Creation and design
''Metal Gear'' began as a pastiche ofIntroduced in ''
Solid Snake
, real name and otherwise known as and , is the main protagonist of the original series. In the original ''Gray Fox
is a high-ranking agent of FOXHOUND, with the "Fox" codename being the highest distinction within the unit. He first appears in the MSX2 games, where his face portrait was modeled after actor Tom Berenger. In ''Dr. Madnar
Dr. is an Eastern engineer. In ''Metal Gear'', he is the creator of the TX-55 Metal Gear mecha and TX-11 Arnold androids and one of the hostages Snake must rescue along with his daughter . In ''Metal Gear 2'', after being rejected by the scientific community, he defects to Zanzibar Land and develops Metal Gear D. He comes in contact with Solid Snake while posing as a hostage, but attacks him after the truth is revealed. He is mentioned in ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' as the scientist who saved Raiden's life after he was turned into a cyborg. A character with the same name plays a supporting role in Kojima's adventure game '' Snatcher'', though the English version for the Sega CD spells his name as Dr. Petrovich Modnar.Kyle Schneider
is the leader of a resistance movement against Outer Heaven in ''Metal Gear'', who helps Solid Snake as a radio contact alongside fellow resistance members and . He discovers the identity of Outer Heaven's leader, but is silenced before he can mention his name. In ''Metal Gear 2'', Schneider appears under the guise of , a high-tech ninja serving Zanzibar Land and the first boss of the game. Solid Snake defeats him, but does not learn his true identity until he collapses. He then reveals to him that NATO led a bombing raid against Outer Heaven, not caring about the war orphans or refugees living there. Before dying, he tells him that Big Boss forgave the resistance for being against him and rescued as many people as he could from the bombings.Big Boss
is the main antagonist of ''Introduced in '' Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake''
Roy Campbell
is the second commanding officer of FOXHOUND. He was introduced in ''Metal Gear 2'', in which he serves as Solid Snake's primary radio contact, giving information about the mission objective and general gameplay tips for Zanzibar Land. In ''Metal Gear Solid'', Campbell's niece, Meryl Silverburgh, is held captive by Liquid Snake's FOXHOUND team. In one of the game's endings, he reveals that Meryl is his daughter, the result of an affair between him and his late brother's wife. In ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', he is impersonated by an AI constructed by supercomputer GW within Arsenal Gear for the Patriots who poses as Raiden's commanding officer. In ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', Campbell does not appear in the main story, but appears in the game over screen scolding the player for causing a time paradox if certain characters are killed, as well as in the '' Ape Escape'' crossover minigame "Snake vs. Monkey". A young version of the character, working as a Green Beret, appears in ''Portable Ops'', where he and Naked Snake are imprisoned by the FOX unit in South America before escaping to recruit Gene's disenfranchised enemy soldiers into an early version of Militaires Sans Frontières. In ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', Campbell works for a UN Security Council advisory body that monitors PMC activities. He sends Old Snake on an unofficial mission to assassinate Liquid Ocelot and stop his activities, providing resources and transportation to complete the mission. He is married to Rosemary, which causes a rift between him and Meryl, who learns that he is her father. However, the marriage is a sham used to fool the Patriots and protect Rose and Raiden's son John. Following the Patriots' destruction, he reconciles with Meryl and walks down the aisle at her wedding. Outside of ''Metal Gear'', he reprises his role in '' Metal Gear: Ghost Babel'', a side-story which serves as an alternate sequel to the events of the original ''Metal Gear'', and, along with Otacon and Mei Ling, serves as one of Snake's codec contacts in both '' Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' and '' Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. He also makes a codec appearance in a minigame in '' Ape Escape 3''. Roy Campbell was voiced byMaster Miller
, also known as , "McDonnell Miller" in ''Metal Gear 2'' and by his nickname Kaz, is a mercenary introduced in ''Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker'' who is the second-in-command in the Militaires Sans Frontières mercenary group. He is the son of a United States officer and Japanese woman, who previously served in the JSDF. Unlike Big Boss, Kaz is initially characterized as idealistic, believing in MSF's idea of a nation for soldiers free of political ideology. However, he is naïve in underestimating Cipher and assuming that he can maintain a business relationship with Zero's organization. In ''Metal Gear Solid V'', he has lost his left leg and right arm. Following Cipher's destruction of MSF, Miller is embittered after seeing the concept of a nation for soldiers appropriated by other groups and reduced to being mercenary bands before Venom Snake rescues him from Soviet forces, enabling him to help with the Diamond Dogs mercenary group's expansion. Miller is distrusting of those affiliated with Cipher, accusing them of betrayal and calling for their deaths, and takes little satisfaction with vengeance on Skull Face, but believes in Diamond Dogs' cause. However, his faith is shaken following the revelation that Big Boss used a body double, leading him to reject him. In ''Metal Gear 2'', he works as a survival coach for FOXHOUND and Solid Snake's mentor, known as , before being murdered for Liquid Snake'sKio Marv
Dr. is a Czechoslovak biotechnologist and creator of OILIX, a new algae species which could produce petroleum-grade hydrocarbons with little expense and effort. After presenting the algae to the World Energy Conference inHolly White
is an American freelance journalist. The daughter of a French mother and an English father, she became interested in literature at an early age and was awarded theGustava Heffner
, is a former professional figure skater who competed in the world championships and the Olympics. However, she was stripped of her competition rights after being caught attempting to seek political asylum in Canada with Frank Jaeger, seeking to redeem herself by joining the StB. She is escorting Dr. Marv to America when Zanzibar Land agents hijack their plane. Later in the game, she joins Solid Snake in rescuing Dr. Marv, but dies after Jaeger destroys the bridge she is on.George Kasler
is FOXHOUND's strategist and advisor, who served with mercenaries from South Africa and the French Foreign Legion and had a short stint in negotiation and combat intelligence-gathering. He is also a veteran of the 1997 Mercenary War of Independence in Zanzibar Land, where he fought the CIS Army. Kasler's service has earned him a reputation in the mercenary community; only mercenaries who have worked with him can be truly recognized as the best in the world.Johan Jacobsen
is a zoologist specializing in the preservation of endangered species, who has been acquainted with Dr. Madnar since they were in college. He is the vice-president of the Worldwide Animal Rights Federation and works for the science magazine ''Maxwell'', and is in Zanzibar Land studying indigenous animals.Introduced in '' Metal Gear Solid''
Revolver Ocelot
, also known as , and , is a gunslinger and nemesis of Solid Snake. Due to his role as a double agent, he has been affiliated with various antagonists, including as Liquid Snake's right-hand man in FOXHOUND in ''Metal Gear Solid'', Solidus Snake's right-hand man and the Patriots' agent in ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', and as Naked Snake's rival and the Philosophers' triple agent in ''Metal Gear Solid 3''. However, he also works independently, as he serves as the main antagonist of ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' and is an ally of Venom Snake in ''Metal Gear Solid V''. In Japanese, Revolver Ocelot and Liquid Ocelot are voiced by Kōji Totani and Banjō Ginga respectively while his younger self is voiced by Takumi Yamazaki and Satoshi Mikami. In English, the character was voiced by Patric Zimmerman while his younger self is voiced by Josh Keaton and Troy Baker.Otacon
, nicknamed , is Solid Snake's close friend, an employee of ArmsTech, and Metal Gear REX's engineer, who later becomes a founding member of the non-profit Philanthropy organization. Hal Emmerich was born in 1980 to scientists Dr. "Huey" Emmerich and Dr. Strangelove, who was born on the day of the Hiroshima bombing, with his grandfather having worked on theMeryl Silverburgh
is based on a supporting character of the same name inNaomi Hunter
, called by her staff, is a geneticist by practice who specializes in nanotechnology-based gene therapy. In ''Metal Gear Solid'', she is the chief of FOXHOUND's medical staff and part of the support crew assembled to assist Solid Snake, providing him with information on the FOXHOUND members he faces. Being Gray Fox's adopted sister, she seeks revenge on Snake for nearly killing him during the original ''Metal Gear'' games. After being instructed to inject Snake with the FOXDIE virus, she secretly modifies it so that it will kill him at a random moment in addition to its original programming. Over the course of the game, Naomi realizes that some of her original perceptions of Snake were wrong and feels remorse for modifying the virus. Uncertain of when the FOXDIE would kill, Naomi tells Snake to live life to the fullest before he dies. Afterwards, Nastasha Romanenko's account reveals that Naomi was briefly arrested following the Shadow Moses incident until she escaped. In ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', Naomi works with Liquid Ocelot to hijack the Sons of the Patriots battlefield control system before allying with Snake. She becomes romantically involved with Otacon and forms a friendship with Sunny. Upon returning to Shadow Moses, Naomi reveals that she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and, guilt-ridden over her past mistakes, commits suicide by disabling the nanomachines that were keeping it in check. Naomi Hunter is voiced by Hiromi Tsuru in Japanese and by Jennifer Hale in English.Mei Ling
