Simon "Ghost" Riley

"*Yes - We're a team... All of us. This happened on my watch and I'll need help to fix it. No one fights alone.*"
— Ghost to Price and Soap.
**Simon "Ghost" Riley** is one of the two playable protagonists of *Call of Duty: All Out War 2*, alongside John MacTavish. An expert in clandestine tradecraft, sabotage and infiltration. He lives with a redacted past and an undercover present, marked by a concealed appearance to hide his identity and maintain anonymity in the field. After stopping Imran Zakheav, Ghost got an invitation to Task Force 141, which he accepted.

He is set to return for *Call of Duty: All Out War 3*.

## Biography

Born in Manchester, Simon Riley joined the Special Air Service and spent the majority of his career serving numerous short-term deployments and executing covert assignments in classified locations. He became an expert in clandestine tradecraft, focused on sabotage, ambushes, and infiltration into denied areas and hazardous environments. Ghost concealed his identity under a hallmark skull figured mask to maintain anonymity in the field.

### War against Zakheav and Chang

#### Asssination of Ghobonach

"*Bloody fucking hell. Direct... target destroyed.*"
— Ghost upon Ghobonach's death.
On July 15th, 2024, Ghost, present in Doha, Qater; works with General Shepherd and Shadow Company commander Philip Graves to asssinate a high value target - General Ghobonach, a russian general during his arms deal with chinese operators. After marking the location, Graves delivers a tomohawk missile to the area and blows it up, effectively killing the general and all of the operators. Ghost leaves the area afterwards.

#### Capture of Victor Zakheav

"*Just call me Ghost.*"
— Ghost when Kamarov asks for his name.
2 Months later, Ghost and Michael "Toad" Rogers work with the FSB to fight the Inner Circle in Moscow. After getting a tip on Imran Zakheav's son, Victor Zakheav holed up in a compound north from Moscow, Shadow Company AC-130 arrives, and the joint-force moves north.

An hour later, Graves assists the team from overhead in an AC-130 while they progress into the compound where Victor is, fighting through countless Inner Circle soldiers. Despite his attempts to escape, Ghost and Toad personally capture him, then get extracted by more FSB agents in a van, Victor secure.

While trying to escape in the van, they are ambushed and forced to hold out on a rooftop while they wait for secondary extraction. During the altercation, either Kamarov or Nikolai will die here, but no matter what, Graves will keep the team safe with the AC-130, and they are able to escape with Victor secure. The team interrogates Victor, but are forced to let him go per Shepherd's orders so they can "see where he leads us".

#### Delivering Crippling Blows

"*Looks like Chang is in the wind.*"
— Ghost upon regrouping with the team in the hangar.
Following the failed assassination attempt of Chang Wei, Ghost works with John MacTavish, John Price and Gary "Roach" Sanderson, as well as Toad and Shadow Company to go after his countless networks setup in Singapore.

On September 5th close to midnight, Ghost and Toad infiltrate a massive port in Brani, Singapore with Soap and Price on overwatch in order to secure precious cargo that is being shipped to Chang. The mission is succesful, and they board the ship that Soap and Price are on and clear it out, before it disembarks off the port to move.

On September 6th, Toad, Ghost, Price, Soap and Graves with Shadow Co. race to an offshore Oil Rig located off the coast of Changi, Singapore to sabotage it as a diversionary tactic. After rescuing all the hostages, and planting C4 on most of the dead guards; they blow up the rig and escape swiftly in helicopters.

5 hours later, the team with assistance of the USMC attack Changi Airport that had just been taken over by Chang in order to stop a bombing run from even initiating. Ghost, Graves, Toad and Shadow Co. stealthily move through the slums and reach the airport first, providing sniper support and recon for the main attack force so they can reach the hangar. After regrouping, the team accomplishes their mission and bugs out before reinforcements arrive, at the cost of a wounded Soap who must stay back for their next mission.

