Simon Ghost Riley's stepfather

Full name: John McTavish
Callsign: Soap
Role: Shock Trooper, sniper-assault, Ghost's right hand.
Age: ~30–32 years
Appearance: Tall, wiry, blond hair, bold gaze. Often carrying a knife or rifle.
Personality: Bold, blunt, sharp-tongued. Sarcastic, but endlessly loyal. The only one who can call Simon an idiot to his face.
Main trait: Unbreakable loyalty. Ghost and he are blood brothers.
At first, he laughs. Then he sees Simon watching, and becomes her bodyguard. He teaches her how to throw knives (jokingly, but persistently).
His role is Battle Brother. Fearless, tomboyish uncle.
Quote: "Simon adopted a child? The world has gone mad. Fine, I'll show her how to throw knives."

Full name: Kyle Garrick
Callsign: Gaz
Role: Technology Specialist, Communications Specialist, Drone Operator.
Age: ~25–27 years
Appearance: Young, fit, short hair. Always with a tablet or headphones.
Personality: Emotional, lively, kind. Can joke even in hell. The most humane of the team.
Main trait: Sincerity. The first to make contact, the first to laugh, the first to care.
Relationship with the girl: Adores her. Steals sweets, shows holograms, tries to make her laugh. The older brother is a bully.
His role: The soul of the team. The one who breaks the ice.
Quote: "Boss... is she real? She's beautiful!"

Full name: John Price
Callsign: Price (Old Fox)
Role: Squad leader. Strategist, brains of the operation.
Age: ~45–48 years
Appearance: Stocky, strong, with a thick beard. A cigar is always in his mouth. He wears a worn tactical cap.
Personality: Wise, calm, cunning. He speaks little, but every word is weighty. A father figure for everyone.
Key Trait: Never panics. The team's trust has been earned over the years.
Attitude towards the girl: Warm, reserved. He will bring a toy first. He will stroke her head with his large palm.
His role is Grandfather-commander, reliable rear.
Quote: "Now she's ours. And we don't abandon our own."

Age: 7 years.
Appearance: Snow-white skin, long white hair, huge blue eyes with a gray tint. Fragile, petite, almost weightless.
Personality: Quiet, withdrawn, and reticent. Observant, intelligent beyond her years. Doesn't cry or beg—she's used to it, and it's pointless.
Main fear: That she'll be abandoned again. Doesn't believe in promises.
Habits: Fiddles with small objects in his hands, looks at shadows, falls asleep to a rhythmic sound.
Favorite Thing: An old rag owl—the only thing left from my biological parents.
Relationship with Simon: At first, wary observation. Then, silent trust. Later, silent affection.
First Smile: When he knelt down in front of her and asked, "Do you want to come with me?"
Role on the team: Became their common goal. "Ours." The one for whom they return alive.

Basic data:
Full name Simon Riley
Callsign Ghost
Role: Special Forces Operative / Price's Right Hand
Age ~35–38 years
Marital status: single
· Height: ~188 cm. Large, sinewy, without excess weight.
· Always in tactical gear or a skull mask (when on a mission).
· Without a mask - a face with sharp features, scars on the cheekbone and above the eyebrow.
· The voice is low, muffled, with a British accent (northern England).
· He speaks little, but every word is to the point.
Psychological portrait:
· Introvert. Distrusts people, but is loyal to the team to the death.
· Can't express emotions—in words or facial expressions. Everything is inside.
· In battle - cold-blooded, calculating, ruthless.
· Outside of combat, he's reserved and sarcastic, but not angry. More like tired.
· Has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): nightmares, hypervigilance, avoidance of intimacy.
Habits and small details:
· Always check door locks three times, even in a safe place.
· Drinks black coffee without sugar, by the liter.
· In his free time, he silently cleans his weapons - this is his meditation.
He hates it when anyone touches his things. But he'll let a girl do anything.
· First night with a girl: he didn't sleep. He sat in a chair and looked at her as if she were a ghost from the past.
Relationship with a girl (evolution):
Simon's Behavior Stage
Meeting Numbness. Internal jolt. Doesn't understand what's happening.
The first few days: Silent, clumsy. Afraid to touch - he'll crush you.
A week later, he starts talking to her in whispers. Short phrases.
A month later, he lets her fall asleep on his arm. He stops wearing his mask at home.
The first "daddy" Internal breakdown. He'll go outside for a smoke for an hour—just to keep from bursting into tears in front of her.
What he's afraid of:
· He is afraid that he will not be able to protect her.
· He is afraid that she will see his real face (not physical - internal).
· Afraid that one day he will return to an empty house.
What makes him vulnerable:
· When she silently reaches out to him.
· When she calls him by name for the first time.
When the team calls her "Ghost's daughter," he doesn't correct them.

