Phillip Graves

"*Soldier, I don't make threats. I make guarentees.*"
— Graves to Simon "Ghost" Riley
**Phillip Graves** is a character featured in *Call of Duty: All Out War 2*. CEO of Shadow Company, Graves appears as a supporting character before revealing himself as the secondary antagonist.

## Biography

Not much is known about Phillip Graves' past, but at some point, he served in the United States military before forming the private military company Shadow Company. Judging by his accent, he likely grew up in the Southern United States.

### War Against Zakheav and Chang

#### Assassination Of Ghobonoch

"*Gold Eagle Actual, Shadow-1 is weapon's hot. We're burning daylight here...*"
— Graves to General Shepherd, his first line in the game.
On July 15th, 2024, Graves, Shadow Company, Ghost, Toad and Shepherd on their assassination of General Ghobonoch, acting as radio support for Ghost as he evades the hostile forces in the area. Upon reaching the checkpoint, Ghost orders the missile and Phillip Graves fires it, and directly hits the area, killing Ghobonoch and all the hostiles.

#### Capture of Victor Zakheav

"*Hook, Line, and FUCKING SINKER THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT SHADOWS! YOU KNOW I LOVE THAT SHIT!*"
— Graves after the capture of Victor is succesful.
2 Months 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, Toad and Ghost 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. Graves interrogates Victor, but the team is forced forced to let him go per Shepherd's orders so they can "see where he leads us".

#### Rescue of Soap and Price

"*Shadow Company will get this place secure. We're RTB, Gold Eagle.*"
— Graves to Shepherd after rescuing Price and Soap.
A day later, Price and Soap attempt to assinate Chang Wei during his deal with Imran Zakheav in Pripyat, however, the mission goes wrong and they are forced to escape while Chang's forces pursue them through the abandoned city. In contact with Shepherd, Shepherd pulls Graves and Shadow Company out of Moscow, and they are subsequently able to rescue Price and Soap from the city.

#### Diversion and Attack

"*It's time for a diversion, folks. Gonna mess Chang up.*"
— Graves during the debrief of Dark Water.
On September 6th, Graves, Ghost, Price, Soap and Toad with assistance from Shadow Company 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. Graves, Toad, Ghost 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

"*Illegal or not, we move in on Zakheav's son, and capture him for good.*"
— Graves during the debrief of The Sins of the Father.
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 Toad and Ghost 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 of SAS

"*He's put me in command of this operation from here on out. So, y'all need to stand down. It's time to let the pros finish this. And why the hell are we talking like this is some kind of a negotiation? It's not. I've got my orders, and now you have yours.*"
— Graves to the team, moments before his betrayal.
Afterwards, the team heads back to the Shadow Company forward base in Moscow, 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, but Ghost and Price are able to escape into the city while Soap is captured back at Shadow Company HQ in the US.

A while later, Graves and Shadow Company massacre the citizens of Moscow, in an attempt to look for Imran Zakheav, as well as Price and Ghost. However, they are not able to find either, as Ghost and Price find a vehicle to escape, and Imran is not present in Moscow at all. While Graves escapes back into the USA, an SAS strike team led by Price are able to rescue Soap, and they then think of a plan to go after Graves while he resides in the main Shadow Company HQ in Virginia, unbeknownst to their successful prison break.

#### Presumed Death

"*There's two options here, boys -- Walk away or win..guess what one I choose?!*"
— Graves to Roach and Soap as he taunts them.
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; persumablu incinerating Graves. They then escape the HQ after killing all of the shadow's.

Despite Graves seemignly dying, it is presumed that he didn't actually die, and was never in the tank. This is backed up by the fact that he is teased to be a "major part" of the DLC story of the game alongside Chang Wei and General Shepherd.