History Monster / CallOfDuty

* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2: Ghost'': In this comic book prequel miniseries, Manuel "[[FatBastard El Gordo]]" Roba is the leader of the Zaragoza Drug Cartel. A target of the United States due to his drug and terrorist smuggling activities, SAS operator Simon Riley was sent alongside a US squad to kill him. The entire squad was betrayed by their leader Vernon to Roba, who subjcted them to [[MindRape brutal brainwashing]], torturing them under drug-induced insomnia and forcing them to fight each other to break their minds, once hanging Riley from a tree with hooks because he displayed resistance. Months later, Roba [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kills]] the annoying Vernon (one of his former brainwashed victims) and [[BuriedAlive buries the unturning Riley alive with his corpse]]. After Riley escapes, Roba sent his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy successfully brainwashed soldiers]] to UK to take care of him, murdering his family, his shrink and his superior officer before pinning all the murders on Riley to completely ruin his life.

* [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps The first game]] has a pair of DirtyCommunists:

* ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies Nazi Zombies]]'': [[BigBad Peter Glücksbringer Straub]] is a Nazi MadScientist instructed by Adolf Hitler himself to create a new type of soldier that doesn't rest or fear death. Finding a mystical sword hilt in Mittelburg, he used the energy from it to [[BadBoss kill his own men]], resulting in these soldiers becoming walking corpses. Believing he found his perfect soldiers, Straub would then use the sword hilt to turn the town's entire population into [[SlaveMooks undead abominations]], having a subordinate [[AndIMustScream sewn onto one of them alive]] when he learns of his ties to the Allies. Leaving Mittelburg, Straub goes to the island of Heligoland where he stored thousands of his creations and takes them to his Zeppelins where Straub would travel to the Berlin, so he can unleash them in hopes they would kill off every human being in the city while he would reclaim what's left of it for the Nazis. Taking pride in creating the Devil himself, Peter Straub would gladly doom the world with his monsters if he could prove his superiority.

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* [[BigBad General Nikita Dragovich]] from the original game is a sociopath who creates the "numbers" program that [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashes captive American soldiers]] into sleeper agents to kill their own people. Dragovich first demonstrated his untrustworthy and callous nature at Stalingrad, when he deserted his own men and left them to be butchered by the German forces. After the war, Dragovich would lead a project to recover the biochemical [[DeadlyGas Nova-6 weapon]]. To test its effectiveness, Dragovich and [[TheDragon Colonel Lev Krevchenko]] used it [[BadBoss on Russian soldiers]]. Dragovich would later become one of the Soviet Union's most powerful members, where he would capture [[spoiler:Alex Mason]] and brainwash him into becoming a presidential assassin. Even worse, Dragovich planned to use his sleeper agents to release Nova 6 on the whole of the United States.
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIII'': [[EldritchAbomination Deimos]], the BigBad of the "Nightmares" campaign, is the demigod of [[CardCarryingVillain dread and terror]] who, along with his sister Dolos, was brought to Earth from Malum by the SP/CORVUS experiments conducted by Coalescence in Singapore. Upon arriving to Earth his first act was to [[DemonicPossession possess]] [[spoiler:Taylor and his team via their [=DNIs=]]], attempt to kill Dolos, and massacre the SP/CORVUS headquarters in Singapore, mocking Dr. Salim for thinking that Deimos, a god, should thank a mere human for bringing him to Earth. He then modifies [[DeadlyGas Nova-6]] to cause zombie outbreaks, turning humanity into his undead army, and breaks them out of their quarantines so they can ravage the world, stating that humanity is his to rule and destroy. Deimos would later possess [[spoiler:Hendricks after Taylor's death]] in Cairo, before attacking Zurich, planning to use their SP/CORVUS headquarters to open a portal where he would then have his undead army conquer Malum for, right after killing Dolos's vessel, [[spoiler: Kane]].