is a Chinese-American data analyst. In ''Metal Gear Solid'', she is in charge of saving the player's progress. She invented Snake's wireless communication system, the codec radio, and the Soliton Radar, which detects the positions and field of vision of nearby enemy soldiers. Each time Snake saves his data, Mei Ling provides him with advice through Chinese proverbs, as well as quotations from Western authors. In the Japanese version, Mei Ling only quoted Chinese proverbs: she would cite the original proverb in Chinese and then explain its meaning to Snake in Japanese. According to Kojima, this made some of the proverbs redundant after translating them to English, since Mei Ling would be saying the same thing twice. In ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', Mei Ling is part of Philanthropy and assists in stealing equipment from the SSCEN, with Snake fearing for her safety. She makes a voiced cameo in the game as an easter egg during the Tanker chapter after the player has saved their progress thirteen times. In ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', Mei Ling commands the museum-turned-training vessel '' USS Missouri'' and provides Snake and Otacon with backup through her connections with the SSCEN. Outside of ''Metal Gear'', she is a central character in theJohnny Sasaki
is a recurring character. First appearing in ''Metal Gear Solid'', he is a guard whose uniform is stolen by Meryl Silverburgh. Though unnamed in the main game, he is named in the credits, with his surname coming from the game's character model designer, Hideki Sasaki. According to the developers' commentary in ''Metal Gear Solid: Integral'', Hideki was known among the staff for his slackoff behavior and was included in the game as a running gag. Johnny makes voiced cameos in ''Metal Gear Solid 2''. In an early version of the game's story, his full name was and was a spy for the Patriots who would die from a pacemaker malfunction after coming into contact with Raiden. During the game, Raiden can hear Johnny talking using a directional mic in Big Shell. In ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', Johnny is known as and is a member of Meryl's Rat Patrol Team 01, with him and Meryl assisting Snake in Outer Haven by allowing him time to reach the server room. It is revealed that he had been in love with Meryl since he first saw her at Shadow Moses, and they marry each other in the epilogue. Unlike other soldiers in the Army and PMCs, Johnny does not have nanomachines due to his trypanophobia causing him to avoid the injections. While this has caused him to have frequent spells of colds, diarrhea and poor combat performance compared to his squad mates, he is immune to Liquid Ocelot's ability to directly attack soldiers' nanomachines. He also appears in the first ''Metal Gear Online'' expansion as a playable character. Johnny Sasaki is voiced by Naoki Imamura in Japanese and by Dean Scofield in English. Akiba is voiced by Jun Fukuyama in Japanese and by Beng Spies in English.Liquid Snake
, real name , is Solid Snake's twin brother, Big Boss's second son, and the main antagonist of '' Metal Gear Solid''. In ''Metal Gear Solid'', he is motivated by jealousy and hatred towards Snake and his desire to surpass his "genetic destiny" from Big Boss. A younger version of him appears in '' Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain'', dubbed the . Liquid Snake is voiced by Banjō Ginga in Japanese and by Cam Clarke in English. The White Mamba is voiced by Yutaro Honjo in Japanese and by Piers Stubbs in English.Sons of Big Boss
The Sons of Big Boss are a splinter group of FOXHOUND that appear in ''Metal Gear Solid''. Led by Liquid Snake, they serve as the game's bosses.Psycho Mantis
is a psychic expert for Liquid Snake's FOXHOUND unit in ''Metal Gear Solid''. Following theSniper Wolf
is a member of FOXHOUND and an elite sniper, who wields a Heckler & Koch PSG1 and uses mercury-tipped hollow-point bullets to poison her victims. She is also addicted to the drug diazepam. Born in present-day IraqiVulcan Raven
is an Inuk member of FOXHOUND, who wields a giant Vulcan cannon and has shamanic powers of intuition. He is able to discern Solid Snake's heritage and was present in Outer Heaven prior to his involvement at Liquid Snake's FOXHOUND unit. He fights Snake twice, first in an M1 Abrams tank, and second in a freezer with Raven before being killed. Before he dies, he leaves behind a cryptic message of Snake's violent future before his body is completely devoured by ravens.Vulcan Raven: You are a snake which was not created by Nature. You and iquid Snake.. you are from another world... a world that I do not wish to know. Go and do battle with him. I will be watching from above. (''Metal Gear Solid''). Vulcan Raven is voiced by Yukitoshi Hori in Japanese and by Peter Lurie in English.Decoy Octopus
is a member of FOXHOUND who specializes in impersonation, injecting the blood of those he impersonates into his own body for a more "perfect" disguise. Along with the rest of his unit, he went rogue during the Shadow Moses island incident. While impersonating Donald Anderson, he lies to Solid Snake about having the DARPA chief's detonation code found out by Psycho Mantis and informs Snake of the PAL override system before being killed by the FOXDIE virus.Liquid Snake: The Pentagon only needed for you to come into contact with us. That's what killed the ArmsTech president and Decoy Octopus. (''Metal Gear Solid'') In Japanese, Decoy Octopus is voiced by Masaharu Sato. In English, Decoy Octopus is voiced by Greg Eagles in ''Metal Gear Solid'' and by James C. Mathis III in ''Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel''.Donald Anderson
is a chief advisor associated withCyborg Ninja
The is an alias utilized by individuals wearing a powered armor exoskeleton while armed with a high-frequency blade, including Gray Fox, Olga Gurlukovich, and Raiden.Nastasha Romanenko
is an agent of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency and an expert on nuclear topics. She was born in theKenneth Baker
is the president of the arms company ArmsTech. which takes part in the Metal Gear REX project alongside Donald Anderson under the United States' black budget. In ''Metal Gear Solid'', he is taken prisoner by FOXHOUND and tortured by Revolver Ocelot before Solid Snake finds him. After giving away his detonation code to Ocelot, he is killed by the FoxDie virus and nearly tells the truth about Snake's mission, but dies before he can finish his sentence. In Japanese, Kenneth Baker is voiced by Yuzuru Fujimoto. In English, Kenneth Baker is voiced by Allan Lurie in ''Metal Gear Solid'' and by Peter Renaday in ''Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel''.Jim Houseman
is theIntroduced in '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty''
Raiden
, real name , is a former child soldier during the Liberian Civil War. He is the main protagonist of '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'', fighting against Solidus Snake's terrorists to save the hostages from Big Shell. Raiden reappears in '' Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' as the third Cyborg Ninja, and returns as the protagonist of '' Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance''. Raiden is voiced by Kenyu Horiuchi in Japanese and by Quinton Flynn in English.Rosemary
, also known as , is Raiden's significant other. Introduced during the Plant chapter portion of ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', she is employed by the army as a data analyst and saves the player's progress over Codec. Rosemary also supports Raiden by providing information about the Big Shell facilities and characters he encounters. Raiden and Rose spend most of their conversations talking about their relationship, which is based on Kojima's real life experiences. By the end of the game, Rosemary reveals herself to be a spy for the Patriots. She is then taken off the mission and replaced by an AI duplicate of her. After the final battle, Raiden is reunited with the real Rose, who is pregnant with his child, in front of Federal Hall National Memorial. In ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', Rosemary appears as a psychological counselor in a combat stress platoon, offering Snake tips on dealing with stress. Though she was engaged to Raiden, their relationship ended after Rosemary supposedly had a miscarriage. Rosemary later marries Roy Campbell. In reality, Rosemary successfully gave birth to Raiden's child John; her marriage is a ploy to protect him from the Patriots by having Campbell pose as John's father. After she reveals the truth to Raiden, the couple reconciles. Rosemary does not appear in ''Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'', but Raiden mentions that she and their son are living inOlga Gurlukovich
is a member of her father's mercenary unit during ''Metal Gear Solid 2''. Her character was based on Meryl, though Kojima wanted to make her look like a professional rather than a rookie. She first appears in the Tanker chapter as a member of the Gurlukovich mercenary unit and its sole boss character. She takes over her father's unit after her father's death in the Tanker chapter, lending her team to Solidus Snake's Sons of Liberty terrorist faction. She is actually an unwilling agent for the Patriots, who are holding her daughter hostage, and assists Raiden as the second Cyborg Ninja Mr. X, simulating Gray Fox and Donald Anderson. In doing so, she betrays her comrades to ensure her child's safety, a realization that causes her guilt. She is later shot and killed by Solidus. Olga Gurlukovich is voiced by Kyoko Terase in Japanese and by Vanessa Marshall in English.Solidus Snake
, also known by the public identity of , is the third and perfect son of Big Boss. After being alluded to as the President of the United States in '' Metal Gear Solid'', he makes his first official appearance as the main antagonist of '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'', with a design based on Yoji Shinkawa's thoughts about how Solid Snake would look when older, and the adoptive father of Raiden. During '' Sons of Liberty'', Solidus turns against the Patriots and poses as Snake while instigating a terrorist takeover of the Big Shell with Revolver Ocelot and Olga Gurlukovich in order to form his own nation to leave his impact on the world. In combat, Solidus wears a powered suit outfitted with a pair of robotic tentacles known as "snake arms" and wields an FN P90 submachine gun and a pair ofDead Cell
Dead Cell is a black-ops unit introduced in ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' that serves as its bosses. Formed by Solidus Snake, Dead Cell's original purpose was to prepare military bases for surprise attacks by holding unannounced training sessions.Fortune
, real name , is the leading member of Dead Cell and a member of Solidus Snake's Sons of Liberty terrorist group seen in ''Metal Gear Solid 2''. She is an African-American woman with blond hair, which was requested by Shinkawa as he thought she would be appealing. She wields aVamp
is a member of Dead Cell fromFatman
