# Elias Walker

Elias Walker is a character from Call of Duty: Ghosts, a 2013 video game published by Activision. He is the commander of the Ghosts, a group of special military operators trained to carry out clandestine missions behind enemy lines. He is voiced by Stephen Lang.

## History
### Campaign

Elias Walker only appeared in Call of Duty: Ghosts. He was a retired U.S Army officer and the father of David "Hesh" Walker (Brandon Routh), and Logan Walker, the game's main protagonist. Elias was telling Logan and Hesh the story of the Ghosts, and how they first appeared. Meanwhile, in space, the Federation hijacks the Orbital Defense Initiative (ODIN), an orbital superweapon that consists of a network of satellites that utilize kinetic bombardment. The Federation uses it to destroy several cities in the southwestern United States. U.S. Air Force astronauts Baker and Mosley sacrifice themselves to self-destruct the space station and prevent ODIN from launching other payloads further inland. The Walkers narrowly escapes the destruction of San Diego.
Ten years later, the Federation has expanded even further by invading and occupying Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico. Along with this, the war between the United States and the Federation has been a bloody stalemate along a front that comprises the destroyed cities (known as "No Man's Land"), which has become a war of attrition as more Federation forces attempt to break the frontlines. However, the U.S. stands its ground, fighting near the former United States-Mexico border. Hesh and Logan are part of an Army special unit under the command of Elias and are accompanied by Riley, their loyal military-trained German Shepherd.
The brothers return to Santa Monica, California, where U.S. forces hold out against a Federation assault and reunited with Elias who revealed himself to be the leader of the Ghosts. Recruiting his sons into the Ghosts, Elias tells them during the Federation's expansion into South America in 2015, the Venezuelan Armed Forces formal leader, General Diego Almagro, ordered all American-born citizens in Federation territory to be imprisoned or executed. Because of this, Rorke, formally the leader of the Ghosts, convinced the U.S. government to send him and Elias on a military operation in the Federation's capital of Caracas to assassinate the general. Despite being successful in killing Almagro, Elias was forced to abandon Rorke to save himself and his other squad mates. The Federation soon captured Rorke and brainwashed him into becoming a Federation commander.
The Ghosts assault Rorke's base and capture him, but Federation forces destroy their plane and rescue him. The team lands in the Yucatán Peninsula, where they witness the launch of a mysterious Federation missile. The Ghosts infiltrate a Federation base in Andes and discover plans to create a new superweapon. Constructing a counterattack, the Ghosts make significant gains against the Federation by destroying their Atlas oil platform in Antarctica and sinking a destroyer guarding a Federation factory in the port of Rio de Janeiro. The team then breaks into the factory and discovers that the Federation reverse-engineered ODIN into their own orbital bombardment system named LOKI.
After destroying the factory, the Ghosts regroup at a safe house in Las Vegas, but are captured by Rorke. During a violent interrogation, Rorke shoots Elias in the head, killing him in front of his sons, Logan and Hesh. In a last-ditch effort, the U.S. Navy pools all its remaining forces, including its last aircraft carrier USS Liberator, in a synchronized all-out assault against the LOKI space station. Hesh and Logan launch a missile to destroy the Federation space center in the Atacama Desert, while forces in U.S. Space Force take over the Federation space station. They seize control of LOKI and decimate the Federation military by turning their weapons on them. Hesh and Logan then disobey Merrick's orders and pursue Rorke to avenge their father. Despite being shot by Logan and left to drown, Rorke survives and captures Logan, wanting to brainwash him into becoming a Federation agent.