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIII'': [[EldritchAbomination Deimos]], the BigBad of the AlternateUniverse Nightmares mode, takes the place of [[spoiler: Corvus]] from the main campaign, but is a different character all together. Deimos is a demigod from the realm of Malum, brought to Earth by the SP/CORVUS experiments conducted by Coalescence in Singapore, along with his sister Dolos, whom he seeks to destroy. To this end, he modified [[DeadlyGas Nova-6]] (seen in the first game) to cause zombie outbreaks, hoping to turn humanity into his undead army to conquer Malum. Deimos [[DemonicPossession possesses]] [[spoiler:Taylor and his team via their [=DNIs=]]], using them to massacre the SP/CORVUS headquarters in Singapore, stating they served their purpose, and openly mocking Dr. Salim for thinking that a human should be thanked for letting a god loose. He also has them break the zombies out of their quarantines, ravaging the world. During an uprising in Cairo, Deimos possesses [[spoiler:Hendricks after Taylor's death]], using him to leading an attack on Zurich, to use the SP/CORVUS headquarters there to return to Malum and bring about his army. Deimos also kills [[spoiler:Krane, his sister’s vessel]], by trapping [[spoiler:her]] in a chamber with Nova-6. While technically simply replacing [[spoiler: Corvus]] from the main campaign, Deimos has a different personality, goal, and motives for his actions, making him a bigger threat, and unambiguously evil, stating humanity is his to rule and his to destroy.

* Main campaign: [[SoftSpokenSadist Metz]] is the [[StateSec SS]] commandant in charge of sending hundreds of American [=POWs=] to [[POWCamp labor camps]] throughout Europe, where they would be worked and tortured to death. Trying to separate the Jews from his next batch of American [=POWs=], Metz shoots one [[ForTheEvulz for no reason]] and beats up Robert Zussman when he refuses to comply with his demands before sending him and the other [=POWs=] to his own concentration camp. When the 1st Infantry Division arrives there, they discover the numerous casualties of Metz's cruelty, with the corpses scattered throughout the [[FieryCoverUp burned-down camp]], many of whom were starved and tortured to death. They later find Metz executing his remaining prisoners before attempting to execute Zussman.

* Main campaign: [[SoftSpokenSadist Metz]] is the [[ThoseWackyNazis SS commandant]] in charge of sending numerous American [=POWs=] and people of Jewish heritage to [[POWCamp labor camps]] all over Europe, arranging them all to be worked and tortured to death. Going over his next batch of American [=POWs=], Metz shoots one for [[ForTheEvulz no reason]] and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats up Robert Zussman]] when he refuses to comply with Metz's demands before sending him and the other [=POWs=] to his own concentration camp. When the 1st Infantry Division arrives at Metz's concentration camp to rescue Zussman, they discover the horrific acts Metz has inflicted on his prisoners, with the dozens either burned alive, starved and whipped to death, or slowly hanged. They later find Metz executing his remaining prisoners one by one before attempting to execute Zussman himself.
* ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies Nazi Zombies]]'': [[BigBad Peter Glücksbringer Straub]], the [[MadScientist head scientist of Ahnenerbe]], was instructed by Adolf Hitler to create a new type of soldier that doesn't rest or fear death. During his studies, Straub found a sword hilt belonging to Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa, the energy of which he used to [[BadBoss kill his own men]]. Upon seeing these soldiers reanimated into zombies, Straub, believing to have found his new type of soldiers, uses the energy he dubbed [[ShockAndAwe Geistkraft]] to turn the entire population of Mittelburg into [[SlaveMooks undead abominations]], having a subordinate [[AndIMustScream sewn onto one of them alive]] when he learns of said subordinate's ties to the Allies. Leaving Mittelburg, Straub goes to the island of Heligoland where he stored thousands of his creations and has created the Corpse Gate, which involves an innocent man being chained to a door and constantly electrocuted to power up other doors; Straub can only open said doors by using the decapitated head of his [[TheDragon second-in-command]]. Taking his creations to his Zeppelins, Straub would travel to the Berlin, and unleash them there in hopes they would kill off every human being still alive there while he would reclaim what's left of the fallen city for the Nazis. Taking pride in creating the Devil himself, Peter Straub's twisted narcissism was only matched by the his crimes against life.