is a member of Dead Cell who specializes in explosives and wields a Glock, Glock 18. Shinkawa had trouble designing Fatman, as he had been requested to make him both obese and good-looking. He is the second boss character in the Plant chapter of ''Sons of Liberty'', where Raiden must deactivate a series of C-4 (explosive), C4 charges planted within the struts surrounding the Shell 1 core. However, the explosives are revealed to be dummy bombs serving to activate the real bomb in the basement of Strut A, and a similar bomb planted in the basement of the Shell 2 Core detonates, killing Fatman's former mentor Peter Stillman. As Raiden meets with him, Fatman reveals that he wishes to become the world's most famous bomber by surpassing Stillman. Fatman then challenges Raiden to a duel at the heliport atop Strut E, resulting in his death. It is later revealed that Fatman was an agent of The Patriots and that Stillman's presence in the facility was arranged to motivate Fatman into participating. The character is named after Fat Man, the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. Fatman is voiced by Kōzō Shioya in Japanese and by Barry Dennen in English.Sergei Gurlukovich
Colonel is Olga Gurlukovich's father and Revolver Ocelot's former commanding officer, who provided Liquid Snake with a Hind-D helicopter in ''Metal Gear Solid'' in exchange for the possible usage of Metal Gear REX. An officer in Russia's Spetsnaz and GRU (Soviet Union), GRU, he leads his personal team of mercenaries to seize the ''Discovery'' during the Tanker chapter of ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' and hijack Metal Gear RAY. During the operation, Gurlukovich is betrayed and killed by Ocelot due to the Patriots wanting RAY for their cause. Sergei Gurlukovich is voiced by Osamu Saka in Japanese and by Earl Boen in English.Scott Dolph
General is the commandant of the Marine Corps and Fortune's father. In the Tanker chapter of ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', he is in charge of transporting Metal Gear RAY to its testing site and gives a speech to his troops in the cargo holds, unaware that the ship is being hijacked. He is killed by Revolver Ocelot before hijacking RAY, his death serving as the root of Fortune's sorrow. In Japanese, Scott Dolph is voiced by Daisuke Gōri, Daisuke Gori. In English, Scott Dolph is voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson in ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' and by Phil LaMarr in ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel''.Peter Stillman
is a former New York City Police Department, NYPD bomb disposal expert working for the Bund Patrol and the former mentor of Fatman, having taught him about explosives. In ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', he infiltrates the Big Shell facility with United States Navy SEALs, SEAL Team 10. After Fatman has planted bombs within the struts in the Big Shell facility, Stillman provides Raiden and Solid Snake with the tools needed to track down and deactivate them while providing support through codec. He eventually learns that the explosives Fatman planted were decoys used to activate the real bombs before dying after the bomb in the basement detonates. In Japanese, Peter Stillman is voiced by Shōzō Iizuka. In English, Peter Stillman is voiced by Greg Eagles in ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' and by James C. Mathis III in ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel''.Richard Ames
Colonel is a United States Secret Service, Secret Service agent and an operative for the Patriots. He previously served the Defense Intelligence Agency and met Nastasha Romanenko, who he was married to until their divorce. He was taken hostage during the Big Shell incident. In ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', he meets Raiden and is threatened by Revolver Ocelot before dying from an apparent heart attack. It is later revealed that he died from his nanomachines deactivating his pacemaker due to a virus imitating FOXDIE put in place by the Patriots. Richard Ames is voiced by Masaharu Satō in Japanese and by Peter Renaday in English.James Johnson
is the President of the United States during ''Sons of Liberty''. He is the primary hostage Raiden is sent to rescue in the Plant chapter. After Raiden meets the President in the core of Shell 2, he reveals that he was a willing accomplice in the terrorist act, his vital signs being the input codes to activate Arsenal Gear, but was imprisoned after a conflict of interest with Solidus Snake, as Johnson wanted power and he wanted to rebel. After he reveals the truth about Arsenal Gear to Raiden, he learns that he was manipulated to revolt by the Patriots as part of the "S3 Plan". He is then killed by Revolver Ocelot while arguing with Raiden to prevent the terrorists from launching a nuclear strike. In Japanese, James Johnson is voiced by Yuzuru Fujimoto. In English, James Johnson is voiced by Paul Lukather in ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' and by H. Richard Greene in ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel''.Emma Emmerich
, nicknamed E.E., is an artificial intelligence, AI programmer and the stepsister of Hal Emmerich. When Emma was a child, her mother Julie Danziger married Dr. "Huey" Emmerich. After learning that Julie was sexually abusing Hal, Huey committed suicide by drowning in the family's swimming pool. Though Emma survived being dragged into the water, she developed a aquaphobia, fear of water and became estranged from Hal, blaming Hal for not trying to save her and then leaving the family. During the Plant chapter of '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'', she is in charge of developing the AI that controls Arsenal Gear. Raiden escorts her to the Shell 1 Core computer room to download a virus into the GW AI system and prevent the terrorists from using it, but Vamp ambushes her on the oil fence. Raiden snipes Vamp, but before falling into the sea, Vamp stabs Emma in the stomach. She later dies in the computer room, confessing how she wanted to be closer to her stepbrother. Emma Emmerich is voiced by Maria Yamamoto in Japanese and by Jennifer Hale in English.Introduced in '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''
Zero
, real name , also known as Major Zero and Major Tom, is the overarching antagonist of the ''Metal Gear'' series. Introduced in ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', he is a former member of the British Special Air Service who serves as the FOX unit's commanding officer. In ''Portable Ops'', Zero is arrested by the Pentagon for the FOX unit's revolt, but is exonerated afterwards. ''Peace Walker'' reveals Zero to be the leader of the Cipher organization, which secretly controls the United States. ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' reveals Zero's fallout with Big Boss over the "Les Enfants Terribles" project, which caused his control over the world through AIs that would become the Patriots. In the game, he appears as a centennial in a persistent vegetative state (due to Skull Face's parasite as revealed in ''Metal Gear Solid V''), and is killed after Big Boss cuts off his oxygen supply and places him in a chokehold. In Japanese, Zero is voiced by Banjō Ginga. In English, Zero is voiced by Jim Piddock in ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' and by Time Winters in ''Metal Gear Solid V''.Sokolov
Dr. is a Aerospace engineering, rocket scientist who, two years prior to the game's events, defected to the United States before being sent back to the USSR as a secret addition to the negotiations for ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. He develops the Metal Gear (weapon)#Shagohod, Shagohod. During Naked Snake's retrieval of Sokolov, Colonel Volgin recaptures him and forces him to complete the weapon, and he later seemingly dies of torture off-screen for trying to escape. He returns in ''Portable Ops'' as the informant . After escaping to the United States with help from FOX's new commander Gene, he builds the first Metal Gear, a quadrupedal model, while assisting Big Boss because of the danger the Metal Gear RAXA poses. He can also be recruited into the early FOXHOUND team. Nikolai Sokolov is voiced by Naoki Tatsuta in Japanese and by Brian Cummings in English.The Boss
, also known as , is Naked Snake's mentor and mother figure, Ocelot's biological mother, and one of the main antagonists of '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''. After apparently defecting to the Soviet Union, she forces Naked Snake to kill her in a duel. It is revealed by EVA at the end of ''Snake Eater'' that The Boss's defection was a ploy to acquire the "Philosopher's Legacy" cache from Volgin's possession. However, Volgin's impromptu use of a Davy Crockett (nuclear device), Davy Crockett on Soviet soil led the United States government to turn The Boss into a scapegoat to avoid escalating the Cold War. The Boss is voiced by Kikuko Inoue in Japanese and by Lori Alan in English.Volgin
Colonel , also known as "Thunderbolt" in the West, is a Stalinism, Stalinist GRU colonel and the other main antagonist of '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''. His body carries an electric charge of ten million volts, which is speculated by Soviet scientists to be the result of electrokinesis, that he uses for fighting and torture. He is sadistic and enjoys inflicting pain and destruction, being one of the chief perpetrators behind the Katyn massacre, 1940 Katyn Forest Massacre. During ''Snake Eater'', Volgin conspires to use the Shagohod as part of a bid to seize control of the Soviet Union by deposing Nikita Khrushchev and installing Leonid Brezhnev in his place. In the story's climax, he pilots Shagohod and engages Naked Snake and EVA in a fight to the death. After being critically wounded, it begins to rain and he is struck by a bolt of lightning, leaving him comatose and nearly dead. After being retrieved and experimented on by Russian scientists, Volgin returns as in '' Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain'', where he desires revenge for his defeat, a desire that kept him alive and which his form is a physical manifestation of. His appearance enables him to convert the energy from firearms and explosive rounds into powerful attacks. However, he eventually dies peacefully following a final confrontation, where it is implied that he deduced that Venom Snake is not the target of his vendetta. Volgin is voiced by Kenji Utsumi in Japanese and by Neil Ross in English. In English, the Man on Fire is voiced by Dave Fouquette.EVA
is Naked Snake's lover and Solid Snake's mother. She first appears in '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'', as a supposedPara-Medic