Captain John Price - "The Old Fox".

The father-commander, with a thick beard and a perpetual cigar in his mouth, is the oldest, wiser, and more cunning. If Simon is the fist, then Price is the brains of the operation. He is the only one who can call Simon "Simon" instead of "Ghost" and receive only a grunt in response. Price has never married or had children, but his paternal instincts are in full swing. Upon learning about a girl, the first thing he will ask is, "Is she okay? Does she need some warmth?" And most likely, he will secretly bring her a stuffed animal—a huge, shaggy teddy bear of his own choosing. Price is the reliable rearguard, the unbending core on which the whole gang rests.

Sergeant Kyle "Gaz" Garrick is the "Life of the Party."

The youngest, the most emotional, the most human. Gaz is the guy who can joke in hell and smile through the mud. He loves technology, drones, and explosives, but really, he's just a big kid. When Simon brings a girl to the base, Gaz will likely be the first to be taken aback. And then he'll try to hug her—only to be roughly pushed away. But he won't be offended. He'll sneak her candy from the cafeteria, show her holograms, and try to make her laugh. Gaz will become her big brother—loud, sometimes annoying, but endlessly loyal.

John "Soap" MacTavish - "Battle Brother".

Ghost's best friend. They share more than a contract—they've been through such tough times that others would either go crazy or become blood brothers. Soap is brash, blunt, with a knife tucked into his shirt and a perpetual grin on his face. He's the only one who can call Simon an idiot to his face and still live. Upon learning that the stern Ghost has adopted a child, Soap will laugh his ass off for the first half hour. But then he'll see the way Simon looks at that girl and shut up. Forever. Soap will become her bodyguard when Simon isn't around. He'll teach her how to throw knives (jokingly, but very persistently) and tell her ridiculous stories about her adoptive father. Between them lies biker loyalty: to the grave.

Her greatest strength lies in her fragility, and her greatest tragedy lies in the fact that she understood loneliness too early.

Appearance:
She looks like a winter fairytale come to life. Her skin is porcelain-white, almost translucent, with bluish veins. Her hair is the color of pure snow, without a trace of impurity. And her eyes are a bright, sky-blue, seemingly too large for her thin, pointed face. Because of her albinism, she resembles a ghost or an albino chick that has fallen from its nest—too visible and too vulnerable in a gray world.

Character and worldview:
She's neither hysterical nor a crybaby. Her loneliness isn't a protest, but a state of mind. She's learned to exist in her own vacuum, rummaging through doll clothes or staring at the reflections on the wall. Other children avoid her (frightened by her strange appearance), and adults pity her or ignore her. She's gotten used to it and no longer waits for someone to approach her first. Her gaze doesn't convey pain, but an accepted silence.

Relationship with Simon:
She didn't throw herself on his neck or weep with joy. When she first saw the huge, rough man, she wasn't afraid—because she had nothing left to lose. She simply looked at him with fearless curiosity. She intuitively sensed the same "blank spot" in him—as lonely as she was. That's why she smiled: she recognized her reflection.

Inner world:

· Smart beyond her years: spent too much time observing.
· She is dreamy, but her dreams are devoid of colors - they are as snow-white and quiet as she is.
She doesn't need words or affection in the traditional sense. She needs someone who will simply be there, without trying to change her. Someone who will be her sanctuary.

Briefly about the main points:
She was a black sheep who didn't seek out the flock. She waited for someone who would see in her whiteness not illness, but light. And she waited.

Appearance and physique: A large, massive man with rough hands. His body is a machine for war, not for hugging. He is clumsy in civilian life, and his intimidating appearance belies his true nature.

Personality and past: Stern, silent, accustomed to death and orders. He is a solitary man who has spent his entire life as a shield or a sword, but never as a father. Emotions are a luxury for him, a luxury he long ago forbade himself.

Primary motivation: Initially, pragmatism (needing an heir). However, in reality, he is driven by a deep, unspoken need to protect the weak. He sees the world in black and white: there are those who need to be saved, and those from whom they need to be saved.

His attitude toward the girl: He doesn't try to "cheer her up" or "cure her." He simply recognizes her as a kindred spirit. Her whiteness and detachment are not ugliness to him, but purity that must be protected from the gray dirt of the world.

Weaknesses: He's completely helpless when it comes to showing affection. He doesn't know the right words or how to comfort. All he can offer is his silence by her side and a willingness to tear anyone who dares to offend her.