrinfo1.vqa.</ref> Kane also targeted [[Nick Parker]] for jibes as the GDI [[Commando (Tiberian Dawn)|commando]] continued interfering with [[Project ReGenesis]].<ref name="CC:Ren1_GDI12" /><ref name="CC:Ren1_GDI7">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer: Renegade]]''. Mission 7: "The Grip of the Black Hand".</ref>

The conflict also highlighted the deep divide between Kane's and GDI's vision for Tiberium. In terms of scientific research, Kane was unstoppable. Not constrained by petty morality or international scrutiny, his Brotherhood could explore areas of science [[GDI]] and its member nations refused to consider. From [[Military applications of Tiberium|weaponizing Tiberium]] to [[Tiberium]]-induced mutation and augmentation, Nod had made considerable advances in technology, all under Kane's guidance. The biggest research project Nod undertook during this time was [[Project ReGenesis]], aiming to create the perfect soldier, and the next stage of human evolution. As such, the Nod leader derided GDI's tentative approach to the substance<ref name="CC1_Nod10a" /> and did not have a high opinion of Doctor [[Ignatio Moebius]].<ref name="CC1_kanepre.vqa" /> In turn, GDI regarded Kane as a madman for experimenting with Tiberium on humans.<ref name="CC1_GDI11">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. GDI mission 11: "find delphi"</ref>

===Power struggles===
Kane's leadership did not go unchallenged. When [[Seth]], his most trusted commander, began to plot behind his back and plan the overthrow of Kane, he executed the latter by a single shot to the head with his [[Beretta 92]].<ref name="CC1_Nod8">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. Nod mission 8: "capture gdi base"</ref> While he stayed calm during the following briefing, Seth's treachery caused him to throw a tantrum, demolishing his former commander's office with a fire axe and preserving his corpse as a ''trophy'' of sorts.<ref name="CC:Ren1_GDI12" />

===End of the war===
{{NonCanonCamp|Nod|TD}}
Kane was present to witness the [[Temple of Nod (Tiberian Dawn)|Temple]] near Cape Town, South Africa, became operational, and the [[netwarriors]] infiltrate GDI's data networks and gain control of the [[ion cannon]]. The Nod leader then gave a [[Nod Commander (Tiberian Dawn)|Nod Commander]] who was significant to the success of the African campaign the honor of choosing the satellite weapon's first target.<ref name="CC1_nodfinal.vqa">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. Cinematic/animation: ''nod getting the ion cannon'', nodfinal.vqa.</ref>

{{Quote|Your efforts have landed us here, my faithul friend. The Temple is complete, and we are about to embark upon our greatest exploit. For now relax, and watch as my [[Netrunners]] dance through the web of cyberspace... Once inside, the world is at my fingertips... Begin!|Kane  following Nod's conquest of South Africa|Cradle of My Temple}}

But eventually, [[GDI]] Agent ''[[Delphi]]'' finally managed to track down Kane in the rump state of [[Yugoslavia]] inside a research lab and GDI launched an assault on a biochemical research lab, assuming that the Nod leader was on site. When forces led by [[James Solomon]] entered the facility, it turned out that he was, in fact, not on site.<ref name="CC1_GDI13">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. GDI mission 13: "get bio lab"</ref> However, they recovered many test subjects and prisoners, among them [[Nod]]'s greatest achievement - an infant supersoldier, [[Michael McNeil]]. Ironically, [[GDI]] remained oblivious to McNeil's augmentations.<ref name="CC_Bible">Selinske, Joe. ''[[Command & Conquer Bible]]: A Definitive Guide To The Command & Conquer Universe''. Las Vegas, Nevada: Westwood Studios, 1999.</ref>

Kane returned to the [[Temple of Nod]] in [[Sarajevo]] afterwards. General [[Mark Jamison Sheppard|Sheppard]] authorized an assault on the Temple within minutes of a covert agent confirming Kane's presence in the Temple.<ref name="CC1_GDI15">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. GDI mission 15: "destroy nod base"</ref>

GDI forces converged on the Temple and broke through Nod defenses after a three day siege.<ref name="CC1_gdifin2.vqa">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. Cinematic/animation: ''gdi end with ion cannon'', gdifin2.vqa.</ref> Kane remained in the Temple as it came under direct attack and when it became evident that GDI's victory was a matter of moments, he calmly left his command center and emerged into the main hall of the Temple, moments before the [[ion cannon]] was fired, seemingly vaporizing him.<ref name="CC_Bible" />

Kane's body was never recovered by [[GDI]] and he was presumed dead. This would prove to be [[GDI]]'s worst mistake in the years to come.<ref name="CC2_Manual">Stojsavljevic, Rade, and O'Miley Ryan. ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]]: Operations Manual''. Las Vegas, Nevada: Westwood Studios, 1999.</ref> The official investigation into Kane's fate was only terminated decades later.<ref name="CC2_GDINewsArchkaneDead">Westwood Studios. 1998-08-31. [http://web.archive.org/web/20000308225845/http://www.westwood.com/games/ccuniverse/tiberiansun/GDI/gdi_snewsarchive1.html EYE ON NOD: GDI SPEAKS OUT - KANE IS DEAD]. 2009-10-14.</ref>

===Life in "death"===
{{Quote|Kane lives in death!|Nod chant after Kane's supposed death|Eviction Notice (Tiberian Sun)}}
Kane survived and escaped the defeat at Sarajevo despite popular opinion,<ref name="CC2_GDINewsArchkaneDead" /> however, he did not escape unscathed. By the [[Second Tiberium War]] his scarred face was partially covered by a metallic mask. To hide his disfigurement, he favored remote communication where real-time video editing ensured he appeared unscathed to friend and foe alike.<ref name="CC2_GDI1">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]]''. GDI mission 1: "Reinforce Phoenix Base".</ref> In the years since his "death", he went underground and continued to spread his Tiberium vision while keeping his survival a secret from the world.<ref name="CC3_KaneDossier" />