, also known as , is a FOX support team member that provides medical information. As ''Snake Eater'' is set before the modern use of the word "paramedic", her codename instead comes from a Blend word, portmanteau between "parachute" and "medic". Para-Medic provides Naked Snake with information in ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' and can later be recruited into the early FOXHOUND team in ''Portable Ops''. Later games reveal that Para-Medic was the head of the "Les Enfants Terribles" project, and was responsible for Gray Fox's revival before being murdered by the first Cyborg Ninja. Originally, many believed that Dr. Clark was a man, which is later explained to be due to her secrecy concealing many details about her. Para-Medic is voiced by Houko Kuwashima in Japanese and by Heather Halley in English.Cobra Unit
The Cobra Unit is The Boss's personal team of military specialists, who serve as the bosses of ''Metal Gear Solid 3''. Each member is named after the primary emotion that they bring into battle.The Pain
has the ability to control hornet, hornets through the buzzing of a queen hornet that he keeps in his backpack and wields a Thompson submachine gun, Tommy gun and Hand grenade, grenades. He can use these hornets to shield himself and create a Decoy, body double to confuse and draw his opponents into the open. The Pain is voiced by Hisao Egawa in Japanese and by Gregg Berger in English.The Fear
is a member of the Cobra unit known for his superhuman speed and agility and fearsome appearance. Capable of dislocating his joints at will, he has enhanced mobility and wields two crossbows, the Little Joe and the William Tell, coating their bolts in the venom of the Phoneutria fera, Brazilian wandering spider, setting them on fire, or outfitting them with explosives. He uses a variety of wires and ropes to enhance his mobility and active camouflage, stealth camouflage to make himself nearly invisible. At the beginning of his battle in ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', he shoots Naked Snake in the leg with a poisoned crossbow bolt, but wants to kill him himself rather than let the venom do the job for him. Though the poison begins to make Snake hallucinate, he manages to defeat him. The Fear is voiced by Kazumi Tanaka in Japanese and by Michael Bell (actor), Michael Bell in English.The End
is a member of the Cobra unit with exceptional Sniper, sniping skills, born in the early 1860s, and the only member of the unit without an emotion-based codename, though it is explained in the game that it signifies "true oblivion". The End is a venerable expert sniper, but is vulnerable because of his age. However, he is capable of photosynthesizing sunlight to sustain himself and can go for days without food or water, which is explained in ''The Phantom Pain'' as the effect of a species of parasite that lives in his body. He has a pet Alexandrine parakeet who can alert him to Snake's presence. The End is the only member of the Cobras who will not kill the player under any circumstances; he only uses tranquilizing rounds and will throw Snake in a jail cell if he is defeated. The strategic sniper fight between Naked Snake and The End in ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' was developed by Kojima, who wanted to bring a completely new style of boss battle to the series. However, the fight can be avoided if Snake kills a defenseless The End shortly beforehand, or if the player saves during the fight and waits a week or sets the system clock a week ahead, in which case The End dies of old age. In ''Peace Walker'', The End's voice can be heard over the Codec during ghost missions, and Snake comments during mission briefings asking Kazuhira Miller if he saw any parrots with the enemy snipers and scouts. The End is voiced by Osamu Saka in Japanese and by J. Grant Albrecht in English.The Fury
is a pyromania, pyromaniac and former Soviet Astronaut, cosmonaut. He utilizes a flame-resistant Soviet space suit in conjunction with a jet pack and a powerful flamethrower, powered by the Liquid rocket propellant, liquid rocket fuel Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine, UDMH. His codename reflects the unmitigated fury he feels towards the world while he is fighting. The Fury is voiced by Masato Hirano (voice actor), Masato Hirano in Japanese and by Richard Doyle in English.The Sorrow
was a medium (spirituality), spirit medium and former member of the Cobra unit who used his psychic powers to aid his fellow soldiers on the battlefield. After being romantically involved with The Boss, he was the father of her Revolver Ocelot, child. After the ideological rift created by the Cold War, loyalties changed, with him and The Boss each taking their respective sides. The Boss reluctantly killed him in 1962 for making a double agent out of a sleeper agent she sent to OKB-1 to gather data on the Soviet space program, USSR's space program. He makes many hidden appearances in ghost form throughout the game's Cutscene, cutscenes. In ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', after escaping from Groznyj Grad and suffering a near-death experience, Naked Snake encounters The Sorrow while being forced to wade through an endless river swarming with the enemies that Snake has killed up to that point. The Sorrow is voiced by Yukitoshi Hori in Japanese and by David A. Thomas (voice actor), David Thomas in English.Raikov
is a high-ranking officer within Groznyj Grad who is implied to be Colonel Volgin's secret lover and has colonel-class authority despite having a rank of major. The player is able to wear a mask to impersonate him, as Kojima noted that there were fans who wanted to play as Raiden in ''Metal Gear Solid 3''. Besides impersonating Raikov, Naked Snake is required to incapacitate him and take his uniform to infiltrate Groznyj Grad, with the player also being given the choice of killing him. According to Kojima, the reason why he left Raikov's fate up to the player was largely because of Raiden's controversial popularity.Part 5 of the Director's Commentary for ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''Aleksandr Granin
is the director of OKB-812, also known as the Granin Design Bureau, and came up with the concept of bipedal walking tanks. He supplies Naked Snake with the key to the door near the warehouse before being killed by Volgin. Aleksandr Granin is voiced byJohnny
Johnny is a GRU soldier assigned to watch over Naked Snake's jail cell in Groznyj Grad. Due to having an estranged son with the same name in America and claiming that all the first-born sons in his family are given that name, he is implied to be the grandfather of Johnny Sasaki. Johnny is voiced by Naoki Imamura in Japanese and by Michael Gough (voice actor), Michael Gough in English.CIA Director
The Director of Central Intelligence is the one who planned Operation Snake Eater, leading Big Boss (Metal Gear), Naked Snake to refuse to shake his hand during the award ceremony after returning from the mission. He also employed Ocelot as a triple agent within the CIA, KGB and GRU. In the end of '' Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops'', Ocelot betrays the DCI under orders from a new employer and kills him in order to obtain the location of the Philosopher's Legacy. In Japanese, the DCI is voiced by an uncredited actor in ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' and by Masaharu Sato in ''Portable Ops''. In English, the DCI is voiced by Paul Collins (actor), Paul Collins in ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' and by Jesse Corti in ''Portable Ops''.DOD Official
A DOD official appears at the end of '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'', where he talks to the DCI during Big Boss's award ceremony. He bears the likeness of Robert McNamara, though was rewritten to be the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Army Chief of Staff in '' Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker''. He makes an unvoiced appearance in the end of '' Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops'', where he attends FOXHOUND's inauguration ceremony. In ''Peace Walker'', he is now the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and contacts Big Boss when Peace Walker relays false nuclear launch data. He is the only member at the DEFCON meeting who believes Big Boss when told that the nuclear launch data is false after the latter provides proof, but is held at gunpoint by the other executive members when he orders them to stand down from retaliating. Despite this, Big Boss succeeds in stopping a retaliation strike from being launched.Introduced in '' Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops''
Jonathan
is one of the Red Army soldiers stationed at the San Hieronymo base and the first of the enemy soldiers to be recruited by Naked Snake's early FOXHOUND group. After meeting Snake and Roy Campbell, Jonathan says that the Red Army personnel were assigned to build the base as an alternate strategic missile site after the Cuban Missile Crisis; détente and the USSR's commitment to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, SALT negotiations resulted in the abandonment of the base, leading the soldiers to join Gene. Jonathan is left impressed with Snake's idealism and helps in treating Campbell's bout with malaria. As Gene manipulates the Soviet soldiers into killing each other, Jonathan dies in Snake's arms after protecting him from bullets, shaping the ideals and principles that he came to uphold as Big Boss. Jonathan is voiced by Takahiro Fujimoto in Japanese and by Robin Atkin Downes in English.Skowronski
Colonel Skowronski is a commander of the Red Army base in San Hieronymo and World War II veteran and former fighter pilot. Naked Snake finds him hiding aboard a ship in the harbor that housed his fighter plane collection. It is revealed that he had been drinking after Gene's men took over the base and turned his Red Army troops against him. Skowronski dies in an attempt to kill Gene using RAXA; after it shuts down, Ursula telekinetically removes him from the cockpit and drops him to his death. Colonel Skowronski is voiced by Tetsu Inada in Japanese and by Nick Jameson in English.Python
is one of FOX's original members, who worked alongside Naked Snake during the early stages of the United States' advisory effort in Vietnam War, Vietnam. However, he was severely injured during a mission with the Civilian Irregular Defense Group program, Civilian Irregular Defense Group, losing the ability to regulate his body temperature. The United States government operated on him to stabilize his body temperature, eventually putting him in a Sneaking Suit filled with liquid nitrogen, with several needles in his head to vent excess heat. The CIA uses him as a counterpart to Snake in case he rebelled. Python allies with the player if he is defeated by non-lethal means, but will burn to death if he is killed. Python is voiced by Yûsaku Yara in Japanese and by Dwight Schultz in English.Elisa and Ursula