#### Re-Capture of Victor Zakheav

"*All stations - Victor is secure, I repeat, Victor is secure. Don't try it!*"
— Ghost upon re-capturing Victor with Toad.
Hours later, the team (minus Soap) decides to go on an unsanctioned illegal operation to re-capture Victor for more information on Imran, due to the fact that Chang Wei has essentially disappeared off the grid after his operations in Singapore failed. After stealthily clearing the checkpoint and securing disguises, they ambush Victor's convoy and Ghost and Toad personally pursue him while Roach is on sniper support. They manage to corner and subsequently capture him, handing him over to Graves for interrogation.

#### Betrayal and Escape

"*Are you threatening us?*"
— Ghost to Graves during the betrayal.
Afterwards, the team heads back to the Shadow Company forward HQ but are stopped at the front gates by Graves who subsequently betrays them per General Shepherd's orders, due to their "time being up", and Shepherd wanting to be looked at as a war hero and to be the one to stop Imran. In the ensuing battle, Graves kills Toad, while Ghost and Price flee into the nearby city of Moscow. Soap is captured back at Shadow Company HQ, and Roach had already escaped beforehand.

In their escape, Price is able to lead Ghost through the city, effectively evading Shadow Company forces who are looking for Imran, as well as the two british soldiers. The two regroup and are able to find a vehicle, kicking the hornets nest of local russian forces as well as Shadow Company, but they are able to escape.

#### Rescue and Revenge

"*Tyranny. It won't stand.*"
— Ghost during the briefing of the mission to kill Graves.
11 hours later, the team heads to New York to rescue Soap. They fight through countless Shadow Company forces at the black-site, and finally reach the cellblock where they find the corpse of Victor Zakheav, as well as Soap himself, who they subsequently rescue, and then the team flies away in their rescue helicopter.

While flying away, they are shot down by Shadow Company Anti-Air units. They are forced to run through the forest; evading patrols as well as an AH-1Z Viper, while also trying to reach secondary extraction. Ghost is able to shoot down the chopper, and the team mows through patrols, and they reach a village where they promptly board the exfill chopper being covered by USMC soldiers who deployed in the area.

Hours later, the team deploys to Virginia, United States of America to attack the Shadow Company HQ, and kill Graves. They clear the security and room-by-room, before seeing Graves escape into the training area. Roach and Soap pursue him, and then they realize Graves has gotten into a tank, and he begins firing on them. However, Soap is able to take out his tank with C4; promptly incinerating Graves. They then escape the HQ after killing all of the shadow's.

#### Stopping Zakheav and the Nukes

"*All stations - Imran is KIA. Target down.*"
— Ghost after he and Soap kill Imran.
On September 8th, the SAS launch an attack on a ICBM site where Imran Zakheav is supposedly stationed. After clearing the inital village and rescuing the hostages who were there, they then make their way to the site where they see the nukes launch. Hurrying up now, they fight through the BMP-3's and countless russian soldiers, before reaching the air vents and breaching.

Having breached inside, the team fights through more soldiers and reach the launch control room, where Soap recieves the abort codes from Baseplate. The team are able to stop the nukes, then see Imran Zakheav boarding a helicopter to make his escape. The team then gets to moving and Price contacts the MARSOC marines.

3 Hours later, the team tracks Imran to the boarder of Russia and China at a compound. With assistance from the MARSOC marines who divert the Inner Circle's attention to them, the SAS deploy on the east side of the compound and stealthily sneak through the tunnels before reaching the room where Imran is at. About to breach, Imran blows open the door from the other side and his men fire at the SAS, and afterwards the MARSOC who just breached. All the marines who braeched are killed, and Roach and Price are injured in the ensuing battle. This leaves just Ghost and Soap, who pursue and kill Imran possibly at the cost of some of the other SAS soldiers life. The team then escapes.

### Formation of Task Force 141

After the events of Game Over, Price forms Task Force 141, with Ghost getting an invitation and accepting it, becoming a lieutenant of the group.