[[Nod]] factions continued to revere their "fallen" prophet. Parts of the Brotherhood took up the cry "Kane lives in death!" to signify their continued adherence, at least in spirit, to Kane's Tiberium vision.<ref name="CC2_NodKaneHistory">Westwood Studios. [
http://web.archive.org/web/19991006052540/www.westwood.com/games/ccuniverse/tiberiansun/NOD/html/sub1.html Kane's History]. 2009-10-15.</ref> A few believed Kane was still alive.<ref name="CC2_GDINewsArchkaneDead" />

During this period an author by the name of [[Jannero Drake]] wrote a book ''[[Kane: False Prophet]]'', dedicated to destroying Kane's image. The author was assassinated by a Nod [[Fate Squad]] and the manuscript seized by [[GDI]] before publication. Former GDI [[InOps]] officer [[Lia Suskind]] drew upon the work when compiling a [[Criminal Dossier C13.274.A|criminal dossier]] on Kane.<ref name="CC3_KaneDossier" />

As the Second Tiberium War approached Kane began re-establishing contact with Nod. He gained the allegiance of General [[Cesar Vega]],<ref name="CC2_GDI7">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]]''. GDI mission 7: "Capture Hammerfest Base".</ref> leader of the largest Western Hemisphere factions,<ref name="CC2_GDINewsArchNodSavageOffensive">Westwood Studios. 1999-04-01. [http://web.archive.org/web/20000407195619/www.westwood.com/games/ccuniverse/tiberiansun/GDI/gdi_snewsarchive2.html NOD Forces Launch Savage Military Offensive]. 2009-10-14.</ref> and Commander [[Anton Slavik]], leader of the [[Black Hand]]. Kane clandestinely supported Slavik's bid to overthrow General [[Hassan]], leader of factions in the Eastern Hemisphere,<ref name="CC2_GDINewsArchNodSavageOffensive" /> who was a [[GDI]] collaborator.<ref name="CC2_Nod2">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]]''. Nod mission 2: "Retaliation".</ref>

The removal of Hassan reunified Nod under Kane.<ref name="CC2_Nod4a">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]]''. Nod mission 4a: "Eviction Notice".</ref> GDI noticed an increase in Nod activity and they were alerted to the full significance by Kane himself: the Nod leader contacted old nemesis General [[James Solomon]] and announced his return to the world stage.<ref name="CC2_GDI1" />

===Second Tiberium War===
[[File:CNCTS_Kane.jpg|right|thumb|Kane's appearance in 2030]]
{{Quote|You're only delaying the inevitable. I have the Tacitus. I am invincible. The Tacitus told me of Tiberium missiles, of invulnerable flying ships, of real-time genetic mutation. More than alien. More than human! The next step in our evolution as a species!|Kane|Final Conflict}}

Kane's Tiberium research was unwittingly assisted by the [[Forgotten]]; Nod secured the [[Tacitus]] from the mutants and Kane persuaded [[Tratos]], the Forgotten leader, into helping [[CABAL]]<ref name="CC2:FS_GDI4">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun: Firestorm]]''. GDI mission 4: "GDI 04: In the Box".</ref> translate the device.<ref name="CC2_Manual" /> Tratos realized too late that Kane was not interested in preserving the Earth or humanity as they knew it;<ref name="CC2_GDI10a">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]]''. GDI mission 10a: "Destroy Prototype Facility".</ref> Kane used the translated data to further efforts into Tiberium [[Divination]] and the creation of the [[World Altering Missile]]. Considering the purpose of the [[Temple Prime]] detonation, it is likely that apart from transforming Earth, the missile was also supposed to create a strong enough signal to draw the [[Scrin]] to Earth.

As the war progressed, the Tiberium prophet strategized several key points. He isolated the Mutant Forgotten which resulted in the Mutants forming an alliance with GDI. Kane ensured that his Brotherhood would secure a military victory but it ended in total disaster with most of the Nod generals and warlords of the [[Inner Circle]] proved to be incompetent and greedy. The exception was [[Anton Slavik]].
The Nod Messiah abandoned General Vega, disappointed with his duties when Vega failed to repel GDI. Although the [[Black Hand]] seized GDI's [[Hammerfest Base]] in Europe, Commander McNeil and his squad succeeded in retaking the region. Kane left a recording for McNeil gloating that his brother [[Jake McNeil]] had died a very slow and painful death. Kane's campaign did not escalate in victories as McNeil and his forces defeated most of his military leaders and survived a direct Nod assault sent by Kane himself.
Capturing [[Umagon]], Kane unveiled his now ready Tiberium missile.
The missile's launch was foiled by a daring [[GDI]] assault under the command of [[Michael McNeil]], who ignored his superior's orders to refrain from the attack in order to allow GDI more time to plan and prepare for the deciding conflict. Kane was confronted by [[McNeil]] within his pyramid. The GDI Commander impaled him which resulted in the [[Brotherhood]]'s defeat once again.<ref name="CC2_GDI12">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]]''. GDI mission 12: "Final Conflict".</ref> 
Kane's defeat and "death" shattered Nod to its very core. But Slavik, a brilliant tactician, would unify it.

====Nod campaign====
{{NonCanonCamp|Nod|TS}}
The 3 ICBM launchers fire their missiles on the [[GDSS Philadelphia]] and annihilated it, paving the way for Kane to unleash the World Altering Missile on the world as we know it. He disappears during the launch of the WAM in an orange glow, for reasons that are not known.

