History Characters / CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019SinglePlayer

[[folder:The Second in Command]]

[[folder:The Team Leader]]

[[folder:The Financier]]

* NGOSuperpower: Evidently large enough to have multiple helicopters, gunships, drones, and a large enough army to invade Urzikstan on their own.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: While [[spoiler:kidnapping the Butcher's family]] is pretty horrific, it also serves to show that the latter is a massive {{Hypocrite}} who doesn't want [[spoiler:his family to get hurt]] yet has no qualms [[spoiler:about killing other families.]] Also carries this out in MWIII, [[spoiler: killing Shepherd after he nearly escapes from his traitorous actions that eventually lead to Soap's death.]]

* MadeOfIron: Much like his original ''Modern Warfare'' counterpart, Soap takes some canonical punishment throughout ''MWII''. This includes [[spoiler:getting shot up by Shadow Company at the beginning of "Alone", and getting shot several times by Hassan himself in "Countdown", requiring Ghost to save him]], but he lives through it all. [[spoiler: It takes being shot in the chest, stabbed in the shoulder, and shot again in the head to put him down for good.]]

* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: Lets Price into Shepherd's office so he can kill him in MWIII. Shepherd immediately assumes it was her.]]

* PromotedToPlayable: [[spoiler: The player character for Deep Cover in Modern Warfare III. Unlike other playable characters, she has less health and can die in as as little as one shot on higher difficulties.]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: How Price ends him.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: He takes the knowledge that Price is gonna kill him pretty well.]]

* WarForFunAndProfit: [[spoiler: Their overall EvilPlan throughout ''Modern Warfare II'' and ''III'' is to restart the war between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Urzikstan using stolen {{WMDs}}, so that Konni and the RF military will be able to move in and reconquer the country, giving them a measure of revenge for the death of Barkov and the failure of the first occupation. And, more importantly, making Makarov and his financiers a lot of money ifrom mercenary contracts in the process.]]

* AffablyEvil: He's this or FauxAffablyEvil depending on the situation. [[spoiler: In ''III'', Shadow Company has been supplying Farah and the ULF with American arms for at least a decade under Shepherd's instruction, and he has a genuinely positive relationship with her and Alex despite being an amoral mercenary. When he tries to rekindle a friendly relationship with TF 141, he never loses his cheerful personality, even though they're vocally unwilling to let the events in Las Almas be bygones, and provides air cover to the best of his ability for the ground team.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:At the end of MWIII, he threw Shepherd under the bus and lied about not following orders to use lethal force on TF 141, allowing him and Shadow Company to continue their dirty business]].

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: As of MWIII. [[spoiler: He has no trouble helping Farah and the rest of TF141 (even after trying to kill Ghost and Soap in the previous game) and even helps to bring Shepherd down, his previous employer, though that was only to save his own skin, as he lied about not following Shepherd's orders to use lethal force on them.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Neil Ellice (English)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Samuel Roukin (MWII / Warzone 2.0, English), Jeff Leach (MW 2019 / Warzone, English)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Barry Sloane (English)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ElliotKnight (English)

* {{Hypocrite}}: He espouses UndyingLoyalty to his colleagues and encourages them to follow his example, yet has no problem disposing one of his own men when he doesn't play along with his plans.

** [[spoiler:In the opening mission "Operation 627", Ivan, Alexei, and the other Konni commandos speak English and use NATO callsigns when breaking Makarov out of the gulag, likely to trick the Russian government into thinking the West is supporting Makarov and his Ultranationalists.]]

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The only thing that makes it easy to tell them apart from [[DarkIsEvil Shadow Company]] are the patches of red in their uniforms.

[[folder:Samara Jalal (SPOILERS for MWIII)]]

!!Samara Jalal
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Sandra Saad (English)

A former ULF fighter and the player character for "Passenger".
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%%!!Samara Jalal
%%!!!'''Voiced by:''' Sandra Saad (English)

%%A former ULF fighter and the player character for "Passenger".
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Dimitry Rozental (English)

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:By ''MWIII'', Graves gets away without facing any consequences for his actions in the previous game and used Shepherd as a scapegoat to avoid accountability]].

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Uses a revolver as his preferred weapon. However, it means he only has 6 shots, and with some effort you can dodge all of them when you confront him directly at the end.

A member of Konni who is promoted to second-in-command early into [=MWIII=]'s campaign.

* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler:She was part of La Araña's enforcers, and it is implied by Graves that she backstabbed the old cartel leader in order to take over as the new El Sin Nombre.]]

* DoubleAgent: [[spoiler:A former member of Mexican Special Forces working alongside Alejandro, but either became or was already a cartel enforcer and betrayed a Vaqueros mission to capture the son of cartel leader La Araña by allowing the cartel to escape.]]

