Gabriel T. Rorke

"To us, Rorke was a legend. The man could walk through hell and not get burned. Ghosts were the best of the best. But Rorke was the reason we were feared."

- Elias Walker

Captain Gabriel Rorke is the main antagonist in Call of Duty: Ghosts. Formerly the leader of the Ghosts, his last action as part of the organization was to lead a covert mission in Caracas to assassinate Federation leader General Diego Almagro, twelve years prior to the events of Call of Duty: Ghosts. During the mission, then-Lieutenant Elias T. Walker was forced to abandon Rorke when the latter was caught in falling debris and pulled into a nearby river. Rorke was captured and tortured by the Federation, who eventually brainwashed him to their cause, drawing upon Rorke's resentment of Walker and the Ghosts for leaving him behind. He now serves as the Federation's ultimate weapon, hunting down his former comrades in order to clear the way for the Federation takeover of the United States of America.

Biography
Gabriel Rorke was the Captain of Ghosts after the battle of the Ghost Story. In Caracus, Federation Leader Diego Almagro attacked. Rorke, Lieutenant Elias Walker, Sergeant Thomas Merrick, and private Alex "Ajax" Johnson fought in Legends Never Die. During the mission, Almagro destroyed the dam, flooding the city and killing his men, Ghost squad member and civillians. Rorke, Walker, Ajax and Merrick survived the flood, however despite being advised by Merrick to "call it a day", Rorke kept on going, claiming he'll vow revenge on all of the American soldiers Almagro has killed. As they finally boarded Almagro's escape chopper, the squad engaged in a fierce fight with Federation soldiers and Almagro himself, which Rorke manages to overpower as Elias kills him with his P226 pistol. As the helicopter crashes, Elias tries to save Rorke from falling off and meeting his doom as a debris was stuck in between them, however because of the vehicle was too damaged to carry all of them, Elias made what he claims to be the hardest decision, by letting Rorke go and eventually saving the others. Surprisingly though, Rorke survived the fall and was found by the Federation. They used extreme methods to brainwash Rorke into joining the Federation and successfullly turning him into a ghost hunter.

Audio files
Interview with Gabriel Rorke.

Trivia

 * Interview logs of Rorke appear scattered throughout the levels of the Call of Duty: Ghosts single-player campaign as collectible intel items.
 * Rorke is the second American antagonist in the series, the first being General Shepherd.
 * He is also the second person to be brainwashed along with Alex Mason.
 * Rorke is the first Call of Duty antagonist to survive a face-to-face confrontation with a Call of Duty protagonist at the climax of the game. Along with Vladimir Makarov, he is also one of only two main antagonist to survive the first game in which he appears.
 * He is the announcer for the Federation in multiplayer.