N.O.M. (Not Ordinary Men)

Flesh, steel, fused and lifeless, this is not the outcome we support. We shall stop this, we shall right the wrong. - N.O.M.

Who are N.O.M.?

The enigmatic and mysterious N.O.M. (Not Ordinary Men) had their fingerprints all over the Great War and the WWR universe in general. Where they came from was unknown but we do know that they are extremely competent, resourceful, and possessed an inhuman ability. The inhuman ability to communicate with Rothchild's robots outside of normal verbal communication. A kind of telepathy that they could use to influence the bots to fight for them. These powers were granted by the special gas that was given to N.O.M. members by the Supreme NOM.

Any early history of N.O.M. comes from the Supreme and the first 33. Who these first 33 were is unknown. Is it the current de Plumes? A founding caste of N.O.M.?

How one joins N.O.M. is known. Every member of N.O.M. was chosen from birth and are drawn to N.O.M.. When do they join N.O.M.? That is up to the individual to choose when they do but it is an inevitability.

Silent Beginnings

Nom and Noir De Plume

N.O.M was not a major player during the beginning of the Great War. Instead they lurked in the shadows and weaved their way into the commands of the Terrans and Martians. They, however, did have operatives conducting operations on Earth and Mars. These operatives were know as the de Plumes. The ones of note during the early days of the Great War are Nom de Plume and Gebi de Plume.

Nom de Plume himself was a known figure by both the Terrans and Martians for one reason: the Dirty Deeds. He was the one that found them on Mars after the botched mission to kill Rothchild. After that he lead them on a series of massacres and engagements that saw him helping the Terrans one day and the Martians the next. It is also important to note that Nom de Plume took up the moniker Noir de Plume after finding the Dirty Deeds. Nom and Noir are the same person.

 

Gebi de Plume

Gebi de Plume wasn't a well known figure on the other hand. When a group of Earth Coalition troops were being heavily bombarded by mortars from Martians they were “saved” by Gebi. When the soldiers went to investigate what happened they found Gebi among a bunch of dead and dismembered Martians and burned out husks of dead bots. All Gebi said was that “they got in my way.” The investigating troops (a Sergeant and Lieutenant) didn't know who or what he was. Some kind of soldier or merc was what the Lt thought. Gebi was free to leave though and wasn't stopped. When the Lt. raised a concern about the figure he was told to be quiet or he would end up in the brig. This Lt. wrote a letter to his brother about this incident. It was intercepted by N.O.M. and the Lt. was killed.

   

 

 

Another de Plume was Blanc de Plume but not much was known about him.

Blanc De Plume

A Violent Reveal

N.O.M. didn't stay in the shadows for long. It only stayed their until it was in a comfortable position to strike a nasty blow to both the Terrans and Martians. Against the Terrans N.O.M. had hidden itself behind the forces known as Nightwatch and Daywatch. These forces were used as parade guards and bodyguards for some of the Terran commands and whole upper echelons of these commands were eliminated by their Nightwatch/Daywatch protectors. A similar event took place on Mars.

After this N.O.M. had truly entered the Great War as a major player.

It is unknown how long after this event that N.O.M. struck at Rothchild but it couldn't have been much later. It was probably part of their grand reveal to try and eliminate Rothchild alongside some of the high commands of the Terrans and Martrians.

N.O.M. wasn't the first to try and kill Rothchild. The Terrans would be the first with the Dirty Deeds. N.O.M. however did not choice to go with the personal route like the Terrans did with trying to kill Rothchild. Instead an Astro Nom was sent up into the orbit of the Moon and acquired access to one of Rothchild's kill sats. The Astro Nom then turned its weapons onto Rothchild's moon base. The attack destroyed the moon base but Rothchild survived.

The Fallen

Jung De Plume

 

 

Not all was well in paradise for N.O.M.. A few of the de Plumes had splintered away from the main body of N.O.M. for their own reasons. These de Plumes were know as the fallen.

The fallen could be traced back to one de Plume: Jung de Plume. Jung de Plume was the apprentice of Kuan Ti Plume.

Jung de Plume would eventually die and in his final breath told Kuan Ti Plume the truth of it all, the war, N.O.M.. This changed how Kuan saw the world and would emerge as the first fallen.

Kuan Ti Plume

 

 

 

Kuan was not the only fallen. Barguest de Plume would find himself a fallen. Barguest was not spurred on by the words of another however. He saw the reflection of N.O.M. as distorted and splintered and decided he would change that. He would try to change N.O.M. into the image he thought it should have been. One that shouldn't unite but crush all enemies in their path. Barguest was the de Plume that taught N.O.M. how to fight and was the first to call for aggressive action.

Barguest De Plume

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barguest and Kuan were quite different. Barguest saw Kuan as soft and took a more militaristic approach. Kuan on the other hand had become reclusive and did not take the violent approach like Barguest had.

One could argue that Von de Plume is a fallen de Plume. He believed that N.O.M. had lost their vision and he had set out to establish neo-NOM. 

Von De Plume

 

 

 

One thing was common for all the fallen. The Supreme NOM wanted them all dead and Marquis de Plume had been dispatched by her to hunt them down and kill them.

Marquis de Plume

Night & Day

We looked into the shadows and saw absolution. - Night

Radiance will rescind all shadow from its bursa. - Day

N.O.M. had a single goal in mind but the group itself had different philosophies. The two we known as night and day. The two ideals did conflict with one another but they were just opposite sides of the same coin. This gave way to the Nightwatch and Daywatch groups that we saw before and after N.O.M.'s big reveal.

Iconography

Trinity: The major symbol of N.O.M.. The trinity was the embodiment of N.O.M.'s main doctrine, balance, with the trinity representing the mind, body, and spirit.

N.O.M. Disciple

Third Eye: Appearing on the N.OM. Disciple the third eye was a very apt symbol for N.O.M.. The third eye was about perceiving the world beyond ordinary sight. N.O.M. had always presented itself as a group that saw the world in a different way then the other factions.