===Regeneration===
[[File:CNCTWKW Kane.jpg|left|thumb|Kane in 2034.]]
{{Quote|Our enemies believe that we have been defeated, and that I am no longer among the living. They are '''gravely''' mistaken.|Kane|Transcript:Kane Lives!}}

The grievously wounded Kane was recovered by [[CABAL]] and placed in a medical tube to regenerate.<ref name="CC3:KW_Nod1">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath]]''. Nod mission 1: "The Rio Insurrection".</ref> While sequestered for years Kane pondered the way forward. In envisioning the future Kane's thoughts returned to CABAL. Although the AI had not made a favorable impression on either GDI or Nod, Kane recognized that there were solid foundations which to improve upon.<ref name="CC3:KW_NodBackSpark">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath]]''. Nod Background, "Kane - A Spark...".</ref>
<ref name="CC3:KW_NodBackAwake">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath]]''. Nod Background, "Kane - Awakening".</ref><ref name="CC3:KW_NodBackCreation">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath]]''. Nod Background, "Kane - Creation".</ref> Kane was eventually fit to walk on his own again but a partial face mask was required to hide the still-healing scars.

Conceptualization of the plan that would take the Brotherhood to the end of the [[Third Tiberium War]] continued. During this time Kane struck on the idea for a new AI to be built upon the lessons from CABAL. Kane used information from shards of the [[Tacitus]] to help develop the new AI. Kane eventually named the new creation [[LEGION]].<ref name="CC3:KW_NodBackLowEbb">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath]]''. Nod Background, "Kane - My Lowest Ebb".</ref><ref name="CC3:KW_NodBackRealize">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath]]''. Nod Background, "Kane - Realization".</ref>

[[Anton Slavik]] was assassinated after the Firestorm Crisis by a follower of [[Marcion]].<ref name="CC3:KW_Nod1" /> Marcion seized control of the [[Black Hand]] and set himself up as Nod's new prophet. This was partially legitimized by controlling the largest faction of the Brotherhood. Marcion's ideology also required demonizing the supposedly-deceased Kane.<ref name="CC3:KW_Nod3">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath]]''. Nod mission 3: "Persuade Him...".</ref>

Angered at being abandoned, Kane resorted to the familiar strategy of clandestinely reforging the Brotherhood. He operated in secret from a bunker with [[LEGION]] as Operational Agent. The reclamation of Nod began in the [[Rio Insurrection|slums of Rio]] where minor Nod cells and the disaffected were impressed or cowed into Kane's service. It was during the uprising in Rio that a future [[Nod Commander (Tiberium Wars)|Nod Commander]] of the [[Third Tiberium War]] first gained prominence.<ref name="CC3:KW_Nod1" />

Eventually Kane's faction was strong enough to challenge [[Marcion]] and the Black Hand. Marcion was brought low in Australia and returned to the fold. As it was not yet prudent for Kane to return to the public spotlight, Marcion was required to act as figurehead in the prophet's stead.<ref name="CC3:KW_Nod3" /> With the Brotherhood reunified, preparations for the next confrontation with [[GDI]] could begin, and Kane deactivated LEGION for upgrading.

===Third Tiberium War===
[[File:CNCTW Kane.png|thumb|Kane in 2047]]
{{Quote|And he cried in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come forth!' And Lazarus did arise from the grave|Kane to the [[Nod Commander (Tiberium Wars)|Legendary Insurgent]]|Transcript:Lazarus, Arise}}

Kane was not to surface again until 2047, when the Brotherhood successfully attacked GDI's A-SAT space defence systems and the [[Philadelphia]] space station that housed GDI high command. In fact Kane - completely intact and without a single scar following his regeneration - appeared in front of millions of television viewers when he interrupted a [[W3N]] news broadcast on the Philadelphia's destruction.<ref name="CC3_Nod1">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars]]''. Nod mission 1: "Goddard Space Centre".</ref>

Under Kane's leadership, the Brotherhood rapidly emerged as a serious global power once again. When GDI finally pushed Nod back to [[Temple Prime]], Kane already had the necessary components for his latest venture - a [[liquid Tiberium]] bomb. Nod's most brilliant commander managed to defend Temple Prime to the last, even when traitorous Nod forces attempted to abort his mission - forces presumed to be led by Nod general [[Kilian Qatar]], but in reality, controlled by [[LEGION]] on orders from Abbess [[Alexa Kovacs]].<ref name="CC3:KW_Nod9">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath]]''. Nod mission 9: "The Betrayal of Kilian Qatar".</ref> When Temple Prime was obliterated by an [[Ion Cannon]] strike, the liquid Tiberium bomb that Kane had developed in secret was detonated spectacularly, taking out Sarajevo and most of the Eastern European [[Yellow Zone]].<ref name="CC3_Nod9">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars]]''. Nod mission 9: "Sarajevo".</ref>

Kane, whose last known whereabouts was inside the Temple, was once more presumed dead by all - even his own commanders.<ref name="CC3_Nod9" /> Qatar assumed control of the Brotherhood, forming a pact with GDI against the [[Scrin]] aliens that had recently started attacking Earth. When Kane once again resurfaced he ordered his most loyal commander to destroy Qatar's forces, and shortly thereafter he ordered her execution for treason.<ref name="CC3_Nod13">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars]]''. Nod mission 13: "Ayers Rock".</ref> Following this, Kane's new second-in-command secured, in the face of overwhelming odds, the key codes for access to one of the alien superstructures being constructed on Earth. Finally the same commander successfully defended an alien tower from GDI attack, making it invulnerable to human assault.<ref name="CC3_Nod17">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars]]''. Nod mission 17: "Kane's Tower".</ref>