** [[spoiler:Alejandro stated one of Valeria's roles in the Mexican Special Forces was to keep La Araña's enforcers out to prevent bloodshed during the Vaquero's raid on a cartel. Valeria stated she did this exactly by staying out of the battle (as [[DoubleAgent she is a La Araña enforcer]]) and escorting the cartel out (to prevent the bloodshed).]]

[[folder:Shadow-1 TV Operator]]
!!Shadow-1 TV Operator

A member of Shadow Company in control of an AC-130s TV operations who provides supporting fire as Ghost, Soap, Alejandro, and Los Vaqueros secure Hassan.
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A member of the Shadow Company who was part of the botched arms delivery that was ambushed by Russian [=PMCs=].

[[folder:The Financier]]
!!Milena Romanova
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Tina Ivlev (English)
An oligarch and real estate magnate who finances Konni.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Milena is a business magnate who funds terrorist activities carried out by Makrov and Konni.
* FirstNameBasis: She and Vladimir often refer to each other by their first names, showing how close they are.
* UnseenNoMore: Milena's photo was only seen in Season 4 of Warzone 2.0. She finally appears in person in ''MWIII''.
* VillainousFriendship: She and Makarov go a long way back, due to the latter having known her husband. That said, they're quite friendly with each other, and Milena happily greets him after his successful escape from Zordaya.

! Quds Force

[[folder:General Ghorbrani]]

!!General Ghorbrani

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The commander of the Iranian Quds Force.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His appearance and role are highly reminiscent of Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian Quds Force commander who was also assassinated by a long-range American missile strike.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He is very quickly killed at the beginning of the campaign, but his death inspires Hassan to set the plot of the rest of the campaign in motion.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He dies pretty soon after he's introduced, we don't even know his first name.

[[folder:Maj. Hassan Zyani]]

!!Major Hassan Zyani
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Ibrahim Renno (English)

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The main antagonist of ''MWII'', he's a Major in the Iranian Quds Force. His reverence to General Ghorbrani led him to lead a campaign of revenge against the United States of America after they assassinated Ghorbani.

* ArchEnemy:
** {{Subverted}} regarding him and Simon "Ghost" Riley. While Ghost is indirectly responsible for Hassan's StartOfDarkness by killing Ghorbrani, Hassan doesn't know that Ghost killed his commanding officer, and instead blames the West as a whole for Ghorbrani's death. Meanwhile, Ghost doesn't have any personal vendetta towards Hassan, and only targets him to stop the threat he poses to the world. While he does end up killing Hassan, it's only to save Soap's life.
** He seems to play this straight with Shepherd though, as he knows Shepherd was behind the killing as well as the one who attempted to supply missiles to his enemies.
* BaldOfEvil: He is the main antagonist of the ''Modern Warfare II'' campaign and has no hair on his head.
* BerserkButton: He really doesn't like it when westerners talk about General Ghorbrani, who was killed in an American missile strike. When Soap merely mentions the General's name, Hassan immediately drops his calm demeanor and furiously rants about how unlawful his death was.
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:Despite the threat he posed to the United States, ultimately the manner he achieved it was only possible with the assistance of Russian Ultranationalists.]]
* BondVillainStupidity: Twice in the campaign:
** [[spoiler:Hassan and his accompanying Las Almas cartel protection ambushes Rodolfo in their safehouse. A cartel member appears ready to shoot Rodolfo, but Hassan wishes for Rodolfo to burn and has the cartel set alight the safehouse to destroy evidence of their presence and their handiwork. Rodolfo, incapacitated but still conscious, uses this moment to relay crucial enemy intelligence before they burn up and also get saved by Alejandro before he succumbed to the smoke.]]
** [[spoiler:Hassan shoots and seriously wounds Soap in the final mission, but runs out of ammunition to deliver the CoupDeGrace. Instead of perhaps bludgeoning Soap to death with his gun or finding one of his dead guard's weapons to finish the job, he drags Soap all the way towards a specific window, blows it open with a very prominent explosive charge, and then attempts to [[DestinationDefenestration throw Soap out the window.]] Said window direction happens to be the one that Ghost is directly watching, allowing him to deliver the BoomHeadshot to end Hassan.]]
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Ultimately dispatched this way by Ghost shooting him in the head with his sniper rifle.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To General Roman Barkov from the previous game—both are military officers who hate the west but have contrasting motivations. General Barkov invaded a nation for no reason other than to commit unprovoked genocide against an entire race under a flimsy justification that they breed terrorists. Additionally, he’s a more personal foe to the protagonists. Maj. Zyani on the other hand, has justified reasons for invading his enemies, as the U.S. launched an unprovoked assassination against his commanding officer, and in response, he has it out for ''everyone'', not one single person.
* DirtyCoward: He chooses to run away whenever [=TF141=] comes after him. When they finally do catch up to him in Chicago, he chooses to hide and let his men deal with it, only emerging to shoot Soap from behind while the latter is distracted rather than face him head on.
* GeneralRipper: Hassan has a murderous hatred towards the west, and he's willing to use the stolen missiles against the U.S. as revenge for the death of his commanding officer.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}. While he does have Rodolfo at his complete mercy he decides to let him burn alive in a house than just shoot him allowing Rodolfo to be rescued]].
* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:BigBadWannabe or not, he nearly succeeds in destroying the Pentagon. This was only possible because Shepherd and Graves didn't tell Task Force 141, Los Vaqueros, nor Laswell that the US-made missiles Hassan's been using were acquired from the Russian Ultranationalist ambush against Graves' men as they were delivering those missiles to US allies in the Middle East. By the time Laswell discovers all of this, Hassan has snuck the ''third'' missile into the US with assistance from the Las Almas Cartel. Thankfully, by the time 141 and Los Vaqueros punish Graves for his treachery, the former still has time to go after Hassan and once Soap acquires the controls needed to stop the missile from destroying the Pentagon, Laswell helps Soap destroy the missile]].
* {{Sadist}}: Rather than simply shoot Rodolfo dead once he's at his mercy, he prefers to have him burned to death as revenge for Ghorbrani's death.
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: He views the United States as the terrorist organization that they claim Hassan is.
-->'''Graves''': You're the commander of a foreign terror organization.
-->'''Hassan''': I can say the same to you.