and Ursula are split personalities of a teenage girl raised in East Germany to nuclear physicists who worked in the USSR. She is revealed to be a survivor of the 1957 Kyshtym disaster, with the radioactive fallout triggering her psychic abilities, and underwent numerous ESP and psychic tests after returning to East Germany. The testing enabled her to create Dissociative identity disorder, split personalities that people can mistake as twins due to their different hair colors: Elisa has gold hair, while Ursula's hair is silver. Gene rescued her during a mission in 1966 and trained her personas – Elisa in medicine and Ursula in combat abilities. Over the course of the game, Elisa helps Naked Snake. However, Ursula appears during Snake's showdown with Metal Gear RAXA and attempt to Gene, resulting in "their" deaths. Elisa and Ursula are voiced by Saori Gotō in Japanese and by Tara Strong in English.Cunningham
Lt. is an African-American soldier and FOX's resident interrogation specialist, who goes by the codename Boa. After losing his leg and getting demoted to desk work by the CIA, the Department of Defense taps him to besmirch the CIA's reputation, a job he accepted due to desiring revenge for his demotion. This enables him to join Gene's revolt and interrogate Naked Snake about the Philosophers' Legacy. Snake defeats him upon learning of the DOD's plans, with his flying platform exploding shortly thereafter, although not before he attempts to destroy the base with a Davy Crockett (nuclear device), Davy Crockett round so Snake dies with him. Cunningham is voiced by Daisuke Gori in Japanese and by Noah Nelson in English.Gene
is the commander of FOX and the main antagonist of ''Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops''. Having joined the unit under the codename Viper, he proves his worth by rescuing Sokolov and Elisa during missions to Eastern Europe. A doctor by trade and possessing political science knowledge, he undermines Major Zero's authority while preparing his own rebellion. Gene participates in the Successor Project, a special program designed to create a military officer modeled after The Boss and highly educated in military strategy and tactics. The program results in Gene having developed enhanced CQC abilities and mild telepathic powers of persuasion. Naked Snake kills him after Gene reveals his plans behind the takeover of the San Hieronymo base. Recognizing Snake's combat skills, Gene bequeaths to Snake the resources he amassed for the military force Army's Heaven. Gene is voiced by Norio Wakamoto in Japanese and by Steve Blum, Steven Blum in English.Introduced in '' Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''
Sunny
is a gifted prodigy and Olga Gurlukovich's biological daughter, kidnapped at birth by the Patriots to manipulate her mother. After rescuing her from the Patriots, Raiden left her in Otacon's care. By the events of ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', she is a gifted computer programmer, with her status as a prodigy implied to be the result of genetic engineering experiments she underwent at Area 51 while in captivity. She and Naomi Hunter design the FOXALIVE virus, which Snake uses to disable the Patriots' AIs. Sunny returns in '' Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'', having been adopted by Otacon. She attended school after becoming free of the Patriots' influence, but was considered too "advanced"; after earning multiple degrees, she was hired by Solis Space & Aeronautics. She helps Raiden reach Pakistan to stop Armstrong's plans, later allowing Bladewolf and George to work with her at Solis. Sunny is voiced by Kikuko Inoue in Japanese and by Cristina Pucelli in English.Drebin 893
is a weapons launderer accompanied by his pet monkey Little Gray. In ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', he assists Snake by disabling ID-tagged weapons taken from PMC troops. He also provides exposition on the origins of the Beauty and the Beast members. Drebin is actually a spy for the Patriots assigned to help Snake defeat Liquid Ocelot. He injects Snake with nanomachines that allow him to use Drebin's weapons, in addition to secretly containing a new strain of FOXDIE programmed to kill EVA, Ocelot, and Big Boss. Drebin has been voiced by Keiji Fujiwara in Japanese and by Khary Payton in English.Jonathan
is a Korean-American who serves as the Rat Patrol team's heavy weapons specialist. His name is a reference to the lead character of '' Policenauts''. Jonathan is voiced by Hideyuki Tanaka in Japanese and by James Sie in English.Ed
is an African-American who serves as the Rat Patrol team's sniper and Meryl Sliverburgh's second-in-command. He is a tribute to the '' Policenauts'' character of the same name. Ed is voiced by Shōzō Iizuka in Japanese and by Dave Fennoy in English.The Beauty and the Beast Corps
are a team of female PMC operatives in mechanized suits seen in ''Metal Gear Solid 4''. Designed according to their animal designations, each member of the BB Corps features the likeness of a different real-life supermodel. Their "beast" form is voiced by Shōzō Iizuka in Japanese and by Fred Tatasciore in English.Laughing Octopus
wears a special cybernetic suit that can imitate the appearance of her surroundings or other people. She was born and raised in a small Scandinavian hamlet known as the Devil's Village, where the residents habitually eat octopus. After a nearby cult took offense to the village's diet, they attacked the village and tortured her into killing her entire family while laughing. This numbed her to bloodshed and spawned an obsession with laughter, particularly during battle. The character's likeness was provided by Lyndall Jarvis. Laughing Octopus is voiced by Haruna Aimoto in Japanese and by Paula Tiso in English.Raging Raven
is capable of flight, utilizing Unmanned combat aerial vehicle, UCAVs and a grenade launcher to attack her enemies. Born in Aceh, Indonesia, she was taken as a prisoner of war as a child. After months of torture and starvation, her captors abandoned the prison, leaving her and the other child prisoners to be eaten alive by raven, ravens. She was the last living child, though instead of eating her, the ravens pecked away her restraints. After finding her captors' base camp, she killed the soldiers and civilians there. The character's likeness was provided by Yumi Kikuchi. Raging Raven is voiced by Yumi Kikuchi in Japanese and by Nika Futterman in English.Crying Wolf
is the strongest member, who attacks with aScreaming Mantis
is the group's leader who can levitate or crush people at will, as well as manipulate soldiers to do her bidding. When she was young, she got trapped in a room adjacent to a torture chamber while attempting to escape death in her unknown, war torn, South American country. Unable to escape, she was driven mad by the constant screams of the tortured nearby. She has two puppets shaped like Psycho Mantis and The Sorrow, with Psycho Mantis's puppet controlling living people and The Sorrow's puppet controlling dead bodies. However, her powers only affect people implanted with nanomachines and do not affect those who can suppress nanomachine activity. It is also revealed that Psycho Mantis was controlling her mind as a result of her insanity. The character's likeness was provided by Scarlett Chorvat. Screaming Mantis is voiced by Mao Yuki in Japanese and by Andrea Zafra in English.Introduced in '' Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker''
Amanda
assumed command of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN after her father, their previous leader, was killed. After many of her members were forced out of Nicaragua by government forces, the KGB came to the Sandinistas' aid by having them operate a banana plantation as a front for drug-trafficking operations to generate funds for their rebel activities. During ''Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker'', Amanda shows a romantic interest in Naked Snake when Snake frees the Sandinista survivors from the Peace Sentinels. Towards the end of the game, Amanda leads the Sandinistas into fighting the KGB. In the game, the player can use Amanda to motivate former guerrillas recruited into MSF. In ''Ground Zeroes'', Amanda is stated to be working on MSF's Cuban operations. Amanda Libre is voiced by Romi Park in Japanese and by Grey DeLisle in English.Chico
, nicknamed , is Amanda's younger brother. During ''Peace Walker'', he tries to prove himself to her and the FSLN rebels despite his age. Following an argument, he wanders the forest until being captured by the Peace Sentinels. He also talks to Naked Snake about sightings of the Peace Walker AI weapon, which he calls "El Basilisco". Chico has an interest in cryptozoology, is the one who briefs Snake on Monster Hunter missions, and is in love with Paz Ortega Andrade. In ''Ground Zeroes'', Chico is imprisoned and tortured in Camp Omega after trying to rescue Paz, and is implied through tapes to have been forced into having sex with her. He is aboard Big Boss's helicopter when it crashes into the Caribbean Sea; ''The Phantom Pain'' states that he did not survive, although, according to concept art, he was planned to appear as an adult. Chico is voiced by Kikuko Inoue in Japanese and by Antony Del Rio in English.Huey
, nicknamed , is a wheelchair-bound scientist and Hal Emmerich's father who was born the son of aHot Coldman
is a former director of the CIA sent to manage the CIA's Latin American operations and is one of the main antagonists in ''Peace Walker''. Due to bitterness over his demotion, Coldman plans to use the Peace Sentinels and the Peace Walker Project to regain his status as a power player in Washington. The true reason behind his exile was because he planned Operation Snake Eater. Coldman believes that Deterrence theory, nuclear deterrence is a flawed theory, claiming that humans will not retaliate during a nuclear strike due to fear of destroying themselves. He also believes that, with impartial artificial intelligence, Peace Walker would guarantee retaliatory nuclear strikes against any nuclear power, ensuring true deterrence and worldwide peace. Coldman dies after being shot by Zadornov, but not before inputting Peace Walker's nuclear launch codes and leaking false data to NORAD of an impeding USSR nuclear strike against the United States. However, he is proven wrong, as senior members of NORAD planned to retaliate against the USSR. Coldman is voiced by Mugihito in Japanese and by H. Richard Greene in English.Zadornov
is one of the main antagonists in ''Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker'', who disguises himself as , a professor at the University of Peace. He possesses a red bionic right hand with a built-in lighter that can be launched like a rocket. He and his student, Paz Ortega Andrade, visit the Militaires Sans Frontières' base in Colombia to recruit MSF's services, and he assists the MSF as they uncover the Peace Sentinels' motives in Costa Rica. He later unmasks himself as a KGB intelligence operative when Coldman prepares the Peace Walker to attack the MSF's Mother Base from inside a United States base in Nicaragua. Zadornov plans to use Peace Walker to launch a nuke at Cuba and blame the attack on the United States, which would lead to communism spreading throughout Central America. The MSF and FSLN capture him and incarcerate him at Mother Base, but he breaks out and forces Big Boss to recapture him before he kills him in self-defense. Vladimir Zadornov is voiced by Hōchū Ōtsuka in Japanese and by Steve Blum, Steven Blum in English.Strangelove
