ELITE SQUAD Character Bios

Aaron Keener believes he is the best of the best and indispensable. He is a master manipulator, who knows how to get people to do what he wants and make them think it was their idea. Secretly, he is terrified of being considered as irrelevant, and instead chooses to make himself notorious.

Now, Keener is one of Elite Squad’s most valuable assets. Whether in or out of battle, his unique talents can almost always ensure the success of the mission. Keener has accepted the team’s terms quicker than expected, and a surveillance team keeps a close eye on whether his allegiances are true or if this is another one of his manipulations.

A living legend among the Ghosts, Diaz has earned her reputation as a dependable and deadly sniper many times over. Born with an insatiable sense of wanderlust, she joined the army in order to see the world, quickly taking to the life and proving herself elite. Patient and laser-focused, she remains cool and collected on the battlefield no matter the situation.

Socially reserved, Diaz will join in an activity but won’t instigate one. She volunteered for Elite Squad reluctantly, as much to serve as the Ghosts’ eyes and ears on the team as to confront the ObtainR threat. Diaz has precisely zero trust in the plan to recruit known criminals, and when one of them turns, she plans to be there to deal with it.

Raised in Santa Cruz with his youth spent lazing on a sun-drenched beach, at one time Brian Johnson felt passionate about becoming a professional surfer. That is, until one bad breakup led to a rash enlistment in the Navy. Seeing a natural transition from military to police, Johnson hung up his surfboard to join the Baltimore Police Department. He soon qualified for the local quick response team, taking on a role as a sharpshooter specialist.

It wasn’t long before his emergency response expertise caught the attention of the Strategic Homeland Division, where he would ultimately join waves of Agents into the Green Poison chaos in Washington, D.C.. Now, decades apart from his carefree surf life, Johnson has been seconded to Elite Squad’s crew of specialists, where he’s resolved to put the sun behind him if it means fighting for a brighter future.

Self-aggrandizing and quick-tempered, Charles Bliss could never stomach orders from top military officials whose leadership he deemed inferior to his own. Bliss found greater fortune in private military. As a self-appointed Lt. Colonel, he finally had command of his own private army.

Obsessed with power and control, Bliss would ultimately lead the PMC to ruin. He’s been offered a presidential pardon for his crimes in exchange for his allegiance to Elite Squad, under the strict supervision of Sam Fisher and Fourth Echelon. Bliss has grudgingly agreed to help, but despite Fisher’s promise that stepping out of line will land him at the wrong end of a gun barrel, his ego won’t stay in check forever.

The merciless leader of a rogue unit called Wolves, Lt. Colonel Cole D. Walker is a highly trained and deadly opponent. Walker is an elite operator even amongst his peers. A former 101st Airborne, Delta Force team member, he’s broken every possible training record, graduated top of his class, and has survived countless missions. At one time Walker was a patriot, who fought tirelessly for his country. Feeling betrayed, he turned against the United States, renouncing it as a nation of divided fools.

Despite his grievances with America, Walker knows that joining forces with Nomad and Scott Mitchell is the only way to take down ObtainR. The team’s leaders have agreed to put aside their differences and work together, but it won’t be long before Walker’s predatory instinct puts him back on the prowl.

A rogue mercenary with a track record for apprehending dangerous criminals, Major Curtis Bowman is a skilled soldier who walks the line between darkness and light. A former US Air Force pilot who turned to the mercenary life after surviving a mountainside plane crash. Calling himself “Zeal”, Curtis is a self-styled, military dogmatist who lives by personal codes and believes himself to be a direct descendant of an ancient warrior monk. Curtis is unpredictable, a violent brawler, an elite ground operator, an expert fighter pilot, and a card-carrying spy who goes by multiple identities.

Recently, he has come under investigation for his questionable methods. Not coincidentally, Elite Squad has offered Curtis a shot at redemption if he chooses to fight on their side. He’s managed to stay on the correct side of the law so far and knows that turning down the offer could mean tipping the scales. Curtis isn’t ready for life on the run just yet, but he always considers it as a future possibility.

Born and raised in Los Angeles California, Hank Hua fought as a member of a rogue unit called Wolves. Seeing himself as an innovator on a new kind of battlefield, Hua shows an almost childlike excitement for cutting-edge military tech. The youngest member of his team, he hasn’t racked up the same body count as his fellow Trackers, and so they don’t quite respect him. Regardless, Hua is by far the most technically capable, and has mastered the use of autonomous killer drones to defeat opponents, aptly earning him the nickname “Flycatcher”.

Arrested for his crimes against the Auroa Archipelago Homesteaders, Elite Squad cut a deal with Hua, aiming to redirect his genius on combating the ObtainR theat. Thrilled about the team’s subculture of geek-soldiers and advanced technology, Hua immediately accepted the offer.

Future-minded technologist and gifted fighter pilot, Captain Kelsa Townsend leads the H.A.W.X. team’s advanced AI weapons division. The daughter of a truck driver, Townsend grew up in rural towns across the US. With aspirations of space travel from a young age, she eventually put herself through college via ROTC, and achieved degrees in engineering and biological science. Although she identifies more with computer geeks than guns, her drive to excel led her to qualify for special operations, where Townsend trained to be both a door-kicking ground operator and skilled fighter pilot wrapped up into one of the H.A.W.X. team’s top specialists.

After finally logging enough flight hours to qualify for astronaut training, Townsend is not thrilled about joining Elite Squad. However, she understands the high stakes of the mission, and knows that her expertise will give the team a much-needed combat edge. Townsend hopes that once the dust settles here on Earth, she can finally reach the stars.

A master at espionage and tactical infiltration, Sarah Fisher is the daughter of America’s top counterintelligence spy. Raised in U.S. military bases and safe houses around the world, Sarah was routinely faced with more crisis scenarios than most agents will see in a lifetime. Loyal to those lucky enough to be on her good side, when the mission starts, she’s a cunning and brutal field agent.

Sarah carefully safeguards her identity, mission, and whereabouts—especially from her dad. Determined to pursue her own path, Sarah trained under her uncle—and Sam Fisher’s closest friend—Victor Coste. After swearing to Sam that he’d never pull her into field work, Coste knows that there’ll be hell to pay the day Sam Fisher discovers his little girl excels at being a spy.

A formidable member of Rainbow Six, native Australian Tori Fairous is a decorated officer with the Special Air Service Regiment, and a genius mechanic. With a can-do Aussie attitude, Fairous has expertise on a range of weapons, intelligence gathering, and close protection. Yet, despite her military pedigree, Fairous’ first love is mechanical engineering; in particular working on engines, making battle robots, and building experimental tactical gadgets.

Fairous shies away from the limelight, and has turned down many promotions throughout her career. She initially rejected Elite Squad’s offer to join, claiming that there are far better operators for the mission. Despite her modesty, Fairous’ drive and propensity to take the lead, means that she’s exactly the right specialist to face off against ObtainR.