===Pushing ahead===
[[File:CNCTWKW Kane with Tacitus and new spiffy violet threads.png|Kane and the Tacitus|right|thumb|Kane and the Tacitus]]
{{Quote|The Third Tiberium War is over and Nod is but a shadow of what it was but that is how it should be. For only the chosen few will be allowed into the Promised Land.|Kane|Transcript:Resurrection}}

The war ended unsatisfactorily for Kane. The "Messiah" learned that Alexa Kovacs was plotting to poison and annihilate Legion, Kane's greatest creation. After hearing Alexa Kovacs revealing the truth concerning Kilian's treason, Kane was shocked and horribly disgusted, even ordering the Abbess to be interrogated without impunity. Alexa committed suicide and the Tiberium Prophet suffered greatly from Legion's apparent demise. To make matters worst, the Tacitus still remained beyond his grasp making the Third Tiberium War more of a defeat than victory. However angered by such events, Kane remained cold and patient. He watched with increasing concern as GDI's experimentation rendered the device unstable. The opportunity to rectify this arose with the revival of [[LEGION]]. The AI activated the [[Marked of Kane]] and retrieved the Tacitus from GDI's Rocky Mountain facility. With the artifact in his hands, Kane was finally able to see his creation fulfil its purpose and unlock the Tacitus.<ref name="CC3:KW_Nod12">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath]]''. Nod mission 12: "Will Made Flesh".</ref><ref name="CC3:KW_Nod13">Electronic Arts Los Angeles, ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath]]''. Nod mission 13: "Tacitus Regained".</ref>

Kane stayed out of [[GDI]]'s eye for the next decade, allowing [[Tiberium]] to ravage Earth and [[GDI]]'s power to fade, as it helplessly tried to fight the menace. He was almost apprehended during a skirmish in south-east [[Africa]], where the [[Widow]] prototype was being tested. Kane was inside the vehicle when it was captured by [[GDI]] forces, however, the troops did not inspect the interior, as the vehicle was of far more interest to GDI Command. He was rescued by a [[Black Hand]] commander.<ref>''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberian Twilight Mobile]]:''. Los Angeles, California: EALA, 2010.</ref>

===Tiberium Control Network===
{{Quote|Brothers, sisters... I have a proposition.|Kane|Transcript:A Proposition...}}
In 2062, the global spread of [[Tiberium]] was on the verge of making the planet uninhabitable to humans. In light of this crisis, Kane decided to approach [[GDI]].<ref name="GameSpot_CC4ExclFirst_2">[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/commandandconquer4/news.html?sid=6213111&page=2 Command & Conquer 4 Q&A - Exclusive First Details, page 2 Command & Conquer 4 Q&A - Exclusive First Details, page 2]. GameSpot. July 9, 2009.</ref> Under GDI escort, he was airlifted to GDI's global headquarters in [[Manchester]], where he greeted the assembled GDI leadership as "brothers and sisters" and laid out a proposition to prevent [[Tiberium]] from overruning the world - the [[Tiberium Control Network]]. To further convince them, he presented the [[Tacitus]] to the Council.<ref>[http://www.commandandconquer.com/cnc4/index.html]</ref>

===Incursion War===
Kane's alliance with [[GDI]] caused much strife within the Brotherhood. [[Gideon]], an outspoken, fanatical [[Nod]] preacher decried the Prophet as a traitor to the cause of the Brotherhood and broke off, forming his own [[Nod Separatists|movement]], much to the dismay of Kane<ref name="asc_trlr">Electronic Arts. [http://www.commandandconquer.com/news/watch-ascension-cinematic-trailer Ascension Cinematic Trailer]. 19-02-2010.</ref> (though it is debatable whether Gideon was Kane's opponent from the beginning).

In order to hold all the assets, Kane needed information. The [[Tiberium Control Network]] was the cornerstone of his final plan to [[Ascend]], but [[GDI]] still had data he couldn't access. As such, he devised a plan to create a [[GDI]] soldier that'd get him what he needed, without knowing that. For this, he chose [[Christian Pierce]], an unlucky Kentucky farmer from [[Red Zone 483]], to do his bidding.<ref name="Comic4" />

His plan worked perfectly - after Pierce was manipulated into becoming [[Evelyn Rios]]' most trusted aide, Kane had Gideon attempt to destroy Chicago by crashing a GST into it. GDI commando [[Christian Pierce]] stopped it,<ref name="Comic2">Lanzing, Jackson (w), Joe Suitor (p, i). "The Incursion War" ''[[Motion comic|Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight Motion Comic]]'' '''Episode 2''' (March 17, 2010) EA Los Angeles, Ape Entertainment. Gametrailers [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-motion-command/63196 Exclusive Motion Comic Issue Two]. Accessed 2010-03-13.</ref> unknowingly following Kane's plans for him.<ref name="Comic4">Lanzing, Jackson (w), Tony Vargas (p, i). "King Takes Pawn" '' [[Motion comic|Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight Motion Comic]]'' '''Episode 4''' (March 30, 2010) EA Los Angeles, Ape Entertainment. [http://www.commandandconquer.com/motioncomic/episode-four-king-takes-pawn Episode Four - King Takes Pawn]. Accessed 2010-05-16.</ref>