! Los Vaqueros
''English: "The Cowboys"'' -- An elite operations unit in Mexico's ''Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales'' ("Special Forces Corps") and one of the few parts of the military untainted by the venom of the cartels thanks to the diligence of their leader Alejandro Vargas in hand selecting operatives known to be immune to the lure of the drug lords.
[[folder:Alejandro Vargas]]
!!Colonel Alejandro Vargas
!!!'''Callsign:''' Victor 1-1
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Alain Mesa (English)

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"We love this place, and we will die fighting for it."'']]

The commander of Los Vaqueros.

* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Betraying him and Los Vaqueros is this, just ask Valeria and Graves.]]
* ColonelBadass: Is ranked Colonel and is such a badass that the Los Vaqueros have a saying for him:
--> '''Rodolfo''': The only thing that can kill Alejandro is Alejandro.
* CrazyPrepared: He has a safe house which is rigged with a pressure plate and also an armory to arm several men and a few armored cars.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: To sneak into ''El Sin Nombre'''s villa, Alejandro disguises himself as a cartel guard.
* AFatherToHisMen:
** Personally saves Rodolfo after their mission to apprehend Hassan goes down and the latter is left to die inside a burning building.
** [[spoiler:Alejandro begins attacking the Shadow Company personnel after Graves reveals that his men have detained the Vaqueros.]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: Alejandro and Rudy join up with Task Force 141 for most of the second game's campaign during the hunt for Hassan.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Does not once wear a helmet in the game.
* HonorBeforeReason:
** Despite Rodolfo warning Alejandro to not risk himself saving him from a burning building, Alejandro busts his way in and saves Rodolfo.
** He attacks [[spoiler:Shadow Company]] after they revealed they [[spoiler:detained the Los Vaqueros]], despite being heavily outnumbered and outgunned on the spot.
* MuggedForDisguise: It is implied this is how Alejandro obtained his disguise to sneak into ''El Sin Nombre'''s villa as a cartel guard.
-->'''Alejandro''': [I'm] inside...
-->'''Graves''': Goddamn, how'd you do that?
-->'''Alejandro''': Violently.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Alejandro's chummy personality to his men and allies makes moments when Alejandro gets mad and starts shouting really stand out, [[spoiler:such as during Valeria's interrogation where he describes how she betrayed the Los Vaqueros, and then to Graves when he betrays Task Force 141 and the Vaqueros]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Continues to pursue Hassan despite him crossing the US/Mexico border, which puts Alejandro and Rodolfo outside of their jurisdiction, since they can't wait for FBI to help them.
* VigilanteMan: Based on his dialogue, it's implied he sometimes does secret, off the books vigilante work against the Las Almas Cartel.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: He's livid when he learns that [[spoiler:El Sin Nombre is a former member of his Mexican Special Forces unit, who he knows personally.]]

