Blood Brothers

"Take down Makarov at the Hotel Lustig."

- Level description

"Blood Brothers" is the fourteenth mission of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

This is arguably both the most striking and decisive level of the game as it sees the death of the series main character John "Soap" MacTavish (starting the chain of events that both Yuri and Captain Price would follow for the rest of the campaign) and reveals Makarov´s backstory in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

It also puts on a close the "15 years before" prequel of the trilogy, showing up the reason of Zakhaev's survival in "One Shot, One Kill".

Characters

 * Yuri (playable)
 * John "Soap" MacTavish (K.I.A.)
 * John Price
 * Kamarov (K.I.A.)
 * Vladimir Makarov
 * Nikolai (mentioned only)
 * Resistance Leader (K.I.A.)
 * Imran Zakhaev (flashback, W.I.A.)
 * Lev (flashback)
 * Viktor (flashback)
 * Kiril (flashback)
 * Joseph "Alexei Borodin" Allen (flashback)

Plot
The mission starts off with Soap and Yuri on top of a church tower waiting for Makarov's convoy so they can assassinate him. Captain Price and Kamarov are also attempting to ambush Makarov inside the main building. After Soap and Yuri kill the guards on the balcony, Price rappels into the building and finds Kamarov strapped on a seat with C4. However, Makarov, aware of the way in which Price and MacMillan attempted to assassinate Zakhaev, prepared for them earlier. The former then speaks on the radio saying "Captain Price, Hell awaits you" ("Captain Price. Ад ждет тебя"), and detonates the explosives strapped to Kamarov, killing him and nearly taking Price with him. After watching Price and Kamarov in the building across the street, Makarov then says "Yuri, my friend. You never should have come here."

When the explosives that were hidden in the building where Soap and Yuri were situated detonate, Soap pushes Yuri out of a window right before the building explodes (Soap manages to jump, but gets caught within the blast radius) and Yuri and Soap fall down onto the ground. Soap is hit by a pile of falling debris, which mortally wounds him. Price then comes to help Yuri and Soap. Price helps Soap and the three run across the town plaza but Soap stumbles. Yuri grabs him and resumes escaping from the large enemy force firing at them. Turning a corner, Price spots an enemy helicopter, and the three quickly get off the road as Price blows a hole in a nearby building and they escape inside. Yuri then sets Soap down next to a skip, where Price picks him up and hands Yuri his M4A1. Yuri protects Soap and Price as they move through a shop, eventually arriving in a small courtyard.

Taking cover behind a statue, Price decides that it is not safe there and the three move into an office. Emerging out of the office, Yuri engages more hostiles in the street, and as enemy forces start to converge on their position, they run into a nearby shop. Yuri then covers the other two as they run through a basketball court. As enemies start to close in on the three, Czech Resistance fighters emerge from a building behind Yuri. As they fend off the hostiles, Soap is moved inside and placed on a table. Though Price and Yuri desparately attempt to stop Soap's bleeding, their efforts are in vain. Soap tells Price that Makarov knows Yuri, and with that he succumbs to his wounds. After Soap's death, Price takes Soap's dog-tags and field journal, then pulls out his M1911 (the very same pistol Price had slid to Soap to kill Zakhaev, which was later given back to Price after he was rescued from the Russian gulag) and lays it on Soap's chest saying, "I'm sorry." A few seconds later, hostiles attack the Resistance. Price and Yuri escape and they reach a door, which Price tells Yuri to open. When he opens it, a stairway is revealed; then Price, furious over his friend's death, punches Yuri down the flight of stairs and holds him at gunpoint, demanding how he knows Makarov, which prompts a series of flashbacks.

Yuri's flashbacks
"I was a soldier of Russia, not a taker of innocent lives. But in his eyes, this marked me as the enemy."

- Yuri

Yuri, and Makarov, it transpires, were both present at Price and MacMillan's attempted assassination on Imran Zakhaev in Pripyat. Makarov and Yuri were in the car, with Makarov in the driver seat and Yuri in the backseat. Makarov explains to Yuri the reason of the deal they were making. Imran Zakhaev was shot by Price in the left arm and quickly gets in the car. Makarov quickly drives, running over several of their own men in the process. He is then seen with Vladimir Makarov when Makarov was ordered by Khaled Al-Asad to detonate the nuclear bomb that killed 30,000 U.S. Marines, including Sgt. Paul Jackson, while standing at the safe distance as they witness the explosion. In another flashback, he attempts to stop Makarov from killing civilians in Zakhaev International Airport. It is learnt that Yuri tried to leak information that could prove detrimental to Makarov, but failed. Yuri was then shot in the abdomen, and left for dead. Makarov, aware of Joseph Allen's presence, kills the American after the mission. Yuri managed to get into the elevator that led up to the airport lobby, shortly after Makarov's team opened fire at the civilians, and attempted to kill Makarov with a guard's P99, but blacked out, at which point paramedics found him. After surviving Makarov's betrayal, a new burning hatred for the man was instilled in Yuri. When the flashbacks cease, he explains to Price that he was "a soldier of Russia, not a taker of innocent lives." Price then tells Yuri that he's bought himself some time for the time being.

Intel
34. After entering a store through the back, find the intel lying on the ground of the store. This is right after Price picks up Soap.

Achievements/Trophies

 * Requiem (10 Gamerscore.png/ Bronze Trophy Bronze Trophy PS3 icon.png) - Complete "Blood Brothers" on any difficulty.
 * The Darkest Hour (25 Gamerscore.png/ Silver Trophy Silver Trophy PS3 icon.png) - Complete "Eye of the Storm", "Blood Brothers" and "Stronghold" on Veteran difficulty.