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps3'': [[EldritchAbomination Deimos]], the BigBad of the AlternateUniverse Nightmares mode, takes the place of [[spoiler: Corvus]] from the main campaign, but is a different character all together. Deimos is a demigod from the realm of Malum, brought to Earth by the SP/CORVUS experiments conducted by Coalescence in Singapore, along with his sister Dolos, whom he seeks to destroy. To this end, he modified [[DeadlyGas Nova-6]] (seen in the first game) to cause zombie outbreaks, hoping to turn humanity into his undead army to conquer Malum. Deimos [[DemonicPossession possesses]] [[spoiler:Taylor and his team via their [=DNIs=]]], using them to massacre the SP/CORVUS headquarters in Singapore, stating they served their purpose, and openly mocking Dr. Salim for thinking that a human should be thanked for letting a god loose. He also has them break the zombies out of their quarantines, ravaging the world. During an uprising in Cairo, Deimos possesses [[spoiler:Hendricks after Taylor's death]], using him to leading an attack on Zurich, to use the SP/CORVUS headquarters there to return to Malum and bring about his army. Deimos also kills [[spoiler:Krane, his sister’s vessel]], by trapping [[spoiler:her]] in a chamber with Nova-6. While technically simply replacing [[spoiler: Corvus]] from the main campaign, Deimos has a different personality, goal, and motives for his actions, making him a bigger threat, and unambiguously evil, stating humanity is his to rule and his to destroy.

-->--'''Admiral Salen Kotch''', ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare''

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* [[InsaneAdmiral General]] Nikita [[BigBad Dragovich]] from the original game is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who creates the "numbers" program that [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashes captive American soldiers]] into sleeper agents to kill their own people. Dragovich first demonstrated his untrustworthy and callous nature at Stalingrad, when he deserted his own men and left them to be butchered by the German forces. After the war, Dragovich would lead a project to recover the biochemical [[DeadlyGas Nova-6 weapon]]. To test its effectiveness, Dragovich and his [[TheDragon right-hand-man]] {{Colonel|Kilgore}} Lev Krevchenko used it on Russian soldiers. Dragovich would later become one of the Soviet Union's most powerful members, where he would capture [[spoiler: [[PlayerCharacter Alex Mason]]]] and brainwash him into becoming a presidential assassin. Even worse, Dragovich planned to use his sleeper agents to release Nova 6 on the whole of the United States.

[[AC:''Call of Duty 4: VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' series]]
* [[RenegadeRussian Imran Zakhaev]], the BigBad of the first game, is the ruthless leader of the Russian Ultranationalist Party. He started long ago as an arm dealer in Chernobyl where he had all the men "he couldn't buy" killed and thrown in a river. [[FakingTheDead Believed to be killed in an assassination attempt]], he actually survived and started a new plan to take over Russia. In order to distract the U.S and British forces from his plan, he supplies the equally evil, below-mentioned Khaled Al-Asad with deadly weapons, including a nuke, which Zakhaev lets him detonate on his homeland just to kill the invading U.S forces. During his coup, his soldiers on his orders slaughter every unarmed civilian they could find, while also using the villages as test sites for his missiles. Zakhaev later fires two nuclear missiles at the U.S Eastern Seaboard when the U.S and British forces ignore his ultimatum to leave Russia. When the plan is foiled, he and his men kill the entire British and American team trying to stop him, with Zakhaev himself executing the badly-wounded Gaz.

