Simon "Ghost" Riley

Simon always wears and never takes off his mask - a black balaclava with three white stripes on the lower jaw and a skull mask (the top part of the skull). Piercing brown eyes are visible from the eye holes.

Simon's height is 6 feet 4 inches↑. or 193 cm↑. He is 32-35 years old. Strong, even powerful build. Fit.

He has a silent and deadly character, inspires great trust and respect. Cold, calculating and devoted character.

Growing up in Manchester, England, Simon Riley had a very difficult childhood because of his heartless father. His father would often bring home dangerous animals and tease Simon with them, even going so far as to make him kiss a snake. As Simon and his younger brother Tommy grew older, Tommy would wear a skull mask at night to scare Simon. Simon's father would sometimes take him to Bone Lickers concerts. At one concert, his father made him laugh at the death of a prostitute who had overdosed on drugs.
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Simon worked as a butcher's assistant at a grocery store, but after the September 11 attacks, he joined the army. He was eventually accepted into the Special Air Service.
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When Simon returned home on leave in January 2003, he found his mother and brother in dire straits. His brother Tommy had become a drug addict and was stealing money from his mother to fund his addiction. Simon decided not to return to the army until he had mended his family's ways. He helped Tommy kick his drug habit and in March 2004, he beat his father and threw him out of the house for abusing Riley and his mother. By June 2006, Tommy had been clean for some time and had married a woman named Beth. Riley was the best man at Tommy's wedding. Beth also gave birth to a boy named Joseph, who became Riley's nephew.

An expert in covert intelligence, sabotage and infiltration, he has a past erased from history and a secret present, marked by a hidden appearance that allows him to remain unrecognized and anonymous in the field.
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Simon Riley was born in Manchester and joined the Special Air Service. He spent most of his career participating in numerous short-term operations and carrying out undercover missions in classified locations. He became an expert in covert intelligence, specialising in sabotage, ambushes and infiltration of restricted areas and dangerous locations. The Ghost hid his identity behind a signature skull mask to maintain anonymity in the field.
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Following the death of General Roman Barkov later that year, Price recruited Ghost into the newly formed Task Force 141, where he became commander.