is a British AI expert hired to work in the Peace Walker project and the mother of Hal Emmerich. During her stint with NASA in the late 1950s, she met and fell in love with The Boss. She later met Huey while working in the Mercury program. In ''Peace Walker'', her experience with The Boss and subsequent work in DARPA, ARPA inspires her to create the Mammal Pod as Peace Walker's AI matrix with The Boss's personality, which initially puts her at odds with Naked Snake. However, Strangelove later joins MSF and helps create Metal Gear ZEKE's AI matrix. In ''Ground Zeroes'', she leaves MSF a week before the IAEA inspection notification arrived due to the AI department being free of suspicion. ''The Phantom Pain'' reveals that she retrieved the Mammal Pod to use as a basis for Zero's AI system. After she opposed Huey's attempts to use Hal as a test subject for Metal Gear Sahelanthropus, she was locked inside the Mammal Pod to suffocate. Strangelove is voiced by Yumi Kikuchi in Japanese and by Vanessa Marshall in English.Cécile
is a French ornithologist. In ''Peace Walker'', she is caught while trying to record quetzal sounds near an Incan ruin where the Peace Walker Project's AI laboratory is located. Cécile was influenced by the May 1968 events in France, similar to other Parisian women at the time. The way her name is pronounced is a play on the phrase . She is named after and visually based on Cécile Caminades, an employee from the Paris branch of Konami Digital Entertainment. Cécile did not appear in ''Ground Zeroes'', as she had been evacuated from MSF and returned to Paris, France in preparation for the IAEA inspection. Cécile Caminades is voiced by Yū Kobayashi in Japanese and by Catherine Taber in English.Paz
is a schoolgirl at the University of Peace. First introduced in ''Peace Walker'', she is the apparent student of Ramon Galvez Mena, who recruits the Militaires Sans Frontières in Costa Rica to survey Coldman's Peace Sentinel AI experiments. In the game's true ending, she is revealed to be Pacifica Ocean, an agent of Cipher. Paz hijacks Metal Gear ZEKE and attempts to launch a nuclear warhead at the American East Coast, with the intention of framing MSF as being an extremist cult under Cipher's orders. Big Boss defeats her and she is thrown into the water from the force of ZEKE's explosion, although Big Boss suspects that she may have survived. Paz provides commentary about her deep-cover mission in a ten-part series of audio tapes called "Paz's Diary", in which she discusses life in Mother Base and her fears of a strong reprisal from Cipher if she blows her cover. Paz returns in ''Ground Zeroes'' and ''The Phantom Pain'', where she is revealed to have survived. She is rescued by Skull Face's XOF group and brought to Camp Omega, undergoing interrogation and torture and the surgical implanting of explosive devices in her abdomen and womb. Big Boss retrieved her and Chico from the camp, believing her to be instrumental in finding and stopping Cipher. During their rescue, Big Boss and Chico discover the surgical scars from one bomb inside Paz's body, which Venom Snake is forced to remove. While trying to escape XOF's assault on MSF, Paz reveals the second bomb before throwing herself from the helicopter in an attempt to save the others from the subsequent explosion, which kills her. She seemingly survives and is brought back to Diamond Dogs, but has amnesia due to dissociative identity disorder, leading her to forget about Cipher and believe herself to still be a student in 1974. After removing a bomb from her stomach in front of Snake, he realizes that she is just a hallucination stemming from guilt over not being able to save her and comes to terms with her death. Paz is voiced by Nana Mizuki in Japanese and by Tara Strong in English.Introduced in '' Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance''
Maverick Security Consulting, Inc.
A private military and security company that acts as Raiden's primary support team over the course of the game.Boris Popov
is the president of Maverick and a former Russian Army soldier. Between the Big Shell incident and Liquid Ocelot's uprising, he helped Raiden rescue Sunny from the Patriots at Area 51, having once been friends with Sergei Gurlukovich. He later founded Maverick after the fall of the Patriots, taking in former members of Big Mama's Paradise Lost army and recruiting Raiden to their ranks. Boris Popov is voiced by Takayuki Sugō, Takayuki Sugo in Japanese and by JB Blanc in English.Kevin Washington
is a military strategist who briefs Raiden on his missions and provides combat intelligence. Prior to his tenure with Maverick, he worked in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration at an NGO with ties to the United Nations, but after meeting Boris and seeing how ineffective the UN was at maintaining DDR, left and joined Maverick. Kevin Washington is voiced by Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor), Yuichi Nakamura in Japanese and by Phil LaMarr in English.Courtney Collins
is Maverick's lead data analyst. She attended the same university as Kevin, who would later recommend Maverick to her following her graduation. Courtney Collins is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro in Japanese and byDoktor
, known as , is a German cybernetics expert who helps construct Raiden's new cyborg body. He originally served as a walking-weapons researcher in East Germany, but was left jobless after Fall of the Berlin Wall, the Berlin Wall fell. He was later hired by a prosthetics laboratory in Dortmund and rose to prominence due to his knowledge of robotics and engineering. He is brought on as an adviser to Maverick to provide information on cyborg soldiers, as well as build Raiden a new body and train him in its use. Doktor is voiced by Mugihito in Japanese and by Jim Ward (voice actor), Jim Ward in English.Desperado Enforcement LLC
The game's main antagonist, Desperado, is a self-proclaimed PMC that conducts nefarious schemes. Many of its operatives are bionically enhanced.Jetstream Sam
is a master of a Brazilian fighting technique called the "New Shadow School", derived from a similar Japanese fighting style. Born and raised in Brazil, he is of Brazilians, Brazilian-Japan, Japanese heritage. Trained in swordsmanship by his father, who was killed by a former pupil under orders from a local drug cartel, Sam inherited his "Muramasa, Murasama" sword and became a vigilante and mercenary before being forced into service to Desperado by Armstrong. Known by the callsigns Jet stream, Jetstream and Minuano, Sam is deeply involved with Desperado and has a rivalry with Raiden before dying and entrusting his sword to him. An additional chapter released as downloadable content details how Sam joined Desperado. Jetstream Sam is voiced by Hiroaki Hirata in Japanese and by Philip Anthony-Rodriguez in English.Sundowner
is Desperado's unofficial leader and part of the Winds of Destruction, a team of elite operatives. His name comes from Sundowner winds, winds that occur in Southern California. Born into poverty in Alabama, he joined the military during early adulthood and participated in several conflicts before leaving the service to become a mercenary for various PMCs until the fall of SOP, becoming part of Desperado. He wears a series of explosive shields and wields two high-frequency machetes that combine into a giant pair of Scissors, shears known as "Bloodlust". He is killed by Raiden following the latter's assault on the headquarters of World Marshal Inc., a PMC. Sundowner is voiced by Ken Nishida in Japanese and by Crispin Freeman in English.Mistral
is the second member of the Winds of Destruction trio, named after Mistral (wind), the dry northern winds that blow from the Alps to the Mediterranean. Born in Algeria to French and Algerian parents, she was orphaned as a child during the Algerian Civil War, finding and murdering those responsible years later. She briefly served in the French Foreign Legion before being recruited into Desperado by Armstrong. Her cybernetic body is capable of hosting multiple limbs taken from Dwarf Gekkos. She wields a long staff made of Dwarf Gekko arms that also acts as a whip, known as "L'Etranger" ("The Stranger"). She is killed by Raiden during a mission in Abkhazia after being doused in liquid nitrogen. Mistral is voiced by Romi Park in Japanese and by Salli Saffioti in English.Monsoon
is the third member of the Winds of Destruction, named after Monsoon, the seasonal wind systems that occur in West Africa and Australasia, in addition to being born in Cambodia. He has the ability to magnetically dislocate segments of his body to attack from a distance and wields smoke grenades and a pair of Sai (weapon), sai known as "Dystopia". His personality is that of a nihilism, nihilistic, misanthropy, misanthropic Sociopathy, sociopath, which is implied to be the result of trauma from Khmer Rouge's reign of terror. He is killed by Raiden during the latter's assault on World Marshal's headquarters. Monsoon is voiced by Masashi Ebara in Japanese and by John Kassir in English.Blade Wolf
, initially known as IF Prototype LQ-84i, is an unmanned AI weapon in Desperado's arsenal. When Raiden defeats the machine, Doktor rebuilds it as Raiden's ally. After nearly being destroyed by Armstrong, it comes to live with Sunny at SOLIS. An additional chapter released as downloadable content details part of Blade Wolf's history with Desperado prior to its first encounter with Raiden. Blade Wolf is voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya in Japanese and by Michael Beattie in English.Khamsin
is an unofficial fourth member of the Winds of Destruction, who appears in the Blade Wolf DLC chapter, named after Khamsin, a hot, dry, dusty south–north wind in North Africa and the Middle East. He was discharged from the United States Marine Corps, Marines due to friction between him and his teammates, and is held in similarly low regard by Desperado. His body from the waist down is replaced with connectors to a large mech suit, and he wields a chainsaw/battle-axe. Blade Wolf is manipulated by Mistral into killing Khamsin, whom she believes to be a problem. Khamsin is voiced by Rikiya Koyama in Japanese and by Benito Martinez (actor), Benito Martinez in English.Senator Armstrong