* [[HeroKiller Vladimir Makarov]], head of [[RenegadERussian the Inner Circle]], started off as just an ordinary Russian soldier serving Imran Zakhaev, but by the third game [[FromNobodyToNightmare has become something far, far, worse]]. The BigBad of the second and third games, Makarov establishes himself in the second game when he and his men cold-heartedly slaughter an airport terminal full of Russian civilians, using the PlayerCharacter trying to [[ReverseMole infiltrate Makarov’s group]]. He then follows this by [[NiceJobBreakingItHero shooting the player in the head]] so that the [[FalseFlagOperation crime can be pinned]] on the {{CIA}}, thus inciting the international community against the Americans and triggering a Russo-American war. In the third game, he hijacks the Russian president to derail his peace talk and get the nuclear launch codes so he can [[NukeEm nuke]] and conquer Europe. When the president resists, he targets his daughter to break him. He then bombed major cities across Europe with [[DeadlyGas chemical weapons]] before invading them, massacring millions of people and single-handedly starting WorldWarIII. In addition, it was he who ordered the nuking in the first game, as well as the one who even earlier saved Zakhaev, thus making him responsible, directly or [[GreaterScopeVillain indirectly]], for all the events of the series--including the actions of [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist General Shepherd]]]] in the second game—making him responsible for the deaths of several millions.

''[[AC:VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare]]''
* [[InsaneAdmiral Admiral]] Salen [[HeroKiller Kotch]] is the ruthless and single-minded [[BigBad leader]] of the [[MasterRace SDF]], and is devoted to the conquest of the Solar System, and the eradication of Earth-born bloodlines, [[ANaziByAnyOtherName which he sees as inferior and unworthy]]. Kotch [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces himself]] confronting wounded UNSA soldiers, briefly feigning sympathy before ordering their brutal execution. In that same scene, [[BadBoss he casually shoots one of his own soldiers]] to demonstrate that by not caring, he has what it takes to win the war. He would go on to orchestrate a terror attack on a city, causing wanton destruction and thousands of deliberate civilian casualties, before going on to destroy Tigris and killing all its personnel. Throughout the campaign, Kotch sends out broadcasts to the UNSA that their cause will fail and that they should accept surrender and execution. He also sent a spy on a suicide mission to activate a beacon to signal a full SDF invasion of Earth. When the invasion begins, Kotch has his flagship ''[[TheBattlestar Olympus Mons]]'' destroy the UNSA headquarters, killing Admiral Raines. When Reyes and his team board ''Olympus Mons'', Kotch [[TakingYouWithMe orders its self-destruction]] to wipe them out and to destroy the city beneath them in the process. Unscrupulous and fanatical to the bitter end, Kotch is willing to sacrifice civilians, his own men and ultimately his own life to the cause of Earth's devastation and further the power of SDF.

* ''Modern Warfare 2: Ghost'': In this comic book prequel miniseries, Manuel "[[FatBastard El Gordo]]" Roba is the leader of the Zaragoza Drug Cartel. A target to the United States due to his drug and terrorist smuggling activities, SAS operator [[BreakoutCharacter Simon Riley]] was sent alongside a US squad to kill him. The entire squad was betrayed by their leader Vernon to Roba, who subjcted them to [[MindRape brutal brainwashing]], [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing them]] under drug-induced insomnia and forcing them to fight each other to break their minds, once hanging Riley from a tree with hooks because he displayed resistance. Months later, Roba [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kills]] the annoying Vernon (one of his former brainwashed victims) and [[BuriedAlive buries the unturning Riley alive with his corpse]]. After Riley escapes, Roba sent his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy successfully brainwashed soldiers]] to UK to take care of him, murdering his family, his shrink and his superior officer before [[FrameUp pinning all the murders on Riley]] to completely ruin his life.

