General Shepherd

"Five years ago, I lost 30,000 men in the blink of an eye... and the world just fuckin' watched. Tomorrow, there will be no shortage of volunteers, no shortage of patriots. I know you understand."

- Shepherd about to shoot Soap

Lieutenant General Hershel von Shepherd III is a U.S. Army general in charge of Task Force 141, And the main antagonist of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. At the beginning, he was a supporting character but becomes the main antagonist after betraying Task Force 141.

Before 2016, Shepherd commanded 30,000 marines in the Middle East in the Second Russian Civil War. Shepherd watched in horror as the nuclear bomb killed his fellow marines. With the explosion of the bomb, the general wanted to find a way to bring America back to global power. In the battle for occupying Afghanistan, Shepherd wanted an enemy to help increase the military. He found an enemy in Vladimir Makarov. Now that he had Task Force 141, Shepherd had Joseph Allen go undercover in Moscow disguised as Alexei Borodin. Allen/Borodin was killed at Zakhaev International Airport and the Russians blamed America for the attack. The Secratary of Defense gave Shepherd command of the U.S. Military and now he had the manpower to try and become a hero and bring Ultranationalist Russia to the ground.

Sometime after the recues of Capt. Price, Shepherd planned a personal war against the Ultranationalists and anyone who knew of Joseph Allen. Shepherd sent Roach and Ghost to capture intel on Makarov, then he mercillessly executed them and gave them a sadistic funeral pyre, when Shepherd soaked them in gas and lit them with his cigarette. Shepherd and his Shadow Company then began their plan to kill Makarov and the rest of Task Force 141. At the boneyard, Makarov reveals Shepherd's command base to be Site Hotel Bravo. With his command falling apart, Shepherd tries to flee in a helicopter, which is shot down by Price and Soap. Shepherd escapes the crash and pinned MacTavish down. The general then told Soap of the past incidents before preparing to execute him. Price saved Soap and the two fought. Just when Shepherd was about to beat Price to death, Soap threw the knife Shepherd pinned him with into the general's left eye, killing him. He was later buried at the Arlington National Cemetary and was called a "War Hero" by many people at that time.

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