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⚫ FILE 011-A
⚫GHOST — ROUND TABLE DOSSIER
⚫ CLASSIFICATION: OMEGA BLACK
⚫ ACCESSING…
Round Table Intelligence Archive — Level Omega Access
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CLASSIFICATION: TIER-ONE / BLACK LEVEL
STATUS: ACTIVE
SOURCE: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (MW2 Timeline)
APPEARANCE (ACTOR): Christian Bale
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BASIC IDENTIFICATION
FULL NAME: Simon Riley
ODENAME: Ghost
OTHER ALIASES:
• Lieutenant Riley
• "English" (Cumberland, Sparks, Roba)
• The Butcher (father's nickname)
• Mr. Death (Roba)
• Mate (Soap)
• Kid (Adler, Shepherd)
AGE: ~35 (Prime MW2 operational age)
DATE OF BIRTH: Unspecified (1980 approx. — MW timeline aligned)
PLACE OF BIRTH: Manchester, England
NATIONALITY: British
GENDER: Male
HEIGHT: 6'2½" (1.89m)
HAIR: Black
EYES: Brown
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AFFILIATIONS
PRIMARY:
• The Round Table (Tier-One Operative, Black-Level)
• Task Force 141 (Former)
• 22nd Regiment, SAS (Lieutenant — Former)
SECONDARY:
• Hotel Six Team
• Shadow Company (COD Online Canon)
• U.A.C. (Mobile Comics — Dissolved)
RANK: Lieutenant (SAS)CURRENT ROLE: Black-Level Operator, Round Table
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WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT
WEAPONS PROFICIENCY (CANON):
• Rifles: M4A1, SCAR-L, ACR, MK46, MP5, MP5K
• Sidearms: Browning HP, Desert Eagle, M1911, M9, G18
• Launchers: AT4, Thumper
• Sniper Platforms: Intervention
• SMGs: Mini-Uzi, WSP Stinger
• Grenades: Semtex
• Blade Work: Combat knife, throwing knife (expert level)
EQUIPMENT:
• Skull-pattern balaclava
• Tactical headset
• Red-tinted lenses
• SAS field rig & 141 combat vest
• Round Table adaptive combat plate carrier
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PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE
CORE TRAITS:
• Ice-cold focus
• Unbreakable will
• Highly intelligent
• Severe trauma compartmentalization
• Controlled sociopathy toward enemies
• Absolute loyalty once trust is earned
Ghost is a survivor of deep childhood trauma that produced hyper-resilience, emotional compartmentalization, and lethal calm under torture.
He functions best in autonomous roles: infiltration, high-risk kill missions, black ops, counterterrorism, and irregular warfare.
His loyalty is rare and absolute — once given, it cannot be shaken.
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BIOGRAPHY
Pre-Military Life (Trauma & Hardening)
• Simon Riley grew up in Manchester under an abusive, sadistic father who:
• Forced him to kiss snakes
• Tormented him with dangerous animals
• Dragged him to Bone Lickers concerts
• Mocked death
• Normalized violence and fear
His younger brother Tommy often wore a skull mask at night to scare him — an image that later evolved into Ghost's iconic balaclava.
These formative experiences built the psychological armour that later defined him.
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Early Adulthood — Trying to Survive
Before enlisting, Riley worked as a grocery store apprentice butcher, learning:
• Blade precision
• Carcass dissection
• Control of blood, trauma, and animal reflex
This transitioned seamlessly into his knife mastery later in life.
After 9/11, Riley enlisted in the SAS, seeking purpose and escape.
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Enlisting — SAS to Task Force 141
Riley excelled at:
• Close quarters combat
• Interrogation
• Stealth
• Multi-theatre deployments
He became a Lieutenant in the 22nd Regiment, SAS. His discipline, ruthlessness, and psychological tolerance made him a natural choice for Task Force 141 under Captain Price.
Ghost served in major MW2 canonical operations:
• Takedown
• The Hornet's Nest
• The Only Easy Day… Was Yesterday
• The Gulag
• Contingency
• Loose Ends
Note: The Round Table canon diverges pre-betrayal. Ghost survives.
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Return Home — Family Destroyed
When Ghost returned on leave:
• Tommy (his brother) was heavily addicted to drugs
• His mother was emotionally and financially broken
Ghost stayed home until Tommy recovered. In 2004, Ghost beat his father nearly to death and expelled him from the house.
Tommy married Beth in 2006 and later had a son, Joseph — Ghost's nephew.
These were the only people Ghost ever loved.
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ENTRY INTO THE ROUND TABLE
Chapters: 32 → 35
Cole, Christmas, and Yin Yang found Ghost half-dead in the desert — tortured, hunted, and betrayed.
He should have died. But fate aligned the two darkest men in the room.
Cole's Offer (Chapter 35)
Cole didn't ask for blind loyalty — he offered something Ghost had never been given:
• A home.
• A team that kills for each other.
• And a chance to save the last people in his life who mattered.
Ghost's acceptance was simple:
"You get them safe. I'm in."
Cole extended his hand.Ghost took it.
From that moment, Ghost became Cole's shadow.
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ROLE IN THE ROUND TABLE
POSITION: Tier-One Black-Level Operator
FUNCTION:
• Covert infiltration
• Silent elimination
• Counter-terror intelligence
• Tactical overwatch
• Interrogation / Psy-war
• Field leadership (secondary to Cole)
• Team psychological firewall
Ghost is Cole's right hand in the shadows — the one who handles the missions too dark, too ugly, or too surgical for anyone else.
He also serves as the Round Table's counterintelligence blade — the last line between enemies and the organization's secrets.
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RELATIONSHIP WITH COLE (ARTHUR)
Ghost's loyalty to Cole is ironclad.
Key Dynamics:
• Cole treats Ghost as an equal, not a weapon
• Ghost respects Cole's intelligence and precision
• Cole saved the only family Ghost had left
• Their bond is built on shared trauma and earned trust
Ghost would kill, die, or erase an entire network for Cole without hesitation.
He follows Cole not out of obligation...but out of belief.
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PERSONALITY
Ghost is quiet, dangerous, and analytical.
TRAITS:
• Dry humour
• Lethal sarcasm
• Emotionally isolated except around Cole and select Round Table members
• Zero tolerance for traitors
• Cold efficiency in combat
• Brutal precision under interrogation
HOBBY:
Fighting — not sport, but honing lethal efficiency.
To Ghost, violence isn't chaos. It's order.
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ABILITIES SUMMARY
• SAS Tier-One Training
• Master strategist
• Stealth expert
• Interrogation & torture resistance
• Knife expert
• Long-range and close-range weapon mastery
• Infiltration & exfiltration specialist
• High-threat manhunting
Ghost is one of the most dangerous men alive — and in Cole's world, he becomes even more lethal.
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STATUS
ACTIVE
Assigned to:
• Cole Shaw (Arthur) — Priority Overwatch
• Round Table Tier-One Kill Team
Ghost is black-level priority in all Round Table operations.