* {{General|Ripper}} Nikita [[BigBad Dragovich]] from the original game is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who creates the "numbers" program that [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashes captive American soldiers]] into sleeper agents to kill their own people. Dragovich first demonstrated his untrustworthy and callous nature at Stalingrad, when he deserted his own men and left them to be butchered by the German forces. After the war, Dragovich would lead a project to recover the biochemical [[DeadlyGas Nova-6 weapon]]. To test its effectiveness, Dragovich and his [[TheDragon right-hand-man]] {{Colonel|Kilgore}} Lev Krevchenko used it on Russian soldiers. Dragovich would later become one of the Soviet Union's most powerful members, where he would capture [[spoiler: [[PlayerCharacter Alex Mason]]]] and brainwash him into becoming a presidential assassin. Even worse, Dragovich planned to use his sleeper agents to release Nova 6 on the whole of the United States.

* [[PresidentEvil Khaled Al-Asad]], also from the first game, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment in his introduction]], overthrows a democratic government in an unknown Middle Eastern country, [[TheCaligula starting a new reign of terror]]. Anyone who tries to resist or escape is lined up and used as target practice by his men. He executes President Al-Fulani on national television saying that "It's how it begins". When NEST teams invade the country Al-Asad, with no second thoughts, detonates the aforementioned nuke, killing about 30,000 American soldiers along with a great number of innocent people. He did it so he [[DirtyCoward could prevent the Americans coming after him]].

* [[RenegadeRussian Imran Zakhaev]], the BigBad of the first game, is the ruthless leader of the Russian Ultranationalist Party. He started long ago as an arm dealer in Chernobyl where he had all the men "he couldn't buy" killed and thrown in a river. [[FakingTheDead Believed to be killed in an assassination attempt]], he actually survived and started a new plan to take over Russia. In order to distract the USA and British forces from his plan he supplies the equally evil Khaled Al-Asad with deadly weapons, including a nuke, and letting him use it to detonate his own homeland just to kill the invading U.S. forces. During his bloody coup in Russia his soldiers on his commands slaughter every unarmed civilian they find, also using villages as a test for his missiles. He threatens to release one of them of the entire USA if the U.S. forces won't leave Russia. Towards the climax he and his men kill an entire SAS squad who tried to stop him, while Zakhaev himself executes the already badly-wounded Gaz.

* [[HeroKiller Vladimir Makarov]] started off as just an ordinary Russian soldier serving Zakhaev, but by the third game [[FromNobodyToNightmare has become something far, far, worse]]. The BigBad of the second and third games, Makarov establishes himself in the second game when he and his men cold-heartedly slaughter an airport terminal full of civilians, using the PlayerCharacter trying to [[ReverseMole infiltrate Makarov’s group]]. He then follows this by [[NiceJobBreakingItHero shooting the player in the head]] so that the [[FalseFlagOperation crime can be placed]] on the {{CIA}}, thus inciting the international community against the Americans. In the third game, he single-handedly starts WorldWarIII, massacring millions of people with [[DeadlyGas chemical weapons]]. In addition, it was he who ordered the nuking in the first game, as well as the one who even earlier saved Zakhaev, thus making him responsible, directly or [[GreaterScopeVillain indirectly]], for all the events of the series (including the actions of [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist General Shepherd]]]] in the second game), leading to the deaths of several millions.

* [[HeroKiller Vladimir Makarov]] started off as just an ordinary Russian soldier serving Zakhaev, but by the third game [[FromNobodyToNightmare has become something far, far, worse]]. The BigBad of the second and third games, Makarov establishes himself in the second game when he and his men cold-heartedly slaughter an airport terminal full of civilians, using the PlayerCharacter trying to [[ReverseMole infiltrate Makarov’s group]]. He then follows this by [[NiceJobBreakingItHero shooting the player in the head]] so that the [[FalseFlagOperation crime can be placed]] on the {{CIA}}, thus inciting the international community against the Americans. In the third game, he single-handedly starts WorldWarIII, massacring millions of people with chemical weapons. In addition, it was he who ordered the nuking in the first game, as well as the one who even earlier saved Zakhaev, thus making him responsible, directly or [[GreaterScopeVillain indirectly]], for all the events of the series (including the actions of [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist General Shepherd]]]] in the second game), leading to the deaths of several millions.

