Marcus "Lerch" Ortega

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Senior Officer Marcus Ortega, also known as Lerch, is an Shadow Company Operator of the Allegiance faction featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone. Lerch was released with Season Five as part of the Battle Pass.
==Biography==
Born in , Marcus Ortega was somewhat of a loner growing up and as a teen possessed natural size and strength. Those attributes led him to the gridiron where he was dominant on the field and prone to causing injuries to others.
Uninterested in college or a 9 to 5 job, Lerch jumped at the opportunity to join the United States Marine Corps and boot camp was everything he hoped for. After joining the , Lerch thrived on the battlefield and his enjoyment of the fight wasn't lost on his squadmates. Everyone noted it was better to have Lerch fighting beside them than against them.
After an unfortunate mishap with use of excessive force and insurgents, Lerch was honorably discharged, though some of his more questionable choices made this a borderline case. Civilian life didn't particularly appeal to him, and it wasn't long until he was approached by an international private security firm, the Shadow Company. CEO Phillip Graves came across Lerch's dossier where he saw him as the perfect combination of skill and moral flexibility. Lerch quickly became Senior Officer of the firm.
Lerch thrives in the private sector where he can work under his own terms and loosely considers himself and his crew, members of the AllegianceLerch leads the Shadow Company and the Season Five Battle Pass of Modern Warfare®. blog.activision.com.
After the fall of Armistice, the Shadow Company joined the fighting taking place in Verdansk. When the Allegiance intercepted comms traffic attributed to Victor Zakhaev coming from the city stadium, Lerch and a small crew of Shadow Company operatives arrived in Verdansk as Rozlin "Roze" Helms was rigging the stadium roof. Once the roof was blown off, the team landed inside the stadium to hunt down Zakhaev.
==Personalization==
===Skins===
Name 	Rarity 	Image	How to obtain
Behemoth 	Legendary	 	Battle Pass Season Five Tier 0
Colossus 	Legendary	 	Operator Mission
Gargantua	Legendary	 	Operator Mission
Ignition 	Legendary	 	TacGas: Fuel Your Brand Bundle
===Quips===
Name 	Rarity	How to obtain
Bet That Hurt 	Rare 	Unobtainable
Eat It 	Rare 	Unobtainable
How That Works 	Rare 	Unobtainable
I Know That Hurt	Rare 	Unobtainable
I Live For This 	Rare 	Unobtainable
Punk-ass 	Rare 	Unobtainable
That Felt Good 	Rare 	Unobtainable
Too Much Fun 	Rare 	Operator Mission
Owned 	Epic 	Battle Pass Season Five Tier 0
===Finishing Moves===
Name 	Rarity 	How to obtain
Brick by Brick 	Epic 	Battle Pass Season Five Tier 0
Universal Finishing Moves	Universal Finishing Moves	Universal Finishing Moves
==Call of Duty: Mobile==
Lerch appears in Call of Duty: Mobile and was added on March 24, 2021, during Season 2: Day of Reckoning as part of "Colossus Crate".
==Gallery==
===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare/Warzone===
Lerch Operator Bio MW.jpg|Lerch's bio in Modern Warfare and Warzone.
Lerch OperatorCard MW.gif|Lerch Operator intro.
Lerch Colosus Skin in-game MW.png|Lerch in-game.
ShadowCompany C-130 Promo MW.jpg|Lerch with Velikan.
ShadowCompany United Promo MW.jpg
Shadow Company Promo2 MW.jpg
Shadow Company Promo3 MW.jpg
LerchVelikan Promo MW.jpg
Lerch Close Up MW.png|Lerch in the Season Five cinematic.
Lerch Helicopter MW.png
Shadow Company Stadium MW.png|Shadow Company in the Stadium.
Shadow Company ADS MW.png
===Call of Duty: Mobile===
Lerch CODM.png
Lerch Penalty Kick CODM.jpg|Lerch with "Penalty Kick" uniform.
Lerch Gumshoe in-game CODM.jpg|Lerch with "Gumshoe" uniform in-game.
==Trivia==
*Lerch's blood type is B-.
==References==
ru:Маркус "Лерч" Ортега
Category:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) Allegiance Operators
Category:Call of Duty: Warzone Characters
Category:Call of Duty: Mobile Characters