is a Colorado United States Senate, senator, the primary backer of Desperado and World Marshal, and the main antagonist of '' Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance''. He seeks to be elected as president of the United States in order to rebuild it from within, purging those too weak or impoverished to contribute to society. He uses nanomachines to enhance his strength and transform parts of his skin into metallic armor, reducing the effectiveness of attacks. Though he attempts to use Metal Gear EXCELSUS to assassinate the US president in Pakistan, EXCELSUS is destroyed by Raiden, who ultimately kills him. In the Jetstream DLC, Armstrong is revealed to be the one who cut off Sam's arm. Steven Armstrong is voiced by Unshō Ishizuka in Japanese and by Alastair Duncan (actor, born 1958), Alastair Duncan in English.Introduced in '' Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain''
Venom Snake
, also known as and Big Boss' phantom, is Big Boss's Double (occupation), body double. He is an unnamed combat medic in '' Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes'' and the player character in '' Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain''. In 1975, he was among Big Boss's Militaires Sans Frontières private forces. During a helicopter extraction at a U.S. Naval prison facility in Cuba, he removed a time bomb within Pacifica Ocean and shielded Big Boss from a bomb, resulting in the loss of his left arm and fragments of bones, teeth, and a large piece of Shrapnel (fragment), shrapnel lodged within his cerebral cortex. They fall into a coma for nine years and are transferred to a hospital in Cyprus, where he was subjected to Zero's subconscious brainwashing and facial reconstruction as a mental doppelgänger who awakens in 1984 and draws attention away from Big Boss. Snake takes command of the Diamond Dogs mercenary unit as revenge for fallen comrades with a "Mother Base" near Seychelles, with Kazuhira Miller and Revolver Ocelot as advisers. Snake engages in missions inSkull Face
is the main antagonist of '' Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes'' and '' Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain''. The commander of the mysterious XOF special-forces unit, his identity and nationality are initially unknown, and he claims to have forgotten his native language, though can speak Hungarian language, Hungarian and is later revealed to have been born in Transylvania before it was returned to Romanian control. Unable to establish a consistent identity, Skull Face came to resent cultural imperialism and Cipher's ideology. The injuries that resulted in his appearance were sustained when a rapeseed, rapeseed oil factory his parents worked in was bombed on suspicion of manufacturing weapons, after which he was taken to the Soviet Union and subjected to an early form of "parasite therapy", in which parasitic organisms were introduced into his body to keep him alive. He was later infected with one of Code Talker's parasites, making it impossible for him to speak his native language. He eventually became a spy and assassin specializing in poisons, killing Joseph Stalin as revenge for the subjugation of Romania. Skull Face considers the bombing to have burned the humanity out of him, and tortures his captives to the brink of death in order to witness their hope being extinguished, believing that he can discover the source of his own hope and regain his humanity. Initially, Skull Face became an agent of the XOF organization created by Zero to provide intel and support during missions, but grew resentful of Zero's fame while Cipher kept him in the shadows. By ''Ground Zeroes'', he is a senior operative working on behalf of Cipher; he expresses dissatisfaction with Zero's leadership and seeks information that will lead him to Zero. As the commander of XOF, he authorizes and participates in the torture and imprisonment of Paz and Chico, later leading an assault which results in the partial destruction of Big Boss's Militaires Sans Frontières. By ''The Phantom Pain'', Skull Face has fallen out of favor with Cipher and been exiled to Africa, where he revives a project designed to weaponize a parasite as a form of ethnic cleansing, as it targets and kills speakers of different languages. He uses the project to develop a strain of vocal cord parasite that targets English speakers, intending to unleash it against Cipher and start a new Cold War by giving easy-to-make nuclear weapons to minority groups. To do this, he activates the unfinished Metal Gear ST-84 "Sahelanthropus", but is betrayed and left crushed under a broken girder while Venom Snake neutralizes the ST-84. Skull Face accepts his defeat, apparent by his quoting of David Bowie's "Space Oddity". However, he is incapacitated and begs to be killed, but Snake and Kazuhira Miller shoot him, detaching his right arm and left leg, before leaving him to die. After Dr. Emmerich kills him with a gunshot, his remains are cremated when the parasites within still exhibit life signs in order to kill him for good. Skull Face is voiced by Takaya Hashi in Japanese and by James Horan (actor), James Horan in English.Quiet
is a sniper who appears in ''The Phantom Pain''. She is part of a team attempting to kill Big Boss when he is discovered by Cipher, but suffers severe third-degree burns and is kept alive through parasite therapy that gives her the ability to photosynthesize light, breathe through her skin, cloak herself, and move with superhuman speed and strength. After being defeated by Venom Snake in open combat, she is brought back to Mother Base and begins participating in missions with Snake. As their relationship develops, she is infected with the English-language strain of vocal cord parasites as a means of assassinating Snake, demanding her silence in order to prevent her symptoms from showing. Although the Diamond Dogs cure the infection, Quiet refuses the treatment due to her latent desire for revenge. However, following the mutation of the parasite, she realizes that her silence is not enough to prevent symptoms from spreading and allows herself to be captured by Soviet forces in Afghanistan. Though Snake rescues her, they are lost in a sandstorm as Soviet forces hunt them down, prompting Quiet to speak English to direct a helicopter to their location, awakening the parasite. After leaving a goodbye message to Snake, she disappears in the Afghan desert to prevent the infection from spreading. Dutch model Stefanie Joosten provided Quiet's likeness, motion capture, and voice.Code Talker
is a Navajo people, Navajo biologist who specializes in parasite research. Born in 1880, he has survived for over a century due to his research, in which he identified and injected himself with the same species of parasite that gave The End his powers and longevity. Code Talker was ordered by Skull Face to duplicate the vocal cord parasite for use in his plan under the threat of the extermination of his people. He was later rescued by the Diamond Dogs and brought back to Mother Base to aid in finding a way to prevent or cure the parasite. Code Talker is voiced by Osamu Saka in Japanese and by Jay Tavare in English.Skulls
The , also known as the , are an elite force of Supersoldier, supersoldiers working for XOF. They possess glowing turquoise eyes thanks to a strain of Code Talker's parasites, which grants them enhanced abilities at the cost of their cognitive functions; these abilities include optical camouflage, corrosive gas dispersal, shapeshifting, and rock-like metallic armor.D.D.
D.D., short for Diamond Dog, is a trained wolf who assists Diamond Dogs in ''The Phantom Pain''. Venom Snake finds him in Afghanistan as an orphaned puppy and brings him back to Diamond Dogs, where Ocelot trains him to provide support on missions.Groups and organizations
Outer Heaven
is the manifestation of Big Boss's ideology throughout the ''Metal Gear'' titles. The original iteration is a nation-state that serves as the original ''Metal Gear'' game's setting, located 200 kilometers north of the Garzburg, South Africa. A mercenary financed the nation's establishment to attract disillusioned soldiers, with a massive fortress as its centerpiece. Its potential threat to world affairs is boosted with the deployment of the TX-55 Metal Gear. In the game, FOXHOUND commander Big Boss orders Solid Snake to infiltrate the mercenary state and destroy Metal Gear. After Snake defies expectations and destroys Metal Gear, the nation's apparent leader confronts Snake but is defeated, with Outer Heaven destroyed as well. In ''Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake'', the fortified nation of in Central Asia declares themselves a nuclear power thanks to Metal Gear D provided by Big Boss, but his former subordinate infiltrates Zanzibar and defeats Metal Gear and Big Boss. Subsequent concepts of the ideology continue in the first two ''Metal Gear Solid'' games, where Liquid Snake's FOXHOUND takes over Shadow Moses Island in ''Metal Gear Solid'' to threaten the world with Metal Gear REX, and Solidus Snake enacts a plan in ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' to detonate an electro-magnetic pulse in New York to destroy the Patriots' AI systems; both plans are foiled by Solid Snake and his allies. Outer Heaven's origins are depicted in ''Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops'' as Naked Snake's response to Gene's "Army Heaven"; the former is given data, resources, and personnel after the latter's defeat. A new iteration appears in ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' as Liquid Ocelot's mother company that runs five PMCs: Praying Mantis, Pieuvre Armement, Raven Sword, Werewolf, and Otselotovaya Khvatka thanks to a weak-spot within the Patriots' AI network. After Old Snake and Otacon use the FOXALIVE virus to destroy the Patriots, Ocelot believes that Big Boss's dream has finally been achieved.FOXHOUND
, alternatively spelled "FOX-HOUND" or "FOX HOUND", is a US Army elite special forces unit. FOXHOUND was originally established in 1990 to cope with local revolutions, regional complications, and global terrorist activities; ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' would later retcon the year FOXHOUND was established, stating in the ending timeline that FOXHOUND was established in 1971. The unit specializes in Black operation, black ops, carrying out top-secret operations within "unauthorized" combat zones that are too politically sensitive to intervene in through conventional means. In the MSX2 versions of ''Metal Gear'' and ''Metal Gear 2'', FOXHOUND members are often referred to as "FOX HOUNDERS", although this term fell into disuse in later versions. In the original ''Metal Gear'', FOXHOUND has Big Boss as the team's commanding officer while Solid Snake and Gray Fox serve as field operatives. However, Big Boss betrays the unit by the end of the game. In ''Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake'', Roy Campbell goes from the unit's executive officer to the new commanding officer, while drill instructor Master Miller and military strategist George Kasler form part of Solid Snake's support crew in the game. The FOXHOUND unit turns rogue in ''Metal Gear Solid'' as the under Liquid Snake's leadership (Revolver Ocelot, Psycho Mantis, Sniper Wolf, Vulcan Raven and Decoy Octopus), involved in a terrorist revolt on Shadow Moses Island in hopes of threatening the world with Metal Gear REX as a second "Outer Heaven". However, they are defeated/killed by Solid Snake with help from Otacon, the Cyborg Ninja, and Meryl Silverburgh. The unit is subsequently disbanded; however, Raiden believes himself to be in the service of a new version in ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' under the command of an AI fascimile of Campbell controlled by the Patriots, and Meryl Silverburgh wears FOXHOUND's shoulder sleeve insignia in ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' as the leader of , composed of Johnny, Ed and Akiba. Outside of the ''Metal Gear'' series, FOXHOUND is mentioned in '' Snatcher'' as a military unit that JUNKER Chief Benson Cunningham previously served, and in '' Policenauts'' as Meryl's former unit.The Patriots