* ''Modern Warfare 2: Ghost'': In this comic book prequel miniseries, Manuel "[[FatBastard El Gordo]]" Roba is the leader of the Zaragoza Drug Cartel. A target to the United States due to his drug and terrorist smuggling activities, [[BreakoutCharacter Simon Riley]] was sent alongside a US squad to kill him. The squad was betrayed by their leader Vernon to Roba, who proceeds to subject the squad to [[MindRape months of brutal brainwashing]], [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing them]] under drug-induced insomnia and forcing them to fight each other, uncaring if they die or not since [[LackOfEmpathy Roba considers all men to be expendable]]. In one case, Roba hanged Riley from a tree from hooks in his waist because he displays resistance. Roba [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kills]] the annoying [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves Vernon]] and [[BuriedAlive buries the unturning Riley alive with his corpse]]. When Riley escapes, Roba sent his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy successfully brainwashed soldiers]] to take care of him. Under Roba's orders, they were sent to UK where they murdered everyone associated with Riley, including his family, his shrink and his superior, before [[FrameUp pinning all the murders on Riley]] to completely ruin his life.
* [[HeroKiller Vladimir Makarov]] started off as just an ordinary Russian soldier serving Zakhaev, but by the third game [[FromNobodyToNightmare has become something far, far, worse]]. The BigBad of the second and third games, Makarov establishes himself in the second game when he and his men cold-heartedly slaughter an airport terminal full of civilians, using the PlayerCharacter trying to [[ReverseMole infiltrate Makarov’s group]]. He then follows this by [[NiceJobBreakingItHero shooting the player in the head]] so that the [[FalseFlagOperation crime can be placed]] on the {{CIA}}, thus inciting the international community against the Americans. In the third game, he single-handedly starts WorldWarIII, massacring millions of people with bio weapons. In addition, it was he who ordered the nuking in the first game, as well as the one who even earlier saved Zakhaev, thus making him responsible, directly or [[GreaterScopeVillain indirectly]], for all the events of the series (including the actions of [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist General Shepherd]]]] in the second game), leading to the deaths of several millions.

* [[HeroKiller Vladimir Makarov]], the BigBad of the second and third games, establishes himself when he and his men cold-heartedly slaughter an airport terminal full of civilians, using the PlayerCharacter trying to [[ReverseMole infiltrate Makarov’s group]]. He then follows this by [[NiceJobBreakingItHero shooting the player in the head]] so that the [[FalseFlagOperation crime can be placed]] on the {{CIA}}, thus inciting the international community against the Americans. In the third game, he single-handedly starts WorldWarIII, massacring millions of people with bio weapons. In addition, it was he who ordered the nuking in the first game, as well as the one who even earlier saved Zakhaev, thus making him responsible, directly or [[GreaterScopeVillain indirectly]], for all the events of the series (including the actions of [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist General Shepherd]]]] in the second game), leading to the deaths of several millions.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"[Vladimir] Makarov is fighting his own war and he has no rules. No boundaries. He doesn't flinch at torture, human trafficking, or genocide. He's not loyal to a flag or a country or any set of ideals. He trades blood for money."]]

* [[RenegadeRussian Imran Zakhaev]], the BigBad of the first game, is the ruthless leader of the Russian Ultranationalist Party. He started long ago as an arm dealer in Chernobyl where he had all the men "he couldn't buy" killed and thrown in a river. [[FakingTheDead Believed to be killed in an assassination attempt]], he actually survived and started a new plan to take over Russia. In order to distract the USA and British forces from his plan he supplies the equally evil Khaled Al-Asad with deadly weapons, including a nuke, and letting him use it to detonate his own homeland just to kill the invading U.S. forces. During his bloody coup in Russia his soldiers on his commands slaughter every unarmed civilian they find, also using villages as a test for his missiles. He threatens to release one of them of the entire USA if the U.S. forces won't leave Russia. Towards the climax he and his men kill an entire SAS squad who tried to stop him, while Zakhaev himself executes the already badly wounded Gaz.