Gideon managed to capture the GDI captain and forced Pierce to raid the [[New York Public Library]] to obtain a "data store" with information on Kane. To do so, he had to fight his way past "GDI" soldiers. Pierce discovered the information was hundreds of years old, and didn't appear to be of GDI origin. He smashed it. Kane stopped Pierce there.<ref name="Comic3">Lanzing, Jackson (w), Micah Farritor (p, i). "The War Messiah" '' [[Motion comic|Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight Motion Comic]]'' '''Episode 3''' (March 30, 2010) EA Los Angeles, Ape Entertainment. [http://www.commandandconquer.com/news/watch-cc-motion-comic-ep3 Episode Three - The War Messiah]. Accessed 2010-04-01.</ref> Kane explained that the object - which he could easily repair - was much more than a data store, and that he'd shaped Pierce's entire life in order to get him to that point. Even the GDI soldiers sent to stop him were actually disguised Nod troops. An irate Pierce attacked Kane, hitting him once, but Kane defeated and killed him.<ref name="Comic4" />

As the Incursion War went on, Nod's arsenal continued to grow and improve in light of the Separatists' modifications to their weaponry. Kane had personally overseen the development of [[Stealth tank (Tiberian Twilight)|a new stealth tank]] and was the mastermind behind a Nod raid to capture a functional [[Obelisk of Darkness]] held in a GDI lab to develop an Obelisk of Light that was capable of destroying aircraft. When GDI began fielding the Crawler in 2073 to counter the Separatists, Kane commissioned Nod to develop their own Crawler and not fall behind. However his best commander [[Alphus]] turned out to be Gideon's sleeper agent and hijacked the prototype Crawler, giving the Separatists a level playing field.

===Ascension===
[[File:CNC4 Kane Public Speech.png|thumb|200px|The Player as Kane in public speech]]

{{Quote|For me, Ascension is '''real!'''|Kane}}

In 2077, the storm of world war has come again. Tensions between [[GDI]] and [[Nod]] mounted, as resentment on both sides, hidden for the past fifteen years, began to surface, and Ascension became a reality with the activation of the [[TCN]].

The [[Fourth Tiberium War]] erupted when Kane initiated the final phase of his plan. His actions drew the attention of [[Nod Separatists]] and rogue [[GDI]] units under the command of Colonel [[Louise James]], resulting in a brief, but extremely bloody conflict that lasted ten days, but consumed countless lives.

Kane's plan came dangerously close to failure, as [[Gideon]] had been killing off the Threshold`s "[[Implants|keys]]" one by one (humans modified with implants invented with the help from the [[Tacitus]]). The only remaining implant was [[Parker (Tiberian Twilight)|Commander Parker]], so in order to protect him, Kane ordered Gideon to be brought to heel. His will was done, and Gideon was brought to justice for the followers of Nod at a stage near Threshold 19.

====Nod campaign====
With Gideon dead, the TCN online and Parker in his grasp, he could finally ascend. The Commander activated the tower, but Colonel [[Louise James]] arrived to find the Commander, believing him to be Kane.

When the Commander did not answer her how to shut it down, the rogue GDI leader shot him point-blank, only to have Kane arrive and strangle James at the very end. The activation of Threshold 19, and the bullet Parker took from James, began to take its toll on his vital status. Kane said that the commander is too fragile to live, and thus steps through the Scrin Portal, ascending in the process, leaving him and Lilly behind, the latter mourning Parker's slow and silent passing, his implant's shutdown sequence coming to a full circle.

====GDI campaign====
As Parker arrives at the tower, he finds Kane, who reveals that it was not Kane who killed Lilly after all. James ordered an Orca Bomber strike to destroy the bunker Lilly was hiding in to get the Commander to despise Kane.

Kane continues by explaining that Parker's optical implant is the key to activating the TCN, the Threshold's portal, and his Ascension. Failing that, he then warns that not doing so will doom Earth to Tiberium and never-ending war. Shortly afterward, James arrives and commands Parker to stand down. After shooting Kane, Parker begins to walk towards the portal. James understands that he finally realized the truth and shoots him. But before she can put a bullet in his head, Kane pulls her gun away and tell the commander to activate the portal.

Parker manages to turn on the portal, before losing consciousness again. Regaining consciousness one last time, Kane stands by the activated portal, tilts his head skeptically, and says, "Thank you," to the commander, before stepping through and leaving the him to his fate.

==== Both campaigns ====
After the tower sends out visible beams to space, the W3N news reports that after the surge of the [[Scrin]] tower, the last piece of the Tiberium Control Network has been completed. The Tiberium near Threshold 19 was also reported to be dissipating. Next, General Secretary Evelyn Rios claimed that to be a "historical moment" and that humanity has persevered. Another news report mentioned that thousands of Kane's followers simply vanished after entering the portal, and the tower is now dormant again.

With [[GDI]] marking this as a success, its possible [[GDI]] might gather Tiberium near the tower to dissipate all of it, it's also possible that all the Tiberium on earth is starting to dissipate independently due to the tower's activity.

A random middle-aged man (played by [[Daniel Kucan]]) was street interviewed, and merely said "Kane's gone? Yeah, right.", hinting that there were still many people believing that Kane is still with them.

