Simon "Ghost" Riley (2019)

:NOTE: This article is about Ghost from the 2019 reboot of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare sub-series. The original version can be found here: Simon "Ghost" Riley.
 
Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley is the tritagonist of the Call Of Duty Modern Warfare sub-series reboot.
He is a SAS operative who is recruited into John Price's task force, and is sent to Verdansk to cease tensions against the Al-Qatala, and later the Armistice and Coalition soldiers. When Victor Zakhaev threatened to use a missile, Ghost and 141 performed a joint operation with Demon Dogs to stop him. In 2022, Ghost continues his service with 141 to stop Hassan Zyani from launching American ballistic missiles against the west with the help of Sgt. Johnny "Soap" MacTavish. However, Ghost, Soap, Alejandro, Rodolfo and Los Vaqueros were betrayed by General Shepherd and Shadow Company when Task Force 141 and Vaqueros were close to learn the secret of the stolen American Missiles. Due to Shepherd and Shadow Company's treason, Ghost, Soap, Alejandro, Rodolfo, Price, Gaz and the Los Vaqueros also defeated Shadow's CEO Phillip Graves for their betrayal.
Later on, Ghost, Price and the others went on a mission to hunt down Makarov. They were reluctantly allied with Shepherd and Graves although he and the others will never forgive them for their betrayals at Las Almas. However, Ghost and his team lost Soap when Makarov killed him and escaped. After Price kills Shepherd, Ghost continue his mission to assist Price to kill Makarov.
He is voiced by Jeff Leach in Modern Warfare and Warzone, and by Samuel Roukin in Modern Warfare II, Warzone 2.0 and Modern Warfare III, whilst Erin Switzer portrayed the character in promotional material. 
==Biography==
===Military Career===
Simon Riley was born in Manchester, England and joined the Special Air Service at an unknown time, and managed to reach the rank of lieutenant. Riley would spend his service on classified assignments, and became an expert in tradecraft, sabotage, ambushes, and infiltrations. He would eventually earn the nickname of "Ghost", and would wear a skull mask to conceal his identity to be anonymous, and maintain a mysterious persona. At one point during his service, Ghost worked in the same unit and shit with the operative Mace, an ex-U.S. Army Ranger turned mercenary.
===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare===
Ghost is mentioned at the end of the campaign by Captain Price when he meets with Kate Laswell after stopping General Roman Barkov. Price tells Laswell that he's creating of team called Task Force 141, and Simon Riley is part of his recruitment, alongside Kyle "Gaz" Garrick and John "Soap" MacTavish. In addition, Laswell notes there's no picture for Ghost, and Price simply replies "never."
===Verdansk===
In April of 2019, Ghost joined Captain Price, Soap and General Shepherd in stopping the terrorist attack in Verdansk's national arena, and the team encountered the Inner Circle's leader Vladimir Makarov. Despite the terrorist succeeding in detonating his bombs, he was brought to the Russian authorities, where he was sent to the Zordaya prison complex.
When the Al-Qatala invaded Verdansk in 2020, Ghost was assigned to the city to assist the Armistice, and later helped the Arm-4 team infiltrate the Verdansk airport to collect a nuclear core. The Al-Qatala then released a toxic gas in the city, and Ghost saw the Armistice operatives turned on each other to survive. Seeing that the situation was becoming dire, Ghost asked Captain Price to send him operatives and reinforcements he could trust. Though the city was lost due to the gas, Ghost managed to escape as the sole survivor, and the Armistice was crippled and immediately disbanded. Once regrouping with Price, he was informed that the invasion of Verdansk was part of Victor Zakhaev's plan, and was sent to a location with the CIA operative "Alex". Ghost worked with the Coalition on fighting the Al-Qatala, but they returned to Urzikstan while Zakhaev's forces stayed in the city, and the conflict continued even when Shadow Company was called in to eliminate Victor.
Ghost managed to gain intel to learn that Zakhaev was evading the operatives by using the metro subway system underground, and Nikolai and Farah Karim were called in to power them up. Afterward, the group learned that Zakhaev's plan was to have the operatives turn on the power in all of the bunkers in Verdansk, and was prepared to launch a ICBM missile in bunker ten. Ghost worked with Gaz to hack into Zakhaev's communications, and with the assault on Zakhaev's forces from Demon Dogs, Captain Price managed to abort the launch and kill Victor. Regrouping with Price, Gaz, "Alex", Farah and Nikolai, they are informed by John "Soap" MacTavish that something is happening off the coast of the city, and the team head to him.
===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II ===
Gathering intel of General Ghorbrani's arms deal with the Russians, Shepherd tasks Ghost and Shadow Company commander Phillip Graves to eliminate the target. Following the assassination, Quds Force Major Hassan Zyani retaliates by allying with the Al-Qatala, intending to get revenge against the United States. Months later, Ghost and Soap are assigned to capture or kill Hassan in Al Mazrah with the MARSOC Marines, but instead discover that he has American ballistic missiles. Shepherd ordered Ghost and his team to destroy the missile, which he obliged. Upon this revelation, Laswell works with Price and Gaz in Amsterdam, where they learn that Hassan is working with the Las Almas Cartel and is being smuggled into America. Kate contacts Los Vaqueros Colonel Alejandro Vargas to stop Zyani, but he and his right-hand Rodolfo Parra fail to capture him.