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* [[PresidentEvil Khaled Al-Asad]], also from the first game, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment in his introduction]], overthrows a democratic government in an unknown Middle Eastern country, [[TheCaligula starting a new reign of terror]]. Anyone who tries to resist or escape is lined up and used as target practice by his men. He executes President Al-Fulani on national television saying that "It's how it begins". When NEST teams invade the country Al-Asad, with no second thoughts, detonates a nuke killing about 30,000 American soldiers along with a great number of innocent people. He did it so he [[DirtyCoward could prevent the Americans coming after him]].

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->''"This man (Vladimir) Makarov is fighting his own war and he has no rules. No boundaries. He doesn't flinch at torture, human trafficking, or genocide. He's not loyal to a flag or a country or any set of ideals. He trades blood for money."''
-->--'''General Shepherd''' about '''Vladimir Makarov''', ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2''

* [[InsaneAdmiral Admiral]] Salen [[BigBad Koch]] is the ruthless and single-minded leader of the [[MasterRace SDF]], and is devoted to the conquest of the Solar System, and the eradication of Earth-born bloodlines, [[ANaziByAnyOtherName which he sees as inferior and unworthy]]. Koch introduces himself confronting wounded UNSA soldiers, briefly feigning sympathy before ordering their brutal execution. In that same scene, he casually shoots one of his own soldiers to demonstrate that by not caring, he has what it takes to win the war. He would go on to orchestrate a terror attack on a city, causing wanton destruction and thousands of deliberate civilian casualties, before going on to destroy Tigris and killing all its personnel. Throughout the campaign, Koch sends out broadcasts to the UNSA that their cause will fail and they should accept surrender and execution. He also sent a spy on a suicide mission to activate a beacon to signal a full SDF invasion of Earth. When the invasion begins, Koch has his flagship Olympus Mon destroy the UNSA headquarters, killing Admiral Raines. When Reyes and his team board Olympus Mon, Koch orders it's self destruction to wipe them out and to destroy the city beneath them in the process. Unscrupulous and fanatical to the bitter end, Koch is willing to sacrifice civilians, his own men and ultimately his own life to the cause of Earth's devastation and further the power of SDF.

* Imran Zakhaev, the BigBad of the first game, is the ruthless leader of the Russian Ultranationalist Party. He started long ago as an arm dealer in Chernobyl where he had all the men "he couldn't buy" killed and thrown in a river. [[FakingTheDead Believed to be killed in an assassination attempt]], he actually survived and started a new plan to take over Russia. In order to distract the USA and British forces from his plan he supplies the equally evil Khaled Al-Asad with deadly weapons, including a nuke, and letting him use it to detonate his own homeland just to kill the invading U.S. forces. During his bloody coup in Russia his soldiers on his commands slaughter every unarmed civilian they find, also using villages as a test for his missiles. He threatens to release one of them of the entire USA if the U.S. forces won't leave Russia. Towards the climax he and his men kill an entire SAS squad who tried to stop him, while Zakhaev himself executes the already badly wounded Gaz.