==Selected quotes==
{{Q|He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future, conquers the past.|Kane (Red Alert setup)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|For the foreseeable future... Comrade Chairman, I '''am''' the future.|Kane (Red Alert Soviet ending)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|When we are crushing the black hearts of our oppressors, we will find our hands blackened. We cannot cultivate our garden without digging in the dirt.|Kane|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|We have waited centuries for this moment. The rivers will flow with the blood of those who oppose us.|Kane|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|Don't look so surprised, commander. And don't look around for your EVA, it can't help you now. Well... what shall we talk about, hmm? Your powerful GDI forces have been emasculated, and you yourself are a [[Greg Burdette|killer of children]]... Of course, it's not true, but the world only believes what the media tells them to believe, and I tell the media what to believe, it's really quite simple. Oh, there's your little pet... But now that I know where you live, commander, it's only a matter of time. Were I in your shoes, I would spend my last earthly hours enjoying the world. Of course, if you wish, you can spend them fighting for a lost cause, but you know that you've lost.|Kane intercepting Solomon's transmissions (Tiberian Dawn)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|The world. Where to strike? Where will the world most keenly feel the blade of GDI treachery? You have done much to aid the Brotherhood towards this final victory. The choice, my friend, is yours.|Kane to the [[Nod Commander (Tiberian Dawn)|Nod commander]] (Tiberian Dawn)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|If I am cut, do I not bleed?|Kane to general [[Solomon]] (Tiberian Sun)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|It would be a sad error in judgement, general [[Solomon]], to mistake me for a corpse... I've seen the future - our [[Tiberium]] future - and as you watch this [[Second Tiberium War|battle]] just beginning to unfold, I've already seen the final act! It is my destiny to lead the way for all mankind.|Kane to general [[Solomon]] (Tiberian Sun)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|Rule of thumb, [[Hassan]]. You can't kill the Messiah.|Kane before Hassan's execution (Tiberian Sun, Nod campaign)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|Rise, my people. I have returned, never to leave your side again. GDI sought to destroy me, but they have only made me stronger. Today, we march forward into our future. A stronger people, a divined people, enhanced for the Tiberium world. The time has come to claim this world as our own! The time has come to destroy GDI! One vision, one purpose! Peace through power!|Kane showing himself to Nod forces (Tiberian Sun, Nod campaign)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|Oh! By the way, sorry to hear about your [[Jake McNeil|brother]] McNeil... I hear he died a slow and painful death...|Kane to [[Michael McNeil|McNeil]] (Tiberian Sun, GDI campaign)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|You're only delaying the inevitable. I have the [[Tacitus]]. I am invincible. The Tacitus told me of Tiberium missiles, of invulnerable flying ships, of real-time genetic mutation. More than alien. More than human! The next step in our evolution as a species!|Kane to [[Michael McNeil|McNeil]] (Tiberian Sun)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|God? *laugh* No, I'm not God. But I'm a close second.|Kane to [[Michael McNeil|McNeil]] (Tiberian Sun)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|I am the future. The Tiberian Sun has risen!|Kane (Tiberian Sun)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|This morning was the most glorious morning in the history of the earth. Peace is upon us. A gift to every man, woman and child from the [[Brotherhood of Nod]]. Victory, not just for our people, but for our species. The time for questioning is over. Rising from our trenches, our bunkers, our factories, we must all now partake in the technology of peace. One purpose, one vision! Tiberium is the way and the life. Today the sun rises on the new world and a new people. The end is the beginning!|Kane (Tiberian Sun Nod Ending)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|The destruction of the [[GDSS Philadelphia|''Philadelphia'']] was not an accident. It was a merciful bullet to the head of a malignant ideology. It was the death of fear and the birth of hope! Rejoice, children of Nod! The blood of your oppressors will flow and the 50 years of tyranny will finally end! Transformation is coming, a new day will dawn! The future... is ours.|Kane (Tiberium Wars)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|And [[Wikipedia:Jesus Christ|He]] cried in a loud voice, '[[Wikipedia:Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]], come forth!', and Lazarus did arise from the grave... I have always believed that faith was measured in deeds, not words. And while many of my children worshipped my name, their deeds betrayed them. In my absence, they strayed from the path, but you... you, my son, your faith never waned. Not in Honduras or Jericho, not in the great [[Rio Insurrection]]. You risked your life countless times to topple GDI, to perpetuate our cause to honor my name. And now I call upon you again to bring glory to the Brotherhood. I have seen that GDI is vulnerable, bloated by arrogance and complacency. Now is the time to strike. While they congratulate themselves on Tiberium advancements Nod made decades ago, we will expose their weaknesses for all the world to see.|Kane to the [[Nod Commander (Tiberium Wars)|Nod commander]] (Tiberium Wars)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|Good afternoon, Commander! You must be lost, this is not your precious [[Blue Zone]], this is [[Yellow Zone|Nod territory]]! Tell you what, I'll have my forces send you home... in a bodybag.|Kane to the [[GDI commander (Tiberium Wars)|GDI commander]] in [[Croatia]] (Tiberium Wars)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|They have abandoned us, my child. The Brotherhood of Nod has been broken, you are the only one who has not forsaken me. At this very moment, [[Michael McNeil|McNeil]] and his GDI lackeys celebrate their victory in what they are calling the [[Second Tiberium War]]. They have the [[Tacitus]]... but no understanding of its true purpose. Our technology has failed us. [[CABAL]] is no more... though his memory lives on. Our enemies believe we have been defeated, and that I am no longer among the living. They are gravely mistaken. You and I are all that remain, but all that is necessary, for together we will raise a great army. Together we will show the worlds downtrodden who the real enemy is. [[GDI]] promises them prosperity, but in the slums of [[Rio de Janeiro|Rio]], the hungry and hopeless know the truth! They have been forgotten, they have nothing! But. Their. Anger! We will take that spark and start a fire which will become a great conflagration! Peace... through... power!|Kane to [[LEGION]] before [[Rio Insurrection]] (Kane's Wrath)|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|...In bunkers deep beneath the earth, in a red zone in Russia and Southeast Asia, a sleeping army awaits your call. They are the ''[[Marked of Kane]].'' They are devoted to the prophecy and sacrificed their minds and bodies to our cause. Half human, half machine, they have been dormant since the end of the Second Tiberium War. They need but one thing: someone to give them purpose, someone to give them life!...|Kane, detailing the Marked of Kane to LEGION, 2052|margins=0|sides=0}}

