Farid

Farid is a playable character in the Call of Duty: Black Ops II campaign. Not only is Farid the tech expert of Seal Team Six as he guides the team through Colossus in Karma, but he is also a mole in Cordis Die under deep-cover for the CIA.

He is playable in the mission "Achilles' Veil". On account of him being unable to be marked as friendly, he must fight against Yemeni soldiers in order to keep his disguise as a member of Cordis Die. Raul Menendez was aware that there is a mole in his operation since the start of the mission, and at the end, after shooting down a VTOL with Mike Harper inside, he instructs Farid to kill Harper to show his allegiance to Cordis Die. The player, however, is given a choice of either shooting Menendez, who is behind Harper, or shooting Harper himself.

Either option leads to Farid being killed by Menendez, Salazar or DeFalco.

Outcome 1=Shoot Harper, DeFalco survives Karma, Chloe rescued in Second Chance. Farid shoots Mike Harper in the head and proves to Raul Menendez that he is loyal. Farid is then knocked out by a VTOL explosion. When he comes round he is taken to the U.S.S. Obama. Later on, in the mission Odysseus, Farid will save Chloe's life by killing DeFalco during Menendez's attack on the ship, however is shot through the head by Salazar. Outcome 2=Shoot Harper, DeFalco survives Karma, Chloe is not rescued. Farid shoots Harper in the head and proves to Menendez that he is loyal. Farid is then knocked out by a VTOL explosion. When he comes round he is taken to the U.S.S. Obama. Later on, in the mission Odysseus, Farid will attempt to kill DeFalco during Menendez's attack on the ship. He succeeds but will also get killed by DeFalco himself. Outcome 3=Shoot Harper, DeFalco is killed in Karma Farid shoots Mike Harper in the head and proves to Raul Menendez that he is loyal. Farid is then knocked out by a VTOL explosion. When he comes round he is taken to the U.S.S. Obama. Later on, in the mission Odysseus, Farid will save Chloe's life by jumping in front of Salazar's bullet but he himself is killed in the process. Outcome 4=Shoot Menendez. Farid attempts to shoot at Menendez, however Menendez dodges the shot and executes Farid with his Executioner. This will cause Harper to be spared.

Trivia

 * Farid is also the name of a track in Call of Duty: Black Ops II 's Official Soundtrack.
 * He is the only playable character in the game to die regardless of the player's actions.
 * He is the second Middle Eastern character to be playable in the series, the first being Yasir Al-Fulani from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.