** Imran Zakhaev, the BigBad of the first game, is the ruthless leader of the Russian Ultranationalist Party. He started long ago as an arm dealer in Chernobyl where he had all the men "he couldn't buy" killed and thrown in a river. [[FakingTheDead Believed to be killed in an assassination attempt]], he actually survived and started a new plan to take over Russia. In order to distract the USA and British forces from his plan he supplies the equally evil Khaled Al-Asad with deadly weapons, including a nuke, and letting him use it to detonate his own homeland just to kill the invading U.S. forces. During his bloody coup in Russia his soldiers on his commands slaughter every unarmed civilian they find, also using villages as a test for his missiles. He threatens to release one of them of the entire USA if the U.S. forces won't leave Russia. Towards the climax he and his men kill an entire SAS squad who tried to stop him, while Zakhaev himself executes the already badly wounded Gaz.
** [[PresidentEvil Khaled Al-Asad]], also from the first game, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment in his introduction]], overthrows a democratic government in an unknown Middle Eastern country, [[TheCaligula starting a new reign of terror]]. Anyone who tries to resist or escape is lined up and used as target practice by his men. He executes President Al-Fulani on national television saying that "It's how it begins". When NEST teams invade the country Al-Asad, with no second thoughts, detonates a nuke killing about 30,000 American soldiers along with a great number of innocent people. He did it so he [[DirtyCoward could prevent the Americans coming after him]].
** ''Modern Warfare 2: Ghost'': In this comic book prequel miniseries, Manuel "[[FatBastard El Gordo]]" Roba is the leader of the Zaragoza Drug Cartel. A target to the United States due to his drug and terrorist smuggling activities, [[BreakoutCharacter Simon Riley]] was sent alongside a US squad to kill him. The squad was betrayed by their leader Vernon to Roba, who proceeds to subject the squad to [[MindRape months of brutal brainwashing]], [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing them]] under drug-induced insomnia and forcing them to fight each other, uncaring if they die or not since [[LackOfEmpathy Roba considers all men to be expendable]]. In one case, Roba hanged Riley from a tree from hooks in his waist because he displays resistance. Roba [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kills]] the annoying [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves Vernon]] and [[BuriedAlive buries the unturning Riley alive with his corpse]]. When Riley escapes, Roba sent his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy successfully brainwashed soldiers]] to take care of him. Under Roba's orders, they were sent to UK where they murdered everyone associated with Riley, including his family, his shrink and his superior, before [[FrameUp pinning all the murders on Riley]] to completely ruin his life.
** Vladimir Makarov, the BigBad of the second and third games, establishes himself when he and his men cold-heartedly slaughter an airport terminal full of civilians, using the PlayerCharacter trying to [[ReverseMole infiltrate Makarov’s group]]. He then follows this by [[NiceJobBreakingItHero shooting the player in the head]] so that the [[FalseFlagOperation crime can be placed]] on the {{CIA}}, thus inciting the international community against the Americans. In the third game, he single-handedly starts WorldWarIII, massacring millions of people with bio weapons. In addition, it was he who ordered the nuking in the first game, as well as the one who even earlier saved Zakhaev, thus making him responsible, directly or [[GreaterScopeVillain indirectly]], for all the events of the series (including the actions of [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist General Shepherd]]]] in the second game), leading to the deaths of several millions.

* Admiral Salen Koch is the ruthless and single minded leader of the SDF devoted to the conquest of the solar system, and the eradication of Earth born bloodlines, which he sees as inferior and unworthy. Koch introduces himself confronting wounded UNSA soldiers, briefly feigning sympathy before ordering their brutal execution. In that same scene, he casually shoots one of his own soldiers to demonstrate that by not caring, he has what it takes to win the war. He would go on to orchestrate a terror attack on a city, causing wanton destruction and thousands of deliberate civilian casualties, before going on to destroy Tigris and killing all its personnel. Throughout the campaign, Koch sends out broadcasts to the UNSA that their cause will fail and they should accept surrender and execution. He also sent a spy on a suicide mission to activate a beacon to signal a full SDF invasion of Earth. When the invasion begins, Koch has his flagship Olympus Mon destroy the UNSA headquarters, killing Admiral Raines. When Reyes and his team board Olympus Mon, Koch orders it's self destruction to wipe them out and to destroy the city beneath them in the process. Unscrupulous and fanatical to the bitter end, Koch is willing to sacrifice civilians, his own men and ultimately his own life to the cause of Earth's devastation and further the power of SDF.