===Interviews===
{{Q|I am concerned by GDI politicians waving flags of 'freedom,' 'democracy,' and 'justice.'  In countries small and large, no organization has done more to hamper freedom than GDI.  They present a program of democracy but are unwilling to grant its principles or support the guarantees of peace. What GDI supports is the destruction of peace for the sake of world domination.|Kane expresses his concerns about the true nature of the Global Defense Initiative<ref>M00CCNC_DSGN0015R1NCXK_SND in Always.dat (Renegade)</ref>|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|Historically, the Western powers spread leaflets over enemy lines telling those who said the word "republic" when captured would receive better treatment. Today, our communications are so advanced every member of our Brotherhood can accesses data electronically from his or her person. This technology is being used against us, as propaganda is broadcast to mislead our troops. I ask every member of our Brotherhood to be conscious of the potential for corruption and the inherent dangers of our technology.|Kane on GDI propaganda<ref>M00CCNC_DSGN0017R1NCTK_SND in Always.dat (Renegade)</ref>|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|GDI claims Nod were the aggressors, but it was GDI who began a war against the Brotherhood without provocation.  They have tried, without success, to persuade the world of their 'sympathy' for a 'threatened Europe'.  Yet, the facts are clear and their flood of lies cannot contradict the truth.  Nod seeks freedom where GDI warmongers seek domination.|Kane on GDI intentions<ref>M00CCNC_DSGN0019R1NCXK_SND in Always.dat (Renegade)</ref>|margins=0|sides=0}}
{{Q|The world should re-examine what I and the Brotherhood have done for society's benefit.  They must agree the historical results have been unique. Yet, the people do not want to believe in me, but the time will come when they must. The Brotherhood is free, strong, great, and united. What leader has ever done more for his people? //You can be certain of this: Today you are facing a different Nod than the Nod of the past. |Celebratory speech<ref>M00CCNC_DSGN0021R1NCXK_SND in always.dat (Renegade) and the Renegade String Editor</ref>|margins=0|sides=0}}

==Continuity==
===''Command & Conquer (1995)''===
The GDI campaign shows two possible endings to the final mission, depending on whether the ion cannon is used on the Temple. If the ion cannon is used Kane ascends from the Temple's subterranean command center to the heavily damaged hall on the surface where he is engulfed by an [[ion cannon]] strike.<ref name="CC1_gdifinb.vqa">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. Cinematic: ''temple is ion cannoned'', gdifinb.vqa</ref> If not, Kane is buried by rubble while walking away from the command center.<ref name="CC1_gdifina.vqa">Westwood Studios, ''[[Command & Conquer (1995)|Command & Conquer]]''. Cinematic: ''missiles shoot temple'', gdifina.vqa</ref> It was never officially revealed which ending is canon, but the severe injuries Kane was still recovering from in ''Tiberian Sun'' would hint at the former.

==Behind the scenes==
* Kane is portrayed and voiced by [[Joseph David Kucan]], who also served as Full Motion Video director and dramatic director for games produced by [[Westwood Studios]] from 1992 to 2002. His brother, [[Daniel Kucan]], also appeared in several ''Command & Conquer'' games.
* According to Kucan, Kane's "sense of humour and timing as well as his arrogance and presence make a fascinating character".<ref>''GameStar Ausgabe 10/1998''. IDG Entertainment Verlag GmbH, 1 October 1998, P. 25 (german): “Sein Sinn für Humor und Timing sowie seine Arroganz und Präsenz ergeben einen faszinierenden Charakter, finde ich.”</ref>
* Kane is a selectable commander in ''[[Command & Conquer: Rivals]]''. He has access to the [[Obelisk of Light (Rivals)|Obelisk of Light]].<ref name = "Overview">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x03rLXoLDtY Command and Conquer: Rivals – Official Gameplay Overview]. EA YouTube channel. June 9, 2018</ref>

===Character inspiration===
The inspiration for the character of Kane can most likely be traced back to Isaac Asimov's 1957 short story "Does a Bee Care?". The story describes the life of a seemingly-immortal alien living on Earth, who subtly influences humanity over the course of millennia to make it progress towards becoming a space-faring race. The alien's only goal in uplifting humanity is to reach space, to progress to the next step in its own life cycle. Notably, the alien in the story is also called "Kane".

===The role of Kane===
Kucan frequently joked about his role and how he got it in the first place. In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc8nYIOrgtw an interview], he said that Kane would in fact be a woman and that ''Tiberian Twilight'' was a musical.