Afterward, Ghost and Soap are sent to Las Almas to work with Los Vaqueros to capture Zyani, and are later assisted by Shadow Company in reaching the major's location. Taking Hassan to the desert, Ghost watches the interrogation until Shepherd and Laswell order them to let him go. Despite having to let him, the team decide to capture the cartel's leader "El Sin Nombre" to learn the location of the two missiles. With Soap and Alejandro infiltrating the cartels' base, where they capture their leader, whom is revealed to Valeria Garza. She agrees to get them the location of a missile in exchange they let her go and never return to Las Almas, and Graves accepts the terms despite Alejandro warning him not to.
Valeria reveals to Graves that the missile is in the Gulf of Mexico on an oil derrick, and 141 performs a joint operation with Los Vaqueros and Shadow Company to stop the launch. After a delay when learning that the launch codes are on a cargo ship, Soap is able to change the missiles target to the oil derrick. Returning to the Vaqueros' base, Graves betrays Ghost, Soap and Alejandro by having taken over the base, detaining Vargas' men, and revealing that Shepherd is given him command of the operation. Ghost and Soap escape from Shadow Company, but Vargas and his Vaqueros are captured during the confrontation. Ghost rushed his way to the church waiting for Soap to rally to him and complete escaped from Shadow Company to Alejandro's safehouse. Reuniting with Rodolfo, the trio break Alejandro and his men from prison before being helped by Price and Gaz during the escape. 
Contacting Laswell, she explains that Shepherd and Graves performed an illegal operation to transport ballistic missiles, but the the missiles were taken by Konni when they ambushed Graves' unit. Realizing that Shepherd and Graves covered up the failed operation and betrayed their allies since they getting too close, Price warns the general that he will come for him next once they dealt with Zyani. Needing to locate the last missile, Price forms Joint Task Force - Ghost Team with Los Vaqueros to help them retake their base and kill Graves. Ghost takes part in the assault against, but leaves the battle to help Price after the latter's helicopter was shot down by the Shadow Company commander. After Soap supposedly kills Graves, 141 and Vargas interrogate Garza, learning that Hassan is in Chicago with the final missile. 
In Chicago, Task Force 141 works with MARSOC to infiltrate the building Zyani is hiding in, but are unable to stop the missile from being launched. Soap is then able to destroy the missile with Laswell's assistance, and Ghost eliminates Hassan before the terrorist can throw MacTavish off the building. After the operation, General Shepherd goes off the grid while Shadow Company is weakened due to the lost of its leader. Ghost, Price, Soap and Gaz meet with Laswell at a bar, where she shows them a picture of the Ultranationalists' new leader, Makarov.
=== Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III ===
While preparing for another mission, Price is informed by Laswell that Makarov has escaped from prison, prompting the captain to reassign 141 to stop the terrorist leader. The team is deployed to stop Konni, a private military group under Makarov's leadership, from taking over a nuclear power plant. However, they discover that Konni was sent there to retrieve gas from General Barkov's era for Makarov's plans. Konni succeeds in leaving with the gas, which nearly costs Price's life when he attempts to stop them from taking it. After John's recovery, 141 is informed that ULF Commander Farah Karim placed trackers on missiles that Konni stole in Urzikstan.
Learning that Konni has stationed themselves in a abandoned nuclear complex, 141 joins forces with Farah to clear the complex to stop them. Once inside, they learn that Konni has stationed the missiles to hit the Arklov Military Base, which Laswell has infiltrated to speak with her contact. The team fail to stop two of the missiles from launching, sending Price to contact Laswell to get out of the area. After the operation, 141 make a reluctant alliance with General Shepherd and Graves, having survived the task force's attempt to kill him in Las Almas, to stop Makarov. The two give them information on Konni's financer Milena Romanova, sending Ghost and Soap to infiltrate her private island and retrieve information.
After convincing her to get them intel, Price and Gaz travel to St. Petersburg to assault Konni's safehouse, ultimately capturing Makarov's right-hand Andrei Nolan. Learning that Makarov is moving cargo in Siberia, 141 and Farah ambushed the convoy and discover that the cargo is General Shepherd himself. Despite their anger, 141 decides to regroup with Laswell and make a deal with him - give them vital information to stop Makarov in exchange he returns to the United States to speak to congress. Reluctantly accepting the deal, Shepherd gives then intel that the terrorist leader sent Konni to destroy the Gora Dam to kill the region's citizens. Ghost and Soap then work together to deactivate the bombs around the dam, succeeding in stopping the private military group's plans.
After watching Graves and Shepherd turn on each other to congress, Laswell informs 141 that MI6 has found evidence of Konni's presence in London. The team move to interrogate a Konni hacker, but fail to stop Makarov from planting a virus into London's train system so he can commit another terrorist attack. Despite this, the team work with the Metropolitan Police Service and battle Konni to deactivate a bomb within the tunnels. During the mission, Makarov ambushed Price and Soap, killing the latter in process before escaping. Price and Gaz then disarm the bomb and join Ghost in mourning Soap, and later attended his funeral by spreading his ashes in Scotland. 
==Call of Duty: Mobile==
Ghost appears in Call of Duty: Mobile, being added in the season twelve "Going Dark" pass, and only appears as a uniform for the original Ghost.
==Quotes==
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===Modern Warfare II===
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==Trivia==
*In season two, Ghost could be seen in the background of lobbies, following and stalking the player.
*According to himself, Ghost is coldhearted. He would even cut off his enemies' hands when he was about to do it to Milena Romanova if she doesn't do her hand scan.
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