General Hershel Shepherd

## Villain Description

### Goals

To become the world's greatest hero by killing many innocent people and conquering other countries (failed)

### Hobbies

Killing enemy forces for Pax Americana
Strategizing U.S military operations

### Powers

Combat
Speed
Physical Strength
Endurance

### Skills

Command over military forces
Charisma
Deception
Leadership
Weapon Use

### Type of Villain

Obsessed Extremist

**Lieutenant General Hershel von Shepherd III**, also known as **General Hershel Shepherd**, is the secondary antagonist of the *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare* games, serving as the main antagonist of the 2009 action video game *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,* and the posthumous overarching antagonist of the 2011 sequel *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3*. He is a ruthless, ambitious, corrupt and remorseless medium-ranked general in the US military, and is the former head of Task Force 141, one of the strongest military divisions.

He is voiced by the actor Lance Henriksen.

## History

He is introduced as the head commander of Task Force 141 and one of the U.S military's reliable, medium ranked generals. He is obsessed with terminating the Russian high-ranked mercenary Vladimir Makarov, who formed the Inner Circle with Khaled Al-Asad in order to kill the former President Yasir Al-Fulani. He intends to take over the mid-west countries for Pax Americana, so he could return home as a hero whom defeated both The Arabian and The Russian forces. He eventually led 30,000 troops into the Arabian countries, but they were all forced to retreat as a nuclear bomb has killed most of the marines. Hershel in response got frustrated, and instead of taking care of his soldiers, he rather sought the opportunity to risk more lives so he could get to the base of The Inner Circle and obliterate it so he could finally take over the Arabian countries. He sent the former U.S. Army Ranger-turned CIA operative, Private First Class Joseph Allen, to spy after Makarov and his loyalists so he could finally invade the base of The Inner Circle. However, his scheme failed, as Vladimir found out about Shepherd's plans and he killed Allan as a result. Makarov blamed Hershel for the incident, and as a result, Hershel decided to abandon, torture and kill his soldiers, so they won't get the order to stop him by the time they get back to America. Hershel then sent a band of local terrorists to hunt his troops down and kill anyone who knew about Joseph Allan. He was seen torturing his troops with his own terrorist force and lighting both Ghost and Roach up with a cigar which he smoked. He then attempted to escape from Price, Soap and the few remaining soldiers by flying on a helicopter. However, Price shot the helicopter down and started fighting with Hershel Shepherd. Shepherd was about to remorselessly kill Price, but Soap then stabbed the ruthless general in the eye, thus killing him for good.

He returns as a posthumous villain in *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3* as he was burried and believed to be slaughtered by the war criminal, Price.

## Personality

Hershel Shepherd is an extreme megalomaniac who cares about nothing but his own title as the worldwide hero. He is ambitious and egoistic as he was willing to torture soldiers sadistically just in order to remain in power. He seems to care about the U.S citizens but in reality he is nothing but an egoistic sociopath, who cares only about himself and has no feelings towards others, nor does he have remorse after he commits crimes. He was also shown to be a charismatic cheerleader, as he was seen as a "hero" by the public's eyes, and it was hard to believe that such a person could be so evil, sadistic and egomaniacal.

## Trivia

* He could be considered as the most sadistic, violent character in the entire franchise, along with Imran Zakhaev.
* He appears in the movie *Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish* as a minor yet pivotal antagonist.