There were multiple "stories" on how he got the role of Kane:
* He won the role in a lottery from 7-11, scratching the ticket and getting three "Kanes" (''Tiberium Wars Kane Edition'' blooper reel, 2006)
* There was a special election in the United States of America between him, Pauley Shore and John Malkovich. He mostly got votes from the western states. (''Tiberium Wars Kane Edition'' blooper reel, 2006)
* He got a prize in a ''Cracker Jack'' box ([[Battlecast Primetime]] episode 1, 2007)
* He was fishing in the Colorado river when he found [[Brett Sperry]] drowning. Joe then jumped in and saved him, where Brett dubbed him Kane. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYTytiaP15M interview for XG247], 2009)
* In a street fair, accompanied by four friends, Kucan climbed a booth where "you shoot the water into the clown's mouth, and the balloon gets bigger". He was spraying and giving the elbow to the others. His balloon popped first, and was given the role of Kane. ([http://www.pcinvasion.com/cc-4s-joe-kucan-interview interview for IncGamers.com], 2009)
* He was sentenced to play the role of Kane as punishment for killing his parents ([https://www.gamestar.de/videos/command-conquer-4-interview-mit-kane,12688.html Interview with GameStar] at Gamescom 2009)
* He was lounging at the park one day and the hand of God himself came down from the heavens [giving him the role] (''Kane - The Man'' interview, 2010)
* His father before him and his father before him played Kane as well, while his father before him was a plumber, but ''his'' father before him also played Kane, making it a hereditary role. (''Kane - The Man'' interview, 2010)
* Aliens abducted him when he was walking in a green meadow in Las Vegas, and selected him to play Kane. They shaved his head, slapped a goatee on his otherwise bare face, and threw him down to [[Westwood Studios]]. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtkbKY5SFU0 The Cyber Den interview], 2014)
* He won it at the Humboldt County Fair Pie Eating Contest of 1994, where he ate 11 strawberry-rhubarb pies in 8 minutes. The winner (with a world-record 13 eaten pies) had a year's supply of pizza, while the runner-up, Kucan, got the role of Kane ([https://cncnz.com/features/dev-detector/03-joseph-kucan/ CNCNZ.com Dev Detector interview], 2018)
* He looked the most like a shaved orangutan whom Westwood initially used for the role ([https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1025777/Classic-Game-Postmortem-Command-Conquer Command & Conquer Post-Mortem] at GDC 2019)

The only instance where he stated the true version was at [[CommandCom 2009]] in Cologne. Since Westwood Studios did not have a large budget at the time, they employed the game developers as actors in full motion videos. When making a placeholder video to test the compression methods, Westwood assigned Kucan to say a line in which he would imitate a villain character. That test video actually gave him the role of the charismatic leader of the Brotherhood of Nod, Kane.

==Gallery==
===Tiberian Dawn===
<gallery>
TD_Test_screen.jpg|''Tiberian Dawn'' test shot
Kane-3,127768,original.jpeg|Kane after executing Seth
</gallery>

===Red Alert===
<gallery>
Kane_rawin95_quote.png|Kane's 1984 quote in ''Red Alert'' install screen
RA1_Soviet_Character_4.jpg|Kane in [[Liability Elimination]] briefing
RA1_Soviet_Character_6.jpg|Kane in [[Elba Island]] briefing
RA1_Soviet_Character_8.jpg|Kane with Nadia in the Soviet ending of ''Red Alert''
</gallery>

===Tiberian Sun===
<gallery>
Kane-5,127770,original.jpeg|Kane reveals himself to General Solomon
KanecontactedJames Solomon.jpeg|Kane contacting Slavik
KanewithUmagon.jpg|Kane using Umagon as a human shield
KaneandTacitusTS.jpg|Kane with the Tacitus at the end of Second Tiberium War
KaneNodTS.jpg|Kane before launching the World Altering Missile
KaneAscendedTS.jpg|Kane ascending
Kane-9,127774,original.jpeg|Kane in the medical tube at CABAL bunker
</gallery>

===Renegade===
<gallery>
Ren Kane database.png|Kane in the ''Renegade'' EVA Datalink
Kane talks to Dr.Petrova.jpg|Kane talks to the mutant Petrova
</gallery>

===Tiberium Wars===
<gallery>
Kane Welcomes You.jpeg|Kane welcomes you
KW_Promo_Kane.jpg
KW_Kane_in_Rio_Insurrection.jpg|Kane awakens in 2034
KW_Kane_mention_CABAL.jpg|Kane talking about CABAL
KanementionAntonSlavik.jpg|Kane mentioning Anton Slavik's murder
KW_Kane_and_Marcion.jpg|Kane informing LEGIOn about Marcion
KW_Kane_meet_Marcion.jpg|Marcion meet Kane
TW_Kane_and_Kilian_1.jpg|Kane talking with Killian
Kane-10,127775,original.jpeg|Kane in Temple Prime
TW Nod 2.jpg|Kane orders the capture of White House during Third Tiberium War
Kane_and_Inner_Circle_advisor_2.jpg|Kane and [[Inner Circle advisor]]
Kane_and_Inner_Circle_advisor_1.jpg|Kane and Inner Circle advisor
TW_Kane_and_Kilian_2.jpg|Kane orders the Qatar's execution for treason
Kane_welcome_player_to_the_Inner_Circle.jpg|Kane welcomes the [[Nod Commander (Tiberium Wars)|Nod Commander]] to the Inner Circle
TW_Kane_Hood_1.jpg|In the hood
TW_Kane_Hood_2.jpg|Ditto
230609_kane.jpg|Kane glares menacingly
KW_Kane_holding_Tacitus.jpg|Kane and the Tacitus in 2052
Kane in Kane's Challenge.jpg|In Kane's Challenge
</gallery>

===Tiberian Twilight===
<gallery>
Kane in Tiberian Twilight motion comic Episode 3.png|In Tiberian Twilight motion comic Episode 3
Kane in Tiberian Twilight motion comic Episode 4.png|In Tiberian Twilight motion comic Episode 4
Kane In CnC4 Tiberian Twilight.jpg|In Tiberian Twilight
Kane icon in CnC4.jpg|Kane's cameo in Tiberian Twilight
Kane in CnC4 game.jpg|In-game model
</gallery>

===Rivals===
<gallery>
CNCRiv Kane trailer.png|Kane in the ''Rivals'' CG trailer
CNCRiv Kane.png|Old artwork in ''Rivals''
CNCRiv Kane art.jpg|Updated artwork in ''Rivals''
CNCRiv Kane coldheart.jpg|Coldheart skin in ''Rivals''
CNCRiv Kane fallen prophet.jpg|Fallen Prophet skin in ''Rivals''
</gallery>

==See also==
* GDI [[Criminal Dossier C13.274.A]]

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