Nod

**Nod** was one of the antediluvian nations of Earth. Located in the Middle East region, the country was considered the homeland of Men and its capital was the great **Enoch, the Beauty Giant**. Nod was at war with Atlantis for 26,500 years, until it was destroyed along with its rival by the Flood.

## History

### Foundation and Expansion

After leaving the Garden of Eden with his wife, Adam went to the lands of the Near East, west of Arya. There, he unified all the tribes under one government and his firstborn, Cain, founded the city of Enoch in the center of the desert, which would serve as the capital of the country of Nod. Metatron, who ruled over Eden, came to be known as *Bahr Shaddai*, the Curly God over the Garden, in the city of Bahr Lut.

With the first cataclysm, the great Atlantis ended up weakening, giving opportunity for other cities, like Enoch, to grow and prosper. As they were of opposing ideologies, both soon entered a major military conflict, known as the Mediterranean Wars. Despite efforts, the Atlanteans never managed to invade Nod, but built a colony in the Sea of Tethys, near the Enochian nation, called Egnias.

### Enochian Era

In the year 36,930 BC, Enoch's seekers voted to purge the archmage Kothar-wa-Khasis, a powerful wizard. After being banished, he built the ziggurat of Barak-Maru and, with an army, stole the Spear of Nod, a powerful artifact capable of slaying celestial beings. He used it to kill the most powerful of the Elohim, Sheikhinah, the Presence of God.

In 35,000 BC, two angels, Ablon and Ishtar, visited Shadair to plan their hunt for Metatron. Later in the same year, the city of Bahr Lut was destroyed by a chorus of Shedu led by Uzza the Invincible. During the second cataclysm, amidst volcanoes and meteors, the angels decided to attack Nod, but thanks to the efforts of the Enochian mages, there was no great damage.

### Flood

To prove that humanity could be saved from the ultimate cataclysm, Nathanael found a human who had not bowed to sin: Noah, exiled son of the last king of Nod, Lamech. Noah proved himself worthy, so he was given the task of building a large ark that would house his family and couples of every animal on Earth during the catastrophe. When the Flood came, both Enoch and Atlantis were destroyed by the great deluge. Despite the destruction, parts of the ruins of Nod survived, inspiring the construction of legendary Babylon and its descendants.

## Enoch, the Beautiful Gigant

The capital of Nod was the great city of Enoch. Founded by Cain the Great Man, it became a power after the first cataclysm, opposing the maritime city of Atlantis. Both entered into conflicts known as the Mediterranean Wars, but were eventually destroyed following the Flood, which swept the metropolises off the face of the Earth.

### Society

Nod was inhabited by Men, or Enochians, the second human race. Descendants of Adam and Eve, they followed Metatron's last advice to the first couple to the letter: "don't trust winged beings and praise only the human race". Because of this, the Enochians have great contempt for the celestials and for the Atlanteans, since the latter are supporters of the angels. The country's cities were composed of large temples in the shape of pyramids and ziggurats amid the arid climate of the desert, which would inspire the Babylonian and Sumerian cultures that would emerge after the flood.

#### Language

Their primary language, Enochian, was speak throught the antedeluvian Earth and would become the basis for all other languages ​​that would emerge after the Flood.

#### Religion

The religion of Nod is focused on the human race itself, particularly on Adam, the Great Father. However, the Enochian cult was represented by the worship of Isidrath, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil that grew east of the Garden of Eden.

### Kings of Enoch

The royal line of Enoch, by extension Nod, began with Cain, the founder of the Beautiful Giant, and followed through his sons and descendants. See the leaders of the fatherland of men below:

* **Cain, the Great Man**: He was the founder of the city of Enoch, naming it after his son, the next king of Nod.
* **Enoch, Lord of Nod:** It unified the country, expanded the city and made it an expansionist power.
* **Irad, He Who Should Be Feared:** He was the cruelest of the Enochian kings. In his time, the Mediterranean Wars skewed in favor of men and against the Atlanteans.
* **Mehujael, the Voice of Punishment:** He was a fanatical king, for during his rule, he persecuted everyone who did not worship Isidrath (the state religion) and crucified people.
* **Methusael, Blood of Cain:** Found Enoch on the brink of civil war when he took the throne, spurred on by his father's bloody persecutions. He was murdered at age 432 by his cousins.
* **Cainan the Just:** First king of Enoch not of the lineage of Cain, being the grandson of Seth and the great-grandson of Adam.
* **Jared the Descendant:** Used this moniker to remind the people of Enoch that, despite not being of the lineage of Cain, he was still a descendant of Adam and rightful to the throne.
* **Methuselah, Bearer of the Spear:** He was a kind king to his subjects and cruel to his enemies. Enoch fell into decay towards the end of his reign.
* **Lamech, the Patriarch:** The Last King of Enoch. His son Noah decided to go into exile and live away from Enochian politics.

## Locations

These are some locations shown on the map available in the Expanded Universe book:

### Shadair the Precious

One of the largest metropolises in the country, right after Enoch. Shadair was located between four kingdoms: Sakha, Gondwana, Nod and Lemuria, which made it one of the great trading centers of the Enochian period. Despite all its wealth, the metropolis had mostly a dirty and poor appearance, with more than 400,000 inhabitants within its walls, brothels, trafficking in a drug derived from poppy and many illegal fighting arenas.

### Bahr Lut

After leaving Eden, Metatron settled in that city and had a family with humans. For a long time, he was worshiped by the local faithful as *Bahr Shaddai*, the Curly God of the Garden. The fanaticism they had in the First Angel made the city become beautiful and had many customs, such as, for example, the prohibition of meat consumption, as they believed that this made people more aggressive. In the center of the oasis on which the city was built, engineers erected a temple called the Dome of the Holy Blood, a building whose top was a dome made entirely of gold and which could be seen for miles across the desert.

In 35,000 BC, a chorus of Shedu sent by Michael, led by Uzza the Invincible, destroyed the city and killed all of its inhabitants.

### Barak-Maru

After being banished from Enoch, the archmage Kothar-wa-Khasis fled to the desert south of Nod and there he built his own ziggurat, over 200 meters high and 6 stories high. It contained hanging gardens filled with exotic and unknown flora and the mage had plans to clad the entire building with silver plaques, but he didn't have enough material to do so.

Years after the Flood, the Babylonians, especially the wizard Zamir, would draw inspiration from the ruins of Kothar's buildings to erect the Silver Ziggurat of Legendary Babel.

### Cities and Metropolises

* Bahr-Lut
* Enoch, the Beautiful Gigant (capital)
* Iram
* Noha
* Shadair
* Rad'Ba
* Urak
* Zover

### Temple/Tower/Fortress

* Irkalla
* Barak-Maru

### Ruins

* Bottomless Pit
* Tower of the Hanged

## Trivia

* Nod is one of the 7 antediluvian nations to have an Atlantean colony. The others are: Bjarma, Hiwatha, Kuna, Pangea, Rodinia and Telluria
	+ Egnias is not entirely located on land, as the map shows the colony under the Interior Sea.
* In the Bible (Genesis 3:16), Nod was the land east of the Garden of Eden, where Cain was banished by God after murdering his brother Abel.
* There are two characters named Enoch described in the Bible. One of them is the first son of Cain, who inspired the name of a city (Genesis 4:17). The other is from the seventh generation of Adam, son of Jared and father of Methuselah (Genesis 5:19-21).
* Founded in approximately 50,000 BC. and destroyed by the Flood in 11,500 BC, Nod existed for 38,500 years, the last 26,500 years being at war with Atlantis.