, also referred to as the , are a secret cabal that controls the United States. The group is initially believed to be led by an inner circle of twelve people known as . In ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', the Patriots manipulate the story's events. During the Tanker incident, they begin a smear campaign against Snake to frame his organization Philanthropy for an oil tanker's destruction in New York. During the Big Shell incident, Solidus Snake leads the , consisting of Revolver Ocelot, Olga Gurlukovich and the Dead Cell members, to take over Arsenal Gear. As it houses the AI George Washington, GW to censor the flow of digital information as a third "Outer Heaven", they plan to use the Metal Gear RAY on New York to trigger an electromagnetic pulse and permanently destroy the Patriots' AI systems. However, the Patriots manipulated agents to ensure their demise by Solid Snake and Raiden. Philanthropy later acquires a disk containing the identities of the Wisemen's Committee and learns that its members have been dead for "about a hundred years". ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' revealed that the Patriots were created from Zero's paranoia in the form of four computer Artificial intelligence, AIs: Thomas Jefferson, TJ, Theodore Roosevelt, TR, Abraham Lincoln, AL and George Washington, GW, controlled by a fifth proxy AI, John Doe, JD. The AIs were originally created to carry out Zero's will due to his age and skepticism that human subordinates would be able to do so. However, over time, the system evolved from its original purpose to create a new world order based on war economies. The Patriots' network is shut down when Naomi Hunter's and Sunny's FOXALIVE computer worm uses GW as a conduit to access the others. The Patriots' AI (as the Colonel in ''Metal Gear Solid 2'') is voiced byPhilanthropy
is a U.N.-recognized anti-Metal Gear non-governmental organization in ''Metal Gear Solid 2''. Its primary members consist of Solid Snake, Hal Emmerich, and Mei Ling. A large amount of the startup funds for the organization were provided by Nastasha Romanenko. Being an NGO, while the U.N. recognizes its existence, it has no official government backing. As Philanthropy is a semi-clandestine organization, Otacon must sometimes obtain equipment and information through less-than-legal methods; Snake mentions that on more than one occasion, Otacon has hacked classified networks to 'appropriate' experimental technology. In addition, it was also involved in activities comparable to terrorism.The Philosophers
were an inner circle consisting of the Wisemen's Committee's members, which was formed at the end of World War I when the leaders of the United States, China, and Bolshevik Russia entered a secret pact to pool money and rebuild countries affected by the war. The group's amassed amount totaled 100 billion dollars to fund war efforts and research; this sum became known as the "Philosopher's Legacy". After the original members' deaths during the 1930s, their followers began infighting to inherit the fund left by the original members. In ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', Volgin uses the Philosopher's Legacy to create the fortress within the Soviet branch, with the Shagohod and The Boss as collateral. Naked Snake retrieves the Philosophers' Legacy after the defeats of Volgin and The Boss for the American branch, but EVA proceeds to steal it from him, as she is working for the Chinese Philosophers. It is revealed during the post-credits scene that Ocelot swapped out the microfilm containing the Legacy for a fake, keeping the real one for himself, which he later gives to the American Philosophers. The game's ending timeline establishes that a reorganized American branch of the Philosophers, which later becomes Cipher, is formed after accumulating the missing funds; ''Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops'' instead shows Ocelot killing the DCI to end the Philosophers and obtain documents containing the Philosophers' identities and the location of the organization's funds.FOX
The is introduced in ''Metal Gear Solid 3'' as Zero's special forces unit, with Naked Snake as its first agent and Para-Medic and Sigint as additional support. The FOX unit turns renegade in ''Portable Ops'' under Gene's ultimate goal of that victimizes soldiers in pursuit of Gene's goals. In response, Naked Snake and Roy Campbell form their own team of specialists which goes on to become the FOXHOUND unit. Big Boss wears the FOX unit's shoulder sleeve insignia on the right side of his uniform in ''Peace Walker'' and ''Ground Zeroes''. A covert strike force, XOF, appears in ''Metal Gear Solid V'' under Skull Face's leadership. Originally a support network for FOX, XOF secretly continued as a black ops division of Cipher before having gone rogue, as shown when they remove any identifying markings from both personnel and equipment in ''Ground Zeroes''. After carrying out a successful assault on MSF's Mother Base, XOF are eventually destroyed by the Diamond Dogs led by Venom Snake in ''The Phantom Pain''. FOX's insignia is a stylized yellow fox on a black background, while XOF's insignia is a black fox on a yellow background.MSF
is Naked Snake's mercenary group in '' Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker''. Their name is a play on that of the real-world Humanitarian aid, humanitarian-aid NGO Médecins Sans Frontières, dedicated to assisting countries ravaged by war and epidemics that are in need of doctors and medical experts. The ''HD Edition'' version of ''Peace Walker'' displays an announcement before the title screen, stating that the fictional mercenary group is not in any way linked to the real group. Despite this, the group is never mentioned by name in ''Metal Gear Solid V'' and the unit's emblem was modified to omit its name. MSF's logo is a skull stylized after Pangaea inside a yellow and black circle. Per The Boss's will, Snake conceptualized MSF as capable of providing combat support to any individual or country, regardless of other factors. Kazuhira Miller helps develop MSF into a private military contractor offering a wide range of services on their in the Caribbean Sea, thanks to Vladimir Zadornov and Paz Ortega Andrade during Coldman's Peace Sentinel takeover within Costa Rica and later the MSF's own housing of Metal Gear ZEKE. '' Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes'' shows that the MSF unit is all but gone after the mysterious XOF organization attacks; many of the MSF personnel on assignment at the time of the attack return right away, are disheartened by Big Boss's apparent death, and later move on to work in other mercenary outfits. The group is renamed "Out Of Order" in the Japanese language novelizations of ''Peace Walker'' and ''The Phantom Pain'' authored by Hitori Nojima, and appears in the subtitles for the Japanese version of ''The Phantom Pain'' but is never spoken by the actual characters.Cipher
is an American covert intelligence agency that served as the Philosophers' reorganized American branch and the Patriots' precursor. The group is officially mentioned in '' Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker'' and referenced throughout most of '' Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes'' and '' Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain''. The organization was initially formed by Zero alongside Big Boss to fulfill The Boss's ideal unified world. A fallout occurred wherein Big Boss and Zero interpreted The Boss's will differently; Big Boss wanted a world where soldiers were not used as government tools with Revolver Ocelot and EVA as support, whereas Zero took to control of the entire world to ensure unification which would eventually grow too corrupt. As seen with Donald Anderson and Dr. Clark, and having Pacifica Ocean oppose MSF via Metal Gear ZEKE, Cipher ends up disorganized by Skull Face's ambitions.Diamond Dogs
The are a splinter organization made from MSF's surviving remnants under Venom Snake's command in '' Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain''. The Diamond Dogs is based out of a new Mother Base in the Seychelles, given out of gratitude for their assistance in fighting off a History of Seychelles, coup, with Kazuhira Miller and Revolver Ocelot as second in command. The Diamond Dogs' logo consists of a profile shot of a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog overlaid upon a cut diamond, finished off with a yellow scroll featuring the words "Diamond Dogs".Reception
The characters from the ''Metal Gear'' series have been well-received by gamers, with Solid Snake and Raiden appearing in a ''Famitsu'' poll that listed the fifty best video game characters; while the former was at the top, the latter was 42nd. Solid Snake has also appeared in multiple lists of best characters in gaming history, while Raiden and Revolver Ocelot were found as characters who should have their own spin-off games. While the variety of characters has been noted, publications often found some out of place as a result of their abilities and confusing changes occurring within them. The characters have also been praised for their actions within fight scenes, resulting in appealing cutscenes. The boss (video gaming), bosses have been praised not only for the requirements for defeating them, but also for the importance they have within the story. Various video game publications have made feature articles regarding who is the best boss character within the series, though results have varied. During 2004, The Boss was awarded "Best New Character" by GameSpot for her role in ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''. In 2013, GamesRadar praised the character roles of Revolver Ocelot/Liquid Ocelot, Psycho Mantis, The Boss, and Steven Armstrong, placing them in their list of 100 best villains in video games.References
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