As Mormon builds his case against the Gadiantons, he ties them directly to Satan, who is the opposite, and opposer, to God. Mormon also makes certain to link the Gadiantons, through Satan, to “the people who came from that tower into this land; who spread the works of darkness and abominations over all the face of the land.” Mormon explicitly ties the Gadiantons to the Jaredites. Mormon uses the Jaredites as the example of a destroyed nation. The Gadiantons are connected to them, and thus the Gadiantons bring Jaredite-type destruction upon the Nephites.