Gideon Raveshaw
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| Gideon Raveshaw | |
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Dead |
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General |
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Male |
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Black Hand leader |
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| You may be looking for Gideon, the Leader of the Nod Separatists during the TCN Conflict. |
The leader and founder of Brotherhood of Nod elite Black Hand during the First Tiberium War was General Gideon Raveshaw, a man of a short stature (which earned him the nickname Peewee from GDI Commando Nick Parker) but nearly unmatched charisma and intelligence. His soldiers are as loyal to him as he is to Kane.
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[edit] Background
[edit] Pre war
Originally, Raveshaw was a mercenary strategist in Africa, selling his intelligence gathering services to the highest bidder. Eventually recruited by Kane to lead Nod's espionage and sabotage branch in Tunisia, he masterminded a careful campaign to overthrow the ruling regime, leading to a revolution and estabilishment of a Nod puppet government, all with very limited resources.[1]
He was a cold, silent figure, which stands in contrast with Kane, for whom public appearances and active seeking of faith in his followers are part of his master plan. However, this contrast allowed Raveshaw to gather the most faithful (one might say fanatical) of the brethren of Nod and form the Black Hand on Kane's request, which became Nod's most brutal and effective order of zealots. His strategic skills and indomitable character allowed him to lead the sect with an inhuman precision and efficency, staying ahead of his enemies at every step.
[edit] First Tiberium War
General Raveshaw's qualities were appreciated by Kane, and so he was made responsible for protecting and overseeing "Project ReGenesis", a privilege he held dear, as he dreamed of being the high form of mutant, the ultimate assassin. Eventually, under the persuasion of Dr Elena Petrova, was transformed into a cybernetic Tiberium mutant, one of the earliest and most powerful Project ReGenesis successes. Unfortunately, the process destroyed his charisma and intelligence, leaving only an obedient, fast and strong supersoldier behind.
He was eventually killed by Captain "Havoc" Parker in the underground part of a Nod Tiberium research facility somewhere in the Middle East.
[edit] In-game
Appearing in Renegade, Gideon Raveshaw is the spiritus movens of much of the game's plot. A short man with a stunning charisma, Raveshaw was the founder and first leader of the Black Hand, which was created with Kane's blessing to enforce the ideals of Nod and silence all that oppose them.
He serves as a boss in the Egypt chapter of the game, and a rather tough one at that. Apart from great strength, he is fast, can withstand a lot of punishment and can grab Havoc by the throat and chuck him across the room like a rag doll.
[edit] Multiplayer
| Cost: | 1000 Cr |
| Health: | 250 |
| Armour: | 100 |
| Points: | 50 (kill), 0.14 (damage) |
Raveshaw is a selectable character in multiplayer. He comes equipped with a railgun and is available in two flavours: regular short and mutated large. It was reasonable to use the short over the large as his bigger form made him an easy target.
Note: His Tiberium-mutated form does NOT grant him immunity from the radiation.
[edit] Development
Originally, Raveshaw was supposed to have a much more intimidating model, a scarred, battle-weary Nod general. However, somehow, the design was scrapped and his model was given to Mendoza.
The very first Raveshaw model was recycled and used as a prop - it's Seth's corpse in the Temple of Nod in the final Renegade mission. The head texture was changed to that of Seth, however, a slight texturing error resulted in Seth's bullet wound being on the wrong side of his head.
[edit] Trivia
The name Gideon is of Hebrew origin, meaning "mighty warrior".
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