[[folder:Rodolfo "Rudy" Parra]]
!!Sergeant Major Rodolfo Parra
!!!'''Callsign:''' Victor 3-1
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Bayardo De Murguia (English)

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Colonel Alejandro's right-hand man.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Beaten to incapacitation and trapped in a burning building, Rodolfo spends what he believes are his last moments warning Alejandro not to enter and relaying enemy intelligence over his radio before they burn up. Luckily for him, [[AFatherToHisMen Alejandro]] rushes in and saves Rodolfo from the blaze.
* MadeOfIron: He takes a beating to the head and inhales a significant amount of smoke during his failed attempt to capture Hassan, yet he appears in the field again not too long later.
* PlayerCharacter: He's playable during the mission "Borderline".
* RedHerringShirt: Rodolfo is a new-name playable character in the mission "Borderline" tasked with following Hassan, who is guarded by the Las Almas cartel. When he gets caught, beaten, and left to die in a burning building, it's heavily implied that he's set up to be the PlayerCharacter that dies. However, thanks to Alejandro he survives this event [[spoiler:and the rest of the game's events as well.]]
* TokenMinority: In a game series majorly focused on English-speaking nation characters, Rodolfo is one of the few, if not only, playable characters that originates from Mexico.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Upon meeting Ghost, he confides to Alejandro ([[HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier in Spanish]]) that he has a fear of ghosts.

!Shadow Company
[[folder:In General]]
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A private military contractor that accompanies Task Force 141 on the hunt for the missiles stolen by Zyani. Owned and led by Phillip Graves, who personally accompanies the team on their missions.

* AceOfSpades: Their logo is this with a chess rook piece in the middle.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: [[spoiler:They take over Colonel Vargas's military base and arrest all the Los Vaqueros during their FaceHeelTurn.]]
* DecapitatedArmy: [[spoiler:Special Ops missions reveals they started quitting en masse after Graves' death. This is subverted once Season 5 reveals Graves' survival, and they are able to pick themselves back up during Konni's invasion of Al-Mazrah]].
* DirtyBusiness: Shadow Company is called in for missions considered too sensitive to be declassified, and balked at by those "unwilling to bend the rules of engagement".
* EliteMooks: Shadow Company's ranks are comprised of Tier One operators on par with the 141. Even Graves himself is ex-special forces.
* FaceHeelTurn: Shadow Company serves as backup for TF 141 for the first 2/3rds of ''Modern Warfare II'' [[spoiler:then turn against them on Shepherd's orders in "Alone".]]
* GunshipRescue: Shadow comes to the aid of TF 141 and Los Vaqueros in their own AC-130 Spectre gunship in "Close Air", providing some classic DeathFromAbove, and again in "Danger Close" in ''MWIII''.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:One operative accuses a policeman for only working for money. But, that's ''exactly'' what Shadow Company does—break rules and commit war crimes for money]]. Though it approaches HypocriteHasAPoint as Alejandro alludes to Soap and Ghost that the Las Almas police have been receiving bribes by the Las Almas Cartel to do nothing about their crimes, adding that those few who resist "disappear".
* NGOSuperpower: According to Graves, they have enough manpower to invade an entire country.
* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: [[spoiler:At the very least they make it a point to be cautious of their ignorance. One member had to correct his colleague that leprechauns are Irish, not Scottish]].
* PretentiousLatinMotto: Their insignia contains the Latin ''umbra catervae'' on top, which simply means "Shadow Company".
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: A private military company working directly under General Shepard.
* PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler:At best, their only motivation is getting paid and have better things to do than take part in Shepherd's dirty ops. At their absolute worst, they're ruthless and will fire even on civilians]].

[[folder:Phillip Graves]]

!! Phillip Graves
!!!'''Callsign:''' Shadow 0-1
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WarrenKole (English), Creator/FrancoisCivil (French)

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't make threats. I make ''guarantees''."'']]

The commander and CEO of the American Private Military Company "Shadow Company".

[[folder:The Ascendant (SPOILERS for MW)]]

* GutturalGrowler: Price's voice in this incarnation sounds a lot gruffer than his old version from the original ''Modern Warfare'' games.

* GutturalGrowler: Much like Price, this incarnation of Ghost has a significantly deeper voice.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Charming and charismatic as he is also ruthless and cunning while he commits innumerable atrocities.

[[folder:"Mr.Z"'s Father (SPOILERS for MW and Black Ops Cold War)]]

[[folder:"Mr. Z" (SPOILERS for MW)]]

[[folder:"Someone New" (SPOILERS for MWII)]]

* FalseFlagOperation: He continues his original counterpart's tactic of using disguises to impersonate his enemies to sow discord throughout Modern Warfare III;

** Makarov's grand plan in MWIII is [[spoiler:to use the same stolen container-based ballistic missiles from MWII, while also setting up one of Farah's former ULF comrades as an unwilling suicide bomber, to make it look like Urzikstan is waging a retaliatory terror compaign against Russia with US support, so the Russian government will re-invade and occupy Urzikstan, with Makarov and Konni front and centre of the new occupation force.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: Implied to be the one who sent the Russian [=PMC=]s to ambush the Shadow Company convoy and presented Hassan with the stolen American missiles.

* ItsPersonal: Makarov clearly has it out for Farah and the ULF for defeating General Barkov’s forces out of Urzikstan, and he’s bent on making them terrorists in the eyes of the world again.